you jonathan in london if i can go to you first president putin says he wants a cease fire in eastern ukraine present president poroshenko in ukraine says he wants a cease fire due to continue a new crane there is no cease fire in ukraine all the while care of is bent on signing an association agreement with the european union which was very unpopular with mr unocal which and we know what happened there so summit up for me jonathan what the heck is going on well i think it's actually more hopeful than despairing at the moment i mean i think the fact that they did agree to a cease fire was a huge step forward to both sides except to do it to most of the rebels also seem to accept it of course there are violations it's very rare in any international ceasefire that you have a complete hostilities you know overnight within seconds of the signing of the agreement of a cease fire so i wouldn't be too concerned about that and i think president putin is sort. it should be extended if publishing through will says the certain thing i think the pressure should be put on the rebels from both political yo

news on r t a camera man working for russia's channel one has reportedly been killed in done yet eastern ukraine. a cease fire between pro and anti-government forces in ukraine is supposed to be in force until monday night but reports and video suggest the truce has been violated many times throughout the week. extremist fighters in iraq who declare a breakaway islamic state on lands they have captured as the army tries to keep the militants out of the capital. and poland's a foreign minister says his country's alliance with the u.s. has proved to worthless and even harmful an elite conversation. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping our week's top stories this is r t with the weekly we start though with breaking news a camera man for one of russia's main t.v. channels has been killed and done yet ukraine artie's marie for notional was able to confirm this with of the channel's crew there and joins me live now with the details maria thank you very much for being with us now what what do we know about the camera man and how he died. well we know that tenet told it cleland sev

much first of all tell us what are you reporting that makes you fear so much for your safety in eastern ukraine. good evening. good evening. on the net most even man information about the trolling by. ukraine government about those who provide information within the quandary and war independently by the mainstream media. you tap in the west and really on my blog my social network profile i was contacted by people that later i discovered they were members of the ukraine nation at least organizations so. i have to be pretty careful about that ok what exactly are you focusing on on your blog what are they reading that they don't like. or world usually i try to see to make things clear here because i see in this conflict that the the the war scene is a bad use of wards there is a better cavil in the use of warsaw by the media coverage the problem is calling things but their name in western and ukraine media they so often speak of travel is more of us in and invading ukraine i can say all this is absolutely shameful by them i have been here for two mons and these old us never happen and i would knes

lugansk in eastern ukraine. mark sloboda is a senior lecturer in international relations at moscow state university he says that even though the ukrainian president has put forward a detailed a peace plan there are violent groups within kiev which the government cannot control the government such as it is in kiev has very limited control it depends to a large extent still on these nationalist paramilitary groups for its survival its hold on power in kiev and it has been afraid to challenge them we saw a trade union meeting in kiev attacked by an armed right sector mob with complete impunity and we have seen this repeatedly that they act they attack individuals groups buildings churches throughout the country and the government does nothing to rein them in and this holds true on the battlefield as well. now not everybody is on board with the cease fire currently in place in ukraine and members of the government's national guard protested against the truce in kiev and demanded more weapons to fight activists in th

german companies have metallurgical assets and eastern ukraine and and coal assets extremely prized coal assets there so they're already looting the problem jewels of ukraine and the. you know the i don't know what you want to call it the. sitting and. doing their bidding now you. got a chocolate king as president you had his opponent was the gas queen t.-mo shankland yulia timoshenko who looted billions from from her country fellow countrymen and is associated with figures of organized crime so you've got a bunch of gangsters essentially and. nazi thugs are running the run in ukraine and that is hardly a stable thing for peace in europe germany wants to go to war to defend a bunch of. nazis and because they get hot headed and start creating incidents with russia i don't think so but they're going to realize that that's the agenda that some people in washington have because they want. not the american people not the united states this. power cobol in the has so much power in washington they want to not only a new cold war they want to do off war that's that's a pretty dangerous thing to

the people living in eastern ukraine but we've discussed it at length a million times. i don't have enough time to go into detail right now but it is clear where this conflict in ukraine comes from there was a coup in the country which deposed the government some people. agreed to that some did night people in western ukraine actually took to arms and people in eastern ukraine said if they can do that why came three so they started getting hold of weapons in order to protect their national interests and now they're told to disarm and they say no we want those guys to disarm first you see this is a vicious circle. the only way you can actually break it is by launching a discussion substantive discussion to the point and the purpose of the discussion is how do you protect the innocent how you how you build the interests of everybody living in ukraine. first as for south stream is concerned there is a proverb you know austria if you say you need to see to say. those who agree to step one. and that is. the fact that you have needs in energy supplies and that depends upon to

is it a sign that perhaps a goodwill contract with eastern ukraine is in the making? >> it clearly comes as an attempt by rebel leaders to appease authorities in kiev. the cease-fire is due to end later this day, but i doubt if it will bring peace to eastern ukraine because we have other rebel leaders reported as saying they refuse any negotiations at all. based a they want to write -- fight -- they say they want to fight as long as it takes. rebel leaders in the region do not act in concert. this will make it very difficult for any peace brokers to bring peace to eastern ukraine anytime soon. >> it is a complicated situation. going back to our top story, what has been the reaction in kiev to this eu association agreement? >> many people dropped in here on independence square. they commemorated the protest movement in winter, and to celebrate what they call their victory. they say president petro poroshenko, having signed this association agreement, is actually their victory, and they are very glad that he finally signed this agreement. many, of course, feel pity. it

anti-government forces in eastern ukraine say civilians have been caught in renewed army shelling as agreed to cease fire fails to take hold meanwhile local officials raise the alarm over a severe water shortage. thousands of women have been illegally sterilized and for prisons in california a new report reveals saying even more cases could have gone unnoticed. is to be animosity or watching r t international i'm marina joshie poland's foreign minister has been left red faced after a league conversation allegedly heard him use vulgar language to describe his country's relations with the u.s. and it's not the first time leaked tapes of officials have revealed the dark side of brussels love washington. has more. anding love affair america and its atlanta partners consistently proclaim their rock solid loyalty and mutual admiration as friends and allies we stand united together. warsaw has reciprocated the affinity always leaving the door open for a u.s. footprint within its borders. very glad to be able to say the american friendship and alliance is a strong behind the camera friendly

residents of eastern ukraine have little reason for optimism. a cease-fire imposed earlier this month has done little to ease the tension or stem the violence. here fighting continued between government forces and pro russian separatists. both sides accuse each other of break the truce. critics say extending it would only give the rebels more time to regroup. >> how is that going to work out? we are joined now from kiev. the temporary cease-fire has expired. could we see a new one or will the fighting simply resume? >> well, for all we know both foreign ministers of ukraine and russia are negotiating for a truce extension. but in the end the ukrainian president will have the say. he is under increasing pressure at home. a lot of people and a lot of his commanders and soldiers say an ongoing truce will only play into the hands of the rebels. because they keep attacking the ukrainian forces and they have no chance to fight back. >> we have seen telephone diplomacy today. what are the countries hoping to achieve? >> first of all, they hope to achie

is following the situation in eastern ukraine. the anti-government activists people's republic of the gonski polls a republican have agreed to a cease fire which will last until it's wednesday seventh of june the sides are hoping to continue a dialogue continue consult the government sides they have asked for a complete stop of all movements all for ukrainian government forces around ukraine they're also said they're working on the freeing the always see reps here in eastern ukraine they are hoping this four day breather will give them a chance to do that and of course this is all good news for the locals in logan. areas who have been heavily bombarded by the ukrainian army over the last few weeks this will give them a chance to send to the wounded bury their dead and of course get food and water supplies into a badly devastated region meanwhile we've heard that at least forty children have died as a result have been killed as a result all for this conflict some were killed by shelling some were killed as a result of to direct gun

warrants that eastern ukraine the donuts and the guns people's republics submit surrender and desire and for the for bush and co and his. patrons this would be peace or pacific nation in history we know that certain powers were calling for peace or pacific ocean and by that they often extermination of war and removing any resistance or in the descent of the stones in the way this is the case right no ok daniel what do you make of it in boston here because there i keep seeing these windows of opportunity closing it shan't go is making it very very clear that the people of the east people be and i want to stress on this program the anti care of folks not the pro russian folks because that's an illusion the anti care folks he's not taking away their rights right there he's not taking them into consideration whatsoever we see the violence again against him continue well i think one of the things i think it's unfair that he's getting all the credit instead of jen psaki since she obviously had it and in writing that speech is completely a complete boilerplate repeat of a state department e

government forces. >> who are the fighters in eastern ukraine? some pro russian militants are ukrainian citizens, but not all of them. in the russian city, i meet this this man. by the internet he's recruiting russians to fight. kiev identified this group and its website as one of the main recruiting grounds for russian volunteers. >> translator: you can do good without using your fists. sometimes it's necessary to take up arms to protect those that need defending. we call it armed charity. >> the group says it was their volunteers who tried to seize donetsk airport last month. dozens of fighters were killed. more than 30 bodies were taken to russia. >> translator: our job isn't just dispatch volunteers and coordinate activities. it's our responsibility to bring them home whether dead or alive. >> the russian volunteer group says it gets no direct support from the government here. moscow has repeatedly denied sending troops and military hardware across the board. western governments maintain among the fighters in eastern ukraine, professionals whi

he must find a way to manage eastern ukraine. he must oversee implementation of the economic reforms in ukraine's program with the international monetary fund. he must address the budget of decentralization of power. mr. poroshenko also faces a major challenge is dealing with russia. unfortunately, by all appearances, vladimir putin remains i opposed to their desie to draw closer to the european union. russia seeks to destabilize the ukrainian government. there is no evidence that moscow has used its influence with the armed separatists in ukraine's east urge them to de-escalate the crisis. to the contrary, russia appears to support and encourage them. indicate thatts arms and fighters and supplies flow. the interests do not mean it should resort to force, sees ukrainian territory, or support separatism. the u.s. policy response appears to have three vectors -- targeted assistance to help ukrainian reform. where washington should do more is military assistance. the ukrainian military needs help in strengthening its capabilities. u

of monitors from the organization for security and cooperation in europe is still missing in eastern ukraine they were reportedly detained by armed groups last month we spoke to one member of the o.s.c. in ukraine. anyone holding them should come forward with information and holding or are monitors who are nutro objective observers serves nobody's purpose and it actually hinders our operations so we do hope they are released as soon as possible and don't know that and we put it on the weekend in our spot reporting heavy fighting has caused damage to their water pipeline north of the next city and it's very serious in the sense that if it isn't repaired soon it could cause water shortages too with the one million inhabitants of the next city and possibly three million more in the all blas so we do understand work is underway to repair it but because of fighting it has been interrupted. meanwhile ukraine's army is continuing its military assaults on the rest of eastern regions. we meet the family separated by violence with children forced to leave their parents and three for safety it's just t

breaking news on r.t. a russian journalist been severely injured in on the shelling in eastern ukraine as the military presses on with its crackdown on defiant regions. the u.s. is sending troops to iraq where sunni insurgents have seized several key cities across the country. tuckers in britain may be facing a lifetime behind bars if a proposed new bill is passed but experts warn it could potentially see those working to improve internet safety sent to prison as well. wherever you're watching from in the world welcome to moscow on to r.t. international i mean and our top story a russian journalist has been caught up in the violence in eastern ukraine a reporter from the wrist see it t.v. channel was injured in the army shelling near the city of lugansk for more on the story let's get more from our. he's been following the situation in the region what do we know about the fate of the russian journalist. yes the russian journalist his name is good according to look he works for a. t.v. channel that's a state city channel he is he was promptly taken to hospital after he was wounded as a

killed in action to the russian journalists who were filming refugees fleeing eastern ukraine have been killed by army shelling we learn the details of the tragedy and here from the only member of the t.v. crew to survive. iraqi forces are struggling to push back sunni rebels who after taking control of several key cities briefly held areas close to the capital. plus the king's farewell speech the spanish monic one cos officially leaves the throne after the senate approves his abdication we recall some of the pearls for him and his noble colleagues. welcome on him is neil harvey and you're watching r.t. in so much. new details are emerging on the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine the crew from the rest see a t.v. channel were caught up in army shelling near the city of lugansk the camera man who's the only survivor of the attack managed to film the bombing and he believes it was a targeted attack. well the crew was filming the evacuation of refugees when a shell hit their group and these are images of civilians leaving the same seconds before the explosion sound engi

would be able to go into russia disarmament in eastern ukraine all those things by well. may well mean more bloodshed and an intensification of bloodshed rather than abuse initiative but we'll see we have not seen as i say the final product yet when it comes out of there not moscow will form its attitude but it is very premature to. not to talk about russian support as a matter of fact. we have a little bit surprised that some of all foreign colleagues are rushing to support something which has not been presented yet it is a serious subject which requires serious attempts of rather them sort of propaganda support of everything which might be coming out of. the. now some other things which you have to respond to which. gave say today in this room first a startling and from came the ukrainian forces had orders not to use heavy weapons how come i've ation jet fighters were used in the in the attack missile attack on lugansk and those that have building a couple of weeks ago jet fighter fired missiles of the building that deliver have been shelling the cities in eastern ukrai

warrants that eastern ukraine the donuts and the guns people's republics submit surrender and does arm and four of the four bush and co and his. patrons this would be peace or pacific nation in history we know that certain powers were calling for peace or pacific ocean and by that they often meant extermination of war and removing any resistance or in the descent of the stones in the way this is the case right no ok daniel what do you make of it in boston here because there i keep seeing these windows of opportunity closing it but it is making it very very clear that the people of the east people be and i want to stress on this program the anti care of folks not the pro russian folks because that's an illusion the anti care folks he's not taking away their rights right there he's not taking them into consideration whatsoever we see the violence again against them continue well i think one of the things i think it's unfair that he's getting all the credit instead of jen psaki since she obviously had a hand in writing that speech is completely a complete boilerplate repeat of a state dep

in lugansk eastern ukraine. you see the dramatic images from the ukrainian conflict for yourself by heading to our web site of the. jihadist militants fighting in syria and iraq have declared the creation of an islamist state spanning parts of both countries the now notorious al-qaeda breakaway group known as the islamic state of iraq and syria or isis is behind that declaration as you can see on our map here the territory covers the north of syria and the eastern half of iraq which is home to rich or fields so the question arises where exactly does isis get the funding that it needs in order to seize power in the region well it's thought that the group as powerful sponsors in the gulf states which fund its activities isis is also involved in smuggling extortion and bank robberies in the course of its rapid advance on baghdad the group took control of stockpiles of u.s. made weaponry and even washington has played its role in the rise of isis as artie's marina porton our expense. he was terrorist organization kn

and abductions in eastern ukraine in a few months since he was put in power leading intelligence also william and bills investigated post-coup ukraine the funds was up and is quote so was almost to defy belief doctoring gold joins us really great to speak to you why do you write u.s. policy so foot gangsters and murderers in ukraine in power i've already seen reports that the government has signed over the line the gas pipeline distribution network they signed that off the show but the. german companies have metallurgical assets and eastern ukraine and and coal assets extremely prized coal assets there so they're already looting the crown jewels of ukraine and the. you know the i don't know what you want to call it the. regime that's sitting and. doing their bidding now you. got a chocolate king as president you had his opponent was the gas queen. who looted billions from from her country fellow countrymen and is associated with figures of organized crime so you've got a bunch of gangsters essentially and. nazi thugs are running the run in ukraine and that is hardly a stable thing for

one of the talk a month or so ago was that russia was going to invade eastern ukraine in order to back up the protest said that clearly hasn't happened and clearly isn't going to happen in my opinion whatever reason. russia has decided the isn't going to to intervene in this kind of way what is happening however with the talks that took place over the last week or so during the. commemorations in france was the bomber has made it very very clear he's going to give more backing and more military backing to countries like poland to the baltic states now you don't have to be taking sides in this you don't particularly have to be taking the side of russia to see that for anybody looking at this this can look as something which is going to escalate the threat of war in the region and i feel if you look in the longer term if you look at. and particularly the accession which took place in two thousand and four when many of your pain states joined you this is very very much tied up with nato expansion indeed it is very much a part of the whole package are we supposed to be sold a package of wh

condemns the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine calling for a full investigation that died during army shelling while filming refugees fleeing from the. iraqi forces are struggling to push back sunni rebels who are closing in on the capital baghdad. plus the king's farewell speech the spanish monarch one call us officially leaves the throne after the senate approves the decay should we recall some of the royal pearls from him and his noble colleagues. welcome once again thanks for joining us my name's neil harvey and you're watching starting international. u.n. security council is urging an investigation into violence against journalists in eastern ukraine after a crew from a russian t.v. channel were killed by army shelling near the city of lugansk the cameraman who was the only survivor from his team says the attack targeted a group of refugees and he believes was not accidental fire. the crew was filming the evacuation of refugees when a shell hit their group and these are images of civilians leaving the scene seconds before the explosion sound engineer anton volosh

go in europe security watchdog call for the troops in eastern ukraine to be extended his renewed battles between the army and local militias rattle the temporary cease fire. and there's always a junk threaten to cut us off from vital communications satellites we speak to the man on a mission to say. hello there thanks for watching a with r.t. international. now libyans go to the polls on wednesday to elect a new parliament this is the country is going through the worst violence since the revolution there three years ago since the toppling of muammar gaddafi in libya has been on a leadership round about swapping one head of state for another in fact whoever is chosen the head of the new parliament is going to be the country six leader in the last two and a half years in the side from the politicians this popular support for this man who have tar a rogue general who launched a war on militias last month his artie's poor asli. it was a time when david cameron and his allies paraded the libyan revolution as a win for western democracy gave me great salute your courage and well we are proud o

we are t two netsky eastern ukraine. is to new crane has seen some of the worst violence this week says kiev launched its quieted down in april where about to show you some images from the city of donetsk the heart of poor autonomy resistance and one of the main targets of the military operation there and you may find the photos disturbing. these pictures are from a local mall which received the bodies of under government militia killed in the fighting for self defense forces claimed they were killed on their way to hospital when trucks carrying them came under fire they say thirty five people died in that time which involved grenade launchers. talking the chaos in eastern ukraine is certainly a tough task for ukraine's new elected president confectionery tycoon petro poroshenko and he has been spending sending rather quite mixed messages on how it should be done so a polish on ko welcomes the idea of dialogue with the east at one point saying is the only way to peace but later made a contradictory statement claiming the

is following the situation in eastern ukraine. latest reports say that one woman was killed and one woman was injured as a result of shelling. near the town all located in the north pole gonski region and last night's local authorities says yes that's the sound of slovyansk was shelled once again by the ukrainian army and at the moment water supply is very limited not at all there and local authorities here in donetsk away from slowdowns area they are also saying that water supplies here will only last for twelve more days and then there will be no more of drinking water here as well so less than a year from the get the natural origin shelling has disabled the pumping station two people were killed there others were injured i'm sure you will as workers at the station in. the ukrainian army is describing two and a half million being in waters on purpose just plain the so the area is obviously heading for a humanitarian catastrophe people are in the line up for water and local authorities report that the area is heading for an epide

and in eastern ukraine tell us more about the refugee situation how bad is it. perhaps. my. life. and i. would like. to get. it but they're actually. going to. like what. i have to give you for the quality of sound and to you mr of a choir because we'll have to leave it there for now but thank you so much for giving us your thoughts we'll get back to this interview as soon as we get a better quality of sound for now the thing to very much. and our correspondent there in english girl who is following the situation has more. the mandate was implemented the beginning of march on the eve of the referendum in crimea and russian officials were extremely concerned about the fate of russian nationals living on the peninsula particularly about the security of the russian military contingent who are stationed out of the navy base there of course now the president puts in on tuesday has sent a letter to federation council the upper chamber off russian parliament asking them to repeal the mandate in order to start this debilitation process in ukraine russian president has been on visits to kn

he must find a way to manage eastern ukraine or clashes continue between the separatists and government forces. he must oversee implementation of the economic reforms in ukraine's program with the international on the terri fund. he must address the questions of decentralization of the power. he also faces the major challenge of dealing with russia. unfortunately by all appearances, vladimir putin remains opposed to the desire to grew closer. he continues the policy that moscow has pursued since its illegal occupation of crimea. russia seeks to destabilize the government. there is no evidence moscow has used its influence with the separatists in ukraine east to urge them to de-escalate the crisis. to the contrary, russia appears to support and encourage them to read numerous reports indicate arms of supplies and fighters flew from russia into ukraine. russia has legitimate interest in ukraine to be sure, but those interests do not mean it should resort to force, territory or support separatism. the u.s. policy response seems to have three sectors. first the administration altered the le

one of the talk a month or so ago was that russia was going to invade eastern ukraine in order to back up the protest said that clearly hasn't happened and clearly isn't going to happen in my opinion the for whatever reason. russia has decided the isn't going to to intervene in this kind of way what is happening however with the talks that took place over the last week or so during the. commemorations in france was the bomber has made it very very clear he's going to give more backing and more military backing to countries like poland to the baltic states now you don't have to be taking sides in this you don't particularly have to be taking the side of russia to see that for anybody looking at this this can look as something which is going to escalate the threat of war in the region and i feel if you look in the longer term if you look at a large amount and particularly the accession which took place in two thousand and four when many of the states joined you this is very very much tied up with nato expansion indeed it is very much a part of the whole package are we supposed to be sold

self-defense units in eastern ukraine confirm they shot down a military transport plane and against all forty nine on board the dead. ukraine's prime minister orders the country to gear up for gas cuts from monday the day when kiev must pay its energy to russia. plus army violence and even nuclear weapons we examine whether the u.k. is closer collaboration with america serves britain's best interests and it worries the friendship too close and. al-qaeda. through iraq towards baghdad capturing two more cities the us military help for the crumbling country. welcome it's good to have you company you're watching r.t. international and we start with breaking news because anti-government fighters in the guns in east ukraine have now confirmed they shot down a military transport plane ukrainian army says all forty nine people on board were killed in video has now emerged showing the aftermath of the attack the plane came down at the ganske airport scott has the latest now from key west. all the plane that was shot down in the early hours of saturday morning as it approached airports here confi

fahri remember that some of these people in the eastern ukraine are in fact militias themselves very right wing militias people like the sect. and the rest so firstly there's the question is mr poroshenko in a position to control these people secondly does he actually wants to bring the fighting in the east to the end because he's enormously ration speech of just a few days ago suggested that if he does want to bring it to an end it's very much on he's terms and they're not which i think people in the east would accept when seen also in london it is quite curious here because from moscow's perspective they may not have a partner in care of to talk to and it is still very unclear what kind of powers the president of ukraine has particularly since there are still mobs on the my don are not a legal organization on the my dawn but still wants to have influence. yes well i think that what you're looking at is still a very very unstable and very dangerous situation it's clear the country is very very divided it's clear that the the people in the east have very very strong objections to the

outside two guns eastern ukraine. ukrainian authorities in the east have detained it to journalists from a russian t.v. channel who were on route to an air force to return to russia it's the latest in a series of incidents where russian reporters have been apprehended and can find out more about their plight parts of the. u.s. aircraft carrier is heading for the persian gulf as washington prepares a foothold in case military options are required in iraq this week extremists from the islamic state in iraq and syria group advance to within fifty kilometers of baghdad driven by the goal of creating a radical hotbed in the region and the second largest city mosul this goal may already be reality as militants are reportedly planning to create a new government there on sunday the army has resorted to the role of volunteers in the struggle to hold back the offensive of the terrorists but the radical group has turned the u.s. military campaign in iraq to its advantage seizing american army hardware that was earlier supplied t

the call was part of a push for diplomatic solutions to the ongoing crisis in eastern ukraine. they want to do and to pressure russian rebels to lay down their arms. shaky cease-fire between ukrainian military and rebels is due to expire on monday. the path forward is still anything but clear. several hundred residents took to the streets in eastern ukraine to demand an end to the ongoing conflict. the pro-russia demonstrators carried a giant ribbon, a russian symbol of bravery. but they want peace on their conditions. iswe are for peace, but what peace? if they continue shooting, we will take up weapons and defend our land. we will fight for our home. in the ukrainian capital at the same time, several thousand people gathered outside the president's palace to protest against peace and the government's truth. they demanded more weapons to drive out the pro-russian separatist. >> they are not letting us fight, they are not deploying certain battalions, and russian -- russia is gathering its troops will stop the mission has to be faster. died or were injured again today. what is

now sporadic fighting between a pro and anti-government forces is still breaking out in eastern ukraine despite a cease fire that was due to hold until monday night russia and many other countries helped broker that truce now ukraine's president officially declared a cease fire on friday kiev then held its first ever talks with activists in the east and their leaders agreed to lay down their weapons russian and o.s.c. representatives were present during those negotiations president putin then discussed the deescalation effort with the ukrainian french and german leaders in a phone conversation russian president then made another move to calm the situation asking parliament to cancel an order allowing russia to use military force in the ukraine the cease fire was extended on friday and anti-government forces again the said that they would abide by it they went on to release oh s. c.e. monitors who were detained in eastern ukraine nearly a month ago many civilians say that their lives have been up and did it by weeks of being trapped in a war zone to do it then you can only give them but

they hope with negotiations they can pursue their interests in eastern ukraine. >> thank you. even with all of its international importance, ukraine was only a minor topic at the european union summit in brussels. the main focus was the fight over john card juncker -- jean-claude juncker. despite opposition from written, you will because -- he will become commission president. with the debate about juncker over, attention is turning to the political fallout. >> in the end, david cameron came away empty-handed. he said jean-claude juncker is not meant to introduce reform. only the hungarian prime minister backed him. >> this is a bad day for europe. it risks undermining the position of national governments. it risks undermining the power of national parliaments. enhanced new power to the european powers. -- it hands new power to the european powers. >> 26 of the 28 said yes to juncker. >> it was logical. it was clearly indicated the leading party should have, after the european elections, the capacity to designate the possible candidate for the presidency of the european commiss

donetsk eastern ukraine. today marks one year now since former national security agency employee would snowden the started the massive anti espinosa company leaking classified documents on the joint anglo-american surveillance program here is just the start of what was to eventually spark global outrage at its heart the revelation the phone and video calls as well as e-mails of millions of americans are being routinely intercepted by special services tech giants like google yahoo facebook were found to have unwittingly or otherwise shared users private data make so many headlines even top level friendships didn't make anyone immune to being spied on did they the prime example being the u.s. national security agency tapping all of merkel's phone that inquiry is still ongoing no even a major newspaper became a target of police raids for publishing the scandalous revelations more over a private presidential plane got grounded over suspicions it was carrying the whistleblower at one point that was what happened t

un condemns the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine calling for a full investigation died during on the shelling while filming refugees fleeing from the area. and other news iraqi forces are struggling to push back sunni rebels who are closing in on the capital whilst also launching an attack on the country's biggest all refinery. plus the king's farewell speech the spanish monarch one carlos officially leaves the throne after the senate approves his armed occasion we recall some of the polls from him and his noble colleagues. thanks so much for joining us this hour my name's neil harvey and you're watching r.t. international first this hour the u.n. security council is urging an investigation into violence against journalists in eastern ukraine that's after a crew from a russian t.v. channel were killed by army shelling near the city of lugansk the cameraman who is the only survivor from his team says the attack targeted a group of refugees and he believes it wasn't accidental fire. the crew was filming b. evacuation of refugees when a shell hit their group and these

a cease fire in eastern ukraine has extended until monday night kiev and the anti-government forces both say they are observing the truce but shells fired from ukraine fall on russian territory. police in qatar brutally crushed another rally of migrant workers preparing the nation for the twenty twenty two world cup protesting against conditions that rights groups describe as nothing short of a horrific. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the death toll from a three week insurgent onslaught in iraq continues to rise after seizing several key cities rebels from the islamist group isis have been advancing into the central and southern provinces the latest clashes erupted just fifty kilometers outside baghdad leaving at least twenty government troops dead meanwhile the kurdish regional government says it is not giving up oil rich territories in the north of the country retaken from the islamist kurdish authorities have placed a tight restrictions on the border crossings and are planning to hold an independen