and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. this is the city market in million shares your own. residents of eastern ukraine are stunned by the army's relentless assault which has killed over one hundred civilians within the space of a single week. also in the week's top stories russian trucks spring tons of aid to besieged the gown scattered over a week long holed up on the border a humanitarian mission being quickly dubbed an invasion by the west. calls for justice over the killing of an unarmed black teenager in the u.s. city of ferguson or applying to with tear gas rubber bullets even journalists were

harassed by the security forces. captain john so what's the reason for ordering the press out what's the reason motoring right about the wrong approach does the president just have to take my word for it the. beheading of an american journalist by radicalized britain could join the islamic state highlights the threat of the jihad this massive p.r. campaign in europe. just into a brand new day here in moscow monday august twenty fifth you're tuned into the week to wrap up off the top stories from the past seven days and to the moment developments as well i mean i know neal welcome. we begin in eastern ukraine where a family of three have been killed during shelling of residential areas in donetsk

the army is tightening its grip around one of the country's largest cities and yet another attempt to seize it from government fighters a mother a father on the run levon year old daughter were running to a shelter when the bombing began a rocket landed next to them on the street some forty people have been killed in the nets this week alone the shells hit apartment buildings hospitals and churches closely or has more. this is how independence day is being marked here in didn't it's massive shelling particularly in the eastern part of the city as you can see there's something like thirteen fires that have broken out in the city just have a have a some smoke where our house has been hit knife we walk in here you can actually see that what was part of the market i think has been destroyed i mean the windows all blown away and you can see a lot of the motion dance on the ground the scary part about being here right now is that you can actually smell in the air this burning but if you do the job

because you love musicians visit universities that it goes against the idea that he feels this is now the center of dinette square in the early hours of sunday morning the local telling hospital was hit they were at least five mortars that were fired at the local morgue were. this is a very different mood to what was on demand you know we're not a problem in the square people showing their support for russia the game. here in lenin square people are setting out to show that for my kids continuing military offensive they will remain resolute according to see our team you have to meet eastern ukraine the. locals in the neighboring city of lugansk say no we're is safe from the army shelling with residential areas coming under fire daily artie's me from the reports from the bottles. the devastation of we worried shelling we were here last fall days ago and we've returned to find lugansk bearing the

scars of sustained attack kiev is calling this a full on assault the final stage of its military operation and the fact it's having the locals is all too clear every day residential areas of the city of largo on sky 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 the. many of those still here high the elderly hold to seek to leave. and like elenor they are forced to take shelter in their basements when the

shelling begins the deal has dug did you look out at me mohammad go chill out look at the large media i don't know what at all events you know they're your buddies but you can i have the hermetic across the globe get your point of blowing our vehicles clear for the obama i know but did you know that oh by the hanging of the boat 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 hangs heavy in the air and steam in the line of fire this is a vast city market and mon cher she moved here because it was. we rushed to the nearest bomb shelter another basement. candles can still be found in the shops and they've become crucial in a city without electricity. who just about to start to have another piece to

camera. show just me is one of the must the near constant bombardment is taking its toll on locals who go. there and there are. big tory tells us she has little choice but to state what you nugent only a couple of. nettles yardley. 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 this is tainted by tina will be felt by civilians here for many years to come. or even ocean r.t. in lugansk ukraine. after weeks without food and water a russian aid convoy this week finally reached desperate ukrainians who lined up to

get basic supplies the aid convoys are back in russia after unloading tons of russians and also vital medicines in less than twenty four hours two hundred eighty trucks in all made their way through war torn eastern ukraine after being stalled at the border for over a week he was reluctant to let the column through citing a lack of proper checks and documentation the international red cross said it was disappointed with the delay when the aid was so desperately needed. the i.c.r.c. regrets. that customs and inspections as agreed to between the russian federation and ukrainian authorities where delayed by the ukrainian authorities that even any german situation there is dire. we found the city without water. without electricity without supplies. and cut off from the rest of the world and we emerges to add central infrastructure.

despite the humanitarian mission the west quickly suggests that the aid column was a russian invasion and the hysteria was found by headlines like these comparing the convoy to a trojan horse and even saying that the trucks were really artillery units. and also coming up you'll see an example of the reaction to those ickes ations they have 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 the same did a humanitarian aid convoy if russia did invade the equipment we know about it would annoy the ukrainians we're not going to allow 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 the pinnacle of hypocrisy there it's 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 to underscore 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 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 talk of russian invasion. but it's not only ukraine's east that's been left to deal with the consequences of the violence this is the western ukrainian city of laval of were eleven soldiers were buried on. it died in action in the country's east family and friends gathered to pay their last respects while the coffins were carried to the signs of the national. the international red cross has joined the search for understanding a russian photojournalist who disappeared in ukraine almost three weeks ago the spot 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 kiev secure his release thirty three year old stan and has worked for many international news organizations such as reuters on the associated press this is what his mother had to say. it is the most in the done to. get my mother b. schools a school didn't. push those to get the most. looked at in the over the place it was. heavily armed units and armored vehicles not a war zone but the streets of the u.s. city of ferguson were protesters calling for justice for a teen shot dead by the police have been met by security forces wielding tear gas

and rubber bullets are draped over michael brown's killing has echoed all across the country as marina port reports. 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 look they're firing this is either tear gas all are small cannons that have also been used throughout these nights oh hour wait let's go let's go to the. sound guys she gets right to states affected saying oh my god i did other reporters faced death threats from police. 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 captain john so what's the reason for ordering the press out what's the real

border guard about throwing a great look at your president but i did not take out i actually take my word hardware on the river on the internet i don't that's right the way my photos was circling or walking with very little saw code for all of the photos photos and butts of the office and decided that's going to be good enough he decided that he got handcuffed the real brawl pool. roughly two hundred ten people have reportedly been arrested since the aug tenth protest 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 my the more violent then the police will become even more violent that will be their excuse 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 may 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 the militarization 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 the ugly images of america's militarized police and beating people in the streets and riot. troops and soldiers in the military on its own citizens has woken the world up that america speaks well 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 jury has already begun hearing evidence to determine if ferguson officer jaran wilson should be charged with the death of michael brown

a decision is expected in october but the make up of the jury made 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. the mainstream media has been accused of launching a smear campaign against michael bryant prompting hundreds of protesters to march and c.n.n. headquarters in atlanta demonstrators save a channel has focused on the slain teen's pasta auctions in a bid to incriminate him independent media editor daniel schacter sees the mainstream is racially biased. so one thing a lot of the media people are why they don't know much about what's happening in the black community they tend to buy into a lot of the stereotypes where they don't really have good sources and on the other

side a community doesn't have the same level of organization and leadership to challenge that you know when some white. defendant you know commits a crime there's a tendency to say well you're such a good boy we can't understand how this could have happened but when a young black man is in the same situation in a community where you know young black people are being criminalized and marje numbers this it lack of sympathy in america of empathy a lack of compassion a lack of understanding this is a story of how the poor in a way are also being demonized and made invisible in our society it's much deeper than just racial in its outcome you know it may look racial but it's also economic and often that's what's not being covered in any real way. also human rights watch dogs are investigating allegations that police brutality across the u.s. could be racially motivated the american civil liberties union has released

a report in reaction to the violence in ferguson the group says the story of the shoes created a climate of racial profiling targeting the black population human rights advocates stress thoughts young black americans in particular are subjected to killings beatings and are otherwise harassed by police even when they're doing nothing wrong . another story of over the top police actions this time back across the atlantic coming up after a short break. 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. and west into new sanctions against russia and obviously russia retaliated and. confrontational rather it goes on and on what do you think about sanctions that isn't a way of solving economy and business hostage to politics is russia did invade east ukraine i mean that i don't think that the west still russia would trade. you know this is no easy rifle wrong but it. is better than complete.

it in minutes into the program welcome by the world was left in shock this week by the barbarous capitation of an american journalist by to harvest from the islamic state adding to the horror was the realisation that the man holding the plate was actually a radicalized britain artie's under former reports on the aftershocks the tragedy sent right across the bow. the brutal killing of an american journalist by a british citizen grisly footage posted online showing james foley beheaded by an islamic state militant his executioner speaking in english with an english accent blaming recent days strikes by america in iraq we are in a slum in an astute has been accepted by a large number of muslims for the war that it prompted the british prime minister

to cut short his holiday while ten downing street called the brutal murder shocking and to pray ved but it's also prompted calls by some m.p.'s for the west to rethink its policy in syria and iraq we reply supplied some stuff in terms of communication to these people all of these people got a hold of this predominantly. types of niceness 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 still has a poisonous ideology we will support moderate. secular democratic opposition. but tourist dictatorships whether it's i still all whether it's the assad regime in syria but the brutal murder of james foley has

raised other awkward 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 tide 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 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 had yes it is clear they do have their sympathizers and for britain still very close to home andrey farmer r.t. london. based lamech state was the ninth even by al-qaeda for being too brutal but the merciless killers to have their achilles heel it seems in the form of female kurdish soldiers they are ready to take on the islamists seeking to avenge the thousands of women captured and executed by the islamic state for the jihad as the female fighters pose a very specific threat. they believe if you're killed by a woman there's no place in heaven for you this is a video of some volunteers joining the all female units they train with and fight alongside meal soldiers. at least ten people were injured five of them seriously when months had riot police charged the demonstrators in sweden on saturday police horses trample several people while one man was hit by a fan

a few arrests were also made it occurred when a planned braai against the far right party spiraled out of control in the city of malmo were clashes erupting between police and protesters fifteen hundred activists had gathered to disrupt a speech by the leader of the swedish new. tension mounted when firecrackers and smoke bombs were on the on rest comes ahead of the country's parliamentary vote the chairman of the communist party of sweden told us that in his country the police into what. we have seen many protests against the new nazis groups three or four months. the police don't want to you know this kind of paralysis to be disturbed. in the case at least ten people ended up in a hospital do you believe that the police will be held accountable for their actions and. is weird and there never a police accountable for these sort of things we have seen situations similar to do

. several times no. and. russia's ban on important certain european foods in response to western sanctions has triggered concern across the continent. in spain farmers to crates of fruits burned to. venting their anger across some producers they're bracing for a sharp drop in prices due to the recently imposed russian embargo trade unions say this will also mean. significant job losses and it's not just a concern for spanish farmers. which i think will fix them so the sanctions people are very pessimistic know nobody explains to farmers what's happening they don't know what the future will hold right now we have no other market to send their produce to apart from the russian one i really disagree with the use decision to impose these sanctions on russia it was a big mistake because we never had any problems with russia. listen we have

a group we've come to a dead end nobody cares about a success nobody cares how much money we make about how are we going to support. the e.u. is planning to question the blow with up to one hundred twenty five million euro in compensation for producers the numbers however show this is only a drop in the ocean as their cost to the worst hit nations is expected to be around nine times that amount. polls up close and up can see as the nation chooses a new leader who will inherit a legacy of years of rampant corruption that's brought the country to the brink the opposition leader is so far in front in the race according to exit polls murat galahs dhea of reports from the scene for r.t. this election is seen as a race between two main contenders on the one hand there's the opposition leader who led the protests the spring while on the other there's the former loyal soldier of the old president and seen as his successor the security services minister

they've both got very similar programs they both promise to lift the country out of poverty to utilize its tremendous resources and to secure more international recognition for this tiny caucasian state as you can see the ballot boxes being empty. they will be counted long into the night but turnout has been huge in this polling station alone seventy two percent of registered voters turned out to vote across the country more than fifty percent turned out of this election by the country's rules is considered legitimate now it's no surprise the residents of the high turnout given the lead up to this early election the president puts alstad after a series of protests this spring protest against corruption protest against. and years of broken promises let's get some more headlines in brief from around the world. authorities in california have the state of emergency after an earthquake hit the some francisco bay area it's the largest in a quarter of

a century nearly ninety people have been injured three of them critically there's been significant damage to buildings and public facilities while nearly seventy thousand homes have been left without power. and gas out at least five people have been killed in a fresh series of his really are strikes three large buildings and several rolls with destroyed. is really strikes killed ten palestinians mostly women and children the number of people killed in gaza surpassed the twenty one hundred mark this weekend. coming up in our to international we take a closer look at the china vaccine debate in the u.s. .

if you look at my generation of americans and even more so at the millennial there are a lot of people with all sorts of piercings and tattoos everyone wants to express themselves by getting the exact same cliched tattoos and piercings as everyone else but can we discriminate against these people because of their and out appearance normally people are against discrimination because of punishes people for the way they were born their raise search gender but no one was born with big metal loops stretching out their ear lobes so essentially yes you can judge someone by their tech twos and piercings because they got these done consciously as an adult i mean we all know that you need to dress up on a first date or job interview to make a good impression and all having the words thug life written up your forearm are not very convincing to me that you are going to make a valuable employee he or girlfriend one of the worst things that we tell children is that you should never judge a book by its cover the problem is that no one has the time to open up all these

books and investigate so obviously ninety percent of the time we're going to be judging each other by the cover of our book and if that cover is full of dead fetus tattoos like one guy i know that you should expect a lot of bigoted reactions over the course of your life but that's just my opinion . thank you ed thank god i am i love trudie i started training and i was about twelve and then i moved r.c. my freshman year in high school i am but i don't think i'll be cheering next year.

my school as soon as miles college so that's why i'm an old vulture because someone has bad days where i'm tired all the time and i can't walk before. i was born i am not angry about it because of what if i can't make it better my going to be depressed and sad for most of my life but i know you're counting on to make do with what you got. to boot camp what you want to. eat a. merry go round it's hard because jordan doesn't look disabled and we have this problem of going out in the world with this child who appears to be a normal boy and then doing something really naughty and people yelling at him thinking that he's doing it on purpose but. you know when they're little cute guys

you don't worry about him in the same way when they get to be big potentially menacing looking sized people. so we wish we worry about the future we. need to. take. a look at a state of it there are lots. of. land. to keep. i am. led to. their basement so supportive but. i can block a lot of people don't know what to say. and have those moments where is a slight least campaign rallies the oddest it wasn't illegal.