warplanes carried out strikes inside syria israel's defense ministry refuses to confirm or deny widespread reports jets carried out the attack on alleged game changing missiles heading for hezbollah. a trace of a terror boston bombing investigators focus on the widow of the killed suspect after discovering the radical islamist material on her computer. the changing face of the u.k. politics and new party moves from the margins claiming stunning that result in local elections leaving the governing conservatives to wonder how to win back lost supporters. and happy easter to orthodox believers with millions celebrating jesus's resurrection that

throughout the world russia's main a ceremony was held at moscow's cathedral of christ the savior. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas going to have you with us now warplanes have carried out airstrikes inside syria and it is a widely reported that they were sent by israel the target was allegedly a shipment of advanced missiles heading for 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 artie's middle east correspondent paula sleeper 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 confirmed 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 b. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a late night emergency cabinet meeting and we don't have information as to what was exactly the purpose of the goal of that meeting but it certainly does weighs on val's the lebanese are complaining that israel has violated maybe needs 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 hezbollah 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 believes 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. as we were reporting for us there now massive explosions have rocked the syrian capital damascus this is according to reuters quoting c.c.t.v. a military research center has been attacked there have been no reports of casualties so far syrian state t.v. has reported the blast being caused by an israeli jet which we broke the sound barrier and hit several military posts of course this is breaking news right now we will be keeping across the situation and of course our team will get you more information as soon as we have it available to us. now beirut suggest israel is expanding its military activity over lebanon's territory official say israeli military aircraft have penetrated the nation's airspace in violation of the u.n.

security council resolution but they insisted that the flights do nothing to ensure israel's security we spoke to freelance journalist months or he says recent events only added 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 four 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 especially in recent days. israel has drawn a red line of its own according to officials and will not let the game of changing weapons that reach lebanon's hezbollah at any cost can helen on contributing editor

for u.s. 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 below in the midst of the civil war could 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 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 on 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 their focus to the widow of one of the suspects radical islamic material was it discovered on a computer belonging to the american wife of a sudden i have who was killed when police trying to capture him or his nazi caffein office 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 the islamist 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 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 have been labeled clowns and loonies but now they've picked up a quarter of the votes in a british local elections the euro skeptic u.k. independence party a former outsider has grabbed one hundred forty seven seats and local councils a surprise increase from just eight but even came in second in one byelection prime minister david cameron reached out to you care which he once called a bunch of fruitcakes now and he says it's no good insulting them trying to benefit from you keeps recent popularity and to win back voters who demanded to referendums on your with the first one next spring cameron's upcoming speech outlining the government's legislative plans will focus on the main issues of program e.u. membership and immigration earlier my colleague bill died i asked the deputy leader of the u.k. independence party paul not all whether they're getting word. david cameron is

committed to the european union we know that because he said if there is a referendum he will campaign to stay in and if your 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 weigh every day going about open. to twenty nine million remaining in a bulgarians when restrictions fall on january first and cameron is up. to about that so quite frankly we're not worried that he's going to park his tank on outside because he simply can't see how you're 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 part of it now is that that's is that really realistic for you keep it it's 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 byelection zameen we are finishing seconds and a lot of by election. 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 see more any peace but so brussels 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 and if we enter the election on double digits ahead of the liberal democrats we have leadership debates in this country and will be on those leadership debates and he would wipe the floor with clegg cameron and 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 political party ever joining you that has nothing racist about discussing immigration and wanting british jobs for british workers. we've got more news for you online including public fury against a muslim brotherhood in egypt reaches a boiling point with the islamist leader's son lynched for a shocking murder he's accused of committing head darty dot com for the full story . china's breaking neck pace of industrialization may not comply with people's hopes for a green and environmentally friendly future hundreds rally in the city of grooming against a government plans to build another factory producing hazardous materials more details on our website. 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 artie's honest as he 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 expects a number of graduates to reach the hundreds in the next several years and becoming and they may be as are becoming more prevalent in pretty much any time 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 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. 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 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 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. has got more information on our breaking story coming up for you right after this break right here are today. they all see themselves as dying swans in their dreams.

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and back to our breaking news massive explosions have been rocked the syrian capital damascus according to syrian state t.v. a military research center has been attacked let's now cross to syria and get the details from a damascus based journalist xeni who's joining me over the phone. thank you very much for being with us what has happened exactly. markets will. hold. all. wrong so she will hold the phone with.

some of. her. right now. we're seeing video now we cannot verify that this is a very a video of this specific incident right now we're working to verify that information can you tell us any information about any casualties that are on the ground. small children. can hear and all.

from other. sources. from nations. such as. for. help from the legal immigrants. from the. home or more mobile service. most of. the former some of it's. now we're getting reports briefly that syrian state t.v. has reported the blast was caused by an israeli jet is this possible given that israeli warplanes have a tad syrian territory before even recently. on the. firm. hold.

for. the functions. of. the rooms in the hood. now we will be following the story. thank you very much for being with us. this is joining us from syria on the phone we will be following the story and bringing you more information as it becomes available and again we cannot independently verify this video that we're showing is from this recent explosion

and we will be working with our teams to make sure that that happens and we'll get back to you as soon as we get more information you're watching our team. thousands of gun enthusiasts from every corner of the u.s. have gathered in houston to explore everything that the gun industry has to offer this year's meeting of the national rifle rifle association is likely to be the biggest ever despite all the recent shooting tragedies in the united states the n.r.a. is holding steadfast in its opposition to obama's attempts to strengthen gun laws in the country is in houston with the details. the national debate over gun control may be among the most divisive issues in the united states but it's also proving to be a p.r. success for america's largest and strongest rights organization approximately seventy thousand people turned out for the national rifle association's annual meeting taking place here in houston texas you could understand the the c.s.m.

and the strength behind the n.r.a. so many families here have brought their their children now was those in attendance are not allowed to fly any of the weapons or admonition but they certainly are allowed to pick up the guns hold them in their hands aim them for the kids there are air guns that the kids are allowed to shoot also virtual gods to play with and many in the crowd told me that they come with the feeling of victory because in recent weeks u.s. president barack obama's first furthering gun control legislation failed in the senate that effort of course was for strengthening background checks when you hear from the poll that turned out they say that they will stand behind the n.r.a. to continue to fight any efforts washington makes and furthering gun control legislation to make it shows how america feels about our freedom to own guns is

second amendment and most of us are supporting the n.r.a. because there are backbone for believing in fighting for our rights so i didn't explain specifically no i didn't use but it's wonderful to look to you like you have to one for the you know there would be no more i think a lot of people came this year because. president obama was reelected and we know we have a tough fight to just keep our rights former vice presidential candidate sarah palin and texas governor rick perry are among a long list of me. conservatives that addressed this three d. of all those that spoke accuse president obama and new york city mayor michael bloomberg and even the mainstream media leading a vicious attack against the second amendment but that fights includes a very hefty financial investment according to reports. spent seven hundred

thousand dollars in the first quarter of this year to fight any efforts made by washington to strengthen control now ironically the u.s. leader has been making his efforts to strengthen laws sales have been increasing and membership to the n.r.a. has been expanding so far in this ongoing political battle of the n.r.a. he's clearly moving itself to be strong enough to go up against and defeat the president of the united states reporting from the party. millions of orthodox believers are celebrating easter and church ceremonies around the world it's one of orthodox christianity is most important services and marks of the resurrection of jesus christ thousands of people gathered at russia's main cathedral of christ the savior in central moscow. has details. christ is

free send us the phrase our two dogs believers read each other with us the celebration continues early on saturday you believe. in the church of the holy sample in jerusalem and the holy fly is described by our two dogs believers as a miracle that happens after a year on the eve of the easter celebration later that fire is distributed to the r.v. docks countries including ballo russia serbia droid and many others and it was also brought to russia. in moscow's of nuchal the airport and was a later delivery to the christ as savior which is really a bit louder and more are to doc's cathedral in the country and that's where the main easter service was taking place now this service to began shortly before midnight on saturday chris and believers holding candles and carrying on around the cathedral. glory following the resurrection of jesus christ and that service lasted

for several hours and did so well into the early hours of sunday it was also a time to buy the russian president vladimir putin and plan the last week we need to be safe and really despite what about a lot of this day as it was pouring with rain throughout saturday still hundreds of people came here to this special night service easter is the presidio it's a by quite a long period of fasting b.g. verse abstain from meat ax fish and do you read products for forty eight days which they tend to spongy praying and this is a night service is then followed by the easter sunday that's one believe there's give each other colored folks that they prepared and special russian easter bread which is called beach it is really a very special moment and a special day for millions of our two dogs to believe first around the globe as they sell. great the most i'm working day and the r.t.

docs calendar. are going to coach nova reporting for us there now we will be bringing you more information about these fresh explosions in syria our breaking news story coming up but first our two delves into the beautiful but brutal world of ballerina training its blood sweat and ballet it's just a couple minutes right here on our three. 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 areas in the usa as examples of legally dividing society by necessity i think most people and he you with their modern sensibilities would find these practices we 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 latvia 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 to 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.