the sky. clashes flare across syria with violence on the rise as problems claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on several of the regimes top bratz. israel singles out iran over an attack on its head a sense of dread leads to a tourists are killed in afghanistan a bulgarian city. and a test of chancellor merkel's authority of the german president parliamentary is set to vote on whether to funnel pressure just painful banks.

hello and welcome to our t.v. this thursday with me. well there are renewed clashes and syria in 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 has been some condemnation that's been drowned out by stronger western calls for more action against assad and the national reports now 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 warsaw have 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 war old but also firing we can see some smoke even now in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed the embassies here in syria had half withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy tallon embassies these embassies have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 began. no j.q. to my derm it's too dangerous but damascus is a very big city with a population of around two million people maybe these days even more with all displaced families from homes and other at the center of the uprising from all across the country shelter now here in the capital and in some neighborhoods you can. see pictures that you don't at all expect to see in the capital of a country and golf with war or like this family alone picnics really very peaceful pictures 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 my fortune r t from damascus in syria. president assad's government has pledged to continue

fighting terrorism after the bombing dr yunus arbel are you from columbia university says that the complexity of the attack and a case that international and intelligence agencies could well have been involved the timing of this this was the way it was carried out difficult start with major figures within the regime this shows that it's these are professional these are not on the toes is not someone who just did it by himself or as they tried to portray maybe one barber 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 the whole geopolitics of the region they want the whole regime of assad out and they want a very flexible regime that can be used for other agendas the main one

being for getting rid of its support given to the resistance in lebanon and also weakening more and more iran. presidents putin and obama have held a telephone conversation over the situation in syria and agree that tensions there are rising they see eye to eye only final goal of stability but still have some differences of opinion on how to get there after the latest attack in syria 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 parties more an up or not have 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 paved the way for a 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 fire as we report later. the internet is now full of video training guides linked to the syrian on rest and showing how to kill we investigate who would be interested in these lethal 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. and is now seven minutes past the hour and at least eight people have died after the bombing of a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria 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 israeli government though was quick to accuse iran here's artie's polis lier. put 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 it 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 wrecked 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 bulgarian airport security but also european airport security what we are hearing is the israeli prime minister binyamin 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 give netanyahu justification if indeed he intends to go that route. by the israeli prime minister has already valid a tough response over the bombing but independent researcher and writer for all rich says iran is on likely to have been behind the blast as it would only give israel an excuse to retaliate. 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 iran is not a very attractive country to the world and the masses are very happy to accept whatever they're told nights they are told by mr netanyahu to me it doesn't make sense an iran would want to carry out this operation it's very hard to accept that it's iran would willingly have the world and. to the wishes of these really is by providing them with an excuse to attack. him or the details and analysis on this and many other stories that are teeth dot com there's a story of what else you'll find online a moment. and i'll see our war crimes suspect who is believed to have helped send thousands of jews to. 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 them and then she's most iconic painting as a really mona lisa find out more at r.t.

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 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 oliver 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 that we need however there are rumblings of discontent among m.p.'s here in berlin we saw

a minority vote against the new bailout fund that minority coming from angola 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 there taxpayers and politicians alike one thing most is merkel to prove this 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

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 hangal tells r.t. why the single currency is no longer viable and governments are learning from their mistakes. what is learning capacity of governments i fear is not as early as students from the. school but long long monetary story shows i saw one this is no substitute for own currencies or listing foreign exchange rates behind the idea of you you'll see a long i.b.m. namely said we can form the united states of your. physical ones if we

want to hear if you're likely to see what we need to pull you think you're going to come in quite secure with carbon that by the end of sick people need but we do not have in your carbon coming people a carbon demos is so long as you will be is not a nation. vince that will never be a nation it cannot have a common currency. and you can watch the full interview with economics professor while i'm hankel in about fifteen minutes. the b.b.c. is considering contesting a court order banning it from showing a film about last summer's riots in england the programme shows actors reading testimonies gathered in the aftermath of the disorder and has now 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 been banned this is an extremely opaque unusual case legally we are not allowed to name the judge who handed down the order because he was missing in all 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 applied. 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 called the move to a big and indicated they feel this is the shit just to remind you that riots break out loft oldest the sick following the shooting of mark duggan by a police officer in north london they then spreads country while it's 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 has school and out of the pool although it does come close to the on the birth rate and also place to the fulton lympics to the b.b.c. the 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. and returning to sarah now

last at the comp. they are intense supplies it seems that the violence has filtered into all aspects of life including the internet one example of that as a spate of new videos linked to the an arrest offering training on how to use assault rifles as artie's are further reports many are wondering who put these videos up and why haven't they been taken down. 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 what 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 this a verse of 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 some of now to our latest story separate attacks on spiritual leaders have hit the russian republic of qatar stan the true. moved to of the republic was injured when his car was blown up and his deputy was shot dead in a separate incident on thursday morning let's get more details from our tease tom barton tom what more do we know about the incidents at this stage. where at the moment details are sketchy but as far as we know at the moment investigators a committee of the russian federation is looking into the blowing up of the car will display the misty of. the so he's directly see those earlier attacks in the morning he is thought to be dead the two of them parts of

a republic which is largely very common in russia to house very little religious strife and so it could only be speculated isn't it motives on the group that might be behind this attack. all right well we certainly will be keeping our viewers updated thank you tom barton live from moscow. now on to some other international news in brief the 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 to 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. i asked prime minister david cameron at mit's britain will have to endure years

more 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 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 well they still believe in them now. and there's been a huge display of dancing in pyongyang to mark the announcement that leader kim jong un has taken up the top military title of marshal hundreds of soldiers help celebrate the news which came after several days of reshuffling at the highest level kim jong own is already supreme commander of the korean people's army. and heading back to their roots farmers in india are cutting out chemicals and putting pesticides aside as they say traditional techniques are more effective

chris ritter 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. organic farming we are not dependent on anyone we don't have to buy anything from the market as we sow sufficient 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 began importing hybrid seeds to increase crop yields after a major famine this opened the door for several foreign agricultural corporations to sell into this new market the increase in expensive chemicals also brought about a new dependence that varied farmers deep in debt even forcing some to suicide money is going to block yourself like the nation not put in the book or so the

farmers who saw the. problems will cite. the problem of the only real. farmers like sharma also noticed that while he had an initial spike in crop yield 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're not only lowering production costs but keeping their land more sustainable for future generations farmers say they are able to make more money and spend the last without using any chemical pesticides fertilizers and seeds. but i don't think we're going to farming we can conserve the environment. that will

be beneficial for the next generation. preassure either r t through india. time for the lamest business news and it seems there's a new twist in the apple samsung battle merino we know that apple had accused the south korean company of copying their i pads but they waltz the suit so what's going to happen now well basically apple has some adverse in the advertiser a competitor in the but i'll give you all the details about that at the end of the bullets and first let's start with the markets europe of course is trading right now investors are all feeling optimistic despite all the comments made by of course david cameron there that we heard earlier in the report but also we're seeing that earnings reports positive ones are influenced investors and we're seeing that in the numbers the footsie adding just also was the german dive so ready approach and half a percent in the ply they're moving on to near it's all sorts of ism is the fluid

in the air for russia the us is also reacting to a local news of what i mean by that is inflation rate is either record low adding only four point two percent from the stars of the year r.t.s. is adding over one of the hapless sons and my sex is almost one per cent and of like i said look at some of the major movers. on the my sides most of the blue chips are higher we have gas from adding about three quarters of a percent now we know that the companies and salts were the time in south asian nation brulé and that's over its partnership to develop five natural gas also we have to be in almost half a percent there and that's following news that it's in talks with b.p. over every structure over its partnership there and of the company itself and we have a sperm bank out in almost one percent and in general financial stocks of them particularly well across the board they're now moving. it's now in the last few minutes of the trading session there than it has already closed the close over three quarters of a percent in the black and in general we're seeing that investors are more domestic

that we will see every covering in the global economy and also they were influenced by strong performance on the ball suit over night and said knowledge of firms that particularly well in japan now if we can move on to currencies the euro is still flops against the u.s. dollar as you can see that when it comes to the ruble it's the again and again so both major currencies this thursday when it comes to crude prices they are on the rise for the seventh straight session in fact is when the longest winning streak since february and that's exactly what especially russian investors want to see of course the satellite's who is trading close to ninety one dollars a barrel and slowly that when it comes to the brunt but it's at around one hundred six dollars per barrel now also we have in the other news i was talking about i'll get to apple in a little bit but first microsoft says its brand new operating system windows eight will be released on the twenty sixth of october the software giant says the update is the most important redesign in more than a decade and the news could have

a positive touch to the fourth quarter earnings reports microsoft will be publishing later on today analysts say it may post losses for the first time ever after a troubled takeover of only line ads company a. and. the final is a report in there is a new twist in the fierce battle between apple and samsung a u.k. judge has ordered home saying that the south korean firm did not copy its i pads as special notice also be placed on apple's website as well as in all their media and of course accord the service and as following apple's failure to block the sales of galaxy tab was in the u.s. . and there you have a care that's what i have for you this hour all right thank you a lot more than a. charlie we ask if a single currency can be reformed or whether it should be abandoned altogether to help the u.s. scape the financial crisis that's after the headlines stay with us. one

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