hundreds of n.t. austerity protesters gather in madrid just a day after nationwide demonstrations against even. syria is engulfed in violence with fears battles raging across the country between government forces and rebel fighters this as reports claim july has been the bloodiest month of the conflict so far. and no quite get away as a new tori's attraction in israel teaching visitors counter terrorism techniques spokesman travesty amid claims that it's approaching a negative image of the country.

you're watching our t.v. live from omar sco headquarters and to austerity protests have swept the spanish capital with mess of crowds marching through the streets of madrid demonstrations have been taking place across the country for over a week now after prime minister mariano rajoy introduced sixty five billion euros in new spending cuts artie's alexy a chef ski has the latest from madrid. now this is yet another one in a string of and sigh austerity anti-government protests in spying which have been hitting the country for the course of the past several weeks now several thousand have gathered in the central square in madrid here to protest against the austerity measures by the government it's been very peaceful so far in fact several rallies were held across the city and a huge march of several thousand people took people to the square where they have been chanting slogans and holding banners demanding the government to stop this austerity policy the situation is very bad it's terrible unemployment is growing the government's job reforms are aimed at increasing mass layoffs and cutting

benefits and the person who's come out to demonstrate is exercising their right to . democracy one vote every four years doesn't mean anything not the government is not representing the interests of the people all the measures and to tell king if you know the holy shit this comes just days after thousands of people across spain in madrid in particular class with the police several dozen were wounded the police actually used tear gas and rubber bullets to pacify the crowd this is something pretty much untypical for spain because unlike greece where the protests violent protests and clashes with the right police started immediately after the austerity measures were implemented displaying the spanish have been protesting very peacefully now this is all because on july the eleventh the spanish prime minister announced that additional sixty five billion euros will be allocated from the country's budget at the expense of the unemployment beneficial budgets at explain the expense of the pensions to rescue the country's financial banking sector now

this particular protest a have been peaceful no violence have been happening despite the huge presence of the security forces of the police in this square and the streets surrounding the square but nobody rules out that such violence may happen in the future because all the financial analysis all the financial forecasts for spying for the next year suggest that things are not. looking good for the country if there is to continue the austerity policy meanwhile winter standards that the spanish government has been defending their policies defending the cuts saying that this is basically the only way to rescue the country's ailing economy and the ailing banking sector we certainly have to wait and see whether more protests will happen and whether the people who are getting more and more aggressive with every step in the austerity measures that the country's government is implementing will be willing to take more the and into the streets once again. carlos say socialist just said university believes that 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 any positive effect for people in spain when you take their food you take all that they have take homes and they respond quite this really what 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 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 and certainly you see people living in a.t.m. an a.t.m. buildings right in little a.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 now and now they're very livelihoods are threatened and of course tensions are going to boil over coming up in the program and 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 a way new tourist attraction has triggered country of the sea in israel. syrian government forces and rebels have battled for a second day in the north one city of aleppo this comes after the u.n. security council agreed to extend the observer mission to the country by a final thirty day meanwhile the french foreign minister has called on the

opposition to follow a provisional government. and prepared to take over the country damascus has seen as for ready fire fine itself to rebel forces had been mostly driven out of the syrian capital by a soft on friday report suggestion lie has been the bloodiest month since the conflict began. and as a sign of boyko reports the muslim holy month of ramadan is unlikely to bring peace and unity. 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 fellow riches 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 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 seventeen month long struggle . we have something like. rights if you have to fire you we don't care about. when we die we will go through a law to heaven. and they come for secession 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 an upscale 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 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 well 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 heart and we are freezing creek 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 done 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 heading to prey 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 and terrorists choose to move

around while. ramadan calls for charity and compassion syrian men observing it routinely profess radin this to die for that cause but for the war to stop what they need is to be willing to live for a it's not a void. damascus syria washington says it's seeking to put even more pressure on damascus while providing additional support to the rebels political analyst ivan eland believes that despite international pressure 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 their 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. go to our website for the exclusive interview with russia's envoy to the un. who explains the moscow's position on the syrian conflict here's a brief look at what else is waiting for you at r.t. dot com please if you use explosives or add to the apartment of the suspected

colorado gunman james holmes full of the latest updates in the aftermarket copper tragic cinema shooting which left twelve people dead and dozens wounded. the legendary deluge encourage five year capello is in moscow to sign the contract to become the new manager of the national football team more about the terms of the deal on a website. and a t.v. channel manager so only by women wearing full face veil has been launched in egypt we explain its concepts on r.t. dot com. thousands of n.t.v. regime protesters clashed with riot police in the capital of bahrain on friday the demonstrations against the ruling royal family began last february and have led to

over fifty deaths and scores of r.s. the government has been attempting to use the pres the opposition with pro-reform protests banned earlier this month calling as cavell a former lecturer at the university of bahrain believes it's in the us is interest to empower the oppressive regime so the people have been pushing for democracy for many years now. in the country and the clue or the drone on the program do you or credit ruling family ruling family now for two hundred twenty nine year. luxury. so. totally devoid from any type a reality from any type of connection with the average citizen whenever the people riled up and protest that they have in the past year and i have 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 or determine they will continue to protest because the regime is so embattled and so in feeble and we can scared they have decided to ban all protests and the bill rizzo is in prison jake mark who head of the amal political society is in prison though the regime of 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 far on about primarily because of the usa there and the big leap is a pivot point allow the u.s. maintain had to moloch control not only over the persian go but over the entire middle east so the united states does not want to lose basing rights. for years north korea's leadership has ruled in the reclusive nation with little sign of

reform but recent developments suggest that it's nearly that kim jong un might take a different approach from his predecessors and let the winds of change finally reached the country this week of the country's military chief was suddenly sacked and kim jong il appointed marshal hires machine posts in the country expresso view such ways as a possible struggle for power among north korea's ruling elite and say it could ultimately lead to economic and as a cultural reform independent journalist and nile valley billie's appeal myung shipping courage but not precious shaping up to south korea. sixty years of sanctions on north korea is in the world and i think things like the chinese opening up special economic zones in the north of the country prefer to buy ones that are supposedly being developed into your free phone call the roads on the special economic zone in the northern part of the country and you have

a case on special industrial complex the industrial complex which is south korea though and the north korean space to be shipped from the us 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 doing these military drills into north korea circling the waters it's a good assumption that's what you're going to get the losers from north korea the condition actually community at this point really needs to emphasize into a purge direct talks between the north and the south and that is really what we see this happen and until that happens there is no prospect for peaceful reunification . coming up this hour no two no roll call you food safety expert in the u.s. a ring alarm bells the traces of radiation pounding tuna fish caught off the california coast watch archie to find out how it got the. bizarre is a long running security risk proving to be something of a draw for a certain kind of tourist one establishment is now sending

a taste of danger to visit is offering a self-defense course that includes firearms training but as policy of finds out not everyone in the country is excited about the new attraction. 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 are our and this is part of a get there as are all experience and it's something they could only do and is there on this very evening this shooting school's been around for years training security guards professionals. soldiers and body guards now it's opened its doors with a two hour course for visit has we want to come today to the site to learn a little bit about the anti terrorist. tactics that they learned the villagers in the settlement 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. the feeling of something safe in. a state they have and they have these deal with counterterrorism training 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 so it's possible. but from the other side people here in ever 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. 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 an 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

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. let's not take a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the globe embattled media tycoon rupert murdoch has quit a directorship behind a string of u.k. newspapers the move comes ahead of a planned split of news corp the second biggest media conglomerate in the world right oak has been under fire since last year's phone hacking scandal that involved illegal practices by employees of publications he owned. wildfires in the mainland portugal and on the island of madeira showing no sign of abating hundreds of firefighters have been drafted in from around the country to tackle the most serious blazes in the algarve the region high winds are coupled with an unusually severe drought

a hampering efforts to contain the fires spain and greece have also been badly affected by wildfires fanned of by soaring summer temperatures. japan's health ministry is investigating a report of a breach of safety at the damage fukushima nuclear plant during cleanup operations in december recovery workers where allegedly urged to use the lead plates to block their radiation meters allowing them to keep working beyond the legal exposure limit the plant was crippled when japan was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. and a well officials in japan belatedly investigating radiation security losses nuclear disaster may have much greater consequences reaching as far as the shores of california its residents are alarmed at the safety of a fish that migrated from japan's waters as reports suggest they may be contaminated with radiation but in

a question of are has more on this. this summer california and fisherman are ready to inspect or catch closer than average before the word radiation creates fear of 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 isaac hopes 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 at 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. which was known to go by the government literally within days of the year you today

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