RT News - August 02, 2014 (12:00 MSK)

Israel steps up its offensive in Gaza, killing more than a hundred Palestinians overnight, while hunting for a soldier it claims was captured by Hamas. The civilian death toll mounts as the Ukrainian army tightens the noose around the self-proclaimed republics in the East of the country. That's as a second RT-affiliated journalist is deported from the country. And, coming clean on hush-hush torture tactics. Barack Obama confesses, ahead of a report on CIA interrogation techniques, as analysts anticipate more disturbing revelations.