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until now i've really rather not talk about that right. the national guard is called up to move into the us. after police once again turn up the heat against protesters as a curfew is extended into a second night. as the first batch of trucks from a russian humanitarian convoy is finally at the ukrainian checkpoint. we jump in the trucks all selves and see what it is they happened. with a cease fire set to expire soon fears are growing of renewed suffering we report on one palestinian man in particular who has been left literally speechless soft to being held in israeli detention.
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international with me rule receive welcome to the program. the us. have announced the deployment of the national guard to try and quell the ongoing violence that. earlier the police again shot rounds of tear gas against the protesters rallying over the killing of a black teenager by an officer last week security forces say that was in response to protesters reported to be throwing molotov cocktails at them a curfew is now come into effect for a second night following more than a week of demonstrations but also calling for police to stop their crackdown on peaceful protesters i would say just after three in the morning that. honestest you're trying. to tell now would have been hard to imagine
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a moment where we would have to report in helmets from the streets of missouri earlier just hours ago complete mayhem and chaos was already unraveling on the streets hours before the curfew began where police were firing tear gas at protesters l. rods were being used we know that at least one person was injured really may have on the ground people with children still victim to the tear gas being used we know that a woman in a chill wheelchair was trying to speed away from the scene and just really really hectic heavily militarized police for the second night of curfew here night after night this is exactly a week now since clashes began here between protesters and police after the death of unarmed eighteen year old michael brown because of multiple shots fired bullets by a police officer the community has been coming out on to the streets demanding accountability and justice they have not seen many answers if any at all to the death that took place and they're continuing to come out onto the streets to demand that so we'll
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be here bringing you all the latest as events here on rubble as the curfew now begins. protesters claim the police aggression against ferguson demonstrators is a way out of proportion vehicles have been deployed to quell the unrest but images from one of the rallies shows an officer wearing some very serious combat gear his equipment for example including the military a helmet and type called goggles weapon of choice possibly a grenade launcher or two. launcher is well you can see part of it i want one of us which he's actually got two of them to lodge fighting nine we spoke to dr mark mason an activist from the occupy movement he says it's very worrying that of the militarization of the police what we have now on the streets these are not police these are paramilitary troops you go to central america and sure going to find the same thing i cannot overemphasize that i am old enough to see a very very frightening transition in the united states where the militarization of
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the police is a movement by. the owners of this country the last year alone in two thousand and thirteen one year the u.s. pentagon donated more than four hundred million dollars almost a half a billion dollars of new material great equipment to police departments in the united states that's one year old lone almost half a billion dollars of material they are not trained to use this material they don't know what they're doing with it and we should not have paramilitary troops not on the streets of ferguson and not in the streets of central america either this is clear violent state suppression of dissent. the first of almost three hundred russian trucks destined for eastern ukraine are at the border checkpoint waiting to be let through it's taken three days the numerous hurdles and
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a great deal of uncertainty for kiev to finally accept that this convoy was indeed only carrying eight before the vehicles undergo their very last inspection we dispatched an alternate to go and inspect them for self. these sixteen trucks from the russian humanitarian convoy other first to reach the russian ukrainian border they are now parked here literally meters away from donetsk is right in a border checkpoint earlier today the cargo these trucks are 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 . military to see here's the truck is on. it's about the.
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reason we're simply i'm carrying it on the state's most important wasn't on. buckwheat's what is just. as it is in case anyone says that the best solution would seal certainly quickens 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 told. eight tongs and this is he tells me the maximum or what they struck can carry well 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. race nationality russian here kryten border. the convoy is
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heading for the struggling population in eastern ukraine that still suffering nonstop attacks the ukrainian army is aiming to sever connection between the two largest cities lugansk here and on the outskirts of in order to do so though they're trying to take control over dozens of small towns and villages and along this road that connects both of the hubs for example of me since right the anti-government fighters that managed to destroy one of the rocket launchers the army has been using in the area also in the north right there that's also come under heavy fire many houses burned to the ground by keep her right in the middle as you can see arguably the most important town because of its proximity to dawn yet it's basically as close as you can get to the city without actually being inside it itself the fighting there doesn't stop even at night and half of the town has been badly damaged as well now if indeed the army succeeds don yes it will be completely blocked from the only humanitarian corridor that's left the cities are
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thorough the use of already warned people that the water supply is being cut off there's no electricity in most districts and deliveries of food and drinking water only come once every several days top of that the bombs and rockets continue to rain down killing dozens and destroying what little people have. in the meantime doesn't seem rather ball that all over the whereabouts of a russian photo journalist missing in the country for two weeks now. according to the interior ministry it says that it doesn't want to be bombarded with questions over the photo journalist called under a stone in although earlier it did issue a search warrant and blamed the anti-government forces for holding him captive ukrainian officials have reportedly gone back and forth admitting then denying that they have him standing appeared on or susan disappeared on august the fifth in eastern ukraine where he was covering the military crackdown on the region you can
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get all the details right now if you like at r.t. dot com. it's on to international on the diplomatic front regarding ukraine some progress has been made in an attempt to resolve the crisis the russian foreign minister has spoken to the press following a five hour talks with top diplomats from germany france and ukraine and let's cross over now live to live with peter all of us who joins us up peter good to see you always keeping a very close here and what was allowed to say why don't you run it down for me. well on sunday evening here in berlin we saw a long and arduous five hours of talks between the foreign ministers of germany france ukraine and russia we've just heard from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov of he outlined what he took away from sunday evenings talks he said that there had been some steps forward taken that there was agreement between russia and
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ukraine on certain issues particularly when it came to humanitarian aid they said that there was a need for that both now and in the future that it should be allowed to continue also when it came to border security that both sides saying that they needed to be able to make sure that they had the ability to secure the integrity of their borders now mr lavrov went on to say that despite reports in certain media outlets that there had been russian military columns crossing into russian armored columns crossing into ukraine the o.s.c. observateur that were on the ground there had said that they've seen absolutely no evidence of this with regards to russian military movements on the russian side of the border he said that these were taken as an act of security to the fact that the fighting was taking place so close to russia's border and that shells from ukrainian forces actually regularly fell onto russian territory now he went on to say though that there were some stumbling blocks particularly when it came to the
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cease a cease fire agreement russia is calling for a unconditional cease fire from both sides from all sides involved in the conflict however kiev ukraine is still pushing for certain conditions to be in place on that cease fire there was also when it came to the political process particularly stumbling blocks as well now when it came to talking about other issues that they didn't particularly agree on so he laughed it off was talking about the far right group right sector that operates in ukraine now he called on kiev to. make sure that they have them under control on sunday we heard from right sector leaders that they were prepared to turn their forces against kiev if members if their members that were currently in jail weren't released that was later dismissed by the leader of right sector but obviously concerned about their operations that are ongoing in ukraine now. it was a
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a big long night of talks we heard from the ukrainian foreign minister mr claim can be tweeted as he left the building that it would be area where the talks would be taking place at the country residence of the foreign minister here in germany and he said that had been five hours of hard difficult negotiations that but it would take five times those five hours before any real steps were taken and from the host of the talks the german foreign minister he said that all opportunities were being taken and all possibilities being looked into to make sure that they could be no more casualties in this conflict so what we are getting there is it seems that steps have been taken forward that these are baby steps we haven't seen any great leap forward just yet but we are expecting to hear in the in the next week perhaps is the date to be set for another round of talks so this is something that's going to be going on for a while but some progress has been made so far you know some progress being made
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but as we know there was continue as a nation ukrainian people continue to die with a massive humanitarian catastrophe ongoing interesting comments there thanks for that arthur we are back with more news in just a moment. we speak your language. news programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little too negative angles the stories. you hear. the spanish. visit.
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those who want to get him to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis is syria 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. here in the russian capital thanks for joining us on our international to gaza we go where large crowds again taking advantage of a temporary ceasefire at a protest against israel's military offensive the truce is set to expire later today with fears growing it will mean yet more bloodshed in turn all the conflict
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has already claimed nearly two thousand palestinian lives and many many more both physically and mentally. the story of one man in particular who is actually being left literally speechless by what happened to him. the loft directly from the northern west bank is still unable to speak properly or move his legs following twenty eight days of israeli detention the thirty year old was returning home having attended job interviews in the united arab emirates when he was arrested at the crossing point between jordan on the west bank which is in part controlled by israel almost a month later he was released into palestinian jurisdiction in a critical condition with his medical records withheld doctors say when he arrived at the hospital he was rigid unable to move his wife says he could move nothing by his eyes and appeared to be dead a kid i was here only freight for him is the type who can't handle insult and humiliation and yet must have been
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a very difficult experience for him he's an extremely sensitive person and he does not except in subtle humiliation. a high flying computer engineer was apparently a normal health until his arrest. doctors say he was injected with unknown substances that shocked his system sending him into a comatose state and then the patient was given meds new during his detention which are unknown to us here obviously hospital presenting symptoms of stroke and he was shaking his lawyer says israel claimed he was a member of hamas and supported the movement something his father vehemently denies and i know my son he doesn't. remember any association even but even how much he was happy even anybody and he just seeing these thirty years he just get with his home with his family with his war with his job until
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a few days ago it was mute and unconscious now able to mumble words he took hours to tell his father he did allegedly undergone harsh treatment forced into stress positions and kept in total isolation in what he called a black hole all of the i didn't see him i did allowed me to see him or even see him a field research or for an israeli human rights group says the evidence suggests more earth was subjected to treatment that exceeds israel's own red lines it seems that he was broken psychologically africa did from atmosphere of tension from that we deal with him no one from the israeli prison service or army was available to respond to these serious accusations but a spokesperson for the defense ministry said no one is ever detained without a security matter connected to them one of the victims neighbors visited him at the
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hospital he too alleged he been arbitrarily targeted at the same crossing ten days ago i was on my way to saudi arabia and they sent me back from the border so this is another example. daily abuse and those don't people not just for there being. without having committed any crime. investigator abdul karim says israel stepped up its policy of restrictions since the beginning of the recent gaza conflict sometimes it didn't get the two hundred to three hundred beslan deny access and this is i think a disconnectedness meant moth's case although unusually sivia highlights the tight control that israel's army and ministry of defense have of the palestinians freedom of movement both inside and while returning to their own al-q. pipe territory the message from palestinians here is that it's not just the blockaded gaza strip that is at the mercy of israel's security apparatus harry fear
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azzi the occupied west bank and many more stories for you right now on our website including you might use it but should you trust it we report from a conference held about wikipedia and we are now at the rather murky side of the world's most popular encyclopedia. the height of photography more than a million incredible photos have been taken from the international space station since it first took to the heavens of the star all the way we've got the best pick of the bunch for you at r.t. dot com. now on the program the u.s. has stepped up its airstrikes in iraq carrying out the largest military operation since the withdrawal of troops in twenty eleven american warplanes have targeted the positions and vehicles of the jihadists helping kurdish forces to retake
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control of iraq's largest. there is to teach a cli important facilities supplies water and power to the north of the country it was seized by islamic state millet's and so earlier this month is the mists have managed to take over large areas of iraq and territory in the. north and declare a caliphate and that's was the u.k.'s prime minister has called for a broader security response towards the threat posed by the islamic state he claimed humanitarian efforts are not enough to cope with the issue and suggested using the country's military to destroy the caliphate but sociologist an expert on iraq something that i'm adanis says the british army in support of the rebels in neighboring syria that in fact is actually spurred on she harvests in iraq this is something. the british government should have thought about. when they started funding arming. groups in syria to you know over ten billion
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pounds were spread about fifteen billion dollars and some estimates. and within the context of syria. figures are not available but certainly. tens of millions of pounds on the. to destabilize basically. all these terrorist organizations these terrorist organizations will be. used by by the worst of it including including britain and as the british leader calls for more involvement in iraq let's have a look at what the previous campaign cost is bring out some numbers for you there were forty six thousand british troops deployed to the country here come the numbers for the original campaign forty six thousand troops nearly one hundred eighty of them were killed the government expected to spend just two point five billion so the cost turned out more than three times that amount and most of the
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spending went to the military with barely five percent going to the aid. so is the international thanks for joining us now the founder of the wiki leaks whistle blowing service julian a son who's giving a press conference right now from inside the ecuadorian embassy in london in fact we are showing you live pictures right now two years since he took refuge there knowing he'll be arrested if he steps outside the front door you must have been reports suggesting a songe may be ready to hand him self into the earth already has who have already spent millions in their bid to catch him on his pretty boy reports the room is saying in the media this morning that julian assange launched could be giving himself up to the british ts now wiki leaks spokesperson has told us that there is your post all falls and that it's no secret that julian assange wants to leave london's ecuadorian embassy other reports in the media suggest that the whistleblower has developed a dangerous heart condition ecuador's foreign ministry has said that it's requested
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from the british government that the whistleblower kick in a diplomatic car to hospital if the need should arise and that request was reportedly tonight has been two years since ecuador granted julian assange political asylum it hasn't meant much in practical terms because he still trapped inside the embassy the police guarding the building will see to it that he's arrested as soon as he is pushing for london and probably. now to pakistan to start tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters out on the streets the opposition announcing a forty eight hour ultimatum to the current prime minister nawaz sharif to resign demonstrators also urging all of their compatriots not to pay taxes all the utility bills the police estimate around fifty five thousand people right there in the center. to the liberian capital florentine center for ebola patients has been
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attacked and looted by a crowd claiming the. epidemic is a hoax at least seventeen patients reportedly escaped while ten others were taken away by their families their fears the deadly virus will now just spread. in an easier way thirteen more survivors have been found after a tourist boat sank on saturday two foreign nationals are still missing and a dozen people were on board the boat when it hit a coral reef down off the east coast of indonesia. so a thunder and lightning for centuries mankind's been amazed as well as terrified the threatening beauty of nature's fury but these days it's actually been domesticated and now we can even throw thunderbolts at the push of a button and there are reports. shooting thunderbolts at the click of a button. that takes something as tall curvy and alien looking
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as these three hundred tons of capacitors and wires deep in the woods and who cares that it's decades old when it can do this. this monster machine's split second output is enough to power a city like moscow twice over but it's not there to kick out power stations hollywood effects maybe no but it could save your life. we use it to test the impact of lightning on things like aircraft if a plane a struggle by a thunderbolt it could cause a disaster here we're testing models to make sure the planes are properly protected and the designers know where to place the vital equipment one such test means at least a couple of thousand zaps the longest lightning zigzag ever produced here was over two hundred meters no surprise then that the home of man made thunderstorms has
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become a magnet for fans and tourists and i think i was the luckiest. it's finally dark outside now it's only a matter this with. the train co r t. thanks for joining us for the program with international trade moscow after the break experienced the rigors of life as a trade to russian soldier how a new documentary battle for the better. trust me i like video games you could tell from my physique but they like all media
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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 experience as a healthier and family well we might have less war mongers around but that's just my opinion.
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