conscious rage on in syria as regime troops attempt to find back and rebel held areas and new religious divisions to the deadly mix those u.n. observers get another thirty days to assess the situation. protesters demanding a right to rally in bahrain are met with tear gas after the government bans political demonstrations. and tourists are no israel are now taking up arms armies and terror training for anyone willing to pay.

and welcome to our team this saturday it is one o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen tara well government forces in syria are launching an all out counter attacks on the capital to reclaim districts held by rebels but the country is now facing a new religious front ramadan is meant to be a time of peace and prayer in the muslim world but it's now being used for political means and syrians have little hope it will help curtail violence as artichokes on a boy go reports from damascus. it's a call for prayer that at times sounds like a mother's way of and it all there is like a sinister cry in a horror movie themes of smoke are now competing with men their roots on the damascus skyline and few expect things to get any better in the coming months saturday is the first day of ramadan for many syrian muslims but not for all their philly cheese and 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 to the weather. syria as well as in iran or amman it fell on saturday the rebels though decided to start fasting a day earlier in line with geopolitical allies like saudi arabia and turkey mixing religion and politics is becoming increasingly common in this seventeen month long struggle. we have something like. right if you have to fly we don't care about. die because when we die we will go through a law to heaven. and that come first the sash neighborhood of damascus the mosque still bears the scars of clashes between the rebels and the army local men tell us about atrocities committed by the troops and how their faith their fight. and. become part against them even in ramadan you know.

we are with god and god with. healing in the name of god is nothing new of course and in syrian folks calls there are indeed very few atheists. and while the enemies are 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 responded to violence the holy month of ramadan is it time for a frantic shopping in time for sunset when muslims break their fast but here in what used to be an upscale 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 closed and actually there's absolutely no short burst here in the only people that we have met so far i mean army troops twenty five year old is

a conscript who joined the army fresh out of university a year and a half ago. well islam exam for active duty soldiers from the dawn to dusk fasting has some says he and the majority of other troops in his unit will do it anyway but with. its heart and we are facing creep challenge from these terrorists but god is on our side it gives us strength for as long as it takes over yet he recognizes that with the advent of from a down their efforts to stand what they call this crowd of terrorism is likely to face more challenges not only mosques have been used by the militarized the position for recruitment large crowds heading to prey make it easier for the rebels to infiltrate new areas that 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 and terrorists choose to move

around while ramadan calls for charity and compassion syrian man observing it routinely profess radin is to die for their cause but for the war to stop what they need is to be willing to live for it it's not a boycott artsy damascus syria meanwhile the you want to serve his 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 reviewed renewed rather if necessary artie's marina porn on his 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 besser 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 do 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 oneness 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 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 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. but the only true it can has given an interview to our explaining why some western states were so eager to push for a resolution on syria you can see it right here throughout the day or on our website r.t. dot com. police in bahrain have used tear gas to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters at least fifty people have died since the unrest began in february last year but the regime banning pro reform rallies earlier this month collin ask a former lecturer at the university of bahrain believes the time has come for change in the country. the people have been pushing for democracy for many years

now ro sovereignty in the country and the khalifa or the drive on progress these are credit ruling families ruling family now for two hundred twenty nine years lives in luxury they live lines that are so totally devoid from any type of reality from any type of connection with the average citizen whenever the people rise up and protest that they have in the past year and a half they go after them they kill them they torture them they beat them because they broke no allowance for freedom of speech freedom of association freedom of belief the people are determined they will continue to protest because the regime is so embattled and so in feeble and we can scare they have decided to ban all protests and the bill regime is in prison jake mahfood head of the amal political

society is in prison so the regime has been trying to shut down the pro-democracy protests there is a man who dragged only an enterprise under way in bahrain against the people of bahrain and that is what the world is silent about primarily because of the usa there and the fleet is a pivot point allow the u.s. maintain had amount of control not only over the persian go but over the entire middle east so the united states does not want to lose that basing rights. coming up on our 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 terror campaign but the venture has given plenty of ammunition to critics. and me aftermath of last year's fukushima disaster hits u.s. shores in the form of radioactive this story coming up in

a few minutes here on r.t. . well it looks like one of the world's most reclusive states north korea is taking a step in another direction its young leader is said to be set on a path of reform to revamp the country's economy and agriculture kim jong un has this week dismissed the north's a long standing military chief for 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 erik's or wrote him from the national campaign to end the korean war says signs that the north is stepping away from military is m r encouraging but adds that the international community should change its attitude to. the military plays a huge economic role in north korea they they deal with harvesting of the crop state you know with working on roads they are

a lot of the employed been to north korea relates to militarism military but it's a change of attitude that's necessary that's why we tried to take a message there when i was there about transcending hostility moving from a reaction to a relationship this is a 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 debt change is necessary in order to not only engage more with the rest of the world but to be begin to move forward there are all in the aspirations to be a strong independent country but one that has peace and peace in the region so we hope so that military shifting is contagious. now there's always more free to explore at r.t. dot com here's a quick peek up what's there right now. a long running ban on egyptian women

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video on demand teens in line broadcasts and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. israel's holy sites such as they wailing wall the tomb of christ and the. have been a major draw for tourists for years now however a new attraction has come on the scene there's a tourist can pay to try their hand at an israeli gun range but what's marketed as anti terror training has triggered concern around the country as artist or explains . a framing where 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 something they could only do in is or 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. villagers and inhabitants and learn 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 city 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 this situation we have been so. 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 but it 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 fairground if it wasn't surrounded by real life not only is there a 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 in the program to learn from little brother. i don't know we were. do you know we have more fun as the u.s. starts to lag behind it now mclean we asked people on the streets of new york why nady and are getting one theory than americans. spain is set for more

protest action after a week of. poor civil servants have been blocking roads and central madrid angry at wage cuts and changes to working conditions earlier hundreds of thousands of people marched across the country to protest descended into clashes with police firing tear gas bullets spain is trying to save sixty billion euros to secure and massive bailout for its banks which has now been given the green light euro zone states later on our team max kaiser gives his view of that fraudulent bankers are treating people out of their money. if you're mark zuckerberg what you get on your savings or on your investments trading and inside information market manipulation you can expect twenty twenty five percent. what we get we get zero percent and this is the new discrimination this is the new apartheid it's down to long lines of the interest rate curve and it is impoverishing this generation and

obliterating sabre's workers and pensioners by design using political jerram and ring or discrimination but interest rates discrimination using interest rates to disenfranchise an entire generation and go back to near people is about the old people as i'm called need a little as i'm. and you can catch the a report in just ten minutes right here on our team but now time for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the globe a vigil has been held in the u.s. state of colorado as people mourn those killed at a screening of the new batman film twelve people died and eleven are in critical condition after a masked gunman threw canisters into a crowded cinema and opened fire the suspect has been identified as twenty four year old james holmes but recently dropped out of a ph d.

course studying neuroscience police say he was armed with four firearms which he had acquired legally flights across the u.s. are being flown at half mast. three days after the suicide bombing of a bus carrying israeli tourists in bulgaria and vesta gaiters are still struggling to identify the suspect security camera footage released after the attack showed a white man with long hair and eye witnesses have now been quoted as saying that the suspect had dark skin short dark hair and both 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. fares are rising in the u.s. that the popular bluefin tuna caught off the west coast contains radiation scientists say last year's nuclear disaster and japan is to blame but some claim these radioactive findings may only be the tip of the iceberg artist madonna questionable reports. this summer californian fisherman are ready to inspect their

catch closer than average before the word really creates fear and the reason for such concern lies in the latest discovery by scientists that bluefin tuna caught off the california coast contain a ready to active isotopes brought over from the waters of japan it's led many to believe the scale of disaster was far greater than talking as authorities have ever admit it lost here is devastating earthquake and tsunami not only killed thousands but also knocked out the fukushima 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 and of downplaying the dangers the fact that the reactors were in which was no way 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 greater you fish may now be bringing that radioactivity across the pacific has sparked a media frenzy in the u.s. 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 u.s. 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 rays. if you go away. oh sure. yeah baby. boy. oh a covert radiation ax 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 in the global environment. leading to the summary scientists will repeat their study of reduced fish but this time on a far way to seal than before and taking in a number of different species x. pretty 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 watson angeles california. now if you have a younger sibling it can feel quiet all chord when they suddenly start doing better than you that's exactly what's happening with the u.s. as canada has now overtaken it in terms of wealth and personal prosperity our resident 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

his emotional. yet we keep wrapping it up here don't worry. so that the secret canadians are watching and while it's a little bit better their choice. to let the scottish crush oh 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 to 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 right what's the secret was i know we were at her do we study oh now 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 you get your rent your own house it doesn't really matter so you're stuck with those who were there that push for the it could be american dream there's there's

less push for that as 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. shortly max ka-zar and stacey herbert discuss the latest market tactics after an update of the headlines.

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