the. fortress strikes turkey fryers in syria again in response to a mortar attack as the turkish prime minister says the country will go to war if provoked the. return of the public crowds rally for venetian independence frustrated they say with rome's calling for the thousand year state to make a comeback. in the hundreds demanded an end to u.s. drone attacks in pakistan with a two day barge into the heart of the strike zone. six

am in moscow. good to have you with us here on r t our top story turkey's launched a fresh artillery strike on syria in response to another mortar attack from across the border started its shelling wednesday in retaliation for a syrian mortar round that killed five turkish civilians our middle east correspondent paula sli or has more. we do know that the mortar bomb landed in the countryside in turkish that territory so it is possible that no one in fact was injured or killed we also have no word on who was responsible for the later mortar from syria what i can tell you though is that almost immediately turkey responded and went on the offensive meaning that we had the situation along the turkish syrian border intensifying its not a back on wednesday when a mortar bomb fired from syria killed five turkish citizens and since then the situation has nearly escalated we're hearing from the turkish prime minister that he does not want a situation of war but he has warned the syrians not to make

a fatal mistake and that is a quote from him and taste his resolve the syrians will this side have apologized for those what is interesting is that you need to realize that these waters that are being fired from syria into turkey all close range missiles now they are coming from territory that is controlled by the syrian rebels so this is why many are suggesting that perhaps they are being fired on purpose they're being fired to provoke the situation and create a false flag operation now the reasoning behind this could be that turkey for some time has been calling for a no fly zone it might be provoked into calling for foreign intervention and for nato to get involved in fact we've heard some rebel leaders in exile call for this although the majority of excels in the majority of syrians are against this but the situation intensifying on the ground and everyone concerned that we could see this border tension is collating to some kind of regional conflict but battle certainly

is intensifying the latest there's a video that has now been released by the syrian rebels we have no confirmation as to the or the patient of the video but in it it does claim that the rebels will start executing forty eight muslims on the run if damascus does not meet the demands of the syrian rebels now there has been dialogue and some kind of negotiations. wow between the syrian government and the reigning government at the same time just outside damascus the rebels have shot down a syrian haiti cup to govern the ship but this comes as shelling continues between both sides in several cities of onto the country russia has come to the fore in the mediate tree roll it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow perhaps later this month and they too they hope that both sides will express caution must go also saying that these cross border incidents are completely unacceptable after turkey's parliament authorized troops to launch

cross border operations against syria the country's prime minister warned i incur a war would shy away from war if provoked author and journalist often written see things damascus will retaliate if pushed into a broader conflict. this kind of flashpoint is the kind of flashpoint that can create well who are three nature some people have it this is a false flag operation we're getting these reports this continue as it would reaction from the jets government ok so a new one will face political problems at home but then why were they speaking with the iranians talking about how this needs a diplomatic solution not a military one if turkey continued under the agreements made in violent this would rule in a way to situational white it has here over war and risks expanding it to be below syria and the people of turkey will know and if it from this nature says that they'll defend any nato member if turkey continue like this syria might see itself

getting increasingly desperate and that retaliate with full force then it's up to the united states and britain and european nato allies does figure out what to do what we need urgently right now is a peace conference set me it's up to china and russia because they're the only people stopping a full scale war the kind of war that will only help the forces it looks like such as al qaida united states is again supporting al-qaeda and turkey mr to one should know much better than to try and help out guy and he's been doing his best to fight the forces of his residence the republic of venice could be planning a glorious comeback supporters of venetian independence from italy are demanding the region go it alone tired they say of being saddled with rome's austerity it's the latest in a number of european regions to consider independence including scotland in the u.k. and catalonia in spain professor load of the who separatist party organize the rally

thinks venice will fare better on its own. we're in a situation worse than a colony because there's a worse once they've tax free in italy it's the highest in the world and our services so far are extremely poor we have twenty billion nice in. our regional resources each year and that's some bearable and i just see. a couple of days ago there was a siege of st mark's belt powered by four workers and there's this huge waste and hearing bennett so it's it's almost explosive sold so they we had and thousands of people who have gathered in crop there are regional government for sure in italy you are not the only one there are many in sort of the i have strong movements for it of course who are the best organized but soon after i know it's going to happen there are regions to be in early. returns how walking your dog or feeding the birds

could land you in a spot of bother in many london parks civil rights groups have accused the city of cracking down on minor infractions despite there being little information on what activities are banned and where r.t. sarah for her reports it's not even the police will be after you if you break the rules. here in this park in london if you'll found drinking alcohol or running a ball or even feeding the pigeons you can't be committing a criminal oath of all of the prize pool so are lots of people the band in london matt sees a whopping full hundred thirty five thread bishan zones and tackling and she say she'll behavior that will might have been a good policy idea even theory has legal people say and is up a very bad policy in practice meaning hardline crackdowns on the soft this of misdemeanors disconcertingly many powers in london have now hired private contractors to carry out the influence of these fines. phil morris knows all about

them after his local council hired actual services he received an eighty pound penalty for dropping a cigarette butt and that he maintains he didn't know it was illegal he refused to pay two fruit floater. for. just two r x four the private security and surveillance of the main providers of so-called informant offices in the u.k. contracted by some local councils first start the kitted out with cameras and uniforms but their tactics for pursuing these fines often seem far from professional was. we are phil's local council for their response they told these new offices back up

for the public with the actions of the minority. and not get paid the issue of fine appropriately unsurprising that the areas where x. will have been hired. increase in the number of fines that it. and there's now whether that. or ethical. ability of transparency i recently dealt in the home affairs select committee which looks at these issues with a case of on the bar of new and which has law enforcement officers who are in fact cops officials but dress up like police. going to look into it because it's it's actually i think a criminal activity to pretend to be a police officer when you're not and i'm very concerned about how that trend is going i think in the past. that people knew the law that was reasonable and so long as you were creating a problem then you could do what you like but increasingly it seems that that is no longer the case these findings may be surprising for some but the truth is these

types of laws in offenses have been creeping up on us the some time now and they're actually growing in number so also the moment you can enjoy the parks in london but every day. venezuela is gearing up for a presidential vote as its longstanding. people want to leave him holding the reins of power for another six years that story still to come. from plans to.

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hundreds of peace activists have joined a two day march in pakistan against u.s. drone strikes on the country the convoy traveling from islamabad to so. of whose era stan is being led by cricket legend imraan khan who since become an opposition politician the region is a hotbed of taliban militancy and a major focus of u.s. strikes a political activist

a while but all the things the rally is supported by the broader pakistani public the lords granted go of that region has welcomed in india it would be only an assistance that is being provided by the government a pox on which does not want to open this up to exposure because for the past five years they have been hiding the fact that bones have been attacking this region on the on the public front the actually deny it but on privately behind the doors of the us government they actually accept the fact just a simple attack on a silver entity and unfortunately for the past five years our government has actually bought into the american war on terror at the american what has now become our war and they should be should catch on all of these terrorists that are doing it but unfortunately not able do not able to handle the economic affairs of the country let alone disturb the mission that has been before the our country. well the us drone strikes in pakistan is too much for many of its people but leaders of

neighboring afghanistan say the u.s. isn't doing enough to root out terrorists hiding just across the border defense secretary leon panetta has called on the afghan president to thank american troops rather than criticize them this in response to hamid karzai has complained that washington needs to protect pursue pakistani militants more aggressively anti-war activist don de bar is critical of nato's role in the entire region. the united states has a blind spot to the fact that people tend to have an affinity for their national sovereignty that doesn't disappear just because their country is occupied by the united states and you have this manifest in afghanistan to the point where it's now obvious that if you hand an afghani comprador soldier a weapon and show them how to use it they turn it on the american soldier that handed its of them and the people of afghanistan want the united states out and it's a natural thing for that to occur and the united states just doesn't see that one

of the goals of the us imperial project is to where they can't completely dominate a place leave the people at each other's throats while they carry off the resources and so there's agitation for that that's put into play as the united states enters these countries what will happen in two thousand and fourteen is the afghanis will have an opportunity to settle their own national issues themselves without an occupying army directing the effort. and on line one giant leap for mars nasa and the russian space agency played an extended one year mission on the i.s.f. find out how the linky job could bring us closer to manned flights to the red planet on our website. and hokus pokus performance magician david blaine attempts to go three days without food and sleep while channeling an electric current of more than a million volts for more details on the magician stunt visit r t dot com.

it's a day of campaign silence in venezuela ahead of the tightly contested presidential vote the election will reveal how many lawyers how many remain loyal to the outspoken socialist leader who goes chavez his opponent and rekick a privilege as a young lawyer and staunch critic of the regime is predicted to give him a close race at the polls. as more from caracas. well the stakes could not be higher as venezuelans take to the polls to determine who will leave their country for the next six years at one end as president incumbent president hugo chavez has represented a radical change for venezuela and the region as a whole under his so-called twenty first century socialism policies where this was meant as a nationalization of certain industries as well as the use of venezuela's revenues

from oil exports to really focus attention on some of the poorest segments of the population here this has meant policies that have improved health care education given the poor access to housing things that have really earned a massive massive popular support at the same time venezuela is plagued with a high crime rate one of the highest in the world as well as corruption and these are just some of the issues that have been seized on by the opposition candidate and. he's a forty year old very wealthy businessman who has energized the population and has also criticised the country's economic policies now and he's also promised to improve relations with the west now critics say and fear although this is something that is that he would really represent a radical shift for the country in the sense that he could impose austerity programs and possibly roll back some of those popular economic social justice missions that hugo chavez has put into place this is something that has really concerned people and has raised a lot of questions about the future of this country for the issue of electoral

fraud is always a concern there are some nineteen million of registered voters who will be taking to the polls throughout the day now what's interesting to us is people that we've spoken to on the street both supporters and opponents of president hugo chavez have said that electoral fraud on election day isn't really something they're concerned with that venezuela has one of the most developed systems of voting in the world in the electronic system where people vote with their thumbs the results get sent to a central headquarters and are tabulated right away electronically now again the last time venezuelans took to the polls to vote for their president was six years ago there is massive excitement here both candidates have called on supporters to come to the streets early even. hours before the polls opened it's a very festive mood people are very excited about this opportunity to really have a strong say about which direction they want their country and their region to go on. americans will also add to the polls next month to decide whether to keep iraq obama as their president while some critics say the u.s. electoral system fails to give americans a real choice many voters themselves seem to be growing bored of the ballot parties

laurie harkness has more from new york. the two thousand and twelve presidential elections why are they so boring this week let's talk about that. so tired of all of it you know i mean it's almost like it's more than twenty four hours of coverage on everything you know no matter what happens and nothing happened exactly having said that i think obama's going to win do you think he believes in himself as much as he did four years ago because he seems kind of tired he seems like he's a little frustrated i think he's more tired of me around me and just all of this like he just wants to get it over to november and just like ok give me you know my polls and let me when president obama was in with the first african-american president i was so exciting no it's boring me again i don't know if there's going to be as much of a turnout for voters this year are you going to vote absolutely we're talking about the election you know. i'm not american you don't let me now yeah we don't we

don't let a lot of americans vote to you apparently why do you want to run don't you think either candidate can get it done i think there's too much corruption in the government and the bush kerry kerry yeah i was just like i like which one do i like the least ok i'll use the other a vote of the other one yes so it's kind of the same thing as two thousand and four that maybe i just like one of those here but i feel like they just wants to be to get it over with and they just want to hear more details on the plans you get and get it over with and get on with it and do something for it saying what could they do to snatch things up not that's work. yet they're the smart ones with all the millions of dollars do you think they get put on a better show right for you know whether or not you think this election is boring the bottom line is we only have about a month until it's finally over and we can all gladly move on.

turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe israel shot down a drone over the country's southern desert unclear who launched the aircraft but suspicion has fallen on lebanese militant group hezbollah israeli officials call the incident a potential act of terrorism and threaten to retaliate this marks the first time in more than six years a hostile aircraft has entered israeli airspace. since. the radical islamist suspected of a grenade attack on a jewish market has was killed during one of several counter terror operations throughout france germany sydney believed to have injured one person in an attack on the jewish community center last month during the raid police also detained ten others allegedly connected to a wave of anti-semitic attacks that have hit the country. the pope's former butler has been handed an eighteen month sentence after he stole then sold to a journalist the politics private letters paolo gabrielle said he would not appeal

the verdict he set to serve his sentence under house arrest but a powerful spokesman says the pope will most likely pardon his former aide the high profile leak was exposed one of the italian journalist published a book accusing church leaders of numerous intrigues corruption and homo sexual affairs. of african miners have gathered for a rally against the dismissal of twelve thousand of their colleagues who were sacked after staging a strike demanding better pay and working conditions protesters also mourning their colleagues killed by police in brutal clashes that started two months ago the death toll in the ongoing unrest is so far out of forty eight. riot police in bahrain fired tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protesters after a funeral march for an activist who died in custody turned violent demonstrators accuse the government of denying the man treatment but authorities claim he died of a blood disease pro-reform crowds were trying to reach their former hub pearl

square in the capital my mama now. heavily guarded by police protesters threw firebombs in iraq's is tear gas canisters were hurled at them by officers the sunni market has been cracking down on the shia opposition for some twenty months now activists are demanding equal rights and the release of political prisoners including prominent human rights activists newbill rashad currently serving three years in prison for attending an illegal rally for bahraini m.p. sad how the alamo so he says certain states only get involved when it benefits them . the problem and the double standard which in practice by old those was didn't contraries. then they do consent and on those regimes who have some. let's say we each relationship with them probably they consider them as enemies but like it's a product of the system they have looks awfully glaciers shaped they give them some

let's say support. as a whip throws they take some for facilities and they have the only from out of countries down so why they ignore the world what's happening here old though it's not was done what's happening somewhat outs and kaiser report coming up after a short break stay with us. well for the. science technology innovation called the least umbrella minced from around russia we've got the future covered.

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max keiser there are currency wars reaching around the world the dollar doesn't want to be caught in the cross-fire basically at this point the currency global grid system you want to be the last one standing. well that's right they're going down one by one the currencies are collapsing we see this obviously and this report we're going to discuss them but you know the concierge that we're talking about they're going down in the order of their vulnerability what you got there. the hyperinflationary chicken as you see this chicken is looking like it was hyper inflated away you don't want this in your country if you see the hyperinflationary chicken run that's my chicken why are you playing with my chicken you should be playing with my chickens most of my chickens well the chart of the day max gold versus the debt ceiling the chart is from ed yardeni and it shows quite a correlation for the past fifteen years max between the price of gold and the debt

ceiling as you see as the debt ceiling goes up the price of gold goes up well you know i've been saying about this for a while that you have these arguments in the economist and you know the time of mccain's in a austrian i follow milton friedman it's all because at the end of the day what we have here is a collapse of these economies there's no economic school that covers it and the governments are simply creating more debt to handle it and gold is the only true there's only want to converse in the world his name is mr gold heard about dr copper talk about mr gold he makes all the other economists look like chumps most of the mainstream media focuses on whether the dollars trading against the euro up or down are in the end up or down and essentially they're all falling against gold obviously a currency like the iranian realises falling precipitously. but all of the currencies are falling it's just a matter of degrees of speed i'm so little the other ones i think go down in the

order of vulnerability they're falling down like dominoes or they're going to be the last to go the u.s. dollar because it's the words are of currency and the u.k. pound because this is the epicenter of global banking front but everything around those two are collapsing boom boom boom boom boom boom boom and again you know this chart where they're showing the lockstep move between gold and u.s. debt ceiling that would also betray what ben bernanke the head of the federal reserve bank the central bank in america said oh that holding gold is just a tradition there's no reason for us we might as well be hyperinflationary chickens we know. after it has been stripped of its currency delusions there is trying to figure it all out all been. well first you know. a currency starts to collapse through slowly through inflation you see prices rising air.