long island new york coming up here on r t international a closer look at america's use of drones in iraq stay with us. the world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. lead it was terrible they are looking very hard to take i. want to get a little longer here there's a lot that we haven't had sex with the earthquake there was. a little. bit of it was a. little . bit. one of the the. of. well if the new. policy. they could have you with us here on our team today i roll researcher. deep in the nevada desert for the past eight years the united states have been waging a secret war the war of the drones. our investigation begins at the focal point of this conflict creech air force base located close to las vegas. drones are these spooky looking unmanned flying objects. each of these robots are powerful spies able to observe but also to strike which is pretty devastating for al qaeda operatives. a predator type drone can shoot at any point around the globe. it's pilot remains concealed in a bunker. beneath the nevada

r t. i marinate join me. in that impartial and financial reporting commentary interview and much much. only on the bus and only on a. welcome back you're watching r t international now kiev is continuing to tighten the noose on anti-government resistance in eastern ukraine well take a look at this map here red marks here are put together by ukrainian media outlets show areas that are still controlled by the opposition and they are shrinking on a daily basis areas under have a siege include the eastern regions largest cities and lugansk with local authorities saying the situation is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. and this is one of the latest battlefield videos emerging line apparently shows that fighting continues for every scrap of land although we can't verify where and how the images were taken. out of all the disturbing images coming from the region these are probably some of the most striking people in wheelchairs died in broad daylight after a care home for the elderly in lugansk was apparently pounded by shells both sides blamed each other for the killings and right now here a look at the latest pictures from the outskirts of dinny at school

call them back to watching the weekly here at r t international now and sunday saw the biggest u.s. military operation in iraq since the withdrawal of troops in two thousand and eleven and now the white house has authorized more targeted air strikes in iraq aimed at helping kurdish forces to retake control of iraq's largest dam the strategically important facility supplies water and electricity to the north of the country and was seized by islamic state militants earlier this month and the airstrikes were ordered by u.s. president barack obama who said his civilians as well as u.s. personnel and facilities could be threatened if islamic state fighters keep control of the dam white house has given into sure and says that the mission will be to limit. it in duration and scope the escalation follows the e.u.'s decision to send weapons to the kurds and he's going to try to camp as this report. the militants of the islamic state have been seizing control of vast swathes of iraq for months now but when they approached its kurdish region the u.s. took action this is a humanitarian issue of

this is r t international a summit on the american dream is being held in dallas and there's plenty to discuss off the a poll found that six out of every ten citizens believe the dream is now out of reach arches marina looks at how u.s. optimism turned to pessimism. in the lone star state of america hundreds of so-called free market champions gather for a summit aimed at defending the american dream the the american dream is considered the national if those of the us the idea that everyone has the opportunity to achieve success through hard work regardless of social class a good paying job financial security a better job. a better future better we and better wages and deafening medical my american dream is. to progress to make money. here the hope. i am for my kids to have to have a better life than me in the aftermath of a financial crisis housing bust and great recession the american dream has morphed into a fantasy for most an analysis by usa today shows that living the dream would cost the average family of four one hundred thirty thousand dollars a year only one in eight less than

by coming up on r t international of the super viral ice bucket challenge and has raised tens of millions of dollars for charity to say where's that money go if we find out in just a few minutes. look . differently here in syria now many of the members of congress of both parties have gone to syria in recent months has said that he's a reformer mr president which is diddy's telling him to go. to go beyond peace to syria is going to be the subject of. dramas the truth be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. the faces change the world right now. to picture of today's you know. from around the globe. local. welcome back to our to international british politician and broadcaster ga galloway was taken to hospital after being attacked in broad daylight in central london the m.p. spokesman said he suffered a suspected broken rib and george galloway was reportedly posing for pictures with a group of people when an unknown attack us set up on him the man who was immediately arrested by the police charged galloway hopes the political shows would make them r.t.e. he was in the u.k. can see

here we've got breaking news here on r t international specif forces loyal to incumbent prime minister nuri al maliki have been deployed in the center of baghdad valley's after the prime minister gave it tough televised speech saying that see will not drop his third term bay we will of course be getting more details on not as soon as we do we will be giving them to you. this week washington authorizing car died for it runs of strikes and just how this militant sweeping iraq's north and approaching the capital of the semi autonomous kurdish region f. fifteen fighters and drones targeted militants artillery positions on vehicles eating the kurdish military in their attempts to push the islamic state group back as a result of a summer offensive that you have a sub seized oil rich territories in the north west of iraq and performs an islamist caliphate. hundreds of thousands of people from the yazidi religious minority hunt to flee the militants who are threatening to kill them unless the convert to islam seeking to escape to turkey refugees ended up surrounded by jihadists and the mountai

watching r t international more news after a short break. eugenics was huge and it's vulgarize ation of darwin science and punishment for an uncommitted crying i was there are things to learn from being in eighty feebleminded still today so that if you don't know why. but i still don't know why genetic improvement through forced sterilization the basis for nazi ideology don't stop at just sterilizing yet again and now go to the point of death. for years rarely discussed. till now i'd really rather not talk about that right. choose your language. of choice with no if good health and i was excited about your choice of a cigarette choose good news the consensus can. choose to opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories that impact your life choose the access to your office or. and welcome back to watching the weekly here on our team international a sunday solve the biggest u.s. military operation in iraq since the withdrawal of troops in two thousand and eleven and now the white house has authorized more targeted air strikes in iraq aimed

for a short break here in r t international to join us very shortly. it was very interesting because it dropped out of the sky and the roar back up so that it would shift across a few degrees. of the circle in combat at a speed but you know just astronomical speeds for. those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria and we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition who will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. minutes into the hour welcome back kurdish forces supported by u.s. airstrikes have reportedly retaken a strategic in iraq i think fighters off the islamics the terror group the vital facility supplies water and electricity to the north of the country and the joint operation comes after the e.u. greenlit the sending of weapons to the kurds. brings us this report. militants of the islamic state have been seizing control of vast swathes of iraq for months now but when they approached its kur

and welcome back you're watching r t international now the white house has authorized targeted air strikes in iraq and and helping kurdish forces to retake control of iraq's largest dam now the strategically important facility was seized by. militants earlier this month now the airstrikes were ordered by the u.s. president barack obama who said that the failure of the damage could threaten civilians as well as u.s. personnel and facilities it supplies water and electricity to the north of the country now this follows that he used decision to send the weapons into the kurds are she's going to change can has this report. the militants of these lawmakers state have been seizing control of vast swathes of iraq for months now but when they approached its kurdish region the u.s. took action this is a humanitarian issue of great consequence for all or the militants threaten not just the people of the kurdish region but also its oil production since the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three iraq's kurdistan has seen a boom in energy production us energy giants exxon mobil and chevron are among t

this is r t international with twenty four hours a day live from our studios and to here in moscow where just ten eight pm and six pm in kiev where the rest has reignited in the city just a day after the government's amnesty for protesters came into force. the child to circle the police line around. doing. rather bizarre things for central keep right. on the slice to get them out of the system to get where we need to get kind of missing a start right now actually expected to be here at least two weeks or even a month later than we are now. but it's like a constant power check you never know where it's going to go. and as far as you go i think you want to get off your ass and. i really do not find yourself in between the police and the protests. the first. rule of a riot correspondent. because if you do then your. average . no idea what a load will change which. would justify you have to change let's try to hear let's get out let's get out from this particular area because i think the strategy. live the. lives of the. car. trying to get to that building over there ok you know that's is wh

this is r t international tonight ukraine's army palings the center of the antique you have stronghold donetsk for the very first time at least seventy people have been killed in that city in the last three days. russia should not cut ties with his global partners but will not tolerate being patronized by them either that statement from president putin as he addresses senior politicians in crimea also. with a strong police forces in the syrian least there heaviest crackdown on protesters yet during a fourth night about unrest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a cop.

r t. as an entire family is. international look at the methods used by the crackdown on the government resistance. a growing number of ukrainian troops revolt against the way the government is handling the crisis we speak to some of the desert seeking refuge in russia. the fragile cease fire holds into its final day in gaza but israel and hamas failed to agree on any extension raising fears of read bloodshed on the channel we report on those struggling to get medical help in the deadly conflict. plus. a russian. million smartphones are in fact it would. ultimately allowing hackers to control them as if they were their own. around the world around the clock it's international law with me rule resewn welcome to the program first though let's go to these places because we have thick plumes of black smoke this is the scene in the center of kiev the very latest pictures showing. on the infamous my down square you may remember that's where the government of originally started last year some of the ten. was still there and started di

in the weekly on r t international a look at the top news from ukraine including fierce fighting in the country's east leading to a growing humanitarian crisis then a blazing protest in central kiev. sanctions a skirmish moscow fights back against the e.u.'s punitive measures with a food import ban while ukraine says it could hold russia's energy transit to you write. off a few days of calm of violence returned to god as a ceasefire between hamas and israel and leading to more destruction and more palestinian lives one of. u.s. fighter jets a major come back to iraq for three rounds of strikes against jihadist militants.

it is four pm a mosque you're watching r t international with me arena joshie welcome to the program a three day a minute terry and ceasefire between israel and hamas has collapsed barely an hour after it began israeli launch strikes killed up to thirty palestinians in the first few hours since the truce was proclaimed independent journalist bel true came under fire and she contacted us to describe what happened. sounds. community cooled but as we arrived the masses and had already started there was a heavy bombardment of charmin fire coming from israel into gaza in the area meanwhile families had been trying to access times to pull out corpses that had been watching that for several days the stench is unbearable they're all so rotten animals that have been laid just on the roads which could cause a problem in the future in terms of disease the situation become almost bearable meanwhile we have a pecial crisis here if you will crisis which is affecting electricity delivery of will and sewage and that's really the next trauma on the horizon people in gaza because the hospitals are goi

r t. reporting tonight on r t international fears of a possible environmental catastrophe after several ukrainian army shells landed a chemical factory as care prepares for not what it's calling the final stage of its liberation of the rest of east of the country. but the iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki refuses to step down as the country's president names a new premier maliki's forces are reportedly taking up key positions across baghdad . right locked down swat teams that employed stop looting and street violence in the u.s. state of missouri the killing of unarmed black teenager by a police officer. that evening is r.t. to national recover though in first as the ukrainian army says it's entering now the final stage of its mission to liberate donetsk but so far this appears only to have meant stepping up its shelling of residential districts of east ukraine's biggest city leaving the people there on the brink of a humanitarian crisis thousands in the resistance stronghold have been living without electricity and heavy shelling of an crippled power stations across the city and now on top of

to not send weapons to iraq until baghdad acts in accordance with international law and says r t. now let's have a look at what exactly the u.s. is sending to iraq to help foreign missile can be fired from the air or land and is primarily used against armored ground targets it is a guided system so it is relatively easy to use the missile covers four hundred fifty meters in one second and all this comes at a price a single unit cost more than one hundred thousand dollars but there is a potential downside to the iraqi army a having. such a powerful weapon well the group it's fighting formerly known as isis has declared an islamic caliphate on the territories it controls and they're sweeping advance the jihadists are taking advantage of the weaponry left behind by retreating government forces the militants have already been over the army seizing dozens of u.s. supplied howitzers and they also added four thousand machine guns to their arsenal plus fifteen hundred humvees that the iraqi army abandoned well the jihad is to also have tanks and a long range ballistic missile which they t

life from moscow this is r t international the pentagon has released a video of a strikes against jihadist militants controlling large and strategically crucial sweats of north western iraq here you can see an f. eighteen fighter jet obliterating the tillery positions belonging to the islamic state terrorist group the attacks come after president obama's pledge to protect u.s. personnel in iraq against the rapid advance of the extremists but as r.t.c. got these going for imports washington could be targeting its own military hardware in iraq. while leaving behind a sovereign stable and self-reliant iraq three years on is america coming back today i was a rise to operations in iraq. targeted airstrikes to protect our american personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians the target this time is the islamic state formally known as isis a terror organization which hasn't only been rampaging through the country with tremendous speed and extreme violence but is even proclaimed its own state stretching from iraq to syria so radical even al qaeda says it's too much

in the weekly on r t international a look at the top news from ukraine including fierce fighting in the country's east leading to the growing humanitarian crisis and blazing protests in central. sanctions. against these punitive measures with a food import ban while ukraine says it could hold. israel's assault on gaza is a huge wave of public indignation inside and outside the country as a protest those governments to stop supporting the killing of palestinians.

in the weekly here on r t international look at the top news from ukraine including fierce fighting in the country's east leading to a growing humanitarian crisis a blazing protest in central kiev. plus sanctions skirmish moscow falling stock against the punitive measures with a food import crane says it could hold russia's energy transit to europe. israel's assault on gaza spurs a huge wave of public indignation inside and outside the country as protesters urge that governments to stop supporting the killing of palestinians. and u.s. fighter jets smike a comeback.

coming up on r t international the teenager killed by a police officer is laid to rest but public anger is a strong as a bit later in the program a report on the police tactics being used against the protests across america. plus the arab world accepts a new challenge using the rubble of gaza to promote peace and awareness of the child victims of conflict. the final televised debate between the two sides of the scottish independence campaign has been held the referendum will take place in mid september i just heard a kosovo was watching how leaders fed. it was very loud in the very fiery debates in which both men gave it their all but it appears the victory is in alex salmond's hands in favor of independence according to a snap poll some seventy one percent of voters thought he came out on top which is a dramatic turnaround for scotland so first minister let's not forget that last time he was challenged over issues such as the future of scotland's economy and the future of the pound and this time he came prepared to give his currency options offering three plan b.'s in fact something wh

are you watching r t international we're coming to you live from moscow it's one pm in the russian capital it's good to have you with us the very heart of don't yet has been bombed by ukrainian military which says it's part of the final stage of freeing the city from the local militia be aware that some of the pictures we're about to show you contain graphic images videos online appear to show the aftermath of the attack a shopping mall and an office block were wrecked another shell hit a university building this badly injured a woman who appears to have lost and. is saying being held to a car at least eleven people were killed in the latest bombardment over the last three days over seventy have died ukrainian army is using heavy artillery such as rocket launchers the locals claim something more sinister is also being deployed. on thursday night people in don yaks say that alongside the now familiar sound of bombing came this other video card be verified by locals claim it shows incendiary devices being used similar to those apparently deployed by the military during the blockade of anothe

thanks for sharing some of your saturday morning with us here on r t international oil giants from russia and america set to begin the joint project to a spall the arctic. will be using a giant rig to drill the first well in a program that will be rough. most northerly platform are covered with us for most of the year see whether two will be operating as up to three hundred fifty meters deep but underneath all of that is an estimated six billion tons of extractable oil belongs to the west siberia basin which already provides russia with most of its oil and gas and it keith boy field of the center for policy studies he thinks that while despite the sanctions this has potential to become a successful example of international cooperation this particular project they've been working on it for several years. mobile have already invested many many millions of dollars they could do with the oil and they're going ahead the sanctions do not apply to this particular project because the deal was already signed that russian state oil company has a twenty percent investment by b p or mobil exxon are r

are you watching r t international coming to you live from moscow where it's now eight am in the russian capital it's good to have you with us don't yet skin eastern ukraine has enjoyed another twenty four hours of heavy shelling from the ukrainian army rocket launches have once again ripped an entire neighborhood apart at least two locals have been killed and many houses and people there are learning to cope with their families and friends falling victim to kiev's assault. as the story. this is a place where they're living among the good and way they did being among the living . under this mound of dirt. puddles life his wife media. puffball takes me to the place with million was killed it's only a street away she was walking home when the missile hit. and i was. in the. young. i have all met through military years ago he says god smiled down on him that day really ruin your career. the streets are quiet except for a few children who've braved the sunshine in between shelling residents hunkered down in sailors as mortar and artillery fire rains down telephones are broken mobile phones a

it's early saturday afternoon here in moscow you're watching r t international with me rule research thanks for joining us today the u.k. has raised its threat level to severe over the danger posed by islamic state extremists minister david cameron outlining new measures to combat the growing tide of people wanting to head to the middle east to fight what they see as a holy war. in a quarter of an hour reporting on the challenge to britain's traditional values. how quickly it seems david cameron's world has turned just a year ago he was saying this there will be move political progress unless the opposition is able to withstand the. and put pressure on assad so he is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition mine but now he's been forced to say this what we're facing in iraq now . is a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before is there from that me growing drones hack has today raised the threat level for the u.k. from international terrorism from substantial to severe. that means that a terroris

from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international now the first batch of russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid has reached the border with ukraine the convoy carrying two thousand tons of supplies spent three days waiting as kiev expressed doubt about the humanitarian nature of the cargo no went to see the contents for herself. these sixteen trucks from the russian humanitarian convoy other first to reach the russian ukrainian border they are now parked here literally meters away from donetsk is right in a border checkpoint earlier today the cargo these trucks are carrying has only been inspected by the representatives of the international red cross and now we're going to do the same i'm going to pick up the truck and mr lee is going to open it for us . with a three to see here. it's about the. reason we're simply carrying it. wasn't bomb. book wheat it's buckwheat in the bags just in case anyone suspect it's guns ammunition or something else like weapons of mass destruction. it is tells me that each bag is fifty kilograms and the

you're watching r t international we're coming to you live from moscow it's now eight am here in the russian capital it's good to have you with us at least three people have been killed in fresh ukrainian army attacks on the outskirts of don yet square troops a closing in and vowing a major offensive locals are being told to get out of the city the area came under heavy fire on tuesday night and is the current front line in the conflict a market and several apartment blocks were pounded by shells in the main square residents helped firefighters put out the flames as those the nineteen year old man and an elderly woman were among the victims many have now been left homeless as a result of the bombardment tens of thousands of people across eastern ukraine have been forced to flee the violence in recent months most of them to russia maria phenomena follow some of the refugees as they left their homes in the city of new guns. valentina is alone in her dark apartment in the gonski packing they has been no electricity in most of the city for almost two weeks now and the shelling continues.

watching r t international coming to you live from moscow and eleven am in the russian capital and it's good to have you with us. don yet skin eastern ukraine has enjoyed another twenty four hours of heavy shelling from the ukrainian army rocket launchers have once again ripped entire neighborhoods apart at least two locals have been killed the hospital also came under fire in the center of town yet two buildings were damaged you can see shattered glass everywhere locals say the horse was always fired out from a short distance some patients were transported to nearby hospitals others were moved to the basement. to. dismiss it just moves the others in the road. but. only. this is a good. the thousands of citizens of eastern ukraine shelling and bombing has become an every day gruesome reality people now are learning to cope with their families and friends falling victim to care of themselves as the story this is a place where the living among the did and where they did are being buried among the living. under this mound of dirty lies the love of puddles life his wife media where. we have

thanks for staying with us here on r t international and it's a whistleblower edward snowden has been granted a three year residence permit in russia according to his lawyer snowden fled to russia more than a year ago after telling the world about the global civilians projects maintained by the u.s. and the u.k. artie's met in a cost of up has the details. these reports have come from his lawyer. who says that having received a residence permit which is valid for three years mr snowden may now move freely across the country as well as travel abroad but what's more important is that according to another you. may actually get a russian citizenship only in the future. edward snowden is allowed to move freely across russia in travel to other countries with a limit of steen abroad for no more than three months according to russian legislation he also has a right to receive russian citizenship after five years of living in the country. now after of the former n.s.a. contractor leaked sensitive u.s. intelligence washington charged with fast off government property and an authorized communica

headlines this hour on r t international ten russian part some were detained in ukraine on monday i'll be released and returned a few hours later moscow on that over sixty three ukrainian servicemen who entered russian territory. crimean troops to count the dead and wounded from where many of their fellow soldiers are encircled in eastern ukraine while r t europeans fighting alongside anti government forces why they decided to join the. u.k. prime minister is set to unveil new measures to talk of the islamic state of jihad and submit a growing threat from britain's returning radicalized from fighting in the middle east. locked on inside wheels amid fears the minutes talking may be. coming and need to summon as protesters flock to the host cities ahead of the event . next year and are to international find out why burger king wants to drop its american passports in the report.

you're watching r t international tonight ukraine's army pounds the center of the antique you have stronghold and that's the very first time at least seventy people have been killed in the city in the last three days. russia should not cut ties with its global partners but will not tolerate being patronized by them either that statement from president putin a c. address is senior politicians in crimea also. wrote these forces in missouri unleashed their heaviest crackdown on protesters yet during a fourth rest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a cop. and as western governments step up military aid to iraq this trouble brewing on the home front with more jihad is volunteers being recruited openly on the streets of european cities we investigate this up. for a good evening to you where we want you around the world the season we appreciate your company it's ten pm here in moscow now i'm kevin autopsy locals in donetsk is saying the resistance has come under the most intense bombing to date at least two civilians have reportedly been killed today and ten injured as shells show a

it's one i am now here in moscow this is r t international tonight ten russian troops take the ukraine off probably crossing the border accidentally or returned home. and the more the big stories the weeks and ukraine's goes back to harden units trapped in a massive counterattack with government soldiers. accused russia of a stealth invasion. to examine how islamic state terrorists are exploiting black trade and. to nurture the. bahraini police arrest a well known opposition activist and she lands in the gulf nation to check on her father he's been on hunger strike for nearly a week now protesting his own detention. kevin though in very good morning chief joined us our top story than ten russian paratroopers returned home on sunday after spending almost a week detained in ukraine the group was captured when they claimed they mistakenly crossed the ukrainian border while on routine patrol has been following the story for us the talks are complicated and difficult that we can now confirm that all ten of russian paratroopers crossed over into ukraine back inside russia the negotiations we

i welcome back this is r t international dark days ahead for finland economists predict it faces not only a recession but a depression sanctions on russia and those which moscow has imposed are hating the nordic country from which it could take a decade to recover finland is not alone eight years every cultural ministers are planning an emergency meeting on thursday or pissing off looks how the trade war of handle them is swinging for the past few months we've definitely been witnessing a rising tensions between russia and the west but what's happening now is already being described by many as a full blown trade war first in late july the e.u. slapped russia i would say start getting a whole sectors of its economy for major banks were hit and one airline was completely grounded but then russia announced counter measures banning the import of billions of euros worth of fruit vegetables meat dairy and other products european producers are the worst hit and brussels has to compensate the losses the problem is the size of its emergency fund is around four hundred million euros while the

from our studios in moscow recounting the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international. now another round of artillery strikes on the city of done yet killed two people has ukraine marked independence day on sunday earlier an eleven year old girl and her parents were killed while running into a bomb shelter on saturday night some are. didn't say that there were times when shelling went on for more than twenty four hours with barely any breaks of his trying to take over done yet which is a key government stronghold paula slayer is in the city this is how independence day is being marked here in didn't it's massive shelling particularly in the eastern parts of the city as you can see there's something like thirteen fires that have broken out in the city just have a have a some smoke where our house has been hit nine we walk in here you can actually see that what was part of the market i think has been destroyed i mean the windows are blown away and you can see a lot of the mentioned dice on the ground the scary part about being here right now is that you can actually smel

thanks for staying with us here on r t international civilian drones are now so popular in the u.s. the lol to control them is failing to keep up now this is an online map of a commercial flights over the u.s. that we've taken in the last hours from a flight tried trader twenty four dot com it shows just how busy the american nominee is and this is the main reason why some critics say civilian drones on wanted guests in the air space now they are worries seem justified because of the number of near collisions has risen along with the number of drones in operation in march a u.s. airways pilot reported to me a miss will the time i need to. see a port in florida next leg adia in new york registered a black drone zipping to was a larger aircraft just seven hundred meters above lower manhattan and planes near los angeles international said they once saw an unidentified aircraft the size of a rubbish bin out of the window and these are only three of fifteen registered cases again has more. commercial drones are about to flood the u.s. airspace amazon is seeking permission from regulators

live from moscow this is r t international good to have you with us russia will do its best to help set up a peace process in ukraine those words coming from vladimir putin this handshake kicked off the first sit down meeting of the russian and ukrainian president at the international summit in minsk artie's a regular school has more. clinton is the first ever here between the current president of russia and ukraine and just your onlookers hoped would herald some kind of breakthrough president putin said the talks went well but insisted the most pressing issue finding a solution to the conflict in ukraine was something needs to settle but if you go to should we didn't talk in detail about it and frankly speaking russia can propose any conditions percy's fire or speak about possible agreements between kiev and done at score lugansk this is ukraine's affairs we can only try to help to create an atmosphere of trust during these negotiations that are in my view very necessary something that is becoming russia's own problem is the humanitarian catastrophe in ukrainian cities of the guns hund

this is r t international a dutch man on of by israel for saving a jewish child during the second world war has turned his medal off till six of his relatives were killed in gaza here's what ninety one years old hang on no new words in his moving letter to the israeli ambassador quote for me to hold on to the ana granted by the state of israel will be both an insult to the memory of my courageous mother as well as an insult to those in my family for generations long who lost no less than six of their relatives in gaza at the hands of the state of israel a members of the family who survived in the attack in shock over the deadly strike . half an hour before our house was shelled two cars from gaza came to take us away coming to a new place i went to buy some food and when i came back my uncle told me my father was dead my younger brothers think our father went to heaven and my sisters were told he went to egypt for presents an article that this house was shelled on july twentieth by israeli air forces without any warning my six family members were killed as a result my mother three broth

and breaking news on r t international within the past a few minutes ukraine security officials have said russia's humanitarian aid convoy will not be allowed to cross the border they say it hasn't been certified by the red cross earlier moscow and kiev reached an agreement on the relief mission which is supposed to be led by the red cross nearly three hundred trucks of aid are now heading to eastern ukraine from russia and we'll be bringing you more details as we gather here on our teacher national. fears of a jihad of threat in europe are seeing one of its biggest banks turned on its accounts folders britain's h.s.b.c. is under fire for targeting syrian students and refugees without explanation we'll tell you more about that in just a few moments. as the media leave us so we leave the. oceans your. mother your party there's a good. shoes that no one is that still with to get that you deserve answers from. politics. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any right other big story the extra headlines there's a reason they don't want and do not. want to rai

right now it's midnight here in moscow this is r t international headlining ten russian troops to tango in ukraine are for apparently crossing the border accidentally returned home. to the big stories of the week something of cranes most battle hardened units and a massive counterattack the government soldiers played the kiev and kiev accusing russia of a stealth invasion. report to this hour on how islamic state terrorists are exploiting black market trade and. to nurture that you have used empire in iraq and syria. also bahraini police to arrest a well known opposition activist.

are you watching r t international coming to you live from moscow it's good to have you with us. first this hour it's the ongoing violence in missouri in the united states riots offices in the city of ferguson have deployed to gas and rubber bullets against crowds of angry residents who were angry at the shooting dead on saturday of a black teenager by a policeman the eighteen year old was unarmed when he was gunned down and is to see it is there for us will lead people like you said of course tensions chaos and mayhem really have been unraveling here in suburban st louis in the town of ferguson we witnessed tear gas being fired at just a couple dozen people standing around on a street where of course people have been coming out onto the street in the hundreds and thousands since the killing of an unarmed eighteen year old michael brown took place here the community is outraged because the young man had no weapon however he was fired at multiple times by a police officer and he died as a result of this people have been coming out. on to the streets protesting violence has been er

and welcome back you're watching the weekly here on r t international now a horrific video of an american journalist being beheaded by a jihadist from the islamic state group has left the whole world terrified before his own killing the man was forced to read a statement blaming of the u.s. for his death even more chilling was the revelation of it his killer is likely to be a radicalized to britain according to media sources british intelligence has already identified him through voice recognition or in the video the jihadist says that the beheading is in retaliation for u.s. airstrikes on iraq islamic state has also threatened to execute another captive american journalist if washington does not halt its operation the group has been effectively recruiting new members across europe thanks to a broad online p.r. campaign was artie's going to church camp reports. the hottest of these lawmakers state use all the west can offer to spread their message and not to hollywood in this hour long film featuring slow motion explosions in iraq a soldier's digging their own graves and the catchy title

you're watching r t international welcome back an american submarine house being chased away from russia's shores the navy spotted the vessel in the northern bar in sea and sent over an empty submarine strike group my cost for if it takes up the story the american submarine was detected near russia's northern border in the bering sea and was shadowed by a navy strike force and an aircraft then you can air powered virginia class submarine is capable of launching twelve tomahawk missiles among other armaments after about half an hour over radio contact them merican were pushed away from the border by the northern fleet reconnaissance of russia continues from under the water and in the skies in july an american spy plane the rivet joint was reportedly conducting surveillance of the russian military when detected by radar it was then forced to illegally cross into swedish airspace after being chased by a russian fighter jet swedish an american authorities kept silence about the incident for nearly a month but were pushed to admit swedish airspace had been violated after reports in local media

killed off the aircraft came down right after takeoff we for all months after the break here in r t international. live. with the economic ups and downs in the final months day but the deal sank night and the rest because i think me taking a little bit of a briefly on please please. the media leave us so we leave that maybe. some of the scenes motion security play your party there's a goal to wear shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . i'm abby martin the stories we cover here are not going on here in iraq it's not our big story the extra headline same time there's a reason they don't want him to. leave now let's break the set. welcome back to the program special forces loyal to iraq's prime minister have been deployed in the center of baghdad according to sources the military is controlling entrances to the city a curfew is expected and guards at the presidential palace have been put on high alert after nuri al maliki give a tough speech accusing the president of violating the constitution as he failed to support maliki's

you welcome to the weekly here on r t international wrap up of the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well my names you know neal. we begin in eastern ukraine where a family of three helping kill during shelling of residential areas in donetsk the army is tightening its grip around one of the country's largest cities and yet another attempt to seize it from government fighters a mother a father on their eleven year old daughter were running to a shelter when the. bombing becomes a rocket landed next to them on the street some forty people have been killed and that's this week alone the shells hit apartment buildings hospitals and churches fall asleep brings us to. your this is how independence day is being marked here in donetsk massive shelling particularly in the eastern part of the city as you can see there's something like thirteen fires that have broken out in the city just over here they some smoke where our house has been hit knife we walk in here you can actually see that what was part of the market i think has been destroyed i mean t

this is r t international live at ten pm moscow time tonight a humanitarian ceasefire collapses in gaza just a couple of hours after it was declared that israel launching new strikes which is plain to live up to thirty more palestinians we hear what it's like to be caught up in the hail of. russia says contradictory images from ukraine show. evidence of weapons facilities close to the crash site of flight m.h. seventeen. u.s. small sending its largest ever shipment of hellfire missiles to help the iraqi government which has lost control now a vast oil field jihadists. and america's n.s.a. moves to protect its own most sensitive data specifically its former directors salary who activists accuse of making money out of state secrets we've got that coming up. good evening thanks for joining us i'm kevin first this hour the three day humanitarian ceasefire between israel and hamas has collapsed barely two hours after it began israeli launch strikes killed up to thirty palestinians in the first few hours of the agreed truce independent journalist bell true came under fire she contacted us to

it's r t international thanks for joining us and the european union is threatening even more sanctions against russia as it puts the blame for the violence in ukraine squarely on the kremlin and even urged other countries outside the e.u. to abstain from cooperation with moscow however even inside europe the unity of a punitive measures appears to be fraying slovakia's prime minister criticized them as a meaningless gesture that would threaten economic growth in e.u. member states austria's agriculture minister confirmed that the industry there is expected to lose six million dollars as a result of russia's retaliates ory food ban and while the czech leader claimed the restrictions themselves are ineffective and could only deed to a spiral of worsening relations that achieve nothing. are you going to score pissing off i should say excuse me now look at the squabble and of course it's possible consequences for the past few months we've definitely been witnessing a rising tensions between russia and the west but what's happening now is already being described by many as a full blown trad

just over half an hour's time taking you through the moscow night but coming up next here in r t international abby martin takes aim at the mainstream and breaking this said. just the other week on the program we discussed how it's technically legal but not very motivating to impose a curfew on to minors but now that adults are protesting in ferguson missouri the government is placing a curfew on them i'd like to make a small speculation warding this curfew is probably an excuse to break up the protesters what you disperse angry. people of a lot of their energy to protest is also dispersed but let's think about this if you take a look at the constitution there are two effective hours listed it doesn't say works from nine to five minutes just because crowd control the darkness is much more difficult and scary for the police doesn't mean that your ability to protest vanishes along with the sun in the evening regardless of whether you agree with the protestors or whether you agree with the idea of protesting at night or not i think is beyond question that you cannot impose a curfew on adults in t

this is r t international all live from moscow josh welcome to the program. over twenty civilians have reportedly been killed in a low gonski in east ukraine the local militia stronghold has been under heavy artillery fire in the past twenty four hours with officials there saying almost all areas of the city are being shelled there are similar scenes to ski. the siege to the city came under freshman bartman overnight with a local saying the intensity of attacks has increased the un human rights agency estimates that around sixty people a day are being killed or wounded where if a national met some of the residents of lugansk. kiev calls these and large scale anti terror operation. while empty government fighters in the east say they're trying to liberate the region from occupiers yet it's civilians who are paying the highest price they describe what's happening on the ground and in their backyards as senseless violence. the city of lugansk one of the biggest in the crane's east lies in ruins and is almost empty but it to refine never stops while the shelling