syria and the muslim holy month of ramadan didn't violence as government forces on the rebel fighters but along every corner of the war torn country. spain is gearing up for yet more angry and sturdy protests just days after a nationwide marches descended into clashes that left dozens of. trigger happy tourism and you attraction for visitors to israel's fears of promoting a negative perception of the country. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t.

moscow rule received shy fierce fighting between the syrian military and rebels continues to rage for the second day in syria's northern economic hub of aleppo where the violence shows no sign of declining day after the u.n. security council unanimously voted to extend its observer mission to the country for a final thirty day period and clashes are continuing to break out in damascus after rebel forces had been mostly driven out of the syrian capital by assad's army on friday reports suggest the last few days of fighting been the bloodiest since the conflict began and the saudis ochs on a boycott reports the holy spirit of ramadan will in no way reconcile the enemies. it's a call for prayer that a time sounds like a mother's wail and it all there is like a sinister cry in a horror movie plumes of smoke are now competing with men there at sea 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 the thought 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 whether so in syria as well as in iran or amman. today 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. when we die we will go through a law to heaven. and that comforts 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 we hope become fights against them even in ramadan you know it's not that. we will do into a law because we are with god and god with. healing in the name of god is nothing new of course and in syrian foxholes there are indeed very few atheists. and while 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 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 a close and actually there's absolutely no short burst here in the only people that we have met so far are 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 examples 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 heart and we're freezing and preach challenge from these terrorists but god is on our side it gives us strength for as long as it takes to get here 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. 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 red in this 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 i mean time washington says it's seeking to put even more pressure on damascus while providing additional support to the rebels political analyst ivan eland thinks the u.s. is trying to bring down a side by any indirect means of the syrian president himself 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's 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 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. now we did speak

exclusively with russia's envoy to the u.n. that of the dalai churkin explained moscow's position on the syrian conflict and you can watch the full interview later today here on r.t. or just find it on our web site r t v dot com let's have a quick look now and see what else is standing by for you there on the line really chilling personal accounts of the survivors of the cinema shooting which twelve dead and dozens injured. and legendary italian coach fabio capello is right here in moscow to sign the contract to become the new manager of the national football are more about the terms of the deal online. and the t.v. channel managed solely by women wearing full face veils has been launched explain the whole concept but on the dock.

we're coming to you live from the heart of moscow and spain is bracing itself for yet more protests as anti austerity demonstrations gain strength in the capital rallies have been taking place across spain for over a week now after prime minister hoyer announced sixty five billion euros in harsh financial measures on top of cutbacks of the cuts are being implemented in return for a massive bailout for the battered spanish banking system on thursday over one million outraged citizens marched across the country the protests that later turned violent though police firing tear gas and rubber bullets and carlos tackle us 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 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 in our kissin 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 live 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. an a.t.m.

buildings right in the late 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 now and now they're very livelihoods are threatened and of course tensions are going to boil over. both for the come of the program here on. being 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 protesters clashed with riot police in the capital of buck rain on friday the demonstrations against the ruling royal family began last february and it led to over fifty deaths and scores of arrests the government has been attempting to suppress the opposite. the program protest band earlier this month cullen capital a former lecturer at the university of akron believes it's in the u.s.

his interest to empower the oppressive regime. that people have been pushing for democracy for many years now fro sovereignty in the country and the khalifa or the drive on the progress these are critics ruling family 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 one for freedom of speech freedom of association freedom of belief the people who 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 jake mahfood head of the amal political 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 is filing about primarily because of the u.s. sit there and the fleet is a pivot point allow 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. now it's one of the most secretive nations on earth where many would say nothing's changed for decades and life is lived in a communist time warp but while the winds of change and exactly blowing full strength in north korea a new era could be on the horizon this week the country's military chief was

suddenly sacked and now reports are emerging that major economic and cultural reforms are pending independent journalist nabo he believes pyongyang should be encouraged but not pressured to open up to south korea. sixty years of sanctions on north korea has them up world and i think things like the chinese opening up special economic zones in the north of that country be assured by loans that are supposedly being made to go into your first phone call we have their eyes 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 though and the north korean space to produce the products and there are so i think all these things are a step in the right direction but it's almost a us and the are ok are illegally firing during these military drills into north korea stirred the waters it's against international law you're going to get the loser is from north korea i think the international community at this point really needs to emphasize into

a kurdish direct talks between the north and the south and that is really what we need to see happen and until that happens there is no prospect for pretty peaceful reunification. card i still had for you this hour here on out here we find out why america's northern neighbor has bolted ahead. we need to start learning what they're doing right and figure out why we are in as the u.s. sees its economic ground shaken we also people on the streets of new york by the super power has been giving way to its canadian brother join our president in about ten minutes time. still.

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makes your statement. split the works you find the student loans. car loans to the. mayor and more mouths to feed but where will the food come from can science provide the answers to the future of food under the microscope. we've got the future covered. it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today conflict israel remains a popular hot spot for tourists despite long running security risks but it is can all take a self-defense course firing rifles at a new attraction the marketing raising moral concerns in the country and. now reports. of. a training ground 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 it's something they could only do in as 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 learned the villagers. 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. 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 the situation we have inside of israel when you look at israeli society. and you look at the impact that such a long term occupation has had on our own society it is no coincidence that you would be beginning to see more and more of these attacks inside israel as well as in the west bank the models of the 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 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 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 there a growing awareness of violence but also a slightly disturbing acceptance of the very often brutal way of dealing with that policy r.t. television. now 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 republic's district the attackers started firing from machine guns at a vehicle carrying servicemen as it was passing through a forest road where the injured are being treated and police are searching for the perpetrators earlier security services prevented a terrorist attack in the republic by defusing a bomb of about ten kilograms. well i let such out some of the headlines for you in brief an hour from all around the world will start with northwestern pakistan where at least nine again killed sixteen injured in a suicide bomb attack of 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 no one has claimed responsibility for the attack at this point. south sudan has pulled out of peace talks with sudan after a bombing that left two civilians injured on friday sudan has denied carrying out

the strike the two countries have been in dispute over borderlines since the south sudan declared independence last july taking roughly seventy five percent of sudan's oil production. japan's government has urged an investigation into radiation safety neglected at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant the workers were allegedly forced to cover their meters with lead plates to keep radiation doses low enough to continue working under unsafe conditions the nuclear meltdown at the stricken plant owned by the tokyo electric power company was caused by the devastating earthquake and accompanying tsunami in march of last year. and staying with japan are the consequences of last year's nuclear lekan are reaching california shores restaurant owners on the west coast are pondering taking tuna fish off their menu over fears of contamination this report to r.t. is medina caution about. this summer californian fisherman are ready to inspect

their catch closer than average before the world really grieves here 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 is. 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 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 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 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 radiation is right. if you're in the ocean. going to have a. heart is. a. day 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. later this summer scientists will repeat their study of reading the fish but this time on a far away to scale than before and taking in a number of different species our experts to this will provide a real test of just how much radiation has been flowing across from japanese waters to american shores. california. well if you have a younger sibling it can possibly sometimes feel awkward if they suddenly start to outperform you well that's exactly what's happening now in the u.s. as canada has overtaken it in terms of wealth and personal prosperity so in the latest edition of the resident laurie huff and goes to the streets of the big apple to ask the people there what on earth happened. for the first time in a long time canadians are wealthier than americans this week let's talk about why.

you know we keep racking it out here don't worry. though that the canadians are watching a little bit better. well the scottish rock show they don't want them in the mood i love rain across the lake from canada because i we have lake erie there and we deny your 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 exactly what happened to us the usa has been the richest country in the world for years and suddenly it has changes i don't know why but. maybe lots of things may have been the cause of it 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 there are good partners they're good neighbors but obviously we need to be doing something better one of 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 the secret was i know we worked hard to we 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 we'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 here to your house it doesn't really matter so you're saying without with

a push for the it could be american dream there's this much 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. you know just a couple of minutes here and artie is going to be our max and stacey discovering are discussing it with her latest market manipulation tactics on the kaiser report that will be after an update of the headlines. all.

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