jati any time. britain's euro skeptic u.k. independence party makes huge gains in local elections securing over twenty percent of the vote sending a message to a worried governing conservative party. u.s. u. turn america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria amid reports of an alleged government led village massacre. and seven the killed in a baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst ways of withdrawal of u.s. troops two years ago our top stories.

around the clock around the world international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow britain's governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with former political outside of the euro skeptic independence party making impressive gains and early results show that ukip has so far grabbed around twenty six percent of the vote and won by election in the north of england they pushed the conservatives into third place. following events and the repercussions for british politics. south shields used to be the seat of former labor foreign minister david miliband and it was seen as a real litmus test for how people are feeling at the moment and labor managed to keep hold of that seat but with ukip nipping at their heels so they've come in second and it's significant because what it shows is a pattern is emerging over the past six months you can't have come second in four by elections most notably in eastley very recently and it's showing that you can't

this was a party that was until very recently seen as marginal one senior conservative minister described it described them as clowns only very very recently but it looks like they're having the last last this is a party that's noticeably euro skeptic they want to see britain out of the european union they're not happy with the way that brussels dictates policies for the u.k. how much money the u.k. treasury forks out for the european commission every month and the fact that they've got such gains shows how fed up the british people are with the political status quo in this country the pattern emerging is very clear the ruling coalition parties the conservatives i'm a liberal democrats have sustained losses in council seats quite significant ones in fact labor have made slight gains nothing to write home about this was really the night of the u.k. independence party why can't so far the looks like they've gained an average of

over twenty six percent of the vote in the wards where they were represented in so overnight we've seen a real change to the british political landscape because there are now going to be ukip councillors all over the u.k. some might end up holding quite significant power and it's you know this is a party as i said it was seen as a very marginal until very recently it was the place of the evolve parties a place where people launched their protest vote because they were so fed up with the established status quo that the lib dems. servitor of the under labor party but that has all changed overnight we've seen nigel farage the leader of the he came dependance party appearing on television this morning saying he's delighted with the results so far that he's he says that it really shows that ukip is a long lasting political party their success hasn't been short time and the chairman of the conservative party this morning had to concede that clearly their

party is failing to get their message across and they're going to have a think about what they can do to change that. they're well let's look at the closing stages of these results in the u.k. we have the three main political parties and of course the big surprise results ukip seems to be the big surprise today and we can see here on the screen that the conservative party losing three hundred twenty seats their partners in government the coalition partners the liberal democrats they've lost one hundred six seats the labor party they've had a good day they've gained two hundred sixty seats but i was talking about the u.k. independence party a little earlier there they are with one hundred thirty six councillors now getting a seat in local councils are money people regard this perhaps a suggestion that the u.k. independence party could pose quite a serious threat to the three main political parties in the upcoming general election in twenty fifteen well i think stevenson he's editor of u.k.

political news website politics dot com says it's too early to predict it will win parliamentary seats but by touching the issues like immigration it's really striking a chord. they're getting a decent vote in this year's local elections which are for councils around the country they're not necessarily actually be be running any councils they'll be you could councillors where there weren't before but they're not actually going to be in charge anywhere in twenty fifteen when we have the westminster elections city to find out who are going to be our next m.p.'s. there's going to be the small matter of who runs the country to decide and there is a strong feeling here that a lot of the support for ukip is because they're there the new protest vote. when it comes to actually becomes the general election it's likely that that support could do indoor there's no doubt that ukip are gaining support on the doorstep because of strong feelings about immigration in this country fears it's

a new wave of arrivals from the european union could put pressure on public services and i don't know i think i'm a general sense of xenophobia which while mainstream politicians don't like to talk about if you could do make it into westminster that would be a real sign that politics in britain is heading firmly towards the right war supporters of the three traditional parties lured away by the ukip britain's political landscape could be changing and we'll be watching the results rolling in the throughout the day finishing stages know we'll keep you updated. we will be ongoing economic woes in europe for some people who hold his country's towards a low if you've probably got the details a little later in the program this if we. still for holding back for two years washington has now confirmed it is considering whether to the syrian rebels the dramatic twist comes a week after u.s. officials claims of detergents pointing to the use of chemical weapons by the

syrian government washington's possible new approach came amid reports that the senses of carried out an alleged massacre in the village go to the deals so far the administration has been reluctant to arm the rebels directly old allies have been doing that for the past two years there have been persistent reports of increasing radicalization of anti assad forces you have an al qaeda affiliated group operating there and the opposition generally welcomes their efforts of the concerns are there now the administration says it's rethinking arming syrian opposition fighters secretary hagel said he'd ministration is considering a range of options he also said he firstly has not decided whether it would be wise to provide weapons to the rebels so there is nothing definitive in those remarks at this stage but the context of recent events has created a certain momentum and this kind of momentum may end up bolstering those forces on the ground and actually result in more violence because those fighters want weapons

and they want heavy weapons now president obama said there is proof that assad's government itself forces used chemical weapons in syria that would be quote a game changer again he says the u.s. had evidence that the weapons were used but had no conclusive evidence to tie it to the assad government right now both the rebels and assad forces blaming each other for the alleged chemical attack in the middle of march in aleppo the syrian government requested the u.n. to send a mission to investigate the incident the u.n. fact finding team has been on standby and ready to deploy but then the u.n. chief appears to have changed his plans was even. again there's russia's foreign minister with more on that the syrian government asked the secretary general to deploy a team to investigate this particular situation the secretary general stated that he is ready to do this but a couple of days later he sent a letter to the syrian government demanding a nexus for the international exports to all territory to the entire its director

of syria as well as access to any site and any person this team would like to talk to or to visit and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate investigation into a specific reported case of the use of chemical substances to have access to any sites to any person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we all remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident the year one wants access to all thought and this inquiry has once again for off the united nations into the center of a possible plan for weapons of mass destruction where he places to go. the fear again is that politics may get ahead of fact. iraqi authorities say a bomb blast of the mosque north of the capital baghdad has killed seven people during friday prayers the country's suffering some of the worst foreign and since

the withdrawal of u.s. troops in two thousand and eleven the one says more than seven hundred people were killed in iraq last month alone clashes between security forces and sunny protesters started into the cook sparking a wave of violence that quickly spread when iraqis accused the government of corruption and political unrest and what the problem is to to resign there are fears that sectarian tensions escalate and see a return to full load more bodies there's a couple of exceptions the impact of national struggles every day no. bombs may still haunt baghdad but these young men are more concerned with burning the rubber in a country where daily life is based on trying to avoid the dangers these iraqis are turning to danger as a way to avoid reality facing the thrill of speed testing the authorities it's an unexpected sight in post-war iraq for the fun

a grim statistic half of the country's growing youth population is on able to find work. the biggest problem is financial support day everyone is constantly trying to find work but in baghdad there are very few jobs i'm myself i'm unemployed. ten years after the war a life in iraq and full of contradictions but for young men like omar the motorcycle is one of the daily preservations of life here in iraq the running of that and taking on. adrenaline may be one way of coping with uncertainty but not for salva hasan hussein she now spends most of her days at home with her daughters trying to rebuild a life shattered by corruption in the household chores are a far cry from her former career as a. journalist but she's too scared to return to work she had been investigating corruption and prison abuses when she herself to be detained and thrown behind bars

the charges have been dropped but the family have to sell nearly everything they own is just to cover the thousands of dollars and bribes to secure her release. in this country money can buy you can buy your high position and it can buy you freedom and if you get accused of something in iraq you could be executed just because you can't afford to pay to save your life it was a year long ordeal that by her account involved beatings and sexual assault she says that she's become a victim of the same corruption she once tried to expose. from victims to victors in a country better known for violence and divisions this youth football school is one of the few bright spots that stands out sunni shia and christian kids play here on the same field and that's exactly why the school was opened. fourteen year old ali doesn't like to talk about the day his father was killed instead he spent his time training on the field hoping one day play on iraq's national football team but for

now a more pressing desire. so i want the security situation to become peaceful elsewhere maybe one or two people are killed each day to him many people are killed every day by explosions and even bad things so i want to become safe like other countries. it's a wish that's undoubtedly echoed all across iraq for the past decade left nearly everyone with a tragic story to tell and yet somehow life goes on. our teeth. for years iraq has been divided by roadblocks and checkpoints they're meant to make the lives of iraqis safer but also trapped files and seemingly endless traffic jams you can see that reports all you tube page right now.

much more to come here. including a hunger for change the force feeding of inmates who refuse to obey leads to an outcry from the u.n. . who's visited his hunger strike in the prison. and also ahead the majestic opening of the new stage of petersburg. scaife it saw this is the dolphins and its mission to. the world. and brings you special coverage of the just moments from the. world with. its technology. development from the amount russia. we.

are the big. news today. these are the images. from the streets of canada. say more than two thirds of the detainees at guantanamo bay in taking part in a hunger strike which is almost three months dozens of extra medics were sent this

week to care for the prisoners twenty three of which a shackled i'm force fed through the nose twice a day and. recently visited his says there's no indication the u.s. is trying to resolve the crisis. my clients and actually very bad he's been force fed it now for about two weeks is fine passages are infected and the forced to use more and more people every time i'm always going to come to guantanamo bay i read. that there is an effort to for. trying to resolve the hunger strike one here i've seen a little. performed in fact. prisoners report. happening in very solitary confinement and no effort whatsoever to keep on staff or the men who are suffering well i guess that's why you have an offshore prison so you can pretty much do what you want to the needle whatever you want to. be

a client today i've been here eleven after years not charged with a crime i'm never going to get a trial you want to hold me forever you won't let me live in peace you won't let. the funniest thing of all to do you blame me for this kind of country you come from and how naive on the people were split. we were all muslims and made in america say that facing increasing levels of prejudice. and examine some instances of discrimination based on religion in the latest edition of breaking the set is a quick preview for me. burstein are ramping up of hate crimes in hate speech against muslim americans in the wake of the boston bombings most recently about anger was directed muhammad salim somali an american cab driver who was assaulted by a man he had picked up moments earlier luckily before this attack salim sensed the man's temper and recorded the entire alter cation on his cell phone take a listen i don't judge you know you're. born people all over the world oh me

yes you are if you read your jihad so. you're muslim you have jihad that's why you're going to me very sad especially considering how solemn is the furthest thing from the muslim extremist here's what he had to say in response. of a sergeant serve. a sort of post my wife. i'm not an artist. i'm a muslim american. well to get the full story much more from breaking the set stay with us here on r t it's coming up a tough past midnight g.m.t. entire program is also available on all websites dot com. time now to update you hold so much news and brief from around the world now a u.s.

military refueling plane has crashed off the takeoff near the. border in central asia there's so far no news on the crew the plane reportedly broke into three pieces that went in an uninhabited area shortly after leaving the port which is used by nato in its war on terror in afghanistan earlier this week and american cargo plane crashed in afghanistan killing all seven people aboard. winds are pushing a massive wildfire covering eight years in southern california towards malibu almost one thousand firefighters are battling the blaze which broke out early thursday morning it's forced the evacuation of schools university and currently threatens over two thousand homes and businesses. clashes have broken out in the west bank between israeli soldiers and palestinians protesting against israel's ongoing land confiscation policy and settlement expansion to gas and bulldozers were used against demonstrators in a village near nablus we will there were further clashes between police

palestinians and settlers near ramallah. and also the world up a child to the top prosecutor investigating the murder of the ex prime minister benazir bhutto has been ambushed and shot dead in the capital of pakistan is a lever that charges are being brought against president pervez musharraf in relation to bhutto's death in two thousand and seven no one has yet claimed responsibility for friday's attack the morning corruption election candidate and his three year old son was shot dead on their way home from friday prayers the latest forecasts paint a gloomy economic picture for the e.u. with the european commission predicting deeper recession the eurozone is expected to shrink point four percent this year the predictions come after the european central bank slashed the internet to a record low of point five percent olds from the euro skeptic british group think tank says that when we get a difference for the troubled e.u. economies. within the eurozone there will not be any change because they have one

come and see so it won't actually help the economies of southern europe particularly spain portugal italy and greece which we can all count together as countries that are struggling as a result of their being the e.u. single common see the euro france as well is also suffering economically and has unemployment rising we're seeing a separation between the french and german economies so cutting interest rates by these small amount won't actually really make much difference we need a vatican change of policy within the e.u. to to bring about economic growth eventually the will have to be a breakup of the euro that's the only way to restore economic growth it's the only way to get people back to work if they can have their common seize depreciate and of course that the the new of tapering since the door each market that were to be returned that would then increase in in value and that would help the the disparities within the eurozone which has been created largely by the single currency to need to be

a vatican change of course unemployment will just keep on going up. we could smell a rat in their daily meals online would tell you how hundreds of people have been listed in china for involvement in meat related crimes including the production of fake beef and mutton from animals such as rodents and foxes more details dot com. click away sell or sell off. more than a thousand bottles of wine from the presidential palace to go up for sale and could fetch up to a quarter of a million euros but some of the money set to prop up the country struggling finances. to find out how much cash you need to splash to sip some palace wine. after months of checks and acoustical tweaks. has held its dazzling opening goal on its ambitious new stage following the refer bushman to moscow's bolshoi the brand new seven hundred million dollars take venue is aspiring to global significance.

for the spectacle. critics though was simon's that yes we're on thursday actually had the grade to open a present of lot of it putin was yet as one of the guests and that it was the show was a star studded event and i must say that everybody was not for us to buy up the performances but they were also impressed by the inside of the money and the associated to now today of course that it is open to the public as they've waited at ten yes to get a seat into that auditorium and it's packing up as you can see right behind me right now of course the talk is all about the building outside it's still resumes and the question that everybody's all sitting sigmoid i'm assessing classical city's wava the building more than the buildings now yesterday i spoke to judge the diamonds here is that the architect of monday's deal if it's a cheap and this is what he had to say sixty feet or so people thought it was

terrible in two schools were in charge close to perform his first kind of concerto the first track song in good company the point about simply it is one of the most beautiful cities those amazing continuity over the streets still so in order to make a movie you need to see how. the two ways. are now against. comparable attempts to. stand in controls two streets or so on or to moria stands it controls to its enclosure it stands three hundred churches. and it's good to see you can see the owners because it's really the holy of holies. right which is not part of it martin and this is going to share the good and gladness of the day of today because of people finding out that it's a must and what do you make of this made us today first of all i'm not sure people

are here for the building or to see the competition between the shoes of the dresses i think that when i think of it many people have said that you know this ugly building from the outside it was given the name by many locals is the golden potato but i think that it's certainly made its mark on the city and i think it will turn into the golden apple. well from there in the next in the meantime u.s. bank executives are continuing to cash in despite the world's financial downturn that's a much more coming up in just a few minutes in our new program prime interest. that's after the break. a famous american political figure ron paul has decided to create his own liberty

oriented home schooling curriculum at ron paul curriculum to give parents not turn it into standard public education you know when i was a kid homeschooling was only for like the kids of wacko's and cultus if you met someone who was homeschooled you always look at them with some sort of suspicion like what's with that kid with what's with his parents i mean who would home school their kids well let's look at it this way who would grow their own food when american supermarkets are stocked with pure healthy and natural food the problem is that food in stores is now loaded up with all sorts of mystery chemicals and g m o's and it makes perfect sense that nowadays people are intro starting to grow their own food and this logic applies to education too when public education because so dismal it is perfectly logical and reasonable to try to educate your kids yourself the no child left behind program did a fine job of making the american education system lower the bar down to the very basement of the lowest common denominator i mean if you think there should be more in a high school graduates had besides reading writing and arithmetic that homeschooling might be for you as art sports and music and science programs all across the nation

to the lack of funding is wrong post libertarian curriculum what's best for your kids i can't say but it's definitely worth taking a look at other alternatives given the d. minus quality of public education nowadays but that's just my opinion. good afternoon to welcome the prime interest i'm perry and boring here in washington d.c. here's the stories that we're tracking today. rolling stones that tell you the way to end on brown vitor a tough new banking bill that was introduced last week he had some harsh words

regarding a report that was issued by standard and poor's which is one of those critics tavi wrote the paper essentially hands back forcing banks to retain more capital could lead to world of financial collapse the onset of a new ice age mahmoud's roaming the brass. however as of yesterday's close climate change futures were not yet pricing in the selling bonds ability this morning president of the european central bank to mario draghi cut the main refinancing rate so historically low a half a percent he has an open mind on the issue of brains charging depositors for the privilege of holding their money what you don't go around with helicopter money that was actually the feds i believe you made no comments on cyber it's. been surprise surprise according to american banker at the pay a bank its c.e.o. is rose eleven percent in two thousand and twelve but it's not just top bankers who

are cashing in pay dog trader and male dance uyghur and his he's been known to have a quid pro quo lation ships with brokerage accepting off but compensations in the form of lavish drug partings abdomens gloves his dirty deals believe it or not have gotten filthy u.s. attorneys ours expecting that dan zeiger and his broker buddies tried to rig up. alive or well talk more about the fine line between bankers and gangsters in today's daily dual let's get to what's in your interest.