syria has troops attempt to fight back in rebel held areas but now religious divisions. the u.n. observers get another thirty days to assess the situation. and protesters demanding a right to rally and met with tear gas so after the government bans political demonstrations. taking up. to anyone willing to pay. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on our on this saturday. and life in moscow

government forces in syria launching an all out counter attacks in 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 in the muslim world but it's now being used for political means and syrians have little hope it will help to coattail any and all violence. now reports from damascus. it's a call for prayer that at times sounds like a mother's wail and it all there's like a sinister cry in a horror movie plumes of smoke are now competing with men there it's 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 fear which is that the rebels that seem to disagree on just about everything also differ on when 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 gee to

the weather so in 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 political allies like saudi arabia and turkey mixing religion and politics is becoming increasingly common seventeen month long struggle . we have something like. if we have to we don't care about. it because when we die we will go through a law to heaven. and that comes 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. arm 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 a response. to violence the holy month of ramadan is the time for 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 i think 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 on the 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 exam active duty soldiers from the dawn to dusk fasting. he and the majority of other troops in his unit will do it anyway. it's summer it's hearts and we are freezing and preach challenge from these terrorists is on our side it gives us strength for as long as it takes to get here recognizes that with the advent of the efforts to stand what they call this threat of terrorism is likely to face more challenges not only mosques have been used by the militarized the position for recruitment large crowds having to pray make it easier for the rebels to infiltrate new areas that is the reason why it's so hard to capture all these terrorists is because they can easily disguised themselves as civilians when we conduct our operations we have to let civilians terrorists choose to move around

while ramadan calls for charity and compassion syrian man observing it routinely profess right in this to die for their cause but for the war to stop what they need is to be willing to live for a nice little boy artsy damascus syria. i mean while the u.n. observers mission has been given another thirty days to monitor events there in syria all members of the security council had voted in favor of extending their mandate which could be renewed if necessary parties some are important as 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 a 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 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 of course one of the important are reporting will the russian ambassador to the u.n. for tommy chuck and i was given an interview to us here at explaining why some western states so we get a push for a resolution on syria and you can watch it throughout the day here on out so you know which is to find it on our website don't go. from the police used tear gas to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters and at least fifty people have died since the unrest begun in february last year with the regime banning pro-reform rallies earlier this month cohen cover for a lecturer at the university of bahrain believes the time has come for a change. the people have been pushing for democracy for many years

now with the row sovereignty in the country and the khalifa or the drive on the 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 people and we can take care they have decided to ban all protests and the bill regime is in prison checkmark food for them all little society is in prison so the regime has been trying to shut down this 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 of foreign about primarily because of us that 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. it's good to have you with us here or not to you today still to come for you in this program funds with guns or tasteless tourism. visitors to israel are being given the chance to take up arms and more small good as an anti terror training camp but the venture has given plenty of ammo to the critics. and the often off of last year's fukushima disaster hits u.s.

shores in the form of radioactive fish that's coming just a few minutes on what. looks like one of the world's most reclusive states that of north korea is taking a step in another direction its young leader is said to be set on a path of reform kim jong un this week dismissed the north's long standing military chief who it's understood was opposed to the plan changes south korean media report that the general might even have being killed off for a gunfight broke out when attempt was made to arrest him let's get details on this i'm told to journalist an independent but we good to see you thanks for joining us on the program today so. well i suppose bit more north korea reform that don't exactly always go together and hand in hand when it comes to possibly reform in the country how far along do you think kim jong un is prepared to go. but i think the fact that north korea's a creative genius he can address the need for reform is a huge step in the right direction i think at this stage. hearts and minds and he's

been undoubtedly very successful successful doing that so far stylistically east change the leadership role it's getting more serious he's giving speeches something father has never done. state television we're now seeing seen over forswear and things like miniskirts and it may seem insignificant but in north korea that is a sign of times changing here we see speech that made he spoke of north koreans. bringing about time. the north koreans that no one there. so also we have instructions before kim jong il. passed away he gave instructions to king joe basically to do as much business with china and russia as possible and we see just before can go away on his trip to egypt and it is in the eastern shore i don't know if that's what i understand and i think it's fair to say ok understandably the you

know that his father would say or do as much business as a kind with russia and china but let's talk more about these reforms because i mean it certainly is unusual to hear this kind of action taking place in north korea his kim jong un talking about reform you mentioned a moment ago some goals being seen wearing miniskirts and i mean certainly perhaps even the international community could look at this and go well you know what not was a time of transition and change in north korea could it continue to transform and frankly if it did if it does how would the international community perhaps change its position when looking at north korea. well you still really pretty sure to sort of need to make those insinuations that the international community to be changed towards north korea i think it's really the application of those sanctions it's the state of those who performs rather what i'm trying to say is that six years of sanctions on north korea has in the world and i think things like the chinese opening up special economic zones in the north of the country we have to buy loans that are supposed to get going to go into your first phone call we have the rose on

a special economic zone in the northern part of the country and we have a case on special industrial complex the industrial complex which is south korea and the north korean space that produced the products and there are so i think all these things are a step in the right direction but as long as the u.s. and the are ok or illegally firing during these military drills into north korea start or water is it's against international law you're going to get the losers from north korea was something we did have some across the border clashes and in the past year or so i went during so-called military drills but of course it doesn't take much to go back to the days of old george w. bush when he first came into power and of course talking about his old axis of evil in north korea was one of the one of the names you throughout that not not a good way to start any presidency frankly the military there in north korea it's it's one of the most powerful in the world an estimated one point one million troops rated as the fourth biggest army in the world these are charges do you think

the military could even rise up and try to try to block any type of reform a time of transition that is with kim jong un. i think it's extremely unlikely at this point maybe it's that little arm of the regime and the military are one and same so you're not going to get an uprising from members of the military even if you have it like. marshall who was apparently posed i mean the net is sixty one years old so it's possible it was actually below this stories for ect but what you had mentioned earlier was the fact that it was closer to some gunfight this was and it shows little pieces the south korean newspaper and first i find this very unlikely it's reportedly unverified and many other news outlets actually orders that i simply. don't interrupt you because you do raise a really good point there in the fact is that the south korean media the south korean newspapers are talking about this deposed north korean military chief who might have been injured or even killed in

a gunfight off that he was told he would be sacked it's a south korean newspapers a many a network so outlets could say anything they want about north korea because how are you going to verify it it's going to be next to impossible to confirm what's coming out of there very briefly running out of time here but i must ask you when it comes to reforms that kim jong un is trying to implement and he's trying to voice here do you think there were forms could impact relations between both koreas. the international community at this point really needs to emphasize in g. eight courage direct talks between the north and the south and you know that is really what we did this happen and until that happens there is no prospect for the peaceful reunification. depend a writer and journalist are joining us live here on r.t. thanks good to see you it's here bill. well others are always much more for you to explore and r.t. dot com let's have a look and see what's waiting for you on our website right now women wearing the full face veil can now present the news on egyptian television it's a new islamist channel is set for launch in cairo with the long running ban being

lifted. and legendary football coach fabio capello is in moscow it's all the after being confirmed as the new manager of russia coming in with high expectations from both france and of course the players as well. moscow we are coming to you live from the heart of the russian capital here israel's our holy sites such as the wailing wall other to move christ in the mosque have all been major draws for tourists for many years now but now a new attraction has come on the scene visitors can pay to try their hand at an israeli gun range it's been marketed as anti terror training and it's certainly triggered some concern as artie's paul asli explains. explaining the 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 the experience and it's something they could only do in israel and it's very easy this shooting school's 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 learned the villagers and shadowman inhabitants 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 and they. have a state they have and they have the similar 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 of norms from the occupied territories into 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 a causing a stir in israel it's possible. but from the other side people here in israel live in a place where everything is defense if we don't defend ourselves if we don't put up walls things happen bad things happen i disapprove i think that israeli these

really government should educate the children. and educate children for peace and not. enable the children and teach them to fight one another whatever the outcome this side show in the land of unrest 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 there were growing awareness of violence but also a slightly disturbing acceptance of the very often brutal way of dealing with that policy r.t. television just a couple of minutes until the r.t. world updates for now though thousands are marching in spain as they continue want to week of or anti austerity protests civil servants have been blocking roads in central madrid wage cuts changes to working conditions hundreds of thousands of

people marched all across the country to protest to descend into clashes with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets spain is trying to save sixty five billion euros to secure a massive bailout for the banks which has now been given the green light by all eurozone states a bit later here on r.t. it's going to be max keiser giving his view that fraudulent bankers are once again in broad daylight cheating people out of their own money. if you're mark zuckerberg what you get on your savings are on your investments training and inside information market manipulation you can expect twenty twenty five percent us what do we get we get zero percent and this is the new discrimination this is the new apartheid it's down along lines of the interest rate curve and it is impoverishing this generation and obliterating savers workers and pensioners by design using not political jerram entering or discrimination

but interest rates discrimination using interest rates to disenfranchise an entire generation and go back to near people as among the old people isn't called nido brutal as. you can also see the latest edition of the cars report or any time on line that r t v dot com ok as promised let's go to the artsy world update for you now or start with pakistan suicide bomber has attacked a militant commander's compound in northwest pakistan killing nine and wounding twenty and the bomber reportedly designated his explosives when he was challenged by guards outside the commander is a rival of another prominent militant leader in the area who has links to the pakistani taliban several militant groups are active in the northwest semi autonomous tribal region. a vigil has been held in the u.s. state of colorado as people mourn those killed at a screening of a new batman film twelve people died eleven in critical condition after

a mosque gunman threw gas canisters into a crowded cinema and then opened fire the suspect has been identified as twenty four year old james holmes who had recently dropped out of a ph d. course studying neuroscience police say he was armed with four firearms which he had acquired legally flags across america are now 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 are released after the attack showed a white man with long hair but now prosecutors say the suspect had a short haircut but it wasn't clear whether or not he was wearing a wig israel blames the attack that killed six on iran's ally hezbollah and that's a claim reportedly backed up by american intelligence. well fears 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 in japan is to blame but some claim these radioactive findings may only be the tip of the iceberg and saudis meeting a caution of reports. this summer california and fisherman are ready to inspect or catch closer than average before the word radiation 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 as have ever admit it last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami not only killed thousands but also knocked out the fukushima nuclear plant spilling uncontrolled amounts of freddie ation 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 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 greater the 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 radiation is ok if you're in the ocean. going to have

a. boy. oh yeah ok. ready for its believe the real scale of the nuclear disaster will not. it's been known for many decades as the radiation released during the meltdown is accumulating in the global environment. later this summer scientists will repeat their study go like really 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 los angeles california. title back in just a couple of minutes here on r.t. hope to see you sad.

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