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the people in england. for the first time. this is with me welcome to the program israel has reportedly continued. despite pledging to halt its offensive. by egypt's prime minister. support for palestinians in fact in the past few seconds he has now just left the area says two people were killed in this latest strike following the deaths of nine hundred palestinians including civilians. reports from tel aviv. that tends to silence i was reporting on before hardly had any time to last almost as soon as the

announcement was made that egypt's prime minister was inside gaza that was that announcement was followed hot on the heels by the first sightings of both rockets being fired out of gaza almost as if nothing had happened and israeli air strikes in response it seemed that in hindsight all the hope that have been placed around this visit the possibility of a ceasefire being broken it seems to have been shattered egypt's prime minister was meeting how mass is prime minister in gaza and they were touring around the territory they were inside the hospital visiting some of the wounded when apparently two fresh victims when reportedly a child of an israeli air strike were brought in whilst egypt's prime minister was there and he reportedly said that he described the situation in gaza as a disaster saying i simply cannot keep quiet israel must stop its aggression egypt really throwing its weight behind the gazans and hamas they're saying it is

israel that bears the burden for this escalation in aggression thirty thousand israeli reservists are ready to be called up they've also been numerous reports of tanks and troops moving south towards the border with gaza and a number of harsh statements by i.d.f. and israeli defense spokespeople saying things like this is just the beginning of this operation it will go on for some days yet and saying that this operation will hit many more targets and israel will do anything that is needed including a ground invasion in order to secure the safety of its citizens living in the south the risk of a ground war very much looming still and the shattering of this cease fire almost before it could begin really doesn't give any any greater hope that it can be

avoided. reporting right there well palestinians are continuing to ask world leaders to help to stop the israeli assault and while israel is calling up thousands of additional troops and more heavy weapons towards garza are certainly stoking fears of a ground invasion let's talk to a spokesperson of for the israeli prime minister's office mr alex joining us live from tel aviv to come on the program here with us. which is a pleasure to see you thanks for coming on r.t. today overnight one hundred twenty sites targeted by the i.d.f. and while hamas militants reportedly fired eleven rockets is this a proportionate use of force do you think. i want to see that we have only one goal israel has to defend its citizens i'm sure that there is no state no state no russia and no state in europe in no the united states of america can be green with this kind of situation you know our children our elders are fired

by rockets on our schools on our view eons and we only terrorists with one very simple goal to stop this firing of rockets and our civilians and we will target terrorists and stop why decency we do want to know that you want your target audience you are going to get a lot of this we've been keeping very close tabs are on all your targets in gaza before i ask you as the i.d.f. the israeli defense forces are going after militants would you care to explain why the palestinian interior ministry has also been targeted in fact that building is basically left in a state of rubble and ruin that's hardly a militant stronghold in fact the interior ministry is where people get passports visas it's where journalists get their permission to go into the strip why go after why level the interior ministry. the explanation is very simple unfortunately must terrorists while they target our civilians they hide behind

their civilians they hide behind schools they fire next to schools they fire next to houses now the idea if our army that wants only to defend our citizens targets only terrorists and we call upon every civilians in gaza not to be around the terrorists and then you will not be hurt and then we call upon the terrorists not to use civilians and not to target our silence and you are saying you know terrorists are saying that terrorists are using civilian cigars it is an extremely confined area a very small area probably certainly overpopulated why are so many children being killed by israeli air strikes if you are going after militants. there are no children there are no many children doing there no children been heard by idea

if only terrorists heard in only terrorists are targeted and again the hamas terrorists hide upon civilians upon around schools and behind children and again we call them not to do so and we call to civilians not to be around terrorists and then nobody will be i'm having a very i'm having a very difficult time understanding what you are saying here that you are saying no children have been hurt so far we've got reports of at least three children a dead in fact the egyptian prime minister who moments ago left the gaza strip he went there to show solidarity with the palestinians he went to one of the local hospitals and witnessed a two year old child dead being brought into the hospital we do know that there are roaming blackouts are routinely implemented on gaza are you allowing electricity to get through to the gaza strip so hospitals can function and deal with the children on the civilians who are dying or being injured. i suggest you check the information while the visit of egyptian of the prime minister of egypt is really

didn't fly and didn't attack any target in gaza but. here is the target israeli civilians while the visit of the prime minister of egypt and i suggest you check the information because there it cannot be people hurt while the visit of the prime minister of egypt because we didn't also i mean i'll certainly get i'm going to show you any to make sure you are absolutely right according to the i.d.f. no as strikes were carried out on the gaza strip juror during the visit of the egyptian prime minister although somehow two palestinians did manage to die let's talk about how it's ready troops tanks and armored carriers are right now massing near the palestinian border is a ground invasion the next step. the israeli army and the israeli government will do everything needed targeting terrorists only.

to stop the firing of rockets on israeli cities is really schools on israeli children and if we will need some ground operation we definitely will consider it so at the moment there is a very very simple situation if the terrorists will stop firing rockets israel will stop the attacks on terrorists we want our children sleep safely and go to school safely we want our elders to sleep safely and leave safely that's what we understand you know i think i think everybody around the world wants to live in a state of police and i commend you i commend you for saying that but if i may continue here we are watching we are witnessing a swelling of army troops around the palestinian gaza border there are also armored carriers and tanks the british foreign secretary william hague in just the past ninety minutes has warned against the use of ground forces forces in gaza four years ago a ground invasion did take place which last israel the support of the international community are you really in the eyes of the world going to now launch

a ground invasion into the gaza strip where the palestinians as most people know don't even have an army. you're definitely right we don't want any ground operation we just want peace and safety but if the rockets will continue falling and if terrorists will continue to target our children we will consider everything needed to target the terrorists to defend our citizens as every state would do in the world as every father and every mother in two world would do now is well i suppose as you say you're prepared to do just about anything we should we should perhaps be aware that of course it was the un that came out with a gold star to report approximately four years ago accusing israel of war crimes or during the invasion roughly four years ago if i may just for a moment how mass is vowing to keep fighting as long as the attacks continue let's have a quick listen here to the prime minister speaking just

a little bit earlier please stand by. we will never forget the blood of our martyrs and the blood of our leaders this holy blood will not go without a response the great palestinian nation which has sacrificed martyrs for generations will never forget the hamas movement which now millions supports will never forget the blood of its martyrs. but do you worry that israel's actions are actually making your country any safer by ultimately provoking hamas or aren't you even putting your own people in more danger you keep talking about protecting your children but it's a two way street both sides are to blame here how do you resolve this. how can you speak about a provocation it is more than ten years that hamas fired rockets were serious our schools and our citizens and we all look time only react to defend we don't provoke and we don't attack believe me you can see that they target only

civilians and we target only terrorists and i am sure that every father every mother understands that israel wants only to defend its citizens there is no provocation from the israeli side only one simple goal to be safe to have safe and peaceful life we want our children to go safely and peacefully to schools and leave safely that's all right a spokesman for israeli prime minister alex thank you very much indeed for coming on today. we can certainly keep track of what's happening in gaza on our web site r.t. dot com we've got a timeline featuring live updates on the latest everything from eyewitness accounts from the prestigious trip to official statements from both sides. also there right now because issuing a warning to israel for its threat to block the internet in gaza and also prepare detailed instructions for users on how to avoid

a communications blackout and more of that story of course full coverage of the covering of gaza at r.t. dot com. it's good to have you with us here on our team today but the syrian opposition has received a major vote of confidence from the neighbors of the country's neighbor that of turkey has officially recognized the national coalition alliance and the u.k. could be set to do the same we've got more on that coming up just a bit later in the program. and find out how my role in the british police force has hit rock bottom with caution cuts seeming lack of government support leaving the fight against crime under a real threat that's coming up after a short break. things

are just getting too expensive in london many families just can't afford to live in the city anymore so because of upcoming welfare cuts the government is buying or renting property to relocate people outside of the city the maximum housing allowance for welfare will go down to four hundred pounds a month which is peanuts compared to the one thousand two hundred fifty pounds the had to pay for the average three room apartment expelling the poor from london seems a bit fishy to me so instead of say regulating prices or cock for big using the money from the welfare cuts to create jobs so people can earn a living for themselves rather than rely on handouts london has decided to make itself some official get to. what is to call a place where everyone from a certain economic classes forcibly shove to although this may sound like some sort of help from the government it seems to me like a means to get rid of the poor rather than trying to make the poor less poor but that's just my opinion.

sure is that so much definitely a huge musician mind mark when again nothing is military and so would you be israelis had been achieved this time four years ago an invasion pulled over a thousand palestinians.

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santagati dot com. this is all too long from moscow with me rory sushi the escalating conflict between israel and gaza ongoing violence in syria and crucial energy ties they're all among the main issues for discussion by german chancellor angela merkel on her visit to moscow to meet president putin. has details. to meet with the russian president on friday the two are expected to discuss international issues like the crisis in the middle east the iranian nuclear program and of course the conflict in syria. energy entry important part of the relationship between russia and germany are going to be talked about as well to leaders are also expected to discuss the human rights situation in several wars which have been

recently and which some members of the german. democratic in fact even gave. of questions which is expected to. the russian president heard from. the russian leader is prepared to answer all of them. in return for you things to talk about and of course i'll bring you all the details of this meeting as soon as it happens here in moscow correspondent you're going to want to. talk about whipping up a storm of controversy by the u.s. emergency agency is facing flak after a field it's sold off disaster relief trailers on the very day. by forecasters to a super storm. also want a website the story of a top model who's in hot water for wearing a floor length feathered head dress during a fashion show this deeply offended native americans also on the web site.

let's do it into the are there we go we'll start with the issue of syria britain's foreign secretary william hague says his country is likely to formally recognize syria's opposition coalition leaders after meeting them in london. france have already officially acknowledged the alliance is now considering supplying weapons to the rebels the u.k. also said it's due to discuss the lifting of the e.u. arms embargo on the rebel coalition. japan it will be heading for the polls next month with the country's prime minister dissolving the lower house of parliament as after the opposition liberal democratic party agreed to back the legislation including deficit financing and electoral reforms and the l.d.p. is expected to snuff up the most seats but will likely fall far short of a majority that could result in a weakened and divided coalition government the country struggles with a two decade long economic slump. croatian generals convicted of war crimes

against humanity have been acquitted at the hague to be in. jail for twenty four and eighteen years respectively for atrocities against hundreds of serbs during the break up with yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred five they appealed their sentences in may disputing the ever targeted civilians but the men who are heroes at home but always denied wrongdoing. police in england and wales have been given a choice of who they want to see keep the peace in their local areas they voted for police on crime commission as for the first time but the new development it goes hand in hand with old problems of the former london police chief warning that plummeting morale is putting the fight against crime at risk. lower smith looks at why the force no longer feels that it has the government's support. another day another demo and the police always on hand to keep control but while the boys and girls in blue do their jobs sometimes it impossible conditions the government is

reducing their budget by a massive twenty percent the net result morrall in the forced hits an all time low with just fifteen out of fourteen thousand officers saying they feel the government gives them a great deal of support to those fifteen officers are certainly in the force i work in lancashire and i don't have any offices to fill up being supported by the government. bottom bain's has lost five hundred fifty officers from her force meaning more work for those left behind and a genuine fear that when people call nine nine nine there won't be anyone left to deal with the emergency and she's not alone so i'm in pain is chair of the warrick ship police federation and says morale hasn't been this low in his twenty six year career. to have a plethora of issues over the last two years where the star or conditions of.

pension reforms or forms of the police. training percent could times are so hard in war that the force is even selling off its stations including its h.q. there's no for sale boards up here but the iconic scotland yard headquarters of the metropolitan police is also on the markets it's a real turnaround was just a year ago the met with trumpeting a three billion pound refurbish its bay was revolving starting now it's downsizing to a new size on the thames nearby and replacing smaller stations with counters in supermarkets and communities that has the force feels it's being disproportionately targeted at home secretary to resume a. on repentant let's stop pretending the police are being picked on they do feel picked on and critically powerless to protect themselves as legally the police aren't allowed to strike but that could change in february we are saying

everyone can fall off the rank of chief inspector in england wales and that very question do they want all industry rights and and the reason that is important is because members need protecting from what they perceive is an unfair treatment by. a police force on strike it's the last thing the government needs to to kill is it stirs another winter of discontent in the face laura smith r.t. london. and after a short break it's our lauren lyster capital account. in

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life both literally and figuratively about a third of patients it was out of center now days seeking series three. most of them a man and most are not what you would call vertically challenged but stressing novick of who operated on many of them says it usually comes down to a man's pride. the first patient to turn to us with a leg length i mean request to meet his fifteen centimeters to be still want to surgery because panos tool than him we like to say that we need to break their legs in order to fix this it may be nothing wrong with them from an orthopedic point of view but there is something psychological that prevents them from living their laws fully being happy and we fix it like lengthening surgeries are banned in many countries and even when allowed they're pretty expensive in russia the entire course costs eleven thousand dollars about one tenth of the similar package in the

united states financial considerations were one of the reasons they brought this washington state native to western siberia his main motive for the surgery had to do with how he fared in the others. his one seventy five i was one sixty seven or one sixty. eight centimeters with the average users wanted to be average for women ported you know i think girl can be short and it's not a big deal what do you expect to be just before the operation most this matter a russian girl who found he's a regional hide quite in dealing yet he still want to have had the surgery adding seven more centimeters to the self-confidence she took. as your normal you're pretty good. so now it's their call you through what a compliment for somebody who's used to falling short of his own expectations.

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in the store here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday to remember fifteenth two thousand and twelve after brant crude reportedly rose to one hundred eleven dollars a barrel today because of supply concerns with fighting between israel and gaza the headlines then changed to reflect oil falling as the media said economic fears outweighed mideast violence these are the type of news making events that some argue impact the day to day price swings in oil what about the bigger more complex picture of supply and demand to pain that is marin catoosa energy investment strategist at casey research at a house panel has released a long awaited ninety seven page report reportedly blaming placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of john corazon for m.f.

global's collapse it also places blame on regulators and ratings agencies and makes the case for civil action but falls short of accusing pores of breaking the law also no democrat signed on so what does this mean for the case against the failed firms former c.e.o. will hear from a lawyer representing m.f. global customers john breaux and. the president. all right so what actors and that it was when you saw famous french actor gerard depardieu is acting like he's trying to escape france's seventy five percent income tax plan for citizens like him make it major joe we'll talk about the evidence in loose change let's get to today's capital account.

i mentioned at the top of the show the purported reasons for oil short term moves just today but other longer term developments in oil and gas are fueling a broader discussion about game changers in the energy outlook and the u.s. attorney general announced just today he had a press conference a four point five billion dollars settlement with b.p. which will plead guilty to criminal charges reportedly too over the deep horizon oil spill this afternoon reminding us things don't always go as planned when it comes to energy outlooks but remember let's back up earlier this week the international energy agency report is forecasting that the u.s. will be the world's top oil producer by twenty twenty is predicted by twenty thirty five to be virtually self-sufficient in oil with modest imports coming from secure suppliers but for the most part to be self-sufficient and also new fuel efficiency measures and transportation will begin to occur u.s. oil demand is another fault.