breaking news. israel did carry out an air strike on syria for the second time this year following a similar bombing run in january. and while the syrian opposition has accused the regime of carrying out. the claims coinciding with. the rebels. the u.k. independence party makes a breakthrough in local elections and sets its sights on the conservatives already admitting they now have to win back. the movement.

thank you for joining us here. live in moscow let's get straight to a breaking news story for you this hour. israeli officials have now confirmed the country has bombed syria it's the second such as strike in less than five months let's not get the latest album middle east correspondent now i standing by for us live in. jerusalem paula good to see you what do we know the details of the. well we're just receiving information right now that an unnamed israeli official has confirmed that tel aviv is behind this latest a strike in syrian territory now the official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he is not with wise to speak about a secret israeli military operation we had our team has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to publicly confirm at least not to us that such a strike indeed was carried out by the israelis what is interesting is that the

strike happened late thursday into the early hours of friday morning and at that same time the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a late night emergency cabinet meeting now we don't have information as to what was exactly the purpose of the goal of that meeting but it certainly does raise on balls as well the syrian side no word yet they're confirming that this is radio strike was carried out to back the syrian ambassador to united nations says that he is unaware but there's nothing as of yet in so impervious the lebanese all complaining that israel has violated it maybe needs a space and that israel does do this on numerous occasions and has been doing it recently with quite a bit of consistency as well in the past has said that it will pull out all the stops to make sure that there is no transfer of weapons to his been of course the israeli concern is that hizbollah would use any kind of weapons against the jewish state there are a number of questions though that are still unanswered and these off so sweet what

was the target of this alleged israeli strike was it against a convoy carrying weapons to live and on and to has been loud which is what some reports also just in or was it against a chemical weapons warehouse inside syria which is what we're hearing from some other reports as well another question is whether or not the israelis carried out the airstrike over syrian territory inside syrian air space or whether the missiles in fact were fired from israeli territory it's also unclear where. or not the israelis alerted the americans prior to the strike about what they were planning to do because of course the story broke when american officials came forward and said that the israelis had launched such a strike late on tuesday now if in fact we do receive and we expect to receive confirmation about the strike in the coming hours this will be the second time this year that israel has carried out a strike inside syria you remember the first was back in january when israeli fighter jets targeted a sophisticated convoy of cars and missiles that israel believes were on the way to

has been that now on the topic of the chemical weapons here you have so we have a consistent thing has said that it does not have chemical weapons and if in fact it had them it would not use them against its own population the would be the problem with this is that you have following that first is dr back in january the tensions between both israel and syria on the increase you have fingers being pointed in the international community justifying using the whole argument of chemical weaponry as as an excuse for countries such as israel the united states getting sort of in boiled in the syrian conflict israel and syria share a common border you have the disputed golan heights which israel occupied some syria back in one nine hundred sixty seven and in recent weeks we've witnessed a flare up in violence and intensions along that border or right off your correspondent paula slayer live in jerusalem thank you. or let's get some reaction

all this and cross live to syria i go straight to damascus space journalist a preview now joining us here on our good to see you today how is syria responding now to these latest developments the israeli officials confirming the asteroid. this story is completely strange nobody knows about it. few minutes ago from citizen and she when she said that it's anonymous official saying to an anonymous person with an anonymous off american off saying something we have only one name who is a congressman who is at least he is not a pentagon official to say this saying that there is a possibility of an airstrike on a city entity using and in space and this the airplanes are not coming into the syrian airspace they are only going through and attacking the city entities up to now we have no target there's no timing of even the israeli official who confirmed

they said nothing and he said doesn't have a name so we don't have any target that was used to targeted such a big attack should have been known by us by now it has been more than forty five forty eight hours from thursday to saturday such a big attack should have been known the target should have been destroyed everybody everybody could have talked about that up to now we have no information and the government the government side according to our contacts did not mention anything about it because there is no official. there is nothing happening on the ground to confirm that there is an attack or none and even. where houses. stations or whatever it is the sources are saying they are not too close to the syrian lebanese or syrian borders mainly so it's very hard to attack them by airplane if they are on the city and. not in the city and one so there are

a lot of missing points there are contradictions somewhere it's a kind of propaganda to suggest that they are there to suggest that this is a visit that can something after now there's no confirmed news there's nothing and hours and hours so details are best although we do have the official call from. israeli authorities about the air strike on syria tel aviv say they were targeting a shipment of advanced missiles that mr maher was any of course it was january when israel first bomb syria what was the syrian reaction back at the turn of the year when israel first launched its warplanes across the border into syria. this year the action at the time says that that we know that there was an attack we will select the best time and the best way to answer this attack up to now minute and on the military side this decision was not need. if that is a concern that we would have another reply up to now does not. join us to upload my

words any joining us live from damascus thank you. for the meantime a. contributing editor for the us think tank foreign policy in focus he says the israeli attack will only aggravate tensions 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 u.s. is 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 is claimed at least fifty civilians were brutally killed during an assault on a village unverified graphic footage it's about to come up here on r t does appear

to show mutilated victims of damascus has always been quick to place the blame for previous atrocities on the armed opposition many members of which are radical jihadists his latest massacre claim though follows the u.s. announcement that arming the rebels is now being openly considered syrian journalist i mean one hundred thirty 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 be a massacre is indeed coalitions with people who. think why relations are you know great straight before the decisions are being made each time a big and important event because you see it was happening within the u.n. security council or any other entity and each and every time they would start there were talks that both must result in a release of the organ so in this this is beyond being very chance team i do

believe that this is the size and very suspicious by more weapons mean more messages because there were concerns in years about massacres committed by the rebels and that is does not seem to bother the need tunisians 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. live from moscow this is r.t. the u.k. independence party has made a major breakthrough in local elections claiming one in every four votes cast the conservatives which are of course 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 european union and more on this two artes party boy because she's in london. it's been a momentous day for the u.k. independence party we've seen them come seconds 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 then 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. and dependents party stephen wolf stephen chances are all well and good but they're not m.p.'s have has 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 fool for all to hear on the block 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 protein for 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 want to shoot policy 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 is expand also so 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 is quite right and we're ready to do that and we're going to have to work them 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 on 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 city spokesman for the u.k. independence party thank you very much for your comments well there you have it was a seismic shift 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 can't say for the past two days. of course want to put a bucket there in london while i still ahead for you this hour here on our team controversial career paths and dozens enroll in drug training programs being offered that american universities despite huge debate over privacy violations on

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download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television. now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. good to have you with us here on. some petersburg has been marking the opening of a new page in its history this of its most celebrated theater the marine ski after ten years of construction and back by two centuries of spectacular performances are the new two already being dubbed one of the world's most ambitious new theatres. in russia is cultural. standing just outside the marines here to day to just live or come out here in st peter's square the theater was opened 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 with all the critics say luring about we wanted to find out what of the people themselves or thought yeah yeah 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 but leave the classic pieces as they are. to see for your goodness there's nobody 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. day to consisted of the marines a ballet company the company is actually split into three parts the rubies the diamonds as well as 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 silencer there's no doubt that this is a new mariinsky theater to space will become the ambler of st petersburg. dot com right now more and more governments across the world turning to the tactic of spying on their own citizens by peeking at the data on their computers you can find out who's the latest to join the cyber intelligence club and learn more about the software involved to do so via the web site r.t.

dot com. supporting the boston bomber suspect posters claiming ethnic chechen. is innocent and asking for money for him and his family these posters have tied up in chechnya and when he was. twenty minutes past the hour moscow time here 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 grand name of public safety growing numbers of young americans are choosing to get in on the action and i see it as this story. 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 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 expects the number of graduates to reach the hundreds in the next several years and becoming and they use are becoming more prevalent in pretty much any time region 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 u.s. wars abroad the one that's under heavy scrutiny right now is that i mean aircraft are in the past been used by the military there for the logical leaders that i'm in a couple years 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 about drones on a domestic 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 that 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 their craft 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. now the funerals are being held in iraq for those killed in a bomb blast at a sunni mosque just north of baghdad on friday seven were killed at least thirty wounded now the country's seeing some of its worst violence in almost five years the united nations claiming that more than seven hundred were killed just last month alone many fear sectarian divisions and the inability of authority is to maintain order could ultimately send the nation back into a full scale conflict iraqi cities 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 say if the state does slide into civil war it will be worse than syria

a defense analyst ivan eland he believes centralized rule would 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 and sunni i think there's probably going to be an escalating conflict in iraq the kurds used 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. . during a talk you patient is armed all the 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 but different groups run different regions with security and judiciary and maybe have a free trade area like a can fail loose confederation of these countries we might keep it stable. and straight to portugal now to crank up the world update when the government has announced plans to cut thirty thousand public sector jobs in a bid to meet the terms of an e.u. bailout will there be measures aimed at saving four point eight billion euros by twenty fifteen i would include both extending there were a time when age and thought of working hours which was a call to me has been battered by three consecutive years of recession and record high unemployment nearly eighteen percent. and approximately three hundred people have been forced to evacuate their homes in northern belgium after a train carrying chemicals derailed and burst into flames and the inferno you see

right there also led to explosions across many of the rail cars though no injuries reported at the moment however train links in the area shut down. to the libyan capital where crowds of anti militia protests have clashed with demonstrators who have been calling for khadafy era officials to be tossed out of the government last week government besieged the foreign and justice ministries in tripoli demanding a lot purging x. members of the ousted regime the tension is yet another sign of the growing instability that threatens libya's first elected of the origins of course of the first ones since the overthrow of khadafi and the arab spring. all right so when we come back it's our new financial program but of a prime interest me can stay with us here on c.

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 becomes 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 hey 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 to prime interest i'm terry and boring and washington

d.c. and here's the story that we're tracking today. it's good news for jobs or is it the two headline numbers from this morning big employment report beat expectations but about two thirds of those games were in leisure and hospitality temporary work or retail sector overgaard plus of this the federal reserve which keeps a very close tabs on this report will take notice of the improvement in unemployment which ticked down to seven and a half percent which this is just one percentage point above where the fed would start to consider slowing down and the eighty five billion dollars per month the money printing program. just a few weeks into her new role as i.c.c. chairwoman mary jo white is confronting some very tough issues that her predecessor table first it was the jobs act and now it's money market reform and her in her own predecessor at least being walter had to say this on the subject.