headlines on a russian humanitarian convoy is finally on the move after being stalled for three days its cargo for civilians in the ukraine conflict zone was undergoing checks at the border. on rest escalates in the u.s. town of ferguson with police using tear gas military weapons in the power of protests shot dead by an officer have lasted almost a week. also coming up this hour kurdish fighters attempt to push back from the islamic state made claims of all sides of the conflict are benefiting from the

american weapons which have flooded the region. just into a brand new day here in moscow monday august eighteenth you're tuned into the weekly an r t international wrap up of the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well i mean a new name of welcome to our top story the first batch of russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid has reached the border with ukraine the convoy carrying two thousand tons of supplies spent three days waiting. about the humanitarian nature of the cargo. and went to see the contents for herself. these sixteen tracks from the russian humanitarian convoy others first to reach the russian ukrainian border they are now parked here literally meters away from donetsk is right in a border checkpoint you know today the cargo of these trucks carrying has only been

inspected by the representatives of the international red cross and now we're going to do the same i'm going to pick up the truck and mr lee is going to open it for us . with a three to see here truck is almost. it's a book. resume we're simply carrying it. wasn't bomb. book wheat. it's buckwheat and the bags are just in case anyone suspects it's guns or munition or something else like weapons of mass destruction. it is tells me that each bag is fifty kilograms and the route one hundred sixty bags here which means a tool till. eight tons and this is he tells me the maximum or

what they struck him carry where these trucks are now ready to cross the border to deliver its humanitarian cargo to those in eastern ukraine who are in desperate need the driver as we have been able to speak to here told me that there will be two more inspections at the checkpoint from the russian and from the ukrainian side and after that security will be the major challenge for these tracks as the convoy is supposed to travel through regions in eastern ukraine where clashes are still continuing. resolution r.t. russian here kryten border as the trucks wait idly on the border the situation of people in eastern ukraine becomes increasingly desperate let's listen to what the residents themselves are saying. well cooks that them yet but generally. i didn't buy into it that the. false night out. as it just has been below grandstanding and not going to well nice to meet you when you have

yet to meet the daily here's a video of a near the edge of the us live in the car that gets us of both of us going to say that the new cuts so far and you'll start over to the state ever. been in the atmosphere. not just the below not economical but there is nothing for the little more than what you just read anything the commission is going to say he's. going to need to do is connect the community for full for ukraine she is using this excuse me for a story but it leaves the model of the only was he surely people don't notice media but you sure you. are ukraine claims one of its a talk jet has been shot down by anti government fighters near lugansk while anti government forces say very much to bring dawn to

more incessant shelling by the ukrainian army is continuing. local self-defense forces claim even ballistic missiles helping use against the city parts of a missile were found in one district that was similar to missiles previously used in donetsk it suggests that the military is using solvent euro weapons that were left in ukraine after the union collapsed. ok let's take a look at what they're capable of in terms of warfare the missiles and maximum ranges up to one hundred twenty kilometers an afterthought distance it's able to hit targets with an accuracy of one hundred meters there are various types of warheads and bill for the system including chemical and nuclear even with a conventional payload it's able to inflict significant destruction destroying an entire heist with these honest former u.k.

army officer charles hsu bridge told us the people of eastern ukraine face many other dangers too what if this video is genuine and should be said so far there's nothing to suggest that it isn't then indeed it does show many of the characteristics one would associate with the use of white phosphorus or very similar incendiary in particular you've got. of large numbers of small pots of cause of very brightly. material that incendiary fact is particularly severe against buildings and particularly against people. if indeed that's what's happening and being used because white phosphorus is a potent incendiary it burns through to the bone and can't be put out with water a second round of talks to resolve the ukrainian crisis is underway in berlin after a two month hiatus the foreign ministers of germany france ukraine and russia are giving direct talks another try in berlin for us is peter all over following the

meeting. after the sanctions after threats they are back at the table trying to hammer out some kind of a framework for peace in eastern ukraine now just before the negotiations got underway the german foreign minister from told to. give a few brief comments to journalists before going in he talked about the need for more of these talks the need for a diplomatic solution to be found that every option should be made available to avoid potential direct military clashes between ukraine and russia he also spoke about the dayak humanitarian crisis unfolding on the ground in eastern ukraine and the need for humanitarian aid to reach those people but he did warn against anybody getting their hopes up too much he said this it was very unrealistic to think that the talks ongoing right now would bring about any concrete any concrete framework towards finding a peaceful solution but that these are as we heard from in the past steps that need

to be taken the diplomatic solution has to be found so those talks are ongoing right now as it develops anything comes out of there of course we'll bring it to you here on r.t. it all of her reporting now there's still no proof that a column of russian a.p.c.'s penetrated into ukraine through and i quote a hole in the border fence before being tracked and destroyed by ukrainian artillery moscow's firm in its response to kiev's accusations which were picked up by western media there exists no russian military convoy that crossed the russian ukrainian border either at night or during the day let's hope the ukrainian army only destroyed a phantom and not refugees or their own soldiers. lack of solid proof though didn't prove an obstacle on social media or for several newspapers either it all started when two british journalists posted on twitter about seeing a column of armored vehicles crossing the border at night to back their claims they posted pictures of an alleged military convoy in on identifiable location and

during the daytime the un u.s. and european observers who were in the area say they cannot confirm the allegations we asked a number of experts what they thought of it all if the ukrainians had achieved this task think military victory over russia again you might think that apart from just a statement on twit so on the presidential website again they'd want to be showing the world the proof of the times they triumph over the russian enemy. so much effort is being made in the western media to demonize russia and they're using the same imagery i used during the cold war throughout the cold war in the western media the soviet union was often represented with with with tanks you know again cold macallan pieces of machinery trying to protect you know as if the soviet union was a country with people in it but it's all very convenient isn't it to say look it was russian complicated what's happened to a well it's been destroyed he's a very convenient explanation isn't it sorry been destroyed. but it happened

believe us spain has become the latest country to join a global plea for missing russian photojournalists under his skin in the un an international human rights groups are calling for his immediate release backed up by a wave of support on social media using the hash tag free entry. here you can see some of his work stand in is a famous journalist who covered the conflicts in ukraine syria and gas among others the thirty three year old disappeared in eastern ukraine almost two weeks ago and since then kiev has both confirmed and denied holding him c.n.n. was working outside the net scooting on kiev's crackdown on anti-government fighters when connection with him was lost. ok moving on now a curfew imposed in the u.s. town of ferguson missouri house failed to stop people demanding justice for an

unarmed teenager shot by a police officer has been rocked by protests for almost a week now i was to see a church made joins me live from ferguson others to see if the protesters say they're going to take to the streets again we believe despite the curfew. you know now that's correct protesters have been coming out onto the streets day after day since the killing on august ninth of eighteen year old on armed teenager michael brown right now we're at a peaceful unity rally where hundreds of people have gathered yet again to voice their outrage about the lack of progress when it comes to more details being released about this killing now of course like you just said on sunday morning a curfew was imposed over the town of ferguson where from midnight to five am residents were not allowed to come onto the streets dozens of military clad military gear clad police officers were prepared to take action if people broke this curfew and in fact this did occur about twenty minutes into the curfew several

dozen people ran into the streets this led to clashes between protesters and police where tear gas was fired police initially said that this was not in fact tear gas but smoke cannons they did eventually confirm that they had fired tear gas at people who do know that seven people were arrested throughout the night and at least one person was shot it's not unclear whether that person was a protester or not and this person remains in critical condition as we speak we spoke to some of the protesters last night take a listen. to you know come a little closer. to where they started shooting to guess is you know the crowd kind of dispersed to renew my. justice and do the strongest demonstrations the occurred in the last twenty years the overall effort to be messed up to do. well that's on our people and so that's what we're trying to do drugs we don't agree with the curfew but we don't have enough power to fight back we just keep them in the streets tomorrow. full of

protesters have a continue to come out onto the streets they intend to keep doing so until justice and accountability is served we do know that police officials took several days to announce and release the name of the police officer darren wilson who shot michael brown this caused more indignation out on the streets and of course we don't expect the tensions here on the ground to die down any time soon as this community is quite set on getting all the answers they deserve for more on the story let's now go to our report that covers the events of the last week. ever. a community filled with rage sorrow and grief is demanding justice ferguson missouri is a small town with twenty thousand residents. many of them took to the streets after a black on armed teenager was shot dead by a police officer. it's a loss that's shaken the community to its core justice no police there's no reason

why the young man should be righted. thousands have protested only. these rights by writing and looting has also broken out which most residents criticize but tolerate by saddam hussein is the right thing to do but at same time there was a for that would have made headline news the police have hit back and hard. at least the militarized police force has resorted to firing rubber bullets and other heavy handed tactics to quell the unrest very probably were before we were being tear gassed and you got sort of points of well where they were shooting them into the complex and we were in the streets so why you shouldn't and so the complex risky is the excessive use of force by police has riled up protesters even more and trigger. strong criticism it defies everything. my fellow marines and i fought for when we were defending the constitution in iraq and afghanistan the forceful response was followed by curbs put on civilian freedom school the other was

a flight ban over ferguson was imposed by the federal aviation administration on tuesday that was followed by a state of emergency and curfew on saturday as officials struggled to figure out how to handle the situation the identity of the officer responsible for the killing a white twenty eight year old darren wilson was kept under wraps for almost a week it was made public along with footage that allegedly shows michael brown robbing a store on the day of his death the local community reacted with anger they released a name this video. michael brown at the same time the kind of deflect the fact that he was murdered but this kind of what it feels like they were trying to do the video justified i'm sure the nine times. they teamed up here in ferguson has sparked broad motion but for locals it's just the most recent injustice they've suffered they say the african-american community has been targeted by the police force for years if not decades and not just here

but all across the country understand and recognize that we're dealing with apartheid in america it's not just what happened to mike brown it's happening to all of our children this is systematic racism still allowed and destroying our lives and while these people hope for a fair punishment for the officer behind brown's death real social change is what they want in the long run it's got a good work junk a star let me tell what that looks like a distant goal as people here work out how to come to terms with their anger and their grief and hearty fergusson missouri. fury over the killing of the on armed teenager spread to some ninety cities across the u.s. from washington to los angeles even across the ocean in the u.k. demonstrators have. gathered outside the u.s. embassy expressing solidarity with michael brown and his family the protesters claim police aggression against ferguson demonstrators is all it's of proportion

just last night five armored vehicles were deployed images from one of the rallies show an officer wearing some very serious combat gear his appointment includes a military helmet tactical calls his weapon of choice possibly a grenade or tear gas launcher with an advance side as well on his hip two knives some experts believe civilians are being treated like and then he's at war. 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 a number of studies show that once you put on the gear as the policemen in your training you start acting like a military unit like you're in a patrol and unfortunately what happens is the psychology changes in

a lot of these local police when they're approaching the house for a swat team or a it's like they're moving in. lots more news coming up after a short break. choose your language. we can't with no international sources tell us about sixty places to split the consensus to. choose the opinions that you think are great to. choose the stories that impact the. chance to to access.

those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria but we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition we will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. nineteen minutes past midnight here in moscow welcome back kurdish forces supported by u.s. airstrikes have reportedly retaken the strategic dom in a rock thing fighters of the islamic state terror group the fight to so see supplies water and electricity to the north of the country but joint operation comes after the e.u. green lit the sending of weapons to the kurds an r.t.s.

gynae church account has this report for us. 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 militants threat not just the people of the kurdish region but also its oil production since the us 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 for arms large and small now drilling there seems that the fact that there are american oil companies operating in the kurdish region in the north of iraq had some weight and it was one of the main considerations that obama administration. took so why is thinking about engaging militarily in

iraq this month the semi autonomy as region has shown to be friendly to the u.s. into u.s. business but the oil rich kurdistan has long sought to break away from iraq it is 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 movie 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 but the kurdish region is functional the way we would like to see it and it is tolerant of other sex 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 the 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. american weapons have flooded the region almost every side of the conflict including the kurds have in one way or another been armed by washington the u.s. has been openly sending legally had to syrian government fighters as well some of them though defected from more moderate factions to be a slow mixtape taking weapons with them almost nine billion dollars worth of arms were sent to iraq but some of them again were captured by b. extremists as the country's army fled in an exclusive interview to r.t. former u.s. congressman and presidential candidate ron paul spoke about the prospects for america's latest moves in iraq he told us the u.s. risks sinking deeper into conflict on this it leaves the iraqis to deal with the

islamic state on the room. 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 ice is ended up getting a lot of weapons from us and if they captured weapons they've got them 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 i think the policy that we should follow is one designed to allow the iraqis to solve all their problems and stay out of this let them deal with it because we've tried for a long time we've lost a lot of lives spent a lot of money and we allowed a mess to develop and there's nothing about amassing chaos there and in a way we're partially responsible for that. any more stories for you online right now including a new eavesdropping scandal in germany this time the country's intelligence agency did some snooping of their own taking a covert interest in the u.s.

secretary of state in his previous us or the dot com story. also online russian girls from siberia steam up the internet with their hot move check out their twerking success whatever that is are and websites. the european union is threatening more measures against russia saying the crisis in ukraine is being found by most school more than that it's reaching countries around the world to respect europe's economic sanctions against russia where for inside europe the unity appears to be fracturing r.t. if you're pissing off reports 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. will slap to russia i would say start getting whole sectors of its economy for

major banks were hit and one airline. it's 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 the us is going to affect a small but it will take two or three months to collect our remaining. 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 of nothing has changed

we are in a desperate situation and 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 what it could have been on why is the chance to diversify and expand our trading capabilities especially having received an offer to become a privileged partner with russia. some business analysts in the west have now started wondering how wise was it to start playing this game of tit for tat sanctions the sanctions will they really work 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 the could well

be job losses come. and 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 a school be the last to retaliate is very hard to predict right now statement by statement e.u. leaders are gradually turning against sanctions slovakia's prime minister criticize them as a quote meaningless gesture that would threaten economic growth in e.u. member states austria as i grew culture minister confirm that the industry has already lost six million dollars as a result of versus tit for tat food ban while the czech leader claimed the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could only lead to a spiral of worsening relations that achieve nothing on top of that was the leaders

of hungry in finland and also change their tune motivated by the potentially huge losses in ny face western culture companies on farmers face billions of dollars in lost revenue from russia's food sanctions on its europeans that stand to lose the most the use already brittle economy is now facing recession over the trade war with russian experts say brussels is desperate to avoid landing into yet another crisis. next year nor to international get the inside view and how reportage get to the heart of the most important global stories in the latest episode of news team. trust me i like video games you could tell from my physique but they like all media can distort reality in the minds of kids and one swedish journalist in something

very unusual to step his kids back into the real world journalist carl magnus held in sun seemed almost addicted to the legendary military first person shooter game call of duty so since they like killing people online with guns he decided to take them to the gaza strip to show them what war is all about mr helder it brought his boys to a refugee camp where they could see injured kids just like themselves getting their wounds to stop they got to see all the blood and tears apparently this in your face method of parenting works and his children have stopped their on line war this strategy might sound a little extreme and we're all very expensive i can't afford to fly my family to israel to prove a point but sometimes all the to be smacked in the face with reality as a man there's something attractive about roman conquests our ranks of musket fire and a pulley on a conflict those images are nice but the reality is blood and death and if more kids could have the same experiences a healthier and family well we might have less war mongers around but that's just my opinion.

and the nice today and signs of more and more are worse as serape a storm going to be a many many manifold and i would say also.