clashes a flare across syria with. its rebels claimed responsibility for a deadly attack over the regime's. israel iran over an attack on its citizens as revised numbers say at least seven were killed in a. city. and a test of. the german parliament a set. of. cash to spain's believe good.

to have you with us here on our to today. and life in moscow there are renewed clashes in syria between rebels and the government forces a series of heavy explosions on shelling have been heard in the capital opposition fighters say they are behind the latest bomb attack in damascus that killed several top ranking officials but although there has been some condemnation it's all been drowned out by strong western calls for more action against assad and these details now on. house 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 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 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in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed their embassies here in syria one half withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy tallon embassies these embassies have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 word 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. 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 neighborhoods you can. see pictures that you don't at all expect to see in the capital of the country and golf with war or like this family love and 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 if your snotty from damascus in syria i mean i'm a president assad's government has pledged to continue fighting terrorism after the

bombing dr yunus of who are you a book from the columbia university who says that the complexity of the attack indicates that perhaps international intelligence agencies could have been involved . the timing of this this work the way it was carried out difficult start with the major figures within the regime this shows that it's these are professional these are not a mentor this is not someone who just did it by himself or as they try to portray maybe one barber acting on his own and of course maybe there's an 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 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. now moscow and washington have agreed that the tensions are rising dangerously inside syria in a telephone conversation presidents putin and obama both said they do 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 sanctions imposed on damascus and ultimately pave the way for intervention a correspondent a more important reports. 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. 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. and more important right that would have all summer trying to find a solution to the syrian stalemate all those are only adding fuel to the flames as we reported here on the internet is now full of video training linked to the syrian rest of the showing how to kill it that's the guy who would be interested in these lessons. the b.b.c. is set to challenge a controversial court ruling banning it from showing its latest film about last summer's riots all across england. now the number of dead in the bombing of a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria now stands at least six official say five israelis and a ball bearing driver were killed investigators do believe the terror attack was most likely carried out by a suicide bomber who had u.s.

documents but warn it's just too early at this point to start assigning blame the israeli government though was quick to quick to point the finger at iran prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing a tough response iran's state t.v. meantime has rejected the accusations as ridiculous some thirty people were injured israeli air force is due to airlift them to israel independent research and write. 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 support even here in the united states it's very easy to 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 told by mr netanyahu to me it doesn't make sense that 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. well you can get a much more analysis on these stories are many others just by going to want to talk commies and what else you'll find online right now see war crime suspect who is believed to have helped send thousands of jews to al sure it has been arrested in hungary and get more details about the ninety seven year old on our web site. plus the bones of contention that scientists claim they might have found the skeleton of the woman who posed for leonardo da vinci's most iconic painting but is it really mona lisa details that are. just now it's one in ten minutes past the hour here in moscow 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 she's still going to have to face down over a belly and with her own ruling coalition are all over now reports from. 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 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 rumblings of discontent among m.p.'s here. 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 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 wanting mrs 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 the case that bailout

funds all the way forward. and a class member of angela merkel's christian democratic union is against the spanish bailout he believes germany will only suffer as a result. i do not vote for the bailout because i think it's wrong way it's against the rules that we set up for your reachin for 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 ever has to be are the ones to be bailed out is any relevance for the whole financial system a lot of germans 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 you know we we

have. separate. but i think i'm quite sure that we can handle it we're going to be performing good but all those savings part of c. 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. we're watching r.t. now the b.b.c. is considering contesting a court order banning it from showing a film about last summer's riots in england and the programme shows actors reading testimonies gathered in the aftermath of the disorder disorder and has now been mysteriously shelved until further notice laura smith explores the possible reasons behind it. the bonds program is the two parts docu drama 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 who handed down the award to the court he was system 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 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 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 those who 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 bases 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 out of the pool although it does come close to the on the bus three it's a place to be wooden boats and a limpid 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. laura smith reporting there we are coming to you live from the heart of moscow and separate attacks on spiritual leaders have now hit the russian republic of tatarstan the chief mufti of the republic was injured when his car was blown up his a deputy was shot dead in

a separate incident on thursday morning let's get the latest details on the study by sean can you bring us up to speed at this point what do we know about the incidents. well certainly roy these two attacks happened in russia republican in fact in the city. now the predominant religion of this region is islam and the religious leader or the chief of the republic. and at eleven o'clock am this morning local time when he was leaving his home he was on his way to his car and a bomb exploded in his car shockwave from that bomb him back from the vehicle and he is currently in hospital with injuries now investigators say that movie is a religious work may be the reason behind these attacks and of course investigation is underway for attempted murder now there were reports of fatalities at that explosion site but it's important to note that the movie was not among those casualties and he is in hospital at this moment now another incident happened

around ten am this morning and this was the chief moved to his deputy he was leaving his home on his way to work as well and he was shot dead and killed at the scene there is a murder investigation in that case as well it's important to note though that in the republican it is typically a peaceful region it is not known for religious attacks have there been no previous attacks like this and while investigators say that religion may be because they are right now in the process of trying to figure figure out exactly who was involved and why these attacks could have taken place this morning and i think that live in central moscow thank you. our turning our attention now back to that of syria and as the conflict there intensifies it seems that the violence has filtered into many aspects of life including the internet one example of that is a spate of new videos linked to the unrest offering training on how to use assault rifles as r.t. sarah for now reports many are wondering who put them up and more importantly 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 up 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 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 them 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. well look at the details on the u.k. recession in just a moment they will start the r.t.

world update with out of egypt where the former spy chief and vice president omar lehmann has died in the u.s. at the age of seventy six he was in the country for medical checks says eight did say that he felt fine but suddenly though took a turn for the worse during the tests he was taken. to the cause of the death yet to be announced so lame and was made vice president days before hosni mubarak was ousted in egypt's popular uprising last year was going to run in this year's presidential elections but was disqualified from taking part. in families of american citizens killed in drone strikes in yemen have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the united states this is being poised against four top military officials defense secretary leon panetta cia director david petraeus they 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 with those killed were allegedly linked to terror plots. and

there's been a huge display of dancing in pyongyang to mark the announcement that leader kim jong un has taken the top military title of marshal hundreds of soldiers help celebrate the news which came just several days after the reshuffling of the highest levels of the army kim jong un is already a supremum commander of the korean people's army. well going back to their roots farmers in india cutting out chemicals and putting pesticides aside as they say technical and traditional techniques are more effective artie's prius treated now explains what's behind this a 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 on 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 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 buried farmers deep in debt i even forcing some to suicide money is going through the book yourself like the nation of not put into poker so the problems. are.

that. and i want to come to the european markets outside investors have been waiting to see how the bond auction will go in spain and france for france were already have the figures spain has managed to sell the really billion euros worth of debt which is about what they were expecting however the demand was low and

spanish foreign call sagaing higher but as you can see the figures are so i'm positive territory if we move on to currencies the yourself once against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the ruble it's so again against both major currencies when it comes to russia there is often isn't in the air as pretty much as it is across the board and that's also because of inflation we have rushed that this they're saying that inflation in the countries that record low it's only at a four point two percent from the beginning all of the year now also in all the news concerning russia we know that russia's business is now proposing and pushing the idea of raising the income tax in fact entrepreneurs themselves are pushing to raise it to fifty percent and that's on the high incomes and they wanted to happen in the next two years the current leader also has a flight income tax flats i should say of thirty percent and as you can see on the graph there it's lower than in most developed and even emerging markets and the bill to hike taxes may look even more alluring and appealing as russia's cabinet

needs the money to fulfill the election pledges and so bots and caught up with p.w. see partner green 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 in russian budget system personal income tax has never played by the little so maybe the tax collections will increase slightly 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 surely it's time the government started taking more money to give services i would say the push for the. three that we have with russia with the top tax rates that we have another countries and if you look at the fact effects 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 damage the investment climate and it will only cause public anger russia is unfortunately notorious for 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. 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 british and the changes in how tax system works in russia. it's interesting what certain countries regard as rich because of russia that's a salary of three thousand dollars and more was of course in my view. ten thousand . understood understood and are in

a many many thanks always nice to see. part of the headlines just a moment and then we'll be asking i will be zeroing in on the single currency of course that of the year be reformed or should it be reformed we'll be back in just a moment. with. its technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future.

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