any time you were. a named israeli officials confirmed as strike will see where it is the second such incident since january. while the syrian opposition have accused the regime of carrying out a massacre the claims coinciding with washington's announcement it's now openly considering arming the rebels. so this solid the u.k. independence policy makes a breakthrough in local elections and said he'd find some time and with the conservatives already admitting they now have to win back voters to the antique with. russia under on the wall this is on she with me your dish apollo thanks for joining

us i know it was israeli officials have confirmed to the country. they say israeli warplanes struck a shipment of advanced missiles heading for lebanon is the second such as strike in less than five months she's middle east correspondent paula sneer has the latest from a zero nine. the official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he is not also wise to speak about a secret israeli military operation we had r.t. has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to publicly concern at least not to us that such a strike indeed was carried out by the israelis what is interesting is that the strike happened in 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 dolls the lebanese all complaining that israel has violated in lebanon is facing

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 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 missiles that israel believed were on their way to has been that 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 intentions along that border damascus has so far not go from there as strike which is said to have taken place on thursday night here in journalist. says it's too early to make conclusions based

on statements by unknown with israeli sources. it has been more than forty five forty eight hours from. such a big attack should have been known target should have been destroyed everybody everybody could have talked about it up to now we have no information and the government given inside according to a contact did not mention anything about it because there is no official visit is nothing happening on the ground to confirm that there is an attack or none so there are a lot of missing point. contradictions somewhere it's a kind of propaganda to suggest that they are there to suggest that it is attacking something up to now there's no confirmed news there's nothing in our side. and cole haan and contributing as for the us think tank foreign policy in focus believes a time like a day embattled syrian government would have risked provoking and israel. 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's 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 are 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 tel aviv and that may be a pretty hard sell for israel. while clashes between government forces and insurgents a 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 and verified graphic footage that's coming out now shows mutilated victims that damascus has always been quick to place the blame for previous atrocities on the armed opposition many members of which are radical jihad as this latest massacre claimed follows the u.s. announcement that aiming and rather all knowing the rebels is now being openly considered syrian journalist and the long haul it 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 message resume deeply relations with the public in a graphic way relations of human rights right before this issues are being made each time a big and important event to go to syria what's happening within the u.n. security council or any other entity and each and every time there was there were talks about must first and relations on the roads in this this is beyond being very changed i do believe you can see the size and the timing is very suspicious buying more weapons mean more messages because there were concerns ease about massacres on the ground committed by the rebels and the this 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 need something good for the country russia strongly opposes arming the rebels as it continues to seek ways to mediate a diplomatic solution to the conflict and unlike the west mosco remains committed to negotiation with all sides in syria as the russian foreign minister rita rated on friday. let us go or so if sue me we're open for talks with all syrian opposition members by i 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 and sit down for talks arming the syrian rebels is betting on a military solution and not a political settlement. but if you want it the u.k.

independence party has made a major breakthrough in local elections claiming one in every four votes canst the conservatives which are part of their ruling coalition of course have admitted all mainstream parties have major lessons to learn from the group thinking the country is a troll from the obvious point to boycott as well our. 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 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 that 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 fool for all to hear on the block we're 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 force 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 this 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 protest that i want and i want to see 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 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 although you have it much 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 role there is that a very tit for you can't say for the past two days. the investigation into the boston marathon bombing has taken an unexpected turn that. materials were discovered on big computer belonging to the american wife of time alone sinai of who was killed in the manhunt operation and here to tell us more is lucy confidence lucy great to have you in the studio how do i know you've been keeping a very close eye on the whole story the investigation is underway of course it's all very open so what more can you can you tell us what we know so far katherine russell she's a twenty four year old widow of tamerlan and she's been under investigation basically since the identities of the boston bombers were revealed authorities are trying to determine what she knew about these attacks and whether she either

knowingly or unknowingly helped in any way she initially came under scrutiny when authorities discovered female d.n.a. on a piece of a pressure cooker that was used to construct a homemade explosive material she submitted her fingerprints and d.n.a. and authorities say that they did not match the sample on the explosives that were found however investigators have also been probing her computer materials and what it turns now now we're hearing now at least is that authorities have discovered it as inspire magazine and other so-called radical islamic literature on the computer now the key question is whether this material actually belonged to her or whether it was downloaded by her husband or somebody else so that is the key question that investigators are looking into at the moment yeah and it's also quite confusing about. himself and his relatives seem to be quite astonished about his a sudden transformation will both of them actually transformed quite radically if

we actually begin with katherine russell i mean she grew up in rhode island the christian daughter of an emergency room doctor and a nurse sort of the epitome of the all-american girl before she met in fact she graduated high school in two thousand and seven and according to one magazine report her yearbook quote had mentioned that she wanted to grow up and join the peace corps people who knew her said the girl. with a passion for learning and travel but really radically transformed since meetings are not she ended up becoming a college dropout she married him converted to islam and stayed at home and took care of the children the same could be said for himself actually there was an interesting interview with an ex-girlfriend of his who said that the man she met and dated in two thousand and six had transformed from a pot smoking party boy to an anti american islam minister jihadi essentially that is how she described him it's unclear what prompted the transformation in case but we do know that much of his radicalization officials believe was inspired by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula there's reports that he has watched sermons by the

american born cleric anwar all blocky who's also believed to have inspired the underwear bomber as well as well pardon me and according to news reports sources of actually refer to inspire magazine as one of the materials found under the possession of. it's known to have published a bomb making guide and investigators have also uncovered other evidence of sort of radical material that believe is believed to have access to but again he went from a box are sort of a normal. kid to do this transformation is quite unclear what's responsible for it but of course investigators are continuing to look into this and they say thank you very much indeed for keeping us up to date and of here with me in the studio thank you very much again you. this is all see and still ahead for you they sound controversial career path dozens enroll long training programs being offered to us universities despite huge debate over privacy violations and unlawful

killings by the unmanned aircraft the details are just ahead plus. the brain drain scores of greeks pretty big cities to the countryside in the hope of avoiding suffocating recession and unemployment we'll bring you all the stories after the break. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've. covered. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew. was a big. download

the official publication so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. and this is all see coming here live from moscow let's move on now the same pitch as bugs been knocking the opening of a new page in the history of its most celebrated theater the murray escape after ten years of construction and box by two centuries of spectacular performances the new maurice kate has already been dubbed one of the walls most ambitious theaters

say it's in russia's cultural capital for. standing just outside the marines here to day to just live or come out 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 with out of the critics a 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 was surprising us with innovations and new productions leave the classic pieces as they are. 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 for marines here to chew day to consisted of the marine ski a ballet company the company is actually split into three parts the rubies and the diamonds as well as the emeralds 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 there's a new mariinsky theater to space all become the amarillo of st petersburg. under on all see dot com right now more and more governments across the globe

turning to the targeting of spying on their own citizens by peeking at the data on their computers and out who's the latest trying to find the intelligence club to learn more about this software involved on our website. and also the revelations the notorious gone tunnel prison is a true casualty wiring black hole the sound spent annually on every inmate on the dot com and also that you can find you can find a day by day timeline of the give more hunger strike that's nearing its three month mark. as many as ten thousand drones could be prowling american skies by twenty twentieth's so says the u.s. aviation administration and as washington continues to breeze domestic surveillance in the name of public safety growing numbers of young americans that choosing to get in on the action this is the 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 classes. 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 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 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 dared they even talk a bad drones on a domestic case 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 you have your 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. 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 the 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 more so it'll be a challenge to make sure that you know people are. happy we implement the implementation of their craft into the national history 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 r.t. new york. and let's not check some other stories this hour the portuguese government has announced plans to cut such if thousand public sector jobs in a bid to meet the terms of an e.u. bailout are those thirty measures aimed at saving four point eight billion euros by twenty fifteen it will include extending both the retirement age and working hours portugal's economy has been battered by three consecutive years of recession and record high unemployment at nearly eighteen percent. in the libyan capital plans on to malaysia protesters have clashed with demonstrators who've been calling for gadhafi era officials to be thrown out of the government last week gunmen 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 the neighbors first elected authorities so the overthrow of monica duffy in the arab spring uprising. years of recession under sarah say in greece have seen every verse to the brain drain in the country with scores of people being chased out from the big cities by the high cost of living and unemployment stone bars and spoke to some of them to learn if the grass is 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's second city festival nikki he's now returned to his roots on the northern greek coast this is theodorus his 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 has 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. and that there you go there are many opportunities for you to make your life better in a small town rather than in athens. what's up at the under potential reverse brain drain from cities back to the regions could hold hidden benefits being educated and hip with the experience in the areas and all the experience of the money gives living in the city lives i mean these are these people be. my pill 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 and be stuffy 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 commerce of the scenery and the sea tom bottom r.t. . i'm next if i'm to break defense on washington's policy on the gun time of a prison count john i've been asking for the latest episode in just a minute. most

people in the western world would agree that having laws that officially create second class citizens is totally unacceptable we can look at the way jews were treated in nazi germany or blackstar in apartheid in south africa and the slavery jim crow errors in the usa as examples of legally dividing society by necessity i think most people he you with their modern sensibilities would find these practices to be bob baer american backwards but my question is that why is there to this day officially sanctioned second class citizens in certain e.u. countries or to be more accurate i should say non-citizen residents of the two million people in last year around three hundred thousand of them are considered non-citizen residents who can neither vote nor hold public office these non-citizens are russian speakers of various ethnic backgrounds whose children also

by birth bearer of the non-citizen status not happy being on the bad side of apartheid the non-citizens have logically decided to vote for their own parliament because they can't elect or participate in the left field what even if the parliament has no power whatsoever it will be their chance to shine a light on the issue which the mainstream media has been keeping quiet for years you know you'd think that people would be outraged over segregation but what happens to russians and russian speakers is just not cool or hip or trendy or convenient enough for the mainstream media to take notice but that's just my opinion. lol.

you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so many i mean the town i believe that i'm seeing the same thing really messed up. in the very slow motion legal and. worse you're going to fly down superman to the radio guy in fort lauderdale minutes from a kook cause they want to close for a politician if you've never seen anything like that i'm told. hey guys i'm having martin and this is breaking the sad well the prison one tunnel baze been coming back in the news after being ignored for the last five years the recent press conference obama was finally.