clashes flare across syria with violence on the rise rubbles claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on several of the regime's top brass. israel singles out iran over an attack on a citizens as revised numbers say at least seven people were killed in a blast in a bulgarian city or a bus. and a test of chancellor merkel's for a t. of the german parliament is set to vote on whether to funnel spain's beleaguered banks.

hello and welcome to our tea this thursday with me karen it's one o'clock here in moscow and 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 has been some condemnation that's been drowned out by stronger western calls for more action against a solid as are more if a national reports from damascus. earlier we were 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 the 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 of 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 war old 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in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed their embassies here in syria had half withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy tallon embassies these embassies have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 city's 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. know. 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 neighbor who seek a. pictures that you don't at all expect to see in the capital of a country and golf with war 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 exhausted but they also say that life must go on my fortune r t from damascus in syria moscow and washington have agreed that tensions are rising

dangerously in syria in a telephone conversation presidents putin and obama said they see eye to eye on the final goal of stability but still have some differences of opinion on how to get there after the latest violence the u.n. security council delayed a crucial vote on a new resolution which could see saying sions imposed on damascus pave the way for intervention. 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 is 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 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. the 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 others are only adding fuel to the flames as we report later the internet is now full of video training guides linked to the syrian rest showing how to kill we investigate who would be interested and means lethal us sir. 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 in the bombing of a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria has been revised officials have denied earlier reports that one victim died overnight investigators 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 point the finger at iran with prime minister benjamin netanyahu

valuing a tough response iran state t.v. meanwhile has rejected the accusations as ridiculous some thirty people remain in the hospital some of them are in critical condition independent researcher i'm writer 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. next 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 night they're told by mr netanyahu to me it doesn't make sense to iran want to carry out this operation and it's very hard to accept that it's iran would willingly the world and. to the wishes of these really

is by providing them with an excuse to attack. you can get more details and analysis on this and many other stories at r t dot com here's a taste of what else you'll find online at the moment nazi era war prime suspect who is believed to have helped send thousands of jews to auschwitz has been arrested in hungary get the details about the ninety seven year old on our website . whilst bones of contention scientists claim they might have found the skeleton of the woman who pose for leonardo da vinci's most iconic painting that is it really momently so find out more at r.t. dot com. the german parliament is set for a tough vote on whether to grant spain's 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 still have to face down

a rebellion within her own holding coalition parties fear 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 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 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 taxpayers and politicians alike wanting 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. for more on the story let's now talk to klaus peter welsh who is a member of anglo-american christian democratic union thanks for joining us today

now chancellor merkel supports the spanish bailout what about you. no i do not vote for the bailout because i think it's wrong way it's against the rules that we set up for the. for your region for the common currency and now for the first time we're not only bailing out countries what already is against our regulations but also banking institutes in spain and none of them that has to be or that wants to be bailed out is of any relevance for the whole financial system now give us a little insight how much actual support for merkel is there on this issue in the bundestag. could you once again i'm wondering how much support does anglo merkel have on this issue in the boom to stop. we would see that

i'm not sure yet i think the number that. has doubts on this policy is growing. you know social democrats in green very much supporting this bailout policy which they want to from the first day but we were taking care for the. for the needs for the sort of a lot of germans who. are fearing inflation and fearing that our own credibility will be damaged by that now i can understand it's hard to i imagine what the numbers are and reference to the support but berlin will be paying the bulk of the spanish rescue cash that's around thirty billion euro's tell me what's the mood like on the ground how are people in germany taking this. well anxious they see that. we are taking more risks and more risks and that at one

point our own credibility would be damaged by this by this. you know we we have a large. but i think i'm quite sure that we can handle it i was going to miss performing good but all those savings policy and all this growth policy will be needed when we then need the money to pay others out this is against the regulation and legal framework we set up when we erect it. the european currency union now germany might be able to handle this but do you think the bailout will help spain or is it just tightening the financial news sort of sort of speak around the people there. who we are really debating and voting on a black box today we don't need we don't know the conditions of the terms. a lot of variables still we are talking about. up to one hundred

trillion your. own national budget a year so this is. this is not the way you can really work in a parliament in budget questions you have to be more strictly and you have to be more precise and certainly as the case won for that's all the time we have klaus peter welsh a german m.p. from the christian democratic union party thank you thank you very much. 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 and unusual case legally we are not allowed to name the judge who handed down the award 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 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 cooled the move to

a big and indicated they feel this is the shit just to remind you that riots broke out from the oldest the sick following the shooting of mock duggan by a police officer in north london they then spread countrywide and over the next three days cities across england were terrorized by violence and looting and often since then a lot of studies and programs that we made looking into the cool business it's very unclear why this particular one has stolen out of the pool although it does come close to the on the birth rate and also a place to be when it will to a lympics 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. returning to syria now and as they come. intensifies it seems that them by alliance has filtered into all

aspects of life including the internet one example of that as a spate of new videos linked to the rest offering training on how to use assault rifles as r.t. sarah furthur reports many are wondering who put these videos up and why they haven't 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 war is 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 is that 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 case have identified as one of the main threats in this war on terror as 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 conflicts. separate attacks on spiritual leaders have hit the russian republic of thought that stunned the chief 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 from thomas alive what more do we know sean about the incidents of the stage. well what we know right now is that these two tracks happened in the religious republic of tatarstan which has previously been peaceful there have never been any religious incidents or attacks of this kind in this republic up until now now choose movie. size off it is the muslim republic's leader he's the leader of that republic and when he was leaving home and this morning at eleven o'clock am local time he was getting into his car at that time a bomb exploded inside his car and he was blown back by the shockwave and he is now

in the hospital with again juries in fact investigators are on and checking the scene they say that his work and his beliefs may have been what were behind this attack they are now investigating this as an attempted murder the second attack happened just a little bit before that around ten am it was. moving a little girl's flies off the deputy and he was leaving the home on his way to work as well and he was shot and killed in the attack and hit this is also being investigated as a murder as well so two attacks one of them fatal one of them with serious injuries . spilled ostracize up in the hospital right now and investigators are looking into possible causes and who carried out these attacks right john thomas live from moscow we certainly will be keeping everybody up to date with details on not thank you. now on to some other international news in brief egypt's former spy chief

and vice president omar suleiman who has died in the u.s. at the age of seventy six he was in the country for medical. back ups his aides said he felt fine but suddenly took a turn for the worse during the test he was taking in cleveland the cause of death is yet to be announced so the amount was made vice president days before barak was out in egypt's popular uprising last year he was going to run in this year's presidential elections but was disqualified from taking part. families of american citizens killed in drone strikes in yemen how 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 cuts in the u.k. as prime minister david cameron had myths 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 suggests 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. heading back to their roots farmers in india are cutting out chemicals and putting pesticides aside as they say traditional techniques are more effective preassure it or explains what's behind the 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 we don't have to buy anything from the market as we so 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 fields 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 buried farmers deep in debt even forcing some to suicide money is going through the book yourself like the nation of not put in the book or so the problems. are. almost like you would notice the problem of the images from. 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 by 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. that the but i don't know got it forming we can conserve the environment. that will be beneficial for the next generation. preassure either party through india.

or let's return to europe's financial struggle struggles and across her business desk to get all the latest market action marina so how are investors taking all the recent developments well of course we're not here in the. haws the reports are especially one that comes the care what we heard david cameron say haven't said that when it does come to the u.k. we know that cells cells are the volume grew by zero point one percent growth there for the month of june you could say that's slightly more domestic than the bleak economic outlook that we've been getting and if we take a look at the latest figures for europe in particular we'll see that they're still impulsive territory although they're more or less of floods and of course all the investors are waiting to hear what will happen when spain and france. later on and there will of course be monitoring that and give you the latest on this for now let's move on to currencies with a year or so against the u.s. dollars you can see there when it comes to the ruble it's going against both major currencies this thursday as far as the russian markets the optimism on the trading

floor is near in moscow as well not only have group prices gain for the seven sessions straight but also the fact that we have lost the local news regarding inflation is now a record low levels in fact it only had a four point two percent from the beginning of the year now also when it comes to local news we know that russia is the business lobby is now pushing forward with the idea of raising the income tax rate on super noise themselves raise it to fifteen percent in that see years at the moment the income tax rate is flat at thirteen percent and as you can see there on the graph there it's lower than in most developed than even emerging markets and the bill to. even more alluring as the russians have been in needs cash to fulfill election pledges in fact on board and caught up with the w.c. partner crean that could then go to discuss this issue. with will talk about this proposed change it's only two percent 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 a little so maybe the tax collections will increase but the negative 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. three that we have with russia with the top tax rates that we have another countries and if you look at the facts if 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 prox 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 tourists having a lot of problems collecting tax how is that situation improved. tremendously i

would say since the introduction of the pax court back in two thousand and two thousand and one that. 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 reduction that he changes in tax system works and rush. rush and i always say rich people whose salaries exceed three thousand dollars so for some people that doesn't sound very rich so even regular people will be affected as well. because. earning ten thousand dollars or more which is not the case certainly very true thanks for that update. shortly at the people who helped create style in the soviet union a place where fashion wasn't fashionable first i'll bring you the headlines.