the presidents of russia and ukraine first. part of a wider meeting expected to devise a solution to the ukrainian crisis. the shell shocked population of eastern ukraine struggle for food and water resulting louis attacks continue party follows the anti government forces bringing relief to the suffering locals. the us approves drone surveillance on islamic militants in syria but a common threat still fails to bring washington in damascus closer towards cooperation. just a few weeks ahead of the scottish independence referendum poll suggests the yes campaign schools a victory in the final debate between the leaders of the two camps.

welcome thanks for joining us this hour. and you're watching international. the first one talks between the russian and ukrainian president has got under way in the capital of the roofs where they've arrived along with high ranking e.u. officials are being placed on the gathering to how to pay solution for ukraine or correspond to renegotiate is there and joins us live with the very latest could see you again. we've been waiting for this what i want to start any significant statements that we know of as yet. exactly what's been deemed as a patient has been building up for hours and finally we know that president presidents. are talking however they are not done yet so we cannot talk about the

results of the meeting but obviously we can predict that the conversation pretty much focuses around the situation in ukraine and the way to settle the crisis there and ahead of this meeting will there be heard from ukrainian president hu spare no loud words in in his presenting often of the necessity of the talks and of the situation there in general. it would be to do in minsk without any doubt the fate of the world and the viewer 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. now this now this is definitely have to task so russian president vladimir putin has presented his view off the solution to the crisis. that we're ready to exchange opinions on the crisis in ukraine which we're certain is impossible to resolve by for the 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 obviously there is a lot of other issues for the presidents to discuss where they know that the economy also has been touched upon not briefly but quite extensively and we have already heard reports that the european union. the energy chief has said that russia and ukraine are going to start the gas talks between kiev and moscow again it comes to temper but of course the main issue continues to be the settling off the crisis in southeastern ukraine in order to prevent a communitarian catastrophe that is in full danger of developing their. thank you to a correspondent a really good reporting for us from minsk. a legal expert alexander macoris believes that ukraine and russia fundamentally differ in the way that they see moscow's part in this conflict the fundamental difference is that the russians do

not consider themselves to be a party to conflict in the ukraine they see the conflict there as a conflict between eastern ukraine the people in the eastern ukraine and the authorities who came to power in kiev in february so there is now this is the situation is totally different from the one of polish change and of the people in kiev who want to internationalize the question and turn it into a conflict between the ukraine and russia so that is why you see a totally different approach from the two presidents 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 they went over the border by mistake during a routine patrol pulis liveries in the region. well the head of kid of 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 there were ten of them he says that they are now being detained they are 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 let 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 rostov 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 and ovata with the government fighters who are bringing emergency relief to people who seemed 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 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 yes have been without food and water the only way in the. all out is surrounded by heavy artillery believes there was more this will be a good initiative we're doing everything we can so the people are going to have

enough and 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 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 for humanitarian purposes one hundred people look at our ground it's perfect but it's not so pretty driving into yesterday twenty kilometers outside of the nets where some of the fiercest fighting is taking place just like me and a half an hour ago missiles hit in the street a man was killed in a woman injured yesterday they had to send two gas boys every hour there was shooting with shelling while you were here you will hear it all. would quickly sprague's that helps arrived those who haven't fled the town risk the thunder of shelling to come quickly and take what they can.

reveal that she was of their village he's a muslim but the most. devout or you know what they want to share your schemes the gloom i just was wondering tonight is thirty or more of you still with the marriage and british style get the deal and of course they'll be dealing with well. just. because you're here less would be certainly a victory for the government but yes no for the over what they knew the laws there were two or three days ago this bridge was still standing entire buildings have been blown up neighborhoods completely destroyed our lives this can bother them and their terror. well what if you can we know it's a school and all the food as you can see by the creatures they were specifically

targeting the hospital they tried to destroy the place where children injured are being treated they want to create panic so unbearable conditions so that people leave doors 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. ukrainian army's attacks in eastern ukraine are unrelenting the forces sent by care are pushing on with their operation to crush the and to government forces there is a church that came in the shelling during evening mass and as you can see it's been severely damaged there is no roof and many of the walls have been reduced to rubble . to journalists who were detained in ukraine have now been released today were a correspondent and photographer for a crimea based newspaper unfortunately though there is still no word on the missing photojournalist and then he disappeared in ukraine three weeks ago numerous

campaigns for his release have been held across the globe by and by calls from the un russia and international human rights organizations and we are posting updates on the search for understand it and get the details on our website at 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 airstrikes however washington's decision came without any approval from the syrian government america refuses to see assad's forces as an ally in fighting the jihadists are mounting speculation suggests the u.s. will eventually have to work with the syrian president if it wants to eliminate the extremist threat to his gun a church you can report us. there is no love lost between the west and the syrian

president but why are there 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 if 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 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 quartered made with the assad 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 after 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 u.s. to be seen cooperate with him but what over going after that you hardest of these on the state in syria are 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 working 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 it deal in cooperation could say many lives in washington i'm going to check out our team. iraq syria and the u.s. may be leading the fight against islamic states but media reports suggest that iran the united arab emirates egypt and turkey may have all launched secret attacks against the militant group and its affiliates in the region so let's discuss this with eric margolis a war correspondent he joins us on the line now very good to see you what could

such an uncoordinated as it seems action in this already highly volatile region lead to do you think. more on coordination and more confusion what a mess this is turning into earth first of all this is first time to my or the various arab states i knew where he and egypt i'm not even consulted with washington we're told but have gone on their own to try to attack these lama groups because they feel that the us is not in force in attacking the islamists islams but it's hard to know which is limits and there are all kinds with different from nations and the different viewpoints ok your opinion that it would be better to say all of a size that we've mentioned fighting the islamic state actually come together and not their forces perhaps deliver a powerful synchronized blow well it's hard to synchronize anything in the middle

east they can't even decide worth what time the moon comes up given ramadan they're still arguing about it so it's it's going to be very difficult they have different interests you know egypt is emerging as an extremely right now or on its own the wants to crush islam is everywhere. is on the other side of washington's trying to grow how to get a grasp of the situation which frankly right now it's a stand. it seems like washington is in a pretty tricky political situation right now having to admit that it's actually fighting people who would support it how do you see america trying to deal with this well what i would agree and joe this whole thing is. new is stumbled into this and got talked into trying to overthrow the syrian government

because it is we're getting back you can run and these really very influential. us will crush the syrians here but nobody listens actually we've been saying for a long time natural ally of the u.s. is the syrian government against these journalists for instance so now the u.s. is supporting. the syrian government in syria and yet she kilometers across the border there supporting. the government jihad in iraq it's a very confusing situation and nobody can figure out who are the so-called moderate islamic forces probably the only way to get and we're green hats and have the other ones we're blue hats to distinguish them. about has taken a lot of blame from different quarters over letting the is this in syria take advantage of u.s. money and weapons could we say that washington is perhaps now fixing its own

mistakes. it's trying to but of us has painted itself into a corner you know in international affairs you should never call people names because you never know when you're going to end up. working with them and this is a perfect example branding syrian government terrorists just read the grand the taleban terrorists now if the us makes you pretty much the syrians the republicans want to feel they say no you're cooperating with terrorists it was a big mistake and this whole thing has been a fiasco from day one he should never gone syrian situation let's see how much debris gets sucked then the sides and son start backing out. ok thanks so much for joining us giving us your thoughts on the situation speaking to eric modeless war correspondent. there's a different leader in syria now many of the members of congress the focus parties

who have gone to syria in recent ten months has said that he's a reformer the previous mr president the senate which is diddy's time for him to go . to stability and peace to syria is going to be submissive to. punk. drama's the truth be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. food since changing the world's lights never.

come to picture of today's leaves my own two sons from around the globe. local. t.v. . reason for scotland coming in but the end of the schools a nation that nation should be self-governing to govern the feels better than someone else to do it for. final televised debate between the u.s. and the no camps in the scottish independence campaign has turned heated the destiny of the country's future will be decided in mid september. it was watching

how the leaders fat. it was 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 challenged over issues such as the future of scotland's economy and the future of the power of this time he came prepared to give his currency options offer and reply in fact something which he kept repeating but saying that sickened to the pound good bets the economy. the probably the most important revelation. 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 telenet how to spend its money just like eurozone countries which

have to get their budget signed off of brussels. b.o.c. suppose you don't have a central bank so our financial services existence go up and now other topics the two clashed on the war oil revenues the future over 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 opponent could put off some voters but as we can see but there is also the snap election that seem 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. that's been difficult to be on social networks of late and not notice thousands of people posting photos and videos of themselves getting down in ice

cold water almost two million people have already taken part in the stunt to promote awareness of a less or motor neuron disease while the 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 man on the planet former american president george bush who took part in the trend some of the participants have displayed exceptional creativity while others prefer less extreme but nonetheless witty approach a lot of parts of the world struggling to raise awareness of their tragic situation are hoping to use their own version of the popular campaign in gaza after weeks of conflict water is worth its weight in gold and a lack of power makes it hard to freeze so a palestinian journalist is using the one thing which is freely available namely the rubble created by israeli missile strikes and he's asking people to show

themselves in the dead bury of buildings instead and laugh and die as a has taken part in the campaign so we asked him 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 i hope the people not only in the arab world will feel the pain of the children and people of gaza. meanwhile reports are emerging that the desperately desired relief for palestinians is closer than it used to be last in israel have reportedly agreed on a long term truce in gaza putting an end to the seven weeks of fierce fighting and it will last for a year starting on tuesday to read more. while you get details on this story 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 as the fukushima transit they had to auntie dot com to find out people. in london the problem of gang crime may have been for link but the problem of gang culture is still very much a reality that's leading to fears of a ticking time bomb under a fall that picks up the story. gang crime and shocking scenes like these were becoming rarer in london cheatings 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 game relaunch to tackle gangs after the london riots in twenty eleven what tribe has done taken out many of the low low level of foot soldiers that used meat

on the street and in small amount of drugs and let the boyd people are fighting over that void 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 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 met 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 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 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 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 but him ducasse has worked hard to fight gang culture in london's could if communities. do two or three of the measures from move to community groups charities want to introspect that is reduced dramatically so i think government needs 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 eight 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 farmer. stay with us here on r.t. up next for you financial fraudsters watch out banks colleagues is coming for your . gender trying to symbolize this gender madness in swedish again here because i found this. project finest seventy thousand euro to investigate the transplant from a gender perspective. well

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