former student. took to. france says it will join the u.s. and arming kurds in iraq as washington and its allies get ever deeper involved in the conflict. at least three people are killed as ukraine's army pounds the outskirts of dinny outscored shells the u.n. says more than two thousand people have already been killed in the conflict. and the e.u. is reportedly pressuring other countries not to expand their trade with russia as moscow's food and bargain takes its toll we take a look at how the trade wars are affecting europe's economies.

what you meant international coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program. more of america's allies are getting involved in iraq france says it will now join the u.s. in sending weapons to kurdish resistance forces in their fight against islamic state jihad is meanwhile the british prime minister has cut short his holiday to deal with the iraqi crisis we now turn to our correspondent in london for more details on this paul he did tell us why this rabid european response taking place now. david cameron scheduled to be chairing a meeting of the government's emergency committee cobra right now and he has been on holiday and he'd come into some criticism for failing to cut short that holiday and come back to britain and take charge of the government's response to what's

going on in iraq but he is under growing pressure to launch military strikes against full says a number of politicians air been speaking in favor of stepping up britain's involvement in iraq and the media has been talking extensively about the threat posed by u.s. forces advance through the country but at the moment british involvement has been limited to humanitarian assistance so aid drops over northern iraq on a mountain that where. tens of thousands of refugees are trapped with no food no water and the ministry of defense was in the past twenty four hours have said that they're sending some helicopters to try and rescue refugees from the area but yesterday r.a.f. tornado jets were sent over to cyprus and then on to iraq now the

ministry of defense had three isolated that it was just a humanitarian mission but given the choice of these jets that can be stepped up very very quickly these tornado jets can can either be used as surveillance aircraft as they are now or they can be armed with bombs and used to carry out military strikes so that role can be changed very quickly and given that france has just announced as you said that they will be providing weapons for the ca's to help fight off that own slaughter via force says david cameron i think is going to. a pretty busy day back in the office today is going to have a fair few decisions to make and we're going to keep you updated on any news that comes out of that cobra meeting is absolutely pull you think is so much for now bring in the details and we'll be monitoring the story as you said it now meanwhile the u.s. is expanding its own intervention in iraq washington is sending an additional one

hundred thirty military advisers and combat troops but claims they won't be taking part in the fighting there u.s. already carried out a handful of airstrikes and jihadist forces in northern iraq but said that wasn't enough or just vanished she counted more on the motives for america's involvement. 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 the fact that

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 wide thinking about engaging militarily in iraq this month the semi autonomy this 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 meet 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 directly part. 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 a former u.s. congressman and presidential candidate ron paul spoke exclusively to our team about the prospects of america's latest involvement in iraq he thinks washington risks sinking deeper into the conflict unless it leaves iraq east to deal with these lawmakers 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 it's nothing but a mess and chaos there and in a way we're partially responsible for the. now on the way violence we've seen the streets of a missouri sobber as local rage for a third night over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by an american cop. the one says more than sixty people

a day are killed or wounded in east ukraine an estimated two thousand people have now lost their lives in the conflict meanwhile kiev says it's moving more closely in on the encircle towns of denouncing and lugansk at least three people have died in fresh ukrainian army attacks on the outskirts of damascus a market and several apartment blocks were pounded by shells in the main square it's thought a nineteen year old man and an elderly woman are among the victims and many have now been left homeless as a result of the latest bombardment the conflict has led tan's of thousands across eastern ukraine to flee wary of a national followed some of those leaving their homes in the city of lugansk. valentina is alone in her doll compartment in the guns packing they have 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 kompany her all the way to the border. so when 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 sing to the knees on the radio but emptiness husband was due to come back from a trip to the country house the small inning 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 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 but

internet puts in her girl's 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 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 the ganske 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 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 whereas this for their peaceful people here

zenaida leaves and just like many others hopes to come back but she fears that she would never be able to do so. while we talked as he needed valentino reunites with her husband and great 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 and despair and who is these people turning to 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 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 their war is now behind them. in ukraine and russia.

now this is a graphic video we've received from near the now it's up to fifteen ukrainian troops were reportedly killed after their bus was attacked by local resistance fighters 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. a journalist around the world have voiced their anger over the disappearance of russian photographer understand in the ukraine but it seems kiev officials are not sure if they know or want others to know his whereabouts for example a lobby a radio station asked an advisor to ukraine's interior minister if he knew where stan was. but i agree it probably. has to win them russian men who will be the buffer on telling the russian go added

that key of suspects the missing photographer of aiding terrorists however when sent his employer the region obviously news agency called that the interior minister's advisor his response was strikingly different. but you should go for a total fluke if you in all it's a pretty far out of. the five. now the thirty three year old journalist has been missing for more than a week and more and more rights groups are joining the efforts to get him released resample a committee to protect journalists says that if you grains authorities are holding him they should release the reporter in mediately amnesty international is also on alert stressing that journalists shouldn't face any restrictions in their work and here's the statement from the reporters committee and it says that media workers must be free to cover all controversies without being penalized for doing their job . well here's some of andres

a most acclaimed work he's known for always holding his camera up even in the most severe conditions his latest pictures were taken eastern ukraine where he was documenting the horrors of war stan and also worked in kiev earlier this year capturing the most dramatic moments of the february coup which put out an album of his work for you on our website r.t. dot com. russia's humanitarian aid is just hours away from arriving at the border with ukraine the three kilometer long convoy set off from the moscow region on tuesday the trucks are carrying power generators hundreds of tons of products baby food water medical supplies and sleeping bags however earlier today ukraine's interior minister said the convoy one be allowed into the country making his point with a pretty harsh post on his facebook page well that's despite russia saying the

mission is being fully coordinated with key if the red cross who is supervising the mission has also confirmed it's received a detailed list of the aide saying they will handle its distribution. we will take charge of this consignment one cities in ukraine and we will independent of the distributed to the people who most need it. this coming up and in such a situation on less all parties concerned are in the green room with how things are going to be done we don't function with on the go it's we don't function with any kind of protections the weapons we function with a protection through the agreement of those who have to go. yes we accept your mission we accept your transport and we will make sure that you're safe. now and then to the tit for tat sanctions over ukraine the e.u. is reportedly trying to talk lead america out of closer cooperation with russia we'll bring you the latest from the front line of the trade war after the break to stay with us.

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by mary martin the stories we cover here not in here in iraq or big story but it's true that while same time there's a reason they don't want him to now you know what the phrase that we don't think we need now let's break the set. welcome back this is our tina national now the e.u. has reportedly been pressuring latin american countries not to up their trade with russia after moscow's food a market came into force now i'm joined by the spokesperson of the european commission peter stone to clear up the rumors thank you so much here for joining us here to talk about this well as we know the financial times have reported that the e.u. is pressuring latin america not to increase trade with russia how much of this is true. hello good afternoon from brussels so little bit really not pressuring anyone

a revolution is quite clear of the current situation that was created by the states of the russian federation which were in clear breach of international law i'm referring to the illegal immigration of right mia and subsequent disability agent of the new crime so in the result of the sanctions and now is a long rico russia introduced countermeasures that will be honest i would have to disagree with you here peter because a some say that some analysts say the moment that sanctions against russia are politicized as you probably remember people in crimea voted to be part of russia so it was their democratic choice but now let's take a look at it let's concentrate on you know what are the character of the actions or you know i can hear you there now it is caution now in the regarding a no sanctions in latin america and what is it you are specifically gain from this move well i love the start of the question so sorry if i may do you think to everything you mention but basically as i said the current situation is the result

of. that you know i think that the impact of the russian announcement about the growth rate then on that and the course in context the other three in the country which could become potential suppliers the group the russian federation is bad for me the market that you produce there and we are explaining the situation and we are saying that with the russian the to beat he is not legitimate because there is no legal basis for that because just political bright little that you know are you asking them not to trade with russia by doing this. oh look we are saying to our partners we are explaining the situation how the situation they will go to the reasons will be contrition and then we are basically explaining them with our view that it's not going to be short even for them to try to benefit from the current circumstances but in the end as i said letting them know that again you are pressuring them no we are not pressuring anyone that is not in the nature now that you have this only but why do you fear that in the training of russia and other

partners well we are explaining our values and principles and all of you all things and we are always referring to him so national rulings you know there is no this business and politics is politics but trade you know there is a business. there are rules and the impact on even the actions of the russian but the ration you can see in the budget was still i mean you are in this particular situation you are a third party interfering between you know what russia is doing with other parties would lead america for example what was the goal again that we are not in their community i mean to be honest you think lee presenting and you want to do and they are explaining the russian now kind of situation and the russian that would you be thinking of russia was a response but if you look at them as you go on expansion of crimea and that the stability region for ukraine which they will continue so he sees the russian oh and

we are seeing our partners are already done what do you do you see your decision but you should be a bit about our thinking about our values about our people and about the current situation ok well leaving peter leaving politics aside i mean did europe not forsee that russia will react. not because of the reason. but you know you knew to get it was not to provoke russia to countermeasures to any kind of retaliation would be to host our major and two wars russia who spent down from the brink it's got only the situation in the eastern ukraine and there isn't benefit any group bases will be going to be our well being. we are looking to international rules be our up lines actions based on certain established rules and the sanctions are a response to russia's annexation of crimea you can go on extension well into russia you know still we need to look at other aspects here because it's a multi-faceted situation and and as i said earlier politics is politics business

and business and some european producers are actually asking for compensation after these sanctions are lifted is the e.u. going to compensate. but we are assessing all the difference and one will bear in mind that resteal don't have the full information about it will grow to extend the measures in by the russian federation the last time i checked for example. ok so far as we know i mean the measures have been and now we read them on the internet and we are assessing the situation and we are told to be put on member states to morrow there will be two more me thinks not on agriculture and three aspects but the so we are consulting the members and of course we are ready to take whatever measures there are unnecessary to help our producer but again i stress the response phase of the situation is the russian consumer because there will be spend

the russian consumers are being the prime will to keep white production meeting and civil rights. in terms of rights so first of all the russian from two men who will tell you well you know when reciprocal sanctions are imposed both sides are affected but for now peter sound a spokesman for of the european commission thank you so much for sharing your views and thoughts here now there are dark days i had for finland economists say the country is heading for years of recession the tit for tat sanctions with russia are hitting the nordic country hard and it could take a decade to recover europe is going to offload how the trade war is being fought. 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 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 or so to those it's going to. 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 your rules 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. may 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 the 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 we don't think they will. all be 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. be. reported that he potentially could lose. 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 would be the last we tell you it is very hard to predict right now public fury over the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a policeman spilled into a third night of violence in the us state of missouri a woman was wounded in a drive by shooting while in a separate incident a police officer opened fire on an alleged attacker locals are demanding justice for michael brown's killing but officials still refused to release the name of the officer who gunned him down in the street at close range. now six people have been killed in gaza after

a missile went off during attempts to dismantle it an associated press journalist and his translator are among the dead the incident happened in the town of beit lahiya in the north of gaza it comes just hours before the three day cease fire agreement between israel and hamas expires the threat of renewed violence is looming with no solution found after negotiations in cairo between the sides the war has been the bloodiest in years killing almost two thousand palestinians and sixty seven israelis. and up next on our team caught through the spin with breaking this at. the music sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which will unfortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in groups which is why you should care only on the dog call.

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