border checkpoint came under attack gunfire was reported on both sides of the border russia's foreign ministry has said it has evidence the checkpoint was fired at by ukrainians who had crossed over and prepared position for attack before hand. course we'll have more on the story and the details from it as we get them now despite renewed assurances from kiev that it's ready for a ceasefire there's been little relief for the people in ukraine's defined eastern regions according to anti-government forces more than thirty five people have been killed in shelling in the last twenty four hours plumes of smoke covered the skyline in the city of le guen is it enjoyed another round of deadly government air raids people have been fleeing the outskirts of another resistance to the nets which has been shelled since friday and they ceased to stay there live in fear that their families could be hit in a nonstop attacks marie fanaa chena met some of them. a new day brings more sorrow to the city of the guns. this girl's mother has just been killed when a shell landed on her fourth floor balcony it was up to

because that's all for russian foreign ministry commissioner for human rights is great show today now we're going to start from the latest news the killings of the russian journalists it's a horrible tragedy obviously. but there's a full fledged war going on in ukraine is it really possible to find who is to blame and who is responsible for the killings well obviously. or what it takes it takes us to a political will. on the part of kiev authorities agree with or it is. definitely we. we think that it is horrible it is absolutely reasonable to shoot over this anywhere because they are performing their professional duties they are not taking sides they are not combatants they are not participants in the conflict but they are civilians and what we witness really in the eastern ukraine right now. is military operation which is being waged against not just. people without homes against. is huge in ukraine but russian side school regarding journalist russian side is convinced killings are deliberate there was italian journalist with his translator also killed why do the russian side believ

lives of the ordinary people russia's foreign ministry has compiled their report and human rights violations in ukraine since the start of the armed conflict the man behind his work the mistress commissioner for human rights. was my guest today . those who suffer most from war are those who take least part of it with the ukrainian army on the offensive will the civilian plight in eastern ukraine get worse who can stop it and how and who should be held accountable. for russian foreign ministry commissioner for human rights is great show today now we're going to start from the latest news the killings of the russian journalists it's a horrible tragedy obviously. but there's a full fledged war going on in ukraine is it really possible to find who is to blame and who is responsible for the killings well obviously. what it thinks it takes first of all political will. on the part of kiev authorities grew authorities. diffidently we. think that it is horrible it is absolutely miserable to shoot at drove us anywhere because they are performing their professional duties they are not taking sides. and

and i think from those comments in the foreign ministry statement. you get a sense that russia still feels it's able to exert leverage over the international community in that context. >> it's surprising sometimes the massive difference between the russian perspective of the crisis in ukraine and what ukrainian officials have been saying. diana live for us in moscow. we want to go now to kiev for more on this. it's a night and day difference. >> absolutely. ivan watson joining us now from kiev. if serge lavrov continues his stance of denial, no doubt kiev will have some harsh criticism of that. >> reporter: absolutely. the ukrainian government here has long made the case that the separatist region in eastern ukraine is actually a russian backed armed, funded, and trained enterprise. ukrainian officials have basically said it's an invasion. some of the top leaders of the separatist regions are russian citizens. moscowvites. however, the ukrainians have long accused the separatists since the malaysian flight went down of blocking access to the debris f

. >> catherine noris is of the foreign ministry with the latest. >> the foreign minister laurent fabiusas come back after meeting with president hollande. he is in the crisis center that has been set up to deal with this crisis. they havehe said received 1000 calls from members of the public who may be were -- worried about their families or looking for information. laurent fabius speaking out. his department is in charge of felony affairs -- foreign affairs. many expatriates living in west africa have been aboard this paris.coming back to one of the junior ministers in charge of residents living abroad has flown to west africa to be with families there, people who may be impacted by this disaster. reporting from the french foreign ministry. we will return to that story later on in the bulletin. exactly a week has passed since the malaysia airline crash to eastern ukraine killing all 298 aboard. it is assumed the boeing triple seven was shot down. some the for more aunties arrive -- 74 more bodies today. 194 of the passengers were dutch. investigators in the united kingdom are examining

that all of locked in talks just behind me in the german foreign ministry building with his counterparts from germany france and ukraine as they try and hammer out some kind of diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis in ukraine what we have heard from the russian side from president vladimir putin he said that he wants to be able to see. oas see observateur as well as ukrainian border guards be given access to the russian side of the border to be able to see what's going on at checkpoints there we also heard from the statement from the russian foreign ministry the heads of this visit here in which they said they wanted to kiev to stop their operations against civilians in ukraine in the east of the country there after that and that shaky cease fire was swiss wrapped up on monday they also said that they russia wanted to see a political not a violent solution to the crisis in ukraine and that ukraine must stop trying to exterminate them and their own countrymen that this wasn't the actions of a european nation it's expected that all of those things will be put to the meeting of foreign

in talks with is german french and ukrainian counterparts just behind me here in the german foreign ministry building may trying to find some kind of peaceful solution to the dreadful scenes we've seen coming out of the east of ukraine the the russian message what we've been hearing we heard from president vladimir putin who said he wanted to see. the observers from the o.s.c. and ukrainian border guards be allowed to have access to the russian side of the border in the checkpoints there we've also heard a statement from the russian foreign ministry itself before mr lavrov arrived for this meeting here in berlin they said that they wanted they were asking kiev to stop operations against civilians in the east of the country and that they should seek to find a political not a violent solution to what's going on there they also said that ukraine must stop what they say is the extermination of its own people in the east of the country and that wasn't what modern european nations did so these talks that are going on the church trying to find out some kind of a peaceful solution as soon as we hear

for russian foreign ministry commissioner for human rights is great to have you on our show today now we're going to start from the latest news the killing so the russian journalists it's a horrible tragedy obviously. but there's a full fledged war going on in ukraine is it really possible to find who's to blame and who's responsible for the killings.

secretary of state there insisted that moscow is using heavy weapons despite russia's foreign ministry denying this in their sunday phone conversation from a u.s. treasury official and columnist paul craig roberts told us why he isn't convinced by these pictures. someone needs to ask the state department did they issue or this information by email early on a sunday morning this is a completely dead time in news many american cities aren't even up yet san francisco los angeles seattle it's still early hours in the morning so if this was released by the state department which i doubt it's so unprofessional i was a assistant secretary and i studs treasure i was added to the wall street journal this is not the way important news is released ever. i've always plenty more for you on our website doing puting a three d. printed on students from florida university changed the life of a six year old boy born with an arm deficiency just a few hundred dollars to build and now he can even climb trees with it as our teacher compliment fools. so russia marks and the day ships a submarine for jets tro

authority leadership and you are among that leadership think of this egyptian proposal that the foreign ministryo made public? >> we welcome it. strong lly welcome it. i had the conversation with the egyptian foreign minister, and he also had a conversation. he shared with us the exact intention of the egyptian proposal. they would specify hopefully in the next few hours, zero hour for a cease-fire, and then they will begin speaking to the palestinian leadership and palestinian factions. so now just about 40 minutes ago the minister spoke to the arab ministers convening now in cairo, and i think the majority or all of the arab foreign ministers have welcomed the initiative. you know, wolf, that if there is any possibility for a cease-fire, if there is any possibility to come to agreement it will have to be an egyptian proposal. that's the political geography and that's what's needed today. so i believe it's premature to jump to conclusion about what hamas says because i know that some other leaders in hamas have said, we are not closing any doors for any initiative for a cease-fire. so let's hop

as arts and in the courts explains russia's foreign ministry is outreached after a russian citizen was arrested outside his territory on a foreign land now the ministry is calling this me eight de facto kidnapping and yet another unfriendly gesture coming from washington the ministry as that is being kept in the information blackout and is demanding a more details from its american counterparts now what we know so far is that a month off was in the maldives when he was a detained by the u.s. special services and he was a leader transferred to the island to one in the pacific where the charges were read to him and this is a not the first time of the u.s. has a rush to its russian citizens in flooring territories and we interpret her victor buddha was the among them in two years ago he was sentenced to twenty five years in prison for illegally treating armstrong while another russian citizen a pilot constantin get a shingle was sentenced to twenty years in prison back in two thousand and eleven for drug trafficking and since then i think there's been a number of reports of him being deni

>> reporter: it appears there was mixed communication coming from the dutch foreign ministry, hala, wherey had announced that the train had been delayed some 16 hours. and since then have corrected that statement. that has come from the ukrainian government, emergency ministry announced the train left before dawn this morning from straightist-controlled city of donets carrying bodies of 200 victims from this airline disaster. that train will have to cross front lines from separatist-controlled territory into ukrainian controlled government territory with ultimate destination of the ukrainian city of harkiev where it will undergo dutch flying the bodies to amsterdam, which was the original flight of origin for mh17 on thursday and repatriating the bodies of the victims. as you mentioned, before dawn this morning, this ceremony where the self-declare the prime minister of the donetsk people's republic, this region, in a handover ceremony, handing over those flight recorders, which up until the handover ceremony, self-declared prime minister had described aztecal objects and said he did not

we are hearing a lot from the foreign ministry. now, what they are saying is they want to see a humanitarian crisis situation set up in the east of ukraine, involving the u.n. and the international red cross, involving a lot of international organizations. humanitarian disaster is what they think is in the making in eastern ukraine at the moment. they want a reaction, a u.n. reaction to prevent that calamity. john? >> great point. sometimes international diplomacy is what is not said that matters. this time, what is not being said could be a sign. nic robertson, thanks so much. >>> time for an "early start" on your money. stocks down around the globe. asian stocks closed mixed. european stocks, lower, u.s. futures are down. 75 points lower for the dow. the economy is stronger than we thought. tomorrow, we learn about the job growth. the dow and s&p are down .5%. the nasdaq up .3%. this is what i call a pause in the bulls run. bank of america slapped with 1.3 billion dlarls fine over mortgage fraud. it stems from bad loans made by c

. >> japan foreign ministry officials say most of the passengers were taiwanese. their families had to wait to find out what happened to them. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> a typhoon had slammed into taiwan before the crash. the center of the storm had moved on to china but it's the winds were still strong and visibility was limited. >> translator: we apologize for the ac. >> the plane was a model called the atr-72. the twin-engine aircraft can carry up to 70 people. the same type crashed two years ago in siberia. 31 people were killed. two years before that another went down in cuba killing all 68 people on board. >>> people across the netherlands have stopped to listen to the tolling of church bells. government leaders declared wednesday a day of national mourning. two planes carrying bodies from the downed malaysian airlines jet arrived on dutch soil. the planes tuchd down at an airport in the city of -- they were carrying the remains of 40 victims. malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down last week over eastern ukraine. most of the 298 people on board were

seventeen in eastern ukraine two weeks ago but the russian foreign ministry says the country was the first to hand over evidence into what could have done the malaysian plane. it was the way you do me according to rules of the international civil aviation organization russia cannot just come here and say hi there we're participating in the probe we're supposed to wait for an official invitation from the international commission and that's from the netherlands this invitation was sends just a couple of days ago and after that we immediately decided on our representatives who started their work straight away. still to come this hour on r.t. international a full charm offensive for african leaders in washington but we look at what might be driving president obama's attempts to win hearts and minds and influence across africa. iran like syria has been george very harshly on the leaves and the constant sad. isn't it justified the game in if not pursuing him for a weapon that you know raising the spectrum of personal revenue would lead to one young who simultaneously was developing nuclear

your family warned him and he just says all of us face is mind your own business the russian foreign ministry has demand as the media tree lease of graham films and at the same time the britain's foreign office says that it is aware of the situation and that it is standing ready to provide assistance and at the same time parties doing everything possible to learn graham phillips present whereabouts. we'll keep you posted as best we can also the c.n.n. news reporting too that a freelance journalist working for them was also abducted in. and it's two days ago he's currently in captivity again keep you posted. in ukraine's parliament the european choice coalition is well no longer a choice a developing story this evening a major grouping is crumbled forcing the promised it to announce his resignation let's discuss the political situation with political science professor nikolai petro from the university of rhode island nicholai thanks for being with us well you know at such a time of crisis for ukraine so many huge events going on there it crumbles the prime minister goes he was of course the le

shoot the russian foreign ministry has demanded immediate release of the journalists working for e t and other agencies and the britain's foreign office also says that it is aware of the situation and is standing ready to provide assistance at the at the same time marty's doing everything possible to learn graham's present whereabouts but dana thank you very much for bringing us the latest. now according to international news safety institute ukraine is the most dangerous place for media workers right now since the beginning of the conflict seven international journalists have been killed that's more than in iraq since the start of the year five of the victims were russian one reporter was from italy and one worked for ukrainian media journalists also face constant pressure from government forces there sometimes banned from entering ukrainian territory with reports of kidnappings and beatings kavin mcfadden from the center for investigative journalism says the army is a dubious source of information where the conflict is continuing but one tends not to believe what the military says

limits family warned him and he just says all of us face is mind your own business the russian foreign ministry has demanded as the media treaties of graham films and at the same time the britain's foreign office says that it is aware of the situation and that it is standing ready to provide assistance and at the same time parties doing everything possible to learn graham phillips president where abouts. and dana thank you very much well c.n.n. now reports that a freelance journalist working for the channel was also abducted in don yes two days ago he's currently being held in captivity. while there's new fighting reported in the area where graham phillips another journalist was supposedly captured gunshots and explosions are being heard around dawn yet airport artillery is said to be at work and unconfirmed reports by locals speak of numerous severe civilian casualties where the ukrainian army has confirmed two of its fighter jets was shot down in the region some reports claim they were flying close to the mh seventeen crash sites of course are no combat zone by the president kiev and quickly

the border with ukraine four more people have reportedly been injured in the blast russia's foreign ministry says the incident signals a dangerous escalation at the russian ukrainian border investigators are working at the scene of the attack we'll bring you more details as we get them. or despite renewed assurances from kiev that it's ready for a ceasefire with the self-proclaimed republics of didn't yet and against there's been little relief for the people in ukraine's east according to anti-government forces more than thirty five civilians have been killed in shelling in the last twenty four hours playing this smoke over the skyline in the city of lugansk after another round of deadly government air raids people have been fleeing the outskirts of another resistance to the nets which has been shelled since friday adding to the tens of thousands who've already fled the region rif an ocean of follows one family's journey to safety. they have packed only the basics mostly warm clothes to keep the children more than you were forced to leave their hometown of climatologists in. wheeling childre

seventeen in eastern ukraine two weeks ago but the russian foreign ministry says the country was the first to hand over evidence into what could have done the malaysian plane. the solution musical not all according to rules of the international civil aviation organization russia cannot just come here and say hi there we put sr painting in the probe we're supposed to wait for an official invitation from the international commission and that's from the netherlands this invitation was sent just a couple of days ago and after that we immediately decided on our representatives who started their work straight away. coming up here on r.t.e. international a full charm offensive for african leaders in washington we look at what mike tarbert be driving president obama's attempts to win hearts minds and influence across africa. if you drive people away from the dollar many people now it must be serious saying gosh if we have u.s. dollars and the u.s. decides they don't like us they're going to put sanctions on us so people more and more people will say maybe i should use the u.s. dollar. this i

channel has been wounded in a combat operation in eastern ukraine according to the polish foreign ministry ukraine has now become one of the most of the world's most dangerous places for journalists according to the international news safety institute seven media workers have been killed this since the start of the year more than in iraq syria and pakistan reporters have also been detained on numerous occasions. a look now at some other news from around the world starting with libya where deadly fighting between rival militia groups continues battle for control over tripoli airport has claimed ninety seven lives in the last few weeks and left over four hundred injured u.k. has been forced to pull out its diplomatic staff after france u.s. and germany advised their citizens to leave libya on sunday a british embassy envoy was fired on by gunmen but no one was injured libya is going through its worst spike of violence since the two thousand and eleven civil war. an explosion in the nigerian city of kano has left at least five people dead and eight others injured the blast went off in a catho

markets for periods longer than ninety days the response russia's foreign ministry is accused the u.s. of damaging relations between the two countries moscow views the sanctions as blackmail and has warned of possible counter measures. as the story well these sanctions are illegal says the russian prime minister they are unacceptable blackmail and even a revenge for u.s. failings in ukraine says the russian foreign ministry the russian president now touring latin america says that these latest string of sanctions may have a boomerang effect on the u.s. economy. without a doubt these sanctions are not only damaging russian american relations but also driving them to a dead end i'm convinced that they go against the american governments and american peoples own long term interests moscow says it will respond to this latest string of sanctions but its response will be made in a car and sensible manner unlike actions of washington. well the editor of business new europe magazine benares explained to me how the new sanctions could impact russia's economy seem to be very targeted at a few c

i think it's interesting to see the foreign ministry saying the eu is disregarding its own interests. really? really? >> this is classic russian diplomacy. >> aren't eu -- >> what we've seen is european leaders trying to act tough, but then having private one off meetings. within the last few months, how many times has merkel met putin? i think it's three times. i'm not sure. maybe one of the watchers can inform us how many times it is. but there have been discussions with other leaders, as well. yet there are sanctions in place, yes, europe is joining in. remember, it was european desire to bring ukraine into the european fold that triggered this whole thing. but they're slightly less solid than they would have been or the americans would have hoped they would have been at this specific stage. >> we're going to come back to the russian angle and the specific impact. but let's see, annette, the russian foreign ministry this morning saying the eu leaders are disregarding their own best interests here. really? >> yeah. it always is up to the person to decide what is in the interests of

cairo here now police used tear gas to disperse a garza solidarity protest on friday he did foreign ministry condemned the israeli airstrikes but many egyptians don't think that statement goes far enough around a hundred demonstrators gathered in paris as well denouncing the guards were offensive and demanding an end to what they describe as a massacre. from the university believes israel is capable of hitting militant targets without putting civilians under threat. because it is a very small territory and it is very much packed with one point million palestinian. but even in spite of that if this rain is wanted to hit a minute turn toward those who are responsible for the launching of rockets against israeli towns and villages they are able to basically do without without in their enduring palestinian civilians in their doing this to populated areas now is where it is claiming that the houses which had been hit on targeted by the israeli bombardment they have been known to us when it's down to the islamic jihad militants but they don't give warning i'm also the time to hit these houses with

police they're used to gas to disperse cigars a solidarity protest on friday for its part egypt's foreign ministry condemned the israeli airstrikes but many egyptians say they don't think that statement went far enough around one hundred demonstrators to gather in paris denouncing the cause of offense and demanding an end to what. might come up the side of the. university believes israel is capable of hitting militant targets without putting civilians under direct threat. because it is a very small territory and it is very much packed with one point eight million palestinians but even in spite of that if this rain is wanted to hit him in a turn toward those who are responsible for the loss of rockets against israeli towns and villages they are able to basically do that without their injuring palestinian civilians in there doing this to populated areas now is where it is clearly out of the houses which are in here are targeted by the israeli bombardment they belong to i must really go into this the yard militant but give warning i also look down the sounds is without warning which means which was a

failings in ukraine says the russian foreign ministry the russian president now touring latin america says that these latest string of sanctions may have a boomerang effect on the u.s. economy. without a doubt these sanctions are not only damaging russian american relations but also driving them to a dead end i'm convinced that they go against the american government and american people's own long term interests moscow says it will respond to this latest string of sanctions but its response will be made in a calm and sensible manner unlike actions of washington. the editor of business new europe magazine benares explained to me how the new sanctions could impact russia's economy they seem to be very targeted at a few companies and specifically this is a significant scaling up because these are financial sanctions until now it's been aimed mainly at individuals and their personal assets in reality as i understand companies can still be trading because they'll be doing business in the us as i like there's trying to find a tricky sort of path between on the one hand punishing russia and

thing you get doesn't want to be selected be it that you want that she allowed that russia's foreign ministry has reacted to the violence in eastern ukraine by urging authorities to stop shelling in reinstate the ceasefire to save lives the foreign ministry also stressed that the solution to ukraine's political problems by means of force against people of the country hardly meets the norms of civilized european society they have aspires to join the fighting has led many women to flee homes in eastern ukraine to try and get their children to safety but there are those who decided to stay and take up arms or his memory of an ocean reports catarina is twenty one years old she's a trained maddy with a passion for nature and painting. and she can assemble a collage in camp in seconds she says she's a good chance to. have you had to queue on that though the yes i have now that it wasn't self-defense it was them who approached not us. catarina belongs to eastern ukraine's self-defense forces she started on the frontline as a nurse but soon to go up on arms but the problem is that she sees the people

sign an israeli foreign ministry spokesperson thanks for joining me a lot of your prime minister says that israel will act aggressively and responsibly until this mission is completed do you think that killing civilians is responsible . well it's very interesting the way the hamas spokesperson who had before was talking about freedom the people in gaza could have had amazing freedom we counted the number of cash that was put into the terror ten dollars it's one point twenty five billion dollars with that amount of money they could have had a hospital to could have three malls they could have had twenty schools they could have had so much economy going on but they decided to put it into tunnels where it's are supposed to bring terrorists into israel to murder and slaughter people to murder them in their homes children and women why how does that benefit the people in gaza it doesn't and there are hostages by this regime this terrorist regime which only cares about one thing unfortunately about our destruction and the awful scenes that you see there could have been prevented we had four

and the theft of course no information but it's a move out to provoke the fury of the russian foreign ministry let's get more now from our teams and i do know what the law who joins me by my dinner so won't call such a reaction well russia's foreign ministries outraged after a russian citizen was arrested out shine. and the ministry is calling this. kidnapping and yet another unfriendly gesture coming from washington now the ministry as that it is it is being kept in the information blackout and is demanding further details coming from its american counterparts now what we know so far is that it was in the maldives when he was detained by the u.s. special services he was later transferred to the island of guam and the pacific where the charges were read to him now this is not the first on the u.s. has arrested russian citizens in a foreign territory now a victim of buddha was a monk dam and two years ago he was son and twenty five years in prison for a. while and nother russian citizen a pilot. was sentenced to twenty years in prison back in twenty eleven for drug trafficking and since then th

here police used tear gas to disperse garza's solidarity protest on friday for its part egypt's foreign ministry condemned the israeli airstrikes but many egyptians don't think that statement went far enough also in paris around one hundred demonstrators gathered there denouncing the gulzar offensive and demanding an end to what they describe as a massacre. from gaza's our university told us he believes israel capable of hitting militant targets without pulling civilians under direct threat. gaza is a very small territory and it is very much packed with one point eight million palestinians but even in spite of that if this rain is wanted to hit and minutes of those who are responsible for the launching of rockets against israeli towns and villages they are able to basically do without without in their injuring palestinian civilians in there doing this to populated areas now is where it is clearly. says was shot in here and targeted by the israeli bombardment they belong to the us when it's down to these two hundred yards militants but they don't give warning i'm most of the time to sow says with

got some reaction from paul hershon from israel's foreign ministry told us earlier that the responsibility for these civilian deaths in gaza as far as he sees it lies squarely with hamas. they say that all of a tease should be investigated and i agree and i'll tell you what we're going to discover we're going to discover that israel has taken unprecedented steps in in a very difficult circumstance to minimize and to avoid civilian casualties and we're going to discover that hamas this evil machine with a killer strategy has the is perpetrating war crime of the war crime of the war crime and that's what we're going to discover you say that israel is doing all it can to minimize civilian casualties are you doing enough or boys killed in a bitch we're hearing about civilians being killed every single day we said repetitively we said it also quietly through diplomatic channels quiet will be all said with quiet calm will be responded to with call this message was rejected out of hand have been three cease fire proposals one by the egyptians one by the united nations one by the international com

joining us live now as paul here said he's a spokesperson for the israeli foreign ministry thanks indeed for joining us now the israeli government says it will investigate the bombing of an un school in which twenty palestinians died however we've heard from the returned the israeli ambassador to russia that the school was empty at the time is that your position well because the thank you for having me there are so many different events going on at the moment i'm not sure that the the ambassador you're talking about is talking about the same incident you're talking about to the best of my understanding the incident you're talking about is a school which was hit it's being investigated right now we nobody knows whether it was hit by israeli fire or by hamas fire. one or the other it's obviously the case and civilians were killed there this is this is precisely the tragedy of what come us has brought down on both sides of this conflict so it's likely that the investor was speaking about a different incident to the one you're speaking about ok the head of the u.n. agency for palestinian ref

deputy spokesperson of the israeli foreign ministry mistimed thanks indeed for joining us today since the israeli military operation began two hundred seventy four palestinians have died many of them being civilians surely your government for saw this huge terrible human cost. that's why we never wanted to be in this place in the first place so what we did was we in the beginning when rockets at us we said quiet will be answered by quiet and what they did is they fired more rockets then the egyptians initiated a cease fire and we respected it and we didn't shoot and guess what kept on shooting rockets at us and then there was a humanitarian ceasefire and we wanted the people in gaza to receive medical help to receive food through all kinds of supplies they need and the hamas still kept firing at us so unfortunately hamas aim is to destroy israel and that's why they keep firing at us our aim is to have peace and quiet and security of our civilians but is it not really they're firing on you because they think you're firing on them first we are looking at this huge loss of life it is cle

demonstrations, different periods working with parliament and the national security council and foreign ministry. most of the time i spent on problems and relations between iran and the west. i was seven years an ambassador and it ate me a great opportunity to discuss with the europeans, that time we had critical dialogue, the difference between mass -- weapons of mass distraction and all of these issue. the journals and scholars and officials and when i came back to the u.s. in 2009 was completely different because i didn't have an official hat, access to tens or hundreds of american foreign foreign-policy experts in think tanks and journalists, to sit with them and to discuss very openly and sincerely and frankly that disputes between iran and the u.s.. definitely these four or five years gave me a great understanding of american deception, how americans view the iranian policy and iranian policymaking system and that disputes between iran and the u.s.. in this period it was very clear for me there is a big gap on correct understanding of iran and rarely could find foreign-policy but started i

earlier my colleague you know neal spoke with ilana stein deputy spokesperson of the israeli foreign ministry we asked her exactly how a ceasefire could be followed by an all out ground invasion. egyptians initiated a cease fire and we respected it and we didn't shoot and guess what kept on shooting rockets at us and then there was a humanitarian ceasefire and we wanted the people in gaza to receive medical help to receive food through see all kinds of supplies they need and the hamas still kept firing at us surely your government for saw this huge terrible human cost fortunately yes you have one side who wants violence more violence and more death and you have us who are asking them please let's stop it even though this is very risky for us they're firing on you because they think you're firing on them first we're looking at this huge loss of life it is clearly an palestinians the pictures we've been showing and that are spreading around the world by stepping up the operation aren't you simply pushing in this into a spiral of violence but who knows when it could end we don't want the violenc

failings in ukraine says the russian foreign ministry the russian president now touring latin america says that these latest string of sanctions may have a boomerang effect on the u.s. economy. without a doubt these sanctions are not only damaging russian american relations but also driving them to a dead end i'm convinced that they go against the american governments and american people's own long term interests moscow says it will respond to this latest string of sanctions but its response will be made. unlike actions of washington. and we're now joined in the studio by editor of business new europe magazine ben naresh to discuss what these measures actually mean in practice ben thanks so much it is a tricky issue i know that you guys in the financial world find this simple stuff it's not so simple for the mere mortals amongst us so in reality what will these sanctions me it's still not entirely clear the details are still coming out but they seem to be very targeted at a few companies and specifically this is a significant scaling up because these are financial sanctions until now

failings in ukraine says the russian foreign ministry the russian president now touring latin america says that these latest string of sanctions may have a boomerang effect on the u.s. economy. without a doubt these sanctions are not only damaging russian american relations but also driving them to a dead end which is i'm convinced they go against the american governments and american peoples own long term interests that will respond to this latest string of sanctions but its response will be made in a car and sensible manner unlike actions of washington. and we are now joined by paul sprague from the accounting firm russia consulting to discuss what these measures likely mean in practice thanks for joining us paul i'm still i have to admit i'm still stickin to get my head around all that they say if you could put this in the simplest possible terms just for my benefit under this i'm sure first of all how will these american sanctions work. these sanctions are specifically designed to put pressure on companies and individuals fifty united states believes has in effect in the ukraine c

after that he left ukraine for a while however he came back just a few days ago the russian foreign ministry has demanded as the media treaties of graham films and at the same time the britain's foreign office says that it is aware of the situation and that it is standing ready to provide assistance and at the same time parties doing everything possible to learn graham phillips present whereabouts. well joining us. right phillips other things should be with the swedish study are in close contact with the foreign office what have you heard from them since we last spoke yes to them what twenty four hours ago now close contact meeting i suppose it's morning and they haven't made any contacts and. today it's either me or grant family as far as i'm aware. going to. get what i mean there's only. the grahams been in captivity so it's a bit of a delay on the line that he's been captivity by one of the journalists that was taken into protective custody and is now been released this is from you know about that i guess they do now did they tell you that i broke the news there and gently. i want to say

in response russia's foreign ministry has accused the u.s. of damaging relations between the two countries moscow views the sanctions as blackmail and has warned of possible counter measures. as the story. well these sanctions are illegal says the russian prime minister they are unacceptable blackmail and even revenge for u.s. failings in ukraine as the russian foreign ministry the russian president now touring latin america says that these latest string of sanctions may have a boomerang effect on the u.s. economy. without a doubt these sanctions are not only damaging russian american relations but also driving them to a dead end i'm convinced that they go against the american governments and american peoples own long term interests moscow says it will respond to this latest string of sanctions but its response will be made in a calm and sensible manner unlike actions of washington the editor of business new europe magazine explain to our tir how the new sanctions could impact russia's economy. very targeted at a few companies and specificall

before israel resumed a bombardment on sunday we heard from the israeli foreign ministry. >> we had in the past agreed to the egyptian ceasefire, and plied it, and hamas breached it by firing many rockets into israel. we have great to two u.n. humanitarian ceasefire. every time hamas breached them. >>> our diplomatic editor james bays is it in west jerusalem. to be honest, the ceasefire looks shaky after a 12 hour period, despite diplomatic efforts going on in the background. >> reporter: diplomatic efforts to get a 24 hour ceasefire, all they managed was 12 hour, and the mortars and rockets started. you heard the israeli foreign ministry spokesman, and moments after he spoke, israel resumed its activities and released this statement. let me read it to you: >>> so, james, as far as the israeli operation goes now, we are getting reports that that do escalate -- that that could escalate? >> i think it's highly likely now, that for the moment diplomacy has come to an end. it's worth reminding people. israel says that hamas broke the latest extension of the ceasefire. they fired rockets an

yan, the russian foreign ministry saying that they are disappointed in eu has given into u.s. blackmail. the eu agreed to sanctions against its own interests. this is a story that is continuing to develop. what are the sanctions? e united states, the sanctions against russia arm nothing more than a permanent attempt -- a primitive attempt at revenge. let's go through what the european union did first last night. they announced the european investment bank, eib, will cut funding for russia. easy for them to do. the ebrd will cut funding for russian projects. set up back in the 1990's to help p ost soviet economies. russia gets $1 billion from it every year. they will expand their blacklist of individuals and companies subject to sanctions. but the big player on the pitch was the united states which announced sanctions just before the eu. the u.s. sanctioning some very large companies. rosneft, perhaps the largest of them, the world's largest publicly traded crude producer. russia's largest independent gas producer. gasprom bankrs, has been sanctioned. as has the state developme