the bloodiest day in israel's song fly on gaza military strikes raise residential buildings to the ground and killed dozens of civilians. while in israel there is a growing feeling that a gaza ground operation is imminent despite the international community increasingly pushing for a cease fire but also this hour. there's a whole raft of legislation which stops you so you can what you believe if we don't have freedom of speech of. tongue tied in the u.k. as controversial last target people for saying anything which may be considered offensive even if no one is actually consulted.

it's eleven out of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie israel's escalating its offensive on gaza the number of deaths has doubled within the past day and now exceeds eighty almost half the palestinians killed are believed to be civilians mostly women and children with many more feared still trapped on the rubble filmmaker and activist harry fear brings us his account of what's happening in gaza and just to warn you some of the images we're about to show you are graphic. this morning the death toll has risen here. as a writes that is except the writing this is as israel targets who it considers terrorist militants to take care of the hamas militant wing here in gaza is doing

so in one of the most densely populated places in the gaza strip home to more than one point five million palestinians yesterday was the deadliest attack here since the beginning of operation pillar of cloud with two far too high number of children being killed we heard yesterday of the al the lone massacre in which more than four children were killed that is israel mistakenly struck a civilian building as it was hoping to assassinate the leader of hamas is a rocket launching unit then between sunday and monday that has been what gazans are calling another massacre of the family we've all of a five year old boy being killed a nineteen year old woman and a thirty eight year old man with more than forty injured in that one of the most deadliest strikes here in gaza of the most recent days having visited the hospitals here for example love the most the strongest hospital here in gaza. what we're saying is from a human point fifty percent of the people coming in at least being children crying

for the parents as they come in with horrific injuries when i go to the mortuary i'm seeing more than fifty percent of the people being children who are dead harry fear there well let's now go live to our correspondent and paulus lira to see how the escalating conflict is affecting people there. paul what's the sentiment in israel right now regarding the military stepping up the offense. well we're just receiving news that israel has issued an ultimatum to him us saying that it has thirty six hours in which to stop its firing of rockets or else israel will step up its operation and those are the most ominous words we've heard so far that do suggest that the possibility of some kind of ground offensive could be imminent when we talk about the effects of what has been happening since wednesday in israel really it's residents of the southern cities in southern towns who've been on the

receiving end of the waters of rockets and again this morning monday there were a number of kids that fell on southern israel they landed in open spaces and they were no reports of injuries were there has been some buildings damaged three israeli civilians have so far been killed me around a dozen have been injured we're looking at statistics of about a million israelis who are living in a state of lockdown when you talk about the south of israel the schools there have been shot businesses are closed and most people are choosing to stay at home out of fear that they will be caught by a rocket the situation is such that from the time a siren sounds people have fifteen seconds to get to a bomb shelter and if you look for example at the city of store which is right on the israeli gaza border here you have bus shelters that are essentially bomb shelters and playgrounds where the toys are camouflaged but there are essentially bomb shelters as well so people are very nervous to be caught in the open streets they use these bomb shelters for protection since wednesday more than

a thousand rockets have fell on his role the statistics we have are that five hundred forty six have landed and roughly around six hundred and two have been shot down and intercepted residents in the south of israel do want to see a ground offensive they believe that this is the only way that the situation can be brought to book although there is an understanding that if if israeli soldiers go into gaza you are going to see israeli count climb we haven't yet had any kind of deaths or injuries of soldiers but certainly this is likely to happen. with a ground offensive or a pause it just mentioned there was a possibility of a ground offensive there but is there an indication of as to when the salute was likely to happen any hints any information that you know so far in this. while people have been talking about an imminent ground offensive since wednesday we know that roughly seventy five thousand reserve soldiers have been called up they and the regular army have been massing along the israel gaza border we have seen their movement of tanks and armored personnel vehicles for days now is certainly is

a sense particularly because the army has closed all roads around gaza that there is something on the go there have also been four straight days of rockets being fired into television now i can tell you having been in tel aviv when these rockets land there is a moment of panic when people rush to bomb shelters but almost immediately afterwards the situation returns to normal in life carries on as if nothing has happened however speaking to people here in tel aviv something has shifted it's almost as if the red line has been crossed by militants would not have long range ukrainian made missiles that reach as far into the country as tel aviv and in light of this i'm hearing more and more israelis say that they also supporting a ground offensive that they believe it's the only one and only way that militants in gaza can once and for all be dealt with the problem though is that tel aviv is widely aware that if infected launches such an offensive it will lose international sympathy it's one of these warnings particularly from the government of the u.k.

but israel is relying on the united states as it has in the process to back it up we are also hearing more and more many israelis voiced the opinion that they believe that gaza is on not innocent and this comes from the point of view that we are looking at a grinding civilian death count in gaza what i'm hearing israelis tell me is that it is gazans that you take to the hamas government and as a result they want to live with the consequences this is almost a justification for the israeli army getting it wrong so frequently now in what it says are targeted killings that in fact when it lands uprooting and killing civilians. or paul thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest sentiment from the ground our middle east correspondent policy or live from tel aviv. israeli rockets also hit a media compound and gaza where a number of foreign a local journalist were based six of them were endured as a result of the attack artie's arabic chalo was among those affected as one of its correspondents tell us earlier. had. no one expected this during

the strikes power supplies often get cut off and then it becomes really difficult for us to find fuel for the generator that that will be decided to take a break in our working to look for gas so that we can continue working early in the morning we left at around one am and added to it all have 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 must be completely ruled out as a journalist can become targets for strikes the correspondent should share what he or she sees with the world even israeli journalists report from gaza it's unacceptable that media workers get attacked in such a way that in situations like this we usually don't go to our homes just like we did during the head still at ease of two thousand and eight in two thousand and nine the mother 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 whenever the electricity comes on and when 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 that have been used by media outlets since two thousand but during the war in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine israel struck these buildings to some of our colleagues were injured and we know that we do a dangerous job. israeli defense forces spokesperson our tele bitch told us that journalists working at their own risk. we're talking about two media buildings indeed but on the roofs of these media buildings hamas wisely positioned a whole system of communications and electronics for its own personal or operational work we targeted only these and ten as these communications center and i spread films earlier today showing this exactly and you can see an accurate hit on the roof none of the floors were targeted of course there was

a little bit of. it as a result of the explosive some windows shattered in the one i think that if a journalist chooses to locate himself near hamas facility that's a mistake hamas is star getting civilians we are not looking to target civilians we are targeting terrorists while blockade there is a border to reject the roughest border it's opened do you know that every day we allow patients from gaza to get hospitalization in israel despite the rocket fire do you know that we supply the trees of the two gaza we supply truckloads with supplies every day even today it's a matter of fact more than one hundred thirty trucks will enter gaza with a variety of supplies according to the requests despite of the rocket fire but other country in the world would act this way. chris gunness from the un says a humanitarian disaster is looming in gaza because of political failure and the blockade. 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 territories has been made worse there are shortages according to the world health organization of essential and lifesaving drugs what we're seeing in gaza is the result of political failure 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 find unacceptable in must end and it was and forthwith thousands have been protesting worldwide against the gaza solved including in israel demonstrators in several countries are calling for an

immediate cease fire and away and against governments that are backing israel the details on those public protests and going coverage of what's really happening in gaza on our website right now. foreign ministers are expected to discuss the lifting the arms embargo on syria paving the way for direct weapons deliveries to the rebels western nations how already back the newly formed syrian opposition coalition but political analyst dan glazebrook believes sending weapons will only inflame to violence. the french and the turkey have all claims that the syrian national initiative is the sole representative of the syrian people because clearly and clearly not still has massive support in syria especially in the main cities in damascus and aleppo in

polls the end of last year showed fifty five percent support. even amongst the opposition many of those in the opposition who oppose our side and want him to step down do not actually support the arms molesters who are fighting in syria sponsored by the west in the south but really there's two possible outcomes for the war in syria we've seen that the rebels have stepped out offensives in july and august those who failed dismally so that the only possible two solutions are either ceasefire negotiated settlement all on the other hand it seems like the rebels for them to win and for the syrian state to be destroyed will need massive intervention by the west at least stacking up weapons supplies and even britain and france now seem to be trying to pave the way for a no fly zone which means that outright western invasion remember the west will settle now for some nothing less than total destruction of the syrian state has only this will guarantee that they can cut off their links to iran and guarantee

that they can allow their corporations to basically take over the syrian economy. the u.s. shows asia it's the geopolitical top priority after a break brock obama becomes the first survey american leader to visit myanmar. a sacred place rising out of the waters of the lake the long ministry is home to one hundred fifty orthodox monks mostly younger than thirty five and they've come from many different places and backgrounds to live in isolation here spiritual life it takes up many hours on the road to becoming a monk requires both hard work and religious telly cation. salem's to become and has cattle as part of this preparation. however these

beasts is a musical company. they sure sound sequences you know they react to the sound signals the flutes the herders had in the old days they needed them it wasn't just fun but these meadows didn't come naturally requiring decades of composting to bring the soil up to farming standard this island is mostly rock. the soil here is very thin on the monks can't just get more of it because they're surrounded by the lake so they have to work very hard in order to provide whatever food they need. they grow their own crops farm their own fish and repair their own churches. but the central purpose of alarm has always been religious the main ministry surrounded by smaller priories spread through the many archipelago the monks here know their existence is a little different from that of other munna streets here we are out of the way and we do have. bill creams and sometimes tourists as well

but only. tranquility use is coddling. disturbed. and is that combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men.

the issue is that so much of the spears and i mean there is a sneak peek a lot of people at china who successfully transition to sell through another leadership change the last decade has witnessed this country transformed a tremendous speed. download the official application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch r t any time and. welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow from protest against islamist extremists to scientology a u.k. public order act is being blamed for stifling open debate on

a whole range of qana versal issues and the campaign to have it overturned is now heating up with critics saying as depriving people of their basic rights are the sarah first reports. brits are renowned for their sarcastic sense of humor and here in this country we love a good provoking to debate so you would think that free speech to be protected and we'd be able to sell our opinions from the very top right. there's a whole raft of legislation which stops you so you know what you believe it we don't have freedom of speech anymore and one piece of law in particular is is she section five of the public order act one this will close this causing big problems while the slower is produced for two particular why use forcefully to stifle inconvenient political views so views which are against islam which are against christianity which are against the equality of homosexuals so people who say that

sort of stuff compete arrested the second way it's been used by the police as a soft touch to a rescue if everything else fails they see being caught how simply to someone who insulted scientology by calling it a dangerous cult and wait for it someone who called the police. under section five of the public order there's no requirement to praise that the person intended any negative consequences from something they said or did i only has to be likely to have caused the phone so i could be prosecuted for saying or doing something even if no one was actually offended but the who's probably got a very pretty quickly these on the receiving end of this law has had to live with the consequences to try to court cases many of which are eventually thrown out of appeal before costing the taxpayer a pretty penny i've been a victim to when i protested against islamist extremists advocating killing gay people and women have sex outside of marriage but i was prosecuted for this alleged

crime insult really in a free society insults are not nice but i shouldn't be criminal offenses when it comes to defending free speech many feel what we're actually talking about is protecting our right. and the essence of democracy yes and so democracy some people going around saying. these and smarmy one another it's about informed debate about a whole range of issues a must and should be off limits the increasingly bizarre cases where the section five bills being have led to huge public outcry and the campaign to get the little changed the minister damian green the policing minister said on the seventeenth of september that he would be responding into calls we would normally have expected the government's responded by night so i sincerely hope that there will be a change in the. weather and how its people are it is souls people's must be free is the fact that so many people in this country believe that we see in such a fierce fight defending our rights to say whatever we want whenever the law we

want to. say. well if you've missed and we were stories that you can always have a line to r.t. dot com that waiting there for you now a government proposal causes a public outcry in france protesters blame a bill on same sex marriage want to remind traditional family values and the foundations of society. and in ireland thousands marched through dublin and protest against irish abortion laws that led to the death of the one who was denied help to terminate her pregnancy.

now for the first time ever the u.s. president is visiting me on mar barack obama's trip is to underline how asia is pivotal to his second term china as wary though as concerned america is trying to constrain beijing's influence and its own region international affairs and a fan's alice lay on the says that's because washington wants to cement its own authority there you go to states ones do in their regional economic area. speaking over the asia pacific region so united states doesn't want to be towed and i believe that this troubled by obama is to promote the just security agreements or deals of inspired certainly a realignment of u.s. foreign for the sea doors the asia pacific region even more it's not like they were not there and of course they were always there but there are i think under obama there are going to eat for the main show before him and trade relations. and look at some other stories from around the world a powerful blasts outside

a shiite mosque in the pakistani city of karate has killed at least two people and left over twenty injured eyewitnesses say a bomb could have been fits to a motorcycle and detonated by remote control the government has ordered extra security measures across the country following the incident has seen numerous cases of violence between extremist sunni and shiite muslims with almost two thousand people killed so far this year. the congolese city of gone is in danger of being taken over by rebel forces militant group and twenty three has reached the outskirts of the city despite efforts by un peacekeepers and government troops to hold the advance meanwhile civilians have joined fleeing government forces as the international community voices deep concern about the fighting. spain's capital has been hit by mass demonstrations with thousands of health workers protesting over d. budget cuts madrid's plans to privatise parts of the country's health care may help

the struggling budget but could also wife out some clinics for rare diseases last week a sturdy measures triggered general strikes in some of europe's hardest hit countries with spain portugal greece and italy holding a day of action and solidarity. or shortly after a short break r.t. special report of how gold hunters dream turns into a living hell. sigrid lumber tour. was easy to build in its most sophisticated rowboat which on fortunately doesn't do the doing about anything tunes mission to teach me.

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