britain's euro skeptic u.k. independence party make 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 village massacre we get my expert opinion on this shortly in r.t. . and seventy killed in a baghdad the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst waves of violence since the draw all of us troops two years ago our top stories this hour.

around the clock around the world international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow britain's governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with the form of political euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains over one hundred forty seats claiming twenty five percent of the vote. was following the events which could have repercussions for british politics. it's been a momentous day for the u.k. independence party we've seen them come second in the south shields by election just behind labor and that's significant because we see a pattern emerging the past six months have seen you can't come second in full by elections some of the more we've had stunning council election results we've seen the ruling coalition parties the liberal democrats and the conservatives hurts to stay in major losses in terms of council seats it's really ukip that have come out

on top now this is a party that's been by many as the protest vote party the people a very keen for them if they feel too frustrated with labor conservatives liberal democrats the traditional status quo political parties but i think that a lot of people are going to have to be taking them a lot more seriously now and that a lot of people didn't take them very seriously just a few days ago the a senior conservative member called them clowns so they might have to have a rethink about that we're going to have you keep counsellors across england and wales the conservative party chairman has said that clearly the tories are failed to get their message across and they're going to have to have a rethink about how they can change that now i'm joined by the city spokesman for the u.k. independence party stephen wolf stephen chances are all well and good but they're not m.p.'s have as ukip actually made significant gains today yes we have what we have done is created a seismic shift in politics in the united kingdom we have put

a message down to the three political parties that there is a fourth pole to here on the block we're knocking on the door of the parliament two years they have criticised us and said that we're small party cannot work for voting for but you could be seen a protest vote is that enough to make games in a general election well it's a protest vote for the political elites if you want to put it in those terms they ignored as in the past and said no one wants to listen to us because we were. one party one issue party and then they said we're just a one person party if we've got significant second places across the country from eastlink to south shields is a protest that is the sort of process that i want and i want to see as expand ourselves every political party has to put down a mantle of saying here's our policies come on come on have a go and tell us whether you like them or not that is quite right and we're ready to do that i'm working on our tax policies and i broke policies and pensions policies we have parties that are looking at issues of planning which we've given

out to people we're on armed forces policy which is very successful education policy with grammar schools in every town that we'd like to have is something that is seen as very important for the people of this country and yes we're going to have to work on the numbers we're going to have to show that we can afford it in a time of austerity but i believe that once we set up the policies how we're going to pay for it and we've got the right people to actually deliver it we're going to be moving forward at an even greater speed than you've seen today stephen wolf city spokesman for the u.k. independence party thank you very much for your comments well there you have it much a seismic shift taking place in british politics today david cameron's already said that he's going to have to work very hard to try and win back the support will there is that a very tit for you can't say for the past two days. that what would more supporters of the three traditional parties lured away by ukip britain's political landscape could be changing we'll have more analysis on that later here on r.t. . human rights groups claim president assad's forces have carried out

a massacre in a syrian village a word of warning these are graphic images we're about to show you it's alleged that at least fifty people are being build including women and children with guns and knives in a syrian village massacre several boys or men wearing civilian clothes could be seeing in front of a house activists say dozens more feared dead these reports come as the u.s. confirmed it was taking a first look at whether to provide weapons to syria's rebels off the holding back but to use the dramatic truce came a week after u.s. officials came to unconfirmed intelligence pointing to the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government well let's get more on this now from somebody who's editor of the syria tribune magazine. as i said earlier these allegations by the opposition come at a time when the u.s. is now saying it is seriously considering arming the rebels should anything be read into that the timing of all this now. of course. you remember we talked to me in

person at least three or four times before each big and important events you cardio was happening within the un security council or in any other entity and each and every time there was there were talks of massacres and coalitions of human rights and this this is beyond being by chance anymore i do believe it is synthesized and the timing is very. suspicious not to see or i'd explain more that because if the syrian government were behind these allegations these atrocities then what would it achieve when we're seeing so much western power now being pressured on it. exactly i mean the opponents of the syrian regime can accuse it of many things but being stupid is not one of these things and it will take a lot of stupidity to time the massacres and the coalition's of the public and graphic violations of human rights right before this is being made it is the right

thing though is it for the us now to seriously consider arming the rebels would that not bring the conflict to an end much quicker. they would like us to believe this but let's look at libya for example they brought down there he long months ago and the war there is still going on and we've seen bombings not a week ago and the people of the us in the need to nations mean that they are supporting or not feeling any better and they are not in better circumstances than they were before the war. on the other hand c.e.o. of being in the heart of the middle east and being in touch and involvement with many important crisis in the area. having. a weak states and sealing states we definitely mean the war would be just a starting not not ending. and this will not be within the borders of syria at least the need three countries and even further russia's foreign ministry said

anyone who backs the rebels by supplying the market with them with arms is actually backing war over diplomacy but really are our talks. realistic at this stage now any form of the gauche a shuttle diplomacy. where the only way out is talks and beyond we heard earlier we to actually solve the crisis and put an end to it is diplomacy and these negotiations and the statement made by. russian foreign minister is. not only accurate. it is drives the only possible solution to this crisis. member of the people are talking about the message critically and playing more weapons mean more messages because there were concerns in use what massacre is concerned is committed by the rebels and this does not seem rather the. need to metion is on the u. s. so giving more weapons means more the people and more of the people does not mean

we mean something good for the country ali good to hear from this editor of syria three big thank you very much indeed for your comments live on r.t. thank you. for fighters in california say only ten percent of a massive wildfire sweeping its way towards malibu is under control the brush fire which has been raging since thursday morning has already destroyed in there a half the size of manhattan and we'll bring you live pictures all that far in a moment here on r.t. its force evacuation of four thousand homes windows or whether to continue to stoke the forty square kilometer blaze as nine hundred firefighters and water tankers planes try desperately to put it out live pictures from california here on r.t. at that massive far. iraqi authorities say a bomb blast those sunni mosque north of the capital baghdad has killed seven

people during friday prayers the country is suffering some of the worst since the big draw of u.s. troops in two thousand and eleven the u.n. says more than seven hundred people were killed in iraq last month alone clashes between security forces and so the protests to started in kirkuk. and so quickly spread many iraqis accusing government corruption of political unrest and the prime minister to resign there also now fears that sectarian tensions could escalate and see a return to full blown war protesters a couple of examples the impact on national struggles on every day. 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 tasting the flu of speed and testing 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 lie but iraq is full of contradictions but for young men like omar the motorcycle is one way to escape the daily press grayson's of life here in iraq the reading of that and taking on uncertain future. 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 an investigating corruption exists when she herself was detained and thrown behind bars the charges

have been dropped but the family have to sell nearly everything they own is just a cover the thousands of dollars in bribes to secure her release. in this country money can buy you can buy your high position and it can buy your 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 has opened fourteen year old doesn't like to talk about the day his father was killed instead he spent his time training on the field hoping to one day play in iraq's national football team for

now a more pressing desire. so i want the security situation to become peaceful elsewhere maybe one or two people like you have each day to him many people are killed every day by explosions and even bad things so i want to iraq 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 you see catherine of our t.v. . for years iraq has been divided by row blogs and checkpoints to make the most of iraq is safer but also trapped thousands in seemingly endless traffic jams you see that report on our you tube page right now.

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continues here naughty lawyers say more than two thirds of the detainees at guantanamo bay are taking part in the hunger strike which is now lawsuit almost three months dozens of extra medics were sent this week to care for the prisoners twenty three of which are shackled and force fed through the nose twice a day attorney lieutenant colonel barry when god who recently visited his client this says there's no indication the u.s. is trying to resolve the crisis my clients and actually very. forthright now for about two weeks. find that they are in fact. more and more painful every time. i come to guantanamo bay. than for. trying to reach the hunger strike here. performing in fact you know prisoners reporting nothing's happening in solitary confinement and no effort whatsoever. on the men who work for you well i guess that's why you have an

offshore prison you can pretty much do what you want relief from the media whatever you want it to be. a quiet day i've been here eleven and a half years. with a crime we're going to get you want to hold me for ever you won't let me live in any you won't let me. in the funny thing you don't need for that what kind of country do you come from and how naive are the people were split. meanwhile muslims in mainland america they're facing increasing levels of prejudice and examine some instances of discrimination based on religion in the latest edition of breaking the set now here's a quick preview. we're seeing are ramping up of hate crimes and hate speech against muslim americans in the wake of the boston bombings most recently about anger was directed to mohammad saleem a somali american cab driver who was assaulted by a man he had picked up moments earlier luckily for this attack salim sense the man's temper and recorded the entire older cation on his cell phone take

a listen i'm judging you know you get a kind of. blind people up all over the world oh me yes yes and you know if you read your jihad so i'll get a headache. if you're muslim you know that's why you're a bunch of me very sad especially considering how liam is the furthest thing from a muslim extremist here's what he had to say in response. to the use of the sergeant serves. as a sort of post my wife. i'm a terrorist. i'm a muslim i'm american. well to get the full story much more from breaking the set stay with us here on r.t. it's coming up at huff post midnight g.m.t. . also available on our website dot com.

the world in a world update to u.s. military plane crashed after takeoff. in central asia news of the crew the plane reportedly broke into three pieces as it went down. shortly after leaving port which is used by nato and its. cargo plane crashed in afghanistan. people on board. clashes a broken out in the west bank between israeli soldiers and palestinians protesting . expansion. were used against demonstrators in a village. there were further clashes between police and. prosecutor . who was investigating the murder. and shot dead in the capital islamabad you've been looking into the two thousand and seven assassination

of. charges brought against president. responsibility for friday's attack. and election. way home friday prayers. also there was a hard line islamists have attacked egypt's security headquarters in current theory and anti-government protests and it's fun to gases crowd tempted to break into the building while brandishing al qaida flags they say president morsi is building a security state no different to that of ousted leader hosni mubarak so terrible it has been spreading since morsi of the muslim brotherhood was an act it really. was some citizens living in europe's most debt from countries have been resorting to increasingly desperate measures peter oliver has met one such man who turned to crime after three decades of honest labor in order to make ends meet. portugal is certainly beautiful but its current financial woes are making it

a living hell for some with one portuguese man claiming that the crisis has driven him to trying. to work for over thirty years in construction before being laid off today he's a convicted. the money. i needed a few hundred euros for medication also we had no food at home this is what i bought with the money that was stolen at about a thousand euros. turned to crime after he couldn't afford to pay the medical bills for his now ex-wife who suffers from m.s. . by own branch because of what they did to me he gave me loans and crazy interest resource have to take more loans to pay for this they robbed me so i robbed i'm not proud but i think the state forced me into this recession so what's going through your head as you're walking down here knowing that you're about to commit a crime. and i had a small plastic toy guns that moment as i was approaching the bank i saw a policeman nearby there was a bag near the street so i said to the caucus should check it out i hope this would

be obstruction then i went into the bank and did what i did it was all over in five minutes. just keyboard tortie needed then turned himself into the police after spending a year behind bars part of the conditions of his release that even tains a twenty meter distance from the bank remains angry with the portuguese government who he says are encouraging this type of behavior an unfair welfare system saying. it's so disgusting their mentality they gave me nothing when i needed it most now that i've broken the law and i'm on their radar they give me help they don't notice people unless they get into trouble also. concerns echoed by those who represent the rights of workers in portugal. the government worries more about pleasing germany than looking after its own people there is a lot of anger out there and the more people think they aren't getting a fair. deal the more this anger snowballs this is the danger of keeping people in

the limits of poverty. portugal has high unemployment and crippling debts of one hundred eighty billion euro around one hundred twenty percent of yearly production the end of the crisis is certainly nowhere in sight asked if he feels remorse for his crime i do still it's very clear some of them are so i feel remorse for what i did to the bank robbers are really scared the hell out of them so forgetting what i needed anyway or could now. i don't feel the slightest bit sorry for taking from peter all of r.t. lisbon. after months of selling checks and acoustical tweaks petersburg's when and if it is held as dazzling opening garda on its new stage the seven hundred million dollar high tech venue is the first new russian opera hell's to spark a global significance since the time of the bodies that i would say took her seat for the spectacle and even managed to peep backstage. the second day celebration is

admirable theater jews sold ballerinas on stage and the repertoire from the company they stage was called of the jewel i went backstage to catch up with the principal ballet dancer. it was a really amazing advantage she said i couldn't even imagine it until the day of performances soundly i met people who usually were only meets in different parts of the world during billie tours we sometimes come upon one. pair of big names but yesterday the whole constellation of stars was gathered here if marines came to these facts alone rules of huge scale of the. thirty's it was just spectacular but today it is open for the public the marines here to they've waited ten years to get a seat at a ticket inside this auditorium inside this space indeed tickets range from about twenty five you was dollars to about one hundred u.s. dollars so if you have not bought your ticket then you're missing out on your own i

caught up with the former ambassador at the u.s. ambassador of finland bonnie hunter she told me about what makes the space so spectacular and so different to the ones around the world well i think the salute and the facade is magnificent and inside i think the most important thing is the moment you walk in and you know that it's something unique and special and it's like a little jewel in st petersburg and let's face it st petersburg is a jewel in and of itself it is all about you. and about absolutely balance drills to readjust to emeralds and i'm waiting for. ruby. right obviously by me they're very excited to be here just as we are and of course i'm not on my cell phone with our very own martin and martin barney spoke about. this being the jewel of st peter's bank is that once you got from the bus

a couple of days that we've been without i would say that many people before it was unveiled many can time chorus many upset people they thought it was the golden potato but i was over the rumor we're going to was going around that this would be possible fadia it was on the budget people were stressed with the technics and all the elaborate stating what it said cause the critics of being silence the audience has lost i tonight i'll just gulps much of this there is a pulse i went by saying before i was just a father gets a sensation of alternate routes and to me that seemed well but that's for you here an article about when he gets discussed america's massive defense spending and who profits from it i'll be back with the news team for you in about thirty five minutes was their.

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