r.t. international valves it will soon take back control of the antigovernment strongholds in the east supporting its promises with heavy weapons and many more attacks. a tit for tat exchange of sanctions between the west and russia makes european businesses look for compensation for a multi-billion dollar losses they're now faced with. after a few days silence the roar of returns to gaza as the cease fire between hamas and israel ends palestinian civilians finding themselves right in the middle of a humanitarian catastrophe. and the u.s. returns to iraq as president obama authorizes air strikes against jihadist militants in the north of the country with washington now having to fight exactly the same group it was supporting and in syria. headlines over the weekend of today welcome to the weekly or nazi international with me will receive. the heavy is moving towards as the ukrainian army prepares to use full force on the city not that it hasn't already been heavily shelled and extensively

also an r.t. dot com we've got the best pictures from the color run in sweden where participants were showered with brightly colored paint throughout the world. russia's block on the importing of most european foods in response to western sanctions has triggered anger across the. in spain farmers take crates of fruit and burnt a you flags producers there are bracing for a sharp drop in prices due to the recently imposed russian embargo trade unions say this would also mean significant job losses concern shared by farmers not only in spain forcing the e.u. to funnel emergency cash to its fruit and vegetable progeny cells. well up to one hundred twenty five million euros will be available to cushion the blow the numbers however show this is only a drop in the ocean as the costs to the worst hit nations is expected to be nine times larger than the aid being offered to all of us spoke to some of the affected farmers. to brussels imposed sanctions on russia moscow was forced to react and the e.u. is no

also when r.t. dot com this hour the pope's already an active twitter user however he believes people should spend their time on more fruitful activities rather than fiddling with smartphones and chatting online. the first t.v. debate on scottish independence has seen the leaders of the two rival camps clash just six weeks before the referendum alex salmond the leader of the scottish national party took on alice to darling the head of the better together campaign and artie's polyvore it was there to listen to the arguments. while running up to the debate news reports were saying that alec salmon the leader of the scottish national party had been advised to remain statesman like throughout the debate but the gloves came off from both leaders actually pretty quickly alistair darling the leader of the benteke together campaign was accused of being quite shouty throughout the debate as well perhaps the best sound bite to come out of the evening was of alex salmond explaining why he thinks scotland shoul

to our breaking news on r.t. international a passenger plane has crashed immediately after taking off from an airport in the iranian capital tehran and the aircraft was said to have been carrying forty people local t.v. saying everybody on board was killed the plane reportedly a locally produced a version of an unseen off one for he was heading off on an internal flight we'll keep you fully updated on this breaking news story as it develops here on the international. all right the next weekly news bulletin starts here in about half an hour's time up next oh boy and walls of. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of war mongering politicians. capturing people is this what do you do if they're innocent killing them easy we were serve the right to kill any person anywhere any time. they can do that in the gym but they come to a drug smuggler makes these things are very dangerous and politicians get a new kind of power via this technology it's sad it's very tempting. to. see this series of school p

to r.t. dot com for constant updates on the for the missing journalists and other developments in eastern ukraine we've got background analysis and stories of what it's really like to live through the conflict. just ahead for you here on r.t. international brussels muscles in latin america to stop it stepping in to replace the e.u. goods by russia. to gas and rubber bullets being fired at crowds in the u.s. state of missouri as protests over saturday's fatal shooting of a black teenager by a policeman continue to turn violent the eighteen year old was unarmed when he was gunned down in the city of ferguson and is to see it is there for ati pensions chaos and mayhem really have been unraveling here in suburban st louis in the town of ferguson we witnessed tear gas being. hired at just a couple dozen people standing around on a street where of course people have been coming out on to the street in the hundreds and thousands since the killing of an unarmed eighteen year old michael brown took pl

right now r.t. russian ukrainian border. now the convoy is heading for the struggling population of eastern ukraine that continues to suffer from nonstop attacks the ukrainian army is trying to connections between the two largest cities don't yet there and lugansk right here in order to do so though they're trying to take control over dozens of tiny towns and villages on this road on this connecting hub right here for example in that museum you can see it there in the picture here there's the main battery and he government fighters managing to destroy one of the rocket launchers the army's use in the area also. also came under hardcore fire many of the houses razed to the ground under my key as well possibly a real flashpoint because of its proximity to its own yes is basically as close as you can get to the city without being in it yourself our fighting doesn't stop there it's continuing every night and almost half of the town has been razed to the ground now if indeed the army succeeds john yates will be completely blocked

r.t. for arson. and amid the unrest in ferguson two police officers have been suspended for their behavior one went on twitter to say the protestors should be killed like rabid dogs while another appears to posted a video two years ago in which you says he's ready to kill people and to take on the black community a political columnist had a role believes the approach of the predominantly white police force and ferguson made rallies such as these inevitable. what we're talking about is a powder keg that was ready to explode we're talking about a predominantly black community that had been harassed and abused by a predominantly white police force for many many years and in a city that had declining economic status for most people who lived in it and so it was only a matter of time before something happened to set that off michael brown may or may not be an angel will probably never going to really know the truth there he's dead he can't speak for himself but in a sense it doesn't really matter what mat

are still to come here on r.t. international china signals it will move to prevent america from spying on its naval fleets it's off to china intercepted an american submarine plane very close to one of its naval bases later in the program we'll look at how the tensions in that region continue to grow. also ahead the super bowl ice bucket challenge has raised tens of millions of dollars for charity but where was all that money going to find out in just a few minutes. differently here in syria now many of the members of congress of both parties have gone to syria in recent months has said. mr president which is diddy's telling him to go to. stability and peace to syria is going to be the sort of. drama to be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. food says change the world. so picture today. from a rose to the. i. know again china appears determined to shield itself from america's aerial surveillance as some naval officers are pushing for fighter pilots to intensify the interception of spy planes were spotted

away at r.t. dot com right now you'll find the story where in london more than one hundred fifty men women and children gathered to highlight the suffering caused by the blockade of gaza and the symbolic protest in the heart of westminster saw demonstrators place wooden boxes to highlight the confined spaces of the people of gaza and what they have to endure you can read more about the story right now at r.t. dot com. also there we've got the story on how a recent social media posting has attracted the attention of the u.s. secret service after a message supporting the islamic state the militant group was sent from outside the white house. in the meantime the islamic states offensive in iraq continues and entire kurdish villages reportedly been massacred by jihadist militants that have managed to occupy large areas of northern iraq. the population of the village consisted of the yazidi minority persecuted by islamists are considered to be devil worshipers by the jihadists thousands of years needy

on r.t. dot com a right now journeyed to the center of the sun for the first time ever signed to cover tech to the elusive neutron star forced at the center probably find out why that important on line. to one of her legs to go on a diet this the ground squirrel in russia put on something that much actually back his leg up stuck in his own barrow it was only saved by an alert driver that too is at r.t. dot com. right to see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporters were there. to be in the. summer news from around the globe now in the u.n. peacekeepers from the philippines have been attacked by syrian rebels in the golan heights as comes a day on. after more than forty united nations peacekeepers from fiji were captured in the same area by the same rebel group a band hides it is disputed by both syria and israel and un troops have been on the ground for decades. protests have broken out in bahrain over violence being used against prisoners demonstrators tossed molotov cocktails

r.t. . and the u.k. foreign office minister baroness warsi has resigned over the government's support of israeli actions calling it quote morally indefensible the move comes after a number of large demonstrations were held in the country against the offensive in gaza assessing public opinion right now lottie's police work. on the streets of britain israel's actions have been deeply divisive there have been a number of rallies in support of israel but they've been outnumbered by pro palestinian protests. so many brits the conflict in gaza is hitting close to home the latest you gov poll shows that almost two thirds of the british public sixty two percent believe that the israeli government is committing war crimes well over half of brits see israel's bombing of the gaza strip as unjustified now the u.k. leader is under mounting pressure to outline a more robust israel policy of three four weeks of pictures of dead children of families been reduced to nothing homes as rubble of course are to be the attitud

we post only what really matters at r.t. to your facebook news feed. breaking news on r.t. more than four hundred thirty ukrainian soldiers cross into russia and ask for shelter as follows caves claims the army was about to win the war against anti-government forces in a stupor a. palestinians have accused israel of violating a partial ceasefire saying a child has been killed and some thirty others wounded in an attack on a refugee camp in gaza this amid widespread condemnation of israel's bombing of a un school that killed ten people on sunday. a money making scheme or a backdoor immigration policy critics question a us quota system that ensures stands of thousands of people remain behind bars sometimes for petty crimes. which are due to national life or moscow with the ring of joshua welcome to the program more than four hundred thirty ukrainian soldiers deserted their posts in the eastern ukraine conflict zone and sought refuge in russia one hundred eighty of them have already returned to ukraine but away from the fighting and here's our correspondent with more details.

still to come here on r.t. international the teenager killed by a police officer is laid to rest. is a strong as just a bit later in the program here we report on the iron fist police tactics being used against the protests all across america. plus the arab world accept the new challenge using the rubble of gaza to promote peace and awareness of the child victims of the conflict. in the program the final debate between the two sides of the scottish independence campaign has been held by the referendum will now take place in mid september. was watching the televised face off now and joins us live here in our international to give us her review of how the debate went good to see you it would appear this debate was quite an apparent turn around compared to the last one. absolutely rory it was very loud in the very far 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 as you said a dramatic turnaround for scotland so f

welcome back you're watching r.t. international president barack obama has admitted the u.s. to torture people after the nine eleven attacks the confession follows a highly anticipated report on the cia's so cold expansive methods of interrogation are just vanished you can have the details. the final declassified version of the senate intelligence committee's report on the cia's torture practices has been handed back to congress intelligence committee chairwoman dianne feinstein said the report shows abuse that is chilling and far more systematic and widespread than we thought she said the six hundred page document is said to reveal new and shocking details about the cia's detention and interrogation program in the years following the nine eleven attacks those who reviewed it say it shows that the use of the techniques was not effective in collecting unique intelligence or thwarting walks president obama speaking ahead of the public release of the record reminded that when he became president he signed an executive order to stop porter torture. do some things that were contra

surprise you days for news or an r.t. international thanks for joining us the three day cease fire so far holding in gaza on tuesday israel decided to withdraw its army after almost a month of bloody fighting with hamas both sides sent their delegations to cairo to discuss the possibility of securing a longer term deal the i.d.f. meantime says it has completed its main mission which was to target hamas by destroying their hideouts and tunnels the campaign has brought the worst devastation and civilian losses in years and there are many dissenting voices actually within the israeli armed forces. i went and spoke to some of them. you know that there are a lot of soldiers a come back and say to yourself what the hell are we doing here why are we using so much force why are we treating them this way is one such form israeli soldier she calls herself an occupation activist and was one of fifty reserve troops to sign an open letter to the washington post but fusing was talking. about during the service i didn't talk about this

of r.t. moscow and on our website right now another leap in space exploration as nasa tests an interplanetary landing system to deliver heavy payloads to mas the full story and stuff video on our website right now. and staying with a high tech world we tell you about an already gummy inspired robot that can assemble itself from a flat sheet of material that's also at odds he taught college. for now though this week the u.s. approved on launched a as strikes against she hottest militants in iraq. i've directed our military to take targeted strikes against terrorist convoys should they move toward the city fighter jets and unmanned drones have already carried out three rounds of bomb attacks targeting the positions of the so-called islamic state militants formerly known as isis its managed to occupy large areas of northern iraq and declare a caliphate i think vonzell be jihadists has led to hundreds of thousands of scraping from their homes as the groups considered too cruel even by al qaida. h

they stay with us plenty most of the come this hour here on r.t. including a giant exploration project. pressuring us all john stall drilling at the most northerly oil well in russia the story of plenty more after the short break. is the media leave us so we leave the media. by the same bush to secure the. party physical. issues that no one is asking with to guess that you deserve answers from . politics. are today. as f. scott fitzgerald might have said free trade agreements are a racket like the movies and the brokerage business you cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus the zero . do we speak your language. news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little too late if angles didn't stories. for you here. in troy spanish find out more visit. welcome back an american submarine has reportedly been chased away from russia's shaw's apparently the navy spotted the vessel in the northern parents sea and sent over an anti submarine strike group has the story

just for a good evening for me kevin though in this is r.t. international to our top story the tonight more of america's allies are getting involved in iraq says it will now join the u.s. in sending weapons to. fight against islamic state jihadists the british prime minister's cut short his holiday to deal with the iraqi crisis here's our london correspondent. the prime minister has just been speaking about the desperate humanitarian situation in northern iraq where the refugees are trapped on the received mountain and david cameron has said them and his also clinton plaiting trying to airlift refugees using r.a.f. helicopters from that besieged mountain in northern iraq but the heat is by no means the prime minister he's under growing pressure to launch air strikes over iraq a growing number of politicians have been calling for it in recent days and yesterday arias tornado jets were sent to cyprus and then on to iraq to assist with . drops of humanitarian aid but technically the choice of those tornado jets is is interesting because if the go

spoke exclusively to r.t. . while sanctions politics spiral more and more diplomats are expressing doubts about the effectiveness of the strategy they see very clearly that it's their citizens who have to pay for the decisions made under this policy in reality by implementing these restrictions european nations have sent the bill to their own people and their own businesses they're making people pay for their political mistakes and even using these sanctions is impossible to isolate russia from the world most can brussels of agree that ukraine will have to pay the gas bills it still owes to russia ensuring the say transit of russian gas supplies through ukraine is vital for the e.u. and that dependence on russian gas will remain at least for another decade according to the fitch rating agency has predicted that other suppliers won't be ready to meet the demands europe's not ready to rework the current infrastructure or shift to using other sources of energy like shale gas ukraine also get the gas from russia but

and as always it's available for everybody if you had to r.t. dot com hard work will lead to success that is part of what is known in the u.s. as the american dream but some six out of every ten citizens there now think the idea that ties the nation together is under threat at a conference is taking place in dallas to try and save it. looks at why for many the american dream is now out of reach. 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 america doing is. to progress to make morning. here at home. i 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

thank you for joining us this is r.t. international for the us government has hundreds of thousands of seemingly innocent people on its terrorist watch list this is according to the latest revelations in the media but the secret information wasn't leaked by edward snowden this time there's a new insider in town and washington is scrambling to track him down. online news source the intercept published an article this tuesday titled barack obama's secret terrorist tracking system by the numbers where its authors and why and of last site an unnamed source in the intelligence community the documents that the sources provided to journalists calf's aware of the u.s. government's use of ever expanding federal watch list of suspected terrorists according to the journalists report more than forty percent of the six hundred eighty thousand individuals listed in the u.s. terrorist screening database have quote no recognized terrorist group affiliation it's about two hundred eighty thousand people their names being shared with local

thanks for joining us on r.t. international washington estimates as many as three hundred americans are now fighting with the islamic state in syria and iraq and that could potentially pose a shoot risk to u.s. security if they return from war zones and you skills learned to broad to carry out attacks at home it's been confirmed now that a thirty three year old american who had joined the ranks of the jihadists was killed in battle over the weekend in syria he's gotten a teacher can now report on washington's growing realisation the u.s. president has diagnosed the islamic state rooting out a cancer why geisel won't be easy and won't be quick many are asking if the cancer could have been caught at an earlier stage when these lawmakers state group that's part of the syrian opposition was gaining momentum in the country and when rich donors in gulf states were funding and arming the group but until recently the west seemed more preoccupied with toppling the syrian president we will work with like minded states to su

you're watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow where it's now me it's good to have you with us. a convoy of aid from russia is on its way to a week after local officials declared a humanitarian disaster in the east ukrainian city have in moscow reached an agreement on the mission which will be led by the red cross is on the russian ukrainian border. now here when you can call me right has already started moving from a russian we expect to meet it here at the russian ukrainian border within the next year of thirty six hours i have to say this is a very big corn which includes around three hundred cars and tons of humanitarian aid including food drinking water medicine blankets and some other things that people in troubled areas in ukraine may now need in this and very hard situation the officials in charge told us that the coin was a tin result just clear but they are planning to travel all across the eastern and southern ukraine making sources big and small cities in the country who jus

headlines on r.t. the russian aid convoys back home after delivering desperately needed supplies to eastern ukraine a mission dubbed an invasion by kiev on the west r.t. followed the trucks on the dangerous journey through the wards on. a main road is very dangerous the rocky period clashes there right now and this is why we take and then turn to prove you can see this black smoke over there shall never stops in the city. fears of more street violence in the u.s. city of ferguson the jury dithers over whether murder charges should be pressed against the policeman who shot dead on black teenager plus. the human just see. it in. the european face obviously state we report on the growing numbers of the e.u. citizens joining the jobless in iraq and in syria. just into a brand new day here in moscow sunday the twenty fourth of august my names you know neil welcome to the program tons of food water and medicine have finally reached the embattled citizens of lugansk in eastern ukraine the aid trucks are now b

operations on the ground and r.t. new york. when we come live from moscow one hundred years on the world is commemorating the start of the great war the battles which took place in western europe being the main focus but that means ultimately leaving the eastern front largely overlooked. sussing the role of russia in world war one. prance ferdinand's murder in set off a chain of events that would lead to the great war within a matter of days the great powers of europe particularly had war on each other and on this day exactly a century ago austria-hungary declared war on russia when it all started cranks cheered and welcome the fighting little did they know of the horrors that lay ahead while the battle lines were drawn long before russia joined with britain and france forming the allied powers on one side and on the other side the central powers of austria-hungary in germany later joined by the ottoman empire ample garia while russia fielded five million men at the start almost as much as germany and austria hungary combined a

i do stay with us here on r.t. international plenty more to come this hour including a joint exploration project. he sees the russian and u.s. . starts drilling at the most northerly oil well in russia this story and plenty more after this short break. so we leave the. bushes. visible. issues that no one is there with the guests that deserve answers from. our. as f. scott fitzgerald might have said free trade agreements are a racket like the movies and the breadboards business you cannot be honest with admitting that it's constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero. do we speak your language. programs or documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the yard p. interviews intriguing story for you. in troy arabic to find out more visit don't call. him back an american submarine is reportedly being chased away from russia's shores now apparently the navy spotted the vessel in the northern barren sea and sent over an anti submarine strong group of picks up the st

resolution r.t. russian crinan border. this convoy is heading for the struggling population of eastern ukraine suffering from nonstop attacks that the ukrainian army is aiming to server connections between the two largest cities as well as lugansk now in order to do so they're trying to take control over dozens of small little towns and villages on the road connecting the hearts now here is it musa is now anti-government fight has managed to destroy one of the rocket launchers to army uses using shells in the area and over here at john of god it also came under fire many houses were also burnt arguably the most important town as close to my care because of the proximity to the near three it's basically as close as you can get to the city without being in the city itself and fighting there doesn't stop even at night and half of the town has been badly damaged now if the army succeeds in the near school it will be completely blocked from the only humanitarian corridor left the city's authorities have already warned people th

r.t. jurist. thousands of palestinians staged a pro hamas rally in gaza city people were waving green flags carrying mock guns and burning israeli flags during the protests a mass officials at the rally insisted the war wouldn't be over until their demands are met they want the blockade on gaza lifted and the security of palestinians assured. and it's a whistleblower edward snowden has been granted a three year residence permit in russia that's according to his lawyer snowden fled to russia more than a year ago after telling the world about the global surveillance projects maintained by the u.s. and the u.k. he's been a coach and has the details. these reports have come from his lawyer. who says that having received a residence permits 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 a leader in the future. edward snowden is allowed to move fre

more top stories from r.t. it is the miss militant group in libya has reportedly secured a vacant u.s. embassy compound in tripoli washington evacuated its staff for most purposes at the end of july clashes between rival gangs that the country plunged into lawlessness after former leader monica deathy was ousted to win a free flow of arms then allow various militant groups accumulate power. in pakistan to protest as a big killed in clashes with police as they demanded the prime minister's resignation unders more were injured to violence broke out as thousands of people try to force their way through barricades to the prime minister's official residence place make dozens of arrests demonstrators about to continue to crown a couple till their demands are met the prime minister now is surely foods are accused of rigging last year's general election has refused to step up. pro-democracy supporters of the huge rally in front of government offices in hong kong they're angry at restrictions being put on the island's n

meat notion r.t. from russian ukrainian paulton. the u.n. says more than seven hundred thousand refugees have crossed into russia since the beginning of the conflict and the humanitarian situation in ukraine is grave moscow has offered aid to the embattled sones but washington said it's not russia's place to do so heated words flew at a un security council meeting given that ukraine has allowed international humanitarian groups to deliver aid within its territory there is no logical reason why russia should seek to deliberate. almost. apparently un philanthropists think children a better being. ignored pleas from russian human rights groups to move youngsters to safety and what is the un think don't kids deserve to be safe. but. this week more than four hundred ukrainian troops crossed the russian border appealing for sanctuary is the largest number of ukrainian military personnel to lay down arms and to russia in a single go but it's not for the first time. what we have witnessed so many doubts in order to rebel things it's not all of us or

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andrey farmer for r.t. . now the islamic state is considered too violent even by al-qaeda leaders but despite the atrocities the militants seem to be finding growing support in europe now in france a poll suggested fifteen percent of the population support the islamic state and a third of those aged between eighteen and twenty four some of the islamic states popularity is being attribute it to a p.r. campaign on the web on social media there have been many images posted of famous european monuments emblazoned with arabic slogans such as long live the islamic state. well the threat of the islamic state is spreading far beyond europe and the middle east indian easy and police still being put on alert in the world's largest buddhist temple after a threat made by jihadists all the details are on our website. under martin dot com we've got the best pictures from a color run in sweden participants were showered with bright power throughout the race. russia's bloc on importing most european foods in response to west

thanks for joining us here in r.t. international law in moscow an american submarine has reportedly been chased away from russia's shores apparently the navy spotted the vessel in the northern bering sea and dispatched a massive submarine strike force for a month as most of 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 could have powered virginia class submarine is capable of launching twelve tomahawk missiles among other armaments after about half an hour of 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 f

harvey and you watching r.t. internet. peace in ukraine could be how much doubt in the capital of bella reuss that's is the presidents of russia and ukraine and representatives of the e.u. get together hopes are being placed on a possible one on one meeting between the leaders of moscow and kiev our correspondent arena glasgow is watching the gathering closely and i'm very pleased to say that she joins us now nice to see you again irina i know that we are really kind of waiting are we patiently in the hope that will be this this one on one but there has been has been activity so far any significant statements. while it's not even so much what was being said as it is about what we have seen happening here and i'm talking about that first between russian and ukrainian presidents it has taken place and perhaps that is the. sign off things to come yet again maybe not but we do know at this point that that meeting between russian and ukrainian presidents is happening and the importance there of cannot be underestimated and ukra

you're welcome to the weekly 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 name's even on the. we begin in eastern ukraine where a family of three helping killed during shelling of residential areas in the nets the army is tightening its grip around one of the country's largest cities and yet another attempt to seize it from the government fighters a mother a father on their eleven year old daughter running through a shelter when the bombing began a rocket landed next to them on the street some forty people have been killed in the nets this week as shells hit up apartment buildings hospitals and churches all asleep reports. this is how independence day is being marked here in didn't it's 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 have a have a some smoke where our house has been hit knife we walk in here you can actually see that was p

welcome back this is r.t. international this week the beheading of an american journalist by islamic state militants horrified the world before being executed he was forced to denounce his country's recent airstrikes on islamic state finders the jihad is also threatened to kill another captured u.s. journalist if america continues. it's operation the shock of the killing it was compounded by the discovery that the executioner was from britain u.k. media citing security sources say the was a wealthy man and used to live in the mansion in the u.k. is just one of the manny e.u. citizens to join the extremist some influenced by the islamist p.r. campaign argues ganesh reports the hardest of these law makes state use all the west can offer to spread their message and not to hollywood in this hour long film featuring slow motion explosions you walk a soldier's digging their own graves and a catchy title the claiming of the source for. these lawmakers state has flooded social media with videos of their sadistic and t

breaking news here on r.t. moscow rolls out its own restrictions on imports from countries which have imposed sanctions on russia over the crisis in ukraine. food water and power shortages the b.c. cities of eastern ukraine the worsening situation and the un to demand a stop to fighting to end the humanitarian crisis. in the united nations believes that nearly three hundred thousand people have been displaced by the escalating standoff between the kiev army and local militia with most of them fleeing to russia r.t. follows their road to safety. and a fragile truce in gaza with two days of a humanitarian ceasefire left to run israelis and palestinians prepare for a tough talks to prolong the deal. welcome to the a hard when you're watching r.t. internet. we will start this hour with breaking news because moscow has imposed sanctions against countries which have brought in their own restrictions on russia over the crisis in ukraine to get the latest details on this now from the artesia gold piece going off who jo

the furtherest a day to plan a had is tomorrow when they say they will meet here again brief notion r.t. lugansk ukraine. now the grain army is also closing in on other and a cave stronghold in the east it's now says preparing for a major offensive and this will target the regional capital than the ask which is now the main hub of resistance the city has a population of almost a million and these new pictures allegedly show tanks and armored vehicles on the outskirts of the. started deploying hardware the air on monday in the suburbs of the besieged city after it when we come under heavy fire in the past weeks and this is what one of the local schools looked like after it was pounded by shells that ask is an important city both in the region and in the country and here are some of the key facts. the mask is ukraine's fifth largest city with a population of one hundred fifty thousand last year forms name it the most attractive city for doing business in the whole country it's one of the cranes main economic hubs and the center of the nation's a mining industry and just two years ago did

spokes person told r.t. . h.s.b.c. is committed to adopting in enforcing the most effective standards to combat financial crime across its operations globally this applies to customers with links to a country that is subject to international financial sanctions it's not just syrians living in the u.k. who have been left on able to access that cash though last month h.s.b.c. closed the accounts of three muslim organizations one of the groups has said they believe their stance on the conflict in gaza may have triggered the move h.s.b.c. didn't outline a specific reason for the account closures but said that the organizations fell outside of what they called that risk appetite now the banking giant that calls itself the world's local bank could face a formal grilling in parliament to get to the bottom of the accusations of discrimination by ethnicity playboy a london now openly supporting the plight of palestinians in gaza has got a couple of hollywood stars in trouble it's rumored that penelope cruz and her husband javie

london and after the break here on r.t. international the dark secrets of the nazis and their biological experiments on people. if you look at my generation of americans and even more so at the millennium there are a lot of people with all sorts of piercings and tattoos everyone wants to express themselves by getting the exact same cliched tattoos and piercings as everyone else but can we discriminate against these people because of their and out appearance normally people are against discrimination because of punishes people for the way they were born their raise search gender but no one was born with big metal loops stretching out their ear lobes so essentially yes you can't judge someone by their tattoos and piercings because they got these done consciously as an adult i mean we all know that you need to dress up either first date or job interview to make a good impression and well having the words thug life written up your forearm are not very convincing to me that you are going to make a valuable employee he or girlfri

and head to r.t. dot com for constant updates on the search for the missing journalist and other developments in eastern ukraine we've got background analysis and stories of what it's really like to live through the conflict. in other news militia forces in iraq's kurdistan and to be armed by the united states in an attempt to prevent it falling fully into the hands of jihadists who are tightening their grip with their self declared caliphate like weaponry and ammunitions will be dispatched but there are questions about what kind of match they'll be against a heavily armed islamic state fight is going to change you can reports. thousands of iraqis are helpless in the face of terror from the islamic state the jihadi militants are ruthless and well armed there's the hottest forces in iraq are probably the strongest the hardest forces in the region in the world they are equipped with advanced american weapons and that's how they were able to ethnic cleansing minorities christian and is the the minorities

by joining us here on r.t. international today are the latest figures showing just how many europeans are going to fight in syria and iraq it's presenting a sobering insight into just how serious the problem has become in recent months for example the security services estimate up to one thousand british residents have now joined the she hardest fight in the middle east also up to two hundred fifty hardliners are believed to have returned to the u.k. this poses a big headache for security and police and this new terror threat has left the earth already has to wonder just how much the official policy of multiculturalism could be to blame is r t correspondent marina costs around. multiculturalism was one celebrated as the way forward but after thirty years of cultivates in britain it's now being blamed for fostering extremist ideology and directly contributed to homegrown islamic terror for too long the doctrine of multiculturalism has led to immigrants establishing completely separate communities in our cities t

parliament introduced a military tax and here's what he craned soldiers who crossed into russia told r.t. . fortune sitting home alone you don't forget we have witnessed so many deaths and other terrible things all of us are very happy to be here we've been given new clothes and managed to rest and we're very grateful for that which. we were in circles we had no way out so to keep the manpower safe all commanders decided to escape to russia i think for no clear reason the ukrainian population is destroying itself because on both sides they are the same people are not in the book moscow is weighing its response to the sanctions recently imposed by the west later this hour will be looking out one option reportedly on the table which could see european airlines lose up to a billion dollars in three months. in the meantime israel is pulling its troops out of gaza three day cease fire brokered by egypt is now officially in place israel says it has completed its month long mission which was to target hamas but which brought the worst devastation and civilian losses in years nearly nine hundred

or even ocean r.t. iligan ski crane. now these are just some of the people who also received much needed russian aid in lugansk the city has been facing a humanitarian catastrophe and even essential items are hard to get tons of food medicine and other supplies were delivered it to advance quite a convoy of russian trucks humanitarian column was stalled at the border for over a week because kiev was a reluctant to lead it in the red cross was also involved in the mission it criticized the delay citing the terrible humanitarian situation in the city. the i.c.r.c. regrets. that customs and inspections as agreed to between the russian federation and ukraine you know sir it is where delayed by the ukrainian authorities that even any german situation there is dire. we from the city with old quarter. without electricity without supplies. and cut off from the rest of the world and we as a mage is to add sensual infrastructure to give authorities describe the crossing of the border by the russian aid convoy as a direct invasion

my name is deal harvey and you're watching r.t. international and you will start this hour with breaking news moscow has imposed sanctions against countries which have brought in their own restrictions on russia over the crisis in ukraine there will now be limits on imports of some agricultural goods for one year r.t. as you go to skin off as the details. the president has signed a decree which either bans or limit importing products from countries which have been taking part in sanctioning worship over its policies on ukraine this means products from the u.s. and canada you member states japan and australia the sanctions will affect farming goods raw materials and food there's no precise or specific a list of products yet we do know that the government has already started putting it together we've also heard from retailers or sources who predict that while these sanctions the russian sanctions won't affect the average russian consumer. will affect more of the luxury end of the market and the limitations are expected to last for ab

in the weekly here 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 and blazing protest in central kiev. sanction skirmish moscow fights back against the e.u.'s punitive measures with a food import while ukraine says it could hold russia's energy transit to europe. israel and the palestinians agree to another seventy two hour ceasefire following talks in egypt follows a week of violence that has continued to take lives in gaza. and u.s. fighter jets make a comeback to iraq for three rounds of strikes against you how this militants but washington is accused of fighting the same group it ate in syria. well thanks for joining us this hour my name's neil harvey and you're watching international. heavy armor is moving towards done yet because the ukrainian army prepares to unleash its forces to take the city it's already been extensively shelled and bombed. one of the latest strikes two apartment blocks in the city cent

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live from moscow this is r.t. international it's good to have you with us this evening you are with me say. the national guard is being deployed in the u.s. double ferguson in a way the standoff between security forces and protesters has reached new levels of violence. police again tear gas against protesters and over the killing of a black teenager by an officer last week security forces say they were responding to molotov cocktails being thrown at them a curfew has came into effect for second night flowing more than a week of demonstrations which are now calling for the police to stop their crackdown on peaceful protests the necessity to reports from the city but it will now would have been hard to imagine a moment where we would have to report in helmets from the streets of missouri earlier just hours ago complete mayhem and chaos was already unraveling on the streets police were firing tear gas at protesters l. rods were being used we know that at least one person was injured really may have on the ground peop