the shell shocked population of eastern ukraine struggling to find food or water in their ruined. government forces bringing relief to the suffering locals. and the discussion at a meeting between the president. the meeting goes ahead. we have more on the expectations from the talks. and as the u.s. president of proves the surveillance of jihadists fighting in syria here on the network we look at how working with bashar al assad could suddenly become a pressing issue for washington. just a few weeks ahead of the scottish independence referendum polls suggest the yes

campaign crushing victory in the final debate between the leaders of the two campaigns. headlines live from moscow welcome to the program on the international. the ukrainian army's attacks in eastern ukraine unceasing forces sent by kiev a pushing on with their operation to crush the anti-government forces there are several villages just outside donetsk of the latest targets to be smashed they show you a church that came under the evening you can see how badly damaged it is there's no roof and many of the walls have been turned into rubble. you know. they might leave. me teacher in

a. new school someone please keep. your personal property up for. a light. story do you know if they are generated as a rule. now weeks of fighting and shelling have left thousands of people in the east struggling to find any food or russian humanitarian aid is being distributed in lugansk with anti government forces helping to get supplies to the struggling citizens of dawn yet assays policy has more. these men have seen some of the worst fighting in this conflict but there's one thing they find even worse life was trying to destroy the local population their own people basically those who survived kiev's onslaught are slowly starving for four long weeks residents of yassin ovata have been without food and water the only way in or out is surrounded by heavy artillery village there was more this will be

a combination we're doing everything we can so the people there who do not include those who are not going to let the crisis happen. it's now for an on the anti-government fighters to make sure cities under siege get supplies our first stop is this bread factory they've been baking this bread for the last twelve hours and a half thousand blows give money for everybody knows that this is all humanitarian purposes one hundred people look at our bread it's perfect. but it's not so pretty driving into us and of our to twenty kilometers outside of the next where some of the fiercest fighting is taking place to. get off an hour ago missiles hit in the street a man was killed in a woman named just yesterday they had to send to gas for it every hour there was shooting with shelling while you were here you will hear it all. would quickly spades that helps arrived those who haven't fled the town risk the thunder of shelling to come quickly and take what they can.

read your mother she want to develop he's a new mothers but the most. devout or no they are not going to share his games the groom i just was wondering tonight it's very all of you here it's all over where it didn't really started yet but it was no big deal it was well. it could. be a lesson. a victory for the good in me i have no call the old good but the laws of war two or three days ago this bridge was still standing entire buildings have been blown up neighborhoods completely destroyed here but how did this come bother them their terrorist didn't they know it's a school and as you can see by the craters they were specifically targeting the

hospital they tried to destroy the place where the children injured are being treated they want to create panic unbearable conditions so that people leave the doors but for now with the emergency supplies still reaching the city at least there is momentary relief for the people who refused to be driven out policy r.t. yes in a vata eastern ukraine and amid the war of words between russia and the west over events in ukraine our presidents of lot of petro poroshenko will meet later on tuesday. with more on that. we haven't seen each other since june and even then very briefly on the sidelines of the d.-day celebrations in france that meeting was the first and only since president poroshenko his inauguration at the beginning of this year ended war little fruit still expectations hold for today speaking ahead of the summit russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow is ready for negotiations in any format as long as there is

a result what could be on the table are the discussions concerning the fate of the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from donetsk and lugansk into russia as well as moscow's humanitarian aid to the suffering civilians in those regions also in the burger courts say that most go and give could renew their stoled gas talks and that would explain why there is the new energy chief in attendance on the guest list what is expected from this meeting is a possible ease of tensions between russia and ukraine at least what moscow could be expecting from this is to see some sort of a cease fire that would hold long enough to provide a permanent solution to the crisis in southeastern ukraine. these are really good reporting there we spoke also to political analyst. he believes it won't be easy for putin and poroshenko to find common ground because of the outside factors shaping ukraine's politics. neither. has

a great deal of leeway in the proceedings he has solved for a military solution in the east and he cannot backtrack on that one without losing credibility with his base particularly in the west of the country but the elephant missing from the room if you will is john kerry in victoria nuland because if he is the brother family that there will be european throwing her in attendance from brussels where is the real policy and the agenda for fear is being drawn up in washington d.c. it is not in the interest of moscow to prolong this conflict but at the same time line from kiev supported unfortunately by some of the worst elements in the country such as the right sector and. the suborder party do not bode well for a political solution if there is the readiness in the west to prompt here in the direction

of a political solution we indeed have it in means. every move was analyzed during putin and partially because first encounter two months ago in france today will be much the same and here on r.t. you the whole network will be following the discussions very closely throughout the day now two more journalists who were detained in ukraine have been released they were correspondent and photographer for a crimea based newspaper unfortunately there's still no word on the missing photojournalist understand and he disappeared in ukraine now three weeks ago and numerous campaigns for his release have been held across the world backed by calls from the un russia and international human rights organizations and we are posting updates on the search for understanding on our website r.t. dot com. so at international the american president has approved the surveillance of islamic

state targets on territories the group was occupied in syria a precursor for potential as strikes however the move comes amid mounting speculation that washington may may now have to indeed work with bashar al assad if it wants to eliminate the jihadist threat this report now with artie's guy nature. there is no love lost between the west and the syrian president but while their enemies today they could meet each other tomorrow top former military and counterterrorism officials say the u.s. should be prepared to start working with the government of bashar assad in order to fight the islamic state you're going to make a choice if we want to eliminate this isis we're going to have to deal with people we don't like in a similar vein the former head of the british army was quoted as saying. the old saying my enemy's enemy is my friend is going to have some resonance with our relationship with. but those are former officials speaking the current ones reject

the prospect of cooperation with the syrian government the regime there the assad regime by their actions has allowed this group to flourish. the claim has raised many eyebrows given that the islamic state is hell bent on destroying the assad government and has gained momentum in the syrian civil war despite his differences with the west damascus now says it's ready to cooperate when it comes to fighting terrorism but that any efforts must be courted made with the government. well after years of trying to topple bashar assad and it's time for assad to get out of the way we both agree that assad needs to go it may not be easy for the u.s. to be seen cooperate with him but while the west still liberates over going after the two hottest of these on the state in syria the issue becomes even more pressing well we're going to have to say something to the syrian government if we're going to start bombing in syria and the west may have already started helping us secretly

a source told the independent that western intelligence agencies have provided the syrian government with details of the location of islamic state leaders put targeted air strikes the source claims the information was passed to assad's forces by the german intelligence service which acted as an intermediary even if there's a temporary act of convenience some sharing of intelligence which is unproven i believe the united states is still looking primarily to overthrow the assad government imagine the president of the united states coming out and saying i know i said saudis enemy number one and all that but today well we may have to work together that may not be an easy thing to swallow for the presidential but it deal and cooperation could say many lives in washington i'm going to check out. still to come here on r.t. international the teenager killed by a police officer is laid to rest. is a strong as just a bit later in the program here we report on the iron fist police tactics being used against the protests all across america. plus the arab world accept the new

challenge using the rubble of gaza to promote peace and awareness of the child victims of the conflict. in the program the final debate between the two sides of the scottish independence campaign has been held by the referendum will now take place in mid september. was watching the televised face off now and joins us live here in our international to give us her review of how the debate went good to see you it would appear this debate was quite an apparent turn around compared to the last one. absolutely rory it was very loud in the very far debates in which both men gave it their all but it appears the victory is in alex salmond's hands in favor of independence according to a snap poll some seventy one percent of voters thought he came out on top which is as you said a dramatic turnaround for scotland so first minister let's not forget that last

time he was challenged over issues such as the future of the scotland's economy and the future of the pound and this time he came prepared to give his currency options offering three plan b.'s in fact something which he kept repeating but saying that sick and soothe the pound would be best now they had all the better together campaign alister darling head back saying that with new scotland at the mercy of a foreign country telling it how to spend its money just like eurozone countries which have to get their budgets signed in brussels now other topics the two clashed on the world oil revenues the future of nuclear weapons as well as the health care the hour and that have ended up being a little bit of a slanging match with the pair repeatedly shouting over each other to be heard it was very clear that the scottish national party leader in fact alex salmond it was it was obvious that his approach was more aggressive this time around something that some say could put off voters but again if we take

a look at the results of the snap poll obviously worked in his favor all around the fence scotland's electorate will start receiving their ballots this tuesday and many of them could be making their decision today based on the results of that debates all right why the london r.t. is more in the course of a thank you. and a thank you for joining us here on the program we're back in just a moment with more international headlines including that of the world on. 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.

becoming independent schools a nation that a nation should be. in the fields that allows someone else to do it full. public anger over the polices of military style response to peaceful rallies over the shooting of a black teenager refuses to go away and the days leading up to michael brown's

funeral monday there was a period of calm countrywide rallies against police brutality planned for tuesday. looking at accusations that law enforcement officers in the country turning into combat soldiers. thousands braved the boiling temperatures monday patiently waiting to enter a st louis church inside and our funeral service for the young man whose name and story has dominated international headlines more than two weeks after michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer he is finally laid to rest his family and friends get the chance to say good bye but what this community has not yet received are the answers to the endless questions surrounding the death of the unarmed teenager the white officer who shot at least six bullets into the african-american eighteen year old remains on paid administrative leave while state and federal prosecutors investigate.

the police killing fueled nearly two weeks of violent protests in which heavy handed actions of a militarized u.s. police department shocked the world tear gas rubber bullets flash grenades and death threats. that they're used against mostly on armed activists and journalists at work dragnets one of the country i'm working in fugitive manhunt that i've been involved in shootings i could tell you the amount of force that was an excessive amount of force and it happens everywhere everywhere around the world tuesday citizens are being encouraged to take to the streets for an international day of action demanding an end to police brutality and unchecked state violence the campaign is called hands up united the tear gas if he isn't here they're also using a broad right and a lot of people were even comparing ferguson torsos but those words so shouldn't be about pilot anyway right like it's not ok for tear gas to be used against citizens

in the u.s. it's not ok in other countries either so we're calling on communities and citizens across the world to sort of push back together at the same time because none of us deserve that kind of treatment from the state teargassed was banned in her fair under the chemical weapon. convention of one thousand nine hundred three however it was not banned from police forces to use domestically. while america's law enforcement only fires the chemical on its own people it remains the top supplier of tear gas to governments around the world but tuesday's international call for action as a united everyone wants to be in the sea that's a great show of solidarity because it will put pressure on our leaders on everyone to know that hey everyone's watching we see we're not going to allow this to keep going like this cornelius flowers says the tragic reality is that the use of chemical weapons against unarmed demonstrators is becoming the new norm practiced and promoted by american officials we were out the other night i'm standing out and

someone. prepared and he had a bag you know pull out a gun he put out a gas mask and he said that are you prepared and that's crazy that's crazy that's what preparation it is a gas mask the police shooting of michael brown sparked a palpable sense of anger and frustration extending far beyond the borders of turkey and the country beats for justice and accountability america's police practices remain under heavy scrutiny. and. two police officers have been suspended for their behavior one went on twitter to say protestors should be killed like raby dogs while another appears to have posted a video two years ago in which he says he's ready to kill people and take on the black community political columnist ted rall he believes the whole approach of the predominantly white police force in ferguson made all these rallies out surely

inevitable. what we're talking about is a powder keg that was ready to explode we're talking about a predominantly black community that had been harassed and abused by a predominantly white police force for many many years and in a city that had declining economic status for most people who lived in it and so it was only a matter of time before something happened to set that off michael brown may or may not be an angel look probably never going to really know the truth there he's dead he can't speak for himself but in a sense it doesn't really matter what matters is that the overall situation that created those riots was going to create a riot from something at some point as always we have a many more stories waiting for you right now online of our calm anonymous strikes again how could a group has taken sides in the gaza conflict getting israeli government websites more of that right now on our website. also why is this story if you ever wanted

your very own town could be a lucky day today one entire town is going up for sale in canada to be a bargain price for story right now if. you can but have noticed the social networks have been flooded with thousands of people posting photos and videos of themselves getting doused in ice cold water everyone from bill gates to george w. bush have taken part in a stunt to promote awareness of last which is a motor neuron disease. now the campaign is so popular it's been adopted in other parts of the world as well palestinian journalists like the idea of the ice bucket challenge but water is so scarce in gaza very hard to freeze that so instead he used what was freely available and asked people to shower themselves in the rubble in. a debris is

everywhere after israel's attacks on the area and we spoke to there was a about the message is also worth taking part in that. we've organized a campaign called we have hope for children in gaza in order to support victims in the region these children are getting shelled in their houses with the roofs crumbling new the heads i want to share this picture with the world the people not only in the arab world will feel the pain of the children and people of gaza my time for a global snapshot let's jump into the r.t. world update now will start the ebola virus now more than one hundred twenty health workers have died from the virus across west africa the world health organization says an unprecedented number of medical staff have all been affected and officials from the democratic republic of the congo say that a second separate outbreak of the deadly virus has been detected in the country almost fifteen hundred deaths have already been recorded in the epidemic which is mostly hit liberia nigeria guinea and sierra leone. and to iraq which has been

hit by another wave of bombings at least fifteen people killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up. worshipers were leaving a mosque in baghdad then in the town of karbala an explosion killed fifteen civilians and in the town of barbell two car bombs went off in the separate areas killing eleven and his face rising levels of violence from the islamic state and other sunni fighters. and to iran where the wreckage of a downed. drone can be seen near an iranian nuclear side in that. it's been identified as a hermes four fifty which is known to be an israeli model although there were no visible markings in the footage the israeli army has declined to comment. and reigning formula one champion sebastian vettel has become the first f one driver to test the brand new race track in the russian city of sochi is

a mission was to test the circuit before the first ever russian grand prix shuttle to take place this october. sat behind the wheel of a souped up road car instead of a typical f one car though he praised the racetrack all for one the chance to drive right next to the venues of the twenty fourteen winter and then. now in london gang crime looks to be falling but communities are now worried about a different kind of violence taking place let's get an explanation without. gang crime and shocking scenes like these were becoming rarer in london shootings it for them by a half an stabbings by a third over the last two years but community leaders a nice sounding the alarm over recent upturn in violence and ironically some blame operation trident a police scheme relaunched to tackle gangs after the london riots in twenty eleven what tribe has done taken out many of the low low level tear apart soldiers that

used meat on the street and the small amount of drugs and let the boy and now people are fighting over it out for it and the people who are now stepping into that void are more violent than the one that it's a concern born out in recent crime figures in parts of north london knife crime has risen by thirty percent in the last twelve months while turf wars have been sparked by the vacuum left after active gang members were jailed community project leader sheldon thomas runs anti gang schemes in the capital and says there needs to be a change in policy the government can't just say right let's increase the number of police because that's going to make a difference because the police are not respected by some communities so the answer to this is to strengthen communities but that says the matter is exactly what it's been doing it frequently visit schools and a long list of foundations aimed at diverting youth away from gangs and has reached

over twenty thousand youngsters in two years we can really clear that you don't solve a problem like a crime by police action alone it's really about understanding what are they support as a young person to get into a gang what are the things that would get them to leave a gang and of course there are things that the police on the expert in things like addressing mental health concerns getting people opportunities for employment of training those are things so the rest of london needs to join together and i think we've seen some success in that. success though that's been hamstrung by cutbacks even him ducasse has worked hard to fight gang culture in london's could each community. do two or three of the measure of funding to community groups charities willing to introspect that is reduced dramatically so i think government has to find or think twice about tackling this is a key issue as well. there is no doubt that london's gangs have been weakened since the riots of twenty eleven but the long term wisdom of projects like operation

trident and i being questioned putting offenders under lock and key may bring down crime but there is a concern that that would just be temporary a more work needs to be done in communities to stop gang culture andree pharma arts a london court now we continue our report looking at how often some people laugh time passes in the blink of an eye. on marriage and the financial world. cannot stop exit exams only take the credit not going to get it in life there are good and there are but. they all talk about language as well but i will only react to situations i have read reports like pushing the no i will leave

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