Fighting escalates between Georgia and Russia  
 

Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's president, has called for an immediate ceasefire to the conflict in South Ossetia, adding that Russia has launched a "full-scale military invasion".  

The Georgian town of Gori, 30km from the breakaway region, is the home to a military base but it is civilians that have borne the brunt of the Russian assault.

Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from Gori.

 
 

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