cultures of resistance on. breaking news on artsy foreign media offices in gaza coming under attack from israel which maintains it's of only targeting terrorists. among the targets also with deep taps as the civilian death toll mounts with more than among those killed . in the front israel's troops exchanged fire with syria where the rebels are gaining more support from the west to get rid of the assad regime. the eurozone sings back into recession as millions take to the streets in the first coordinated pan european mega strike to demand an end to austerity. as china finishes its once in a decade power transfer with new leaders taking over the country's top posts but we

find out what challenges lie ahead for beijing. live from the center of moscow this is our tea with me rory sushi straight to our breaking news for you this hour foreign reporters in gaza forced to scramble as their offices the targeted by israeli bombs several journalists have already been wounded tel aviv says it wants to send gaza quote back to the middle ages and is preparing a ground invasion on militants retaliate with unguided rockets the latest now to ati's fall asleep. we are receiving reports of some six people six civilians who have been killed among them four children so what we're witnessing is a significant climb in the casualty count and increasingly more and more of these casualties are in fact civilians now they were there earlier. it cool to holdings

also hit by israeli missiles at least six people have been injured one of them is a come a man who later had to have his leg amputated the i.d.f. the israeli defense forces has said that the journalists were not afraid target but that they were aware that there were journalists in these buildings and a statement released by the i.d.f. it says that a communications antenna used by hamas to target israelis was in fact their target but the thing is that you have in these media houses international journalists and the israeli army is fully aware of that fact we also are aware that in one of the buildings all sister organization. offices were completely destroyed in the strike unfortunately just an hour before all the staff members had gone home we are now however receiving reports that the journalists and people inside these two buildings have been ordered again to evacuate we always see reports that the israeli air force plans to strike these buildings again it's not something that the israeli air force is denying in fact they have stated on the eighth floor of one of

these buildings is an office of have nots and that this is ultimately a target now the leaders of hamas have gone into hiding they offering for their lives this comes as a statement from israel's interior ministry that the goal is to send and i'm quoting here gaza back to the middle ages these signs so if you do dictate that a full scale ground invasion could be imminent we heard earlier from the israeli defense force chief has ordered to increase the number of sorties being fired against militants inside gaza some sixteen thousand israeli reservists have been called out they are all in the south of the country ready to into gaza if indeed they're given the order to do so now london has warned israel. not to launch a ground offensive saying that the country will lose a lot of international support if indeed it goes ahead and does this but what we have witnessed in the past is that israel by and large often does what it wishes to knowing full well that the united states is there to support it and so many people here don't believe that the united states would withdraw its support for israel at

this stage at his weekly cabinet meeting in jerusalem the israeli prime minister on sunday morning also said and i'm quoting here that he is ready to significantly expand the israeli operation into gaza so this so he doesn't doubt alarm bells and raise questions as to whether or not this ground offensive is imminent there has been a lot of movement of tanks as well as on the personnel vehicles and on the israeli gaza border we've witnessed up to the shelling from these tanks also all the roads around gaza have been closed off by the israeli army now the arab league hold emergency session on saturday in cairo where the arab league secretary general accused israel of war crimes he also called on arab states that had any kind of peace treaties in place with israel to revisit this we are witnessing a flurry of international activity trying to mediate between the two sides to egypt is playing a role we've also heard from turkey who has put forward some kind of peace proposal but so looking at this stage it doesn't seem as it's as if either side is ready for

peace what we're hearing from both the israelis and hamas is that the only prepared to lay down arms if the other side does so first. paula right they're keeping all of us updated on air and online as well you can just simply follow twitter stream for the latest. now our correspondent has been working inside the media center in gaza just before israeli rockets slammed into it this is what he told us a bit earlier. perhaps. no one expected this during the strikes power supplies often get cut. then it becomes really difficult for us to find fuel for the generator at that moment i decided to take a break in our work and go look for gas so that we can continue working early in the morning but we left at around one am to it all happened some of our friends are now in hospital just a little while ago there was a press conference where it was said that such an attack was we completely ruled out journalists can become targets for strikes at a correspondent should share what

he or she sees with the world even israeli journalists report from gaza it's an acceptable the media work and to get attacked in such a way in situations like this you usually don't go to our homes just like we didn't during the hostilities of two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine even though we know this is really dangerous up to the point of a ground operation however we prefer to stay at the office using any chance to do our job whatever the electricity comes on and the electricity was off we decided to go look for generator fuel and that's what saved us we're talking about four tower blocks in gaza that have been used by media outlets since two thousand during the war in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine israel struck these buildings two one after that some of our colleagues were injured then we know that we do a dangerous job. by let's speak to our u.n. spokesman chris gunness such warning us live now from tel aviv on the program it's a good to see you today thanks for coming on israeli bombs now falling on refugees and foreign journalists so all the while the i.d.f. saying these are perception attacks and strikes what's your reaction. well this is

precisely why the secretary general of the united nations mr ban ki moon has been working the phones with regional leaders and calling for restraint because in a situation like this it's very densely populated largely civilian area these sorts of things are accidents waiting to happen it is inevitable sadly given . the context of contemporary warfare given what's happening in gaza rockets flying out of civilian areas strikes going in it's hardly surprising that civilians the women the children journalists of you just as you just said should come into harm's way and that's why we say please can we have some restraint can we deescalate because that is the only way to resolve this crisis we condemn the rockets they have to stop israel by the same token has a right to defend itself and its citizens like any u.n.

member state but like all parties must do so in accordance with international humanitarian law living up to their obligations such that civilians do not come in harm's way that we're now hearing from president barack obama who's currently during a during a tour in thailand he says quote we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend yourself as you just mentioned a moment ago the french foreign minister fabulous in jerusalem saying quote we are trying to create conditions for a cease fire we must prevent a war in garza muslim countries have been rallying behind the palestinians here saying that israel is committing war crimes so what's what's your take on that you're in tel aviv you're a bit closer than we are here in moscow. well we are a humanitarian organization and we are here to deal as we have done for many decades with the humanitarian consequences of political failure and you know i have this terrible sense of deja vu what we're seeing in gaza is the result of political failure. in the face of this political failure will continue to do what we've been

doing and don't forget that despite the violence today our health clinics we have twenty one of them have largely remained open our schools are closed but we are continuing with an extraordinary proof program of distance learning twelve hours a day we have refuse collection going on in the refugee camps so we have continued to do what we can do but yes i agree what we're seeing in gaza is the result of political for. and that is why we constantly appeal to the political parties to take action such that these periodic flare ups are happening garza every couple of years should be resolved in a just and durable manner now we're getting reports here at our teachers in the past couple of hours that israel had managed to get a brow about one hundred twenty two or one hundred twenty four trucks to garza with medical aid food fuel and bits and pieces like that it just seems a bit bizarre ultimately yes you've got to get these supplies to gaza but it's

happening it's then followed by bomb strikes. i don't hear question very well but i did hear the news which i had not heard before that over one hundred trucks of medical and other humanitarian supplies are being sent into gaza i can't confirm that but if it is true it is certainly very welcome news because we were hearing as others that the situation in shifa hospital is deteriorating very rapidly and let's not forget that even before this latest flare up in violence shifa hospital had been hit by the blockade there was a lack of medicines there was a lack of training a lack of equipment so an already bad situation in that hospital one of the largest in the occupied palestinian territory has been made worse there are shortages according to the world health organization of essential and lifesaving drugs so if these drugs are being replenished that can only be very good news chris if i can

just jump in for a moment here you know you say the situation is deteriorating or do you think the un will be able to cope with relief efforts if israel keeps stepping up its airstrikes and perhaps even invades or as we know israel is promising for an expansion and an increase in its offensive into gaza can you still do your job. we are extraordinarily able and i paid tribute to my colleagues in garza robert turner our director there and. all of his team who've managed throughout the violence of the last five days to continuing to live are in services to our one point two million refugees in garza our health clinics are largely open our staff our medical staff reported to duty every day through this conflict our sanitation workers likewise are continuing to do that we distribute food to eight hundred thousand people in gaza and our food distributions by and large have continued so it's a tribute to the bravery the courage the commitment of u.n.

workers in general but staff in particular that we have managed to continue with our humanitarian work we remain committed to working for our beneficiaries up holding un standards un values but it is difficult and that is why we call on the politicians and the people who are able to make peace to redouble their efforts to do so because for every hour that goes past another child another woman another civilian the elderly the sick the dying they are in harm's way it's a situation which we in the united nations and in under find unacceptable in must end and it was and forth with life in tel aviv u.n. spokesman chris gunness wishing you the best of luck to continue with your relief efforts in gaza thanks for coming on r.t. today. well filmmaker and activist harry fears beating gaza since the first bombs started falling let's get the latest from him right now and see what is happening there this moment good to see you again how bad is it or the situation there at the

moment people coping with the onslaught we just spoke to a u.n. relief spokesman he he saying well they're trying to get the aid in there and he says they're doing quite a good job what are you saying well in the last three minutes we're getting getting a report of the two children have been killed in the nasser area of. reports in the last few moments that two more since have been killed taking the count now up to fifty five killed since november fourteenth well the whole time all the while israel maintains it's targeting terrorists any explanation of a bombing the refugee camps and ultimately the foreign media offices i heard from one source of within the i.d.f. say these are persuasion strikes for example one building of journalists when he says a precision strike he targeted one floor however the building then collapsed so we are relying on the world not to doing anything while it uses disproportionate force the trying to assassinate its targets i don't doubt that it is targeting people

accurately but it's using such level of force when it does so that collateral damage is occurring every hour here in gaza including two just in the last ten minutes or so israel has its objectives but it's the force and weaponry that it's using which is international prohibited under the law you were there in gaza claiming that hamas using civilians as human shields and israel as allies arguing that the militants are to blame for the conflict you're right there in the heart of it all do you think. well the gaza strip is one of the most densely populated places on earth some of the refugee camps they are literally the most densely populated places on. the resistance groups operate from all around the gaza strip there are tunnels underground. the fighters can appear from various holes and shoot rockets at israeli aircraft entering palestinian as space so if that qualifies the dish definition of human shields then we'll have to use it but my understanding of

human shields is taking a civilian under force and putting them in front of your body or life from gaza filmmaker and activist a hairy fear thanks for joining us on r.t. will check in with you soon. well earlier here and my colleague bill dodd interviewed the it's ready defense ministry spokesman josh he gave a no clear explanation as to why civilians are being killed or what he describes as highly precise spottings. 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 sends flies out to the population even before we conduct these precision strikes a lot of minimize civilian what those precise missions are doing to the people of gaza we want to speak to several girls civilians who are suffering in this bombing

campaign of the moment here's what they had to say let's have a listen and then the civilian population here is the and sleep in every house there are about twenty people until quarter to six everyone was asleep after daniel asked to begin shaking this entire area about the age of sixteen killings were bombing innocent harmless people many were injured my family had were injured. we were listening to the news to find out what's going on in gaza. yesterday we slipped through because we wanted to risk what we walk up and rubbed in their brothers you would think god or a lot of the water we do now. just walls or just roared. through under the rubble as they were doing and. we were all sleeping parents and me with my sisters and their sixteen missile hits our house we were taken to hospital thank god you're alive but that's how it was going on so what do you say to these people in gaza.

who first of all i'd like to point out that actually last night and every night in particular last night even in the middle of a 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 bought 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 a tie down civilians on a day to day basis on air and on the line we're bringing you the latest from the middle east with our live updates on our twitter stream and website dotsie dot com . fortunately thanks for joining us today another tough week for the eurozone as we reported just a bit later on but the single currency bloc is officially back into recession after

a twenty four hour pan-european make a strike brought some twenty countries to a standstill also china gets its next chairman ping that leading a new group of officials to herald the country's growth in a few moments a look at what problems beijing's blistering economy might have to face. 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 rented 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 need

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 god forbid 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 go as well as 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. mission. critical three. four judges are free. range free. free. free.

world free brought in video for your media project free radio down to r.t. dot com you. may miss it in reason. they care my daddy. a lot of. there's a famous. benson. ransom business. thought he was coming to live from moscow with me rule research shy now aside from the conflict with hamas in gaza israel has also been fighting on its northern front the israeli defense force confirmed that they fired artillery into neighboring syria

this in response to gunfire aimed at its troops in the disputed golan heights it's the first time in four decades israel has fired into syria but it came amid reports the rebels have captured an airport in the east part of syria strengthening their hold of the iraqi border plus this week western attempts to oust president assad have gained momentum with france and turkey recognizing a new opposition group that of the national coalition of powers also says it will accept an envoy from the new alliance and e.u. foreign ministers are expected to discuss lifting an arms embargo on one. which could pave the way for direct weapons delivery still preferable to journalist neil clark says the west is using the libya blueprint to gain a foothold in syria for the long term goal of subduing iraq. what we do is we get together some opposition puppets if you like not their heads together call them the government of libya and now 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 a sad actually the western powers 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 of 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 said these two popular party 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 it saudis topple we have lost in syria more chaos we have 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 with many ties the entire economy the links with iran and hezbollah are. that you know that the move against iraq to take place and

this is all about paving the way toward if there are. the eurozone has been headed by a second recession this according to figures published on thursday of this just hours or so after a twenty four hour strike some more than twenty european countries are virtually paralyzed as people once again vented their frustration over disintegrating economies this report to r.t. so of. staying in. italy. and portugal. debt ridden countries joined 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 and asked a brief calm the storm broke the anger of those protesting president for various things between the protesters and the riot police of placards almost three the

military it's not like you can really get more symbolic candy for the he's defied the people say there are right now all across the yard to train their government and between the people themselves this is why they all start the battle. where the bullets in violent confrontations with the authorities are becoming an auntie familiar sights the constant leaders stand the disparity is a necessary evil to cut the sky high deficits only vendor 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 meeting 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.t. major eight. hundred r.t. dot com right now a thousand stage of march through dublin in protest at archaic i assure borish abortion laws that led to the death of

a woman who was denied help to terminate her pregnancy also. a gun shop owner in arizona publishes an ad in the local newspaper telling president obama supporters are not welcome in his shop go online and find out more. new leaders have been appointed to this week in china with becoming the communist party's new secretary general who took over from hu jintao who saw through a decade long transformation which led it to overtaking japan as the world's second largest economy the new leaders have to tackle the child. edges of corruption the growing divide between rich and poor and environmental pollution among others still the main goal remains keeping the economy booming the i.m.f. predicts it will overtake its american rival in just four years however professor joseph chang from hong kong city university believes one of the main risks is that china's exports driven economy is vulnerable to dips in demand. here's your sign

a has said to maybe do been doing very well you know you can nominate roles but at the moment is economic growth model may reach this stage of the administration returns you certainly faces sylvia challenges there and the consensus on the economic reforms is strong there's genuine agreement on what needs to be done but at the same time day it is severe recession from vested interests for example to state beat a big state owned enterprises to walk on a lot of infrastructural you know spend all jack say steel wonder a lot of credit from the state owned banks and so on. it's good to have you with us here in our to today our rover series sharon in just a moment here we take a look at how one woman raises eight children while heading an international business that'll be after a quick break. in

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