working news or not see a report is read as try call to see what encompass all is claimed to have had military targets and what's believed to be the second such building one in forty eight hours the syrian deputy foreign minister says that target was a declaration of war. this is all see coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program and we're start with the breaking news this hour the syrian deputy foreign minister says israel has an effect declared a war on damascus this comes hours after an alleged israeli airstrike decimated

a military complex on the outskirts of the syrian capital and verified footage from damascus shows a huge explosion at the site of the airstrike which is said to have targeted a military research facility reports coming in and hundreds killed and injured although there has been no official announcement. after the previous israeli bombing of syria enormous israeli officials said that they had time to target a shipment of syrian missiles that's way to hezbollah in lebanon a similar type is said to have been carried out by israel earlier this year in january damascus has denied has been trying to hundred danced weapons over to hezbollah. let's now. near who is in tel aviv for us paula. all right actually we can bring you later this hour but right now the u.s.

is strongly biking israeli allies over the crisis we're in a fortnight has the latest almost in terms of reaction. u.s. president barack obama wouldn't specifically comment on the reported israeli airstrikes into damascus instead saying that israel is justified in protecting itself from dance to weapon shipments to the lebanon based group hezbollah most recently we did hear comments coming from the u.s. secretary of defense chuck hagel saying that now the white house is considering to arm the opposition in syria with weapons this is a stance and a position that washington was reluctant to take instead saying that it would give financial support that would go to other logistics but not weapons other communication equipment other ways in which the opposition and the rebels could fight against the syrian government but now we see that the position at least

coming from some members of the white house the position of the u.s. administration is changing but you know you're hearing a variety of different comments one comment one position coming from the secretary of defense and then with when the u.s. president speaks he's a little bit more cautious with his words but over the past few weeks we are hearing this this drumming of rhetoric coming from u.s. officials that are is beating what some would call a drum of potential military intervention and my colleague spoke to me oren senior correspondent for israel's ha'aretz newspaper he believes the reported and strike is justified as a preemptive attack by ton of eve to ensure its own security. this is part of the israeli policy which you can describe as pownce but do not announce don't let the syrian regime transfer its surface to surface missiles and surface to air missiles because of allah but don't brag about it so while the reason no official

confirmation you can take it almost as face value when you hear the us side confirm it officially what about the legality of israel bombing syria like this without even a un mandate i mean how do you expect the international community to react to this well be israeli and syrian governments have been paying a fragile cease fire for the last forty years however next door in lebanon on the lebanese government does not control hezbollah and has well i want to take these arms from syria and position them with eleven and while you may say that flying over a little news space is not exactly according to international law this is nitpicking and while there are many reasons on other aspects to be critical of israeli policy it does seem that this time around it is quite balanced because only

trying to prevent and preempt further conflict so i'm sure you talk about the israeli airstrike being balanced unconfirmed reports now of at least four hundred people killed massive explosions you call this a balanced reaction to unconfirmed reports that the syrian officials are moving surface to air missiles to hezbollah which they are denying at the time you call it balanced ok let me clarify first of all the reason of course and regrettably so a massacre going on in syria has gone on for the last two years with many thousands of people being killed others perhaps in the hundreds of thousands being uprooted and now being rude. who do use across the border and what is really strong to prevent another lebanon war this is perhaps a minor price to pay. in order not to pay the bigger price of the killing and we have

a which will be wreaked by another lebanon war. now we are able to bring in our middle east correspondent policy who's in tel aviv with the latest from the israeli side hello that poll it's a tell us more about this new development the first official syrian reaction since the bombing. well we're just hearing reports right now that the syrian deputy foreign minister files that are dug has called this morning's attack on a syrian military research facility to quote him a dick liberation of ruled by israel not to be a tech represented an alliance between islamic terrorists and israel he also says that syria will retaliate against israel in its own time and way now this is extremely important this is the first time we're hearing confirmation from the syrian government that this was an attack carried out by israel and that it is choosing to respond it has regional and international implications because syria of

course is a close ally of iran and in all likelihood iran is now bound to also declare war on israel so we were watching this closely of remains to be seen but at the same time the israeli military is still refusing to confirm or deny reports that it is responsible for this morning's attack having said this though a senior israeli and main source has said that israel is responsible and that the attack was carried out in the vicinity of damascus airport but this official continues to give comments anonymously because he cannot represent any kind of private intelligence or any kind of decisions that will make made by the israeli government it is important that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has delayed by two hours a trip to china he is scheduled to leave in the early hours of the scene and we're now hearing that that meeting has that departure has been delayed because of emergency meeting that has been called by the security cabinet now no more

information about that at this stage we do know that israel has put in place the iron dome defense missile systems near the cities of fact and haifa in the north of the country so that certainly is an indication that israel is preparing at least for something on the ground it's not preparing it's at least worried about any kind of the television at the opening of the we. cabinet meeting this morning and the prime minister netanyahu said nothing about the strikes but he did reiterate that he was committed to the security of israel this was the first time that he spoke publicly since these alleged strikes as i mentioned in the few hours he is scheduled to go to china what many are saying is that if he does not call the strip it's a dissolve as much of the message as if he indeed goes ahead with it people are asking could it mean that netanyahu does not think damascus or his below will respond in the next few hours indeed he is also or he could be very wary of canceling at the last minute because that could be interpreted by syria and by his by that that

israel is preparing for more attacks and who would also not want to offend the chinese off to canceling a trip at the last minute back in november two thousand and ten if indeed the time now he goes ahead with this trip it will take hours for him to return so we're monitoring that very closely as well at the same time sources within. that the strike this morning was carried out on five sites in the vicinity of the damascus airport and also being told that more than three hundred syrian soldiers were killed although we're hearing reports now that that figure could be higher than four hundred those same sources saying that any israeli plane downed and two israeli pilots were taken captive and ally of the israelis have denied this i've spoken to various people who say that this is simply to quote them a bluff. is this no time israel has bombed syria in the past five months and they saw we're hearing from syria now what other prospects of an open conflict breaking

out we all fear. well certainly in light of these statements coming from the syrian government the possibility and probability of an open conflict is that much more possible tensions have been increasing on the ground for quite some time over the past few days the israeli military called up several hundred thousand reservists for what it called a surprise military exercise on the israeli border with lebanon in recent days they have been signs of mounting tensions between israel and hizbollah which is a militant group based in lebanon but allied with damascus now in a warning to israel earlier this week the hizbollah leader. did say that his militia was ready to quote him he said if he has and they have a hand on the trigger in the event of an israeli attack israel has in the process repeatedly warned that it is prepared to resort to force to prevent any kind of

syrian weapons making their way from syria into the hands of his villa and other groups that we're also being told that this morning's attack was on a stockpile of long range missiles that israel believed ultimately would find their way into has been left hands back in january it will hit the same with holes that was the attack was what that was. the target of this morning's attack if indeed it is confirmed that israel carried out the strike on sunday morning it would be the third time that israel has hit in syria since january this year. paula thank you very much indeed for that update policy alliance from tel aviv that. despite israel claiming it's only ensuring its own national security become treehouse no reasonable threat to react through and is instead soon its hidden motives in the syrian conflict as the viewpoint of journalist and middle east expert.

has there been any escalation against israel for israel to react has there been any military action has israel being been attacked by any side whether it be husband law whether it be syria whether it be housed israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so that we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give the right to war doesn't give the justification for for such escalation i think you have to put all the pieces of the puzzle together remember that the all of the fuel rather you have a clue about chemical weapons who was the one which made this first announcement it was a toy bruno the military intelligence israeli official made the announcement about syria using chemical weapons from a very beginning after president obama had said time and again that is the red line that didn't succeed thus far in dragging the us to war against syria so now i think

that we had two incidents there with i reported the israeli strike on a convoy and now we have been did an israeli strike on jim but i think we have a classical example of what we would call israel trying to manipulate us policy in the middle east israel is going to continue i think with these practices until it drags the us into conflict y. and the reason being that the syrian army has made military advancements very recently it seems that bashar al assad militarily has gained the upper hand and so is where i realized as i said one of the growing list is outside intervention outside intervention as i said trying to drag the us by saying if you don't go in then we will we shall wreak havoc we should go ahead with our own military escalation. the major so now breaking news story this hour speaking to c.n.n. the sewer and deputy foreign minister says israel has in effect declared war on

damascus this comes hours after an airstrike decimated and military complex on the outskirts of the syrian capital so far there's been no official confirmation of the talk from israel and verified footage from damascus shows a huge explosion of the side of the airstrike which is said to have targeted a military research facility reports coming in the hundreds killed and injured although there's been no official announcement of the casualties syria's deputy foreign minister says damascus will choose a time and way to retaliate and stay with us for the latest on this developing story and of course we'll bring you more updates from around the globe very shortly oh. my. i am from. the lord that.

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is our sea welcome by our ganda let's now turn to the news that's been shaping this week the u.k. independence party has made a major breakthrough in local elections claiming one in every four votes cast the conservatives which are part of the ruling coalition have admitted all mainstream parties have major lessons to learn from the group is seeking the country's was drawn from the e.u. let's now take a closer look at the party's gains and losses there so the conservatives are down three hundred and thirty five seats while their coalition partners the liberal democrats have lost one hundred and twenty four seats the opposition party the labor party is two hundred and ninety one seats up and you cape has gained one hundred and thirty nine new local councils and the chairman the head of the party and nigel faraj praises the arrival of full party politics the deputy leader of the

u.k. independence party poor enough spoke to r.t. about the party's long term plans and its rivals. david cameron is committed to the european union we know that because he said if that is it 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 weigh every day and what about to open our borders all to twenty nine million. bulgarians when restrictions for on january first and governors are permitted that is not a good can do about that so quite frankly we're not worried that he's going to park his time con artist because he simply can't 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 in byelection zameen we are finishing second 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 brochure 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. the unemployment level in the european union and record highs this week with the raid growing up across most of the member states the ever rising figures are launching and rising good by a year with greece and spain affects the most in greece twenty seven percent of the workforce is out of a job while in spain one in every four is unemployed the increasing joblessness of

many and poor working conditions for some triggered massive demonstrations around the world on may day the most turbulent protests took place in turkey where police had to disperse demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon after the demo turned violent at least twenty eight people were injured in clashes and dozens were arrested in greece the country was taped by the crisis the day of action was marked by a twenty four hour strike while spain has seen demonstrations in more than eighty cities aussies tests and i see their looks now at how financially strained people in europe deal with the lack of job prospects. the unemployment rate in the years old has recently reached a record twelve percent of those aged twenty five and below in countries like spain and greece that number is as high as more than fifty percent with very little signs of any economic improvement and for those who are looking for a job that search is no longer just about trying to find work many are now trying to leave their home countries. like niccolo wriggles

a graduate from italy now working initial quality in brussels and the situation in italy was actually awful because the only thing i was able to get is a really short contract like free mouth for six months with absolutely no possibility of growing out in. industry or in the laboratory anything most most of them were totally. you can't really think of your future he says it wasn't a walk in the park in beijing either as many can't. it's required working knowledge of both french and dutch a barrier that may be hard to overcome but perhaps still more attractive for some the going back home i read. in two thousand and twelve. in the person present age of young people who emigrated from italy and grew up by thirty forty percent in two thousand and twelve i really don't know what will be

into trials in africa and it's not just the citizens feeling the pinch for nurses would come to europe to seek new opportunities starting their will businesses and building their lives have now we're also changed their minds forever giana this meant leaving greece and only all the way back to their native ecuador and while homesickness was the initial reason for the move she has no regrets about making that decision the six one hundred also many foreigners decided to leave greece and move to countries like germany and switzerland but the greeks who stayed behind are saying that the situation is really difficult there when for instance servicemen who used to get one and a half hours and euros are now paid just one hundred m. out place has been open for two years even though it's still new i believe we have a very good prospects for the future and this is not something she says just isn't possible i'm here right now to trends if you look at the figures in countries like

ardent some people argue that a whole generation has left and perhaps for good we do not believe it. i don't think so i rather stay here for one time does our sylvia our team brussels. and in our website right now politico been death has turned personal you're against the muslim brotherhood in egypt spills are about what the son of a leader in the islamist movement lynched for a shocking murder her allegedly committed of the details. and also that world war two veterans in russia's northern borders call region get probably the ugliest congratulations possible for the upcoming victory day they received letters containing three burial. it's been three nights of standing ovations as st petersburg to raise the curtain on its latest cultural attraction the world famous marine skiffy it's for now has

a whole new stage to say has been following the spectacular opening performances for us there. the same as a russian a theatre company mariinsky has opened its new opera and a ballet theater money in skeet shoot with a ceremony that filled the auditorium with two thousand stars from both home and abroad including president putin and eighty thousand square meters of the building is covered with glass and limestone and it's it's one leg still to its eighteen the century classical and iconic assist up at seven hundred million dollars though this building has divided opinion and it took ten years to complete jack diamond to the architect of mary's key to set that he took the classical look of st petersburg in mind when designing it the point about st petersburg one of the most beautiful cities in the world does amazing continuity over the streets still so in order to

make it move the unity we have something we you know you know no no no of us for comparable would just. stand in controls two streets inside it's a different story all together seven stories high the exquisite onyx wall the glows in the dark the sort of skill life of the bring out of the glamour and the staircases that are both a modern and functional the auditorium was designed with the audience in mind making sure that from whichever seat you are in you can still hear the quite a sound of the flute all the mighty beach of the drum the stage with three floors beneath an interchangeable make said change is easy and quick with the curtains lifted and three days of celebrations going without a head and the spectacular performance by placido domingo as well as the flawless

staging of the marines the ballet the public and we are the world themselves were not disappointed and i think you should be proud of this. yes a little d.c. . marine ski to that it will be for me double today great company then you have thanks to most of you to. use an ecstatic really head it's a great honor for me to participate in the opening of the theater and to congratulate my larry get a good. it's a wonderful stage night so i think one of the most important. things. on stage like this is acoustics and it was so. incredible it's just so very much just to sunday's opened day is that designed to allow the public to see for themselves if muddy and ski two can become a world renowned international theater at a new cultural emblem force in petersburg to bomb what they already many inskeep.

and the latest on our breaking news story now speaking to c.n.n. the syrian deputy foreign minister says israel has in effect declared war on damascus this comes hours after an airstrike decimated a military complex on the outskirts of the syrian capital so far there's been no official confirmation of the attack from israel and verified footage from damascus shows a huge explosion of this is light of the airstrike which is said to have targeted a military research facility reports coming in no hungers hundreds killed and injured or there's been no official announcement of the casualties syria's deputy foreign minister warns damascus will choose the time and way to retaliate meanwhile the u.k. says the airstrike shows the region is under threat and that the e.u. arms embargo on syria should be lifted to allow the direct transfer a weapons to the syrian rebels stay with us for the latest on this developing story

. and when we come back he explores the lives of seaward refugees seeking asylum here in russia. 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 to the public education you know when i was a kid homeschooling was always full of the kids of wackos and cultures if you met someone who is home schooled you always look at the with some sort of suspicion like what's with that kid with what 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 that total lack of funding is ron paul's libertarian curriculum what's best for your kids 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.

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