i knew a cold. would result from a cold that really pulls are told what to revere if you told what you're trying to tell mccrone. turkey slams israel's report into the raid on the gaza aid flotilla where nine turkish activists were killed and her says the findings are not credible television's military action was illegal. i'll be bringing you more on this controversial announcement that has many in the international community shaking their heads in just a few moments. violence spreads across the u.s. with more shooting sprees recorded in different states while many are calling for tougher gun control laws some refused to abandon what they call american culture. and moscow and washington is nuclear arms treaty is getting a final read through in russia as the country prepares to vote on its ratification .

this is r.t. live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome turkey haskin down the findings of an israeli inquiry into the bloody storming of a gaza bound aid flotilla last may the record ruled the operation by israeli troops did not violate international law the flotilla was trying to break the israeli blockade to bring aid to palestinians in gaza nine turkish activists were killed in these salt. has more. these when you report just as of the soldiers acted in self defense it examined one hundred and thirty three cases and found that in one hundred twenty seven the soldiers were equally justified in the way they acted it says in the six other cases it simply does not have sufficient information now the primary point that these lady took a commission is relying on is that the way the soldiers the commanding unit acted did not break international law because it was quite clear they say that this gaza

van and fertility intended to break these rady blockade on gaza now the israeli defense minister ehud barak has praised the findings of this report he says it proves that israel is a law abiding country but many activists and one of them being an israeli member of parliament who belongs to an arab party one pennines wabi she was caught of the fatality she has come out in heavy criticism saying that it ignores the killings of nine activists eight of them were turkish citizens and one was a turkish american citizen and we expect more international criticism as the day progresses we also know though that the first turlough the incident of course which happened on the thirty first of may has already received international condemnation no commission of inquiry in the world can justify deliberately restricting the passage of people and goods in order to paralyze the economy and prevent normal life from taking place in gaza and i'm sorry to say that's exactly what the israeli policy did we think that the lesson from the flotilla incident should be that

israel has a right to prevent weapons from entering gaza but it doesn't have a right to do what it's still doing which is to prevent purely civilian goods from coming in and out in order to punish the population you have to remember israel controls gaza's borders and that control creates obligations when you control a civilian population you're responsible for their rights and the law of occupation says that even under circumstances of security risks you have to allow people to lead normal lives so students need to be able to travel from gaza to the west bank in order to study families need to be able to travel back and and forth. to be reunited with each other and merchants in gaza have a right to sell their goods outside of gaza israel can certainly inspect the goods and make sure there's no security threat but that's all it can do and i'm sorry to say that that's not the case right now and the commission made a disturbing finding when it said that those civilian restrictions could be illegal under international law that's what we disagree with the turkish national inquiry submissive to its findings to united nations back in september last year of course now it is up to the u.n.

secretary general to examine both the israeli and the turkish reports and release its own conclusions we have no indication as of yet when that will be but the turkish commission did come out publicly for the first time yesterday sunday when the israeli report was issued saying and i'm quoting from a statement that it was surprised it was appalled and it was dismayed it said that the stain should be the typical commission exonerated the israeli defense forces the turkish prime minister has also said that this report has no credibility and no value that the criticism is also being leveled by political activists they say that these to nixon of the commission and also the limited authority it had this was not a public commission of inquiry from the outset set up a committee that could only reach conclusions that were effectively conclusions that they wanted to reach in the first place. reporting there and more stories have read this hour including a class of tolerance that causing a stir russia suggesting to add religious teaching to school timetables but some say that would only divide students. and the man

accused of shooting u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords and the had will be in court for a preliminary hearing later today charlie loughner went on a shooting spree at a public event on the eighth of january in arizona six people were killed and thirteen others warn that this high profile case is just one of a string of incidents involving gun violence in the country on sunday two people were shot dead in two policeman injured after a man began shooting at them outside of the parking store in the state of washington the same day a gunman went into a police station in detroit and shot four officers the violence has many americans calling for tougher gun control laws but as artie's lauren lyster reports some see the weapon as part of their culture and say taking it away goes against their history you have to have this ready. to. fight for the right to bear arms the target of debate in the united states

benefit. just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain thank you can carry a gun in chicago. and in my world everybody on the bus could have a gun like making liberal shoot guns i just don't think we should be allowed to bring them home. to travel more than six hundred miles south. follow the same well worn tracks taken here during the civil war and you're transported to can assad georgia. a world of the. order where second amendment rights are exercised all the time everybody except for one ship owner. are going to be a it's a way of life in the south a gun is just part of the household just like a hammer isn't a tool box and in the town of kennesaw. it's the law may first one thousand nine

hundred two they passed that law requiring all heads of household to own a gun you heard him right everyone here must own a gun it was a rebuttal to most wrong grove illinois play call it more ago we call it moron grove who passed a law banning firearms and i think with the law itself that got people in kennesaw take off it was performing coverage it received and what today we would call the mainstream press the battle with the mainstream doesn't end there issues in which the point kennesaw or through a lot of the south would have the i exactly opposite viewpoint appear to reach much further back than the gun law my name is dennis myers the name my story wildman show up here past meets present. the taboo regional plane uniform there except for the topic of correct is not are people offended when if i don't know whenever i ask them why would you be offended if you're playing pranks.

on. the confederate flag has a home not far from the american one and is praised means that we had four years of destruction in this area here where we're trying to repair the invaders it's a historical thing and i have much respect and love for did everything to racism with me with this civil war it will have some. one from the air from or between the states wasn't civil no civil war a civil war is a war that in one country we had to come to confront it stays american united states from there and it's not over either or anything eighty nine before but. well you know deal you know modern work and. there's a lot of people here i think the civil war is still a current topic not a historical topic in kennesaw the us civil war is never far away and fact there are three has storage battlefields like this one within

a ten mile radius of the town. and in their modern day battle gun owners' rights it also seems to be connected to this southern history i think southerners view the last gasp of the citizenry against a an oppressive government as it is to revolt because. we lost the war so we get blamed for everything from foreign invaders bought a boat on through nazi germany under hitler certainly the soviet union under stalin first thing they do is take the guns away from everybody so that they can't revolt could go and do what the government has planned but i won't call you to come soon and i think where some of the emotion comes from it's not just that you know you can can shoot a rabbit with it during hunting season. as for the gun law itself not everyone here abides by it i'm not personally going to have a gun oh of own plenty it goes but i don't quite have any right now but they do have opinions about it i think to go along to most of the new keeps criminals out i

think that people you know would rather go somewhere else when you knew how to go law enforcement says that may be true or violent crime rate is extremely low property crime is still less than half the national average and for the small southern town this may be their victory over the north that one hundred fifty years after a civil war changed everything in the south as a result of that war there. lifestyle was one they stuck by their guns lauren mr r t kennesaw georgia and those of you would like to read more on the gun laws in us log on to our website our dot com why more americans buy weapons despite the financial crisis and how lawmakers in new hampshire are opting to change gangrels to appeal to liberty loving individuals. plus we reveal just who gave the former u.k. prime minister her famous nickname the iron lady more than three decades ago.

at a pivotal nuclear arms reduction pad between moscow and washington is a final step away from being ratified by the russian parliament it's once again being debated before heading for its third and final hearing on tuesday russian lawmakers a man of the start treaty in the second reading last week in response to changes and reservations raise in washington among the amendments is a requirement for america to remove tactical nuclear weapons from europe the house will also call for other nuclear powers to join the process of nuclear reduction treaty signed between presidents medvedev and obama last year has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and now needs a final say from the russian parliament russia's deputy foreign minister sergei

ripoffs says there are several key points to be addressed by moscow before the deal is rubber stamped. things are. outlined in these documents by the duma. these are for believe in this inseparable league between the strategic offensive weapons for the future defense and weapons secondly we. the thing that is so cold non-nuclear. strategic offensive weapons of growing importance they have a growing impact on the overall strategic stability thirdly we think that. in this very situation it would be only possible for russia to stay within the parameters of the treaty if nothing happens on the part of the u.s. that infringes national security interests of russia to an extent that.

you know continues implementation of the treaty becomes questionable. and for more on the start treaty and the latest on the issues over iran's nuclear program watch the full interview with russia's deputy foreign minister sergei cough next hour here on r.t. . and two ice breakers in russia's far east have rescued the last of five ships that have been stuck solid in ice for nearly a month once refueled the ice breakers will return to score another of the rescue vessels to open waters a total of five ships with almost five hundred crew found themselves stranded at the beginning of january a rescue operation was begun but the sickness of the eyes as well as severe weather hampered progress on several occasions the mission had to be halted as rescuers were in danger of being stranded. also ahead here in our

media manipulation find out how some say keeping up with the news and might change the way you think. entirely just education has become a compulsory subject in some russian schools students are allowed to study one of the four major religions but critics say that is sort of learning about tolerance and mutual understanding the experiment will drive divisions in society are to succeed a boy who reports. it looks like any other class with quizzes home or being sat on an extensive syllabus yet it is the only one in this church and school where pupils on the web graded they're studying the basics of islam the predominant religion here. islam teaches respect kindness peace and tolerance. peace and tolerance were on the top of their agenda when russia's ministry of education began testing religious subjects as part of the secondary curriculum last

year the experiment allows students to study one of the major religions or concentrate on secular ethics yet while trying to provide room for all it's also putting pupils of different religious backgrounds in different classrooms that first i think was wrong to do right students so that some focus on christianity will either study islam we all live in one country and we all have to know some basics about each other screeds to writing children this is not a good idea at all. the organizers of the experiment said just that schools should be able to provide classes on any religion no matter how small the group being taught the shortage of financing often lands the only one or two classes are offered. here in the town of costume mind central russia the children are well rotted beyond orthodox christianity but few are able to name all the religions practiced in russia. and in mind other faiths but i like orthodox christianity

because it's a religion of our homeland. it's not about three hundred thousand students just two percent of the total school population are taking part in the project and while most of the schools involved would prefer to keep spiritual subjects on the timetable experts say the initiative needs a thorough revision before it's rolled out further first of all this is clear discrimination against jews kids who are not religious so what are they going to do . they're going to be separate from the class or what and it's also a tremendous pressure to accept one or the other for religion not because the blue of this religion but all of the go there too because everybody has to belong to some religious community which is again. democratic. the

line between teaching religion and not indoctrination is fine and a subject which for many families should stay at home but educational experiment hasn't yet been declared either a success or failure of some theory that instead of promoting really just all the wrongs and cultural understanding it may actually foster ethnic bias and social segregation it's a work of art see. and that's now take a look at some other stories from around the world in palestinian leaders have they made offers of territorial concessions to israel during middle east peace talks the details come from thousands of legal documents uncovered by the al-jazeera news channel your positions include claims israel rejected a controversial proposal allowing you to keep parts of occupied east jerusalem. palestinian negotiators dismissed them as pack of lies. at least six people have been killed by a bomb on the outskirts of the iraqi city of karbala thirteen others were wounded

police say the blast targeted shia muslims on a pilgrimage to the holy city the bombing comes on the back of three suicide attacks on the same route last week which claimed more than fifty lives. tunisian police are firing tear gas at demonstrators on the streets of the country's capital admitted a new wave of unrest crowds are calling for all the former leaders allies to be removed from power it follows a month long uprising that deposed president ben ali killing almost eighty people and on sunday authorities detained two men allegedly loyal to the old. the number of those killed in last week's heavy floods and landslides in brazil has risen to at least eight hundred more than four hundred others remain missing avalanches of modern water ripped through maybe poor areas tossing cars into buildings and burying families alive as rescuers continue digging through wrecked towns the death toll rises daily was asked to miss it could reach a thousand this week the disaster now ranks as the second worst in brazil's history

. around fifty thousand people have marched through belgium's capital demanding a government there has been seven months of political stalemate in the country and not official administration has been in place since last year's elections produced no outright winner politicians have been unable to reach an agreement over how a new government should be made up belgium is divided between two regions with french speakers in the south and flemish speakers in the north. now range of new media outlets in moldova are being accused of trying to influence its audience politically critics say romanian sponsors or controlling the content of t.v. news and publications to promote reunification. was the country but others are simply applying more diversity in the press. investigates. the most press seems to have has undergone something of

a make over in the past year with new t.v. programs airing different opinions so is the media becoming stronger and freer and this country after years of domination by only a few outlets it may seem so on the surface but some like internet journalists vitale and dear ski say the idea of a new dawn is only an illusion. when my website gained popularity some people from romania contract me and offered financial help this is in exchange for my website as he pulled the idea of reunification which we all gave up and romania or something three quarters of relations rejects. before nine hundred forty five moldova belong to romania after the war it became part of the soviet union before independence on the collapse of the u.s.s.r. since then however some politicians in bucharest have been wanting it back and the e.s.q. says now they can use the media as a platform as most of the new press is sponsored by bucharest one of the most

recent additions to moldova is media market is the quality paper i divert all the truth which is also one of the leading national dailies in romania. the very first edition of this romanian newspaper had some really sharp articles it speculated whether moldova was a toy between brussels and moscow and it also questioned the first decision to grant russia the right to host the twenty eight hundred foot ball world cup. it is the first full color paper in moldova and it is published in the romanian language rather than moldova in its deputy editor in chief says this is not an obstacle to popularity here. on this will go to seventy five percent of moldova speak romanian and this is a fact proven by the academy of sciences. now balanced approach to news is something new to this country opposition politicians believe such strong media influence from bucharest could threaten moldova's sovereignty the campaign that is

being run by the local press that is as i told you supported the government when there. is constructed that way to make the integration possible camera floating through the so called european integration those promoting women a zation of moldova have not been shy of using rather underhand methods according to one political expert in the middle. of an cable operators which broadcast russian stations insert remaining programs into the russian channels and time programmes which propagandize be caressed wish to seize back moldova sleaze russian stations deliver ideas moscow would never agree with the opinion polls suggest that number of moldovans wanting to reunite with romania has tripled over the last twelve months from just five to fifteen percent whether that's down to the media is difficult to say for sure but those who promote reunification certainly see this

sector as a key target to increase their influence alexy russia skeet r.t. reporting from kisha now moldova. that brings us up today here on our t.v. there are that for any of the story that we cover for here you can always log on to our website artan dot com time now to take a look at what's happening in the world of business you like joins us next in the studio. hello and a very well welcome to your business update bank of more scotia as a racing away after russia's alpha bank announced it was interested in making a takeover bid the lender which was founded by the disgraced former mayhew to gain as much as thirty four percent of its biggest intraday rise for six years the bank will likely have to bid against the country's second biggest learned a v.c. b. ches previously expressed an interest in the exit before monday's show jump bank of

moscow was followed as wrong to nine and then dollars. russia's biggest banks burbank may announce a deal to buy the country's biggest investment house troika dialog next month sources close to the general cited on interfax say an agreement has been reached but this still management revolves. around a look at the markets now european stocks are mixed the solve the debt has done is zero to go to stocks refers to early gains to trade lower shares dialer and b.m.w. of pulling one point six and two point four percent respectively you get footsies up the temple percent as losses for british bank stocks were partially offset by gains from minus the world bank of scotland is down from the point one percent and lloyds banking is dropping about four percent in the war is about future regulation of the september also followed a speech by the head of a commission set up to review the u.k.

banking system has stressed the potential advantages of bring fancy the retail banking activity of big banks to prevent losses from their risk here it is. from the russian embassy as a low of the sol the r.t.s. is losing more than one sun to and the my six is dropping point seven percent it's a sea of red as investors are taking profits most of the blue chips are losing on average about one percent the salad bucking the trend is for those gold up about one point seven percent and full of mattel point six percent on high gold. since. russian energy chips are traded moderately negative with the world may just look for him and cross net both dropping about percent that's against the backdrop of the government quezon want export to keep buying nine point two percent from february and russian hydropower monopoly roosts hydro is losing a third of cent after their storage has raised taxes on power plants in siberia.

and oil prices are traded in the red at this hour with a b.t.i. losing half a percent prices are falling as saudi arabia's oil minister says opec oil supplies by two percent this year to meet their covering to mount off the global economy. now one seat too many russian air companies are being forced to remove seats to avoid have to texas russia counseled some users on foreign made airplanes depending on the number of seats they have having done the most number of carriers have resources just throwing out as many as two dozen chairs to qualify those seven on the plane has just lost three rows the c.e.o. says this will save them a significant amount on a monthly basis will save substantially over a billion u.s. dollars in our in our cost base obviously that would increases the number of increases. and i think we continue to hope that this is essentially

a short term measure and not by. the high profit tomorrow. in the market that we can reduce all those twenty one seats and go about two hundred eighty. russia's largest sugar producer resound grow is once again trying to hold an initial public offering and inside source claims the company's going to list in london as soon as the spring it may raise up to five hundred million dollars for cyprus first i.p.o. attempts took place last year the company sought to place around thirty percent of its shares in russia but finally postponed the offering citing market volatility. ok that's your business update for now get more stories from our website our two dot com slash business.

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