r.t. international we spoke to be a u.s. congress antiterrorism advisor who says the takeover of mosul is a serious game changer. this battle is an important one before that dies or the islamic state in iraq and the levant would be engaged in getting a warship attacking convoys suicide bombing and now if it can control the city and the government within the next days and weeks cannot take it back this is a very serious matter and not only this organization will seize the resources of the city but recruit more and will conduct attacks from the city into other areas of iraq so the moment is very dramatic in iraq at this point in time and the international community should have a stand at least if not politically but even more on the ground with the iraqi government at this point in time but also given advice to the iraqi government this is not the time for sectarian reaction this is the time for national unity in iraq now the city of slovyansk in eastern ukraine the main hub of pro autonomy forces has been utterly devastated b

r.t. international. thank you for joining us today many residents of ukraine's besieged eastern city of force to spend another night in their basements. continued us military operation right there in the don't yet region local activists said the latest attacks involved helicopter and artillery fire and citizens were caught in the crossfire this week as army shells hit a school a hospital and a number of residential buildings. are now reporting on how the violence is affecting civilians caught in the grip of chaos. it was the single worst day of fatalities since fighting began among the dead dozens of civilians tera shattered glass and mortar shells the cooling card of the ukrainian army as it pushed deeper into eastern ukraine. we ran with the first year children we heard a loud bang it was very scared everyone was screaming and we didn't know where to run. my son was crying he had a panic attack it's awful that children are being put through this how could they sell the city without making sure there we

r.t. international still to come julian assange two years it embassy limbo to take a look back at the achievements of the chief of the wiki leak years and reveal why british authorities spent thousands of pounds on round the clock surveillance of the small building where he's holed up. next security in spain's capital is on the highest alert it's been for years with the new monitor being crowned today and what we can see right now live pictures of the first of it is taking place in madrid people been pouring into the streets there to view the military parade as we can see now the royal family being driven through the city center in a rolls royce coming king felipe a takes over the throne from his father juan carlos ortiz alexy takes a look now at the challenges the new royal will face. almost four decades since one catalyst to the throne in spain being treated almost as a hero he has left the palace with a better reputation his family's biographer says he son philippe faces an uphill

r.t. international. new details are emerging on the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine the crew from the rest see a t.v. channel were caught up in army shelling near the city of lugansk the cameraman who's the only survivor of the attack managed to film the bombing and he believes it was a targeted assault. the crew was filming the evacuation of refugees when a shell hit bear group and these are images of civilians leaving the scene seconds before the explosion sound engineer anton voloshin died immediately reporter eager kaurna luke was taken to hospital with severe injury but died on the operating table thirty minutes later and here is how the cameraman describes what happened. we you clearly. for months we went to the police where according to information we got there were refugees some of the first groups were helping the refugees to flee the areas under attack and when i reached the forefront the self-defense activists told me to hide behind a big car you know film from that spot

r.t. international chinese companies are on a shopping spree in. america investment doubled in twenty thirteen reaching a record high of fourteen billion dollars the chinese have been buying up firms in sectors ranging from energy and food to entertainment as well the biggest deal yet was last year's acquisition of america's largest pork producers out of smithfield and in the most recent case the taxpayer backed electric car company was sold to a chinese manufacturer more on this now with these very important. america's costly loss has turned into a big gain for its number one global competitor chinese auto parts dealer the want shang group has purchased a deep funk u.s. electric car company that actually failed to pay back nearly one hundred forty million dollars to american taxpayers before declaring bankruptcy to school automotive receive the federal funds the u.s. energy department's advanced technology vehicles manufacturing loan program and shortly after getting cash in hand the company collapsed one shang group acquired fisker its saturday s

r.t. international. a cameraman for a russian t.v. channel has been killed in eastern ukraine and another t.v. crew came under fire in the done yet screecher they were in a bus close to a ukrainian army base which was also carrying mothers of soldiers on their way to demand that their sons return home when gunfire came from inside the base. yagami. of the book. and then the driver turned the bus around to get to safety is the shooting continued. to do. as you can clearly see there the bullets hit the bus the cameraman anatoly was fatally wounded despite the efforts of other passengers to help him and just to warn you may find the following footage of setting. you. can. like to play. catch. up. that you can. totally die within an hour of being filmed the incident comes just a day before a ceasefire between ukrainian army and self-defense fighters expires another reporter from russia's channel one was also on the bus and here is how he described the attack. in the room when for me is when we got out of shooting range the driver stopped

r.t. international. a cameraman for a russian t.v. channel is being killed in eastern ukraine and another t.v. crew came under fire in the den yet screeching they were in a bus close to a ukrainian army base which is also carrying mothers of soldiers on their way to demand the son's return home came from inside the base. and as you can see that bullets hit the bus one fatally wounding the cameraman he died within an hour the incident came just a day before a ceasefire between the ukrainian army and self-defense fighters expires another reporter from russia's channel one was also on the bus here is how he described the attack. in the room he is on the when we got out of shooting range the driver stopped the bus to wait for other journalists who were following in cars when we all got out of the boss and everyone was either calling home or calling their editors and then about a minute we saw signal flare in the sky and then the shooting started everyone ran towards the bus they were shooting at the vehicle i was on the driver side and ju

r.t. international a russian cameraman he's killed in eastern ukraine is the military opens fire on a bus carrying journalists and civilians hours before a cease fire. also jihadists in syria and iraq declared the creation of an islamist state spanning across the border of both nations spurred on by washington's middle east policies. and the extremists continue their advance on baghdad and we report on the plight of iraq's many minorities left unprotected in the collapsing country. plus a look at the strange world of online selling where even the south african president has been put up for sale negotiate. welcome my name's neil harvey and you know what she. first this hour a cameraman for a russian t.v. channel has been killed in eastern ukraine and another t.v. crew came in to far in the done yet screeching. they were in a bus close to a ukrainian army base which was also carrying mothers of soldiers on their way to demand their sons return home gunfire came from inside with the. kids or didn't use it. and as you can see the bullets hit the bus warm fatally wounded the cameraman he died

r.t. international first this hour a russian checkpoint on the border with ukraine has come under shelling as a result a border guard has been injured with shrapnel the attack occurred as self-defense forces in eastern ukraine clash with the army the military is said to have used mortar fire which then hit the checkpoint it happened when refugees were crossing the border as we heard from a witness. who wanted to help people who are crossing from ukraine so i went to the border to offer my sister there were lots of children in the refugee camp and i brought them sweets to cheer them up i heard the gunfire as i was coming up to the border people were screaming and running machine there were several gunshots it was very scary to see women and children crying for some time and when i came back to the checkpoint was on fire. a bus carrying ukrainian refugees most of them children also came under fire at another crossing your mind cos you have has more on the growing tension along the russia ukraine border moscow has demanded an explanation and investigation from the authorities in kiev over the

r.t. international. versus our four guards from the former private security company blackwater are going on trial for crimes ranging from manslaughter to weapons violations seven years ago they were assigned a mission to transport u.s. diplomats through baghdad but a skirmish broke out on routes leaving fourteen iraqis dead to get more on that story let's cross live now to r.t.c. marina porter so marina why did it take so long for these girls to actually go on trial. well it's taken so long because there have been many years of cover ups and inappropriate grants of immunity to these former border guards but back in two thousand and eleven a three judge panel of the u.s. court of appeals ruled that the prosecution against these defendants could proceed and now we see that jury selection for the trial is beginning and the public of course is being reminded of the horrible stains some of the horrible stains americans left behind in iraq let's remind our viewers that it wasn't september two thousand and seve

r.t. international. iraq has urged the u.s. to launch air strikes against isis militants who seized large parts of the country you can see them here marked in red washington is already carried out airborne surveillance jihadists have been closing in on baghdad since taking the country's second largest city more than a week ago the closest they come so far to the capital though was on monday in an attack on the city of baquba just sixty kilometers from baghdad however soldiers managed to repel that offensive. output if you can see now is recent video from the northern city of baiji where insurgents tried to seize iraq's biggest oil refinery but government forces fought them off there as well and in between taking one major city after a. another isis's put together a glowing report outlining the group's achievements i'll teach you go to school report. fifteen thousand fighters ten thousand operations in iraq one thousand assassinations and all last year alone the state of iraq and syria now known more notoriously as isis has been

r.t. international i'm rule research. this week saw some stormy diplomatic encounters fueled by the crisis in ukraine first it was a closed door g. seven summit in brussels the first time in sixteen years that russia was not invited well the leaders though did meet the russian president later on friday at d.-day commemorations in normandy but well not without some rather awkward moments . that's what vladimir putin the bush the world leaders holding their annual meeting but this sign without russia it was supposed to be in some shape it was supposed to be the g. eight instead it moved to brussels and shrank to a table for seven where they chewed over a list of requirements for the man who's been leaving a sour taste in math president putin has recognized the legitimate election of president pershing him to stop crossing the border into ukraine russian support for separatist groups so the g eight becoming the g seven wasn't the only thing counts and down with the clock apparently now second to for some action we will have

r.t. international. now i know you've just returned from ukraine does it feel like a whole new country compared to the previous times you visited it no i think that would be overstating the fact it is true that there is a great deal of hope among some but this is a fresh start but equally people's memories are longer than seven or eight years and for many it's just the same old thing one oligarchy has effectively replaced another. america's hunger to dominate the genetically modified food market could get curved on the other side of the atlantic is the e.u. molds where their individual countries should have the right to ban such crops brussels as long push for greater international trade in g.m.o. as even though more than a half of member nations are against them or europe correspondent peter oliver has this report. the meeting of the environment ministers in brussels on thursday could be an important step toward seeing genetically modified foods found in some countries and countries like here in germany

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r.t. international first this hour the u.n. security council is urging an investigation into violence against journalists in eastern ukraine that's after a crew from a russian t.v. channel were killed by army shelling near the city of lugansk the cameraman who is the only survivor from his team says the attack targeted a group of refugees and he believes it wasn't accidental fire. the crew was filming b. evacuation of refugees when a shell hit their group and these are images of civilians leaving the scene just seconds before the explosion sound engineer anton voloshin died immediately reporter eager cornet luke was taken to hospital with a severe injury but he died on the operating table just thirty minutes later here's how the cameraman described what happened to you clearly. in four months we went to the police where according to information we got there were refugees self-defense groups were helping the refugees to flee the areas under attack and when i reached the forefront the self-defense activists told me to hide behind

r.t. international. the sounds of warning sirens and shelling have become common for the residents of the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk it's rural areas came under fire several times this week as the fighting between the military and the local militia escalated after houses a hospital in the school were hit during the week many locals decided to leave all send their children away to safety as. reports. tera shattered glass and mortar shells the calling card of the ukrainian army as it push deeper into eastern ukraine. we ran with the first year children we heard a loud bang was very scared everyone was screaming and we didn't know where to run . my son was crying he had a panic attack it's awful that children are being put through this how could they sell the city without making sure there were no children there a school a hospital and residential buildings all on the receiving end of kids rough as an ultimatum to antigovernment fighters to surrender to expose her. i've been working in this hospita

r.t. international. now bill what the international action center thinks is treading a dangerous baskin these gas negotiations do you create a new government is being intransigent putting its own population at risk and also putting the people. of europe at risk i think in this particular case the russian government is not acting politically but acting on a strictly economics market basis they are offering gas to ukraine at a lower price than europe is paying you could say that russia was acting politically earlier when it gave large discounts to ukraine in a desire for stability but if the ukrainian government is behaving in a hostile way and there is no reason for russia to give ukraine special political consideration now there's been a triangle style mystery over the skies of europe it's an urge data over a dozen planes vanished from raiders for almost half an hour and three countries reported similar disappearances experts are scratching their heads over why get a full story on r.t. dot com. and whistl

r.t. international coming to you live from moscow. now poland's foreign minister has been left red faced after a leaked a conversation allegedly heard him use vulgar language to describe his country's relations with the u.s. and it's not the first time leaked tapes of e.u. officials revealed the dark side of brussels love of washington artie's marina portnoy has more. anding love affair america and its atlantic partners consistently proclaim their rock solid loyalty and mutual admiration as friends and allies we stand united together. warsaw has reciprocated the affinity always leaving the door open for a u.s. footprint within its borders. very glad to be able to say the american friendship and alliance is a strong behind the camera friendly facade of solidarity western partners are singing a much different tune the same polish officials seen here reportedly calls his nation's alliance with the u.s. worthless insisting it creates a false sense of security in a secretly recorded conversation obtained by w magazine foreign minister wrat

r.t. international. now there is no letup in the ukrainian government's military offensive in the east of the country that's despite a pledge from the new president petro poroshenko to broker a cease fire with pro autonomy fighters and entire villages in almost completely race to the ground and as you can see there's barely a building get left in some your enough care that has not been damaged and the streets deserted the villages being pounded by intense artillery fire locals say the army use multiple rocket launchers against them meanwhile the german foreign minister has warned kiev against disproportionately military action that could actually and to. separatist sentiment and so far the local self-defense force is showing no signs of caving in as well to support us live reports now from that training camp. where when the anti-government fighters were on the way to a training camp here in the city of new guns they're not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons that men how muc

indonesia as an arson in cafes again welcoming customers after sparking international outrage last year all the details for you at r.t. dot com also there get the story on a six fingered family in brazil i kid you not that's got them all crossed for the country's world cup. so international news in brief now israeli fighter jets have struck nine military targets including a command center in syria this came in response to shelling that killed a fifteen year old boy in the disputed golan heights three others including the boy's father ranged in the attack it's not known whether the first strike was carried out by syrian rebels or government troops. green security forces have captured a runaway soldier who killed five of his comrades and injured seven more on saturday the incident happened at a border post with north korea the sergeant then fled the scene and was cornered in a nearby woodland was captured while trying to commit suicide and taken to hospital . islamists from the militant group boko haram have reportedly raided two villages in nigeria killing at least ten people eyewitnesses say they first went on a shoo

r.t. international. calls by ukraine's newly elected president petro poroshenko to stop the military offensive in the country's restive east appear to have rung hollow as heavy artillery fire has already left one village in ruins what you're seeing now is footage of the devastation in sim your left the locals say that there is not a building left intact after the army reportedly pounded the village with the multiple rocket launchers for days as the pro-government forces step up their assault the local self-defense forces are saying that they will stand to be a future of these bullets live reports now from one of the training camps. we are with the anti-government fighters were on the way to a training camp here in the city of new gun square not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons that many how much time would it take us to get their. cigarettes it's a question that we all know when we get there bettman was a former officer with the ukrainian elite police before switching sid

r.t. international and we'll start with breaking news because russian lawmakers have repealed the decision to allow the use of russian forces or ukrainian territory the permission had been in place since march when moscow sought to protect the russian population in crimea ahead of a referendum well let's get the details now from r.t. . who joins us can you tell us more about this decision and why it's been made now . absolutely well as you have said the decision was initially implemented the mandate was implemented the beginning of march on the eve of the referendum in crimea and russian officials were extremely concerned about the fate of russian nationals living on the peninsula particularly about the security of russian military contingent who are stationed at a navy base there of course now the president puts in on tuesday has sent a letter to federation council the upper chamber off russian parliament asking them to repeal this mandate in order to start this debilitation process in ukraine now he was to poor he has been president has been on visits to the u.n. there where the presiden

r.t. international now first for you this hour peace talks between the syrian government and the opposition could take place as early as this week and this comes after the rebels were forced out of their last stronghold of homes left in tatters by years of war auntie's maria fanaa managed to get inside the city a month for the militants weary of fighting against their own people. these a new sound the tank over the city of holmes the place in the shallow end of bombing have to dialogue with the government the rebels left what they considered their capital and clashes stopped holmes's old town the militants last stronghold it's from here that they withdrew following the green meant with their sources and this is what's left after months of fierce clashes after months of their resistance and more sc shop someone's home everything is destroyed everything in ruins but those who were forced to flee and no slowly returning for the first time in years is relatively safe here and people want to be in the place they still class as their find where i just came back from the market where good thing go

r.t. international too big to fail too big to sell a chinese. american that went bankrupt despite receiving tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers' rescue money. react to situations i haven't read the reports so i'm like. no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your part of the month to secure a car is on the job here no. thank you no more weasel words. when you question the prepared for a change when you when you should be ready for. freedom of speech and down to to freedom. there's a famous line in jaws where the fishermen on the boat one of them says we're going to need a bigger boat i mean this is what the european central bank has told the market that the fraud is so enormous at this point that in order to accommodate another ten to fifteen trillion dollars worth of credit default swaps and derivatives suddenly fraud they're going to expand their balance sheet by ten to fifteen trillion euros they need a bigger boat. the international chinese companies are on a shopping spree in the u.s. investment doubled in twenty thi

r.t. international.there is no letup in the ukrainian government's military offensive in the east of the country despite a player from the new president petro poroshenko to put a broker so i should say a ceasefire with pro autonomy fighters and entire village in the meantime has been almost completely razed to the ground as we can show you up on the sign here and there's barely a building left in. that has not been damaged the streets like deserted the village has been absolutely pounded by intense artillery fire locals say the army used multiple rocket launchers against them but as kiev stepped up its operation self-defense forces are vowing to stand firm as are now reports from one of their training camp. with the anti-government phrases we're on the way to a training camp here in the city of no guns they're not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons bagman how much time going to take us to get there. it's. it's a question that we'll know when we get there. was a former offic

r.t. international according to them just over thirty percent of those interviewed support the idea of japan's militarization whereas forty one percent are against tokyo's plans for a constitutional reversion allowing the use of war in international disputes we talked to one asian expert who believes that the u.s. has a direct interest in seeing a stronger japanese military blues' a very formidable military power and it's also a threshold are in. nuclear technology and has rocket taking on three hundred not technology so if decisions are taken. and. then very quickly become a major nuclear nuclear weapons state for the moment the americans see removed rise japan as a very strong. element in payment of china and to a lesser extent to russia. oh i talk for a global snapshot here on the program some of the international headlines in brief to the chilean capital santiago now where riot police fired tear gas on thousands of students and teachers who had packed out the streets demanding education reforms the protesters fought back holding rocks and other devices at the riot squads dozens injured arr

r.t. international. now russia's resolution to condemn the attack on its embassy in the ukrainian capital has been blocked in the u.n. security council by western members crowds vandalized the building in kiev throwing stones and molotov cocktails and drawing nazi symbols on the wall which they accused russia of supplying weapons to anti-government protesters in the east after an army cargo plane was shot down the head of europe's main security organization is demanding ukrainian authorities provide security for diplomatic missions in the capital artie's port scott was at the scene of the right button can see what i think is just some of the damage that's been caused over the last few hours and what we're seeing outside the russian embassy could be police say it will start saturday afternoon around one hundred four in just a rocket car that had antique russian flag cars and they were shouting to the russian ninety two to slow down for the speed tell them not this world which of the obvious pick up became

r.t. international. first this hour russian checkpoint on the border with ukraine has come in the shelling as a result a border guard has been injured with shrapnel attack occurred a self defense forces in eastern ukraine clash with the army the military said to fuse mortar fire which then hit the checkpoint it happened when refugees were crossing the border as we heard from a witness. who wanted to help people who are crossing from ukraine so i went to the border to offer my assistance there were lots of children in the refuse. to cheer them up i heard the gun far as i was coming up to the border people were screaming and running machine there were several gunshots it was very scary to see women and children crying for some time and when i came back the checkpoint was on fire. moscow has demanded explanations from care phone the assault on its territory our correspondent ryan koester of has the details fighting continues close to the russian border and according to the spokesperson of the russian border

r.t. international. american troops are going back to iraq the u.s. is sending up to two hundred seventy five personnel to protect its citizens and property there and that says large parts of the country have fall'n into the hands of al qaida linked militants known as isis the red areas prominent areas. hardest where they are in full or partial control president obama said the troops will remain in iraq until the situation improves a correspondent and to see a chicken has more. the announced goals of these new u.s. troops are to protect u.s. embassy personnel and other american interests this is according to a statement from barack obama to congress made on monday this comes as the islamist militants al qaeda affiliated group isis increasingly spreads its wings on the ground now the statement released by the white house on monday says the troops would stay in iraq until the security situation gets better additionally the mission which is yet to be officially approved by washington would focus on training iraqi troops on the ground this comes as last f

r.t. international the e.u. is coal consumption has been steadily rising you can see here compared to the use of natural gas and that's despite environmental campaigns to reduce carbon emissions and come back on the highly polluting fuels even germany known for its commitment to alternative energy is no exception as artie's pretty reports. the black hearts at the center of the green dream in germany coal is back in vogue we see. this. as regards climate mitigation it's an issue that runs deep in government they hope to be able to generate a massive eighty percent of energy from renewables like solar and wind by twenty fifty while getting rid of nuclear. and the only other option then to keep the lights on in europe's most robust economy is to increase the use of coal by thousands of tons a year that's when it was a misstep this isn't how it was planned we wanted to increase renewables while lowering c o two emissions we've done the first part but at the same time we're having to burn more coal to meet demand so

r.t. international. and first this hour europeans could face seeing bag gas applies disrupted kiev's failed to pay its gas bills and is therefore being cut off by russia has warned brussels that ukraine may start siphoning off the fuel from transit pipes running to europe let's get more on this story now from marty's piece all of it he joins us live from berlin peter good morning to you russia's energy giant has lowered the pressure in the pipelines to ukraine what's the reaction been in europe. world europe is now being braced to buy gas problem for potential disruptions to supply that they'll be receiving now this comes after ukraine's continual failure to pay off their multi-billion dollar gas bill that they have ongoing. in speaking to europe alexey miller the head of gazprom accused ukraine of dirty when it came to negotiations over a new price. but in the public interest the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government has with the prime minister wanted

r.t. international. it has been confirmed that armed american drones are patrolling the airspace over the iraqi capital while the country finds an army of jihad ists advancing from the north a u.s. official said that the drones primary task is to defend american diplomats u.s. secretary of state john kerry is also asking the kurds to stand by you because of but they've already taken control of oil centers in the city of kurd cool and kurdish authorities are now planning a referendum on independence if you can for an awful upset the prospects for iraqi kurdistan in the ongoing conflict. less than two kilometers away a stronghold of the islamic state in iraq and syria fighters from isis or as they're called in arabic have taken over the neighboring village these kurdish soldiers known as the peshmerga are are the only defense that's keeping the insurgents from marching north. so this whole area. isis fighters with snipers the militant offensive sweeping across a rock is redrawing the country's borders but

r.t. international with me andrew farmer i'm start with breaking news russia is cutting off gas supplies for ukraine after the latest deadline expired fakih have to pay some of its he has go live now to marine corps sort of a who's outside gazprom his headquarters in moscow so no more russian gas for ukraine until it starts paying some money. absolutely andrew kiev now has to pay in advance for any gas it needs from russia and in fact gas from spokesperson said get out of confirmed that's a journalist of course had the many questions as to what will happen in the future but he said that those questions will be answered in about three hours from now by the head of gas from let's listen to what he had to say. look we've said many times that today is the deadline when the debt has to be paid and since it's not starting today ukraine's now after gasoline is getting supplies according to payment you should receive zero payments which means they'll be zero she might disagree. just now let's not forget that russia has been quite patient considering the amount of money it sold we're talking about fo

r.t. international. in iraq radical islamist militants linked to al qaida are reportedly planning to take baghdad after successfully advancing in the northeast so-called islamic state in iraq and syria group has already captured the entire province of nineveh which you can see here including its regional capital the extremists then move captured the cities of baiji and to crete and their advance was halted just one hundred kilometers from baghdad it's thought the government's now asked the u.s. to carry out drone strikes against the insurgents during a port in our explains how that might mean washington engaging against its own military hardware. while leaving behind a sovereign stable and self-reliant iraq two and a half years later. the people america left behind are running away fleeing for their lives put on hold a million people have already escaped from iraq's second city mosul off the i.s.i. al forced the army to retreat reports a gunman have also sees a nearby oil refinery town iraq's prime minis

r.t. international i mean i know neal. the iraqi army has launched an offensive on the city of to create that is currently in the hands of islamist radicals the time is less than two hundred kilometers from the eventual target of the extremists and this comes as the u.s. secretary of state john kerry urged the courage to reinforce the defenses of the iraqi capital but it seems the ethnic group has other priorities not capturing the oil rich city off her cook kurdish authorities are planning to hold an independence referendum. looks at the prospects of. less than two kilometers away a stronghold of these lawmakers state in iraq and syria fighters from isis or as they're called in arabic have taken over the neighboring village. these kurdish soldiers known as the peshmerga law are the only defense that's keeping the insurgents from marching north. to this whole area dush isis fighters with snipers in the militant offensive striking with cross a rock is redrawing the country's borders but so too are the kurds as a rocky force

r.t. international. a truce brought relative calm to ukraine this week as both the army and self-defense fighters in the east agreed to hold fire until monday sporadic sporadic attacks however are still happening the cease fire plan involved a lot of diplomatic efforts and was supported by key countries including russia last friday the week long truce was declared in the east that was followed by talks between care than the self proclaimed republics for the first time since the conflict began the republic's vowed to recognize the ceasefire in the presence of russian and international monitors on wednesday the presidents of ukraine and russia as well as the french and german leaders discuss the peace process over the phone the same day the legal permission for the use of russia's military force in ukraine if needed well that was cancelled president putin's request this friday the truce was extended for three more days with anti-government forces promising to abide by it peace efforts also sort o. s. see t

r.t. international first for you this hour a russian checkpoint on the border with ukraine has come under shelling a border guard there has been injured with shrapnel the attack occurred as self-defense forces in eastern ukraine clash with the army the military said to fuse mortar fire which then hit the checkpoint on t. spoke to a man who witnessed the incident you want to help people who are suffering from ukraine so i went to the border to offer my sister there were lots of children in the refugee camp and i brought them sweets to cheer them up i heard the gunfire as i was coming up to the border people were screaming and running machine there were several gunshots it was very scary to see women and children crying for some time and when i came back the checkpoint was on fire. when moscow's demanded explanations from kiev into the assault on its territory has the details. fighting continues close to the russian border and according to the spokesperson of the russian border guards shell actually flew into russian territory and injured one of the customs officers and damaged that buildin

r.t. international we are getting reports of renewed fire on the outskirts of the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk weeks of intense attacks by the army have left paralyzed continued combat on army artillery fire of knocked out water and electricity supplies officials say almost all the hospitals have been closed while ambulances run out of petrol and it is all making life very difficult for the locals. here although you. know you could then you would not. let the detroit. news in you do in new. york where you're going to go you're going to to go. and it all comes as ukraine's president petro poroshenko promised a unilateral cease fire he said it will be brief but it's enough time to allow anti government forces to lay down their arms so the first time the president has promised to put an end to the bloodshed since he was elected. back in may on the very day of the vote he said his first presidential visit would be to the rest of it and yet screecher all that didn't happen he went instead to poland to meet barack obama and his pledge to bring peace and put an end to the fighting many time

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r.t. international next ukraine is signed a trade agreement with the e.u. the failure to sign the same deal back in november is what triggered protests and bloody conflict in the country president poroshenko says that this is only the first step towards even closer ties with europe we see the. ukraine as a european country under the forty nine article will have an opportunity. for the membership perspective this is a very important area for your premiums to work. well a financially challenge europe still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine the east commissioner for enlargement has said that kiev still needs to prove its european credentials the blocks energy commission has warned that the bailout for greece is peanuts compared to the billions that brussels would have to cough up to save kiev's ailing economy the president of the european commission says that he was not ready to integrate a country like ukraine at this stage and that is a sentiment that is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany which comes as no surprise