clashes fire across syria with violence on the rise as rebels claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on several of the regime's top brass. israel singles out iran over an attack on its citizens after at least eight forests are killed in a blast in the bulgarian city of orbits. and a test of transform articles of fourteen a german parliament is set to vote on whether to funnel cash to spain's believe or a bank. loan welcome to our team this thursday with me karen tara well there are

a new clashes in syria between the rebels and government forces with a series of heavy explosions and shelling heard in the capital opposition fighters say they are behind the latest bomb attack in damascus that killed several top officials but although there had been some condemnation that's been drowned out by stronger western calls for more action against assad as archie's more if a national reports from damascus. earlier been hearing reports that it's been a massive very intense bombing but as you can see this is the building is not very much damage some windows broken and actually this is all the damage as we can see from here also from what we can see from here we can understand that the explosion happened inside the building and syrian army has already claimed responsibility for what happened on the last of the killings the news about blast has come at a very tough time for the syrian capital in the last four days damascus has been

seen for positioning a story an army have dubbed the final battle for damascus is the size of the battlefield to be very different parts of the syrian capital also seen black smoke drifting over the city's skyline and we've also been hearing helicopters not only flying over one of the oldest continuously inhabited capitals in the world but also firing we can see some smoke even now in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed their embassies here in syria one half withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy talent embassies these embassies have also suspended their work but ordinary syrians don't have the same choice the world has come to their door and they have nowhere to run and they're trying to organize their everyday life waiting for this nightmare to end one of the most important rule these days in the syrian capital is not to go to the cities troubled areas where the clashes between the rebels and the army still

continue and the names of these neighborhoods are very well known for everybody here might have began. no i won't take you to my derm it's too dangerous so one can flick has been raging for seventeen months already people say they're tired they are exhausted but they also say that life must go on and life goes on my fortune r t from damascus in syria. president assad's government has pledged to continue fighting terrorism after the bombing dr yunus our border you prime columbia university says that the complexity of the attack indicates that international intelligence agencies could well have been involved the timing of this this war the way it was carried out devoted started that major triggers within the regime this shows that it's these are professional these are not a does is not someone who just did it by himself or as they tried to portray maybe

one bomber acting on his own and of course maybe those inside information and people from inside the regime but that does not exclude the fact that this is the work of some international intelligence service what is at stake now is actually all the geopolitics of the region is one to the whole regime of assad out and they want a very flexible regime that can be used for other agendas the main one being the first getting rid of its support given to the resistance in lebanon and also weakening more and more iran. some states have been inside ing the syrian opposition rather than calming them down but for their part western powers accuse russia of standing in the way of international efforts to stop violence after the latest attack the u.n. security council delayed a crucial vote on a new resolution which could see sanctions imposed on damascus and pave the way for intervention artist more an up or not has the details. as a vote on a u.k.

drafted resolution on renewing the u.n. supervision mission in syria now this u.k. drafted resolution is under chapter seven which means that it also calls for the renewal of the u.n. mission in syria for forty five days but it also threatens sanctions against a mascot if the syrian government does not seize the use of heavy weapons and withdraw from heavy populated areas within ten days as we have been reporting russia has stood firm on saying it will not support any resolution that paves the way for sanctions against syria or anything involving chapter seven of the of the u.n. charter under chapter seven many experts say it could also pave the way for. military intervention into syria china has always has also expressed a similar position russia instead has also drafted its own reza new resolution renewing the u.n.

mission in syria for another three months if this mission is not renewed that means that the u.n. security council the international community loses any verifiable reporting and verification that is taking place in syria there are three hundred unarmed u.n. officials in syria while they suspended activities in june there is still a presence there that is able to assess the situation on the ground and report back to the united nations if you lose that mission in syria there would be essentially no kind of objective force to report back to the international community and that could only make the syrian crisis worse. while some are trying to find a solution to the syrian stalemate all those are only adding fuel to the plane as we reported later the internet is now full of video training gods a link to the syrian on rest showing how to kill we investigate who would be interested in these really the lessons. and the b.b.c.

is set to challenge a controversial court ruling banning it from showing its latest film about last summer's riots across england. the number of dead from the bombing of a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria has risen to eight as one victim has died of injuries in a hospital bulgarian officials say the terror attack was likely carried out by a suicide bomber but a fake us passport but warned it's too early to start assigning blame israeli government though was quick to accuse iran here's archies polis lier. we're talking here of a group of some two hundred israeli tourists who have just arrived in the bulgarian city of burgers they have boarded three buses and they hadn't even lift the parking lot when one of those buses exploded here in israel the country's gone into a state of emergency there is a been a hotline that's been set up and almost by the minute those survivors are phoning israeli radio stations and television networks crying hysterically saying that

there are bodies lying about the ground that there are people screaming that they were close that have been ripped really the mood is one of panic the airport itself has been closed and there is a lot of criticism being leveled by the israeli government towards not only the vulgarian airport security but also here appear in port security what we are hearing is the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that iran is behind this blast and the speculation is that it is the work of a suicide bomber the question though is just how far netanyahu is going to go in those canes for months now he's been hinting at a possible strike on iran because of that country's nuclear program and certainly what we're likely to see in the coming days is commentary over whether or not this incident will serve that give netanyahu justification if indeed he intends to go that route. probably israeli prime minister has already valid a tougher sponsor for the bombing but independent researcher and writer soraya

support for all rich says iran is unlikely to have been behind the blast and it would only give israel an excuse to retaliate. news time yahoo and israel in fact need to play the victim card in order to be more aggressive and in the past few months few years israel has lost a lot of supporters even here in the united states it's very easy to put the blame i mean iran and iran is not a very attractive country to the world and the masses are very happy to accept whatever they're told nights they're told by mr netanyahu to me it doesn't make sense to iran would want to carry out this operation and it's very hard to accept iran would willingly have the world and. to the wishes of these really is by providing them with an excuse to attack so you can get more details and analysis on this and many other stories on our web site r t here's

a taste of what else you'll find online at the moment. it's claimed that sensitive military down allegedly released by army private bradley manning told we could have saved countless lives but experts say the u.s. failed to use the information. plus a nazi era war crime suspect who is believed to have helped send thousands of jews to. has been arrested and hopefully more details about the ninety seven year olds are all at party dot com. the german parliament is set for a tough vote on whether to grant spain's ailing banks one hundred billion euros worth of rescue cash chancellor angela merkel has been a rallying support for the transfer but although lawmakers are widely expected to back her she'll still have to face down a rebellion within her own ruling coalition parties peter all over has the details from berlin. when german chancellor angela merkel addresses m.p.'s just behind me

a little later on she's going to be looking to garner their support for further bailout funds for spain's ailing banking sector that without that support that money can't be released from the german treasury now speaking on german television the chancellor seems confident saying that we always get the majority we need however they are all grumbling of discontent among m.p.'s here. we saw a minority vote against the new bailout fund that minority coming from under merkel's own center right coalition we've also heard from the opposition social democrats who have told mrs merkel that she shouldn't just rely on their support that she's going to have to make a valid case and prove to them the third the bailout money for spain is in the best interest of germany now the heartland for bailout money is the wealthy southern region of bavaria they're taxpayers and politicians alike one thing most

is merkel to prove that not only is germany giving money to spain in the best interest of the country but also to bavaria giving extra tax revenues towards the poorest states in germany is in their best interests that well as it stands at the moment of area paying out the lion's share of money to help keep areas of germany such as right here in berlin afloat so the situation in german internal politics mirror the situation that we're seeing concerning germany and its role in the future of the eurozone the question has to be asked can mrs merkel make the case that bailout funds all the way forward. chancer anger anger merkel is still striving to help the euro survive despite the rising cost of the crisis for her own country later economics professor well i'm hankel tells r t why the single currency is no longer viable and governments are learning from their mistakes. so at the core of kool aid. what is learning capacity of governments i fear is

not as early as students in the. school but long long monetary story shows i saw one lesson this is no substitute for own currencies or listing foreign exchange rates behind the idea of you'll see a long idea namely you said we can form the united states of your. physical ones. if we want to hear if united states will be needed for you to. remove it from in court your carbon that by the end of six people eat what we've got to north here from your carbon coming people carbon demos is so long as you will be is not a nation and vince that will never be a nation it cannot have a common currency. you

can watch the full interview with economics professor william hankel in about fifteen minutes. it may be she is considering contesting a court order banning it from showing a film about last summer's riots in the country the programme shows actors reading testimonies gathered in the aftermath of the disorder and has now been mysteriously shelved until further notice archie's laura smith explores the reasons behind it. the bonds program is the two parts to huge draw involving actors reading excerpts from interviews with two hundred seventy people involved in last august's riots in titled the riot in the woods the interviews were originally done for a project aimed at understanding the causes of the disturbances as to why it's being banned this is an extremely opaque and unusual case legally we are not allowed to name the judge two hundred down the road to the court he was listing in

for the case the decision referred to we understand this kind of order is sometimes made in cases of breach of privacy but at the moment there's absolutely no indication what's legislation has been deployed here as far as reaction goes the b.b.c. it self doesn't seem to be able to talk about it either just putting out a statement confirming the cool and that it unable to add anything meanwhile press greta groups have cooled to move to the big and indicated they feel this is that we should just remind you that riots broke out love to visit the sick following the shooting of mark duggan by a police officer in north london they then spreads countrywide and over the next three days fifty's across england were terrorized by violence looting and often since then a lot of studies and programs have been made looking into the causes and it's very

unclear why this particular one the school and the pool although it does come close to the on the bus rate and also a place to be with most of the lympics the b.b.c.'s lawyers are considering appealing the decision and promise to show you the program at a later date perhaps only then will it become clear why this highly unusual decision to ban the program was made in the first place. returning to syria now and as the conflict. there intensifies it seems that the laila nz has filtered into all aspects of life including the internet one example of that is a spate of new videos linked to the on rest offering training on how to use kalashnikov assault rifles as arty sarah furthur reports many are wondering who put them up and why they haven't been taken down. if you want to learn to fire and eight k forty seven with just a click away and the internet is full of these video training guys that are providing dangerous tips that could see cyber warriors taken from their computer

screens and given the practical skills to kill now some of the many of these videos that have emerged in the last year are aimed at the syrian opposition and the syrian rebel forces that are fighting against the syrian regime in the country at the moment but they're easily accessible you have a huge number of views on the huge chief sites where these videos are going up and big questions about the regulation of these videos about why they're allowed to stay out for so long now many of these videos was aimed at the syrian opposition aren't actually made in syria itself it's all many of them originating from other countries including a lot of them coming from the u.s. and of course that again raises questions about the u.s. is involvement in this type of cyber warfare of course many other countries and many other governments also stand accused of participating in this type of cyber

warfare but there are big concerns because over the last couple of years certainly countries like the u.s. and the have identified as one of the main threats in this war on terror is being the lone wolves people who are sat in the privacy of their own home and able to access information that trains and to be able to carry out an attack and say videos like this are of course deeply disturbing was the subversive know how might be aimed at the people fighting inside syria right now of course is just a click away for anyone who wants to log on and have a look and that raises very very serious questions and has terrifying implications he's reach is far beyond the syrian conflicts. time now for a look at some other international news in brief families of american citizens killed in drone strikes in yemen have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the u.s. against four top military officials defense secretary leon panetta and cia director

david petraeus are among those named in the case relatives accuse them of approving and directing the strikes which they say are unconstitutional as they occurred outside of military conflict those killed were allegedly linked to terror plots. there is no end in sight for cuts in the u.k. british prime minister david cameron admits britain will have to endure your summer of austerity despite a recent fall in inflation cameron said the picture looked so bleak that public spending would have to be slashed until twenty twenty five years longer than initially promised a recent polls are just only half of those who believe the coalition were capable of dealing with the crisis when they first came to power still believe in them now . there's been a huge display of dancing in pyongyang to mark the announcement that leader kim jong un has taken the top military tunnel of martial hundreds of soldiers helped

celebrate the news which came after several days of reshuffling at the highest levels of the army kim jong un is already a supreme commander of the korean people's army. going back to their roots farmers in india are cutting out chemicals and putting pesticides aside as they say traditional techniques are more effective preassure explains what's behind this stark change to agricultural thinking. i mean she's sharma is part of a movement of tens of thousands of farmers in india's bread basket turning back to their traditions in organic farming. by adopting organic farming we are not dependent on anyone to do we don't have to buy anything on the market as we sow sufficient. but it wasn't always that way millions of farmers in india got hooked on chemicals and passed.

using any chemical pesticides and fertilizers and seeds that if that are going to

be that the by adopting organic farming we can conserve the environment and also wildlife that will be beneficial for the next generation you're looking. for aman chief being self-sufficient means using traditional farming practices without chemicals made by foreign self-serving corporations preassure either party through india. as spain and france prepare for their bond auctions later in the day let's check with our business desk and see how investors are reacting to this marina what's the latest hi carol european markets are not open yet we still have about an hour to go until that happens but based on past experience of what we've seen with bond auctions if they go through successfully we will definitely see those numbers going higher and higher for the european markets and in general there's more optimism about every cover in the global economy it was a look at the asian markets but this hour let's start with the russian markets which kicked of the trading session a couple of minutes ago and we see that investors here are picking up from the news

the as it were seen in asia and also because of pressure statistics about the country's inflation prices here in the country have been growing at a record low pace have been added four point two percent from the beginning of the year we're seeing that optimism reflected in the numbers that would be ideas gaining almost one percent and of course next hour we'll have a breakdown of the main movers on the myself for you but for now and other company related news here in russia the country's gas export monopoly gas from may end up getting some competition shares of the second largest gas for a rally down reports that the kremlin might loosen gas from script on exports. has sealed the deal with germany's and b. for delivery you have to believe cubic meters of natural gas a year this does not violate the law as gas from remains the middleman and ship in the fuel. also russia as a business lobby is now pushing through the idea of race in the ne come tax and

oddly enough and super nerds themselves are encouraging this idea and they want to raise to fifty percent and next three years now currently the income tax in the country is. thirteen percent as you can see there on the graph it's lower than in most developed and even emerging markets and the bill to hike taxes may look even more alluring as the russians have a need to cash to fulfill election pledges to martin house caught up with the partner. to discuss this issue and here's what she had to say. so just start off with we'll talk about this proposed tax change it's only two percent thirteen to fifteen percent is it going to make any difference to the budget it will not make a huge difference because russian budget system personal income tax has never played it by a little so maybe the tax collections will increase slightly but the number to effect of introducing this additional charge will completely undermine this additional tax collections but surely russia seems to have

a lower tax rate than many comparable countries chile it's time the government started taking more money to give services i would say that. we have with russia with the top tax rates that we have another countries and if you look at the effective tax rates i think russian tax rate is relatively comparable to my new tax rates in the developed countries so i wouldn't say that increasing tax rates now will solve any problems it will only add to the investment climate it will only cause public anger russia is unfortunate you know tourists having a lot of problems collecting tax has that situation improved. tremendously i would say since the introduction of the pax court back in two thousand and two thousand and one. improved tremendously and this goes both to the legislation and to the tax system and how it's administrative obviously certain problems still exist but someone who's been in this profession for eighteen years i

would say that i have seen the. system works in the russian. far less concerned with international markets asia in particular i said optimism is definitely in the air there technology firms are doing particularly well in japan and all that is due to a song performance on wall street overnight as well as was the us earnings report currencies the euro is flat against the us dollar new figures for the ruble it's still gaining against both major currencies and this third. hey you know again we have microsoft and apple stores by the hour we'll bring those to you next hour as we run out of time for now but without back to you karen and of course europe will be trading the next hour so we'll have all the updates for that and much much more all right well we certainly look forward to your next update marina. shortly we ask if the single currency can be reformed or whether it should be abandoned altogether to help the e.u. escape the financial crisis that's after the headlines. wealthy

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