point of deaths. for years rarely discussed want to know that i'd really rather not talk about that right. breaking news aren't international friends joins the us and arming kurdish troops in iraq as they battle is launching hottest and it concerns the west is getting too deeply involved. heavy artillery attacks kill at least three people in the outskirts of deniece going east ukraine with the residential areas pounded by shells as the army tries to retake the city from local militia. and e.u. plans an emergency every culture session of experts as moscow's food embargo takes its toll we take a look at how the trade wars are affecting viewers economies. britain

and the russian capital you're watching our teacher national i'm marina joshua and we begin this hour with breaking news that france is joining the u.s. in delivering weapons to iraq's kurdistan to help troops there counter the islamic state insurgency the military aid agreement was reached between president alon and the government in baghdad until now france as only supported the kurds with humanitarian aid the situation is worsening for the tens of thousands of refugees stranded on syndrome mountain in the north with the u.n. warning of a possible genocide within days or hours washington is considering an urgent evacuation and britain's prime minister will hold an emergency meeting later today to discuss the iraqi crisis the u.s. and its western allies have been air dropping humanitarian food parcels while one hundred thirty military advisers have sends to the area to assess the situation got it can. considers why the u.s.

is keen on protecting the minority. the 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 that that automatic an 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 wide thinking about the engagement of turkey in iraq this month the semi

autonomy us region has shown to be friendly to us 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 beyond slog 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 you 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 did. nice that he gave up on the central

government in baghdad moving to directly 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 break up of iraq in washington i'm going to check out our team now former u.s. congressman and presidential candidate ron paul spoke exclusively to our team on the prospects for america's latest moves in iraq he told us the united states risks sinking deeper into the conflict unless it leaves iraq used to deal with these state on their own but the kurds have always had this reputation of being great fighters and that they're very good day out there today 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 a modest 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 it's nothing but a mess and 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 massive border storming incident. development to bring you on ukraine's conflict the u.n. says over two thousand people have been killed there since cave launched its military operation in the east in april most recently at least three people have

died of fresh ukrainian army attacks on the outskirts of the near outs were troops are closing in a. major offensive for a year locals are being told to get out of the city and this area came under heavy fire on tuesday night and is the current front line in the conflict market and several apartment blocks were pout of by shells in the main square residents helped firefighters put out the flames and it's thought a nineteen year old man and an elderly woman have a ma are among the victims and 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 where if an option a fold some of the refugees as they left their homes in the city of lugansk but. don't get pulled in the guns packing they have to be nobody to city in most of the city for almost two weeks now and the shelling continues. but india has already

send and the ground there to family friends in the russian they didn't see each other for a month to meet her when she was getting ready to follow them kompany her all the way to the border. i only need one good cook so come on you live just stop for us we wake up stand in the bread line for two hours then get a water and they 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 as husband was due to come back from a trip to their 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 when my the 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 one in

thousand or puts him or her girls winter clothes and finishes packing she leaves her home with six bags and a very heavy heart zinaida from the guns krege and has cancer in her home was shelled twice but she tries to remain buoyant but even her optimism 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 as 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 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 here was this for their peaceful people here zenaida

leaves and just like many others hopes to come back but she fears that you will never be able to do so her. well we talked as you know but in tina reunites with her husband and. 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 these forced to flee. already in russia it's a mixture of pain and despair and who is these people turning the page of their lives so made over nineteen 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 fled eastern ukraine living their lives and homes behind them they do not know what tomorrow holds in store but at least they say

their war he's now behind them. in ukraine and russia. now this is the video we have received from near demands some of which is a graphic up to fifteen uranium troops were reportedly killed after their boss was attacked by a local militia some media suggest those on the vehicle were fighters from the radical right sector group it's thought the bus mistakenly arrived at an anti-government checkpoint after being sent to the wrong location cave's sending mixed messages about the whereabouts of missing russian journalist understand him as international pressure grows for his release officials originally denied detaining the photographer but here's what an advisor to caves interior minister told a lobby and radio station on tuesday. but i. am here. to win them russian men who will be looked after

and talk in the garage and go added that andre is being held because he is suspected of aiding terrorists but when his employer the reason obviously news agency asked for comment the ukrainian official made quite a u. turn. that you should go for a total fluke you know. there's a part of. the book. 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 if you bring the stories are holding hands the reporter should be released immediately while amnesty international is also voicing concern stressing that journalist shouldn't have entered frictions in their work and here's a statement from the reporters committee and it says that journalists must be free to cover all controversies without being penalized for doing their jobs but take a look at some of andries most acclaimed work he was documenting the events in eastern ukraine and when contact with him was lost and he was photographing people

caught out in the war zone and what was left of their homes and also working in kiev capturing the most dramatic moments of their revolt had to r.t. dot com to see a collection of some of his best images. just hours from now the russian humanitarian convoy is expected to arrive and the ukrainian border nearly three hundred trucks are carrying power generators hundreds of tons of products baby food water medical supplies and sleeping bags however it's not clear whether the aid convoy will be let into ukraine within the past hour the country's interior minister has said it won't be allowed through making his point with a pretty harsh post on his facebook page well that's despite russia saying it's god gives approval after it agreed to having representatives from the red cross the european security watchdog and if on board the red cross confirms it's received

a detailed list of the aide saying they will handle its distribution. we will take charge of this consignment once it is and ukraine we will independently distribute it to the people who most need it but this comes in such a situation on less all parties concerned or in the green room with how things are going to be done we don't function with on the goats where we don't function with any kind of protection through weapons we function with the protection through the agreement of those who have to go on to tell us that yes we accept your mission we accept your transport and we will make sure that your sites coming up in the program a third day of race riots and misery were angry crowds refused to be quelled over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in few minutes we take a closer look at how officers are handling the situation.

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i'm abbie martin write the stories we cover here we're not going to hear any right other big story that have struck headlines and talk there's a reason that they don't want you to now and that are important and telling the truth is that we should be completely outraged now let's break the set. i welcome back this is r t international dark days ahead for finland economists predict it faces not only a recession but a depression sanctions on russia and those which moscow has imposed are hating the nordic country from which it could take a decade to recover finland is not alone eight years every cultural ministers are planning an emergency meeting on thursday or pissing off looks how the trade war of handle them is swinging 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 i would say start getting a whole sectors of its economy for 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 when you know 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 and so this is going to affect of. us it will take two or three months to collect our remaining 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 euros if nothing's 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. may start trying to talk some of these states. out of upping trade with russia perhaps promising to open its market for 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 that 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 could well be job losses coming along with j.c. big. food 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 where hundreds of migrants have tried to breach or have only forty five spanish and wave in north africa dozens managed to break through into malaya which borders morocco on the mediterranean coast using a makeshift ladders mob stormed the barrier wall in waves most were repelled but those who died in it will now be assessed for asylum or protection. well the surge is the largest in months milena is frequently targeted by.

are now africa trying to make it into europe and spain is not the only country where african migrants are trying to make their way into europe's into europe to seek jobs and shelter well this week violent clashes broke out in a friend's eritreans and sudanese citizens tried to get to britain through the northern port of calais african migrants also risked their lives crossing the mediterranean to reach italy's southern borders islands and coast boats carrying refugees are often overloaded him and capsized almost eight hundred people have drowned this year alone the un is a refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year and more than seventy five thousand have tried to get into italy greece spain and malta during the first half of this year. now the sum jacked 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 strains the country's infrastructure we've got an investigation on that on our website. right to see. the first part. and i think that you're. on our reporters would. instruct. the. deaths from west africa spread a boy have now reached europe the first victim a spanish priest evacuated home after being infected in liberia the world health organization now says it is africa to use untested drugs to treat infected patients as a number of victims exceeds a thousand

a bowler researcher and dr peter de walsh from cambridge university told us that dozens of cases need to be treated with a new vaccine before its effectiveness becomes clear. really is the commercial market and therefore all the money that's been spent on developing vaccines and treatments has really become from bio defense funding the u.s. military in particular is worried that somebody will try to use this is a weapon to really get enough data to tell whether drugs are effective in humans you need tens of people to be treated the least and so just by treating you know two or three people you're not really going to be able to tell whether it was really effective the african countries just don't have the capacity to maintain all the protocols necessary particular the high heat they don't have air conditioning you know they don't have regular power and so the odds that this happens that this spreads into europe or russia or somewhere else or very very very low the city of ferguson and 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 a tap a woman was shot in the had she is now in hospital but her condition is not no. insistent local say they refuse to yield until justice is done and is sought 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 that announcement only served to worsen the rage on the streets and a city tour is there for our team. we're 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 unidentified we do know that accounts of what

exactly 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 we 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 and 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 can not make us go in sad a house as we can stand out here on the sat wall until the dawn 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 in. my condolence 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 i'm stuck to chirk about archie ferguson missouri. in st louis

county were ferguson is gone sales one store are on the rise a seller explain how more locals want to arm themselves for protection says the armed teenager was shot dead. but we always sell guns every day but the last two days people have never really thought of 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 and the eighteen year old african-american wasn't carrying a weapon when he was killed by the police officer who was believed to be wife it's fueled racial tension and ferguson where policing is increased with the supporting officers being brought in from other areas. some news just in from gaza and a.p. journalist is among six p. people killed in the territory during an attempt to neutralize an unexploded

israeli missile she is the first foreign journalist to be killed in this latest gaza conflict the incident comes with just under nine hours left of the currency's fire edge of this trying to push forward with talks between israelis and palestinians to extend the three a truce. ellis when he is a man has been there were arrested in possession of almost four kills of the drug crystal meth at an indication airport is arrested is a country's biggest draws us this year in any laws are known to be strict and drug trafficking can see those convicted sentenced to death. an armed group has made off with at least ten million u.s. dollars at sandia airport in chile the eight attackers targeted and armored truck that was taking the cash to an aircraft in what is one of the country's biggest ever robberies they skate into vehicles heading in different directions leaving spikes in the road to burst the tires of any cars in pursuit of the world's biggest

issues they constructed next cross-talk. world. science technology innovation all the news developments around russia we've got the future covered. you've got a lot of sneering and negative for your engagements here in russia especially the public appearances. there were. political you were just supporting sports. certain people's regime has become very adept at is controlling the media for example. c.n.n. is you know completely telling it like it is no i think you have an agenda i think

. is is bought and paid for. the reality mediation is still there and it is killing our children they are dying also hard assed know leukemia that the authorities are still hiding the truth from us and i don't know why don't they have children on their own you heard so much to know that you can't protect our children. please. hello and welcome to cross talk or all things are considered on 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 the 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's humanitarian war on yugoslavia in washington we have austin. petersen 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 effect 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 narrow.