all eyes are on the capital of bella roost where leaders gather to devise a solution to the ukrainian crisis the presidents of russia and ukraine are expected to meet one on one for the first time. shellshocked population of eastern ukraine struggles for food and water result tax go on r.t. follows the anti-government forces bringing relief to the suffering locals. the u.s. approves drone surveillance on islamic state militants in syria but a common threat still fails washington and damascus closer towards cooperation. just a few weeks out of the scottish independence referendum poll suggests that the yes campaign schools a victory in the final debate between the leaders of the two. welcome

my name is the harvey and you're watching international. peace in ukraine could be how much doubt in the capital of the presidents of russia and ukraine and representatives of the e.u. get together being placed on a possible one on one meeting between the leaders of moscow and kiev. is watching the gathering closely and she joins us now really good to see you what exactly being said where you are. well at this point we do know that that meeting that everybody has been waiting for with their breath abated literally is indeed going to happen we are going to see president putin and person commuting one and one and discussing what is most likely to be the ongoing crisis in ukraine at least that is

what everybody here has been hoping for and before the meeting or before the meeting between the leaders of the eurasian customs union and representatives of the e.u. that is exactly what was expressed by ukraine's president poroshenko. we want you to do it in minsk without any doubt the fate of the world and of europe is being decided that's the potential of this meeting together we have to find the one and only solution upon which depends no more no less the peace on the entire continent . but it's definitely no easy task and russia's president as one person has described his own view to the solution of the crisis in eastern ukraine. but there were some that were ready to exchange opinions on the crisis in ukraine which. to resolve by further escalating the use of force without taking into account the interests of the southeastern regions of the country and

a peaceful dialogue with their representatives. now of course prior to all the leaders. including russia's president have spoken to press the russian president has focused on the issue that was underlying the conflicts in eastern ukraine he mentioned of course the trade association agreement with the european union which is the underlying issue off the conflicts in ukraine and he said that of course russia used to give preferential treatment to to ukraine but if that agreement will be signed by russia's neighboring countries then of course it will have to change because russia will have to comply by rules set forth by the world trade organization of which russia is a member and treatment of will have to and of course that now we're still waiting for that meeting to happen but at least now we have certainly certainty that it is going to take place and once that happens of course we will bring you all the latest. reporting from.

political analyst. believes that it won't be easy for putin to go to find common ground because of the outside factors shaping ukraine's politics. neither photo showing cork has a great deal of leeway in the proceedings he has opted 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 and victoria nuland because it is rather funny that there will be european attendance from brussels whereas the real policy and the agenda for here 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 the hardline from kier of supported unfortunately by some of the worst elements in

the country such as the right circuit or. the suborder party do not bode well for a political solution if there is the reading this in the west to prompt gear in the direction of a political solution we indeed could have it in me. military officials in kiev say that they have detained a dozen russian soldiers who crossed into ukraine at night a source in russia's defense ministry has reportedly confirmed that they went over the border by mistake during a routine patrol paullus leary's in the region while the head of kiev security services says that he does not believe that these soldiers crossed over into ukrainian territory accidentally but rather that it was an order that was given he says that they were armed they had documents on them and that they were ten of them he says that they are now being detained they're being questioned at an undisclosed location russia's defense ministry on the other hand says that this was an intentional that the soldiers were patrolling the russian ukrainian border at night

where it's very difficult often to demarcate where the borderline is that there was also some training that was happening five kilometers away from the border inside. russia the border crossing between ukraine and russia is very often not signposted it often goes through fields and forests and villages now there have been incidents in the past not so long ago you had two ukrainian armored personnel carriers that crossed over into russian territory one crossed over and then another came to rescue it they were found by russian border guards and they were left free they were not detained there have been and number of incidents where areas particularly residential areas around the ukrainian russian border have been shelled there was one incident where one person was killed and another was injured when a house in the last of russian region was hit by a shell not far from here is of course eastern ukraine where you have most of the shelling that is almost daily now we visited the city of yes in ovata with the anti

government fighters who were bringing emergency relief to people who have been under siege for the better part of a month and who are in desperate need of medical and other supplies. these men have seen some of the worst fighting in this conflict but there's one thing they find even worse 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 there was war this will be. an issue we're doing everything we can so the people there have enough food we're not going to let a humanitarian crisis happen. it's now for an on the anti-government fighters to make sure cities under siege get supplies also stop is this bread factory they've been baking this bread for the last twelve hours and

a half thousand blows his mind everybody knows that this is for humanitarian purposes for hungry people look at our bread it's perfect but it's not so pretty driving into us and of art or twenty kilometers outside of dinette sq where some of the fiercest fighting is taking place just like half an hour ago missiles hit the next street a man was killed a woman injured yesterday they hit a central gas pipe every hour there was shooting or 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. already aware that she was of their village he's a new mom has been the most. difficult or they are not going to share these games the gloom i just was wondering tonight it's very all of you here it's all over the

marriage and it is the idea of a deal and of course they'll be dealing with well. you know. him. good the good you. mumbled business you know this is the third movie of the earth i don't have that in me i have no clue of the order but leaving it on the last novel about three days ago this bridge was still standing entire buildings have been blown up neighborhoods completely destroyed here but now it's this can bother them. don't want to see even the knowledge of school and all the food as you can see by the creatures they were specifically targeting the hospital they tried to destroy the place with children injured are being treated they want to create panic unbearable conditions so that people leave. but for now with the emergency supplies still reaching the city at least there was momentary relief for the people who refused to

be driven out policy r.t. yesin of arter eastern ukraine. where ukrainian army is attacks in eastern ukraine are unrelenting the forces sent by care for pushing on with their operation to crush the anti-government forces there here's a church that came under shelling during evening massenet you can see it was severely damaged there's no roof and many of the walls have been reduced to rubble two journalists who were detained in ukraine of now been released they were a correspondent and a photographer for a crimea based newspaper unfortunately there's still no word on the missing photo journalist and stand in he disappeared in ukraine three weeks ago numerous campaigns for his release have been held across the globe backed by calls from the un russia and international human rights organizations were posting updates on the search for a stand in on our web site r.t. dot com.

the u.s. will deploy its unmanned drones to patrol the syrian skies to survey positions of islamic state militants the move was approved by president obama making it a possible precursor for strikes however washington decision came without any approval from the syrian government america which fuses to see assad's forces as an ally in fighting the g. hardest but mounting speculation suggested the u.s. will eventually have to work with the syrian president if it wants to eliminate the extremist threat parties got a chance you can report. 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 he's going to have to have some resonance with our relationship with assad but those are former official 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 coordinated with the government with syria is ready to cooperate and coordinate on the regional and international levels to confront terrorism in the framework of respecting the sovereignty of syria. all anti terror efforts inside syria should come off to coordination has

been made with the syrian government in advance. 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 us to be seen cooperate with him but while the west deliberates over going after the jihadists 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 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 assad is the 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 ego but a deal and cooperation could say many lives in washington i'm going to check out party. you all journalist and foreign policy analyst michael hughes thinks that america has backed himself into a corner. it's kind of ridiculous now obama's top military advisers made two points number one we need to get them at their source which is in syria number two air power alone can only do so much eventually you need boots on the ground there probably establishing a plan to strike the country which would be a big mistake you know the military advisors should should you know propose a unified command you know syria the u.k. saudi arabia could help with the intelligence. so if they were smart that's what

they would do but u.s. politics gets in the way of domestic and we've had an anti assad stance from the beginning so politically it shouldn't self in the foot. differently. many of the members of congress of. syria in recent months. this. week. still be. the final televised debate between the yes and the no camps and the scottish independence campaign has turned heated the destiny of the country's future will be celebrated september cos of it was watching how the leaders fed. very loud

in the very fiery 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 a dramatic turnaround for scotland so first minister let's not forget that last time he was challenge over issues such as the future of scotland's economy and the future of the pound and this time he came prepared to give his currency options offer and replan beason fact something which he kept repeating but saying that sickened to the pound would bet the economy. that probably the most important revelation only. now they had all the better together campaign alistair darling head back saying that that would leave scotland at the mercy of a foreign country telling it how to spend its money just like eurozone countries which have to get their budget signed off in a brussels. b.o.c.

you don't have a central bank so financial services can't exist in salt and now other topics the two clashed on the world oil revenues the future of nuclear weapons as well as a health care the hour and a half debate ended up being a little bit of a slanging match as the pair repeatedly shouted over each other to be heard there was very clear that the scottish national party leader was adopting a more emotional but more confident approach some said that the fact that he was shouting over his opponents could put off some voters but as we can see with the results of the snap election it seemed to work in his favor well a fifth of scotland's electorate will start receiving their ballots as early as this tuesday and many of them could be making their decision today based on that debates. hope you stay with us this hour and plenty more still to come such as police struggle to get a grip. of being jailed it seems that new people are quick to fill those criminal shoes plenty more coming up later this hour and also while

celebrities in the west take up the challenge the arab world is desperate to promote awareness of the child victims of war and in doing so by using the. precious time. differently here in syria. many of the members of congress the folks who have gone to syria in recent months as. we choose. to go. to syria is going to be.

reason for. schools a nation that nation should be. feels better. to be. welcome back it's been difficult to be on social networks of light and not notice thousands of people post. in photos and videos of themselves getting down to an ice cold water almost two million people have already taken part in a stunt to promote awareness of a less or motor neuron disease while sixty million dollars has already been raised by some of the most famous people on the planet from movie stars to movie makers

also their facebook co-founder as well as one of the wealthiest men on the planet former american president george bush who took part in the trend and some of the participants well they have displayed exemption or creativity while others. less extreme but extremely witty approach. while other parts of the world struggle to raise awareness of the very air tragic situation are hoping to use their own version of the popular campaign in guards after weeks of conflict water is worth its weight in gold and a lack of power makes it hard to freeze palestinian journalist is using the one thing which is freely available the rubble created by israeli missile strikes and he's asking people to shower themselves in the dead bury of buildings instead and i thought it was a has taken part in the campaign so we asked them about the serious message palestinians are trying to send to the outside world. we've organized

a campaign called we have hope for children in gaza in order to support child victims in the region these children are getting shelled in their houses with the roofs crumbling over their heads i want to share this picture with the world because the people not only in the arab world will feel the pain of the children and people have guns. meanwhile reports are emerging that the desperately desired relief for palestinians is closer than it used to be a mass in israel have reportedly agreed on a long term truce in garza putting an end to the seven weeks of fierce fighting and it will last for a year starting on choose day even you can read more about it online. the recent quake in california has raised fears over the ability of the u.s. states last operating nuclear power station to avoid sharing the same fate of the focus shima tragedy had to r.t. dot com to find out more. in

london the problem of gang crime may have been falling but the problem of gang culture is still very much real that's leading to fears of a ticking time bomb under farmer picks up the story. gang crime and shocking scenes like these were becoming rarer in london cheatings it fall in by a half an stabbings by a third over the last two years but community leaders and nice sounding the alarm over recent tune in violence and ironically some blame operation trident the police launched to tackle gangs after the london riots in twenty eleven what tried have done taken out many of the low low level to put soldiers that used meat on the street and the small amount of drugs and let the boy 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 borne out in recent crime figures in parts of north london knife crime has risen by thirty percent in the last twelve months while the 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 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 match 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 t.v.'s we've been really clear that you don't solve a problem like gang crime by police action alone it's really about understanding what are the things that causes a young person to get into a gang what are the things that would get them to leave

a gang and of course the things of the place on the expert in things like addressing mental health concerns getting people opportunities for employment of training those are things of 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 kurdish communities do two or three of the measures from move to community groups charities willing to introspect that is reduced dramatically so i think government needs to find the 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 now being questioned putting offenders under lock and key may bring down crime but there is a concern that that will just be temporary and more work needs to be done in communities to stop gang culture andry farmer. london.

public anger in the us said the military style police response to peaceful rallies over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager refuses to subside the protests that followed michael brown's funeral have been peaceful but warned nationwide rallies against police brutality are planned for tuesday a citizens all over the world will take to the streets demanding security forces stop using tear gas and heavy weapons during rallies and they're planning to protest near police stations and u.s. embassies. in reston ferguson two police officers have been suspended for their harsh rhetoric so and one went on twitter to say that protesters should be killed like rabid dogs while another appears to posted a video two years ago in which he says that he's a killer who is ready to kill anybody political columnist ted rall believes that the approach of the predominately white police force in ferguson made the release 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 illegal we're probably never going to really know the truth there and 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 let's round up some more world headlines in brief for you now starting with twin explosions in the iraqi capital that have killed at least eleven people and wounded another thirty one of them went off in a busy shy to area during the morning rush hour so far in august more than

a thousand civilians being killed and made to the ongoing efforts by the iraqi army to repel the islamic states onslaught. and elsewhere several and here so t. protesters were injured in scuffles with police in the spanish city of santiago de compostela that was where german chancellor angela merkel was meeting with the spanish prime minister to express solidarity over spending cuts the authority said the tough response was just the five because the demonstration was. the latest news headlines at the top of the hour do stay with us there after the break the dark secrets of the nazis and their biological experiments on people. there's a medium leave us so we leave that maybe. by the same motion secure in the other your party there's a bill. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers

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