is there an alternative to gas flow from moscow. all the way to winter though florida squid all the secretary general of international energy forum welcome to the show it's great to have you with us all right so i'm going to start from the later this year oh wants energy independence what do you think can it ever achieve that goal what it has no significant natural energy reserves of its own is it something doable. energy independence as a concept on its own is. a very weak concept for pursuing energy policy no country's energy independent and it's very unlikely that cunt anyone can achieve that the world of energy is one of introduced pendants it's a message that we constantly emphasize in the context of the producer consumer dialogue conducted under the idea of. so you know how europe's dependence on russian gas for it seems something of a cliche is it really russia or the transit countries which caused a problem in russia as a surprise he has never halted the flow of gas to europe it only had to reroute the gas when ukraine would

or the didn't continue to get at the gas to europe despite crean sacking off the gas. russia has offered some concessions or a lot of concessions during these gas talks but ukraine insists it won't and even lower gas prices is that ever likely to happen do you think. well the gas price that prime minister yatsenyuk us calls for two hundred sixty eight dollars of course the top of the earth is to be it's not a market price we have to say that russia so scared to some of its neighbors at a much cheaper rate but. margaret it's well worth two hundred sixty eight dollars ukraine is asking for so the price declines promised offered three hundred eighty five dollars is quite reasonable it's about seventeen dollars below the average price of gas gas one gets from its european customers so it should be spirit of what is also theo has to offer to pay just half of the outstanding debts and to get a discount and that would mean that however. ukraine wanted to package deal that you cannot see and only not agree with russia on the gas price that we can agree on bottom of the outstan

i think gas proems best hope is to sell more gas or russia's best hope is sell more gas in the east using the new and existing pipelines and the western route is something in realistic term that is out 2030's before we see gas coming from the west siberia. >> the western route is where the lack of chinese comment is making us question. they are talking about the rate to get it up but drawing gas from a pool that is western siberia is precisely what the chinese don't want. it was specific that besides the determination of the route is the definition of those as the source of the gas which raises the suspicion in my mind that maybe they are going to try claw upstream eventually. the supply from china and if they develop the field with the usually way there might be a question down the road to bring up the question of equitly. >> tim and airial. >> thank you. i am tim with brookings. i would like to ask a question. you have hinted at the answer in the previous response but i would like to learn more about europe's desire to diversify supplies. it isn't new and it has been diversified in the

we have now has to pay in advance for any gas it needs from russia and in fact gas from spokesperson said confirm that. we've said many times that today is the deadline when the debt has to be paid and since it's not starting today ukraine's now after gas and is getting supplies according to payments you should receive zero payments which means they'll be zero . gas from a spokesperson said agapit brianna also added disruptions in the supply of gas from russia to its european partners we continue asked wind farms it's up to ukraine to make sure that gas is supplied to its european partners now let's not forget that russia has been quite patient considering the amount of money it sold we're talking about for now have billion dollars it all for it for ukraine's pay half of it's that now then get a twenty percent discount on the remainder of the debt plus one hundred dollars off the contractual price of per unit and that amount would be fixed for at least a year this way ukraine would actually be saving millions of dollars and even the e.u. energy chief said that the price that will sel

need to put their shale gas export into action. no well that's that's quite speculative we know that there is one project to prove in the in the u.s. and there is many more it would be for levels of probe believed to being explored so it is unclear and moreover the u.s. is increasing its own demand for its own gas so this is it's too soon to tell in my view but you know people like to speculate and when we announce that we're having here in our program and i was going to be about gas there's this viewer of ours to send us this question who's asking is there any weight to the idea that this russia ukraine gas conflict is being stirred up by the u.s. for syrup which suppliers. well that's that's pure speculation and i certainly don't agree with that point of view that means these are serious issues with serious players and an actress i'm going to remember some companies and the idea that with the amount of resources in the walls the investments that are behind the oil and gas industry and the very important relationships between stat

they're just allowing ukraine to keep part of that gas now of course it means that part of the gas that was supposed to come to europe is missing. no the european countries have to make up for it and it also means they have to get it on the market for a greater price which means that the european taxpayers again are paying more for their leaders political grandstand and now there's been whispers that american shale gas could possibly replace russia supplies how likely is the scenario scenario again this is a misconception number three or three. again of course we've heard about the shale gas being the. savior all kind of the panache for the situation but that is simply not the case at the moment because of course it's no secret that the us are dreaming about selling their show gas to europe at the moment and unfortunately they will have to ship it across the atlantic ocean to europe and that is going to be first of all very costly and secondly it's going to take a very long time. we're talking about roughly two million tanker troops each year and at the moment there are only four hundre

threatening note to take as much gas as it needs for free from the transit pipe supplying russian gas to the. also headlining from the international fresh fears of a mounting police threat stirred up in america by revelations that officers are being armed with weapons from war zones despite a low crime rate. palestinians killed during clashes with israeli troops amid a massive door to door for three jewish teenagers kidnapped in the west but. if you're just joining us my name is kevin irwin straight to our top stories in this russia's gazprom a stop to gas supplies to ukraine after kier failed to pay a part of its huge debt by the final deadline earlier today when a cost of a reports than from outside the gas giants headquarters here in moscow well we've actually heard from the c.e.o. of gas from alexei miller and he's been meeting with russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and once again miller said that to ukraine's position is a form of. the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government the prime minister wanted gasp from to allow ukra

liquefied natural gas exports to our allies. the united states is experiencing a north american energy boom that analysts predict can produce enough natural gas to meet our domestic demands as well as that of our global allies, including ukraine and other eastern european nations currently at the mercy of russian energy supplies. expediting u.s. liquefied natural gas exports serves our national security interests. as an aggression russian regime looks to expand power in former sofe yen union countries. this helps our allies in eastern europe and across the globe while creating jobs here at home through prifmente investment and economic -- private investment and economic opportunity. as a member of the house energy and commerce committee, i'm proud to help bring this measure to the floor today, and i urge all of my colleagues to support its passage. this is in the national security interest of the united states of america. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from c

. >>> no ga cash, no gas. moscow cuts off gas to ukraine. >>> michael schumacher is out of a coma and moves out of hospital six months after his skiing accident. >> the united states is considering airstrikes in iraq to help the government combat sunni rebels. most of northern cities have fallen to the rebels, but the government said its forces are still in control of the area. in nearby mosul, meanwhile, the second largest city in iraq fighters led by the islamic state in iraq and the levant have been taking part of a rally. rebels seized control of the city in an up rising against the prime minister and his government a week ago. we have the latest from a checkpoint in northern iraq. >> it is a strategic gain for the sunni rebels and a huge loss for the central government. but it translates into more people on the move in the country. now most of these have arrived and tell stories about how they crossed the desert, how they hitchhiked. they're waiting to get in the kurdish region not necessarily to stay the

russian gas to the e.u. . also fresh fears of a mounting police threat are stirred up in america by revelations that officers are being armed with weapons from war zones despite a low crime rate of. the young palestinians killed during clashes with israeli troops amid a massive door to door manhunt for three jewish teenagers kidnapped in the west bank. kevin oh in this is r.t. international obviously the top story the gas story we're going to come to in just a second but we're going to start off with pictures we just received at this hour of another attempt to attack a russian diplomatic compound in ukraine this time in the port city of odessa it all seem to have begun as a peaceful rally the at the russian consulate building there despite the screaming of anti russian slogans i'm quite sure you can hear the sound the mother not these pictures when this comes through that quickly changed to calls to rip through police cordons around the compound and ted down the russian flag you can see master and would use th

obligations and that's led to only one thing ukraine was siphoning off gas that was a. tended for european customers so just recently the borel bank asked a maid at that such as the naira could see a massive prize hike for gas for european nations in some cases up to fifty per cent and actually i try to sell mother some of the factors there are styling this negotiations still no deal despite concession after compromise after concession. for see others of we were numb proposes the russians offered to reduce the gas price by a hundred dollars a so-called discount on those cute and so they did lowering the price to three hundred eighty five dollars per thousand cubic meters which is roughly what european countries pay for russian gas what's more moscow is ready to guarantee that trade for increased year and refereeing the e.u. found the offer fair. i believe three hundred eighty five dollars is a reduction and it can be considered reasonable but with some people you give an inch and they take a mile and we support the we pay the price that we consider is the market rate an

in gas united states you know and gas in the rest of the world and gas markets in general we have yet to see many all the other developments unfold before we can say with any certainty how what's going to happen right now the only main attention the main project is. for l.n.g. experts from the u.s. in the gulf coast it. appears to be. dedicated to supply both asia and europe but it is just one of many projects you may not have the size right now to for anyone to suggest that this will make up for shortfalls in supply again. this is a much more complex. subject with many players with many suppliers what it what is clear of course is that to the extent that experts from the u.s. to europe or from any other country for that matter to europe are sustained or increased this will. also and has energy security in europe i remember here opinion commission president jose manuel barroso saying that you can't create the illusion that gas from the united states is going to solve all of its problems and there are so many different estimates of how much it could take but in your personal opinion wh

and first this hour europeans could face seeing bag gas applies disrupted kiev's failed to pay its gas bills and is therefore being cut off by russia has warned brussels that ukraine may start siphoning off the fuel from transit pipes running to europe let's get more on this story now from marty's piece all of it he joins us live from berlin peter good morning to you russia's energy giant has lowered the pressure in the pipelines to ukraine what's the reaction been in europe. world europe is now being braced to buy gas problem for potential disruptions to supply that they'll be receiving now this comes after ukraine's continual failure to pay off their multi-billion dollar gas bill that they have ongoing. in speaking to europe alexey miller the head of gazprom accused ukraine of dirty when it came to negotiations over a new price. but in the public interest the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government has with the prime minister wanted gazprom to allow ukraine to pay an ultra low price of gas when needed it also said it would take our g

a lot of this gas use. gas to leave it to the e.u. it is up to the contract chil agreement between gazprom and the particular recipient of its gas inside the e.u. who had if the coals of that contract does not allow that gas to be re exported then gazprom would have a legitimate right to raise this in an international legal context or at a political you know diplomacy level if all else fails he has got family ties it can still rely on the son of the american vice president serves on the board of directors of ukraine's largest private gas corporation and his father joe biden is coming to kiev for a second time and as many months scott looks at a long trail american politicians backing ukraine's new government. whether it's secretary of state john kerry laying flowers his assistant victoria nuland handing out cookies. senator john mccain offering support from a down protest at sarah is what you i mean america's presence in ukraine has been visible since the crisis began late last year and that presence is only growing as u.s. vice presi

absolutely andrew kiev now has to pay in advance for any gas it needs from russia and in fact gas from spokesperson said get out of confirmed that's a journalist of course had the many questions as to what will happen in the future but he said that those questions will be answered in about three hours from now by the head of gas from let's listen to what he had to say. look we've said many times that today is the deadline when the debt has to be paid and since it's not starting today ukraine's now after gasoline is getting supplies according to payment you should receive zero payments which means they'll be zero she might disagree. just now let's not forget that russia has been quite patient considering the amount of money it sold we're talking about for him to have billion dollars tried to make a deal it was quite reasonable and many have in fact called the deal is steal it all for it for ukraine's pay half of its that now then get a twenty percent discount on the remainder of the dead plus one hundred dollars off the contractual price a pro units and that amount would be fixed for at

the prying russian gas. pressure as of a mountain police threat a stored up in america by revelations that awful soon i'll be armed with weapons from war zones light and low crime rate. and a young palestinian was killed during clashes with israeli troops amid a massive door to door manhunt for three jewish teenagers kidnapped in the west bank. well come this is r t international we're live from moscow you with me to bang one thing. russia's gas problem has stopped i guess surprised to you clean up to kill failed to pay a part of its huge debt by the final deadline artie's marina kossovo reports from outside the guest joins headquarters in moscow. well actually heard from the c.e.o. of gas from alexei miller and he's been meeting with russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and once again miller said that to ukraine's position is a form of blackmail. the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government the prime minister wanted gazprom to allow ukraine to pay an ultr

the transit pipeline supplying russian gas to the. fresh b.s. of a mountain police red are served up in america by revelations that offices are being told what pins are from the walls they just bought a low crime rate at home. and a young palestinian is killed or during clashes with israeli troops amid a mess of door to door men hard with three jewish teenagers kidnapped in the west bank. a very warm welcome to you if you're just joining us here on r.t. international when live from moscow you're with me say russia's gas problem has stopped a guest surprise to ukraine after kill failed to pay a pod of its huge dead by the final deadline arches marina cos there are reports from outside the gas giants headquarters in moscow. well we've actually heard from the c.e.o. of gas from alexei miller and he's been meeting with russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and once again miller said that the ukraine's position is a form of blackmail. which is the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government

gas place are being cut off. sabaab sabaab rebels say they are behind the attack on a kenyan coastal town which left at least 50 people dead. >> good evening. if you are just joining us. we are going to get the latest first on the unrest sweeping iraq, where jihadist militants courted by iraq have over the past week or so over-run a large area of the country. the militants captured another strategic city, the city of tal afar and sent thousands fleeing to safety. the rapid territorial games has plunged the country in its most serious crisis since u.s. troops withdrew in 2011. that has placed the united states and her alleys in a complicated and unexpected situation. john kerry said earlier on today that while joint military operations with iran are out of the question, there is scope for other cooperation between washington and iran with the goal of tackling the extremist threat in iraq. philip, tell us what this cooperation might involve? >> well, it is working together, whatever that might mean exactly. it is n

and start pumping gas to ukraine unfortunately that's not likely even nations gas contracts with gas from four big plane a round with pipeline flow and frown on reselling russian gas in simple terms gas from could high prices for europe if it started rousselin so ukraine at a profit for itself and more than that the aegis capacity to send gas to ukraine would only satisfy a fraction of kiev's needs. barry's editor in chief of business new york magazine believes kiev is the only one to blame for disrupting not only its own supplies but putting europe in them back to. russia has always been a reliable supplier to europe even in the cold war when we really were enemies with then the soviet union. the soviet union continued to deliver gas the problem here with the insecurity and russian gas supplies is not russia it's the fact that it has to go through ukraine and ukraine is more or less bankrupt has been unable to pay for its gas and so when it needs gas it simply siphoned off gas that was headed to the west now what russia will do if they do stop supplying ukraine gas they will continu

that gas deal in place. but as well as locking horns over guess with russia kids are still waging a military campaign in ukraine's east the city of us love beyond one of those hardest hit by the military operation journalists have come under fire by a correspondent from artie's rupp the video agency was among them he told us what happened. although we were walking through a field when we heard a machine gun we dived down i kept on filming the self defense member who was our guide called for backup and a car came to purchase we jumped in we were driving fast and then another shot ripped through our tires and we were driving just the bare wheel for the rest of our journey we thank god we were alive when we made it. the crew was filming a report about the allegations are phosphorus bombs being used by the ukrainian army they designed to cause large fires and they use is strictly prohibited by the u.n. another two journalists are working for russian t.v. have been held by ukraine security forces since saturday m

breaking news kiev misses the deadline to pay its gas debt to russia moscow is now expected to cut gas supplies for ukraine. america's tooled up police patrols as the pentagon hands out its hardware leftovers we ask whether offices really need military grade gear. plus britain's secret appeals court was the government's plans to spend some closed door justice in the name of national security. a law that could have a company you're watching r.t. international now we start with some breaking news the deadline tricky have to pay its gas bill it is now passed russia warned that failure to sort it out means cutting off supplies for ukraine let's go live now to artie's wearing a corset over who's outside gazprom headquarters in moscow marina the deadline has just passed a couple of minutes ago has there been any statement or any think that's been said from gazprom i understand i think marina has problems hearing so the moment you come back to marina in a couple of minutes i think we'll solve that problem for you well the media spokesman for gazprom c.e.o. is now holding a news briefing. in a

obligations and that's led to only one thing ukraine was siphoning off gas that wasn't. tended for european customers so just recently the borel bank asked a maid at that such as the naira could see a massive prize hike for gas for european nations in some cases up to fifty percent and actually i try to sell mother some of the factors there are styling this negotiations but still no deal despite concession after compromise after concession. for c. on the sort of we were numb pickles is the russians offered to reduce the gas price spike one hundred dollars a so-called discount on those cute and so they did a lowering the price to three hundred eighty five dollars per thousand cubic meters which is roughly what european countries pay for russian gas what's more moscow is ready to guarantee that trade for increased a year now refereeing the e.u. found the offer fair. i believe three hundred eighty five dollars is a reduction and it can be considered reasonable but with some people you give an inch and they take a mile and we support the we pay the price that we consider is

called track chill obligations of gas deliveries to e.u. clients we've seen of today go out in public and state that there will be. no disruption to e.u. supplies but they'll be no negative fallout for e.u. customers so i don't think we should take that message lightly gas problems responsibility before its european clients is very substantial with european clients which are very very good at the moment gas problems are always had very positive relations with with its european partners and has tried to give them advance warning. you know in previous disputes situations with ukraine so i don't think we're going to be seeing an immediate negative fallout on the e.u. cost of us tara executive director and co-founder of the energy club thanks so much for joining us tonight in the now. well russian diplomatic missions in ukraine have become targets of violent protesters pro and anti russian mobs clashed outside the consulate in some people reportedly trying to get explosives into the building this is after russia's embassy in kiev was vandalized

would love nothing more than to sell its gas shale gas to europe but unfortunately for them the atlantic ocean is pretty big in order to sell it they will actually have to move the gas across to europe and the gas prices in europe right now are simply too low to justify the shipping. which would be incredible in that case and it would take about two million tanker trips a year in order to actually satisfy europe's demand for gas and if we taken into account the fact that there are only four hundred gas thinkers that actually exist right now we have a major problem on our hand with that scenario ok well let's just imagine that did happen here and they were able to do this how much of a blow would it be for russia to lose that market the european market well it would have been a rather big blow but fortunately for russia we have the gas deal with china and the world that yes the final the fourth misconception the world gets about three trillion cubic meters of gas a year but because china is projected to start consuming two trillion as we can see right there there's going to be certainly n

supplying russian gas to the e.u. . pressure years of mounting police red dust stirred up in america by revelations that offices are being all new with weapons from war zones despite a low prime rate at home. and a young palestinian is killed during clashes with israeli troops amid a massive door to door manhunt for three jewish teenagers kidnapped in the west bank. good evening to you this is r.t. international well live from moscow has just come cost seven pm here are you with me to say. we start off with another attempt to attack a russian diplomatic compound in ukraine this time in the park city of odessa you can see here crowds of demonstrators trying to get through to the russian consulate building now they've been stopped by police there also mosques and hooted people in the crowds of the mobs have been chanting anti russian slogans and calling for the russian flag to be torn down at least have arrested a group of protesters who were carrying explosives this comes just days after the russian embassy in egypt was

supplying russian gas to the e.u. . a fresh rias all the mounting please read us joined up in america by revelations that offices are being armed with weapons from was a. crime rate at home. and a young palestinian is killed during clashes with israeli troops amid a massive door to door man hard for three jewish teenagers kidnapped in the west bank. this is r t international we're live from moscow it's good to have you with us on the soft and. russia's gas problem has stopped to get supplies to crane up to kiffin able to pay a part of his huge debt by the final deadline artist marina possible reports from outside the gas giants headquarters in moscow. actually heard from the c.e.o. of gas from alex a miller and he's good meeting with russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and once again miller said that the ukraine's position is a form of blackmail. the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government the prime minister wanted gazprom to allow ukraine to pay an ultra low price

it's a last chance for ukraine to settle its gas agreement with russia pan out of gas from accuses king of of deliberately disrupting the talks. on the fate of a country at stake iraq's army beaten back by a ruthless al qaida splinter group that's spreading through the country with a plan to seize baghdad and create a new as long as state. and later when we look at the week's top stories rival camps step up their campaigns with confidence in the piano's referendum now less than a hundred days away r.t. here's the hopes and fears from both sides. which are seen a national coming to life from moscow with miriam and josh russia's amberson ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and mobs of cocktails and drew nazi symbols on the walls and foreign minister turned up to siding with the riders and making some decidedly undiplomatic comments postcard has the details from. despite the fact there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassies should be protected from

with its own gas supply virtually held hostage when. the u.s. proposal military launchpad for possible help for iraq now has the country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in their crosshairs. on the scotland historic independence referendum no less than a hundred days away this see here is some of the hope some fears feeling the yes no campaign. with you here not international this is the weekly or rather the big stories of the last seven days and one story dominating over the last seven days and still tonight russia's embassy in ukraine now has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister also showed up he was shouting obscene slogans together with the vandals full scope scope the details from. despite the fact there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassy should be protected from attack b

meanwhile ukraine pins its hopes of gas supplies on europe as we report later for other gas supplies after moscow cut ukraine off on monday and put it on a pre-payment system for failing to page energy bill. now the news iraq continues its struggle against radical insurgents that are sweeping across the north of the country they are now within one hundred kilometers of baghdad and plan to form a new islamic state this week that you had this managed to continue their advance occupying several iraqi cities even though the army did manage to push them back from the capital they've also managed to capture a key town on the syria and iraq border the fight against the islamic state of iraq and syria greek known as isis has forced around one million people for now homes destruction reports from the islamist occupied territories tell of the mass execution of captured soldiers and civilians isis takes pride in its violent methods and even uses it to promote itself as r.t. pieces of reports. fifteen thousand fighters ten thousand operations in iraq one thousand assassinations and all last year

is gas probably gas to leave it to the e.u. and maybe outside of the legal abilities of e.u. partners to actually export that back to ukraine there's not really any you know european level or brussels level legislation about reverse flows to ukraine so that brussels would actually say on this that it is up to the contract agreement between gazprom and the particular recipient of its gas inside the e.u. and if the clause of that contract does not allow that gas to be exported let's say to a third party such as ukraine then gazprom would have a legitimate right to raise this. in an international legal context or at a political you know diplomacy level. well apart from the gas kids also busy waging a military operation in its own backyard later on when the families separated by violence with children forced to leave their parents and really to say. i cannot think right. now like. what if. like. ukraine stops receiving russian gas after missing the latest and final deadline start paying its multibillion dollar debt energy sector am

with its own gas supply virtually held hostage on kiev's with. where the u.s. because of military launchpad for possible help for iraq is the country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs. and with scotland's historic independence referendum now less than one hundred days away r.t. is some of the hopes and fears feeling the yes and no campaign. getting this is art international monitors kevin oh it's just past nine pm here and i would r.t. h.q. our top story russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls the russian foreign minister has filed an official complaint with kiev no demanding compensation for the damage done he says the rioters were trying to storm the embassy and could have been intending to shed blood is ukrainian counterpart was indeed one of those in the crowd outside the embassy he was shouting obscene slogans together with the vandals for scott has the details from kiev despite

worried with its own gas supply virtually held hostage when. the u.s. prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as a country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorist dominated north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs. talks with scotland's historic in a panic as a referendum now less than a hundred days away r.t. here is some of the hopes and fears fueling that yes and no campaigns. which aren't international coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshing the russian embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and pavel bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister turned out to end his diplomacy consisted of shouting obscene slogans to gather with the vandals scott has the details from kiev. despite the fact there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassy should be protected from attack by the host nation despite this lack of police presence one official di

meanwhile ukraine pins its hopes of gas supplies on europe as we report later kiev looks for other gas applies after cut ukraine off on monday and put it on the pre-payment system for failing to page energy bill. back continues its struggle against radical insurgents that this weeping across the north of the country they are within one hundred kilometers of baghdad and plan to form a new islamic state this week the jihadists have managed to continue their advance occupying several iraqi cities even though the army managed to push them back a little from the capital they've also managed to capture a key town on syria and the iraqi border the fight against the islamic state of iraq and syria group known as isis is forced around one million people from their homes reports from the islamic thought the quiet territories tell of the mass execution of captured soldiers and civilians one of the fiercest battles this week has been fought for the control over the oil centers in by g. it accounts for more than a quarter of the country's entire refining capacity of the facility process is about th

to explain why the gas on one corner is 40 cents more than the gas on the other corner. >> reporter: lawmakers passed the cap and trade regulations in 2006. the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the levels we saw back in 1990 b 2020. a lot of the money from cap and trade about $74 million is expected to go toward the state's high-speed rail project which the governor supports. that is controversial and will be a hot topic in this year's gubernatorial election. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> anne, you said the goose prices there are $4.29 a gallon at the shell station. what about other places in the bay area? >> reporter: you know, the average right now in california is $4.01. so that's the same average we are seeing in the south bay right now in san jose and in oakland. so keeping with the state average, the city always shoots up here. >> always, i know. anne, thank you. >> shop around. >>> the obama administration is taking a different tact towards the conflict in iraq this morning. the white house is shifting the focus away from air strikes now. president

a lot of this gas is gas crawled gas to leave it to the e.u. and baby outside all the legal abilities all of those to actually export that back to ukraine there's not really any you know european level brussels level legislation about reverse flows to ukraine so that brussels would actually say on this that it is up to the contract agreement between gazprom and the particular recipient of its gas inside the e.u. and if the cause of that contract does not allow that gas to be really exported let's say to a third party such as ukraine then gazprom would have a legitimate right to raise this. in an international legal context or at a political you know diplomacy level. well apart from the gas route with moscow key is also busy waging a military operation in its own back yards later on we meet the families separated by violence with children forced to leave that parents unfairly for cycling. on marriage in the financial world. it's. only taken from the demand. in life. and there. is a leader so we leave that maybe. i can see bush and secure the. pa

so no cash, no gas. it's the result really of a dispute that has been labouring on for weeks and weeks and weeks. we've had negotiations in brussels, and berlin and russia, although it was willing to push the deadline was not willing to come down blow a price of $385 per cubic metre of gas, it's around about $100 discount on what ukraine is currently paying. ukraine rejected that. it wants a lower price. russia has now run out of patience and said that ukraine will only get gas that it pays in advance for. and it is also russia and gazprom are taking a case to the stockholm court of arbitration, essentially suing ukraine for lots of other unpaid gas bills which amount to some 4.5 million. >>> we know that politically things are tense between russia and ukraine with all the trouble going on. surely russia wants to get some agreement. it doesn't want to turn the gas off. it will lose a huge customer. >> yes, of course. everyone wants this to be resolved. nobody wants a situation of unpaid bills, and gas be

bill or else face a big move to a pay in advance system and potentially a gas cutoff we're following that closely also to refugees fleeing the crisis in east ukraine playing the army won't let men leave the country we speak to some of the ukrainian families split by the conflict that's coming up as well. jadis in iraq are preparing to launch the political mechanism through which they hope to turn the country into a radical islamist state according to reports they plan to form a new government in the city of mosul on sunday the capital of the region they captured earlier this week the fear is next they'll head to baghdad extremists from a sunni terrorist group known as isis have made no secret that the capital is the main target of an already entrenched themselves in the north of iraq hundreds of iraqi men have responded to a call to arms issued on friday by the country's top shia cleric the words the nation to join the fight against the radicals the government airstrike meantime on the area surrounding the country's biggest oil refineries reportedly killed some two hundred terrorists

one hour left until moscow says it will cut off gas supplies for ukraine is kiev fails to sort out paying its debt by the deadline. america's tooled up whole police patrols as the pentagon hardware left we asked whether offices really need military grade gear. plus britain's secret trial an appeals court forced the government's plans to dispense some closed door justice in the name of national security. tellers could have a company you're watching r.t. international. that is just one hour left to pay half its gas debt to russia if nothing is agreed moscow says it will cut off supplies for ukraine both sides failed to settle their last ditch talks in kiev on sunday night a core set of reports from outside gas proms headquarters in the russian capital. could be talking about a fourth the ms that line for ukraine and russia has been quite patient so far considering the amount of money it's all with we're talking about for him to have billion dollars in that and russia has tried to be reasonable offer in a deal that many actually would describe as a steal they have the money now get it's wedn

bill or face being moved to pay in advance system is potentially a gas cut off more on this still to come. but first in iraq up to one thousand people are reported dead many of them civilians after a group called isis started an insurgency campaign earlier this week jihad its fighters seize several major cities including mosul the nation's second largest more victims fear it is the fighters are now believed to be heading toward baghdad hundreds of iraqi men responded to a call to arms issued friday by the country's top shia cleric who urged the nation to join the fight against radical a government airstrike on the area surrounding the country's biggest oil refinery has reportedly killed some two hundred terrorists this as the u.s. considers whether to add or whether to provide assistance and of what sort artes guy explains. president obama's message to iraq is the u.s. will help it fight the militants but it will not put boots on the ground he said he would be reviewing the range of options in the coming days this could mean air strikes but the president has not made a decision yet h

international now the clock is ticking for ukraine to decide what it's going to do about its gas deal with russia otherwise it faces being put on a pre-payment system and only getting supplied with the gas it's already paid for or talks have regularly been scuppered over kiev's insistence that it gets a massive discount which the head of energy provider gazprom directly blames on the interim prime minister well arty's medina has been looking into this for us in more detail. maybe you know we've heard there the clock is ticking twenty four hours less than that now what is the chance of a last minute deal being struck now it's not impossible but chances are of course slim as avril one as really digging their heels in and that really surprising because everybody involved does stand to lose unless the reason agreement it's true average single party that is involved in this really ongoing dispute only stand to lose and russia including as the country is losing billions in rafa in years to as we're talking about an enormous sum of money that the state budget as quite depended on and of cour

gets around 15% of its gas supplies from russia via ukraine.s is a situation we are keeping a close eye on this monday. russia's envoy to the european union has criticized the e.u. for imposing economic sanctions. says it as bulgaria suspended work on the pipeline which would pump gas from russia into europe. years after a highly touted deal in less than two years since construction began, the project has hit a stumbling block. under pressure from the e.u. and ae united states, bulgaria, key player in the project, has suspended work on the pipeline. >> the construction will resume only after removing any concerns by brussels and after we certify how we will proceed with the plan. >> running under the black sea in the balkans, the new pipeline will allow russia to export gas directly to europe while skipping over ukraine. questioned. recently whether the project was being carried out in compliance with european law. is themain concern company set up for this project has been awarded the contract to , construct, and operate the gas pipeline witho

. >> gas leaks leveled buildings. >> it was the biggest explosion i had ever seen. >> gas stations erupt into infernoes. and rescue workers put it all on the line. >> it was the closest call i've had. >> dire circumstances. >> i'm thinking there's no way somebody's going to live through that. >> disaster, heroism, survival. >> i can't believe i'm alive. >> you won't believe your eyes. >> boom! it went up. okay -- >>> hello. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." dangerous materials are used every day, usually without incident, because safeguards are in place to minimize risks. but natural disasters and man-made accidents happen all too frequently, and when highly flammable materials are involved, an emergency situation can become a fireball. may 15th, 2009. firefighters in texas are battling a blaze at a tank facility that stores oil, gas and sea water. just when they think they have the fire under control, a flare erupts from the tank on the right. it's not a good sign. and in a matter of seconds, the tank launches into the air like a rocket. >> everything went bright. the

coming up dalal no deal if you crane's gas we're finding out more after the break. debating american foreign policy is there one any more traditionally the political left and right and clearly different positions on how washington should exert power in the world today it appears everyone in the establishment is a hawk. dramas the. stories others refuse to. fix is changing the world right. so picture. from around the. globe. to me. now is less than twenty four hours than to pay at least half of it said huge gas bills to russia the total which now exceeds four billion dollars if it doesn't pay up it'll be transferred to a prepay system meaning it will get exactly as much gas as it pays for in advance andrew farmer talked to our over about why a daily even this very late hour seems so far off. average single party that is involved in this really ongoing dispute only stand to lose and russia including us the country is losing billions in revenues and we're talking about an enormous sum of money that the state budget is quite depended on and of course there is the countr