warplanes carry out strikes inside syria israel's defense ministry refuses to confirm widespread reports it's jets carried out the attack on alleged game changing missiles heading for hezbollah. a trace of terror a boston bombing investigators focused on the widow of the killed suspect after discovering radical islamist material on her computer. the changing face of u.k. politics and e.u. policy moves from the margins to claim a stunning result in local elections leaving the governing conservatives to wonder how to win back lost support. and happy easter to orthodox. cathedral across the crowds packed

inside to celebrate. these live pictures here. around the clock around the world international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow. warplanes have carried out air strikes inside syria and it is widely reported they were sent by israel the target was a shipment of alleged advanced missiles heading from lebanon but the israeli defense ministry says it has no knowledge of the anonymous officials who confirmed the attack the second of its kind in less than five months auntie's middle east correspondent paula slim has the latest from israel. official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he is not authorized 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 val's the lebanese are complaining that israel has violated. spaces 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. really 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 cars and 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 from syria back in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and in recent weeks we've witnessed a flare up in violence and intensions along that border. lebanon suggests israel is expanding its military activity over there country officials say israeli military aircraft have penetrated the nation's airspace and flown over several areas in violation of a un security council resolution but then sisted the flights would do nothing to ensure israel's security we spoke to freelance journalist. and he says we sent events only to the tension in the region while israeli planes are constantly carrying out flights over lebanon usually they coincide precede or follow a military ground operation or these are surveillance flights to israeli jets

violated the airspace above the syria lebanon border and headed north for consecutive days the israeli air force has been carrying out intensive flights over southern regions for the first time several planes carried out simulated attacks on several areas anyway tension is growing this is shown by the intensity of israeli jets flying over lebanon and especially in recent days. called hallinan he's a contributing editor for us think tank foreign policy in focus believes it's unlikely the embattled syrian government would have risked provoking an israeli attack. 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 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. law enforcement officials investigating the boston marathon bombings have turned the focus to the widow of one of the suspects radical islamic with terrell woods's government on a computer and it was blowing to the american life of telling the son of who was killed when police tried to capture him auntie's news a couple has more. 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 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 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 is that authorities have discovered al qaeda is 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 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 that this bright girl with a passion for learning and travel had 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. it's that he has watched sermons by the american born cleric anwar of lockie and according to news reports sources that 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 they've been labeled clowns and loonies but they picked up a quarter of the votes in british local elections the euro skeptic u.k. independence party a former outsider has grabbed one hundred forty seven seats in local councils a surprise increase from just eight even came second in one by election pushing the conservatives into third place prime minister david cameron reached out to ukip which he once called

a bunch of fruitcakes now saying it's no good insulting them and trying to tempt voters back to you keeps recent popularity he demoted to referendums on europe with the first next spring a men's upcoming speech outlining the government's legislative will focus on the main issues of ukip program e.u. membership and immigration well earlier i asked the deputy leader of the u.k. independence party paul nuttall whether they are getting worried. david cameron is committed to the european union we know that because he said if there is that our friends and he will campaign to stay in and if you're members of the european union you can't control your own borders so we have a problem in this country where we have twenty two percent youth unemployment a million kids in britain who are going to work every day and what about to open our borders or to twenty nine million remaining in a bulgarians when restrictions for on january first income earners are permitted that is not a good can do about that so quite frankly we're not worried that he's going to pass

his time con artist because he simply can't see how you going to gain momentum now because surely most governments at the time of these midterm elections always lose popularity you've got to keep the momentum up now but really to aim for part of parliament now is that that's is that really realistic for ukip its early stages well i think we will take a seat in the house of commons if not two seats before the general election in two thousand and fifteen if we continue on our trajectory and seconds and a lot of by elections now particularly in the north of england and i think that we can eventually take a seat in a byelection but let's not forget that a big elections next year the european elections take place in june two thousand and fifteen these are the elections that we will win i genuinely believe we will send more any peace but it's a brochures than any other party and then in two thousand and fifteen ukip will be standing in every single constituency and we will be putting up a good fight if we enter the election on double digits ahead of the liberal

democrats we have leadership debates in this country and nigel farage will be on those leadership debates and he would wipe the floor with clegg cameron. mania will start just finally back to the immigration policy people do perceive you as racist how are you going to overcome that challenge just briefly. well quickly we have a blanket ban on anybody who's been a member of a far a political party ever joining ukip that has nothing racist about discussing immigration and wanting british jobs for british workers. criticism over the domestic use of drones in the u.s. is mounting while demand for them is skyrocketing the federal aviation administration predicts some one hundred thousand commercial unmanned aircraft will be over american skies within the next five years and as are these other stars a chicken has been finding out building and operating the drones is becoming a coveted profession for many. 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 u a v's 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 in fact the number of graduates to reach the hundred 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 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 therefore the logical leap is that america will 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 about 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 programs insist their use is much more varied than for military purposes abroad and surveillance at home i think. where that would 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 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 an 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 the 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 christ is risen is risen indeed that's what orthodox christians a challenging right now with russia with the easter service on the way off a short break we'll have live pictures from the nation's main cathedral live pictures as we have the right now here for an o.t. and also more reaction from the actual stay with us all to you live in the sky. you know 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 you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. is he. to. say.

news continues here naughty the e.u. is facing another year of recession and job losses the unemployment rate across the eurozone is expected to rise of a twelve percent this year peaking at twenty seven percent and heavily in debt to greece and in the search for work many of forced from big cities into the countryside. went to hear the stories. the young man and the sea theodorus is in his forty's but while he used to make his living at a newspaper in greece his second city thessalonica 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 clear doris 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 costers 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 greece and that there you go there are many opportunities for you to make your life better in a small town rather than in athens and a potential reverse brain drain from cities back to the regions could hold hidden benefits being educated and hip with the experience of who can go work in the areas and all the experience of the bunny he gives living in in the city lives i mean these people are be. killed by means 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 asked 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 comers have the scenery of the sea bottom r.t. so more world news in brief in our world update this hour in afghanistan seven u.s. soldiers have been killed in two separate attacks a roadside bomb killed five men in the self and two other american troops were

killed in an insider attack by rogue afghan soldier in the west according to new reports this comes just hours after president hamid karzai asked the taliban to stop destroying the country and help defend it against what he calls foreign plots . three people have been killed and dozens injured after two blasts went off within minutes of each other and the election office of a pakistani liberal political party in karachi the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack militants earlier promised to target three secular political parties ahead of the general elections in a week's time more than seventy people have been killed in the ongoing insurgent attacks in the run up to that may eleventh poll the vote is expected to mark the first ever democratic transition of power in pakistan. and hungry hundreds of far right protesters rallied on budapest martyrs square one day before the world jewish congress opens in the country charges came under fire

for authorizing what is widely seen as an anti-semitic protest the victims of scientism in a country with the largest jewish community in europe was organized by the job party to run a campaign called hungry for hunger ariens in two thousand and nine. reports say two people have been killed and fourteen injured following a series of explosions and a massive chemical fire in northern belgium authorities were forced to evacuate nearly three hundred residents from the tell again after a train carrying chemicals de railed and burst into flames firefighters have decided to let the flames but out naturally has dousing with water could lead to the release of toxic chemicals real services face forty eight hours of disruption. a world update this hour in tripoli government supporters of clash with demonstrating militia members who are demanding gadhafi era officials be ousted from the government last week armed men laid siege to the country's foreign and justice ministries calling for

a purge of the old regime's members violence and instability are once again threatening the country two years after a nato led intervention and the overthrow of colonel gadhafi. so the count of the list at russia's main christ the savior cathedral this year is used to service a started thousands of believers are gathered for the vigil it's one of orthodox christianity is most important services and most the resurrection of jesus christ will ultimately and if it is there joins us live now we do know what is happening there on this holy night for believers. both prices reason is so crazy early sunday and well it's already early sunday in orthodox believe or so reading each other with this or it's just the celebration unfolds not really a on a sunday on saturday the holy father appeared in the cathedral in jerusalem and the

believers there waited for ten minutes before it was lit and sometimes it might take for several hours now down the hole the fire was brought to russia and it landed in moscow's airport and was done delivered to the christ the savior consider over the last word the main easter ceremony is now taking place in the us really be a landmark are to dogs cathedral in the country and now really priests believe or is holding candles and all well and carrying on. while they went around at the cathedral right after midnight glorifying of the resurrection of jesus christ and that ceremony while the ceremony began shortly before midnight and really last for several hours to well into the early hours sunday and is also a ton by the russian minister russian president and prime minister dmitry. now

easter is pursued it by quite a long period of believe very substantial meat fish eggs and dairy products for forty eight days which they turn to sponge in the praying and quite a spot. night service is then followed by the sunday easter that's when beavers give each other colored acts that they prepared before and they also give each other special russian easter brat which is called who each and is really a very special moment and a special day that connects millions of our dogs around the globe as they celebrate the most important day in the r.t. docs calendar. i didn't think very much indeed for that would be the question of correspondent at moscow's cathedral of christ the savior where we see live pictures of that service which takes place throughout much of the night now in central moscow. has been covering the easter service and so you see some of the hot nights

at all to dot com right now i spoke to the gate chaplain who is editor of the russian orthodox church magazine he told me a little more about the orthodox celebration of easter. the service is the one of the strongest evidence is that christ has risen and brought us to everlasting life people are coming to venerate the resurrected christ and to sort of our joyfully see him. to him. and of course the right place to do it is the church so that's that's why people are gathering of the church many people couldn't just physically and to the church because there isn't enough room there really limits is only the space that the churches. have time troll event. in the life of the church and i believe in the life of the world the resurrection of

christ when there's no death tolls only life. and life here to me. well that's it for the moment and used to move about with more news in just over half an hour from now in the meantime it's time to break the set old trafficking deadly commodities standardized tests and places journalists should not join abby martin for her latest show breaking the set in just a minute after the break. famous american political figure ron paul has decided to create his own liberty oriented home schooling curriculum at ron paul curriculum back to give parents not turn of

the 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 what what's what those 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 a 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. it won't be. funny it's technology innovation it's all the latest developments from around russia we've gone to the future of coverage. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i've got so many i mean the town i believe that i'm seeing the same thing really messed up. in the old story so personally apologize it's. a little worse if you're going to go

and lie down superman to the radio guy for a minute from a click cause they want to watch closely or about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. hey guys i'm having martin and this is breaking the set well the president one tunnel bays been coming back in the news after being ignored for the last five years the recent press conference obama was finally forced to address the torture house due to a growing hunger strike within the facility right now there are still one hundred sixty six people being held indefinitely without trial and getting out after those prisoners over one hundred are starving themselves to death to send a message to the world don't forget about us and although obama's acknowledge them are the prisoners had america's human right.