the descending east of the country denies those claims while moscow plans to appeal to the un security council and the violence and. carries out the now to jim o. is heard across the e.u. or member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether to allow biotech farming and that's despite u.s. pressure on brussels to ramp up global trade. this is our national life from moscow with. a radical militant group that has been denounced even by al qaida for being too violent is reportedly preparing to take the iraqi capital baghdad fighters from the islamic state in iraq and eleven have already successfully advanced in the north and they have captured the entire province of which you can see here including its regional capital pushing southeast remus took the city to crete although recent local media reports suggest the army managed to drive the jihadist out it starts the government's resorted to asking the u.s. to hit militants with drone strikes argues marine a fortnight explains how that might mean washington engaging against its own military hardware. what we're leaving behind a

moscow plans to submit a draft resolution on ukraine to the un security council the paper calls for a halt to the violence in the east of the country and for a return to the road map for settling the conflict proposed by the o.s.c. eat a month ago the russian foreign minister says the anti-government forces are ready to compromise but it's clear that must take the first step and there is a closer look at the crisis in today's edition of work world apart here on r.t. her national. now that 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 that 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. while america wants to feed the world with genetically modified food the e.u. has its reservations its environmental committee has just approved giving member states the right to limit or completely ban the

this security council -- the un security council will meet.theetary ban ki-moon urged international community to unite behind iraq as the country confronts the serious security challenge. pause, mere six-month the united states' controversial drone program is back online in pakistan. officials say a suspected u.s. missile strike targeted a militant compound early thursday in a northwestern tribal district near pakistan's border with afghanistan. at least 10 people were reportedly killed. it was the second such strikes since wednesday night. such strikes since wednesday strike since wednesday night. the leaders of the taksim square demonstrations are in court. they have been charged with organizing illegal rallies and founding a crime syndicate. last summer's protests began as a small environmental cause and spiraled into a nationwide, antigovernment movement. it was old milley put down with a brutal police crackdown -- it was ultimately put down with a brutal police crackdown. >> she is fighting for her freedom after being charged with incitin

three months ago, the un security council achieved a rare, unanimous approval of a resolution providing safe and easy access into syria. with no inroads so far. russia says the syrian regime has agreed to "drill border crossings from iraq, jordan, and turkey. here's russia's ambassador to the u.n. >> we have produced a formula that i hope will be accepted by our western colleagues. it is a far-reaching formula that will allow for crossing in which the humanitarian agencies were interested. i would like to see the resolution adopted. >> a key suspect in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi has been arrested by special forces. khattala will face trial for the assault that killed the u.s. ambassador and three americans. he could face the death penalty. this is the first breakthrough in the case that has been a sore spot for the obama administration since it happened two years ago. there are more and more questions as to why it took so long to make an arrest. washington correspondent philip crowder has more. >> the pentagon was asked why he was not apprehended earlier. this is the r

the un security council is urging an investigation into violence against journalists in eastern ukraine after a crew from a russian t.v. channel were killed by army shelling near the city of the the only survivor of the attack was the cameraman he ses the attack targeted a group of refugees he believes it was not accidental fire. the crew is filming may in fact you ation of refugees when a shell hit their group these are images of civilians leaving the scene seconds before they explode signed engineer antelope died immediately reporter was taken to hospital with a severe injuries but died on the operating table some thirty minutes after that here's how the common man described what occurred. you could who knows we went to the place where according to the information we got they were refugees self-defense groups were helping the refugees to flee the areas under attack and when i reached the forefront of the self defense activists told me to hide behind a big car and i film from that spot as self-defense activist raised his hands to show the refugees the safe path at this moment the first

on the dissenting east of the country kiev denies those claims while moscow appealed to the un security council to end the violence. russia's gas problem accuses ukraine of resorting to absurdity and blackmail saying kiev caused the breakdown of gas price talks by insisting any deal had to be on its terms. ruthless jadis group in iraq reportedly captures the best u.s. military hardware left behind after the invasion sweeping across the country's north successful offensive and now with baghdad the site. and the resulting no to g.m.o. is heard across the e.u. with member states could soon get the right to bypass brussels. good evening i'm kevin o. and this is art international coming to you live and we're starting with this this is the view of the sky above the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk last night its residents woke up to what they claim were incendiary bombs being dropped on their heads that is a weapon banned by the u.n. in kiev denies its use but here's what local residents told r.t. international. well we all saw what happened here yesterday they used rocket launchers as well as ins

western nations reportedly block a russian resolution in the un security council to condemn the assault on its embassy in kiev. is the last chance for ukraine to settle its gas agreement with russia ahead of gazprom accuses kiev of deliberately disrupting the talks. the fate of a country at stake iraq's army is beaten back by ruthless al-qaeda splinter group is spreading through the country with a plan to seize baghdad and create a new islamic state. and later when we look at the week's top stories five step up their campaigns with scotland's independence referendum now less than a hundred days away. from both sides. it's nice to have you company you with 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

rushes during a new resolution to solve the situation in ukraine to the un security council and there's a closer look at the crisis that split the country in today's edition of worlds apart here on r t international now i know that you've just returned from ukraine doesn't 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 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 curbed on the other side of the atlantic the e.u. has reached a principled decision to let individual countries have the right to ban such crops the move still has to be approved by the european parliament which has long pushed for greater international trade in g m o's even though more than half of member nations are ganske them our europe correspondent peter oliver reports. countries like he

still trying to solve the situation moscow plans to submit a draft resolution on ukraine to the un security council the paper calls for a hole to the violence in east. the country until return to the road map for settling the conflict was agreed to in geneva a month ago the russian foreign minister says the anti-government forces are ready to compromise but it's kiev that must take the first step here is a closer look at the crisis to today's edition of worlds apart right here on r.t. international. now that you've just returned from ukraine does it feel like a whole new country compared to the previous times you visit it no i think that would be overstating the fact it is true that there is a great deal of hope among some that 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. is focusing on iraq now a radical militant group that has been denounced by al-qaeda for big too violent and it's reportedly preparing now to take the iraqi capital baghdad fighters from the islamic

western nations reportedly block a russian resolution in the un security council to condemn the assault on its embassy in kiev. is the last chance for ukraine to settle its gas agreement with russia ahead of gazprom accuses kiev of deliberately disrupting the talks. the fate of a country at stake beaten back by ruthless al-qaeda splinter group is spreading through the country with a plan to seize baghdad and create a new islamic state. and later when we look at the week's top stories five. campaigns with scotland in.

dissent it's been under regular artillery fire for weeks russia has submitted a resolution to the un security council on the situation in eastern ukraine the us state department was asked to comment on the down the at alleged use of fire bombs but it spokeswoman seemed a little confused there were reports yesterday that the military is using phosphorus white phosphorus. slovyansk few very thing about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i want to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the force of thoughts from the there's some you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from some of the by the by the russians no matter the training. meanwhile a bus plus an ac crane is thought to have killed at least two people and injured several more local authorities say the vehicle belonging to one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed dinette republic denis pushilin w

descending east of the country cave denies those claims while moscow plans to appeal to the un security council and the violence and. carries out now to jim oh is heard across the e.u. or member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether to allow biotech farming and that's despite u.s. pressure on brussels to ramp up global trade.

on the dissenting east of the country kiev denies those claims while moscow appealed to the un security council to end the violence. russian gas problem accuses ukraine of resorting to absurdity and blackmail saying kiev caused the breakdown of gas price talks by insisting any deal that the be on its term. ruthless jadis group in iraq reportedly captures the best u.s. military hardware left behind after the invasion sweeping across the country's north successful offensive and now with baghdad the site.

the dissenting east of the country denies those claims while moscow plans to appeal to the un security council to end the violence. and there resoundingly no g.m.o. is heard across the e.u. where member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether to allow farming that's despite u.s. pressure on brussels to ramp up global trade.

east of the country no kiev did nice those claims well moscow says it plans to appeal to the un security council to end the violence as well. as a ruthless jihadist group in iraq reportedly captures the best u.s. military hardware left behind after the invasion sweeping across the country's north and successful offensive and with baghdad now in its sights you've got the latest on that developing story tonight. plus as well a resulting no to g.m.o. is heard across the e.u. where member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether or not to allow biotech farming despite u.s. pressure on brussels to ramp up global trade. and this is r.t. international from moscow first in this hour ukraine's interim prime minister's deliberately scuppered gas talks with russia that's according to the head of gazprom moscow says kiev's on compromising insistence on massive gas discounts effectively killed off the negotiations with the e.u. declaring support for russia's position. has been watching the deadlock. get a better idea of where these talks are going or rather not going to listen to a ra

dissenting east of the country did not those claims well moscow says it plans to appeal to the un security council to end the violence as well. as a ruthless jihadist group in iraq reportedly captures the best u.s. military hardware left behind after the invasion sweeping across the country's north and successful offensive and with baghdad now in its sights you've got the latest on that developing story tonight too.

plans to appeal to the un security council and the violence. is heard across the e.u. were member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether to.

the un security council has just finished the session focus on the ukrainian crisis we can now cross that live to the russian ambassador at the u.n. speaking about the music rock a list of some of the things which were said by most of us he said gave but also at the mr bush when she was a drawing he was trying to deliver. he described some elements of what he said was going to be a present but a shame because a peace initiative and while he was doing that he repeatedly said that not only sort of the entire world has embraced this initiative but also president putin on foreign minister lavrov supported it i doublechecked i must rise to say that this is not true it is pretty much your to talk about support for president bush and his initiative. at least put for the reason that we haven't seen it yet. this initiative was discussed was outlined by the passion of the president put them in their phone conversation yesterday and the president of putin made some comments particularly in for sizing the need to stop crying immediately and making some other comments i would regard to this initi

addressing the un security council, humanitarian chief valerie amos said out of the more than 240,000 people under siege, the u.n. could only reach about 1%. >> mr. president, in 2011, i told this council that one million people in syria needed humanitarian assistance. 10.8figure now stands at million. 1.5 million more than there were just six months ago. the number of people in need and hard-to-reach areas now stands at 4.7 million. an increase of 1.2 million since resolution 2139 was adopted in february. >> amos said some syrian opposition groups have also hindered the delivery of aid by attacking or threatening humanitarian workers. the u.s. supreme court has struck down a massachusetts law establishing a 35 foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. the law was passed in response to a history of harassment and violence including the fatal shooting of two clinic workers in massachusetts in 1990 four. the law was opposed by anti-choice protesters who gathered outside clinics in an attempt to convince patients not to have abortions. in a unanimous ruling, the court found the law was t

. >>> russia called an emergency meeting of the un-security council over the violence in ukraine. they want the fighting between the ukraine deposit and pro-russian militia to end. battles in luhansk intensified. they spread to the city. moscow denies being part of the unrest. christen saloomey is live at the united nations. we are talking about a resolution. do we have details about what is in that resolution? >> i have a copy of it here. it is short and sweet. just a page and a half long, and the rush jns are asking for a -- russians are asking for a cessation of hostilities and the opening of corridors to allow civilians in harm's way to get out and said in. it doesn't have details about how the humanitarian corridors will be enforced. that's an issue for the united nations and the office for coordination of humanitarian affairs. they want it know how the workers and civilians will be protected in the event of such corridors. we don't have a lot of information about the extent of the humanitarian crisis, that's something the russian ambassador was asked about. he talked about w

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the clashes took place near a local field where moscow submitted a draft resolution to the un security council its main point is an immediate end to the beilenson you crying russia's ambassador to the u.n. emphasized that the humanitarian situation in the region is of great concern and needs to be resolved urgently however he wasn't so happy with the reaction from his western counterparts. would talk all the time as you know also to clearly about preventive diplomacy in you to stop conflict and then some colleagues sit in the council and sort of shake their head also well maybe you know they are doing the right see this military thing they have the right to do that looking for various legal frames for this kind of when i did your good will be able to draw a good solid judit to try to stop conflict as quickly as possible. well washington is still uncertain about how to treat the civilian deaths as a result of kiev's military operation against anti-government protesters that once again became the focus of the latest state department briefing soon after the events in the guns. were still seeking

or moscow has submitted a draft resolution to the un security council its main point is an immediate end to the violence in ukraine russia's ambassador to the u.n. emphasized that the humanitarian situation in the region is of great concern and needs to be resolved urgently. how come i would talk all the time as you know also identical about preventive diplomacy above the need to stop conflict and then some colleagues sit in the council and sort of shake their head on so well maybe you know they're doing the right saying this military saying they have the right to do without looking for various legal frames for this kind of an attitude would would be a bit strong and so judit to try to stop conflict as quickly as possible while washington is still uncertain about how to treat the civilian deaths as a result of kiev's military operation against antigovernment protests that once again became the focus of the latest state department gracing soon after the events in against. were still seeking information i know there have been conflicting reports about who was responsible so right that

russia has called for an emergency session of the un security council of the continuing violence in eastern ukraine we're tracking that and bringing you all the live updates on the situation there on our website to r.t. dot com. next the man arrested over that deadly shooting rampage at the jewish museum in brussels appears to have had links to radical islamist groups in syria security video from the scene shows the gunman carrying a k forty seven assault rifle it's the same type found with the man when he was arrested the attacks fueling worries over the terror threat from europeans traveling to syria to be trained as jihad is and what they might do when they return this is what the head of the law enforcement agency had to say about it he's been raising the alarm over those visiting conflict zones and returning back to europe he worries they'll come back and commit terror attacks europol says the threats are especially evident with regards to syria. now or monday french police arrested four people with suspected links to jihad this network say recent interpol report names countries like s

syria has told the un security council it will consider humanitarian deliveries -- rubblee areas areas as an attack. is the administration of where of this and does it have a reaction? >> i'm sure the administration is aware of it. i am personally not. we will see if we can get you an answer. it may be worth checking with the ambassador's office at the united nations. they may be able to provide a more detailed outline on that. the week ahead? we have a note here? to be a while before i try to tell a joke from here again, i will tell you that. i have got that going for me. i think i'm going to do the week ahead. monday, the president will participate in a summit on working families to focus on creating a 21st-century first century workplace that works for all americans. this will be at the omni hotel in washington, d.c. the first lady and joe biden will participate. on tuesday, he will host the president's cups teams at the white house. wednesday, the president will have lunch with israeli president shimon peres at the white house. after, he will welcome jimmie johnson to honor him for

un and what appears to be a flying missile. top japanese government officials held a national security council meeting on monday to discuss the situation. prime minister shinzo abe and four cabinet members confirmed the delegation in beijing will file a strong protest against pyongyang over the missile launch. and chief cabinet secretary yoshiri suga said the talks will go on. >> translator: it's also an opportunity to talk about security concerns such as missiles and nuclear programs. >> reporter: an expert on north korean politics says he believes officials in pyongyang were well aware of the impact the missile launches would have. >> translator: i think north korean leader anticipated japan's protest, but they want to test japan's determination towards continuing dialogue and observing the bilateral agreement. i think japanese officials should appeal to the international community that the development of dialogue between the two nations is a step toward resolving not only the abduction issue but also the missile and nuclear programs. >> reporter: japanese government leaders will evaluate if the north korean panel can effectively con

security council condemned the attack and urged an investigation russia's envoy to the un bitterly churkin said right now the conditions for reporters in ukraine a worse than they were even during the iraq invasion. but. with a lot of experience in other conflict areas of this for the first time the few there they are being targeted by government forces never before in various i mean if they were pointing out that even during saddam hussein times when baghdad was being. invaded by the u.s. troops of the journalists could could operate them but no physical problems arose for them from the government this is not the case a bit until now. the marquis has military offensive in eastern ukraine shows no sign of letting up three civilians an elderly woman and a married couple were killed on the outskirts of slavyansk on choose day weeks of continued shelling of devastated the city with four churches also coming under fire since kiev launched its operation in april and now footage from the neighboring city of kramatorsk local militia there say nine people were seriously injured when shells it self

just withdrawn from the un human rights council and he was, the ad said if the united states continues to behave in this way saudi arabia might have to take action to deal with security in it's own region in it's own way. this was intended as a threat which i found really interesting. the idea that they might have to act more -- >> the saudi military is perhaps the most worthless in a region of worthless military. >> my first response was, a, that will be the day. and b, okay. i don't perceive that as a threat. that's kind of what we'd like you to start doing. like the middle east, the 30 years war, i take your point. we may just have differences. clear through key concern of the united states government is the concern of the united states but i'm not willing to say we should just stand back and let this region consume itself. i do feel that because what we're talking about when we're talking about letting these young men fight it is out is massive instability, massive suffering, massive displacement and i am really not willing to support a policy that says let's just stand back and let it burn out. >> problem is nothing we can do will change it. >> yeah, you know, t

un's human rights council. the op-ed said that if the united states continues to behave in this way, saudi arabia i'd have to take action to deal with security in its own region and own way. this was intended as a threat. i found the kind of interesting. the fact that they might have to act. perhapsaudi military is the most worthless in the region of worthless militaries. >> my first thought was, that will be the day. i don't perceive that as a threat. that is what would you would -- we would like you to start doing. i take your point about the middle east 30 years war. clearly, the key concern of the united states government is the security of the united states. i'm not willing to say that we should just stand back and left this region consume itself. -- let this region consume itself. what we're talking about his massive instability, suffering, displacement. i'm not willing to support a policy that just says let's stand back and let it burn out. >> the problem is that nothing we can do will change it. >> that is a separate point i just not am sure i can completely agree on. that stateshe idea as we know it are completely dissolving is a cr