thank you and ninety thousand eight hundred ninety one. flushes rages on in syria as regime troops attempt to find back in rebel held areas with a fresh battle now brewing over matters of religion the us well. that's as the you want to serve another thirty days to assess the situation on the ground after being given the blessing of the security council. and protesters demanding a right to rally and crane are met with tear gas after the government bans political demonstrations. hello and welcome to our team this saturday it is eight o'clock here in moscow and

i'm karen taraji well government forces in syria are launching all out counter attacks on the capital to reclaim districts held by rebels but the country is now facing a new religious front it's split over when to start marking the islamic holy month of ramadan the weekend is meant to be a time of peace and prayer in the muslim world but ordinary syrians have little hope the period will help curtail the violence as artie's acts on a boycott now reports from damascus. that it. is likely. to get any better in the coming months saturday is the first day of ramadan for many syrian muslims but not for all their fear which is then the rebels that seem to disagree on just about everything also differ on the holy month is supposed to

begin the start of ramadan is determined by the side of the new moon which varies from country to country due to the weather. so in syria as well as in iran or amman it fell on saturday the rebels do decided to start fasting a day earlier in line with political allies like saudi arabia and turkey mixing religion and politics is becoming increasingly common in this seventeen month long struggle. we have something like. if we have to fly we don't care about the die because when we die we will go to a law to heaven and they come first neighborhood of damascus the mosque still bears the scars of clashes between the rebels and the army. a local man tell us about atrocities committed by the troops and how their faith aids their fight.

and. become fight against them even in ramadan you know. we are with god and god. killing in the name of god is nothing new of course and in syria in foxholes there are indeed very few atheists and the enemies of praying to the same god they also seem to agree on at least one other thing that the holy month is unlikely to bring any response to violence the holy month of ramadan is the time for a frantic shopping in time for sunset when muslims break their fast but here in what used to be and not for killing residential area close to central damascus you can barely find a single shop open most of them have been ravaged or destroyed like this one those that stayed intact a close then actually there's absolutely no short burst here in the only people that we've met so far be army troops twenty five year old is

a conscript who joined the army fresh out of university a year and a half ago while islam exams to active duty soldiers from the dawn to dusk fasting . he and the majority of other troops in his unit will do that anyway. it's summer it's hard but we're facing a great challenge as are these terrorists but god is on our side it gives us strength to go on for as long as it takes. yet he recognizes that with the advent of from and on the efforts to stand what they call this threat of terrorism is likely to face more challenges only mosques have been making the right position for recruitment large crowds heading to prey make it easier for the rebels to infiltrate new areas. the reason why it's so hard to capture all these terrorists is because they can easily disguise themselves as civilians when we conduct our operations we have to let civilians our interests used to move around.

while ramadan calls for charity and compassion syrian man observing it routinely profess right in this to die for their cause for the war to stop what they need to be willing to meet for any sort of boycott or to match syria. meanwhile the un observers mission has been given another thirty days to monitor events in syria all members of the security council have voted in favor of extending their mandate which could be renewed if necessary artie's marina has the details from new york. brush ambassadors of the united nations vitaly churkin says he's a very pleased with the way the vote out friday with his security council unanimously approving a u.k. draft resolution that extends the u.n. supervision mission in syria for a final thirty days investor churkin said this is what russia was hoping for from

the very beginning and the vote that took place on thursday of course put a lot of consequences on the syrian government in association with extending the supervision mission which is why it was vetoed but investor churkin said he was pleased overall that this mission is going to be extended this vote happening just hours before the original mandate was set to expire however there is a bit of contradiction with the text of the resolution because it extends the mission for final thirty days stressing the word final but then it also says that it can be extended if violence decreases in syria a russian ambassador vitaly churkin did address this issue when talking to the meeting out there were explaining to put some sort of pressure on the sides so if they really want to do is to continue then they used to go back to the level of violence well if they wanted to make that signal well i wouldn't want to wouldn't

want this particular thing to stand in the way of the option of this resolution even though i believe that it's really it's really going to dictate it and we do emphasize the continuation of course we also believe that as a resolution says that the level of violence must be reduced on all sides and behold this is going to happen to russia and china both said that the u.k. drafted resolution that was vetoed on thursday and supported by other western countries was one sided it was only putting pressure on the syrian government and not putting any pressure consequences on the armed opposition that are participating in the increasing violence. also what came out of the meeting today was that u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice said that washington will continue and increased its work outside of the security council meaning that the u.s. will continue working with partners. on what to do with syria because what they

want to do in terms of sanctions or any other approaches that would put more pressure on the syrian government is that it was not allowed in the security council so it looks like there may be some unilateral moves in pressures that are going to be taken by washington and its western allies russian ambassador to the u.n. to again has given an interview to explaining why some western states were so eager to push for a resolution on syria you can see it here in about twenty minutes or at our website r.t. dot com. with news outlets reporting that the syrian president may be ready to step down which the government does deny the rebels are already making plans for a post stop future one of the opposition groups has announced it will launch an islamised faction while the leader of the syrian muslim brotherhood stated his party is ready to build up its support syrian activist mimi a la homme warns of the country's future would be bleak if there's

a violent change of leadership. even as not being a government supporter i served right now as representative of students some twenty so for us that to go right no need and basically syria it means an end to. a free country that is absolutely just going to be totally controlled by the us in just a few countries and it will new york chaos inside the country who want him and more deaths and. donation of syria's way of life i think by now a majority of people have realized that these foreign backed insurgents you have not democracy. at heart they are extremely sick they're in extremely violent and of course they are not what the syrian people desire so activist and blogger mean talking to us earlier. police in bahrain have used

tear gas to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters the demonstrations were sparked by the government's ban on political rallies at least fifty people have died since the unrest began in february of last year my colleague bill dollars spoke to saeed hardy al maasai a member of the opposition who believes the security forces are deliberately trying to kill protesters. who were trying to participate in and protestant can be and dangerous because the police forces they don't care of people who live and they don't even care of holiday treat them they don't just prevent you or were illegal but they shoot on your butt the our soil why are you protesting what are you angry about what are the main issues. as you know the since fourth. of february two thousand and eleven the people in bahrain starts by the you'll see

when they called for reforms and calling for a real democracy in our country but after the fifteenth of march the government they started their crackdown and they kill people and they prevent people from taking their rights to protest or to have their freedom of expression lots of people being killed lots of people being injured and they jailed more than two thousand nine hundred twenty nine and we are calling for for example for elected government we are calling for an independent. judiciary so when i'm not calling for something and understandable by the international global war we've seen the u.s. come out strongly against regimes in the arab world when they're paying large scale public demonstrations haven't heard much from washington over this and we haven't heard much from the international media about these protests in bahrain why is that in bahrain there is a very big issue you know serbia and he has so close to us and the relationship

between us and so the idea is very strong and this has been for me in a country house well so will be the complication here in our country can't be compared with the with the regime for example in syria which has no good relationship between the united states and the regime there. and coming up on r t fun with guns or tasteless tourism. visitors to israel are being given the chance to take up arms and what's marketed as an anti turk but the venture has given plenty of ammunition to critics. in the aftermath of last year's fukushima disaster hits u.s. shores in the form of radioactive fish this story coming up in a few minutes here on our. it looks like one of the world's most reclusive states

north korea is taking a step in another direction it's young leader is said to be set on a path of reform to revamp the country's economy and agriculture kim jong un has of this week dismissed the north's long standing military chief or opposing change south korean media report that the sacked general could have been injured or even killed when a gunfight broke out as a new commander attempted to detain him eric zero can from the national campaign to end the korean war says signs that the north is stepping away from military as them are encouraging but adds that the international community should change its attitude as well. the military plays a huge economic role in north korea they they deal with harvesting of crops they deal with working on roads they are a lot of the employment in north korea relates to militarism in the military but it's a change of attitude that's necessary it's why we tried to take

a message there when i was there about transcending hostility moving from reaction to relationship it's the same message we're going to washington this week it is we have to change our approach to this issue and perhaps what we're beginning to see is that the north koreans are beginning to understand that depth change is necessary in order to not only engage more with the rest of the world but to be begin to move forward in their own aspirations to be a strong independent country one that has peace and peace in the region so we hope some of that military shifting is contagious. well there's always more for you to explore at r.t. dot com here's a look at what we have there right now legendary football coach fabio capello is in moscow after being kind of the as the new manager of russia had high expectations from both of us and the players. kind of russian punk or punk rockers

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g.'s money old girls. and streets now in the palm of your. machine on the dot com. israel's holy sites such as they wailing wall the tomb of christ and the mosque have been a major draw for tourists for years now though a new attraction has come on to the scene visitors can pay to try their hand at an israeli gun range but what's marketed as an anti terror training as causing concern around the country as artie's paula slayer explains. a meaningful way tourists visiting the land of the holy can learn to look after themselves on the world's increasingly mean streets where touring is their hour and this is part of a good experience and it's it's something they could only do in is there are and

it's very. this shooting schools been around for years training security guards professionals soldiers and bodyguards now it's opened its doors with a two hour course for visitors we want to come today to the site to learn a little bit about the anti terrorist. tactics that they were in the villagers and how but instead learned so that they can protect themselves it's the brainchild of norman solomon a former real estate agent from los angeles his caliber three shooting school offers an alternative to the museums and beaches but listening and learning here could also save your life they say it was important for me to jewish people. the feeling that they have something safe in the. states they have and they have some of these deal with counterterrorism training the schools in a settlement just south of jerusalem a quarter of

a million israelis live in the situation is that with increasing frequency are seeing violent attacks between settlers and palestinians israelis over the last twenty or thirty years have been discussing the seeping. from the occupied territories into. that's the situation we have inside of israel when you look at israeli society these days and you look at the impact that such a long term occupation has had on our own society it is no coincidence that you have been beginning to see more and more of these attacks inside of israel as well as in the west bank the models of this gun toting operation are causing a stir in israel so it's possible. but from the other side people here and over in israel live in a place where everything is defense if we don't defend ourselves if we don't put up was things happen bad things happen i disapprove i think that israeli these really government should educate the children. and

educate children a for peace and not to enable the children and teach them to fight one another whatever the outcome this side show in a land of on rist appears to be drawing plenty of fingers to the trigger hundreds of tourists arrive in israel every day many of them deciding to give the settlements a shot this could be a fair ground if it wasn't surrounded by real life not only is the ever growing awareness of violence but also a slightly disturbing acceptance of the very often brutal way of dealing with such policy r.t. television. coming up on the program time to learn from little brother. i don't know we were going to. do you know we have more fun. as the u.s. starts to lag behind. economically and we ask americans why canadians are getting wealthier than they are. a brief look now at some other stories making headlines

around the globe spain's civil servants how you've been keeping up their weeklong series protests against wage cuts and changes to working conditions public sector workers have been blocking roads in the capital earlier hundreds of thousands of people marched across spain a protest descended into clashes with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets madrid is trying to save sixty five billion euros to secure a massive bailout for its banks has now been given the green light by all of the euro zone states. a vigil is being held in the u.s. state of colorado as people begin to mourn those killed at the screening of the new batman film twelve people died and fifty eight were wounded by a masked gunman who opened fire after throwing gas canisters into a crowded cinema the suspect has been identified as twenty four year old james

holmes people say he was armed with four firearms which quiet legally flags across the u.s. are being flown at half mast. three days after the suicide bombing of a bus carrying israeli tourists in bulgaria investigators are still struggling to identify the suspect security camera footage released after the attack showed a white man with long hair but i witnesses have now been quoted as saying that the suspect had dark skin and short dark hair and looks like he was wearing a wig israel blames the attack that killed six on iran's ally hezbollah a claim reportedly backed by american intelligence. fears are rising in the u.s. about the popular bluefin tuna called off the west coast contains radiation scientists say last year's nuclear disaster in japan is to blame but some claim these radioactive findings may only be the tip of the iceberg artie's mines in the

question of reports. this summer californian fisherman are ready to inspect their catch closer than average before the world really creates theory the reason for such concern lies in the latest discovery by scientists that bluefin tuna caught off the california coast contain a radioactive isotopes brought over from the waters of japan it's led many to believe the scale of disaster was far greater than talk years authorities have every advantage last year is devastating earthquake and tsunami not only killed thousands but also knocked out the focus. shima nuclear plant spilling uncontrolled amounts of radiation into the atmosphere so well and see the japanese government has been accused in the past of failing to provide full information about the incident in of downplaying the dangers the fact that the reactors were down which was known to go by the government literally within days of the incident taking

place and was not actually reported in the media for months afterwards which is almost unthinkable the news that my grade three fish may now be bringing that radioactivity across the pacific has sparked a media frenzy in the us this is the first time such a large migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity so far this next item made a lot of us consumers set up and take notice they've actually found low levels of radiation in seafood off the coast of california that raises a lot of alarm bells but there are fears that radiation in bluefin tuna is only the first sign of much worse disaster to come for the west coast. it may. be ocean. going to have a. hard. oh say over radiation x. prudes believe the real scale of the nuclear disaster will not be known for many

decades as the radiation released during the meltdown is accumulating and the global environment. leading to the summary scientists will repeat their study of meat fish but this time on a far way to seal them before and taking in a number of different species our experts say this will provide a real test of just how much radiation has been flowing across from japanese waters to american shores i didn't wish to r.t. reporting from wausau angeles california. now if you have a younger brother at the town feel awkward when they suddenly start doing better than you that's exactly what's happening now with america canada has now overtaken it in terms of wealth and personal prosperity our resident in new york has been asking people there why. for the first time in a long time canadians are wealthier than americans this week let's talk about why

because most. yet we keep wrapping it up here don't wish to improve your so that the secret canadians are watching it while it's a little bit better choice. to let the scottish rock show they don't want to i'm in the mood i love rain across the lake from canada because i we have lake erie there and we've i was in niagara falls last week and things look like they're thriving up there here not so much so what are they doing differently george w. bush. that's what happened we're still paying for eight years ago one hundred percent it was because of two thousand and eight when the market collapsed wouldn't bush took all the regulations out exacts what happened to us the usa has been the richest country in the world for years and says really it has changes i don't know why but. maybe lots of things may have been because of this you know like what what what do you think the biggest. security does it concern you it also doesn't concern

me no i think that they're good partners they're good neighbors but obviously we need to be doing something better what if the rest of the world starts surpassing us like canada as i would like it that's what i'm saying we need to start learning what they're doing right and figure out why we aren't do you think we're going to bother doing math or do you think that the pacific people in positions of power are just going to keep grabbing as much money as they can yeah it's not going to come from the people in power what's the secret was i know we were at her do we study oh no no we have more fun. we love life and money comes after do you think money comes first for americans and that might be the problem maybe maybe that sounds reasonable you're not just giving houses to people that can't afford them no it. doesn't have the. you know it's part of the american dream of having your own house right but that there's that theory isn't there in canada so either you're into your own house it doesn't really matter so you're free without regard to push

for the it could be american dream there's there's less pressure that compared with americans canadians have a higher average household income their houses are worth more and they have a lower rate of unemployment so maybe it's time for americans to take notes on how canadians are running their democracy there. charlie we asked her to the. opposes western backed resolutions on syria that's after a recap of our top story. resistance

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