the u.k. says there is now a severe threat posed to the country by islamic state jihadists as a growing number of britons set off to join the extremists in the middle east. government militias step up their counter offensive in eastern ukraine we report on the european mercenaries who have decided to join their cause. and china seeks to protect itself from u.s. aerial surveillance vowing to intercept more american spy planes probably.

headlines live for a saturday international with me rule research for the whole news team here welcome to the program the u.k. has a raised its threat level to severe over the danger posed by islamic state extremists from minister david cameron outlined brand new measures to combat the growing tide of people wanting to head to the middle east to fight what they see as a holy war. reporting on the challenge to britain's traditional values. how quickly it seems david cameron's world has turned just a year ago he was saying this there will be no political progress unless the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad so he is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition mine but now he's been fighting forces to say this what we're facing in iraq now. is a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before here is there

from the growing drone attack has today raised the threat level for the u.k. from international terrorism from substantial to severe. that means that a terrorist attack is highly likely. but there is no intelligence to suggest that an attack is imminent but what's causing huge concern is the fact that sas the major more than five hundred british hard this have traveled to iraq and syria with around half of them now back in the u.k. and some are suspected of planning attacks on home soil but community leaders warn their whole sector of society has been singled out as a scapegoat sibling is being put on. muslim community in britain and the reality is that listen here in the mosque in britain you know you have foreign policy which to you know iraq. and what is happening in syria extreme ideology appears to be

gaining momentum around the world force in countries like britain to reassess security measures but there are growing voices that argue the u.k. government should be reassessing the very foreign policies that created the right in the first place arenacross survive reports in from london for r.t. and a new video has been circulating online showing a twenty one year old londoner boasting of joining what he dubs the golden era of jihad and calling on other young britons to follow his lead right back at the co-director of the international action center expresses serious concern of the rise of islamic extremism in the u.k. . the u.k. joined with the united states in carrying out a war against muslim countries in the middle east as it's perceived in them in the middle east and amongst muslims in the u.k. is that the u.k. government is part of a war against islam and this facilitates and plays into the hands of those who are

who are promoting political islamics especially extremist elements who show yes this is a war against islam and yes we can build in recruiting organize on this basis but fundamentally it is the policy of the u.k. government in hand with the united states government that has created the conditions for this development i think behind the terror threat level is the real politics of what's going on the terror threat level is not really about perceived terror it's about preparing public opinion in the u.k. and in the united states for an escalating intervention by the united states in the u.k. in the middle east and they always have to do it on the pretext of protecting the domestic population against the threat of terrorism now the us military has released a video of an ass strike on the islamic state of iraq the footage shows a truck being destroyed while driving along the road near the northern city of irbil in total the u.s. has conducted more than one hundred as strikes again jihadist produced positions in iraq and washington has called on its international partners to combine efforts to

combat the group the jihadist threat is casting a shadow over security plans for the nato summit in cardiff next week as more in across the river was detailing earlier some of the measures have made the welsh capital look more like a high security prison and three high sixteen kilometers long fence has already got some calling it the ring of steel it's meant to protect one hundred fifty world leaders along with thousands of stop and journalists during the two day event. police forces from across the u.k. have been called in to maintain security though the total cost of the secret measures right now is not known but the critics are claiming the downing street is about a foot of build up to fifty million pounds while some locals have taken to twitter to express their anger at the city being turned into this high security zone in fact with others wondering why there's a need to for example a wrecked and anti dark wall well lindsey german from the stop the war coalition of

things the fact that nato leaders have to hide behind these fences well it says an awful lot about their policy. that closing lots of schools that children might be able to attend because of the summit and of course if there's a teacher strike or something and the teachers close the schools as there's outcry but this is supposed to be acceptable many local people as well are absolutely fed up with the money that is being spent on this summit when they're faced with austerity we think nato is not a full peace with a forceful military action on board says a great deal about the unpopularity of course that they feel they have to meet behind still paris is highly fortified. places after one of the places they fenced off is called it also well if a call so listen secure for for the heads of state it's nowhere. thanks for joining us today almost five months now government forces have been

operating in eastern ukraine and the pummeling of cities with heavy artillery goes on the latest attack on friday hit a square near a railway station in the city of donetsk a stronghold of anti-government fighters a bus and a car were completely burned luckily nobody was killed meantime elsewhere soldiers have been in so cold for a week near the city of there they will now be able to escape through a humanitarian corridor or they've been given until ten am local time to make their way out that means they've got a roughly an hour left although the information comes from one of the army's commanders and it is this point has not been confirmed by militias and fighters have been making advances in recent weeks propped up by a growing number of foreign mercenaries. it's our war and everybody is war and several every european the war. and more and more overseas fighters are signing up for joining the antics of troops in eastern ukraine the

wall is slowly advancing into jeannette's city center this used to be a hardware store but like a growing number of soft targets around the city it has been reduced to rubble a growing number of europeans are saying enough is enough and are backing their words up with action twenty five year old niccolo was a professional soldier with the elite french mounting troops for five years now he's pushing his skills to good use in ukraine alongside a contingent of other foreign volunteers he's training and government forces in urban guerrilla warfare and for the point there is one more the these are people's militias these are not mercenaries or professional soldiers so they need instruction and they really have the motivation whereas the kiev army which is a kind of puppet of nato they don't have any motivation whatsoever we have seen them before they are very unmotivated and they do not really know why they are fighting and against whom they are fighting for the so that is our main strength

you know the p.a.d.'s also somebody like. for many of these people from the west and it's the first time to come defend what is considered by western governments bad cards or bad guys because it's very important to show the people from the west are distinct from their governments and they are ready to come and fight and risk their lives to defend another world it's not just france volunteers from serbia spain germany poland israel and the united kingdom are indeed manske on the frontline. we believe that ukrainian army will not be able to sustain a word or even fall because it's just a day goes by they lose money devas motivation they lose manpower they lose. they lose so each day that goes. they grow weaker we grow stronger stronger. now finds itself in between a rock and a hard place what to do is move its young men sign up to fight against its ally.

put it legally we don't see what the french government can do to us because that's first of all we're not paid so we're not mercenaries we're not terrorists we're not just of course it's a mission of information it's a political mission it's a mission of soft power a mission that's growing stronger as a brigade of volunteers is put together under the name of the united continent they're showing just how disunited it is on the question of ukraine policy r t v needs to. moscow and brussels have agreed that ukraine is obliged to pay its outstanding gas bills the e.u. depends heavily on russian gas and ensuring the safety transit of supplies through ukraine is crucial and the fitch ratings agency estimates europe will remain reliant on russian gas for at least another decade that's because other suppliers won't be able to meet the e.u.'s demands it's currently too expensive to overhaul

the current infrastructure and other sources of energy such as shale gas are largely unreliable and ukraine also gets its gas from russia but has an outstanding debt of more than five billion dollars and with the state coffers nearly empty people are being encouraged to cut down their energy use as our reports. it looks like ukraine's capital is in for another sunny week although throughout the hot summer key of was not lining up for air conditioners but rather elektra's boilers as the government saving gas for the winter people have been left with cold showers in the summer the country is preparing for december way in advance like in this school where kids will now have classes on saturdays to avoid the deep freezes of christmas with two months of holiday. but some think the public's efforts shouldn't end there wasn't just the future i'm watching you do you know the jewel in the evening we can leave the lights off in our houses we can just light candles

he will create a romantic vibe and lift your mood i think such light is much better than those bright lamps energy efficiency campaigns are running wild but they do need to be did you put it in that heel but as you to play it but then if the bid is a you never get it because of what i said. here's a set of stickers being promoted online so leave your bedroom lights off and you're a patriot but plug in a computer or a laptop and your this. failure to train co r t and human rights watch is called on kiev to reveal the whereabouts of a russian photojournalist who went missing in ukraine over three weeks ago the watchdogs deputy director for europe and central asia has said the rights of media workers are being infringed upon in ukraine both by militias and the army as she

also said both already had frequently detained russian journalists before they lost contact with a photo reporter standing it was the fifth of august kiev continues to deny it has and. well thanks for joining us here on the program still lots to come your way including china signaling it will move to prevent america spying on its naval fleet is off to china american submarine playing very close to one of its naval bases later in the program we'll look at how the tensions continue to grow in that region . also ahead the super bowl of ice bucket challenge has raised tens of millions of dollars for charity but where's the money truly going to find out in just a few minutes.

differently here in syria now many of the members of congress of both parties who have gone to syria in recent months have said he's a former. president which is diddy's told him to get. stability and peace to syria is going to be the subject of. drama. stories others who refuse to. face is changing the world. so picture today. from around the globe.

hello again china appears determined to shield itself from america's aerial surveillance some naval officers are pushing for fighter pilots to intensify the interception of spy planes now anger was spotted last week when a chinese fighter jet intercepted a u.s. navy per side and anti submarine aircraft the american plane was flying very close to china's top naval base is right around the southern islands now american officials claim the chinese jet performed a barrel roll at one point coming within ten meters of the plane trying to hit back saying it was keeping a safe distance and also saying the reconnaissance missions pose a threat to its core security interests and could be treated as an actor for still ety every year america flies about five hundred missions all around china as well

as monitoring from the sea satellites and radio a short time ago i spoke with andrew k.p. long a specialist on china he says beijing could well be serious and take serious action if indeed it feels under threat. i think that this fall and all that require a rivalry between america and china especially china sea which to try no cause and this is short and critical. channel first part of our energy as well as trade but also as a conduit for charges and they will force us into that with the pacific particularly look at the time of. the nuclear arms. race in pilot and i you click on submarines is part of. the metric was there because john is no match with america as far as carriers are and indeed

and most of the edge. literally hardware in terms of the heart of the island is a very very sensitive as a china so china is going to take a very. stand on this and many more stories for you on line right now including one flew over texas people in houston are left mystified by a circle of light similar night sky holding all around even astronomers are now able to identify. what those things are the details that are to dot com. also they're all at sea lifeguard struggle to rescue dozens of adrenalin junkie surfers who flooded california's features to ride the big waves course while hurricane irene pretty footage of our two dot com right now. in the meantime on the program the whole super viral ice bucket challenge has proved to be a fund raising spectacular people pouring freezing water over their head has

brought in about eighty million dollars for the last charity but research suggests the money is actually unlikely to directly help the people it was actually meant for have a listen. we know that the statistics they publish indicate only twenty seven percent of the donated monies will go to actual research a good portion of it will actually be wasted so to speak because fourteen percent will go to fund raising itself and the administrative costs are rather high in fact the president and c.e.o. of the association makes fifty percent more than the vice president of united states although we'd like to believe the intentions are good the reality is the money is being funneled to wards a lot of pharmaceutical development which is unlikely it will trickle down and affect the suffering of those who have a list in this country i think is quite common because there's so much money behind the cause marketing model we literally have billions of dollars being raised by activating consumers charitable instincts that go not to the causes of the problem

but actually contribute often to them into the are we go with at least six people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in eastern afghanistan the bomber blew himself up in a truck outside an intelligence headquarters in jalalabad blast was followed by a gun battle between militants and security forces according to officials forty five people wounded there are thought to be other fatalities the taliban are quick to claim responsibility. protests. over the beating of prisoners one political prisoner also went on a hunger strike over allegations of. detentions demonstrators tossed molotov cocktails and. in the streets demanding the royal family give up power and release all political prisoners the unrest in bahrain has been going on for years now. amid security. and two miners have been killed at least. for

a gold mine collapse near the capital of. the shah they were working and it was by a landslide rescue teams were brought in would have to get the miners out they say the work will continue throughout the night. to iceland world stories of raised the aviation warning code to read for a small eruption of a bug out of bongo volcano and follows two weeks of earthquakes in the region yeah space has been closed up to fifteen hundred meters and they could be further disruption if clouds form by making it very dangerous for planes to fly over various parts of europe. a summit on the american dream is being held in davos and there's plenty to discuss softer a brand new poll found that six out of every ten citizens believe the dream is now beyond reach. more important i looking now at how u.s. optimism is time to pessimism. in the lone star state of america hundreds of

so-called free market champions gather for a summit aimed at defending the american dream the the american dream is considered the national if those of the us the idea that everyone has the opportunity to achieve success through hard work regardless of social class a good paying job financial security a better job. a better future better we and better wages and deafening medical my american dream is. to progress to make more any. good hope. for my kids. to have a better life than me in the aftermath of a financial crisis housing bust and great recession the american dream has morphed into a fantasy for most an analysis by usa today shows that living the dream would cost the average family of four one hundred thirty thousand dollars

a year only one in eight less than thirteen percent earned that much in two thousand and thirteen are you living the american dream now i'm not living the american dream. itself it's. and suffer little lives served in bouncing around jobs we have a union but still we struggle because when you go on the table it was paid for them for the companies to give you more money they don't want to give you the money will be why are they making the money but they don't want to pay the workers recent polls show sixty percent of americans feel the dream however defined is impossible to reach even more americans believe their kids will be worse off than their parents the good jobs that provided the american dream or made the american dream a reality for many americans have just disappeared been outsourced and what has replaced it are low pay low skill jobs with no job security no benefits no pension so people are spending all their time working these crazy hours

and the hours required to survive are getting crazier a new gallup poll finds that economically stressed americans are working an average of forty seven hours per week with a growing number clocking sixty or more and increasing lack of security or stability in the us workforce has even been acknowledged by america's leader but average wages have barely budged inequality has deepened upward mobility has stalled the cold hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery too many americans are working more than ever just to get by let alone to get ahead. and too many still aren't working at all but many critics say the government is to blame for leaving the american dream in tatters it's because the the we live in what is not a free market economy we live in a fascist economy we live in

a corporate state where you have huge government huge corporations connected to the government big banks especially but the cream of the crop they're living the dream according to reports corporate profits are at their highest level in at least eighty five years however employee compensation well it's at the lowest level in sixty five years for most citizens the american dream needs to be rebuilt because simply defending the status quo may mean working for survival instead of security arena port. and senator rand paul a likely future republican presidential candidate he addressed the american dream gathering he said the search for happiness is tempered by the u.s. government snooping on them and ultimately invading their privacy frankly when you're looking at yourself listening to download from the. internet it's none of the government's damn business what you do when you're. unless you are secure in

your house unless you're secure in your papers you can't have your freedom and the government says oh it's only boring old business records to care. think about your visa bill though they say it's not protected by the fourth amendment they said they can look at everyone's visa records everyone's data if i look at your visa record i can tell do you drink do smoke what medicines do today what doctors do you go to this is all very private information and i have no problem if the government thinks you're a terrorist and they call a judge and they get probable cause they can look at all of that but i don't want to looking at the records of three. hundred million innocent america. has for joining us here in aussie international stepaside fabien martin breaking the set abby today looking into the global spy wars and why they exist in the first

place that tsotsi international. the fifth. economic up and downs in the final month a month of the deal sang i and the rest because i think the a few will be if we copy. when we come to talk about the addiction to cigarettes we understand quite clearly that there is either smoking or not smoking we believe completely abstinence. call quite understand why we don't have the same belief for drugs or alcohol to me the

only way to productively dependency is to give up drugs to go to. one of your cultural comment was the. face i describe you. it was. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure.

what's happening guys i'm happy martin and this is breaking the set so over the past few weeks many detroit residents have gone thursday after the city decided to shut off water services for more than fifteen thousand people due to delinquent bills but just sixty miles south of detroit the city of toledo ohio is dealing with its own water crisis for entirely different reasons see over the weekend five hundred thousand people were warned not to drink their tap water thanks to an enormous talks like algae bloom in lake erie the main source of toledo's drinking water while this type of algae growth is naturally occurring in the scope and size of this particular bloom could almost certainly be blamed on human activity algae feeds on phosphorus and nitrogen which is heavily president agricultural runoff from farms and sewage and considering that the great lakes alliance as they made tens of billions of gallons of untreated sewage flows into the great lakes every

year it's certainly no surprise that we're now seeing these mass algae blooms cover large swathes of lake erie but not to worry just today the mayor of toledo michael collins declared that the water is safe to drink. free thirsty right. here so you could tell you that i did a great job. but despite columns well enos to drink the water this is a problem that won't be going away anytime soon considering it's only the beginning of algae bloom season so unless we start heavily invested in sewage treatment infrastructure and drastically restructure the operating procedures of factory farms then we're likely to see this discussed and toxic problem bloom up again and again and it's great stuff.