From NPR News in Washington, I'm Louis Givony.Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko is hailing the retreat of pro-Russian insurgents from Slavyansk,a key rebel stronghold in the east.The rebels say they will regroupand Poroshenko says that while the victory was not total,it was a significant turning point in the fight for Ukraine's territorial integrity.Civilians in eastern Ukraine are increased risk since June 30th ceasefire ended.Lisa Sline reports from Geneva thatUN human rights monitors say numerous people, including a five-year-old girl have been killed in recent days.UN monitors say civilians in Donetsk and Luhansk increasingly are caught in the crossfire between armed groups and the Ukrainian government.They reports of the use of landmines which allegedly have killed three people and injured several others.The UN spokeswoman Mivinda Shadisoni says strong hate speech from all sides poses a great threat.We are particularly concerned and disturbed by a message on the website of one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republicwhich states that I quote underage children and women are legitimate targetsand the goal is to immerse them in horror.Shadisoni says such incitement of violence is a violation of international human rights law.From NPR News, I'm Lisa Sline in Geneva.A great white shark bit a swimmer at the Los Angeles beach this morning.As NPR's Daniel Heiges tells us
