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up in hospital after a vicious. you watching. so proclaimed or thought is in done yet say that you've allowed your cranes army to take their wounded out of the encircled area in eastern ukraine these are the latest pictures for you from the outskirts of the town of ill advice where you can see troops apparently carrying out that evacuation several army brigades with ukraine's national guard have been trapped in the area for a week now and have suffered serious losses in the counter offensive by local militias meanwhile conflicting reports have been emerging about their fates our correspondent paula slee reports. what we know from ukraine's interior minister is

that the first group of trapped ukrainian soldiers was allowed to leave the in so calm and he made a statement on his facebook page but later what we were hearing from self defense forces on the ground is a denial that any groups had left they say that their conditions to allow these traps soldiers to leave the battlefield remain in place and this is that they first and foremost need to hand over any kind of weapons now the russian president vladimir putin has said that it is regrettable that the ukrainian commandos in kiev have given the order for these trapped troops to fight their way out rather than to lay down weapons and make take advantage of this humanitarian corridor and accept the offer the self defense units here in eastern ukraine remain on the offensive this is a military operation where they are seeking to assist trapped citizens from the launching in from the constant shelling that we're seeing from your trainee an army here in the east of the country essentially what these anti-government commanders

are saying is that they are protecting the civilians here in this part of the country now they continues to be a targeting of residential areas there has been a railway station that has been hit there is a proving as well as a car in a bus that has gone up in flames and we just drove past that site this is several hours after the attack happened and that gas is still smoldering the anti. government troops continue to push back the ukrainian army and they are receiving assistance from foreign fighters who volunteered to come and when there are systems or war everybody is war every european war. and more and more overseas fighters are signing up for joining the anti q 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 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 symbolic. for many of these people from the west it's the first time to come defend what is considered by western governments a bad cards or the bad guys cards so 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 internet scum the frontline. we believe that ukrainian army will not be able to sustain. or even fall because if it goes by they lose money they lose motivation to lose manpower they. lose so each day that goes by they grow weaker we grow stronger 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 jihad 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. did it's eastern ukraine. russia's deputy defense minister said kira's accusations that moscow has boots on the ground in ukraine or is supplying arms to anti-government forces that are simply incorrect he made the comments to slovakia media earlier on saturday. so it could say ukraine was part of the soviet union and there were many arms depots across the soviet union and when russia and ukraine became separate states millions of automatic rifles mines and artillery systems were left on ukraine's territory so there were warehouses with arms on the territory where kiev is now conducting its punitive action against its own people and these warehouses came under control of anti government forces people

who took up arms to defend their rights so to speak about russia supplying arms to donetsk lugansk is simply wrong just look at what ukraine's army is fighting with its fighting with russian arms or soviet arms to be correct. in more european leaders or at a summit in brussels and joining them ukraine's president petro poroshenko is going to step further in his accusations against russia thousands of the foreign troops and hundreds of their foreign tongues. on the turn into a few queen has a very high risk not only for peace and stability for ukraine but for the whole peace of stability in europe. the e.u. doesn't want confrontation but it is prepared to toughen sanctions on moscow that's according to the president of the european commission jose manuel barroso as he addressed the media alongside the ukrainian leadership that the head of russia's

lower house of parliament says any measures will also punish ordinary europeans saying there is skin spoke exclusively to r.t. . by media is the sanctions policy spirals out of control more and more m.p.'s and politicians in general start to question its effectiveness they see with increasing clarity that it's the people who have to pay the price for this policy basically while imposing sanctions on russia you governments make their own businesses and their own people pick up the tab make them pay for their political mistakes i think it's becoming more and more obvious that the sentiment of the political elite and the general public is shifting osco in brussels have agreed that ukraine will have to pay the gas bills it still owes to russia and searing the safe transit of russian gas supplies through ukraine is vital for the e.u. and that dependence on russian gas will remain at least for another decade according to the fitch rating agency has predicted that other suppliers won't be

ready to meet the demands europe's not ready to rework the current infrastructure or shift to using other sources of energy like shale gas ukraine also gets his scars from russia but owes moscow 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 using too much of the resource and members of the public and are being encouraged to cut down their energy usage as well as. 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 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 do you know the jewel in the evening we can leave the lights off and 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 they do need to be did you put it in that here but if you to play in but then move the video in there to get it because of where you set it and. while some are looking for offbeat solutions others seem to be more obsessed with politics 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 ilya trend go r t human

rights watch is again called on kiev for information on russian photojournalist andre stanton who went missing in ukraine at the start of this month watchdog's deputy director for europe and central asia said the rights of media workers are being infringed upon in ukraine both by militias and the army she also said authorities have a track record of detaining russian journalists kiev says it has no information about the veteran photo reporter. u.k. prime minister will hold talks over the weekend on new measures to tackle islamic jihadists the government is worried about the growing tide of britons traveling to the middle east to fight what they see as a holy war the country's threat levels also raised to severe which means an attack on british soil is considered highly likely new plans could make it easier to revoke passports of those looking to travel abroad to two hundred fifty jihadists

are thought to have returned to the u.k. already from the middle east british government has for years given material support to what it calls moderate rebels fighting the assad regime in syria. there will be new political progress in less 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 what we're facing in iraq now with isis is a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before. and a video has been circulating online showing a twenty one year old london and bragging of joining what he calls the golden era of jihad he's also calling on other young britons to follow his lead or activist brian becker gave us his thoughts on the rise of extremism in the middle east the u.k. joined with the united states in carrying out our 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 in 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. there are 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. the jihadist threat has put the spotlight on security plans for the nato summit in cardiff in newport next week

and the u.k. is going to great lengths to ensure the safety of the v.i.p.'s will be attending says hundreds of protesters are flocking to the cities where the meetings will be held are a theory ports for newport farty. the leaders the organizers of this protest movement against nature oh but in the coming hours and days ten to twenty thousand protesters from across wales the u.k. and even some coming from mainland europe are going to come here top protests nato summit which is taking place on thursday and friday around sixty leaders from around the world coming off for this very high profile and significant conference protesters here are against nato itself the the end which they see as they see it. waging. one hundred they said a symbolic of global policy now to protect the nato summit taking place in the next few days has been on trial

precedented security operation by the police close to ten thousand police officers have been drafted in from across the u.k. now this operation that critics say has cost up to fifteen million pounds to secure a part of new port this city and also wells capital cardiff which has also been caught up significantly in the security preparations including the towns of kilometers of security barriers being put up in the center of the south wales cities the police are trying to do many things first protect the nato summit itself second to also facilitate the democratic protests of peaceful protesters and third to try and keep wales and the u.k. secure given the increased terrorist threat which was raised just in the last couple of days. john reese from the stop the war coalition things the fact that

those attending nato summit need such tough security measures speaks volumes about their policies. but these are world leaders who are out of control they seem to have no sense that these policies i think they're really off have no sense of the people think that the money being spent from those could be better spent in this country of hospitals and schools is a poor time for a fraction of the amount of money that's being spent on security here the fires the people could be given new jobs in this time of what's true for you is actually true the war machine globally there wouldn't be an increased threat level if those people weren't here we now have american pressure from the fourth american president in a rush to bomb iraq and indeed there would be a threat to tool as indeed the british security services told tony blair that they have gone to war in afghanistan and iraq he was told price at the beginning of this if you do this there will be more terrorism in this country yet they keep doing it and they create they keep career creating a terrorist threat stay with us here on r.t.

still to come for you they sow beijing more as it will move to prevent america from spying on its naval fleets to china intercepted an american anti submarine plane close to one of its naval bases we look at how the tensions have been rising. differently here in syria now many of the members of congress of both parties have gone to syria in recent months and. my dear mr president we choose it is time for him to go. to go. to syria he's going to be obviously.

dramas the truth be known. origin. stories are there is refused to know. since changing the world right now. from around the. globe to. british politician and broadcaster george galloway was taken to hospital after being attacked in broad daylight in central london and peace spokesman said his rib jaw may have been broken is marina kosovo with more on the incident when he was posing for photographs with people in central london apparently

a man started shouting something related to the holocaust and then he proceeded suit him and george galloway suspect the suspects have suffered a broken jaw broken ribs severe bruising to his face and head now because that man was shot in something related to the holocaust it left the spokesperson to believe that this is related to george galloway's controversial statements about israel of course he is in the avapro palestine supporter and he has said that he doesn't recognize the state of israel and doesn't debate with israelis in fact this is not the first time has been attacked in two thousand and three he was accused of racism when he walked out of the university debate because he found out that his opponent was israeli then in two thousand and eight a man was arrested after he threw a rubber stressful at him while george galloway was campaigning and then in two thousand and twelve a protests are actually tried to pelt me and eggs so him being used as an understatement. and george galloway's own show is airing today for those

of you watching is in the u.k. it's coming up in around ten minutes time and as always it's available everybody if you had to r.t. dot com hard work will lead to success at least that's part of what's known in the u.s. as the american dream but people there increasingly think that the idea that ties the nation together is under threat recent polls suggest that around sixty percent of americans feel the dream however it's defined is out of reach and even more believe children will be worse off than their parents well we carried out our own straw poll of people's opinions on the streets of new york no i'm not living the american dream. serve it's been tough for a little while i've served in bouncing around jobs we have a unique voice do we struggle because when you go on the table you was paid for them for the companies to give you more money they don't want to give you more

money bobby was. making the money but they don't want to pay the workers and there's even a conference taking place in dallas dedicated to saving the dream centers around paula likely future republican presidential candidates address the gathering and he said the search for happiness is hampered by the u.s. government snooping on its citizens. 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 i am i unless you are secure in your house unless you are 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 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

you smoke what medicines you 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. it's round up some more international news for you now starting in pakistan where police are reportedly firing tear gas at thousands of opposition demonstrators led by the country's two main opposition groups crowds have been out on the streets for more than two weeks demanding me resignation of the country's prime minister the opposition claims that now a shareef rigged last may's general election and allowed corruption to drive the government's hold talks to protest leaders but they failed to calm the situation the standoff has led the country's army to intervene to mediate

a situation. where un peacekeepers from the philippines trapped by syrian rebels earlier today in the golan heights have been freed after a firefight this comes a day after more than forty united nations peacekeepers from fiji were captured in the same area by the same rebel group golan heights is disputed by both syria and is. rail and un troops have been on the ground there for decades. car bomb has gone off at a major checkpoint in a town just south of baghdad killing eleven people dozens more were wounded in the suicide attack it comes as the iraqi government tries to fend off on going attacks from islamic militants who have swept down from syria capturing a number of important cities beijing is called on washington to limit its aerial surveillance of china some naval officers are even pushing for fighter pilots to intercept spy planes anger was sparked last week when

a chinese fighter jet intercepted a u.s. anti submarine aircraft the american plane was flying close to china's naval bases on its islands in the south american officials claim the chinese jet performed a barrel roll at one point coming within ten meters of the plane beijing says it was keeping a safe distance and that american spy missions pose a threat to its core security interests and could be considered as a hostile act every year the u.s. flies about five hundred missions around china as well as monitoring from the sea and from satellites and k.p. learning a china specialist says that beijing could take serious action if it feels is being threatened. i think that this part all that require our why race between america and china especially when it's our china seat which to try no course is a and he said sure and critical. channel for a spot of energy as well as trade but also as

a conduit for tatas naval forces into the great the pacific particularly a lot of the chinese. laws i mean there are for me based in pilot and i include on submarines it's part of these. kind of symmetric warfare because john is no match with america as far as care is a concern and indeed and most of the edge. literally hardware in terms of the heart of iron is a very very sensitive as are the china so china is going to take a very tough stand on this. gets into the skin of the mainstream media next haven all to international law and views in the u.k. as promised are in for the latest edition of sputnik the george galloway.

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sewage flows into the great lakes every year it's certainly no surprise that we're now seeing these mass algae blooms cover a 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. thirsty right. here to tell you that it 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 blooms. isn't 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 in toxic problem bloom up again and again.