yes killing at least five people and leaving school buildings across the city. as western politicians keep pushing for the further isolation of russia president. putin told business and defusing tensions. close time square in new york has vigils for michael brown and public police brutality nationwide.

you're watching international coming to you live from moscow where it's now eleven am here in the russian capital it's good to have you with us. the center of town yet has enjoyed a night of bombing with ukraine's military saying it's part of the final stage of freeing the city from the local militia. scenes of devastation a reversion from across the city many buildings riddled with holes more than seventy people have been killed in the last three days ukrainian army is using heavy artillery such as rocket launchers the locals claim something more sinister is also being deployed. on thursday night people in don yet say that alongside the now familiar sound of bombing came this this video can't be verified at the moment local suspect it shows

incendiary devices similar to those apparently used by the military during the blockade of another eastern city a few months ago. was a look where all of this is happening down yet is the regional capital almost a million people used to live in this city which has been under constant fire since may in three months and it suffered at least one hundred twenty eight attacks from the ukrainian military since the government launched what it called an anti terror operation in the east over eight hundred civilians have been killed in the don yes region is that. we witnessed dramatic escalation of the ukrainian crisis and the city often yes continued scrooge and see the fiercest clashes with the shelling continue and death toll is rising dramatically hundred fortunately also including among civilian population in the last three days seventy four civilians were killed including children and more than one hundred others were injured we have to say this is really complicated to count victims and one of the reasons behind that is

a fight an easy one to go in but we hear from u.n. human rights watch dog that up to seventy people are killed or injured every day in eastern ukraine many have all deflowered the cities and these area and actually the country but those who still remain there how i have been there every day struggle to survive still a little jealous still. there's still a former lives there. for me and you will. discover. lugansk remains another epicenter will kiev calls its anti terror curation in eastern ukraine severe clashes erupted on the roads connecting lugansk andone as can these two large cities and this is key of strategy to separate and to government fighters from these two big cities and also we see

clashes on the roads leading from lugansk to the russian front here we are now at the russian ukrainian border and we used to cross into ukraine and to go to the guns to cover this situation on the ground has really hard situation from humanitarian point of view as well and of course from a security point of view but recently we cannot do it because it became a very dangerous. the still a wall of silence from kiev over the whereabouts of missing russian journalist on the stand despite global calls for his safe release from the un the e.u. and rights groups is a renowned photographer who's been covering conflicts all over the world. has since been trending on social networks he's been missing for ten days and so far there have been anemic signals about where he may be a first denied detaining him but then admitted he's been arrested by security forces accused of assisting terrorists.

america's fury over the police killing of an unarmed missouri teenager is spreading and nationwide even bringing in new york's times square to a standstill there were some arrests as thousands gathered in one of the biggest protests not only to mourn michael brown but to show united front against police brutality auntie's honest to say has the latest from ferguson tonight thousands of people out on the streets if you can hear behind me for hours now cars honking in support passing by and crowds chanting of people holding signs candles i walking around on wednesday night last night we saw the most job iowans clashes thus far. police in riot gear had used tear gas and rubber bullets tear gas was going off right next to journalists several crews that were affected by this are we ourselves had

a blast go off just steps from where we were standing so really tonight it seems to have changed even though it's extremely loud and people still continue to come out on the streets and intend to keep doing so the violence seems to have died down for now now importantly in other cities throughout the united states such as new york philadelphia boston los angeles people have also been coming out onto the streets this thursday to aa us supports the cause of demanding answers and justice i. when it comes to this death this on armed teenager that has really sparked waves of outrage throughout the united states political columnist ted rall believes that until the police stop acting as an occupying force people's anger will not subside . it's not the first time this has happened you know this is a situation that repeats itself in all sorts of african-american communities across the united states that are policed as though they were occupied territory by highly

militarized i would say u.s. troops but local police who are equipped as though they were occupying afghanistan or iraq so you know these are that there is no connection whatsoever but just hostility between the communities that are being policed and the police that are supposed to be serving them that's the big issue that's the big problem and i don't see how the president in his investigation over this one incident would be able to make much headway there. had for you pulling the plug on investigative journalism we report on the u.s. government's pursuit of a new york times journalist given name his whistle blowing source and testify against him. in the next story we brought you how a group of nazi supporters in germany is striving to improve that public image.

crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any right other big story of the past or headlines and talk there's a reason they don't want to do now that are important and no reason that we should

all be completely outraged now let's break the set. eugenics but you just next vulgarize ation of darwin science and punishment for an uncommitted crying i was never really struggling for believing in eighty feebleminded still today for the future i don't know why. but i still don't know why genetic improvement through forced sterilization the basis for nazi ideology don't stop at just sterilizing yet not going to now go to the point of death he did for years rarely discussed among till now i'd really rather not talk about that right. i know c.n.n. m s n b c fox news have taken some luck slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be

accurate. that was funny but it's close and for the truth and might take. off. for good it's because one whole attention in the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on your good company. and our teen years we have a different brain. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not i. guess after the jokes well handled it makes sense that. you're watching r.t. international russian sanctions could take an economic toll on europe eurozone

recovery hope some aid russia sank. russia will hurt european economies these are just some of the headlines that are popping up across western media as the e.u. faces an economic hit caused by the political bickering with russia some nations more interested in keeping the business wheels turning finland's president is expected to meet putin later today in southern russia as well as ongoing cooperation and trade the situation in ukraine is likely to come up and you go piskun of reports this is the first time that president putin is meeting with any of the european union leaders since the e.u. introduced a lot of set of sanctions targeting the whole sectors of the russian economy and since moscow introduced food import restrictions which affect a lot of european foods and we know that finland was hit pretty hard finnish officials have been saying that they're not ready to take part in any further russian sanctions but the european union was hit by moscow's restrictions pretty

hard in general take a look at the graphic that we've prepared for you because of the restrictions introduced by president putin on all countries which have been taking part in a russian sanctions the european union alone is expected to lose up to seven billion dollars but more specifically the worst member states hit or the netherlands which is expected to lose up to two billion dollars a little when you're around the one point two billion paul and around one billion in germany around seven hundred ninety five million and many european farmers are now calling on european union officials for compensation but the thing is the use specially designated fun for that is only around four hundred million euros which is obviously not enough. so i don't know what we're going to do with this continues the crops in the region are threatened i have people who work for me on monday morning i told them to stay home i don't know what i'm going to do. since

leaving. this it is so difficult because production is a major loss we can make up for it. and won't receive compensation from the bulgarian government from the european union but. the common impulse to russia will mean a comeback for sure we have to stop our production its revenues will not be enough to cover the costs of things like logistics there has been a vanished report published on the saying that the effects from moscow's restrictions on the e.u. is so strong that european officials may actually cancel the russian sanctions in the next two to three months so to wrap it up there are definitely things for the two leaders to talk about here in russia. reporting now press freedom is enshrined in the u.s. constitution although it seems it's not enough to shield new york times journalist james rise and his exclusive revealing how the cia tried to undermine iran's nuclear program has seen him in broiled with the government and the courts he now

may face jail for not revealing his whistleblowing source but he's not going into battle alone explains. this is a petition with one hundred thousand signatures on it demanding that the u.s. government stop it's the city of new york times journalist james writes that the u.s. justice department wants him to give up the name of sorts which lies in his work time and time again now the justice department considers forcing. him to change slicing continues to refuse he may go to jail the source has provided wising with information about a bungled cia operation in iran which the journalist used in his two thousand and six book war it was first subpoenaed in two thousand and eight to testify against james the former cia employee who was later charged under the espionage act for allegedly disclosing secrets to the reporter was an appeal to the u.s. supreme court earlier this year to get the justice department to revoke its word

quest for him to testify but to no avail. details about the case but i can just say that you know i think this is really all about. the issue of press freedom in america and whether or not we're going to have. continued you know the rest of investigative reporting in america. the central issue. rising if you two time pulitzer prize winner one of his pulitzer was for his reporting on the warrantless wiretapping program under george w. bush and another for reporting in the aftermath of the nine eleven attacks numerous press freedom groups and prominent journalists are now backing him by shedding light on his persecution. we think people like james risin of the new york times should be put on a pedestal. and the people in this department of justice building think he should be put in prison we can't get the story unless people who know the story. can talk

to us without fear of. retaliation the obama administration has already prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined and the view that many people share here is that if the government is indeed successful in forcing the journey. to testify against his alleged sorts it could be a major blow to investigative journalism and the west in washington i'm going to check on our team. to be on the fringe of british politics is hitting the donations and. has managed to raise more money than the junior government or the liberal democrats called the story. used to exploring cities through google street view how about heading on the water online and how we could soon explore the beauty beneath the city. and the twentieth century left an indelible image in our minds of nazi supporters

of radical skinheads violence but there's a group of far right germans who want an image make all of the reports. the modern face of the far right in germany fs in t.v. is an online show that preaches that it's ok to hold these political beliefs in a country with a dark history of dealing with fascism the star of the show is thirty one year old patrick schroeder he told me that it's time to change the image of the right wing. and if we want to rebrand our image to show we aren't crazies we want to show their ideas aren't dramatic in the media were called nazis fascists all that those the washer broadcast understand that we are and radical with strong views on immigration on t l g b t rights and a firm belief that multiculturalism is wrong schroeder along with his anonymous co-host vendetta have been labeled as part of a new wave of neo nazi hipster in germany called by some we don't refer to

ourselves as ministers if people want to call us that then they can go ahead we're willing to use any possibilities to present ourselves as well as the show should also give seminars to educate followers how to present themselves to the public these images feed when you see a person like that what do you think even if you use right i'm not voting for him clothes and music are a big part of the movement targeting under thirty who aren't happy with the current government and what they see as the glorification of the extreme left here we have one of our t. shirt is that we sell the shows the one hundred thirty million plus victims murdered by communists over the years the former skinhead speaks like a p.r. manager a consummate showman schroeder is articulate funny and gregarious are meeting left me wondering about the message he's selling. after spending some time with patrick

it's hard not to be a number by him but i wanted to speak to somebody to find out if there's any potential risks of packaging ideas this way. the danger is that you don't see. that behind the curtain the cigarette is actually quite quite a good example a good metaphor of that you have something out of particularly appealing or might be appealing to a young person you have attractive offers to engage. in chic counterculture in youth culture or practice of various sorts which are systematically put in place to attract people and then silently small three combined with messages toward violent extremism should a insists he is nonviolent but nip still or not and face n.t.v. is here to stay with an eighty eight episode set to air at the end of august they are looking to convince more of germany's youth disenchanted with the status quo that it's ok to turn to the far right. r.t.

germany. why lines from around the world now american three hundred kilometer march in pakistan has reached the capital in a major opposition call for the prime minister to quit the corruption and vote rigging tens of thousands joined a rally from lahore to islamabad which put security forces on alert place blocked the main roads into the capital the interior minister later allowed to march into the city. the world health organization says the magnitude of the ebola outbreak is vastly underestimated there have been nearly two thousand reported victims in the worst affected countries in west africa where medical services are a breaking point the un agencies approved the use of experimental vaccine elsewhere u.s. scientists believe they've discovered how he paralyzes the immune system which could help develop new treatments. iraq's prime minister nouri al maliki has agreed to step down and give way to his newly appointed successor. in

a televised address he offered his support to the new prime yeah the president approved maliki's replacement earlier this week but the embattled politician refused to go is western educated replacement is also a shia muslim and his hope to form a more inclusive government to help the sectarian tensions. a freedom of information laws in britain is supposed to get official bodies to come clean well the government hasn't judy released a fresh reports on the impacts of drilling for shale gas but only after having edited or completely blacked out over sixty elements of it has more and more suspected of being hidden whatever that topic papers published by the government don't tend to rival agatha christie in the relative harmony but this draft report put out by staff for the department of prime vironment food in rural affairs has an air of mystery around it that's because i'm major chunk of the study relating to

the controversial issue of the right thing and the fact that running on my money then said the word redacted and paid sixty three times in this report so it's not so much of a whodunit because we know it was a white hole but it is a why done it the draft report was released not long off to westminster offered up two thirds of england to any energy companies that want to bid for shale gas drilling licenses to people desperate to find out what the sense of parts are hiding a roland and the retailer they've been trying to sell their home in rasika in lancashire last year they found by as and agreed a price but the sale fell through when plans to frack in the area emerged they've even put the price of the house down by twenty five thousand pounds but still no one wants that are you know what. all our money.

we were in a lot of some m.p.'s have been calling for the government to offer financial compensation to homeowners like roland and marie who could lose money because of neighbor i drilling but westminster has so far refused to offer payouts saying that fracking will herald a new era of cheap energy and boost the economy we asked defra why they had sent said parts of the shale gas study a government spokesperson said there is no evidence that house prices have been affected in over half a century of oil and gas exploration in the u.k. or evidence that this would be the case with shale this government believes that shale has a positive part to play in our future energy mix providing energy security driving growth and grating jobs unfortunately for the tellez that government assurance isn't exactly driving swarms of potential house baez to that goal that they.

just don't want. people to know what the problems. are who are. searching for sales are people with. hope are all one. campaign is have accused the government of trying to hide the risks of fracking for local communities they're demanding the release of the full on a bridge government study in a bid to try and solve this fracking mystery before it turns into a horror for those affected by it polly boy a london. coming up after the break here on r.t. international it's another fired up episode of crosstalk stay with us.

baltimore is considering making their curfew for minors even stricter for the last twenty years children caught on the street up until midnight were in deep trouble with the police but now this will be made even earlier starting at nine or ten pm depending on their age and the day of the week can the government impose a curfew on youths well yes if we think about it people under eighteen can't sign contracts join the army smoke cigarettes or vote because they're legally not responsible for their own actions so yeah that whole freedom of association guaranteed by the constitution really only applies once you're an adult who can in theory be responsible for associating with certain people on a street corner at midnight although legally this is ok ideologically there's something wrong with the idea i remember hearing in school all the talk about living in the greatest country on earth and how many freedoms we have in america but the problem is that it is hard for teenagers to believe all these nice slogans when they have to dodge police just for walking down the street in their own home

town getting a two hundred fifty dollar fine for leaving your house doesn't make you feel like you're living in the greatest country on earth i mean it sure didn't when they put a curfew in my neighborhood in the ninety's but that's just my opinion. home from. her. room. for a. pew pew. pew.

in reality radiation is still there and it is killing our children they aren't dying of a heart condition was asked no leukemia but the authorities are still hiding the truth for most of all and i don't know why don't they have children on their own because you heard so much to know that they can't protect our children from this. from. look at the pledge lives there and they are legendary hard to make out a letter to get along here is a plot that never had sex with the target their lives let alone.

listen to the i'm listening. oh and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered on peter lavelle history is never really dead as long as it's with us the start of the first world war one hundred years ago is a case in point in numerous ways the beginning and conclusion of that conflict

shapes our world today. to cross-talk the legacies of world war one i'm joined by my guest george seddon uli in new york he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the new book bombs for peace nato's humanitarian war on yugoslavia in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the independent institute and in new haven we cross to pierre perceval he is an associate professor at the university of warwick and president of the international society for first world war studies all right gentlemen cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it ivan eland if i go to you first recently wrote an article world war one rather than world war two is key for today's foreign policy why did you write it and what does it mean well i just said that we always go it seemed to hear politicians talk about the need.