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this is the us. and lunch a real. residents of eastern ukraine is stunned by recent military action in which a hundred civilians have been killed or injured in the last week a family of three died in the latest. in the week's top stories russia succeeds in its effort to bring relief to the suffering population as tons of. the convoy returning to russia. calls for justice of the killing of an unarmed black teenager get a response from police in the us with protesters feeling the wrath of security forces. john so what's the reason for ordering the press out.
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of. american beheaded by the islamic state allegedly by richard execution we look at how the movement is managing to find winning recruits in the west. and it's eleven am in moscow you're watching. a family of three have been killed in shelling of residential areas in the ukrainian city of donetsk they says the army made another attempt to rid the city of government fighters a mother father and their eleven year old daughter were running to a shelter on the bombing began a rocket landed next to them on the street now for more on the situation in the region as cross lived. yes it's good to see that but it seems that the situation
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where you are is far from safe right now. and certainly is far from safe right now there have been massive multiple attacks in neighborhoods and residential areas here in donetsk overnight saturday there was almost a continuous stream of shelling so much so that i and other colleagues here as well as local people i know were constantly missing each other to make sure that we were ok the local press here is reporting that the ukrainian army has received an order to clear the city of local militia by independence day which is today now there is a rally that is being planned for later in lenin square but at this stage it is still unclear whether this will go ahead because this is of course a primary target in the past week more than forty people have been killed by shells that have hit hospitals schools apartment buildings and churches now we're also hearing at the same time that there is fighting in neighboring villages to demand
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people of course are living in constant fear as you drive around here it's almost like driving around a ghost town most people have either been evacuated or hiding in fear in apartment blocks and in shelters that are underground what we also know is that the army is trying to as it fights these anti-government fighters it's trying to get all these villages and cities of them of course these fighters are responding which is why are we seeing such an intensification of gun battles on the ground. paula thank you very much our reporting that. neighboring lugansk has also suffered in ten shelling and numerous casualties this week the locals there say no place is safe with bombs landing on residential areas every day artie's maria phenomena reports from the embattled city. the devastation of we worried shelling we were here last fall days ago and we've returned to find guns there in the scars of
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sustained attack kiev is calling this long assault the final stage of its military operation and the fact it's having the locals is told to clear every day residential areas of the city of look around being targeted fortunately when this five story apartment building was hit no word was heard by the time had happened almost all the residents have already fled minutes later we come across two of the handful of people still living here and they're clearly terrified. that. many of those still here high the elderly hold to seek to leave without saddam again like elenor they're forced to take shelter in their basements when the shelling begins to get a deal as the good you look out at me mohammad got
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a chilling look at the larger media. i don't know why they're all eventually. going to spot you can i have the hornet across our bureau get your point of. view of clear floated a couple barbara i know but did you know don't buy the honey of the boat but it really angered her i was there although this is the scene in lugansk central market it was hit on monday but the smell of burning still not once have no yanna on the street in the line of fire this is the first city market and mon cher who feared group. we rushed to the wrist bone shop you know the basement. candles can still be found in the shops and they've become crucial in a city without electricity. who just about to start moving our piece to
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camera. shot live just minutes away from us the near constant bombardment is taken its toll on locals without. cooling their anger. victoria tells us she has little choice but to state what you lose on your. novel juggling. thousands of refugees have pulled out of the guns to escape the recent shelling and even if this turns out to be the final assault on the city as the government in kiev claims the effects of the sustained feinstein will be felt by civilians here for many years to come. grief notion r.t. iligan ski claim. after weeks deprived of food and water a russian humanitarian aid convoy finally reached desperate ukrainians who lined up to get basic essentials their convoy is now back in russia after unloading tons of
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food medicine and water in less than twenty four hours two hundred eighty trucks made their way through war torn eastern ukraine after being stalled at the border for over a week here in washington called it a violation of the nation's sovereignty and threatened russia with consequences un humanitarian chief valerie amos told r.t. aid effort should not be politicized what i think is important in terms of the humanitarian aspects of this is that all of those aspects are not politicized the one of the important things about humanitarian work is that it's independent it's neutral it's about bringing aid to people in desperate need i regret that this whole issue of the convoy became highly politicized and i hope that that does not happen again. despite the humanitarian mission the west quickly suggested the aid column was a russian invasion hysteria was found by mainstream media with headlines such as
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these comparing the convoy to a trojan horse to artillery units we asked political analyst in boise mallett jammed investigative journalist neil clark about the accusations the hypocrisy here is really off the scale isn't it because it seems ok for the western powers to bomb sovereign states for humanitarian reasons but it's not ok for russia to say did a humanitarian aid convoy if russia. did invade ukraine we know about people the way the ukraine is we're not going on this convoy is pretty clear they're going to find any excuse to stop it from going through and as they were doing this people are being killed and dying in the east of ukraine and that really is outrageous the double standards here this is. pinnacle of hypocrisy there is clear that there is no invasion it's clear that the convoy is purely humanitarian and it's clear that the arrival of the convoy has a point underscored to the rest of the world that there is no invasion that the only people suffering here are the peaceful people in eastern ukraine that their
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own government is trying to murder and that's a problem and so they need to divert attention from this to some sort of hypocritical to talk of russian invasion i doubt there would be a european aid coming into that region for them people in donetsk and lugansk they're there subhumans they're like the prime minister yes said they're not considering these people people they're considering them rebels aggressors russians or whatever so they're not going to help them even though by their own rhetoric and by their own values to should but i don't expect that to happen at all. but it's not only ukraine's ace this being left to deal with the consequences of the fighting there this is the west and ukrainian city of laval where eleven soldiers were buried on tuesday they died in our mission in the country's east family and friends gathered to pay their last respects while the coffins were carried to the sound of the national anthem. the international red cross has joined the search for andre stan a russian photojournalist who disappeared in ukraine almost three weeks ago despite
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an international outcry his whereabouts remain unknown and kiev insists there's no information the un the e.u. various rights groups and journalists around the globe are all demanding secure his release thirty three year old stan it has worked for many international news organizations such as great as on the associated press is mother hopes to see her son sitting. in the goodies in the in. the beginning of september that mom will be schools as. well as to get the most to see what you do with it in your sparkly oval office looked at the way she is it could be others do. it appears to. in other news u.s. president barack obama has ordered a review of all mean local police with combat equipment this comes off to public fury of the military style police crackdown on rallies following the killing of
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black teenager michael brown hotties marina portnoy has the story. unrest driven by anger over michael brown's death carried on for a second week demonstrators on the streets of ferguson once again met with tear gas rubber bullets and flash grenades freedom of the press was also under threat as artie's own correspondent was engulfed in a cloud of tear gas right now you can see behind me if you look they're firing this is either tear gassed all our small cannons that have also been used throughout these nights oh our wait let's go let's go let's go. to some guys she gets right in the states affected saying oh my god i did other reporters faced death threats from police. there. in the seat louis city the first amendment was confined to a media pan and at least six journalist were arrested for attempting to do their job. health insurance what's the reason for ordering the press out what's the real
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motorcar about the rest of the break that your president but i have no right to take out iran's leader who are where are all the revival beyond that i don't want. you i don't care to question i just asked a question that's right the way life totals was circling in a walking with very little saw goes around and took those photos and butts are the officer in charge decided that circles were not big enough he decided that he got handcuffed the real brawl to. roughly two hundred ten people have reportedly been arrested since the aug tenth protests began including nineteen year old holocaust survivor hedy epstein police has and try to incite the people in ferguson of the people that come to the demonstrations. so if they become more violent and the police will become even more violent that will be their excuse
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criticism surrounding heavy handed police tactics deepened wednesday when a few miles from ferguson another black man who allegedly shoplifted from a store was shot dead by white police officers powell was brandishing a knife but instead of using a taser or other nonfatal methods cops fired nine shots into the twenty five year old letters ation of america's law enforcement has made front page news around the world critics say arming local cops with war weapons fuels a more aggressive type of policing that lacks accountability america has a lot of issues it has a lot of problems it goes around the world preaching morality but the ugly images of america's military police and beating people in the streets and riot. troops and soldiers in the military on his own citizens world that america speaks for by the end of the week police clashes and protests decreased significantly as temperatures in ferguson have around thirty seven degrees celsius meanwhile the st louis grand
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jury has already begun hearing evidence to determine if ferguson officer darren wilson should be charged with the death of michael brown a decision is expected in october but the makeup of the jury may good night a wave of backlash to see nine white people and only three black people were chosen as jurors the on even representation may spark a new feeling of injustice causing the public to accuse the process of being bias in a poor nial r.t. ferguson. well it seems it's not only the police who are the demonstrators in the us the army has released a guide on how to use lethal force against civilians in the event of full scale riots departments are authorized to use snipers aircraft and even artillery all against unarmed civilians one part of the document stresses the need to exploit the psychological effect of such a lethal response r.t. spoke to one of the protesters who felt the wrath of security forces. the police
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came out of and arrested us including coming into the crowd and dragging myself and another person out and then captain ron johnson pointed it to him but instead these two get heavier charges not just failure to do for there is great worry about people here continuing to stand up and demand justice and that's why the police rules and regulations are changed right now people can congregate anywhere they have to keep moving in the protest area and if they are not walking fast enough in the protest area they get threatened with arrest people who go up to cops and go hands up don't you get accused of rowdy provocative behavior and in some cases are rare and that reflects fear not only on the part of the local authorities but on the part of the whole system no people being subjected to this abuse which is the nature and why thing it's not just here in ferguson and they are afraid that their defiance spirit of the youth in ferguson could infect people all across the us well
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michael brown's death has hated the debates over the use of lethal force against minorities in america a number of young black men have died at the hands of police they say yeah this april a police officer shot down try hamilton ten times during a struggle in apoc in july ever gonna died on the ground and officer used a prohibited choke hold against him earlier this month john crawford was gunned down when he picked up an air rifle from a shop shelf in i hiei also in august they say mentally ill man was shot dead while in compliance with police orders forte and dante pollack who was killed after repeatedly being shocked with a stun gun on suspicion of robbery. still
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to come rushes in balder of european products isn't seen as a peachy idea in the fall has worried about russia's even food involved in response to western sanctions they sound more coming up after the break. those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in 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. it's like you know when the bullets to start because it's like duck duck duck duck back back back about. so it's it's almost like there's
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a beat the blue and then you just see the big sound that's like a base. this week the beheading of an american journalist by islamic state militants horrified the world but shock was compounded by the discovery that the executioner was apparently from britain farmer reports. the brutal killing of an american journalist by a british citizen grizzly footage posted online showing james foley beheaded by an
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islamic state militant his execution a speaking in english with an english accent blaming recent days strikes by america in iraq we are in the slumming on a state that has been accepted by a large number of muslims worldwide it prompted the british prime minister to cut short his holiday while ten downing street called the brutal murder shocking and deprived but he's also prompted cools by some m.p.'s to question the west to rethink its policy in syria and iraq we've plus applied some stuff in terms of communication to these people all of these people got a hold of this but i'm the. type the nicest type who are now turned into a formidable force however foreign secretary philip hammond made it very clear there will be no change in britain's approach but i reject any suggestion that british foreign policy is providing any kind of excuse for what i salute doing i
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still has a poisonous ideology we will support moderate. secular democratic oppositions to murderous dictatorships whether it's by sil all whether it's the assad regime in syria but the brutal murder of james foley has raised other all good questions for the government namely the growing number of britons fighting alongside jihadists around four hundred thought to have taken up arms in syria and iraq and some experts believe it's a tight that will be difficult to reverse the counter extremism units have not been very effective and the reason they're not very effective is because they're dealing in a framework which they cannot change they cannot change the social situation of many young minority brits in this country they cannot change the foreign policy of great britain and given those. limitations it's unsurprising that they have been unable to fix the situation on their own last year britain was shocked by the horrific
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killing of british soldier lee rigby outside his london barracks hacked to death by two u.k. nationals who converted to islam and claimed they were avenging the deaths of muslims killed by british forces but despite the outrage that followed hundreds of britons have continued to join the islamic state while there's been widespread condemnation of that you have this it is clear they do have their sympathizers and for britain still very close to home. andrey farmer for r.t. . now the islamic state is considered too violent even by al-qaeda leaders but despite the atrocities the militants seem to be finding growing support in europe now in france a poll suggested fifteen percent of the population support the islamic state and a third of those aged between eighteen and twenty four some of the islamic states popularity is being attribute it to a p.r. campaign on the web on social media there have been many images posted of famous
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european monuments emblazoned with arabic slogans such as long live the islamic state. well the threat of the islamic state is spreading far beyond europe and the middle east indian easy and police still being put on alert in the world's largest buddhist temple after a threat made by jihadists all the details are on our website. under martin dot com we've got the best pictures from a color run in sweden participants were showered with bright power throughout the race. russia's bloc on importing most european foods in response to western sanctions has triggered anger across the. in spain farmers tipped out crates of fruit and burnt e.u. flags producers there are bracing for a sharp drop in prices due to the recently imposed russian embargo trade unions say
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this will also mean significant job losses the concern is shared by farmers not only in spain forcing the e.u. to funnel emergency cash to its fruit and vegetable producers. well up to one hundred twenty five million euros will be available to cushion the losses the numbers however show this is only a drop in the ocean as the cost to the worst hit nations is expected to be up to nine times larger than the eight on offer artie's paid to all of us spoke to some of the farmers affected. after brussels imposed sanctions on russia moscow was forced to react and the e.u. is now feeling the pinch of russia's ban on western food imports. which i think will fix them so the sanctions people are very pessimistic now nobody explains to farmers what's happening they don't know what the future will hold. financial services company i n g predict that the embargo on food imports could cost e.u.
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countries six point seven billion euro a year with one hundred thirty thousand jobs at risk countries whose economies were already in a bad way are especially worried what if the greek people are already suffering from high taxes on unemployment the greek government needs to take a different position and not support the e.u. . exporters of fruits and vegetables in europe of coming for particular pressure with some from is outraged by the compensation that brussels has been offering in twenty thirteen the e.u. sold one point two six billion euro of fruit and seven hundred sixty nine million euro of vegetables to russia the european commission is made only a tiny fraction of that available as financial aid to farmers who. listen we're broke we've come to a dead end nobody cares about us except gold nobody cares how much money we knew
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how are we going to survive. across the e.u. food produces and export is a feeling the bite from the embargo hardest hit in terms of money is germany which could miss out on one point three billion euro however in terms of relative losses compared to the size of the different economies the baltics are in for a bruising but i don't think that the size of the current cost is affordable but we are talking about. a union that is already in a very weak economic situation is faced. a new sign of recessions the value of the in the other the cost of the international company higher those opposed to e.u. sanctions against russia fear that even if the embargo is lifted the damage may feel ready there are a lot of american countries there is turkey there is iran there are other countries in the arab world that are ready to fill in the. of the russian market greece is in
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the situation or this market if it's lost it will be very very hard to get in again . the longer the sanctions last the more likely things like this are to become commonplaces exporters try to get european leaders to pay attention to their plate . germany. some other world news in brief now we start with pictures of police violence in sweden at least ten people have been injured and nine others arrested during a protest in the city of malmo police horses trampled several people one was hit by a van demonstrators gathered to protest an election rally by a far right out of the country's parliament very. an israeli airstrike has leveled a twelve story apartment building in gaza no casualties have been reported as civilians were warned prior to the strike the attack comes in response to hamas
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rocket fire and the kidnapping of a murder of three israeli teenagers egyptian officials are calling for a truce but israel refuses to continue any dialogue unless a mass stops firing rockets. and the aviation industry has been put on red alert over an icelandic volcano part of the country's airspace has been closed because the volcano is expected to spew large amounts of ash the nation's airports are currently operating as normal back in two thousand and ten the eruption of another volcano in iceland caused huge disruptions to flights across europe. well after the short break we follow several young men in their journey to reach their dream and join russian special forces and for u.k. viewers we take a closer look at the child vaccine debate in the u.s. stay with us.
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just the other week on the program we discussed how it's technically legal but not very motivating to impose a curfew on to minors but now that adults are protesting in ferguson missouri the government is placing a curfew on them i'd like to make a small speculation warding this curfew is probably an excuse to break up the protesters once you disperse angry people out of their energy to protest is also dispersed but let's think about this if you take a look at the constitution there are two effective hours listed it doesn't say works from nine to five minutes just because crowd control in the darkness is much more difficult and scary for the police doesn't mean that your ability to protest vanishes along with the sun in the evening regardless of whether you agree with the protesters or whether you agree with the idea of protesting at night or not i think is beyond question that you cannot impose a curfew on adults in the united states just because the last two presidents have used the constitution as toilet paper does not make it somehow invalid at night but that's just my opinion.
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i was taught in medical school that vaccines are safe and they're affected i had no reason to believe otherwise my daughter's name. she was beautiful and perfect. be. vaccinated the food and drug administration centers for disease control and prevention are recommending the use of that vaccine for. something's happened victoria's stop breathing. it's a beautiful back. it doesn't matter what people. and it really doesn't matter what people's opinions are all you have to do is look at the data i have a child and i felt it's an idea mr they are saying that some people. can be sacrificed. for the greater good.

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