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with me you will receive welcome to the program today. israel has openly intervene in syria now for the second time this year according to u.s. officials. carried out a bombing run on a inside syria this following a previous strike back in january. there's been no official comment from the israeli side but israel in the past has said that it will do everything necessary to stop the transfer of weapons from syria to hezbollah or other so-called terrorist groups now the u.s. officials are reporting that it will conducted in a strike into syria what's not yet clear is what and where the target of this attack was there are some reports that say it was a chemical weapons warehouse where as others are reporting that it was an audience convoy on its way to levanon what's also unclear at this stage is whether or not israeli planes actually entered syrian airspace to conduct the attack or whether

they launched missiles from the israeli side it's also not clear whether or not the israelis alerted the americans before they carried out such the attack such an attack and white house officials have referred. to the israeli regime which as i say at this stage is keeping mum on the topic the second time this year that israel conducted its strikes into syria back in january israeli fighter jets attacked a convoy of sophisticated anti aircraft missiles that were believed to be on their way to hizbollah the syrian government is allied with lebanon's hezbollah and israel has said repeatedly in the past that it is committed to making sure syria doesn't supply any game changing weapons to hezbollah so essentially you have a situation where israeli warplanes violate anybody's airspace on a regular basis and his below recently going on record saying that it had intervened in the syrian conflict to help its allies in damascus as far as the

chemical weapons issue goes syria recently said and this was after the u.s. claimed that it had intelligence pointing to the recent use of chemical weapons by damascus the damascus regime said that it doesn't have any kind of chemical weapons and would never use them on the home front if indeed it did have them following that the first israeli air strike happened in january and syria then said reserve the. i to defend itself but there was no open retaliate and there has been tension building up between syria and israel for quite some time and particularly recently the two countries share a border and that is the disputed golan heights which is syrian territory that is essentially occupied by israel and we've seen very recently clashes as well as exchanges of mortar fire in the past few months is certainly an incredibly tense situation on the ground but as of yet no word from the israelis as to whether or not they participated who carried out the strike. reporting right there.

contributing editor for the u.s. think tank foreign policy in focus i spoke to him just a bit earlier in the program he says the israeli attack will simply aggravate the tension in the region. i think the idea that the syrian government would be shipping arms to has billa in the midst of a civil war or to be a very dubious kind of project i don't i don't see what the logic of that is i think the israelis are intervening it just quietly us as is thinking of intervening because they don't think things are going. exactly the way that the insurgency wants them to go the israelis can pretty much a strike as they will in syria what the effect of that is on the wider arab world i think is the key question here and the israelis may

find that while they're able to basically strike it will again syria that also means that it places a very different view so to speak of the civil war in syria and i think at this point the syrians are going to not going to do anything physically but i think they are going to say politically that the israelis are attempting to overthrow the assad government and therefore anybody who supports the overthrow of the also the government is in alignment with tell of these and that may be a pretty hard sell for israel. and a while clashes between government forces and insurgents rage across syria the opposition has accused the regime of a genocidal massacre it's claimed at least fifty civilians were brutally killed during an assault on a village now unverified but graphic footage are coming up in just a moment here on r.t. it does show mutilated victims by damascus has always been quick to place the blame

for previous atrocities on the armed opposition many members of which are radical jihadists and this latest massacre claimed though it follows the u.s. announcement that arming the rebels is now being openly considered the syrian journalist ali mohamed says allegations by the opposition always coincide with fresh foreign pressure on damascus. 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 be the massacres in the village and with the public in graphic coalitions of human rights right before decisions are being made each time a big and important event occurred in syria was happening within the un security council or any other entity and each and every time there was there were talks about must first and to release the records in the this this is beyond being very

chance again i do believe that this is the size and to be suspicious by more weapons mean more messengers because there were concerns in use of massacres committed by the rebels and that is does not seem to bother the need to meetings on the u. s. so giving more weapons means more the people and more of the people does not in any we mean something good for the country. well russia continues to strongly oppose any type of arming of the rebels as it continues to seek ways to mediate a diplomatic solution to the conflict and unlike the west moscow remains committed to negotiating with all sides in syria as the russian foreign minister reiterated just on friday. we are open for talks with all syrian opposition members by think a way to stop the violence won't be found in moscow or any other foreign capital only in direct talks between the opposition and the syrian government arming non-governmental players violates international law is not the time to pour oil on

the fire of the syrian conflict for all outside players is time to push all parties syrian government and various opposition groups political and military and force them to announce a cease fire to sit down for talks arming the syrian rebels is betting on a military solution and not a political settlement. but this is r.t. now the u.k. independence party has made a major breakthrough in local elections now claiming one in every four votes cast the conservatives which of course are part of the ruling coalition have now admitted that all mainstream parties have quote major lessons to learn from the group seeking the country's withdrawal from the e.u. more on the artes point point. that's been amended to stay 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 very sustained major losses in terms of council seats it's really you can't that have come out on top now this is a party that's been seen 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 a lot of people didn't take them very seriously just a few days ago the a senior conservative member called them clowns say they might have to have every think about that we're going to have you keep councillors 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 you can 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 full full to hear on the book we are not keen on the door of parliament to use they have criticized us and said that we're a small party i'm not with folks in full but you could be seen as the protest vote is that enough to make gains 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 us in the past and said no we want. to listen to us because we were a one party one issue party and then they said we were just a one person party if we 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 with every political party has to put down a mountain 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 we're going to have to work on the list we're going to have to show that we can afford it in a time of austerity but i believe that once we set out the policy 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 with much seismic shifts taking place in british politics 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 good for you kim if in the past two days. so ahead for you this hour here on out see that of a controversial career paths dozens in rolling drug training programs being offered at u.s. universities despite huge debate over previous ebola violations and unlawful killings

by the unmanned aircraft those details just ahead for you here on the program. and scores of greeks flee the big cities to the countryside all in the hope of avoiding suffocating recession and unemployment we bring you the stories of some of them after a short break. we

speak your language. the. news programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn to angles stories. here. to try to teach spanish find out more visit. thank you for joining us here on our streets today some petersburg's been marking the opening of a new page in the history of its most celebrated theater the marine ski after ten years of construction and backed by two centuries of spectacular performances the new two as already been dubbed one of the world's most ambitious new theaters by mott say is in russia's cultural capital. standing just outside the marines here to

cheer on day two just live a canal here in st petersburg the theater of was an open door for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course without all the critics say luring about we wanted to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah yeah especially that you know i'm waiting for something you know building is beautiful but this one is going to be so sunny that's why i'm looking forward to something magical. i wish despite all the technical novelties of the new stage some of the directors kept the original staging of the classical performances surprising us with innovations and new productions leave the classic pieces as they are. too soon for your condition is to. first of all i hope to see the ballet which is

a jewel itself as well as the technical abilities of the new stage the conductor and the performers this is an amazing event in the lives of citizens of st petersburg the program from fear to cheat day to consisted of the money in ski a ballet company the company is actually split into three parts the rubies and the diamonds as well as are the arrows and now the company wanted to stage a mixture of a piece of bytes a kosky servin ski and a four way a miniature that they called the jewel it was a performance that stunned everybody which had everybody on their feet applauding with critics a silence that there's no doubt that this is a new mariinsky theatre to space all become the ambulance of st petersburg. right. now more and more governments across the globe turning to the tactic of

spying on their own citizens by data on they can. find out who's the latest to join the cyber intelligence club and more about the software involved. it's all to be learned our website. up supporting the. posters claiming ethnic chechen is. innocent and asking for money for him and his family these posters turning up across chechnya. where he was. as many as ten thousand drones could be prowling american skies by twenty twenty this according to the u.s. aviation administration and as washington continues to boost domestic surveillance in the name of public safety growing numbers of young americans are choosing to get in on the action the story correspondent. unmanned aerial vehicles better known as drones are not only in the skies but might be taught at a college near you at least three u.s.

schools offer bachelor degrees in engineering and flying these dozens more offer drone one zero one courses and. the university of north dakota kicked off its four year program in two thousand and nine with just five students that number is now at one hundred twenty they've elected to major in unmanned aircraft systems and i believe the reason is that they see that as an opportunity for growth it's an emerging technology embry riddle aeronautical university in florida began training u.a.b. pilots and operators in two thousand and eleven and the number of graduates to reach the hundreds in the next several years is becoming and they use are becoming more prevalent in pretty much any time and you can imagine the increased interest in the drone industry is largely fueled by post-grad starting salaries that are much higher than those for pilots flying planes or helicopters or an economy that's hasn't recovered ok so people see opportunities for jobs wherever there's money to

be had of course but the problem is that universities are supposed to do something more than serve the military industrial complex. to widespread debate drones are notoriously used as weapons and us wars abroad the one that's under heavy scrutiny right now is that i'm an aircraft in the past been used by the military there for the logical leap is that i'm an aircraft we use militaristically in the united states the federal aviation administration says that ten thousand commercial drones could be used over u.s. skies within five years for surveillance and other purposes while controversy surrounding them is that a piece how dare day even talk a bad drones on a domestic guys there are many many cities in the country that have already got rights to use these drones and they will be using them so without the laws that protect our privacy we do. not how they're going to be used most people teaching and studying programs insist their use is much more varied than for military

purposes abroad and surveillance at home. where doubt when need be an issue at all border security meteorological and environmental surveillance such as sending a drone into a hurricane without having to worry about the pilots are among the applications most commonly praised and you even use still the most common association with drones at home is law enforcement and it's this aspect that's making americans very uncomfortable obviously there's going to be some regulations that are going to have to be put in place so that people don't run around or at least you know police or whoever doesn't just have the ability to run around and you know go unchecked looking at you know having a ever watchful eye over the public but i don't think that will it will be a deterrent or so it'll be a challenge to make sure that you know people are happy with the implementation of on an aircraft into the national airspace system officials are yet to convince americans that there are more pros than cons to drones flying over u.s. soil it's time to say wait

a minute hold up let's not move forward in this area without understanding where we're going and that's the problem here that's the danger the association for unmanned vehicle systems international estimates the number of american jobs in the industry will grow to over twenty three thousand over the next fifteen years. and. new york. the funerals have been held in iraq for those killed in a bomb blast at a sunni mosque north of baghdad that was just back on friday a total of seven were killed thirty wounded now the country is seeing some of its worst violence in almost five years at the u.n. claiming more than seven hundred people were killed just last month alone now many fear sectarian divisions and the inability of both or at least to maintain order could send the nation back into a full scale conflict iraqi sunnis complain they're being marginalized by the shiite led government ever since u.s. troops toppled saddam hussein and al qaeda operatives are reportedly flooding the

country from a few hundred last year to about two thousand now and some iraqi leaders so if the state slides into civil war it could be worse than syria a defense analyst ivan eland he believes centralized rule will never work for such disparate groups. we have. sectarian tensions which have been there since the since along since decades but were unleashed when the us invaded in two thousand and three and of course played out in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven where you had sectarian warfare between she sunni i think there's probably going to be an escalating conflict in iraq the kurds used to to side with the shia government but i'm not sure that they would anymore because they have a lot of disputes with the government now that they didn't have before as you have plenty of guns that the u.s. bribed the sudanese to quit attacking the united states troops when they were there and so that all these guns are left over so essentially the u.s.

has during its occupation is armed golf all three groups there that the government has always been used by one group to oppress the other groups and therefore a strong central government which the u.s. left is a bad thing i think i think what should happen is decentralization what different groups run different regions with security and judiciary and maybe have a free trade area like a confession loose confederation in these countries we might keep it stable where i start to portugal now to open up the ante willed update where the government has announced plans to cut thirty thousand public sector jobs all in a bid to meet the terms of an e.u. bailout other austerity measures aimed at saving four point eight billion euros by twenty fifteen would include extending both the retirement age and working hours for schools economy has been battered by three consecutive years of recession and record high unemployment at nearly eighteen percent and the conservative

government's austerity policies have proven extremely unpopular also triggering mass public demonstrations. capitol where crowds of anti militia protesters have clashed with the demonstrators who have been calling for khadafy era officials to be tossed out of government last week gunmen besieged the foreign and justice ministries in tripoli demanding a law purging x. members of the ousted regime the army had to be deployed in the city to ensure security ahead of the latest protests and the tension yet another sign of the growing instability that threatens libya's first elected of the already is of course since the overthrow of more market daffy in the arab spring. now more than three thousand firefighters are battling raging wildfires in the state of california which of almost doubled in size the emergency services say only around twenty percent of the flames have been brought under control so far fifteen homes have been destroyed there are four thousand others now under threat from the fires

which broke out on thursday at this point no injuries reported. years of recession and austerity in greece have seen a reverse to the brain drain in the country with scores of people being chased out of the big cities by the high cost of living and unemployment. spoke to some of them to learn if the grass may be greener in the greek countryside. the young man on the sea theodorus is in his forty's but while he used to make his living at a newspaper in greece is second city saloniki he's now returned to his roots on the north coast this is theodorus is fresh fish shop he took it over when his uncle retired two years ago and now theodorus is making a go of it himself far away from the big city. his decision is part of the trend greeks unable to make ends meet in the cities looking to areas with smaller economies and costs. the company i work for cut our salaries so i decided to come

here to find a better life for my children and me it cost us also gave up a life in athens to open a guest house in the hills of northern greece the life of a city advertising manager was good he says but people should think before writing off the world outside. thing that there you go there are many opportunities for you to make your life better in a small town rather than in affluence. and a potential reverse brain drain from cities back to the regions could hold hidden benefits being educated and hip with the experience of living in the areas and all the experience of the money gives living in the city lives i mean these people be. going to do the countryside to develop not that everyone relishes the prospect demetrius moved away when he was eighteen and is now

a freshly out of work t.v. director he finds adjusting to life back here difficult he wanted to stay in the capital. i was forced to come back here because of the high rates of unemployment in athens it was a matter of survival for me for these three greeks as for increasing multitudes of others this move choice or not is a path away from unsustainable living in cities hit by economic crisis here at least if they have little else new arrivals or old home camas have the scenery and the sea tom bottom r.t. . and up next here on the program or naughty it's time to break the set on washington's policy on guantanamo bay prison. latest episode in just.

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