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. and see government militias step up their counter offensive in eastern ukraine we report here on our team to national on the european volunteers who have decided to join their cause. and china it seems to protect itself from us aerial surveillance going to intercept more american spy planes calling it sky.

it's early saturday afternoon here in moscow you're watching r t international with me rule research thanks for joining us today the u.k. has raised its threat level to severe over the danger posed by islamic state extremists minister david cameron outlining 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. in a quarter of an hour 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 move political progress unless the opposition is able to withstand the. 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 forced to say this what we're facing in iraq now . is

a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before is there from that me growing drones hack 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 mated 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 the whole sector of society has been singled out as a scapegoat sibling is being put on more muslim community in britain and the reality is that listen community and a mosque in britain did not create a foreign policy which to invasion of 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 of our reporter from london for r.t. and a new video has been circulating online showing a twenty one year old london boasting of joining what he dubs the golden era you had calling another young britons to follow his lead brian becker the co-director of the international action center expresses serious concern at the rise of islamic extremism across 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 and the us military has released a video of an ass strike on the islamic state in iraq of the footage showing a truck being destroyed while driving along the road near the northern city of you to bill in total the u.s. has conducted more than one hundred s. strikes against jihadist positions in iraq washington is also calling on its

international partners to combine efforts to combat the group together. and the jihadist threat is casting a shadow over security plans for the nato summit in cardiff next week as marina culture ever was detailing in her report some of the measures have made the welsh capital of more like a high security prison the three metre high sixteen kilometer long fence has already been dubbed the ring of steel it's meant to protect one hundred fifty world leaders along with thousands of staff and journalists during a two day event these forces from across the u.k. have been called in to maintain security the total cost of the security measures is now unknown but some critics claim that downing street is about to foot the bill for fifty million pounds well you may not be surprised to hear that some locals have taken to twitter to express their anger over why their city has been turned into a high security zone area more like an outdoor prison cell they're also asking for

example was any need to iraq to anti duck war so we spoke to lindsey german from the stop the war coalition and she thinks the fact that nato leaders have to hind behind fences some awful lot about their policies they're closing lots of schools that children won't be able to attend because of the summit and of course if there's a teachers' strike or something and the teachers close the schools as there's an 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 force for peace with a forceful military action on the wall says a great deal about the unpopularity of their cause that they feel they have to meet behind. highly fortified. places after one of the places they fenced off is called if castle well if a call solicits a cure for the heads of state it's nowhere. and so it's an

international for most of five months now government forces have been operating in eastern ukraine and the pummeling of cities with the heavy artillery carries on and the latest attack on friday hit a square near a railway station in the city of donetsk a stronghold of anti-government fight is a bus and a car were completely burned out but luckily no one was killed. and elsewhere soldiers who have been in so-called for a week near the city of you know vice have now been allowed to leave three humanitarian corridor or the first twenty eight troops have already made their way out and joined up with the national guard earlier president putin called on militias to let the soldiers out of the combat zone to avoid pointless casualties and here is the be making advances in recent weeks propped up by a growing number of foreign volunteers as artie's pulis leader reports. or a war and everybody is war and several every european war. and more and more

overseas fighters are signing up for joining the and hickey of troops in eastern ukraine the war 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 anti-government forces in urban guerrilla warfare. to the point that. these are people's militias these are not mercenaries or professional soldiers so they need instruction they really have the motivation whereas the kiev army which is a kind of puppet of nato they don't have any motivation whatsoever and they do not really know why they are fighting and against whom they are fighting so that is our

main strength. the aid is also a symbolic. for many of these people from the west it's the first time to come defend what is considered by western governments bad cards or the bad guys cards so it's very important to show that 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 c.b.s. spain germany poland israel and the united kingdom our internet sky on the front line. we believe that ukrainian army will not be able to sustain. or even fall because it's huge the day goes by they lose money they lose motivation to lose manpower. lose so each day that goes by they grow weaker we grow stronger europe 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.

but it legally we don't see what the french government can do to us because first of all we're not paid so we're not mercenaries we're not terrorists we're not declared this and 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 western volunteers is put together under the name of the united continent they're showing just how disunited europe is on the question of ukraine policy r.t. to mates eastern ukraine. and moscow in brussels have agreed that ukraine is obliged to pay its outstanding gas bills and the e.u. depends heavily on russian gas and ensuring a safe transit of supplies through ukraine is absolutely critical and the fitch rating agency estimates now that europe will remain reliant on russian gas for at least another decade 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 so. just shale gas so largely unreliable now ukraine also gets his gas from russia but is an outstanding debt of more than five billion dollars the state coffers are running empty and one of the country's largest power plants is now had its gas cut off after i'd used too much and people are being encouraged to cut back on their energy usage as well as a trend of reports it looks like ukraine's capital is in for another sunny week although throughout the hot summer a 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 work 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 and there

wasn't just the future what do you know the jewel in the evening we can leave the lights off in our houses we can just light candles it 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 it isn't there to be did you put it in that home but if you to play it but then if the bit is a you never get it is often 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 really up to trend go r t. now a human rights watch is called on the kiev to reveal the whereabouts of a russian photojournalist who went missing in ukraine over three weeks ago the

watchdog's deputy director for europe and central asia said the rights of media workers are being infringed upon in ukraine both by the militias and the army she also said or thought he's had frequently detained a russian journalist before the last contact with stan then was on the fifth of august he still denies that they have him. coming up here on the international china signals it will move to prevent america from spying on its naval fleet it's off the china into separate american submarine plane very close to one of its big naval bases in the program we'll look at how the tensions continue to grow in the region. also ahead. i spoke it was raised tens of millions of dollars for charity but where exactly is the money 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 reformer mr president which is diddy's telling him to go. and stability and peace to syria is really the sort of. dramas that could be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. faces change the world.

so picture posted. from around the globe. welcome to the program here naughty international british politician and broadcaster george galloway was taken to hospital after being attacked in broad daylight in central london and the m.p.'s spokesman said he suffered a suspected broken rib and jewel galloway was reportedly posing for pictures with a group of people when an unknown attack us set up on him the man was immediately arrested by police got away hosts of the political show sputnik. in fact the viewers in the u.k. can see the latest episode filmed before the assault at one pm g.m.t. . for now a summit on the american dream is being held in dallas in this plenty to discuss

softer a new poll found that six out of every ten citizens believe the dream is now out of reach marina portnoy reports. 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 ethos of the u.s. 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 by american doing is. to progress to make morning. here at home. i for my kids to have 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 no i'm not living the americans are. paid service been tough for a little live serve in bouncing around jobs we have a union boys do we struggle because when you go on the table you is paid that 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 an increasing lack of security or stability in the u.s. workforce has even been acknowledged by america's leader but average wages have barely budged inequality is deepening 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 well 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 marina porter r.t. and a senator rand paul a likely future republican presidential candidate he addressed the american dream gathering he said the search for happiness is ultimately hampered by the government snooping on people and 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 and. 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 who care. think about your disability 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 you take 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.

and plenty more stories for you right now online and on t. dot com including one flew over texas people in houston and left mystified by the lights have a look here photographed and filmed in the night sky astronomers weather forecasters local officials nobody could identify what it was you can try though. while you're there check out this one all of the sea life god struggle to rescue dozens of adrenaline junkies who stormed california's beaches to hit the way caused by hurricane marie killer footage as well right now. in the meantime on the program the whole super viral ice bucket challenge is to prove the fund raising spectacular people pouring freezing water over their heads has brought in around eighty million dollars for the charity but where is the donated money surely going now according to the associations own chart it only

directs twenty eight percent of the raised money to actual research into finding cures and then we're looking at another fourteen percent here actually goes towards the fund raising itself and then seven percent towards the administration and that includes six figure salaries for the top team at the non profit organization and researchers believe the money is unlikely to trickle down to the people it's actually meant for. there's a lot of conflict of interest with the first and foremost is the concept that there is no cure when in fact we know there is if you look at who populates their board you'll find the dow chemicals you'll find a lot of the corporations like pfizer that actually produce medications and are products that contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as. although we'd like to believe the intentions are good the reality is that money is being funneled towards a lot of pharmaceutical. development which is unlikely it will trickle down and

affect the suffering of those who have a less in this country in fact the president and c.e.o. of the association makes fifty percent more than the vice president of united states there's so much money behind the cause marketing model we literally have billions of dollars being raised by activating that consumers charitable instincts that go not to the causes of the problem but actually contribute often to them or to some of the headlines in brief for you from around the world now time for the r.t. walt update we'll start with afghanistan at least six people killed in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern part of the country the bomber blew himself up inside a truck outside an intelligence headquarters in jalalabad the blast followed by a gun battle between militants and security forces and two officials forty five people were wounded it's thought there are other teletubbies the taliban quick to claim responsibility. protests broke out in bahrain over the beating of prisoners one political prisoner also went on

a hunger strike this over allegations of arrests and detentions demonstrators targeted molotov cocktails and set tires aflame in the streets demanding the royal family give up power and release all for the dickel prisoners the unrest in bahrain has been going on for years now with frequent clashes amid security official. and two miners have been killed and at least four are trapped offer a gold mine collapse near the capital of nicaragua the shaft they were working in was cut off by a landslide rescue teams have brought in wooden ladders to get the miners out and they say the work will continue throughout the hours. to iceland where authours use of raised the aviation warning code to read after a small eruption of the but not a bunker volcano follows two weeks of earthquakes in the region the airspace has been closed up to fifteen hundred meters and there could be further disruptions if our. clouds form by making it dangerous for planes to fly over parts of europe.

now 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 like that one and it was spotted last week when a chinese fighter jet intercepted a u.s. navy poseidon anti submarine aircraft the american plane was flying close to china's naval bases around its southern islands american officials claim the chinese jet performed a barrel roll at one point coming within ten meters of their plane and china hit back saying it was keeping a safe distance and said they were connoisseurs mission poses a threat to its core security interests and could be treated as an act of hostility every year the pentagon flies about five hundred missions all around china as well as maintaining monitoring from the sea satellites and radio and u.k.p. a specialist on china he says beijing could well take serious action if it feels

under threat. i think that this part of the greek. between america and china especially over the south china sea which to china of course is a and the social and critical. channel for us a 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 a lot of the time of. the nuclear arms means based entirely on eyes you can on submarines it's part of. the metric was there because china is no match with america as far as care is the concern and indeed a lot of people. literally hardware in terms of the heart of island is a very very sensitive as a china so china is going to take a very tough stand on. its own international live from moscow thank you very much

for sharing your saturday with us today i'm wrong researcher signing off the monks in the states here about to be busting the bankers and the kaiser report unless you're in the u.k. and you're going on the ground with afshin rattansi thank you for watching. on marriage in the financial world. act. can't stop it it actually takes no demand for credit. in life there are jews. the pledge was terrible to say the i'm very hard to make out a letter to get along here is a plot that never had sex with the target there's no lens let's

play. lists and le may limit. the.

i might of this is that because a record deal i don't have. burger king like stuff or a buffet likes donuts. days it's more in tax me more buffett max kaiser remember last year he was saying that the rich are winning the class war and that in fact he invited the government to tax him more because he pays less in taxes than a secretary does and of course he is behind.