classes flare across syria with violence on the rise as rebels claim responsibility for a deadly attack on several of the regime's top brass. israel singles out iran over an attack on its citizens traveling east eighty tourists are killed in the blast and the bulgarian city of borgata. and a test of chancellor merkel's phone already the german parliament is set to vote on whether to funnel cash to spain's beleaguered banks. plus here also markets kick off the trade in session impost of territory with reports of record low inflation all the details coming up in business and one to five minutes.

thank you for joining our team where we bring you the latest twenty four hours a day seven days a week while there are renewed 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 a stronger western a call for more action against saddam as artie's marie financial reports from damascus. we only have been hearing reports that it's been a massive very intense bombing but as you can see 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 free syrian army has already claimed responsibility

for what happened and for that blast and for 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 what the opposition and free syrian army have dubbed the final battle for damascus a decisive battle for the syrian capital shootings have been heard in 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in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed their embassies here in syria one half withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy tallon embassies these embassies have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 been then. 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 floor shirty from damascus in syria. president assad's government has pledged to continue fighting terrorism after the bombing dr you know sub or you from columbia university says that the complexity of the attack indicates that international intelligence agencies could well have been involved the timing of this this was the way it

was carried out devoted start to the major figures within the regime this shows that this these are professional these are not images 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 so what is at stake now is actually all the geopolitics of the region is one to the fall 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 in signing the syrian opposition rather than calming them down but for their part western powers accused 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 arches more in a corner 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 mask 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 syrians tell me all the others are only adding fuel to the fire

as we reported later the internet is now full of video training guides linked to the syrian army showing how to kill we investigate who would be interested in these leaflets lessons. and the b.b.c. is set to challenge a controversial court ruling banning it from showing its latest film about the last summer's riots across england. you 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 who had fake u.s. documents but warned it's too early to start assigning blame the israeli government though was quick to accuse iran here's ortiz paul slayer. we're talking here of a group of some two hundred israeli tourists who had just arrived in the bulgarian city of burgers they had 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 this 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 there port itself has been closed and there is a lot of criticism being leveled by the israeli government towards not only the bulgarian airport security but also here appear in port security but 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 so that give netanyahu justification if indeed he intends to go that route on the israeli prime minister has already validated tough for a sponsor over the bombing but independent researcher and riders soraya support for all rich says iran is unlikely to have been behind the blast as it would only give israel an excuse to retaliate. we know time yahoo and israel in fact need to play the victim card in order to be more aggressive and in the past few months two 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 this makes sense to iran we want to carry out this operation it's very hard to accept the iran would willingly. and. to the wishes of these really is by providing

them with an excuse to attack he has more details and analysis on this and many other stories that are key dot com here's a taste of what else you'll find online at the moment. a nazi era war crime suspect who's believed to have helped send thousands of jews to auschwitz has been arrested in hungary get more details about the ninety seven year old on our website. plus bones of contention scientists claim they might have found the skeleton of the woman who pose for leonardo da vinci's most iconic painting is that really mona lisa of find out more at r.t. dot com. german parliament is set for a tough vote whether to grant spain's ailing banks one hundred billion euros worth of rescue catch chancellor angela merkel has been 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 rolling coalition peter oliver has the details from brooklyn . 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 there are grumblings 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 that further bailout money for spain is in the best

interest of germany now the heartland for bailout money is the wealthy southern region of bavaria there 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 at well as it stands at the moment very of 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 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 that case that bailout funds are the way forward. chancellor angela merkel is still striving to help the euro survive despite the rising costs of the crisis for her own country later economics professor william hankel tells r t why the single currency is no

longer viable and governments are learning from their mistakes. it's hard to quite clearly. what is learning capacity of governments i fear is not as early as students through the. school but long long monetary story shows i saw one this is no substitute for own currencies or realistic foreign exchange rates behind the ideals you'll see along right here namely he said we can form the united states of your. physical ones. if we want to hear if united states will we need to pull your. removal from record your carbon that by the end of some people but we've got north tariff in your carbon coming people carbon demos is so long as you will be is not

a nation and vince that really never be a nation it cannot have a common currency. you can watch apply interview with economics professor well him hangal in just over an hour here on our team. the b.b.c. 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 now has been mysteriously shelved until further notice parties 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 old paper unusual case legally we are not allowed to name the judge two hundred down the road to the court he was missing in all the case the decision referred to we understand this kind of order is sometimes made in cases of creature frequency but at the moment there's absolutely no indication what's legislation has been applied it's 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 is unable to add anything meanwhile press freedom groups have cooled the move to a big and indicates that they feel this is that we should just remind you that riots break out from those who visit the sick following the shooting of mark duggan by a police officer in north london they then spread countrywide and over the next three

days fifty's across england were terrorized by violent 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 found at the pool although it does come close to the on the bus rate and also a place to be built in a limp it the b.b.c. the lawyers are considering appealing the decision and promise to show you the programme at a later date perhaps only then will it become clear why this highly unusual decision to ban the programme was made in the first place. we're turning to syria now and as the conflict there intensifies it seems that the violence has filtered into all aspects of life including the internet one example of that is a spate of new videos linked to the rest offering training on how to use kalashnikov assault rifles as for the 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 was just a click away and the internet is full of these video training guys that are providing dangerous tips that kids see cyber warriors taken from their computer screens and given the practical skills to kill the many of these videos that have emerged in the last year or so 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 them 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 conflict. time now for some other international news in brief the families of american citizens killed in 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's no end in sight for costs in the u.k. prime minister david cameron admits britain will have to endure years more austerity despite a recent fall in inflation cameron said the picture of looked so bleak that public spending would have to be slashed until twenty twenty that's five years longer than initially promised a recent poll suggest 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.

and there's been a huge display of dancing in pyongyang to mark the announcement that leader kim jong il has taken the top military title of martial hundreds of soldiers help celebrate the news which came after several days of reshuffling at the highest levels kim jong own 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 explains what's behind this stark change to agricultural thinking. i mean she's sure it's part of a movement of tens of thousands of farmers the vast turning back to their traditions in organic farming. to organic farming we are not dependent on anyone we don't have to buy anything on the market as we sow so if you should. but it wasn't always that way millions of farmers in india got hooked on chemicals and

pesticides during the so-called green revolution a time in the one nine hundred sixty s. when the indian government begin importing hybrid seeds to increase crop after a major famine this opened the door for several foreign agricultural corporations to shell into this new market biotech giants like du pont novartis and months santo began hawking their products to desperate farmers looking for a way to be their families the increase in expensive chemicals also brought about a new dependence that varied farmers deep in debt i even forcing some to suicide almost two thousand have taken their lives every year over the last two decades money is going through the book yourself multinationals not put into poker so the problems. are. almost like.

the problem of the only real good news in today's farmer is like sharma also noticed that while he had an initial spike in crop yields ultimately his soil was so depleted of its natural nutrients it became infertile and the incidence of cancer due to chemicals in the communities drinking water increased significantly in the years since the green revolution more farmers here in punjab are starting to reclaim their land and stopping the use of chemicals here they say they are not only lowering production costs by keeping their land more sustainable for future generations today there are three hundred thousand organic farmers in india working on around six million acres of land. the large number of almost instructor organic farming. i'm very much optimistic that most. certainly. we will find. a group model for

a group of farmers say they are able to make more money and spend less without using any chemical pesticides and fertilizers and seeds. that i don't think we're going to farming we can conserve the environment which. will be beneficial for the next generation. for i'm in chief being self-sufficient means using traditional farming practices without chemicals made by foreign self-serving corporations preassure either r t through india. time now for business day marina the markets are in full swing right now and it seems there is a lot going on today bring us the latest yeah that's true karen while europe is just kicked off the trade in session basically and investors there are really focusing on the ball and that will take place in spain and france of course this is something that always has an effect on the best of them the sentiment there if it's really looking have a look at the markets as can you through that basically if the bond auction is

successful we will see those numbers going to higher and higher but at the moment they're pretty much flat before it's the out in just as the german dax out in point three percent this hour now if we move on to russia here the investors are picking up on the optimism that we have felt and saw and asia of course and as due to a song performance on wall street overnight also in russia related news you know that inflation is not out of record low rate in fact it's only had a one point two percent from the beginning of the year so of course a very great news for investors to be able to see that the arts yes is already added over one and a half percent if we take a look at the main movers on the y. six most of the blue chips are higher gas from adding about half a percent there i would. the company is in talks with one of the south asian nation of brulé over the partner not to develop quite natural gas and also think it is losing over half a percent and what we know about the company is that it's insulting to b.p. over the structure of the company and we have is for a bank adding over half

a percent there and in general financial stocks i don't particularly well now also involved who know that the russia's business lobby is proposing to increase the nccam tax in fact and super nerds themselves are proposing an increase in this to fifteen percent on high salaries and next two years out just to give you more information as you can see there on the graph it's lower than in most developed and even the emerging markets currently the income tax rate is up thirteen percent from the country in the bill so high taxes may look even more lowering as the russian cabinet needs cash right now to fulfill the election pledges. caught up with p w c partner to discuss this issue. so to start off with we'll talk about this proposed tax change it's only two percent thirteen to fifteen percent isn't going to make any difference for the budget it will not to make a huge difference because russian budget system personal income tax has never

played a vital 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 the push. tax rate that we have with russia with the top tax rates that we have another countries and if you look at the facts if the rates i think russian tax rate is relatively comparable to manufacture rates in the developed countries so i wouldn't say that increasing tax rates now will solve any problems it will only damage the investment climate and it will only cause public anger russia was unfortunate you know tourist 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 that climate has 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 has been in this profession for eighteen years i would say that i have seen the evolutionary changes in how tax system works in russia. you know look at some other international markets we have a just still trading right now and there the optimism still remains that's following positive u.s. earnings reports and technology stocks of them particularly well in japan and i look at currencies the euro is still flat against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the reports insinuates again against both major currencies this thursday and oil prices are still climbing the higher and higher and there's some of that gaining streak now the seven session out there again and it's the longest one of gain since february this comes on the falling stock piles in the u.s. with that happened on expectantly for investors and also new home construction figures

climbed in the u.s. so all of that went on combination for crude prices for now back to you carol thanks for that update marina will shortly be much closer and stacy her bring you all the latest scandal behind the financial headlines that's after a recap of our top stories. are in more mouths to feed but where will the food come from can science provide

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