jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it before you start the program graham phillips who works as a stringer for r t was arrested in eastern ukraine a few hours ago he was supposed to join us i hope that he's going to be taken care of being treated fairly because we know that journalism and journalists are very much in danger reporting trying to do their job in ukraine. start out with you first them is a very general program on western media coverage of the crisis in ukraine in a nutshell how would you describe it. well i would describe it in a non show as bolshevist the main problem is not that the media is controlled by reach and powerful that has always been the case unfortunately but in the case of ukraine the western media is controlled by stupid than venturous so what their western media did in ukraine it was exactly a walk in a long the lines outlined by vladimir lenin. the moral rules are very simple everything that benefits the so-called revolution is moral and democratic everything that doesn't benefit their revolution is undemocratic immoral and should be dismi

the latest case though is the first to target an american citizen last month british journalist graham phillips also working for t. was arrested and thrown out of ukraine. ukraine's president is calling for parliament to be dissolved after lawmakers refused to label the self declared in the pan and authorities in the east as terrorist organizations and to move that the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation things will bury the legitimacy of the current authorities. basically a lot of ukrainian politics is explained by money and obviously the war is costing money ukraine is on the brink of default and some of the political parties who. are controlled by oligarchs in it let's never forget the role of oligarchs is absolutely key and ukrainian politics now the new president poroshenko discovers that actually needs to purge the parliament he needs to stigmatize people who don't agree with his policies and above all he and his cronies the government itself the minute the prime minister and the other ministers they are of course trying to rig the elections by changing the e

first time a journalist covering the conflict in east ukraine has gone missing just last month graham phillips a british national who was working for tea when he was seized by ukraine's that security forces disappeared for a couple of days before releasing phillips they also deny detaining him to keep you posted also. next baghdad is bracing for a possible coup the country's u.s. backed president has named a new prime minister but incumbent nouri maliki is refusing to step down his forces are reportedly taking up positions now across baghdad he's no lost support of washington but had previously enjoyed it for years where maliki took up the premier's post in two thousand and six he was checked and approved then by the cia the position himself as a close friend of america rose eager to shake hands with george w. bush at the time in december two thousand and six he signed saddam hussein's death warrant claiming the execution was necessary to pay homage to human rights and other maliki apparently took a different approach to freedom of speech and he's now been accused of cracking down on the iraqi

reporter graham phillips who was working in history in ukraine for tea was arrested and then booted out of the country. as the ukrainian crisis unfolds the mainstream media across the atlantic seem to be focusing on just one person the russian president and she can take a look out were the american media's real interest why. president obama said he does not believe this growing tension with russia could be the beginning of a new cold war no. no it's not a new cold war one could only wish turn this thought the same or at least those who are making covers of magazines because some of them hark back to the cold war as if they were made back in the day no matter how complicated an issue you can be almost certain that the media are going to boil it down to personalities well with ukraine it's one personality the russian president what does he do when he's working all for an outdoor adventure and why don't we see him smiling very much he's not really driven by. we're distracted by alcohol he's very tough he's a very arrogant. person to deal with. and what kind of diplomacy can you expect movi

not the first time a journalist covering the conflict in ukraine has gone missing last month graham phillips from britain was working for a team when he was taken by ukraine security forces and before releasing phillips he also denied detaining him. coming up later in the show terrified and starving in the wilderness thousands of iraqi minorities flee for their lives from the jihad as rampage but in the capital the prime minister is busy trying to tighten his political grip. anger at the police killing of a black teenager in the u.s. state of missouri is descending into rioting shots have reportedly been fired and tear gas used in crowds to try and prevent shops from being looted and set on fire protests broke out after eighteen year old mind brown had only recently graduated was fatally shot by police on his way to visit his grandmother on saturday witnesses say he was armed and had his hands up when an officer shot him multiple times by brown's killing drew criticism from civil rights advocates over violence police tactics and racial profiling scottish to count reports police brutality see

away as soon as officials saw their russian identification papers last month british journalist graham phillips also working for r.t. was arrested and thrown out of ukraine ok. well we are keeping across all updates coming out of ukraine twenty four seven on air and online at r.t. dot com. and this week washington out of here again allies unleashed their toughest sanctions yet against russia over the crisis in ukraine latest american measures barred some of russia's financial pillars from dealing in the united states and one of them is b. the country's second largest bank it also operates in europe asia and africa well the to be subsidiary the bank of moscow is also on the list of sanctions and russia's agricultural bank which funds the farming sector has been targeted as well well there too it is the united shipbuilding corporation russia's largest holding in that sector and one u.s. lawmaker voiced his regret over the latest political fallout. from the soviet union fell there was a tremendous potential to making russia our friend have tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from easte

the first time a journalist covering the conflict in east ukraine has gone missing last month graham phillips from britain was working forty one he was seized by ukraine's security forces before releasing phillips they also denied detaining him. ridge coming out in a program bal ground baghdad the iraqi capital is engulfed by a power struggle with the islamist insurgency and u.s. military intervention. riots erupted overnight in the u.s. state of missouri over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager by a police officer locals say they have had enough of lloyd force member tally and what they call racial profiling witnesses saw michael brown with his hands up when an on duty police officer shot him several times at close range some officials claim the killing came after a violent struggle between the teenager and the officer but the police car had no dashboard camera to provide food which of the incident is going to account reports it's the latest in a string of police brutality cases in america. was captured on a bystander scammer new york police suspect the men of selling individual cig

the first time a journalist covering the conflict in east ukraine has gone missing last month graham phillips from britain was working for tea when he was seized by ukraine's security forces before releasing phillips they also denied detaining him. smouldering and coming up balad ground baghdad the iraqi capital is engulfed by a power struggle and that is the most insurgency and u.s. military intervention. a new amnesty international report has slammed the u.s. military over the torture and killing of civilians in afghanistan calling these apparent war crimes that went on punished air strikes were responsible for approximately one thousand civilian deaths and another key source of civilian casualties was an escalation of so-called force incidents when civilians were fired on at checkpoints or near military convoys the report says the u.s. military falls far short of what is needed to ensure accountability for the alleged war crimes amnesty international steve crawshaw director of the office of the secretary-general things washington chooses to ignore the problem. we're seeing an absolute lack

reporter graham phillips who was working in eastern ukraine was arrested and then you can develop the country. building fires to keep them. as the ukrainian crisis unfolds the mainstream media across the atlantic seem to be focusing on just one person the russian president going to come next takes a look at where the american media is really interested. president obama said he does not believe this growing tension with russia could be the beginning of a new cold war no. no cold war one could only wish journalists thought the same or at least those who are making covers of magazines because some of them hark back to cold war as if they were made back in the day no matter how complicated an issue you can be almost certain that the media are going to boil it down to personalities well with ukraine it's one personality the russian president what does he do when he is working or off on an outdoor adventure and why don't we see him smiling very much he's not really driven by by women or by we're distracted by alcohol he's very tough he's a very arrogant. person to deal with. and what kind o

the latest case however is the first that's an american citizen last month british journalist graham phillips also working for r t was arrested and thrown out of ukraine. ukraine's president is calling for the country's parliament to be dissolved after lawmakers refused to label the self declared in the pan of the thorn in the east terrorist organizations more now from the rector of studies at the n.c. democracy and cooperation in paris john laughlin thank you so much john for joining us here on our team of national well paid abortion clinic running president called some of the parliamentary factions a fifth column that undermine the government's policies and the carbon is as we know recently were ousted from the parliament. what do you make of this i mean is there some sort of a political wrenching going on there of course there is and you know how ironic because the my down revolution the year of my down revolution as i'm sure you and your viewers remember was predicated on the idea that the president's powers the powers of the president of ukraine should be drastically reduced in favor of

latest case however is the first targeted on an american citizen last month british journalist graham phillips also working for r.t. was arrested and thrown out of ukraine reports. coming up later in the program as jihad is power in iraq in syria against ground they tie the school is a local media aiming to make the group look slick and more professional details are just out. also we report on how the residents of the earthquake prone remaining capital have to wait years for the governments to reinforce their houses. all over my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports for some time like the pollution from a no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter part of the month to say to mr kerry a car is on the job here no god. no job no more weasel words. when you made a direct question be prepared for a change when you're done you should be ready for a. printout of speech and a little down to freedom to. dramas the truth be ignored to the. stories of others who refuse to notice. food since changed the world light snack. food picture of t

the first time a journalist covering the conflict in east ukraine has gone missing last month graham phillips from britain was working for r.t. when he was seized by ukraine's security forces before releasing phillips they too had denied detaining him will keep her post. baghdad's bracing for a possible coup tonight the country's u.s. presidents named a new prime minister but incumbent larry manic he is refusing to step down his forces are reportedly taking up positions across baghdad has now lost the support of washington but had previously enjoyed it for years let's take a quick recap when maliki took up the premier's post in two thousand and six he was checked and approved by the cia he positioned himself as a close friend of america always eager to shake the hands of then president george w. bush in december two thousand and six he signed it did saddam hussein's death warrant claiming the execution was necessary to pay homage to human rights however my other key apparently took a different approach to freedom of speech and since he's been accused of cracking down on the iraqi media fast f

contributor graham phillips was seized by ukraine's security forces he said he was questioned and held at gunpoint while in captivity before releasing phillips care would also deny detaining him we will of course bring you updates on the detention of overseas journalist andrew stern in as we get them and if anything develops throughout the evening here it's. brussels is planning to talk latin american countries out of boosting a real cultural exports to russia this according to the financial times citing senior officials nations such as brazil and chile were set to meet the shortfall when russia introduced a food and drug on a range of european products in response to e.u. sanctions more on the story than from our correspondent in berlin peter oliver. well following russia's decision to ban the import of certain foodstuffs in agricultural produce from from europe as well as other countries in retaliation to the sanctions that were opposed the economic sanctions that were imposed on russia as we understand that brussels are going to try and contact some countries in central and south am

the latest case that was the first to target an american citizen last month british journalist graham phillips also working for r.t. was deported from a critical point but keeping across all the updates coming out of ukraine and around the clock on air and online it. is free for washington and european allies unleashed the toughest sanctions yet on russia over the ukraine crisis the latest american measures barred some of russia's financial pillars from dealing with the u.s. one of them d.t.b. the country's second largest bank which operates in europe asia and africa the subsidiary of bank of moscow also on the sanctions list russia's agricultural bank which funds the farming sector targeted as well there are two united shipbuilding corp russia's largest holding in that sector one u.s. lawmaker voicing his regret over the latest political fallout you know after the film there was a tremendous potential to make sure a friend of tremendous potential they withdrew their troops from eastern europe. the russians. were open to all kinds of interactive human being could be part of the world community

means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it before you start the program graham phillips who works as a string of for r t was arrested in eastern ukraine a few hours ago he was supposed to join us i hope that he's going to be taken care of being treated fairly because we know that journalism journalists are very much in danger reporting trying to do their job in ukraine. start out with you first in this very general program on western media coverage of the crisis in ukraine in a nutshell how would you describe it well i would describe it to not show as a bolshevist but maybe the problem is not that the media is controlled by reach and paul full that has always been the case unfortunately but in the case of ukraine that western media is controlled by stupid then venturous so what their western media did in ukraine it was exactly what can a long the lines outlined by bloody middle lane and. moral rules are very simple everything that benefits the so-called revolution is moral and democratic everything that doesn't benefit everybody mission is undemocratic.

the latest case though the first to target an american citizen last month a british journalist graham phillips also working for r t was arrested and deported from the time barricades. are keeping on top of updates coming out of ukraine around the clock online at r.t. dot com as well. this week washington and its european allies unleashed their toughest sanctions yet on russia over the ukraine crisis the latest u.s. measures barred some of russia's financial pillars from dealing with the u.s. one of them v.t. be the country's second largest bank which operates in europe asia and africa and its subsidiary the bank of moscow also on the sanctions list russia's agricultural that's russia's largest holding in that sector one u.s. lawmaker voicing regret over the latest political fallout you know after the soviet union film there was a tremendous potential to making russia our friend of tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from eastern europe. the russians. were open to all kinds of interactive human being could be part of the world community and a horrible a tremendous opportunity i shou

case however is the first time was targeted an american citizen last month a british journalist graham phillips also working for r.t. was arrested and thrown out of the country. still to come on the program as you hide his power in iraq and syria gains ground they tighten the screws on local media aiming to make the group look at more slick and professional details still to come plus. a report on how residents of the earthquake stricken romanian capital have to wait years for the government to reinforce their houses. told me my language as well but i will only react to situations i have written to me points to the pollution and no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your minor point to save the security of a car is on the docket. thank you no more weasel words. when you think you need a direct question the proof for a change when you punish the ready for a. freedom of speech. down the freedom to. dramas the truth be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. things is changing the world. so picture of today's. politicians from around the globe. to the. thirteen minutes pa

they threaten not anymore trust governments they threaten journalists we know what happened to graham phillips we know that there was a bounty on his head off of ten thousand dollar and it's not even virg a single line in western media what is happening there what is done by i say it now in an ironic way by our western allies including if what they are doing it's not even worth a single line that was more objectivity on those terms during the cold war you know dimitri barbiturate i think it's very interesting because of the media coverage of what's going on in ukraine and we have to remember people in east ukraine south ukraine do not live in a vacuum but they obviously see the west now is their enemy did was in doubt a six months ago but now they know they know who washington trusts and is funding and will give arms possibly to if they haven't already i mean this is again western media and it's drumbeat of ignorance is what it is there are separating ukraine more and more is every day passes but that is true but on the other hand it's interesting that if you look at the latest trends in the w

the roughly producer said she's been given three days to leave ukraine just last friday artie's graham phillips was deported from the country after being held for three days by forces. that was the voice of and lena a premium on a producer for our video agency by the way on the phone there america said to see its first cases of ebola hits u.s. soil the center for disease control is preparing to transport two american aid workers stricken with the disease back to the states for treatment i just know a chant has the update and details on this happening. highly contagious a bowl of virus is sweeping west africa and it just seems to be getting worse according to the world health organization there are over thirteen hundred confirmed suspected cases of people and guinea liberia and sierra leone now those numbers are expected to climb along with a rising death toll to date there are over seven hundred confirmed deaths one american patrick sawyer has died and two other american aid workers are diagnosed with ebola despite some concern here in the u.s. the center for disease control is now planning to

working for a meeting timid ated or even hurt in ukraine about a week ago even the contributor graham phillips was kidnapped by ukrainian authorities and kicked out of the country after three days of interrogation plus not go to the freelance reporter who'd been following stories for us was wounded in the stomach and money helpful during the trial for ration in ukraine's east. nato has confirmed ukraine has been using short range ballistic missiles against self defense forces in the east this according to a report by the german news channel the same zero story two also ahead on c.n.n. a couple of days ago referring to a source is that in the pentagon now kiev stringently deny using those weapons in the east road to get some military insight on what the real picture is here from former british army officer chose shubert joining us on the line hopefully with the next few minutes on we might try to make a connection with no go but some since we can. comment from on high in russia president putin's called the extension of sanctions over the events in ukraine counterproductive he discussed the situ

the first time a journalist covering the conflict in east ukraine is gone missing last month graham phillips from britain who was working for r.t. when he was seized by ukraine's security forces before releasing philip so that also denied that they've been detaining him so we'll keep track of this post. also . next baghdad is bracing for a possible coup the country's u.s. backed presidents named a new prime minister now but incumbent nuri maliki is refusing to step down his forces are reportedly taking up positions across baghdad he's now lost the support of washington which had previously enjoyed it for years let's do a quick recap when maliki took up the premier's post in two thousand and six he'd been checked it was approved by the cia it positioned himself as a close friend of america was eager to shake hands for instance with the then president of the day george w. bush in december two thousand and six he signed. play with the execution was necessary to pay homage to human rights however maliki apparently took a different approach to freedom of speech has been accused of cracking down o