this is r t international tonight the ukrainian army shows donetsk again killing at least eleven civilians and troubling video showing what could be the use of prohibited in century weapons. sanctions fear cools in europe. comes out against further economic restrictions on russia with businesses in their countries already feeling the sting of moscow's countermeasure is also. the u.s. government deployed to the security offices to contain countrywide protests demanding justice over the police killing of

a teenager. when i was kevin i mean this is an international live from moscow a top story for the second day running the center of donetsk has been bombed by the ukrainian military which says the attack is part of the final stage now of liberating the city from local militia must warn you the video we're about to show you contains some graphic images yet again tonight this is merged online and appears to show the aftermath of the attack a shopping center and an office block were wrecked another shell hit a university building direct at least eleven people were killed in this latest. one in the previous four days over eighty of the craniotomies using heavy artillery such as rocket launchers but now tonight locals claim something more sinister is also being to. lloyd.

on thursday night people internets reported that along with the now familiar sound of bombing this now the video can't be verified but locals claim it shows incentive devices being used similar to those apparently used by the army in another eastern city a couple of months ago former u.k. army officer bridge believes it's now up to ukraine to prove that this was not an attack involving incendies at the end of the day the onus i think must be on ukraine to assure or reassure the community and even reassure the people in east ukraine and donetsk in this case live events before as to what the kind of munition is that they're using they could of course clear this up very quickly simply by revealing and having it verified by people who know what they're talking about on the ground and elsewhere as to what the weapon is or the luminance is that they're using illicit kasian and they could satisfy this inquiry i think very easily or

failing that of course some kind of independent investigation would be needed well let's take a closer look at where all this is happening donetsk here of course is the regional capital almost a million people used to live in that city many of them have left in fear it's been under regular fire since may in three months it suffered at least one hundred twenty eight attacks from the ukrainian military since the government launched what it calls its anti terror operation in the east over eight hundred civilians have been killed in the donetsk region with. you can find some of their images coming up know that you may may find disturbing. we witnessed dramatic escalation of the ukrainian crisis and the city often yes going to screech and see the fiercest clashes with the shelling continuing 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 it is really complicated to count victims and one of the reasons behind that is to fight an easy one to go in like we hear from the u.n. human rights watchdog that up to seventy people are killed or injured every day in eastern ukraine many have only fred 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 you know still a little it's still. just still if over this. i mean you will. discover in. 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

a 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 security point of view but recently we cannot do it because it became a very dangerous. road for nationalists watching the tragedy unfold in eastern ukraine you can follow our own. twitter to find interviews with the locals from lugansk region. for foreign backers the level of civilian deaths in the east as a result of heavy weaponry is getting tough to avoid now although in washington was asked about it it wasn't enough to dent its unshakeable support for kiev's methods . we can only agree needs at every step to avoid the local population if they tried

everything but do you support that specific use of heavy artillery that could carry the risk of civilian casualties and leave blood on them not to use a weapon that could increase that but again we're very supportive of the ukrainians here it's a tough fight they're in and we do think that the ultimate goal here needs to be if it is now in any control that. nearly half of the russian foreign ministry says it's worried about the fate of the humanitarian aid convoy and how that's waiting on ukraine's border still it says it's got indications that the national guard is planning to leave mines along its route to destroy the vehicles and then blame anti-government forces earlier journalists and border guards inspect the contents of the convoy the catalog hundreds of tons of food medical supplies and emergency equipment ukrainian and russian border troops as well as the international red cross have yet to agree on how that aid will be delivered to the proceed city of the square hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped by the encircling. his partner ukrainian president says that a number of russian armored vehicles have been destroyed in ukraine is claimed

comes after several western journalists said they'd seen a.p.c.'s crossing the border so even lithuania's top diplomats have condemned the alleged crossing of the border by russian hardware as a violation of international laws is despite the fact that the only evidence for this is a number of photographs posted online showing armored vehicles all roads in and identifiable locations a russian border guard spokesman told us that journalists could have raised the alarm over a local patrol group. well when you do the regular shelling of russian territory and the fact that ukrainian soldiers are increasingly often crossing the border we're taking all the necessary steps to save guard those living near the border does that and we've created mobile groups of border guards who are sent to areas where locals report showing all fighting i'd like to stress that the act only on russian territory. meanwhile the job of being a journalist increasingly tough there are they global campaign and there has been

raised in support of the missing russian photojournalists picking up pace the u.n. and the e.u. and a myriad of rights groups of called on kiev to secure understanding's release the ukrainian government official admitted during a radio interview that the reporter had been arrested but then later denied it stepped in as a career photographer who's been covering conflicts all over the world free andrew's been trending on social networks he's been missing now for ten days and so far they've been only mixed signals about where he may be. next few over the killing of an unarmed teenager by police officers in ferguson missouri has spread to some ninety cities now across the u.s. from washington to los angeles demonstrators all over the country demanding that security forces be held accountable for their actions new york was shaken by one of the largest rallies as thousands block times square despite the demonstrations remaining largely peaceful police made several arrests in ferguson itself people

fired police families are gathered for a first night parties and a sitter is the. five. thousand people filled the streets of ferguson yet again to demonstrate following the killing of eighteen year old unarmed teen michael brown. a popular opinion among ferguson residents is that what has been going on here has been largely misrepresented by the media here think. that these protests have received in the media something to live our lives now. because they shut us down we have freedom of speech we just protest any time we want twenty four hours a day as this will be told to do obviously average continues to be the prevailing emotion here on these streets was the justice for him i really do. on wednesday night we saw the most of violent clashes thus far. clashes between police and

riot gear and protesters where tear gas was used rubber bullets were flying the street was shattered with that tear gas cannons and certainly it was extremely chaotic on the ground and arrest of two journalists took place some journalists were hit with some tear gas including ourselves we had a blast take place just steps away from we were standing for now political statements about accountability justice and an independent investigation remain just words and not deeds this community intends to keep coming out on to the streets until those promises become reality. mine resistant military vehicles that once indeed roamed this sands of iraq and policemen armed to the teeth at rallies in ferguson these of course a social media eruption mocking tweets pointed out that officers were better equipped than wartime soldiers of look at this picture from one of the rallies this officer has some very serious combat gear and shoulder let's take

a look more closely at what he's actually kitted out with show way his head gear includes a military helmet and tactical goggles weapon of choice of course possibly a grenade launcher as well with an advanced sight as well and on his side two knives there were heavy stuff for the deployment of this kind of equipment as lead some to go as far as comparing the whole situation is something don't you find in a police state let's take a look at this tape showing how the hashtag ferguson spread across across twitter didn't take long for the subject to engulf the u.s. we see that long before spreading across the atlantic to europe either as you see over there only after this kind of reaction and nights of protests into the fifteen hours and saying the police finally revealed the name of that office and shot the teenager whose name is darren wilson political columnist ted rall told me he believes that until the police stop acting as an occupying force people's and it won't subside it's not the first time this is happened you know this is

a situation that repeats itself in all sorts of african-american communities across the country 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. 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. the shooting of michael brown is just the latest scandal involving around mass outrage over police brutality in the u.s. in july and last mattick man died of an officer put him in a chokehold even though the victim repeatedly said that he had difficulty breathing this month a mentally ill man was gunned police during an investigative stop and one of the

most distressing incidents took place in georgia in may when a baby was severely injured by a stun grenade in a police raid offices had got the wrong house coming up hiding a source of information from the us authorities could cost you dear press freedom once again suffering a blow in america with a new york times investigative journalist now facing prison for keeping his lips sealed but he still says plus two while thousands in israel call for the government to put an end to hamas residents in the west bank of mass boycott of products in the attempt to try to undermine tel aviv's economy that of more after this quick break. so we. are the see bush and secure. your party visible. shoes that no one is there with to get that you deserve answers from.

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finland and russia both voiced concern over the scale of the military operation in ukraine and the humanitarian disaster it's created the statement was made jointly in sochi where the visiting finnish needed met vladimir putin and his. both presidents said that they are extremely concerned about the ongoing violence in southeastern ukraine calling it a humanitarian catastrophe which must be resolved immediately the finnish leader also supported the humanitarian operation clearly being conducted by moscow it's sending humanitarian aid to eastern ukraine saying that these types of steps help to rebuild trust which is vital to help to deescalate the tensions in the region and also of course both leaders discussed trade ties between russia and finland which recently have gone down by eighty percent. but you know. the finnish president tonight discuss the negative impact of sanctions came to the conclusion

that the measures are harmful to trade and business development in other countries and as a result to the world economy this is president putin's first meeting with any e.u. leaders since the european union introduced the latest set of sanctions targeting a whole sectors of the russian economy and since moscow introduced the ban on a wide range of products imported from the e.u. and it has caused quite a strong effect on european producers take a look at this graphic that we've prepared for you. because of these limitations which have been imposed on all countries which have been taking part in the russian sanctions the european union alone is expected to lose up to seven billion dollars many european farmers are now asking e.u. officials for compensation what the problem is the european union's emergency fund which is designated for these purposes is only around four hundred million euros which is obviously not enough so i don't know what we're going to do of this

continues the crops in a 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 the gate. is so difficult because production is a major loss we can make up for it and we want to receive company. from the bulgarian government or from the european union. from business the ban on imports to russia will mean a collapse for sure we have to stop our production its revenues will not be enough to cover the costs of things like logistics. statement by statement by state media leaders changing their tune with regards to sanctions now that they're on the receiving end of the hungary's problem for instance stated that by imposing sanctions on russia you'll be shooting yourself in the foot while nearby austria is agriculture minister confirmed that the industry there's already lost six million dollars as a result of russia's retaliatory food embargo member of the european parliament

from france's national front party told us it's time now to deescalate the first we decided to stop. the face but it's. wiser to decide to stop the first very bad in and to lose a little bit the face of the economy the european economy is now in a very bad situation we have very low growth we have a fact no growth so we need to we we cannot afford to have problems in viagra or sector or off routes but also for spain for denmark for an imbalance and so many countries. press freedom is a basic right written into the us constitution but it's one apparently not enjoyed by new york times journalist james rice and he's now facing jail for not revealing a whistle blower's source is going to if you can report this could result in

a major blow than to investigative journalism in the u.s. . this is a petition with one hundred thousand signatures on it demanding that the u.s. government stop its pursuit of the york times journalist james rice that the u.s. justice department wants him to give up the name of the source which james lies and as we've seen through time and time again now the justice department considers forcing. them to change slicing continues to refuse he may go to jail the source has provided rising with information about a bungled cia operation in iran which the journalist used in his two thousand and six book state of war or as it was first subpoenaed in two thousand and eight to testify against james thurber a link to form a cia employee who was later charged under the espionage act for allegedly disclosing secrets to the reporter why is an appeal to the u.s. supreme court earlier this year to get the justice department to revoke its request for him to testify but to no avail that i want to give any details about the case

but i can just say that i you know i think this is really all about. the issue of press freedom in america and about whether or not we're going to have. answers that continue to you know the grass of investigative reporting in america that's the central issue. risin is a two time pulitzer prize winner one of his pulitzer swas 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 and the view that many people share here is that if the government is indeed successful in forcing the journey james writes in to testify against his alleged sorts it could be a major blow to investigative journalism what's in washington going to check on our . national security and human rights lawyer kathleen mcclellan told us that rice's case is political revenge against rather than a security measure. what the justice department is demanding now from jim risin is completely unnecessary and is more about political vendetta against mr risin for publishing information the government doesn't like rather than protecting national security but whistle blowing is in the public interest it's not simply spouting off secret the government likes to portray it that way but if you look at these cases the information revealed is not just ragtag bunch of secrets it's work

crimes in the case of chelsea manning it's illegal surveillance in the case of thomas drake and in the case of edward snowden in fact the government hasn't been able to show that there's been any damage to national security in reality in any of these cases. next tonight thousands of people marched in tel aviv to thank the military for its offensive against the palestinians demonstrators called on the government and the army to end hamas rocket attacks from gaza once and for all an estimated ten thousand israelis gathered for the first major demonstration backing the i.d.f. military campaign in gaza israel spent more than a month bombarding the territory of defense from hamas rocket fire and see an air assault killed nearly two thousand palestinians most of them are civilians and children israel lost sixty four soldiers during the campaign but it's very fair report for r.t. people in the west bank and are using another kind of weapon for support and hurt. a boycott of his really goods in the west bank has gained momentum during israel's

war in gaza given the trade between israel and the palestinian territories is worth hundreds of millions of dollars a mass boycott of israeli goods could be a significant development when i picked something i checked with where if it is made in israel or outside fired by some israeli stuff. the money will go to the military who are the. who's bombing my brothers in it feels amazing it feels they can it way if there's a sense it feels they can resisting in a way and it's not just consumers taking the initiative shops themselves including large supermarket chains have joined in to some scenes previously fifty percent of our sales were israeli goods now it's dropped to five percent however israeli economists generally disagree i doubt that it will have any serious effect on the economy because. the palestinian market is not

a big market in israel this wave of boycotting israeli goods is making people feel empowered not since the second intifada has a campaign gain so much momentum say palestinians they hope that they'll be an impact that will change the dynamic of the israeli palestinian conflict but it seems unlikely that there will be any meaningful impact on the broader israeli economy harri fear r.t. jerusalem. the big names on international off the break larry king talks to actor and director rob reiner about a presidency in the latest edition of politicking. 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 let me put a curfew in my neighborhood in the ninety's but that's just my opinion.

sweden or finland to bring deep to join nato that would provoke some sort of free action on the part of russia and this is why as far as the military calculus is concerned what faces humanity the west north and south lawn of it can't be solved by military means or fighter aircraft or satellites or nuclear weapons military is outdated it should go like cannibalism and slavery and child labor it doesn't belong to civilization to kill each other. it will be. technology innovation called elites developments from

around russia we've got the future covered. a one on one with acclaimed film maker outspoken activist rob reiner he's got a new movie out too and he's here in studio with candid opinions on the obama presidency in terror national hotspots same sex marriage u.s. border crisis and whatever we can figure out and why he says he loves hillary clinton all next on politic. she's eight million dollars house now worth a million and you'll get hit by a bus driver does what he's paid to do. a reason not to like a little try to ride car and i'll have you here for pete's sakes cut their hair because what you're going to say really we're what i'm about to say back just ask

everyone complained to the manager we have it she happened to mention that i own this building if that. insensitive that is the case but i have sold how this is old and then you are right there are a lot worse conditions that makes me feel good. compliment welcome to politicking rob reiner no stranger to political activism and he's never been shy about his opinions and beliefs his newest film ends so it goes stars michael douglas and diane keaton he directs the also stars in it and it's out in theaters now and he joins me in studio thank you robbie larry thanks for having first what are your thoughts on robin williams well i mean it. i was doing a television show called about a boy and i had a little part in it and many drivers one of the actresses in it had told me just before i was about to shoot and i was devastated i mean really devastated i mean

you know it's not just you know that i knew robin and you know i don't know what he went through it hit me in a very very deep level because i know what that is to you have to for i have depression i've wrestled with it my whole life i know what that is and i know how difficult a struggle that is for somebody and how difficult it was for robin and it's so upsetting to hear somebody who fought as hard as he did all these years to try to manage it was able to it would have to succumb to it and it's just very upsetting politics one of the thing in that area you see someone is vital if you say funny direction great films always left political activists where is the how are you hiding this where is the depression it's not it's a question of hiding it i mean you manage it you you know i've as therapy this.