r.t. international. headlines for this hour the first to ever one on one meeting between vladimir putin and ukraine's president has taken place at an international summit in the to discuss the crisis in eastern ukraine but there was no breakthrough which could help to end the violence there. now with details. the talks lasted for several hours for almost two hours as a matter of fact and they finished well after midnight the conversation revolved around the situation in eastern ukraine the russian president said that they did not discuss the terms of the cease fire but if you go to should be we didn't talk in detail about it and frankly speaking russia can propose any conditions for a cease fire. agreements between. 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 having said that russian president also mentioned that moscow and have agreed that you can in tearing aid is indeed needed in the south eastern regio

r.t. international. video showing renewed demonstrations square with plumes of smoke back again a flashback to november of last year we'll have to continue covering it national international trade specialist thank you very much. over at our web site right now. every road in one of the affected reactors. could take longer. the full story online right now. because the devastating earthquake in china the death toll that does continue to rise the images on these and other stories. it's good to have you with us today given a tip off about a large. russian police expected little more than a routine raid and arrests to be made or they didn't count on however was a formidable. way. it started as an ordinary drugs rate investigators were checking reports about wild cannabis growing on a private property in central russia the reports turned out to be true on the ground they found hundreds of marijuana plants some measuring more than six feet tall that's around two meters but the other thing they found almost ruine

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 bombed. by one of the latest strikes to a pulp and blocks right in the city center were attacked in a week of

r.t. international with me thanks for joining us anti-government forces in ukraine are advancing further into the country's southeast and they've taken control of the city of. it's on the coast right now aiming to take over the region's second biggest city of mariupol ukrainian army continues its shelling of cities in the eastern region. if you. are going to i think you are going to be. very resourceful or to be thank you even before you go over theory fury about a thousand criminal cases have been opened against ukrainian soldiers for evasion of service desertion and defections in a recent case over sixty troops crossed into russia seeking refuge now the losses of the ukrainian army continue to grow official statistics from kiev suggesting over seven hundred soldiers have been killed and over two thousand have been wounded though the government is accused of underreporting antique here forces claim the army has lost more than fourteen thousand soldiers both killed and wounded and in kiev over four hundred people have picketed the president's administration they say the earth or piece of aban

r.t. international the u.s. government has hundreds of thousands of seemingly innocent people on its terrorist watch list according to the very latest revelations in the media but the secret information this time it wasn't leaked by edward snowden there's a new insider in town and washington is scrambling to track him down his guy nature . online news source the intercept published an article this tuesday titled barack obama's secret terrorist tracking system by the numbers where its authors will unwind of the off site an unnamed source in the intelligence community the documents that the sources provided to journalists cast aware light on 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 po

r.t. international. in the last stage of its mission to crush antigovernment forces in eastern ukraine the army is pounding cities and towns with shells and bombs i will used to be a village now looks like this scared locals of suffering not only from the constant fighting but there's also a massive shortage of food water and electricity and in order to bring some relief to the conflict zone russia is trying to send tons of humanitarian aid for the conflict is stuck at the border and. now explains why. food water medicine as well as warm blankets and sleeping bags welcome relief at a time of despair. this russian convoy has hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid destined for eastern ukraine and its help that saudi needed four months of and to terror to ration has their towns and rooms more than two thousand people dead and many without clean water to drink. but a whole ritual which are more. which. will overwhelm a very. marketable injury double what you've got to punish for the cure when are you on the jo

r.t. international. control of government strongholds in the east supporting its promises with heavy weapons and more attacks. a tit for tat exchange of sanctions between the west and russia making european business now looking for compensation for a multi-billion dollar losses they're now faced with. after a few days silence the roar of returns to gaza is the ceasefire between hamas and israel and the palestinian civilians finding themselves right in the middle of a humanitarian catastrophe. and the u.s. returns to iraq as president obama authorizes airstrikes against militants in the north of the country but washington now having to fight exactly the same group it's been supporting and in syria. headlines over the weekend of today welcome to the weekly on r.t. international with me rule received. the heavy is moving towards. the ukrainian army prepares to use full force on the city not that it hasn't already been extensively shelled and heavily bombed. one of the latest strikes to apartment blocks righ

r.t. international for the meantime on our web site r.t. dot com find out how kiev doesn't seem at all ball though to what about the whereabouts of a russian photo journalist missing in the country for two weeks now. and still to come a bit later in the program here on r.t. international the u.s. steps up its offensive in iraq american warplanes support kodesh forced forces in an assault on the country's largest. that's what the british prime minister calls for even more involvement in the fight against jihadists. and they say that lightning strikes the same place twice and that would be true unless you get your hands on. something like that one of those machines that has the ability to domesticate. rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria but we still should be doing everything we can do for the free syrian opposition who will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these

r.t. international we take a look at how the group is actually winning the hearts and minds. and if he wants the veil of secrecy lifted from negotiations over a trade deal between the e.u. and us pushing brussels to make details of the talks in public. the worldwide headlines live from moscow welcome to the program on r.t. international i'm real research and government forces in ukraine are advancing further into the country's southeast they've taken control of the city. on the coast there and they're now aiming to take over the region's second biggest city of mariupol now the ukrainian army meantime continues its shelling of cities all across the eastern region. five. oh. oh thank you thank you you thank. before you go over thank you. thank you. thank you thank you but apparently it's not just civilians who have grown a war weary about a thousand criminal cases have been opened up against ukrainian soldiers for invasion of service desertion and defections in a recent case over sixty troops crossed into russia seeking refuge now the losses of the ukrainian army continue to gr

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 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 erupting and most certainly we can get in front of our eyes to d.t.r. gas was fired at le

r.t. international we did manage to get some of counts of what's happening online my parents and relatives there on the ground there are no gunshots anymore only by arguments and they're aimed at residential houses which are being destroyed this is you ation is critical the signs don't work emergency services on fixing their electricity quickly enough there are empty shelves in the stores people are scared to go outside to buy food in the street markets and the prices they are astronomically high. now the crisis was of course in the spotlight during the latest u.n. security council session but it seems that kiev's representatives don't share the views of their own citizens so there is no new humanitarian crisis in ukraine as it is continued to be portrayed by our russian colleagues while the russian ambassador has called for swift international efforts to stop civilian suffering moscow in fact initiated the emergency meeting of the un security council more details now from the u.n. headquarters in new york with parties alexy oceans. the situation is getting grave every day that is accordin

r.t. international. in moscow people in east ukraine second biggest city of lugansk say life has become unbearable since the army troops began. half of the residents have abandoned their homes and with essentially no water power or food supplies the city council has announced a humanitarian crisis the phone connections have all been severed social networks are boiling with attempts to get any information from those left trapped in lugansk here's some of what's been reported by a senior u.n. human affairs of fish. insecurity and violence prevail in conflict areas resulting in a steady worsening of the humanitarian situation fighting has caused significant damage to infrastructure affecting the power and water supplies and access to basic services health supplies are running low and an estimated seventy percent of health personnel have fled and this will continue to deteriorate for as long as violence persists the report was part of the latest un security council session where the east ukraine crisis was o

r.t. international with me rory sushi i thank you for joining us anti-government forces in ukraine have launched a counter offensive and out advancing on key areas in the country's southeast then i'll talk getting at mario paul which is the region's second biggest city our correspondent paula has the very latest from eastern ukraine. government forces are making advances in southeastern ukraine they've taken over the town of navarre as adults and they're now aiming for the city of mario paul which is the second largest city in the region all of this comes as the media sensationalizes what is happening on the ground with over the top some would say headlines such as a russian invasion incursions on the russian border none of these media reports back up these kind of statements with any kind of evidence all the hard facts it might be fueled by the fact that on monday evening some ten russian soldiers crossed over the russian ukrainian border into ukrainian territory now moscow has. said that this was unintentional that the soldiers were patrolling the border it's a border that's very seldom signpo

r.t. international so it's ukraine's fifth largest city with a population of nearly a million last year forbes named it the most attractive city for doing business in the whole country it's also one of the state's main economic hubs as well being the center of the nation's mining industry as well now just two years ago it drew tens of thousands of football fans from all across europe when it was a host city for the euro twenty twelve or championships how things changed even getting out of the area is dangerous indeed that dash cam video right there showing a rocket presumably from a missile launcher hitting the highway the driver had a lucky escape but most of the people trying to get away from the violence are fleeing to russia or if national went to one of those border crossings. in each of these cars individual stories of anger uncertainty and to loss. these ukrainians are fleeing their homes for russia after months of conflict has left well over one thousand civilians dead and reduced whole cities to rubble the people in these cars have already spent six or seven hours sitting in line wait

r.t. international. terrified and starving in the wilderness thousands of iraqi minorities flee for their lives from the jihadist rampage in the capital the prime minister is busy trying to tighten his political grip this a more author a short break. but. if you. would you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy like ours. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across several we've been hijacked by handful of trans national corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built by john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on. we go beyond identifying. rational debate real discussion critical issues. ready to join the movement then walk. back to our top story in ukraine now and former u.s. congressman ron paul says washington may be hiding the truth about the tragic malays

r.t. international the rest of your top world headlines just a sec. in fish farms waters do you have a problem a because. i saw it spread all over norway is the most toxic food you have in the whole world prophet drowns out an official inquiry furthermore tells restrictions. really knows what's inside the feeling of fish. odd. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others the few still notice. the faces changing the world lights never. grow. old picture of today's lives. on demand from around the globe. dr. devi. cool. cool. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of war mongering politicians. capturing people is this what do you do if the innocent killing them easy we were serve the right to kill any person anywhere any time you. make it look you can but they can't throw them out so well that makes these things are. politicians. a new kind of power this technology savvy is very tempting. 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

r.t. international. this week's or new spiral of violence in gaza after a three day truce between israel and hamas expired on friday the sides reverted to the use of force again with palestinian civilians suffering the most in the crossfire. he was. one of. a month long conflict that has claimed more than one thousand nine hundred lives as left gaza ruin and the return of hostilities brings the region even closer to that of a humanitarian disaster tens of thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged by israeli strikes universities hundreds of schools and mosques were rendered into rubble reports say half a million people were displaced that's almost a third of the population for more than a million civilians there's no fresh drinking water and we talk to medics without borders advising michelle back from the hospital she says the israeli strikes achieve only one thing and it's the death of civilians. morning it's seven kilometers long and thirty kilometers high so it's one point seven million people livi

r.t. international sliced through the spin with breaking the set while in the u.k. there's a look at how sanctions will affect the global economy that's in boom bust stay with us. you got a lot of sneering and negative press for your engagements here in russia especially for your public appearances with food anyone though they weren't explicitly politically or just groups supporting sports one of the things that certain people who she has become very adept at is controlling the media for example right here c.n.n. do i think c.n.n. is you know completely telling it like it is no i think it's a have an agenda i think through genda is is bought and paid for. the belief. in genesis but it's huge and it's vulgarize ation over darwin science punishment for an uncommitted crying i was never the instrument could be innately feebleminded still today for the few i don't know why he you know his blood by the still the i don't know why genetic improvement through forced sterilization the basis for nazi ideology you don't stop at just sterilizing you have no consent now go to th

r.t. did it's eastern ukraine. international law expert alexander macoris joins us live now to discuss the release of the russian soldiers who've been detained for five days in ukraine alexander good to speak to you. just to start with there was that previous incident where ukrainian troops they crossed the russian border several times by all accounts they were released the bulk of them within just warm day why do you think the russian paratroopers there were detained by ukrainian officials for the best part of a week. because the ukrainian government wanted to milk the incident all political publicist says they're trying to argue and have been trying to argue for a long time that they're not really fighting enough for the people of the eastern ukraine but that they're fighting the russian army so here they had ten russians actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to parade them and put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that

r.t. international. in other news don't yet going to eastern ukraine has enjoyed another twenty four hours of heavy shelling from the ukrainian army rocket launches have once again ripped entire neighborhoods apart at least two locals have been killed the hospital also came under fire in the center of dawn yet two buildings were damaged you can see shattered glass everywhere locals say the hospital was fired out from a short distance some patients were transported to nearby hospitals others were moved to the basement. with just moved. this is a naturally over. criticism. for thousands of citizens of eastern ukraine shelling and bombing has become an everyday gruesome reality people now 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 did and way they did being buried among the living idea occurring. under this mound of dirt lies the love of puddles life his wife media where. we were. puzzled takes me to the p

r.t. did its eastern ukraine. earlier international law expert alexander mercurius joined us to this just the release of the russian soldiers who had been held for five days in ukraine. training government want you to. listen. they're trying to argue and have been trying to argue for a long time that they're not really fighting the people of the eastern ukraine but that they're fighting the russian army so here they had ten russian actually jen. actual us soldiers and they were able to grade them and to live on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own the evidence does not look which will convince me that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have un convincing evidence if people want to believe and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven he that respect. meanwhile the self-proclaimed authorities and the nats say they have a large ukraine's army to take their w

r.t. international with me role research from the entire news team here welcome to the program in the last stage of its mission to crush anti-government forces in eastern ukraine the army's been pounding cities and towns with shells and bombs were used to be a village now looks like this locals are suffering not only from constant fighting but there's also a massive shortage of food water and electricity and in order to bring some relief to the conflict zone russia is trying to send tons if humanitarian aid but the convoy remains stuck at the border explanation now with. food water medicine as well as warm blankets and sleeping bags welcome relief at a time of despair. this russian convoy has hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid destined for eastern ukraine and its help that saudi needed four months of end to terror appear ation has the towns and rooms more than two thousand people dead and many without clean water to drink. water which you will which are more. than forty . below are not a very. marketable initially credible what you've got to punish you if you were in niger and the troubl

r.t. international it's another fired up episode of crosstalk stay with us. baltimore is considering making their curfew for minors even stricter for the last twenty years children caught on the street up until midnight were in deep trouble with the police but now this will be made even earlier starting at nine or ten pm depending on their age and the day of the week can the government impose a curfew on youths well yes if we think about it people under eighteen can't sign contracts join the army smoke cigarettes or vote because they're legally not responsible for their own actions so yeah that whole freedom of association guaranteed by the constitution really only applies once you're an adult who can in theory be responsible for associating with certain people on a street corner at midnight although legally this is ok ideologically there's something wrong with the idea i remember hearing in school all the talk about living in the greatest country on earth and how many freedoms we have in america but the problem is that it is hard for teenagers to believe all

r.t. international with me rory sushi thanks for joining us today the ukrainian troops encircled by anti government fighters in the east of the country have received support from the russian president vladimir putin has called on the militia to release the soldiers to avoid pointless casualties the details now from. she's currently in eastern ukraine while the russian president vladimir putin has called on the anti government fight is to late ukrainian soldiers out of the encirclement he is calling on them to allow those soldiers that are inside the combat zone to be free the russian president pointing out that they were not there because of their own will but they simply acting on orders the prime minister of the demands for public has responded by saying they will do this on one condition and that all of those girls can just we are ready to provide humanitarian corridor for ukrainian soldiers on the condition that they hand they've been heavy weaponry and i mean if she says in the future these weapons can't be used against us. now there have been wide scale protests inside the ukrainian capital w

r.t. international. thanks for joining us today now this handshake right here was the key moment of an international summit on shoes day. and ukraine's president held their first official one on one meeting a short time ago i spoke about their meeting with. this was a meeting that everybody here in misc was waiting for with their breasts abated literally for hours and once it was over russian guy's name came out it was dressed obviously discussing some of the most pressing issues that were touched upon during the conversation with president poroshenko now one of the models for the biggest concerns in this regard is the issue of possible cease fire in south east of ukraine where fighting continues to rage now russian president has reiterated the point that was previously made by moscow on several occasions and that is the fact that this issue continues to be an internal issue in ukraine and russia can only play the role of a facilitator and the dispute but if you're good in that it should be we didn't tal

r.t. international tonight ukraine's army pound is the center of the antique you have stronghold the net 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 its global partners but will not tolerate being patronized by them either that statement from president putin as he addresses senior politicians in crimea also. the broader police forces in missouri unleashed their heaviest crackdown on protesters yet during a fourth night of unrest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a cop. and as western governments step up military aid to iraq there's trouble brewing on the home front with more jihadist volunteers being recruited openly on the streets of some european cities. good evening i'm kevin i when you're watching r.t. international thanks for your company our top story this the locals in donetsk is saying that resistance harbors come under the most intense bombing to date at least two civilians reportedly killed today and ten injured as shells showered the center of the region's largest city for t

r.t. international with me will receive from the entire news team here welcome to the program the ukrainian army and ukraine unceasing the forces pushing on with their operation to crush the anti-government forces there several villages outside the latest targets to be smashed and show you a church that came under during the evening you can see how badly damaged very little of the roof left most of the walls and been turned into rubble. it shouldn't be you know how do you decide who gets not. very well for you bill of crimea teacher. you can do some of them duty now weeks of fighting and shelling have left thousands of people in the east struggling to find any food a russian issue monetary an aid though is being distributed in lugansk with anti government forces also handing out supplies to the struggling citizens of done yet sc r t correspondent with more. these men have seen some of the worst fighting in this conflict but there's one thing they find even worse life is trying to destroy the local population their own people basically those who survived kiev's onslaught are slowly starving

r.t. international air an aid crunches the numbers in britain but stay with us. it was recently revealed that under the guise of an hiv prevention workshop and as tourists you know latin americans were sent to cuba by the u.s. government to overthrow that government yes the u.s. agency for international development organized for these young people to go to cuba to recruit and set up new political activists however the infiltrators were not very good at their jobs and the cuban authorities were able to nab these well funded travelers in their country this is nowhere near the first time that the u.s. government has tried to meddle in cuba in two thousand and nine usa he tried to set up a twitter like program to organize people in cuba and we can't forget about the ill fated cuban television airplane that was supposed to bombard the island with western media that was totally blocked by the government during the cold war i could see the justification to dominate cuba if the us didn't have influence in a country that automatically the soviets did but now what is the j

r.t. international. meanwhile the turkish prime minister has accused israel of deliberately killing palestinian mother and children this september the one said the country was attempting to create a master race just like hitler once tried and there was also plenty of end to israeli sentiment in jordan crowds gathered outside the u.s. embassy in amman burning american and israeli flags and into their lungs sounds of the town of a rally in support of the people of gaza demonstrators lay flowers on top of small coffins representing palestinians killed by israeli airstrikes so. now there may be strong words from the united states against israel bombing gaza but it's quite different behind the scenes after the break we'll tell you about the new documents revealing the scale of washington's involvement it israel's military operations. i marinate join me. into impartial and financial reporting very interview and much much. only on the bus and. in justifying their stance they're citing all sorts of what they see

r.t. international. will be back with honest here throughout the day of course you can also follow her on twitter for updates on pictures as events happen. in the in the. in other news a convoy of aid from russia is on its way to look ganske a week after local officials declared a humanitarian disaster in the eastern ukrainian city kiev and moscow reached agreement on the mission which will be led by the red cross live now to maria from national in the besieged city i'm really good to see you here the conditions are worsening there in lugansk our locals coping absolutely we just came back from the ganske and it's in ukraine and we have to tell you that the situation on the ground is very dramatic and dangerous from humanitarian point of view we've heavy artillery challis now continuing people have to shelter in the basement there is no electricity in most of the cities districts because power station was damaged in the shalyn again and connection is also very unstable so people cannot even call for help

r.t. international officials have imposed a state of emergency and a curfew in the u.s. town of ferguson where a police officer shot dead an unarmed black teenager just a week ago at the move came off the looting early on saturday and nights of protests public outrage over the killing is not losing paces people again hit the streets for yet another rally but what started as a local protest boiled over into a spate of nationwide rallies are spreading to some ninety cities across america all the way from washington to the city of angels los angeles demonstrators are all over the country demanded their security forces be held accountable for their actions witnessing the public rage for. was was. a community filled with rage sorrow and grief as demanding justice was ferguson missouri is a small town with twenty thousand residents. many of them took to the streets after a black teenager was shot dead by a police officer five it's a loss that's shaken the community to its core just yet now three there's no reason it was a young man should be murdered in cold blood thousands ha

r.t. international and straight back to live pictures right here from ferguson missouri the u.s. it's now one twenty five in the morning heavy rain but still a very. heavy police presence as well we were seeing pictures of many crowds outside despite the curfew put in place the police have been firing tear gas the latest reports but i know the latest pictures for you here as well of rubber bullets being used in the us to. protest rally the security forces move against the crowd softer a few was broken have been imposed following nights of riots often officers shot dead an unarmed black teen last saturday people have been outraged at both the killing but also the military style tactics being used to crack down on the peaceful protests again those are the latest pictures right here from ferguson's misery. no preparations on his side ten twenty five here in the russian capital thanks for joining us up next on our international focus on a boycott looking at what nato's eastwood's expansion to sweden might now mean for the current standoff between russia and the west. in december two

r.t. international. news team here. government forces in ukraine are advancing further into the country's southeast they have taken control of the. right on the coast and then a minute take over the region's biggest city of mariupol the ukrainian army meantime continues its shelling of cities all across the eastern region. i was ready for one hundred thirty. thirty. three years or so to get thank you thank you thank you thank you theory furious but apparently it's not just civilians who have grown war weary about a thousand criminal cases have been opened against ukrainian soldiers for evasion of service desertion and defections in a recent case over sixty troops crossed into russia seeking refuge now the losses of the ukrainian army continue to grow the official stats from kiev suggesting over seven hundred soldiers have been have been killed over two thousand wounded but the government is accused of underreporting of the anti kiev forces claiming the army has lost something more like fourteen thousand soldiers whether

r.t. international. the ukrainian army says it's getting ready to take lugansk and yet skin the east street by street building by building the two cities a regional capital centers of anti-government resistance and now the target of a fierce military campaign but at least four people were killed in the latest attack on lugansk the army shelling has left much of the city in ruins i just take a look at a map of the areas that have been hit this is what was plotted by local residents and as you can see it's pretty comprehensive stuff there really isn't a location that is escaped the onslaught. the five hundred thousand people who used to live there almost half an hour left where if a national reports now from the russia ukraine border where thousands are fleeing the water. it's the final countdown for lugansk and demands he warns for now eastern ukraine remains under the control of and together meant forces the challenge in the region is intensifying who tried to cross the border to cover grevilleas to come

r.t. international civilian drones are now so popular in the u.s. the law to control them is failing to keep up let's show you an online map right here of commercial flights over america that we've taken in the last few hours from a flight radar twenty four dot com it really shows just how busy the skies over america normally are and this is actually the main reason why some critics say civilian drones are on the wanted guests in this space well perhaps their worries justified because the number of make coalitions has risen in direct correlation with the increased number of drones in operation well it was in march that a u.s. airways pilot reported a near miss with a tiny drone over tallahassee airport in florida then la guardia in new york registered a black a drone zipping towards a larger aircraft just seven hundred meters above lower manhattan and planes near los angeles near the pool that they said they want soren unidentified aircraft the size of a rubbish bin right outside their windows these are only three of fifteen registered cases let's g

r.t. international on rory sushi in moscow what has happened to portugal's banking system why is it on the brink of collapse all over again that's next. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of war mongering politicians. capturing people is this what do you do if there isn't killing them easy we reserve the right to kill any person anywhere any time. they can you don't listen but they can drown the number of makes these things are very dangerous and politicians gain a new kind of power. our vienna's technology sad is very tempting. once you deal in fish farms waters today you have a problem because. i say spread all over and over is the most toxic food you have in the whole world through transit drama zones an official inquiry furthermore tells restrictions. that. really knows what's inside the feeling of fish. as trained. in december as he hasn't and. more likely to be raped in college than in the real world.

r.t. international two missiles have been fired from gaza into israeli territory as the truce between the sides has now expired earlier both parties pledged to renew fighting if the ongoing peace talks in cairo failed the month long conflict has already claimed almost nine hundred lives of course most of the dead being palestinian civilians correspondent reports right now from the crown. well the situation is extremely tense it's a lecture ik here in the west bank over the last month of the crisis we've seen real increasing tension over one hundred twenty palestinians have been arrested just in the last eight days on tuesday more than two dozen arrested overnight we've seen several killed in clashes with israeli troops and the human rights watch here on the ground says that at least some of the coliseum a protest was ostensibly constitutional crime a face she was crimes result of these rainfall is used here the situation has its own kind of crisis and we've seen vast amount of terror and efforts here in the west bank for the gaza strip gaza has on has experienced incredible human loss of

r.t. international now there have been a series of incidents at a russian checkpoint on the border with ukraine a russian t.v. crew from these vesta channels as a shell fired from the ukrainian side exploded near them earlier on sunday european security monitors confirm they witnessed a separate attack while another shell reportedly damaged a nearby residential home on the russian side with more on the. a group of always see observers were at the checkpoint at the time along with border guards and customs services officials and so only a shell had detonated thankfully no one got injured but the federal security service claims that the show came from the ukrainian side and there are also reports that another show had landed in a village nearby also on russian territory and this isn't the first time that russia that area comes under fire as the fighting in eastern ukraine continues and this definitely only aggravates the situation since one person is already being killed why in a similar incidents another show came from also the ukrainian side and we have heard statements from several senior russ

r.t. international. the ukrainian army says it's in the last stages of its operation in the east of the country they claim street fights underway. as it pushes out government forces this is what constant shelling has been doing to the city as you can see it there i mean four civilians were killed in the latest attacks and local say they don't know why they're being targeted. do you think i'll just tell you. but i think. you're. a son so you must think the president. of the lower portion of. your property. well apart from the constant fighting on destruction locals in eastern ukraine is suffering from shortages of food water and electricity russia is trying to send humanitarian aid to the conflict zone the convoy is stuck at the border with the sides trying to agree how to get it through re maria phenomena is that. a few over six hours of negotiations with russian border control the international red cross spokesperson has said that both russian and ukrainian governments have agreed on the humanitarian ai

r.t. international live pictures right now as a clear up operation has started on central square the city your stories have made another attempt to rid my band of ten sun barricades but protesters are burning yet more tires apparently angry at the decision again you're looking at live pictures right here from central kiev the tense of being on my down since november last year when the anti-government protests first erupted. we're back with more on that breaking news in half an hour's time of the rest of your world headlines for this saturday on arts and international at the next top of the hour for now though max keiser takes. during a press briefing president barack obama said something very unusual and used a certain term you'll almost never hear from a government bureaucrat he told the audience that in the immediate aftermath of nine eleven we america did some things that were wrong we did a whole lot of things that were right but we tortured some folks here it is a rare thing to hear someone in the white house admit to torturing people after nine eleven but the question is why did he

r.t. international we're coming to you live from moscow it's now nine pm in the russian capital it's good to have you with us. the ukrainian army says it's in the last stages of its operation in the east of the country they claim street fights underway and done yet going to ganske as it pushes out government forces now this is what constant shelling has been doing to the cities at least four civilians were killed in the latest attacks and locals say they don't know why they're being targeted. do you think you are just cold but you can. make sure. you're feeling for the night so you must tell you the best thing in. the world we're going to push it we are. probably. well apart from the constant fighting and destruction locals in east ukraine is suffering from shortages of food water and electricity russia is trying to send humanitarian aid to the conflict zone but the convoy is stuck at the border with the sides trying to agree how to get it through maria phenomena joins me live with more marie is there and he saw and then could see that this convoy will be crossing the border any time soon

r.t. international. the very heart of dawn yet has been bombed by the ukrainian military which says it's part of the final stage of freeing the city from local militia be aware that some of what we're about to show you contains graphic images videos appearing 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 woman who pays to have lost an arm in the assault is seen being helped to a car at least eleven people were killed in the latest bombardment over the last three days of a 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 and don't yet say that alongside the now familiar sound of bombing came this video can't be verified but locals claim it shows incendiary devices being used similar to those apparently deployed by the military during the blockade of another eastern city a f

r.t. international we're coming to you live from moscow where it's in the russian caps and it's good to have you with us. police in the city of. a struggling to contain riots which are into a fool for the night it follows the killing of teenager michael brown by an officer security forces five to gas off to being attacked with molotov cocktails reportedly injuring a policeman escalade trying to say who's in focus and for good to see that the situation seems to be deteriorating then talk us through what's happening that is in fact the case actually just seconds ago a huge explosion went off right next to us as a police car was driving down the central street in ferguson huge explosion we don't know what it is we do see police cars leaving now this comes just minutes after the actually fired protesters as yet again for yet another night in a row police have been clashing with protesters coming out onto the streets following the death of eighteen year olds on armed michael brown are we know that of course for all of these nights after night police and protesters have been clashing there have be

r.t. international live from moscow where it's two am good to have you with us high level that widespread condemnation tonight of another israeli strike on a un school in gaza at least ten people died they were queuing for food at the gates at the time the u.s. state department says it's appalled by the disgraceful shelling well the united nations secretary-general ban ki moon calls the attack a moral outrage and a criminal act the i.d.f. had earlier signaled that it's winding down its operation along the border fear reports from the heart of the conflict. i would this is say that the israeli air force struck a motorcycle just outside of a proprietary boys school in the rougher city we know that at least ten palestinians were injured we believe all of them were civilians at least four children now the united nations has of course condemned this attack but the united nations has made clear that historically and recently it's told us throughout the precise location of this structure and the fact that in this school there are around three thousand palestinian civilians seeking refuge well th

r.t. international we take a closer look at the child boxing debate in the us. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here not in here in iraq back story. there's a reason they don't want an. outbreak and let's break the set. this is a media lead us so we need to be part of the scene to secure. your party there's a goal in question is that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . well in your. face i think your life you know. it was. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. there was tension is sanctions against russia and obviously russia every tallied and. confrontational rather it goes on and on what do you think about sanctions that is another way of solving economy and business hostage to politics is russia did invade east ukraine i mean i don't think. the west or russia would trade lives and. you know this is no easy rifle wrong but it. is better than complex. as a baby jordan was just a typical baby. he met milestones and was ahead of the curve on a few. very social and great e

r.t. international today thanks. well the first let's bring you back to these pictures here plumes of thick black smoke is the scene in central kiev of the very latest pictures showing tires burning on my down square of course this is where the antigovernment revolt originally started last year and some of the tents and barricades were still there the city your authority started dismantling them on wednesday a similar tactics were used before in the winter when protesters burned hundreds of tires across the city to prevent the riot police from advancing on their camps. good to have you with us it's r t international for you today a ceasefire in gaza still holding but it's feared it won't last much longer it's after the sides fail to agree on extending the truce now the month long conflict has already claimed up to one thousand eight hundred lives most of the victims palestinian civilians and as correspondent harry fear reports only a handful of them are ever lucky enough to get the adequate medical attention they so

r.t. international will be very closely following the discussions all throughout the day . for the meantime here on our team international to more journalists who were detained in ukraine have been released they were a correspondent on photographer for a crimea based newspaper and fortunately there's still no word on the missing photo journalist under a stone and he disappeared in ukraine now three weeks ago and numerous campaigns for his release have been held across the world backed by calls from the un russia and international human rights organizations and we're posting updates on the search for understand in via our web site. it's all to international american drones will soon be flying over the syrian airspace surveilling the position of islamic state militants that are the move was approved by the american president making it a possible precursor for asterix however washington made this decision without any approval whatsoever from the syrian government is still officially considers assad to be an enemy and now there's mounting speculation that the u.s. will eventual

r.t. international top story this hour israel has announced a seven hour cease fire in most parts of gaza to come into effect on monday it comes after its forces shelled a un school even as reports were coming in that soldiers were withdrawing to israel the school shelling left at least ten people dead bystanders say that many were queuing for food at the gates at the time of the strike and the u.s. state department says it's appalled by the disgraceful shelling while the un secretary-general ban ki moon calls the attack a moral outrage and a criminal act the i.d.f. had earlier signaled that it's winding down its operation along the border reports from the heart of the conflict. i would this is say that the israeli air force struck a motorcycle just outside of a proprietary boy's school in the rougher city we know that at least ten palestinians were injured we believe all of them were civilians at least four children now the united nations has of course condemned this attack but the united nations has made clear that historically and recently it's told us throughout the precise location o