civilians are bearing the brunt israel continues to pound with a ground invasion possible despite international efforts to mediate peace. television claims it's not targeting civilians and collateral damage is minimal. rebranded syrian opposition gets a royal welcome in france as the e.u. is expected to discuss whether to open the send weapons to rebels. and the u.k. government budget handling is under fire after it's revealed that billions of pounds spent on bank bailouts may all go down the drain.

from the new center here in moscow this is with international news and comment with you twenty four hours a day israel's intensifying it's back. on the fourth day of facilities and stepping up preparations for a ground invasion militants are hitting back another iranian made rocket fired by hamas has been shot down over television meanwhile israeli precision strikes are leading to a rising number of civilian deaths isn't of the fore. the israeli defense forces have sealed off roads around gaza declaring the area a closed military zone this is just another suggestion that a ground offensive could be imminent also israeli officials have been meeting with foreign diplomats and telling them that they plan to extend the army operations this comes after some seventy five thousand reservists were called out and we all witnessing an increase in activity along the israeli gaza border now there continues to be heavy shelling from tanks along this border into gaza the tanks as

well as all the personnel vehicles have been moved through off this border over the past few days we are also hearing from the chief of the israeli defense forces for an increase in the pace of a strikes on gaza this comes just after a massive air strikes on saturday completely destroyed the headquarters of the hamas government now this is a building where just yesterday the egyptian foreign minister visited it is a building that has now been reduced to rubble at the time of the prime minister's visit they was supposed to be a cease fire in effect and according to the israelis they did not break this but we have heard from hamas that two people were killed during this time from us has issued a statement in which it says it will stand alongside its people we're talking about a government that was democratically elected back in two thousand and six and if you remember at the time the world hailed the election as a sign of democracy in the gaza strip so we're not talking about his radiate strikes that are targeting rebel groups but rather strikes that are targeting the

just one that he make to the voice of the people of gaza at the same time according to israeli statistics some four hundred and fifty rockets have been fired into southern israel since wednesday and there was a barrage earlier today as well but no reports of deaths and light injuries it's worth mentioning that most of these missiles all homemade there are some that are long range missiles but they are unguided and they all by and large. missing the target they're also mostly being intercepted by the israeli side into this and earlier today here in tel aviv the israelis deployed an iron dome missile system for the first time ever everybody does point to the fact that this cannot be a precisely targeted operation you have the number of dead that continues to climb many many of them in fact most of them are civilians and here too we have the number of injured people continuing to increase the foreign ministry spokesperson did stress the point that the israeli army is targeting only the militants

responsible for the firing of these rockets but he was hard pressed to answer the question as to why so many civilians are being killed the israeli government will do everything needed targeting terrorists only. to stop the firing of rockets on israel cities because really schools is really children and if we will need some ground operation we definitely will consider so there are no children been heard by the idea of only tourists heard in only tourists are targeted now one of the israeli airstrikes did target the home of a hamas leader in the jabalya refugee camp which is arguably the most densely populated area on earth and you have a majority of young people we are hearing figures that as many as fifty people there have been injured many of them children and many of them critical at the same time the international community is pushing up efforts to try and deal with the

situation later on saturday they will be the meeting of the arab league between as you know the foreign ministry is in gaza to show his support for the hamas government and we're also hearing statements from both feet the u.n. chief thank you moon and others in the international community. of course more importantly that should be keeping you updated on as well simply follow her twitter stream for the latest. and filmmaker and activist harry fear has been in gaza since the first bombs fell he says israel has the capability to avoid collateral damage but has instead chosen to attack indiscriminately the streets here are still empty generally it's like it ghost strip of land like ghost town people are still fearing further violence further collateral damage and people are trying to stop food fuel etc as has been going on the last few days since the operation started people here still fear other workers they fear ground and we'll keep patients of the gaza strip

with time and commandos except for and so people are preparing for violence well apparently is such a high quality military equipment but it is able to make accurate targeting we hear from israelis in the last few years that the drones have such high quality optics they can even see the color of women's head scarves on the ground in gaza at the same time we're seeing dead children including three under the age of two in the last few days we have to ask ourselves why exactly is this happening to me it seems obvious here on the ground that israel is willing to use disproportionate force to reckon slee attack the targets of it which wishes to assassinate many have been democratically mandated by the promised in the. gaza militants have launched several rockets at tel aviv and jerusalem the first time the cities have come under attack for decades and if you were activist sara flounders says it's a wake up call for the israelis. it's really a game changer and very significant that for the first time hamas or

from gaza attacks have. because israel is used to and has for six decades again and again hit the palestinians with impunity when they were totally and entirely defenseless and bombed again and again even during the time that i was there in gaza it's almost a daily occurrence the threat now of a ground invasion for the first time really the palestinians who are able to follow fire missiles with a range to tell of the. truce along or to fire on us supplied israeli planes of course none of this could take place without the support the meetings a briefing beforehand in with washington without u.s. diplomatic military economic support. and we're also closely following the escalating conflict on our website or if you don't come that's where we're asking

you who is to blame for the on going bloodshed well let's have a look at the results on screen so far well just over a third of you think that it's israeli oppresses blockading palestinians who are responsible for the conflict slightly less saying it's prime minister netanyahu boosting his reelection bid for general seventeen percent put the blame on the u.n. for not recognizing palestinian statehood and exactly the same amount of you at the moment condemn hamas terrorists attacking from behind human shields is where you can go and cast your vote. paris has announced plans to install a syrian ambassador from the new opposition group to show of support from western nations which also want to lift the embargo to open the style of sending weapons to syrian rebels plus with the eurozone officially back in recession we report on how

in some of the better off countries it's the elderly who are taking the financial hit this and more just ahead here on altie. catalonia wants to get its independence from the rest of spain locals feel that madrid texas of catalonia economic success is a way putting the region into debt trust me working hard only to have it all taxed away is very aggravating i can see why people are frustrated but the people who want independence have a very odd slogan catalonia a new european state so let me get this straight you want independence but you want to stay in the e.u. is that what you mean what exactly would that change that's not really gaining independence that shifting dependencies stay in the e.u.

means you won't have control of your borders you'll still be on the euro so you won't have your own currency you will be able to establish your trade standards those will be dictated to you by brussels and if you don't like the austerity measures from outsiders like in madrid then you might want have a conversation with the greeks because being an independent country in the e.u. won't save you from people messing with your finances all i'm saying is that big truly independent means answer to no one not madrid not brussels but that's just my opinion. well with the. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

here in moscow france says it will install an ambassador from the new syrian opposition group the national coalition the move came at talks in paris between president on land and the head of the new alliance. this is the latest western tactic to remove president bashar al assad talks in paris focused on the protection of rebel controlled areas aid to refugees and the need for a provisional government britain which also lobbies for the new coalition that

could follow france and turkey in recognizing them on monday the e.u. is expected to discuss official arms deliveries to the country's rebels and this is have been fighting against the syrian army for nearly two years with about one hundred people being killed daily middle east blog a cult shero believes the opposition movement is in disarray and has no united voice. in syria of course the process has been much slower and the wave of defection that we saw in libya didn't exactly happen in syria and what's happening now in specifically. syria is the people there are kind of for presenting the syrian uprising are not the people who are on the ground so we started hearing for example support from different rebel groups armed mirabelle groups for the new opposition leadership but who knows the extent of or whether they would be able to exercise political control so what you really have to look at that there is a strong divide between leadership that is outside the country and doesn't have control on the ground and forces on the ground pretty much doing whatever they want

after all it always ended with two separate opposition bodies because the syrian national council still exists alongside the national coalition then you and i should correlation so it's a recipe for more diversion and kind of lack of coherence for moving the country forward. had online to find out how the pride of the u.k.'s nuclear submarine fleet is disappointed high command we reveal some of the vessel surprising flaws including flooding problems. plus a giant robot helping out the bolsheviks in the midst of russia's nine hundred seventeen revolution not about the shocking from an australian history exam although an ati dot com. u.k. government's handling of its bank bailouts has come under fierce criticism after it was claimed the sixty six billion pounds spent to rescue lloyds t.s.b. and the role of bank of scotland may never be recovered report from in pieces the british taxpayers have already lost two billion keeping another financial

institution afloat first reports this is all focused around the public accounts committee investigation into the sale of northern rock that was the bank that if you cast your mind a couple of years back with one of the first to get there is the big banking bailout is estimated to friend northern rock for taipei is essentially around two hundred billion but that's not the worst of it the kids all b.s. and lloyds bank. oh also you had a lot of typos money funded into those bailouts and the ties says to louise staggering sixty six billion pounds on that is very very hard to wrap your head around those figures so we're going to try and compare it really the amount that was put into those bailouts so what we have in the the moment spending on social welfare such as pensions education health care and defense these figures coming at a time when everyone here is struggling in

a daily we're talking to people who are really struggling to survive in the country in the midst of this very very tough economic times and you kind of got this is a good report very hard hitting report telling us that there was a monumental collective failure that the treasury was unable to pull the respond because they lack the right skills and understanding so it really sucked a little bit of the billion sorry guys we've lost the sixty six billion you know we weren't quite up to the job one of the great the warning at the very beginning with the taxpayers' alliance and doing now by a campaign manager robert oxley thank you for joining us today these types of stories always make me so angry because you know every day we're covering stories where people are struggling with a living wage in the a chance the pension scene a tax is a rising all the time and then you have this report showing that you know sixty six billion could be lost i mean it's just chiefly responsible with taxpayers' money

for this report is a damning indictment of politicians to spoil their woolly words that we were going to make money out of the banks and the proper banks would be you know it would be ok if there was a chorus of people from both sides the political divide so you know we need to approach what's happened is we've got to pound basically allow politicians to gamble other people's money from the hold those politicians have we got very good result as is always the case when politicians are spending other people's money it's. incredible how often most empowered to get every major across this room and i think we're seeing the moment in a rejection of the way that our politics at westminster is out of touch to the point here is it was the writing was on the war whether any lessons will actually be learned of course remains to be seen but taxpayers they think there is absolutely whopping losses at the moment at least a lot of people saying you know we saved the banks he's going to save us. well to some other world news this hour a train collided with a school bus south of the egyptian capital claiming the lives of at least fifty

children the exact number of fatalities is unclear a local doctor said that many of the victims were aged between four and six the accident reportedly happened because the railroad crossing wasn't closed while the train sped towards. egypt's transport minister has resigned following the crash. course in a world of avis our security is on high alert in thailand following a terror attack ahead of a planned visit by barack obama on sunday at least one person was killed and many injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded in the country's volatile self setting five buildings on fire bombers to make it a three nation tour of southeast asia hoping to boost u.s. influence in a region where china is seen to be increasingly assertive. u.s. congressmen have passed the so-called magnitsky bill which puts visa restrictions on russian officials washington claims of being involved in human rights violations that legislation was named after the russians said again magnitsky who died in

police custody three years ago while serving time for alleged tax evasion moscow condemned the bill as a fast and promised a response washington also voted to lift soviet era trade limitations with russia but author and historian dr gerald horne believes the u.s. is making a step towards a souring of relations. is that the research. should quickly that when one door closes another one opens what i mean is that the human rights situation. it's quite terrible and i would hope that the russian duma and the russian authorities would begin to scrutinize carefully when human rights situation right here in their own state where for example like one example most many white populations about thirteen percent of the population of about fifty percent of the prison population and they are disproportionately represented on. slater for exits. by the state authorities for example why not. moscow.

these are restrictions on those businesses who would seek to do business with russia that are involved in violation of equal opportunity laws right here in united states i mean i think there are number of measures that could take that would be inappropriate for tat. despite the looming economic trouble in the euro zone one of its biggest economies france has always been praised as the promised land for the retard with a single currency zone hit with a second recession things are changing fast as alexie reports. when you look at the elderly people in france you'd never think they could be in trouble there has been a common belief that france is one of the best countries in the world for pensioners and that they are very well cared for by the state but with the financial crisis raging across the european union and france being no exception to that more and more of the retired are finding it harder to make ends meet pierre worked as an engineer for over four decades having retired he says he sometimes

cannot afford to buy food with you spend. six. months of it. leave. a six year old for a lot of. people say you have to all. you have to offer to all sixty years or how can you survive in circumstances like piers is unclear but hundreds of thousands of pensioners across the country are in the same boat say the chairman of a large charity which is trying to help. the number of seniors turning to us for help has increased considerably in or regions of france it used to be in the north but now all regions are affected young people and children used to help but now with the crisis hitting the young seniors upon the. isolated no. but no these struggling people are in for another blow starting next year the pensions of over

ten million french will be taxed says the minister for the elderly this will amount to zero point three fifteen percent of monthly payments and the new government believes this will generate three hundred fifty million euros annually for the social security fund but economists believe it's pointless for the government trying to do now is reach by all means the three percent deficit threshold that was promised to brussels and they're trying to find like every single penny. obviously don't have a say or do harm to the pensioners and to their spending power will be just really bad for consumption in france it will not be a perfect solution for. creating french growth and agrees because in his case every cent counts it may be less than one percent a few spend deducted each month but it still threatens to take food from his mouth alexy rush of ski reporting from paris and france. the russian premier league

football clash between the nominee and reigning champions is a neat petersburg was abandoned after the goalkeeper was hit by a missile thrown from the stands let's cross a live now to our correspondent sean thomas for details on this show tell us more about what happened today. well certainly bill anton surely who is the goalkeeper for dino moscow has been injured doctors have looked at him and they say that he has been blinded by this incident and tries to see in that one i take you back through this matches between st petersburg and moscow didn't know it took place here to area which is in the moscow region at that point. france from st petersburg started putting the pitch with fireworks and flares one of those where is our fire . went off in the face of the goalkeeper he went down on the pitch in pain and then after he was down on the grass and they had stopped the game it is reported that

the fans continued to pelt objects at the goalkeeper at that time and so the decision was made by the officials and the referees as well as the premier league officials to stop that game it's unclear whether or not that game will be continued at a later date or if it will be given a technical defeat if you will now tensions between st petersburg transit moscow france have gone on since around two thousand and eight they've been at a high level at that time there was a banner that was placed at a game in st petersburg that was questionable got fans upset and more recently in september between a game between a torpedo and moscow there was a similar incident with fireworks being thrown onto the field but much worse at that time after that game do you know more fans then attacked their own headquarters saying that if the team doesn't play better they will start destroying it do you know more property as well so there's a big problem basically between

a football fans and the teams that they supposedly support but their actions at this point in time are being more disruptive to the game than being helpful now as of now there are no laws in russia that are designed to protect football teams or to punish fans right now that is being talked about as a possibility in the near future. thanks very much. in moscow thomas occupy wall street found a way to save america's trouble ninety nine percent then you charity will get rid of american citizens this president hit the streets of new york to find out if people believe in it. started by the people behind the occupy wall street rolling jubilee is a project that is buying up debt just like a collection agency would but instead of collecting on it there absolving the debt in an effort to liberate america from the chains of debt is this ingenious all or

a way to let slackers off the hook from responsibility this week let's talk about that depends on where the funds are coming from crowd sourced crowd sourced yeah crowdsourcing is great if they can clear people's debt who need it then i think that's the good thing to do are you into at. take that as a yes not not a lot but and you know a little bit well if you're below i'm not sure that they won't go right back in again so i think people either are responsible for their own actions or their are too good to. understand what they're about to drive me crazy occupy wall street does well they destroyed a whole bunch of public property with their movie they've paid for that why don't they pay for that the taxpayers have to pick up what's the catch there is no catch there's absolutely no catch other than the system probably doesn't want them to do this because then people are free and clear that like a good idea to you. but they're not going to buy my debt from the u.k.

i think i know someone who went to africa to live for a while and they were boarded every day with ever ties and so what they don't have and they said they never felt so wealthy or well to do as it living in africa because they weren't every day you know boarded with what they didn't have yeah it would be nice if companies took a little bit of the responsibility for their advertising and marketing and also for the credit card companies who hand out cards that may have people that can't pay for it to kids they give them to kids in college that's a big problem yeah it's unethical you know it is we're just spending during nine eleven what do they say don't stop shopping. because you've got to. this big machine rolling but it's it isn't this going to just collapse in on itself anyways i mean can we just continue to buy and buy and buy forever and without ever saving anything so what's going to be the massive change a little over i mean i think it's an economic rollover i think we're seeing it now we've got economic crisis in every country around the world whether or not you

think rolling jubilees sounds like a good idea the bottom line is their only mission is to help the common good not wall street profits which to me is always a movement to get behind. the cause a report is next. gracefully . it is a way of life traditionally the people are. herders in many ways they. are also highly skilled and organized.

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a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas and education many say they don't want to trade the modern life. i have returned to the tundra and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see deer it's a joyful sight. us. sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come. work its work. oh i'm asked as are a lot more that has a record crowd.