syria and the muslim holy month of ramadan engulfed in violence as government forces and rebel fighters stop along for every corner of the water one country. and spain is gearing up for more angry and your sturdy protests just days after a nationwide marches descended into clashes that left dozens injured. trigger happy tourism a new attraction for visitors to israel spots fears of promoting a culture of violence. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm live in moscow

a fierce fighting between the syrian military and rebels continues to rage for the second day in syria's northern economic hub of aleppo and the violence shows no sign of declining for a day after the u.n. security council unanimously voted to extend its observer mission to the country for a final thirty day period clashes are continuing to break out in damascus not the rebel forces have been mostly driven out of the syrian capital by assad's army on friday reports suggest the last few days of fighting have been the bloodiest since the conflict began and i thought he talks on a boy who reports the holy spirit of ramadan will in no way reconcile the enemies. it's a call for prayer that at times sounds like a mother's wail and at others like a sinister cry in a horror movie plumes of smoke are now competing with minarets 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 there is then 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 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. rights if we have to fry we don't care about the guy 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 response 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 and not for killing residential area close to central damascus you can barely find i think shops open most of them have been ravaged or destroyed like

this one those that stayed intact a close and actually there's absolutely no sharp. here in medan the only people that we have met so far of 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 exams 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. it's summer it's hearts and we are freezing and preach 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 threat 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 not 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 and in the meantime washington says it is seeking to put even more pressure on damascus while providing additional support to the rebels a political analyst thinks the u.s. is trying to bring down assad by any indirect means or the syrian president is prepared to go down fighting. the united states would like russia to put pressure on assad to leave peacefully but i think it's very obvious that assad probably

won't do that and i think that he's seen what happened in other countries when the president stepped down like mubarak you know that sort of thing and so i think he has no incentive to give up and to try to leave the country his back is to the wall and he's probably going to fight it out we don't know exactly what the united states is doing and often times when the united states says it's giving non-lethal i these items are combat multipliers communications etc so they don't kill people directly but the indirect effect is to make the opposition more effective there are other arabic countries in turkey i think are helping out this side opponents and therefore the u.s. hands are clean but i think definitely there's probably some covert stuff going on in the united states says no the government says no but most assuredly if we go by past history there probably is something going on there. well earlier r.t.

spoke exclusively with russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin who explained moscow's position on the syrian conflict so you can watch the full interview here on r.t. a bit later or just find on our website any time you'd like that sort of a look see what else is waiting for you at odyssey dot com i read the killing of personal accounts of the survivors of the dead massacre which left twelve people dead and doesn't change. the legendary italian coach fabio capello is right here in moscow to sign a contract to become the new manager of the national football team more of the terms of the deal at r.t. dot com. and a t.v. channel managed to sole lead by women are wearing full face veils has been launched in egypt to explain this concept again.

it is coming to you live from moscow as a spain is bracing itself for yet more protests as the austerity demonstrations continue to gain strength in the capital rallies have been taking place across spain for over a week now after prime minister hoyo announced sixty five billion euros in harsh financial measures on top of cutbacks and the cuts are being implemented in return for a massive bailout for the battered spanish banking system on thursday over a million outraged citizens marched all across the country the protests did turn violent with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets and car last act loss a sociologist at. the university believes the situation in spain is only going to get worse. what we're seeing is a massive transfer of public private debt into public debt and that's that's where it really begins to harm the actual citizens of spain it's this sort of this these

plans are not even being done on a large enough scale to really have any effect positive effect for sort of working people in spain when you take their food you take all that they have take their homes and they respond quite viscerally i mean yesterday you know we saw in madrid for instance wasn't you know violent an artists and a group that decided to burn a bunch of dumpsters what we saw were police charging against other police protesting police we saw them charging against firemen and women we saw them charging against public sector workers and chasing them through the streets of madrid and you know neighborhood neighborhoods in madrid the actual people that lived there were actually throwing flower pots from the balconies at the police now that's a qualitative change from what we've seen over the last year in spain certainly you see people living in a.t.m. and a.t.m. buildings right in the late t.m. services and you see them living out in the streets looking in the in the trash you

know for food i mean these are people that two years ago were working ok and they were working and maintaining families and now they're very livelihoods are threatened and of course tensions are going to boil over. this is also you still to come for you in this program in the line of fire. if there's no coincidence that you are beginning to see more and more of these attacks inside of israel as well as in the west bank find out why a new tourist attraction has triggered controversy in israel. thousands of regime protesters clashed with riot police in the capital of rain on friday and the demonstrations against the ruling royal family began last february and it led to over fifty deaths in schools of of arrests the government has been trying to suppress the opposition with program form protests. calling for a lecturer at the university of bahrain believes it's in the u.s. his interests to empower the oppressive regime. the people have been pushing for

democracy for many years now row sovereignty in the country and the khalifa or the drive on the progress these are critics ruling family life 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 protests 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 scared they have decided to ban all protests and the bill regime is in prison jake mahfood head of the amal 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 the u.s. in there and the fleet is a pivot point allows the u.s. maintain had similar 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. this is and it is one of the most secretive nations on earth for many would say nothing's changed for decades and life is lived in a communist time warp but while the winds of change on exactly blowing full strength in north korea a new era could be on the horizon this week the country's military chief was suddenly removed from his post and now reports are emerging that major economic and

agricultural reforms are pending independent journalist believes pyongyang should be encouraged but not pressured to open up to south korea. sixty 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 that country b. have to buy loans that are supposedly going to go into your first phone call we have the ra's on the 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 home and the north korean space to produce the products in there and so i think all these things are a step in the right direction but as long as the u.s. and the are ok are illegally firing during these military drills into north korea's territory waters it's against international law you're going to get the lizards from north korea i think the international community at this point really needs to emphasize in g. eight urged direct talks between the north and the south i mean that is really what

we did this happen and until that happens there is no prospect for free peaceful reunification. all right now still ahead for you this hour here on out say we find out why america's nowell the neighbor has bolted. and we need to start learning what they're doing right and figure out why we aren't. what i think u.s. sees its economic ground shake and we also people in the streets of new york why the superpower has been giving way to his canadian we're about to join our resident in less than ten minutes taught. in schools started here before going global and now it's cooling myrow.

choose your place take your stuff. to. make your statement. spread the word. my student loans. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can easily be. explained as she is a war ok. i wish she would have never happened but it has. been

a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary would destroy their own safety all foreign nationals . including journalists and inspectors should leave. and it's clear what happens with such witnesses they got it right. many were you worried. first shooting. live from moscow this is r.t. now war weary israel remains a popular hot spot for tourists despite an ever growing security risk and visitors now feel one step closer to the front line by getting their hands on some firepower at a brand new attraction but the marketing move is raising moral concerns in the country as ports. a

training ground 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 user experience and it's it's something they could only do in as there are and it's very easy 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 learned the 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 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 a city on the debt 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 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 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 government should educate the children be and educate children for peace and not to enable the children and teach them to fight one another whatever the outcome this side show in the land of one wrist 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 such policy r.t. television. just twenty twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow two people have been killed and three wounded after

a military convoy came under fire in russia's southern republic of. the incident occurred in the republican. district the attackers started firing from machine guns at a vehicle carrying servicemen as it was passing through a forest road the injured are being treated and police are now searching for the perpetrators security services prevented a terror attack in the republic by defusing a bomb of about ten kilograms of t.n.t. . where i go to the r.c. what i'm doing now will start with a bombing in northwest pakistan at least nine have been killed sixteen injured it was a suicide bomb attack the blast went off at a guest entrance of a military compound used by a local militia the compound belongs to a militant commander who had split from the islamist taliban group at this point nobody has claimed any responsibility. that.

south sudan has once again accused of bombing us territory saying that they have put in danger the recent they resume peace talks between the countries officials reported the air attack took place friday morning and left two civilians injured the long lasting dispute over border lines and oil the to heavy fighting earlier this year the two countries were forced to resume peace talks and may by the u.n. security council. now to japan the consequences of last year's nuclear leak and reaching the u.s. is sure was a restaurant owners in california pondering over taking tuna fish dishes off their menu to radioactive traces being found in it with this report between a coach and. this summer californian fisherman are ready to inspect or catch closer than average before the world 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 radioactive isotopes brought over from the waters of japan it's led many to believe the scale of disaster was far greater than talk his authority does have ever admitted it's 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 instant and of downplaying the dangers the fact that the reactors were in full military 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 did my great reef 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 us consumers sit 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. if you go away. in the ocean. by. a. radiation axe 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 memory scientists will

repeat their study and might read the fish but this time on a far way to steal then 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 arts he was quoting from los angeles california . now if you have a younger sibling it can feel awkward if they suddenly start outperforming you well that's exactly what's happening now with the u.s. as canada has a overtaken it in terms of wealth and personal prosperity so now we turn to laurie oftenest latest edition of the resident are taking to the streets of new york to find out how did this happen. for the first time in a long time canadians are wealthier than americans this week let's talk about why it was emotional and yet we keep wrapping it up here don't worry germs rude move

good so that the secret canadians are watching their wallets a little bit better choice the mother scottish because they don't want them in the morning i love rain across the lake from canada because i we have lake erie there and we've i was 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 that you know like 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 at yeah 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 that 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 the secret was i know we work hard we study you know 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. i have seen you know it's part of the american dream is 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 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. well actually what are we all sky russia's ambassador to the u.n. why moscow opposes a question about sanctions over solutions on syria to be off the headlines in just a second. to look.

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