really rather not talk about that right. heavy artillery attacks kill at least three people in the outskirts of town yet crain with residential areas pounded by shells as the army tries to retake the city from local militia. fast food leaving a sour taste for russian regulators who are suing mcdonald's over quality against the backdrop of escalating for tough sanctions between moscow and the west. and washington is sending over one hundred additional military advisers to iraq to help kurdish troops buckley islamic jihad it's a major concern the u.s. is getting too deeply involved in the conflict.

you're watching r.t. international's kids are you with us. at least three people have been killed in a fresh ukrainian army attack on the outskirts of don yet where troops are closing in environ a major offensive now locals are being told to get out of the city the area came under heavy fire on choose day night and it's the current front line of the conflict a market in several apartment blocks were pounded by shells in the main square residents helped firefighters put out the flames as thought a nineteen year old man and an elderly woman are among the victims many have now been left homeless as a result of the bombardment tens of thousands of people across eastern ukraine have been forced to flee the violence in recent months most of them to russia followed some of the refugees as they left their homes in the city of new again. valentino is alone in her dark apartment in the ganske packing they has been no electricity

in most of the city for almost two weeks now and the shelling continues. but indiana has already sent her daughter and her granddaughter to family friends in russia they didn't see each other for a month we'll meet her when she's getting ready to follow them we will company her all the way to the border. in good books and come on you live just stop for us we wake up stand in the bread line for two hours then get a water and have a kook a meal to eat and the same thing happens every day at this time was said in line we can only send to the news on the radio or vetting team is husband was due to come back from a trip to the country house this morning but he's still not back the phones are down and she has no way of knowing what's delayed him. but with daily bombings she

can't help but be worried but monday says any of the there is no connection so i don't even know what happened to him maybe he went to visit his brother. running tina puts in her girls winter clothes and finishes packing she leaves her home with six bags and a very heavy heart. zenaida from the guns krege and has cancer her home was shelled twice but she tries to remain body and but even her up to me soon was not enough to do with what she saw that day that convinced her she can stay in lugansk bush. i was at a bus stop and then i decided to leave for some reason i soon as i left the bus stop a shell exploded right behind me five people died one man had his head blown off and a woman lost her leg took me three days to get over it she says making the decision to leave was not an easy one but it was a very quick one. it's not about the fear of death but more of outright

panic was always going on but she was this for their peaceful people here zenaida leaves and just like many others hopes to come back but she fears that you would never be able to do so. well we talked as he needed but in tina reunites with her husband and three public transportation is sporadic at best and he missed his bus with no way to call home it's less than sixty kilometers from lugansk to the border but these journey might seem endless to those forced to flee. already in russia it's a mixture of pain anger despair and hope as these people turning the page of their lives so later valentino and her husband will spend some time in this refugee camp at the russian ukrainian border until they manage to get to their final destinations joining thousands of others who have fled eastern ukraine living their

lives and homes behind them they do not know what tomorrow holds in store but at least they say they wore his now behind them waving ocean r.t. him ukraine and russia. kiev is sending mixed messages about the whereabouts of missing a russian journalist and then in as international pressure grows for his release officials originally denied detaining the photographer but here's what an advisor to kiev interior minister told a lobby and radio station. from. the community. to warn them russian men who will be looked after and so on go to shankar added that andre is being held because he's suspected of aiding terrorists but when his employer the ria novosti news agency asked for a comment the ukrainian official made quite a u. turn. each of them for a thought of putting it all secure in the horse is not part of school was. or the

thirty three year old journalist has been missing for more than a week and rights groups are lining up in support of the committee to protect journalists says if you craney an oath or a teaser holding him the reporter should be released immediately amnesty international is also voicing concern stressing that journalists shouldn't have any restrictions in their work and is the statement from the reporters committee it says that journalists must be free to cover all controversies without being penalized for doing their jobs. will keep you posted on what's happening with andre stan in over at r.t. dot com we've lined up a collection of some of the photojournalist most acclaimed work while documenting events in kiev and east in ukraine. here says it's ready to accept the humanitarian aid being sent from russia after

moscow agreed to a ukrainian presence in the convoy officials in kiev earlier refused to let russian trucks cross the border demanding the cargo be reloaded on to different vehicles states because kiev suspects moscow of using the relationship as a cover to smuggle arms to anti-government forces in eastern ukraine backtracked after russia agreed to let representatives of the red cross european security watchdog and ukrainian authorities on board in the three hundred trucks are now on their way to the border carrying generators hundreds of tons of products baby food water medical supplies and sleeping bags the red cross confirmed it received a detailed list of the aid sent by moscow russia's foreign minister says all the details of the deal with care have been ironed out. of the movement of the convoy has begun to confirm ukraine's readiness to receive this help on top of that's we took into account all the wishes of the ukrainian side regardless of the rationing including the route that was chosen even though this means we have to

take a large d. to us we are relying on the assurances given by the ukrainians they guarantee the security of the convoy during its movement through regions controlled by the country's army but we also expect the same attitude christof defense in. washington is stepping up its involvement in iraq it's considering the urgent evacuation of refugees who are under jihadist sage the un has warned the situation might escalate within days or even hours tens of thousands of civilians from the yazidi sect were forced to flee their homes and eventually found themselves trapped by islamic state fighters on mount sin jar in iraq's north the us and its western allies have been dropping humanitarian food parcels all one hundred thirty military advisers have been sent to the area to assess the situation washington early announced it will directly arm iraq's kurds with light weaponry and ammunition. considers why the u.s. is keen on protecting the minority. militants of the islamic state have been seizing

control of vast swathes of iraq for months now but when they approached its kurdish region the u.s. took action this is a humanitarian issue of great consequence for all the world the militants threat not just the people of the kurdish region but also its oil production since the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three iraq's kurdistan has seen a boom in energy production us energy giants exxon mobil and chevron are among the many oil and gas firms large and small now drilling there seems the effect of it all american oil companies operating in the kurdish region in the north of iraq had some weight and it was one of the main considerations obama administration. took wives thinking about engaging militarily in iraq this month the semi autonomy as region has shown to be friendly to the u.s. and to u.s.

business but the oil rich kurdistan has long sought to break away from iraq it has now moved to sell crude independently from bogged down arguing that the central government doesn't give the region its fair share of oil revenue and move the onslaught of the islamic state in the political turmoil in baghdad many kurds see an opportunity to finally carve out a homeland by exclusively supporting the kurdish region washington may fuel their cause that the kurdish region is functional the way we would like to see it and it is tolerant of other sects and other religion in a way that we would like to see elsewhere so we do think that it's important to make sure that that space is protected the obama administration likes the way kurdistan functions but doesn't like the way iraq as a whole functions the obama administration denies that it gave up on the central government in baghdad moving to do. actually protect u.s. interests with humanitarian situation so dire and the threat posed by the islamic

state so imminent america's increased involvement may not have much opposition now even if the eventual outcome will be the breakup of iraq in washington i'm going to check out our team. former u.s. congressman and presidential candidate ron paul spoke exclusively to our say on the prospects for america's latest moves in iraq he told us the united states risks sinking deeper into the conflict and i said leaves iraqis to deal with the islamic state on their own the kurds have always had this reputation of being great fighters and that they're very good day out in town and i'm surprised that they haven't retaliate a little bit better but one of the reasons why they haven't done very well is that i says ended up getting a lot of weapons from us and if they captured weapons they've got him out of syria and i'm sure there are some that came from libya so they're well armed so we haven't done the kurds any favor whatsoever so i think the sooner we get out there

and the better i think the policy that we should follow is one designed to allow the iraqis to solve all their problems and stay out of this let them deal with it because we've tried for a long time we've lost a lot of lives spent a lot of money and we allowed a mess to develop and there's nothing about amassing chaos there and in a way we're partially responsible for the. a record number of illegal african migrants are heading to europe this year more on the e.u. struggle to hold back the tide in just a moment including the latest moscow board a storming incident also. the third day of race riots and missouri where angry crowds refused to be quelled over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a few minutes we take a closer look at how often officers humming the situation. you've

got a lot of sneering and negative press for your engagements here in russia especially for your public appearances with food and even though they weren't explicitly political you were just supporting sports one of the things that certain people regime has become very adept at is controlling the media for example right here c.n.n. do i think c.n.n. is you know completely telling it like it is no i seem to have an agenda i think through is is bought and paid for. choose your language. we could with oh if the federal investigators feel for the most economically no place for civil trials good news good consensus get to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories that impact your life

choose me access to your officers. russia is taking mcdonald's to court today the fast food giant is accused of violating the country's nutrition and safety codes in some of its products which could see some of the chains most popular bugs and shakes disappeared from russian menus. can tell us more about their serina good to see you there so why is the consumer watchdog them last it's up a top for mcdonald's. all the consumer protection watchdog has investigated and number of fast food restaurants and have found them wanting when it comes to the initial value of some of their meals they're saying that they have to play with one value where is that some of the most popular burgers and shakes out there and we're talking about world cheese burgers and they actually do not deliver the needed

nutritional value to its customers and therefore the consumer protection agency is taking it to mcdonald's to words wanting to ban some of the most popular items on the menu they have also found traces of e. coli in some of mcdonald's salads and this is not the first time that this bacteria has been found in the donalds food couple of years ago the fast food chain has already gone through a very similar situation recall it was found in some of its burgers however then the situation didn't reach a court case now a mcdonald's is an incredibly popular fast food chain in russia as you can probably see behind me people have been lining up behind one of the top spots in the area to grab a bite to eat they have responded to these statements by the consumer protection agency saying that they have done nothing but tried to provide the best customer service and the best quality of food to the russian customers and also stated that their nutritional value corresponds to the. two they needed requirements provided

by russia's federal agencies this of course is the leader. this is of course comes hot on the seals all of these food wars as we're going to. we refer to them now as set of sanctions because it seems between russia and the west now more about this is from artistic work that's going on for the past few months we've definitely been witnessing a rising tensions between russia and the west but what's happening now is already being described by many as a full blown trade war first in late july the e.u. slapped russia with sanctions targeting whole sectors of its economy four major banks were hit and one airline was completely grounded but then russia announced counter measures banning the import of billions of euros worth of fruit vegetables meat dairy and other products european producers are the worst hit and brussels has to compensate the losses the problem is the size of its emergency fund is around four hundred million euros while the estimated damage may reach five billion we are

going to lose one point three million euros but we're relatively small business imagine the other big firms such as like to lease which send several trucks a week is going to flock to seoul for us it will take two or three months to collect our remaining were inch crop and we don't know what will happen if no one buys it. now we're in a bad economic situation more than two hundred families have been destroyed we will have damage in excess of eight hundred fifty thousand yours if nothing is changed we are in a desperate situation next to russia starts negotiations with latin america specifically ecuador brazil chile and argentina to meet the new eight percent shortfall in imports according to the financial times the e.u. me start trying to talk some of these states out of upping trade with russia perhaps promising to open its market to their products but here is the ecuadorian

embassador to russia's thoughts on this i think the current situation creates great opportunities for ecuador but it would have been unwise to pass up such a chance to diversify and expand our trading capabilities especially having received an offer to become a privileged partner with russia. some business analysts in the west have now started wondering how wise was it to start playing this game of tit for tat sanctions the sanctions will they really work and we don't think they will and we've all been working in the russian market probably now for the last twenty years and times have always been difficult to do russia business in russia but i don't think the sanctions will really help and we just wanted to sort of voice that could well be job losses coming along with j.c. being. reported that he potentially could lose. orders as a result of the sanctions and as a result of that would lose jobs over here watching this economic battle swing back and forth like a pendulum one is reminded of newton's famous law every action has an equal and

opposite reaction which just will be the last to retaliate is very hard to predict right now. hundreds of migrants have tried to breach a heavily fortified spanish enclave in north africa dozens managed to break through into malaysia which borders morocco on the mediterranean coast using makeshift ladders mob storm the barrier in waves most were repelled but the. who got in will now be assessed for asylum or deportation or the surge is the largest in months milla is frequently targeted by people fleeing sub-saharan africa trying to make it into europe spain is not the only country where african migrants are trying to make their way into europe to seek jobs and shelter this week violent clashes broke out in france as ever trains and sudanese citizens tried getting into britain through the northern port of caliphate african migrants also risk their lives crossing the mediterranean to reach italy's southern coast and islands boats carrying refugees

are often oversized many are over sized and many capsized almost eight hundred people have drowned this year alone. now the un's refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year more than seventy five thousand have tried to get into italy greece spain and malta during the first half of this year the subjects' a sore point for most europeans but a british think tank says migrants contribute more to the economy than they take but adds that mass immigration strange the country's infrastructure we've got an investigation. on our website. right to see. first street. and i think you're. on a reporter's. instrument. the

city of ferguson in missouri has suffered a third night of riots and violence in the wake of saturday's fatal shooting of black teenager mike brown by a policeman in one incident in what appears to have been a drive by attack a woman was shot in the head she's now in hospital but our condition is not nine insistent locals say they refuse to yield until justice is done it so the police chief has granted anonymity to the officer who gunned down the teenager saying that making his name public could endanger the lives of the policeman and his family but not announce what i need to wash in the rage on the streets and to see if. they. were currently in ferguson in the suburbs of st louis missouri where tensions have been flying high ever since saturday when eighteen year old michael brown who was

on armed was killed by multiple shots from a police officer who has so far been identified we do know that accounts of what it . took place different police say that the young man had had an altercation with the police officer by getting into his car and trying to take his gun police say that he was reportedly with another young man and they had been in this fight with the police officer that led to at least one gone shot being fired inside the police car and then according to the police several gunshots were fired at the young man which led to his death look they just fired tear gas. ok so tear gas is being fired at the protesters even though there's only really a couple of dozen people here at least police have been issuing warnings that warnings for at least two hours now that this would happen if protesters didn't disperse most of the people here that we've spoken to are locals living on this

particular street in this community and they're not bothering anybody and they are showing the police you cannot make us go inside our houses we can stand out here on the sat wall until the don comes if we'd like you cannot force. you telling us we got a curfew now their windows shattered dozens of businesses like this one in ferguson have been boarded up and shut down after the looting and vandalism that has been taking place electronic cords ripped out and security cameras broken some of the store vendors. bought up and protect what's left. but i can understand a family praying. my condolences go out to the family this gas station convenience store was pretty much completely burned down after on sunday hundreds of protesters took to the streets after a vigil held for michael brown the eighteen year old was just about to start college was just days away from going to school and this place and really this death has become a tragic symbol of the major disconnect that exists in this community between the

police who are meant to serve and protect and the predominantly black community that lives here. artsy fergusson missouri. but in similarly county where ferguson is gun sales at one store on the increase its owner explained how more locals want to arm themselves for protection since teenager mike brown was shot. we always sell guns we sell guns every day but the last two days people who have never really thought about a sense of urgency to go out and buy firearms see the crime happening very close to their home so they're really intent about coming out and getting firearms to defend themselves. mike brown an eighteen year old african-american wasn't carrying a weapon when he was killed by the police officer is believed to be white it's fueled racial tension in five years and weapon he sings increased with supporting offices being brought in from other areas. in other worlds easily been arrested in

possession of almost full kilos of the drug crystal meth it's an indonesian airport his arrest is the country's biggest drug bust this year and been easy as narcotics goes are known to be strict and drug trafficking can see those convicted sentenced to death. and has made off with at least ten million u.s. dollars at santiago airport in chile is targeted unama truck that was taking the cash to an aircraft in what is one of the country's biggest robberies they skate in two vehicles heading in different directions even spikes in the right to bust the tires of any cars in pursuit. now the world's biggest issues deconstructed next in cross talk stay with us. the music city good lumber tour to mccurry was to build a new most sophisticated. fortunately doesn't give

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behind the barbarous relic called gold and that portrait of. people just tired and ugly old dude from monetary to power tree. empires of dead and banking a morality. police. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle since the end of the cold war the media environment has transformed almost beyond recognition today there is a global battle for hearts and minds and the west mainstream media is losing that war.

to cross-talk alternative in mass media i'm joined by my guest george samuel in new york he is a senior research fellow at london metropolitan university and author of the new book obama's for peace nato humanitarian war on yugoslavia in washington we have asked in peterson he is the c.e.o. of stone gate and editor of the libertarian republic dot com and in paris we cross to any much shown she is a former british intelligence officer and writer all right crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it george if i go to you first here in new york we're calling this program hearts and minds and when i watch the state department briefings with jen psaki i have to wonder if the mainstream narrative is really losing this battle to make people believe in the elite of today. well it's very hard to say it's. the mainstream media is obviously taken a palm aling through the emergence of new media. it's certainly taken

a pummeling through the emergence of new outlets such as the however i do think that the mainstream media do have very powerful legs. i can watch the sunday morning talk shows and i see the same faces the same cries for american action american bombing american intervention and the alternative media then. shows up a few hours later with very appropriate denunciations criticisms. kewl but what really counts the people who come out on all those shows and shake their fists at russia. syria or the people writing in the year or speaking on the alternative media i wish i could say it was the latter i unfortunately i still think that it's leave people who are on the main.