turkey and syria keep the border shelling going as media reports are just ankara may have provided water is now landing on its territory in the first place. protesters in athens make the latest call for an end to constant expressed anger at the pending visit to germany's angela merkel. and do go to john unity full venezuela the longstanding socialist leader proves he still enjoys the people support and winning a fourth term and six more years. you're

watching r t first of breaking news here on r.g.p. we're getting reports that two blogs have been heard me a security compound outside damascus that's according to syrian t.v. witnesses say there are many casualties and many ambulances are rushing to the scene of course we'll bring you more of an update as soon as we get the details now turkey has again fired at syria off a cross border mortar bomb strike but a turkish newspaper is reporting the shells that have been landing in turkey for six days now may be from weapons that ankara itself provided to syrian rebels this together with reports that the could is separatist some mobilizing inside syria threatens to leave turkey in an all clear diplomatic position a middle east correspondent policia has the details. what we've witnessed now is

five days of increasing conflict along the turkish syrian border at the same time we've seen shelling now taking place on both sides and there's real concern in the region that we could be looking at a full scale war between turkey and syria that started last week wednesday when a shell was fired from the syrian side into turkish territory and they were killed five members of the same family now the turkish prime minister erdogan has gone on record by saying that his country is ready for war and this follows the approval of a mandate last week by the turkish parliament in which they did give the green light for cross border operations but it's not as if the whole turkish population is behind the prime minister on this issue we've witnessed more than five thousand people take to the streets all last week thursday there they were holding pack cards and chanting no to war in syria is afraid and what we're increasingly hearing from many experts who are pointing to the fact that the area in syria from where these mortars are being fired into turkey are areas that are being controlled by

the gravels and that is why many expert opinion still suggesting that they're being fired deliberately to provoke to key into calling on nato to launch some kind of operation in syria and the irony of the situation though is that we're not receiving expert opinion that many of the shells that are being fired from syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those laws that i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those who are also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers cross he is holding an army just fifteen kilometers from the take the border now the fight to look just concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take advantage of the situation they've already claimed several cities there to take the ptolemy they want independence from damascus but they have also not becoming a problem for two. taking of course is no stranger to the kurdish problem just

overnight turkish jets were firing at kurdish turnout in northern iraq so here too you have a situation where turkey in its assistance to the rebels to fight aside is now having to fight the kurds and seen an escalation in that problem as well. and a change of calls the in the middle east later we look at mitt romney's criticism of you is point policy and why the republican presidential candidate to arm the syrian rebels is here with. a humanitarian crisis is developing in libya the continuing siege of the town of bani walid a former gadhafi stronghold has left residents without vital supplies dr abdul hamid our son to be a member of the local consul is inside the besieged city and gave us his account of what's happening. there because you can do all the. work you know

you're on the ground in order to be. normal coming here on the arm of the group around really preparing. for mali you know of course we're. very happy. to bridge the park and good for the rest of. the caribbean in libya they are hoping to get more difficult. the siege of bani walid started because the national congress was to arrest the suspected murderers of the man credited with countering colonel gadhafi the town failed to hand them over but the siege is too strong a response exposing the lawlessness in the country says geo political analysts of petrik ending soon. but as we know libya is anything but civilized and formed in the normal organic fashion just as the ruling party that you have been in libya

right now is a is amateur government it's an artificial. creation of the west in the post from gadhafi regime change plan so this gives you an indication of the valor governing in this country and certainly that there is no stability in libya compared to before the nato bombing and destruction of their country i don't think they're going to get much help from the u.n. saying that the united nations is the co architect of this post could also be libya . responsible for this sort of the fraud that was imposed by the u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three which was. starting with a no fly zone which turned into a bombing zone they've got serious problems in libya there's no legitimacy really with just post gadhafi government it makes no market off its government look like a beacon of light in this shining city on the hill in comparison in syria it could be much worse because in syria we're looking at a protracted civil war now in the making or something even worse calls of protest

says have once again gathered in front of the column and in athens people angry at will pending causing a ban on protests in the city center during the german tonsils visit on she's saying there will be heavy police presence will that but do you mean protests are planned outside this area all this as a euro zone's new bailout fund goes live attorney and professor of constitutional law adjusted childless says the greeks are losing the final bits obviously. for the first time with something new again the demonstrations the government has decided to ban to forbidden the demonstrations to morrow the biggest and for the first thing then with the assault of the socialites combined with honor for the two severely limited individual freedoms i think this is so much from the book that if i said that the austerity measures are being is everything going on and i don't

expect anything more for me because of the for a machine or two because it has recently for its sympathy to the greek people but at the same time the insistence yourself into government to implement the same steps set of measures that have numbers have exhausted both the good are going to begin to say and the u.k. cuts to benefits are squeezing the most vulnerable recent data suggests fifteen percent of children regularly day without a one meal but london still eyeing ten billion pounds more in wealth a cuts and as artists lies myths reports that despite intervention from charities things are only getting worse. for millions of children every year hunger is a death sentence this is save the children's usual campaign feeding starving youngsters in africa but times have changed and for the first time in its ninety three year history the charity has launched a major fund raising campaign here in britain.

it's a watershed moment as recession hits the u.k.'s poorest children the hardest the situation is pretty bleak for children and families out there in our children having to go without what we consider some basic essentials so for example when their old ones for now it's achieving a warm coat in winter these are pretty shocking statistics in the u.k. in twenty twelve and we believe that we really need to take action in glasgow for the first time the cupboard is almost bare for mother of three share and more it's a daily struggle to provide the basics for her kids. she's not alone three and a half million children are living in poverty in the u.k. and a quarter of their parents say they've gone without meals so their children can eat . a child in poverty has to forgo the things other families take for granted eating

healthfully having a friend round for tea days out natalie mother to two year old noah puts all she can afford into the gas meter but it's still not enough to heat their home it's cold but they just keep warm in the house and blankets rather than turn the fire around oh. so you just can't afford to charities calculate that the poorest ten percent of society i hate thirteen times harder by government cuts to services than the richest ten percent and growing up in poverty puts a child under enormous emotional strain their education suffers even a suit good school and that storing up trouble for the future you have the impact it was almost children but it's also a massive impact to society and to our economy and so you know we if we. we all of us will have to pay the price in terms of actual spending on education

spending on the n.h.s. amerikana me will be weaker because you know we'll be losing talent what's the point of slashing the welfare budget if we're going to be paying the price for our increased spending we're going to. save the children hopes to help the worst hit families but this could be a long campaign the institute for fiscal studies says in the next ten years based on current government tax and benefit policies eight hundred thousand more children will be dragged into poverty eradicating all the gains that have been made in the last ten years laura smith r.t. london. you're watching r t and he's reelected venezuelan president all the time this thing fills a comfortable big three in the pool filled with mace and the details just ahead. why there's a muslim for you in a few minutes after this break in stay with us. if

you're passing through rushes to be a region you really can walk on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoiled countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive the heart of just u.s. forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or

bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. this is what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys going to act as pasta parents for the next generation will come here using the old awards as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs whose parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolfs reputation

in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication will mean the oil and remains a place where visitors can truly understand the cool of the wild. cultures that so much have been to give each musician on the mark when is the real levy and the strategy of the u.s. led mission in afghanistan is in a shambles green on blue attacks against coalition. missions. critique a three. course three. month three. three. three. three blog video for your media

project a free media oh god r.t. dot com. they're watching r t thanks for being with us it was a tough political battle but chavez again proved his socialist agenda in venezuela enjoys strong popular support he was reelected president fourth last time the polls a massive turnout of over eighty percent showed just how crucial the vote was for the nation here's our correspondent in cars lucy catherine off with all the details . i mean here on the streets of caracas just hours after president. says that. the world leading the country for another six years after. their ballots now a shop a victory likely ensures that the current programs the president has put into place will continue that means the so-called twenty first century socialism experiment to

help improve life for many of the poor many of whom are here while the celebrations have been largely for the most part things actually a little bit time for you can see behind me people have probably drank a little bit. here on motorcycles and we know that the opposition candidate. has agreed to some sweet. he's not going to contest the election through a presenter of ourselves as so it really remains to be seen whether there will be any sort of street process or any sort of opposition in the retake or the science officer that policies promise the. promise will improve ties with the west of course he did a lot of support and that is because a lot of the people here feel that a lot of problems in the venezuela have still not been addressed there's a very high crime rate there are serious problems with corruption in the country and they're just not sure whether the present with us for another six years as

a really going to lead to improving those issues. now back to our breaking news now the all is said to be the latest pictures from outside damascus where reports claim several bombs have exploded outside the security. the reports are coming from the syrian t.v. and witnesses said they saw a large number of them and in the city at the scene we'll bring you more details as we get that. the republican presidential candidates mitt romney has called for a change of coals for u.s. policy in the middle east if you wins paul the syrian rebels and put iran on noches . can has to details. mitt romney accused president obama of quote sitting on the sidelines end of quote and not being aggressive enough on syria mr romney suggested actively arming the rebels with weapons that can bring down their profitable wapping he said quote the greater tragedy of it all is that we're missing

a story coppertone a-t. to win new friends who share our values in the middle east end of quote i saw this clip the other day and i wonder if this particular syrian rebel shares mitt romney's values but i just want to send a sure message to america and the infidel countries of the west we started our jihad. and we won't finish into it on you and started here and in our lives we'll get one free nation to a new land and this trauma and i mean it will be raised on the one towers well that was a jihadi flag there but mitt romney's other remarks suggested that maybe he doesn't really care about whose hands the weapons would end up in because the objective that he stated was to defeat assad seeing it as a stepping stone to rend iran is sending arms to assad because they know his downfall would be a strategic defeat for them we should be working no less vigorously you are in an

international partners to support the many syrians who would deliver that defeat to iran rather than sitting on the sidelines so basically mitt romney suggested taking advantage of the crisis in syria to fulfill the goal of defeating iran blatant but straightforward remark basically expressing the same opportunistic approach to foreign policy that the u.s. has had for many years while obama campaign called romney reckless and amateurish when it comes to foreign policy so far the administration has stopped short of directly arming the rebels although washington is coordinating the efforts of their allies in the region that is saudi arabia qatar turkey which are providing weapons to the rebels one way or another but those allies are saying. that they only provide smaller weapons that they would love to send heavy artillery but they don't have the green light from washington for that because reportedly the administration fears that the weapons might end up in the hands of terrorists without regard yes the current administration is more subtle as to how they support the rebels when

they do support them experts say one of the reasons why the rebels are not settling down for a negotiated solution through dialogue is the signal that they get that sense that support is on the way that there will be an intervention and everybody now understands without a negotiated solution bloodshed will continue so many experts have talked about it including kofi annan who put forward a plan for such a peaceful resolution. over it r.j. will come see how a kill can become deadlier than disease maybe one hundred people are suffering in a deadly meningitis outbreak in the u.s. it's called pain killing steroids injections in fact infected patients to find out more on our website. also online that all the time i got a visit to the tate modern gallery in london scrolls his signature on a painting by renowned expressionists mark rothko find out why he's claiming he actually made the most of these more valuable. now some other

international news making headlines today two afghan intelligence officers had been killed in a blast targeting a local police station in south or in helmand province a car bomb attack in madrid and other security stuff and thirteen civilians it comes a day after the taliban is huge a statement saying that nato forces are close to defeat and now seem in humiliation . israel has attacked gaza from the air for second day leaving several children injured it was in response sure around fifty rockets and mortars being fired from inside palestinian territory on sunday israeli forces targeted alleged palestinian militants riding motorbikes several children with severely wounded to them as well. we give exact a jillion us on just syrian the australian prime minister for defamation he says

it's based on comments by julia gillard in twenty jan in which she called the release of you was diplomatic cables grossly irresponsible and illegal assad's claims of comments actually authorize further attacks on him and weaken leaks he's currently holed up in ecuador us embassy in london to avoid being sent to sweden and yes on what extradition to the us. next it's the latest big. ms update within the tasha. apple is one of the main losers on the walls need this monday a company that absolutely and it's a racing shell of its recent i phone five games and that's dragging the nasdaq down with it the dow is also seeing some losses here the latest numbers it's losing under two tenths of a percent this hour the european markets and the day in the red as well in the news that the eurozone has launched a rescue fund to bail out the struggling economies it will have full capacity

lending capacity i should out of five hundred billion euro by two thousand and fourteen now in the currency markets the euro is shedding value to the u.s. dollar the russian ruble and as the day old lower to the currency basket as you can see there and here in russia the equities traded in sympathy with the rest of the world pretty much with oil dropping for a second straight session have no place to go but down on the corporate side versus biggest lenders very bank might pay an extra one hundred seventy million euro for dennys bank shelling out a total of almost three billion euro for the turkish banking giant. and that's all the latest from us here at the business desk i'm busy able to make those numbers back in december rush with i will five things of such world everybody everybody's hoping for that the summer rally that's right all right we'll see. ride those business updates on the way it's peter lavelle's crosstalk.

if you're passing through rushes to the region you really can walk on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoiled countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the learned and enterprising locals so the fruits of the forest by the side of nearly every road. such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunt is. going on he has been hunting for more than thirty years and works for a company providing expeditions for tourists this season ducks are on the menu of. things that successful that kind of. a bubble silence which means that i need to be very quiet i'm not going to write in the. office.

but when you've been in the business as long as he has the birds don't stand much chance. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive but environmentalists are fighting back the heart of just us forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild

for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. and this is what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island a chance to get up close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as foster parents for the next generation will come here. using the old awards as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs his parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's an important part of the world's development and a major factor in the success of a project which has seen more than twenty generations of cubs grow up here it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolf's reputation in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication the wolf island

remains a place where visitors can truly understand the cool of the wild. show and. as a matter you. most of the residents never profited from the performance of the ocean and coming our signature there when you look up and there's one to check in on you he alpha beta gamma he's. the fine now trying to treat he's let me know what's going on. right now. shells become income mortal danger and a piece of art. is exempt.

from temporary. homes. on our team. and. stored. away in welcome across talk i'm peter lavelle when is the end really the end the strategy of the u.s. led mission in afghanistan is in a shambles green on blue attacks against coalition forces speaks volumes on how many afghans feel about the continued occupation of their country by western troops isn't it time to negotiate with the taliban and end this military adventure. to cross-talk the u.s. mission in afghanistan i'm joined by michael maloof in washington he's a senior. order for the world net daily and

a former analyst for the defense department also in washington we have our committee my g. dia he is a senior research associate at the american enterprise institute and in beirut we cross to michael clarke and he is a freelance journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i've made in washington you wrote recently on c.n.n. u.s. faces growing green on blue challenge what's the thesis of your article please explain it to my audience. of course we've seen a dramatic rise in green on blue attacks in afghanistan which has eroded trust between the coalition forces and the afghan security forces we know that the core mission and afghanistan right now is to train equip and strengthen the afghan security forces so they are able to take security responsibilities and prevent the return of the taliban al qaeda once foreign troops are gone but now with the deficit and trust that that important pella off this strategy is in question.