the top stories of today and of this week israel's deadly air strikes on gaza hit refugee camps as prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is now ready to significantly expand its offensive. while on the other front israel also exchanges fire with syria where the rebels are gaining more western support in the fight to oust president assad. europe united in austerity fury millions go on a first of coordinated a continent wide strike demanding an end to crippling costs. and the power reshuffle at the very top in china new leadership takes over the world's second largest economy for the next decade.

but the headlines of the week and of today this is the weekly on our team with me wrong. israeli bombs are hitting a refugee camps in gaza killing four children as israel claims it's ready to significantly expand the assault in all the death toll in the bombardment has risen to at least fifty palestinians since wednesday has been retaliating against the attacks with a rocket fire killing three israelis over the same period its most recent strikes hit the south of israel also targeted television. you were there until a before us so good to see you paula civilian casualties in gaza are mounting with israel now hitting refugee camps is it israel sticking to its line that it's only targeting military sites what we have seen is the rise of is trying to buy these really a force this morning over gaza city and we know of at least two incidents where

defense with the g eight can switch moderated as you well know these camps are full of women and children which means that it's inevitable. that the casualty count among civilians only increases we know of at least four children who have been killed in overnight strikes it was had fifteen people injured while it really strike hits the media of the ruling in gaza city with some sixty journalists have been injured now we are receiving reports of the israeli army has taken control of hamas radio and is using it to at least warning messages to the people of gaza but certainly the i.d.f. is falling far short of that statement that it is only targeting assassinations and very much trying not to get civilians because we do see the civilian count continue to increase the arab league hold an emergency rule to unsettle day in kind of when the arab league secretary general now been out to be saying that israel is committing crimes and needed to be held responsible and he also quote on arab states to revisit and cancel any kind of peace treaties that they have with the

jewish state the number of countries that have come forward in trying to mediate between the two sides we have heard from the egypt ssion president mohammed morsi the key believe that a ceasefire could be on the cards to support for the proposal that would seek to keep egypt the united states and russia broker spontaneous peace plans but we're not hearing the same kind of commitment from the side of the ground both the israelis as well as i must say that they're only paid to lay down arms if the other side doesn't as well and we're not hearing insurances from either side that this will happen so he will be hearing from the masses that it will stop firing rockets on israel if the jewish state in that's the blockade that he has placed on gaza for several years now and stops with these assassinations where you talk about the increase in civilian casualties and assassinations as well paula of course as you and i both know prime minister netanyahu has already said that israel is very ready to expand the operation as it looked like a ground assault is about to be launched i know there are tens of thousands of troops that have been amassing along the gaza border. well actually his weekly

cabinet meeting on sunday morning the israeli prime minister netanyahu did say that he was ready to significantly expand those were his words the israeli operation in gaza in tel aviv immediately following this they were sirens held and they were at least two rockets that were intercepted by the. missile defense system this has sent out alarming warning bells particularly to people that the for the meat seem to and towards the north of the country and mass and other militants are firing now in long range ukrainian made missiles and i think that this kind of meeting this kind of fear and panic that is not infiltrating the but nation of israel much to that then just the south we rockets have been rained down on is starting to create an anxiety an oppression on the leadership of israel to launch some kind of ground offensive there was a barrage of rockets it is going to hit the south of this office wanting to know that one person has been seen as the injured between the rockets are still far short of the target there has the movement among the israel gaza border with the

israeli tanks and armored personnel vehicles this does raise the question of whether or not a ground operation is imminent the roads around gaza have sealed and the idea of has confirmed that it is attacking from the sea the last strikes classrooms so you certainly had and intensified israeli operation against gaza reporter you talk about that israeli forces are shutting down the roads around gaza according to the i.d.f. on twitter just now the i.d.f. saying we have coordinated the transfer of one hundred twenty four trucks of goods and gas to garza today including medical supplies and dairy products at the same time continued airstrikes more rocket fire and the roads are sealed not really sure how to read into that but i'll be checking in with you throughout the day paula so they are on television thank you. well for a constant update on the situation inside gaza we are staying in contact with activist and filmmaker harry fear he's currently working there he says it's innocent civilians who suffer from the onslaught said to be aimed only at military

targets israel boasts that it has capabilities so advanced that it can target with pinpoints what we're seeing is dead children and dead pregnant women israel has its mission it has its objective it's got the people that it wants to kill but the thing is it doesn't care about collateral damage it has the same policy if you like the united states with regard to collateral damage that it's happy to injure dozens of palestinian men women and children as long as it can kill one person who might have helped fire a rocket into israel that is the psychology. all around the gaza strip at some level terrorized by this state terrorism this is a largely defenseless third world population most of the population under the age of eighteen most of the population are reliant on food aid and they're being bombed with drones and f. sixteen by and and by sea over these last few days.

you can keep an eye on what's happening in gaza on our website there we've got a time line between the constant updates on the latest plus a live transmission from gaza city and the border with israel. over there for you right now the ongoing bombing of the strips mass protests across the world with israel itself no exception more on that at r.t. dot com. and my colleague bill dodd who's talked to israeli defense ministry spokesman josh who gave no clear explanation as to why so many civilians are being killed in what he called highly precise bombings. but when hamas are hiding rockets beneath mosques and hiding rockets and missiles within school yards and firing rockets actually next to the very hotel where most of the foreign correspondents are staying you just have to look at all the reports coming out across the world today unfortunately it's a very very difficult predicament and that's why the israeli government uses the most precise munitions is why the israeli army since flies out to the population

even before we conduct these precision strikes a lot of minimize civilian i'm a lot what those precise munitions are doing to the people of gaza we've managed to speak to several girls and says civilians who are suffering in this bombing campaign in a moment here's what they had to say let's have a listen. and then they in abuja a civilian population here is then sleep acting in every house there are about twenty people now until quarter to six everyone was asleep after daniel asked to begin shaking this entire area about sixteen killings were bombing innocent harmless people many were injured my family had four injured when i got in we were listening to the news to find out what's going on in gaza. yesterday we slept for about an hour because we wanted to risk what we walk of and rubble in their brothers moving it thank god there were a lot of but what should we do now the roof collapsed walls are destroyed the children of you under the rubble as they were doing. and we were all sleeping our

parents and me with my sisters in a sixteen missile hits our house we were taken to hospital thank god or live well but that's how it was going on so what do you say to these people in gaza. well first of all i'd like to point out that actually last night and every night but in particular last night even in the middle of the mission we had air force jets that were flying over and they had a precise target ready to be hit and the hamas organization or other organizations in the region board civilians to the location and we diverted the attack we are doing our utmost to protect civilians on both sides while hamas is going out of its way to not only put their own civilians in harm but attack our civilians on a day to day basis and i will keep updating you on the developing situation in gaza and israel a two stage yet. as

the battle rages on in gaza israel has been fighting on another front i.d.f. shells fell in neighboring syria this in response to gunfire that hit an army vehicle in the disputed golan heights and the area has seen artillery fire from both sides in recent weeks and syria claims its shells caused no injuries meanwhile syrian opposition forces looking to alst president assad claim they have captured a military airport near the iraqi border the alliance's western support and has even installed an envoy in france paris and the u.k. will discuss lifting the e.u. arms embargo on monday so they can supply weapons directly to the rebels journalist neil clark says the western nations are using the libya blueprint to gain a foothold in syria over the long term goal of war against iran. what we do is we get together some opposition puppets if you like not their heads together call them

the government a libya and syria and then we work to end the arms embargoes and very soon we'll be hearing talk i expect no fly zones this is all part of a plan to topple assad even western power is actually glaring it's ok for us to arm the rebels in syria but for anybody else to arm the syrians it's not allowed so it's absolutely appalling the policy we have the constitutional boat back in eighty seven percent the syrians voted for it we had elections in may you know there is a every possibility of a chart of change in syria through the ballot box but the west don't want that because they know the president's job is to popular the ba'ath party has probably majority support in syria the last one is the people's will in syria to prevail they want to impose by force a puppet government and you know what would happen and leave your mark to that if saudis topple we have chaos in syria more chaotic and more death and destruction but the west doesn't really care about that he doesn't care what's happening in libya at the moment all he cares about is

a new government in damascus which will probably tie the entire economy the links with iran and hezbollah. that you know that the move against iraq to take place because this is all about paving the way toward it there are. you're watching on t.v. generals dramatic folds from grace and racy scandals old three becoming an alarming trend in washington but it could be more to the tray of skates than just passion as one former intelligence officer tells us shortly before the details or after a short break. catalonia wants to get its independence from the rest of spain locals feel that madrid texas all 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 she won't have your own currency you'll 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.

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you are just joining us welcome to the program this is arts here with me rory sue show millions across some twenty european countries have vented their anger this week in the first coordinated cross border protests on strike since the financial crisis took hold people are frustrated with the slew of spending cuts as the eurozone sinks into its second recession since two thousand and eight events descended into violence in italy where police fired tear gas at workers and students who then responded with bottles and stones transport in portugal came to a standstill as striking workers walked out of their jobs and even hospitals were only providing a minimal service and in the heart of europe in brussels crowds gathered outside the e.u. headquarters to demand an end to austerity but the massive action did start in spain which still clashes and dozens of arrests party sarah first went to madrid to witness their discontent. staying in. greece.

italy. and portugal. it's nice debt rating countries joining together with many others for the continent's first cross border negat strike from the beginning it was clear that emotions were running high in many places the dreadful violence early on announced a brief calm the storm break and the anger of those protesting was evident for various think between the protesters and the riot police is part of the right almost three hundred three it's not really got more symbolic candy for the feast of big. i the people say there are right now all across here are the three legged governments and between the people themselves this is why they are there to be back here where the bullets and violent confrontations with the authorities are becoming an auntie familiar sights the constant leaders stand firm the disparity is a necessary evil to cut the sky high deficits only vender the fourteenth the people

of europe seem to have formed a county union to fight back against the prevailing title sterrett city ahead of next week's budget meetings brussels would have been watching closely as the scenes of police and protesters battling one another played out across the nobel peace prize winning. r c. but most of the anger in greece is actually directed at which are seen as the main force imposing tough austerity this outrage left german diplomatic covered in coffee this week as protesters try to attack him international affairs expert john laughlin says the greek political elite are being held hostage by the rhetoric coming in from a very powerful neighbor. we can see that the kinds of measures that have been imposed on greece for more than two years because this crisis has been going on for a very long time these measures are actually making the situation worse why are you calling me is in a hurry for it's been in. through every year and the fact is that the greek

political class like the rest of the euro given the class in a sense i think prisoner of its own ideology it's the prisoner of the euro and i feel that she and this ideology exerts such a power over the top that just do things which are only rational measure obviously counterproductive in order to preserve the european project of the euro in particular. are determined to do everything to keep the single currency intact even to destroy their own country to send you certainly before them and are over fifty percent to put the economy into a massive recession and so on. and over at r.t. dot com right now how u.k. banks are thriving on taxpayers' cash and lending guys emerged unscathed by the financial crisis where the public is left with sixty six billion pounds on their.

four for one line for you or if you voted obama you're not responsible enough to own a gun at least that's what one firearms shop owner in arizona believes as he bans democratic voters from entering his stores details that are to adopt. a new generation of chinese leaders as are taken over power in the country is the government's undergone it's a once in a decade political transition the big question is how the change will affect china's relations with its top political and economic rival the u.s. analyst john knows but says america is desperately trying to maintain its position in the face of the vastly emerging east. he meant it as part of the. part of the declining west with the rising east and in the lining of our. power centers she always from one of the things she was somehow all over the stabiliser made cane or dance there are sinking

a position what is interesting is that the east or in the east where the rise of the east you have a lot of. play among the so-called emerging economies of latin america and africa in asia. straight to bangladesh the start of the. massive fire in the shanty town has killed eleven people and injured many more but five women and four children are among the dead while five hundred homes have been destroyed in a densely populated area near the capital of the cause of the blaze is under investigation for cigarette. oil could be to blame. tens of thousands of people have rallied across france protesting against the government's plans to legalize same sex marriage and child adoption demonstrators blue paint colors in an alteration of the french flag. which will be debated in parliament in

january would undermine traditional family values and the foundations of society. barack obama is set to become the first ever u.s. president to visit me and when he arrives on monday it's part of his three nation tour of southeast asia it's part of a shift in american foreign policy as the country looks to improve its standing in a region that seeing growing chinese in ruins obama has already lifted an american ban on imports from me and have been in place since two thousand and three. the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military grade blow this week the career of the current commander in afghanistan is now in jeopardy after he became involved in the case that led to the resignation of the former commander and cia chief david petraeus petraeus had to resign after his biographer paula broadwell admitted to having a relationship with him and classified information was found on her computer. denies passing on any secrets and now general allen who succeeded in afghanistan is

also under investigation over inappropriate communication with a woman who has ties to both. broadwell and the feeling is growing there's much more to it than just whatever simply meets the. eye. drama really it's worth a cent knowledge bomb. that can produce find a second time they can usually use the cream to sweet tea the old regime. senior generals who sort of move through the revolving door. of the intelligence was one of the points that didn't seem to get much coverage about the trial and that is the fact that he has been very much on other really and for really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officers to try and get rid of someone that they would see as an outsider who is peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national data from.

watching our team live from moscow after a quick break. in the battle for peace and justice just a moment. it's perched atop a jaw drop and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city to all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed but a chance i bear in railway but the a spiritual center. things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of also talks worshippers dip them selves implicity

water to commemorate the baptismal jesus. you know when you will avoid war the mother or it doesn't matter if it's minus thirty it's a siberian tradition i do it myself every year. for everyone to overcome their worst fears it is desirable to take the plunge. but that's picture postcard churches the story of a city built by opportunist explorers political exiles and crafty fur traders in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies to balls to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the ball location head of the says for

the russians. to moscow's one of the most popular places to send political dissent is not any people were exiled that once a giant bell that was used to incite riots was supposed to set a three hundred ten. the russian heiress across who led a revolt against the eighteen twenty five known as the decembrists worse than hare and drove. there they created a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia but the city also served up some bitter irony for the russian royal family after the bolshevik revolution. this is the office where the solemn nickel is the second spend most of the last year of his life his whole family had been exiled here they were the fairly comfortable existence this was a big house but they weren't allowed to see visitors or go outside themselves leaving this ordinary normal countryside lifestyle they even had thought of escape

but within the year bizarre and his family would be dead. the ball school never again its political significance but the streets will always echo with a glorious past and it will likely provide the livelihood for some habitants in the future. which brightened. from plans to.

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