breaking news for you this hour here on r.t. our sources say israel used. one of its recent attacks on syria despite the shops trading relations. have been experiencing in recent years. syria's a military reportedly find a rebel used to produce chemical substances the claims coming straight from syrian state television. spreads across the u.s. with police firing rubber bullets at crowds. of george zimmerman he shot dead and.

he with me rory sushi let's get straight to our breaking news for you this hour for the first time since the outbreak of the syrian conflict israel used turkish military bases for one of its recent strikes against syria now this is according to our sources the latest on this now from our middle east correspondent paula. r.t. sources tell us that israel used turkish military bases to launch attacks inside syria now these allegations refer to one of the israeli attacks but the latest attack was carried out in early july when there was a pre-dawn strike on the syrian city of latakia that allegedly targeted russian made anti ship missiles u.s. officials speaking on condition of anonymity say that this attack on the weapons of this pope was in all likelihood and israeli airstrike it happened not far from

a russian base and there is suspicion from many quarters that israeli fighter jets were responsible a number of syrian troops were killed and wounded in those explosions no one has officially come forward and came to sponsibility for the attack on requested a reaction from the israeli government about the government declined to comment what is important is that the attack from the reports we have from our sources here in r.t. originated on the turkish side of the border our sources telling us that israeli planes lift a military base inside turkey and approach the taqiyya from the sea to make sure that they stayed out of the syrian air space so that they could not become a legitimate target for the syrian air force this if true is yet another graze an israeli attack on a foreign country without any declaration of war as well in turkey have not been the best of friends in recent years we have the fewest till incident back in two

thousand and ten in which nine people were killed that was condemned internationally and although there were conflicting reports as to exactly what happened israel never stepped forward with an apology and till march and when israel did apologize turkey accepted the apology there was a lot of fanfare and international coverage made over that but it was really surprising because the two countries were really at odds at the time turkey recorded some vasser to it suspended ties. with israel and what we see now is a sudden change of heart in turkey towards israel this is a very unusual regional development because you have both regional powers who looked at odds with each other and then we have this recent information about cooperation of an attack inside syria now it might be a real surprise for many of our viewers how deeply embedded israel and turkey at one stage were the two countries had very close relations in the one nine hundred ninety s. particularly military cooperation all of that deteriorated after the fertility

incident they can now be legitimate questions asked about these sincere motivation for the apology that israel gave over that fertility incident questions need to be asked how and why an islamic country like turkey is allowing its arch enemy israel to use turkish bases to bomb a nother muslim nation and no doubt there is going to be massive fallout for turkey because of this cooperation with israel. well turkey and israel have been at loggerheads since the twenty ten commando raid on a turkish humanitarian aid flotilla that sparked fuehrer from ankara at the time the turkish prime minister or the one he accused israel of carrying out a massacre saying tell if we would never be able to wash the blood off its hands where it was echoed by a un human rights council report slamming israeli troops for breaching international law and using quote an unacceptable level of brutality now in two

thousand and twelve a trial in absentia began of four former israeli commandos on charges of inciting murder through cruelty and torture however on march twenty second this year old legal action came to an unexpected and abrupt halt after benjamin netanyahu and out of the one spoke on the phone with the israeli prime minister expressing his regret for the loss of turkish life earlier i spoke to journalist at manuel oxen writer whose extensively covered the conflict in the country and he told me turkey has always remained israel's top ally in the region no matter what's happened between them. this pipe of the critics of prime minister in the in the past years especially in turkey is still a very important ally and maybe maybe the most important ally in the region what's more important for turkey then getting rid of assad or keeping on good terms with the rest of the regional players turkey is we have to remember a very very important nato member and turkey knows that it is acting also for the

nato turkey is now all right now providing the military bases for the nato patriot rocket system which are directed against syria so turkey knows how to connect its own let me tell it neal autumn on dream of being the leading power in the region and with its role playing in the nato and the nato is. syria very aggressive and does it can vary a little syria especially the united states but what do you think of such cooperation between some of the syrian government's toughest rivals in the region mean now for the assad regime well i don't think that this is a huge change for all the general situation because. what's supporting in the past the so-called rebels in this what the media claim it is a civil war but isn't the reality since a long time approx ebor we have right now militants from more than twenty five

nations fighting in syria against the syrian government and of course east river was supporting the rebels. they fall and arms and weaponry from. the revenue side and turkey also is supporting in a strong way the rebels on syrian soil. and in siding with the syrian opposition turkey maintains what's been described as an open door policy towards its arab neighbor around four hundred thousand refugees have fled across the border into turkey and most of them are settling down as what's become known it now as a buffer zone meanwhile on korea's been facilitating the transfer of weapons and equipment to the syrian rebels with arms allegedly coming in from u.s. allies across the region are rebel fighters and mercenaries of also being granted safe passage both ways across the border and turkey has given key syrian political and military figures a platform for plotting their strategy against the syrian government and the cross

border tension has seen several exchanges of mortar and artillery fire and one of the sharpest escalations came when syria shot down a turkish reconnaissance plane just about a year ago so if indeed the strike on latakia early this month proves to be an israeli defense forces operation it could become the country's fourth attack in just six months let's take a look back now at some of the previous airstrikes we can see here on the map a military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on january thirty first i should say a second similar operation occurred that was reportedly on may the third when rockets struck a warehouse at damascus international airport allegedly housing some type of missiles there further strikes to just two days later massive blasts described as earthquake like shook the same military base that was targeted in january and on all occasions the attacks were justified as operations to wipe out iranian missiles bound for hezbollah but middle east expert and historian tariq ali he says israel

is looking to get square with hezbollah or ultimately putting syria in a choke hold. it's rhodes motivation as always to show the arabs both inside israel an outside look this is how tough we are we can hit any good in the middle east that we want to no one can do anything about it this is a country which is above the law considers itself about the law and it's united states musters and its european friends will do nothing to stop i have very little doubt that these release informed the united states that we were going to attack look back at. it is like a red bull to the israelis and. the israelis haven't been able to wipe it out though they've tried many a try they're now hoping that they can do it by completely weakening all destroying the syrian regime the syrian state could break up all be completely destroyed so

they are not unaware of of what is happening in that country and in directly i would say yes they are providing help to be rebels. on meanwhile the syrian state television has announced that the army has discovered a rebel operated chemical laboratory packed with toxic substances that the military claims they were destined to be packed into mortars and used to attack government forces in damascus it comes a week after the army found over two hundred eighty barrels of hazardous chemicals that are rebel hideout in a different city at the syrian u.n. ambassador claimed it was potentially enough to destroy a whole city if not the whole country and allegations of chemical weapons being used by both sides as being a crucial issue in the international dispute on how to handle the conflict in syria and defense consultant moeen at all said it's now vitally important to find out exactly where the rebels are getting the chemicals from. to make it pretty well so

that the military that syrian military has three people killed. they should not do . that then we should know what the regions of the chemical. or. already iraq you look at needs. and. well you know like iraq it will be it going up to one man and destroying the nation like the old will be a meat reaction and security council will not react to each riot it when be iraq so i'm sure we want. that. article to come see they gave it away now they want it back residents in a london bar fight legal battles with your story so we're trying to take back their social housing because they desperately need the money that's coming up shortly

here on r.t. . but for the meantime on the program several u.s. cities have been gripped by protests against the controversial acquittal of george zimmerman he was cleared of murder charges after the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager demonstrations time violent in los angeles where police fired rubber bullets at the crowds and then on the east coast in new york several protesters were arrested as thousands blocked the streets in the city center the latest here to want to use marina portnoy. in los angeles now that the rally has gotten somewhat say quite violent violent because some of the protesters participating in that and the justice for trayvon rally were shot at by rubber bill bullets those bullets were fired by police officers in los angeles we are again receiving reports that some protesters have been transferred to local hospitals to be treated for their. we don't know how extreme the injuries are streets are clearly still full

with lots of protesters that are have been walking hour by hour all through the streets of manhattan it started out in union square and the procession of people just grew larger and louder i caught up with the crowd out was probably in its thousands on twenty third street and at that point the crowd was so large that cars could not pass through the streets boarding to what we know there have been at least five arrests that number is and you know we're being more cautious but that number according to reports that number is quite quite higher now what has brought all these people on to the streets of new york city in los angeles and boston elsewhere is clearly the frustration aggravation that millions of americans have with the verdict that came down for george zimmerman george zimmerman as you mentioned was found not guilty in acquitted on the charges of second degree murder of george zimmerman a neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed seventeen year old trayvon martin it

was in self-defense now that was the claim and that's what the jury are pals but millions of americans believe that this is not just a matter of stand your ground or or self-defense this is a matter of a man that was a community watch person that was armed with a gun and we spoke with some of those participating in the in the rallies here's what they had to say this verdict makes it very clear and gives a green light to anyone that wants to shoot and kill a youth of color you know and you can get off the rock and go on and live your life and it's ok i do have a daughter and it's terrifying that i now have to go and have this conversation with her about being profiled and keeping her saying and helping her understand what she has to do to keep herself sane against other people and the police department. now overnight protests from saturday to sunday did get. quite heated particularly in oakland california where we saw video of the windows

of police cars in the windows of buildings being smashed by some of those that were participating in the rally meantime the u.s. justice department has announced that it will be investigating and looking into whether or not a civil rights prosecution should be raised against george zimmerman. and here and bring you the latest updates on the zimmerman verdict protests in america you can always head over to the web site. to get much more on the story including dramatic images from the scenes of these ongoing demonstrations . all right still ahead for you here on the program on. as edward snowden remains holed up in moscow's sheremetyevo airport to take a closer look at the scope of his revelations in just a couple of minutes. to egypt which is forming a new government but a freeze on islamists continuing protests demanding the reinstatement of the ousted

president. first trip. and i think. reporters. instrument.

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 everything you. i'm sorry is a big. thank you for joining us on this monday here. in moscow edward snowden's fate could finally see some clarity and whistleblower has reportedly reapplied for refuge from moscow meanwhile glenn greenwald the guardian journalist who is set to hold all of snowden's future revelations he claims that the next leak could be the american government's worst nightmare. scott takes a closer look at just what's been revealed to date. well not only are civilians

from all over the world being monitored but so are governments that are closely allied to the united states according to newspaper reports thirty eight separate missions and embassies have been surveilled the countries believed to have been spied on are in green that starts in the asia pacific region south korean authorities to reinforce anti bugging measures after their missions were allegedly spied upon japan also fell foul to u.s. surveillance now moving it to the middle east iran's nuclear facilities of course a long time cause of contention were apparently targeted by a computer virus created by the u.s. and israel in two thousand and nine it's claimed the n.s.a. got their hands on top secret communications between russian president dmitri medvedev and his delegation during the g. twenty in london if we move to europe french president francois hollande said negotiations over a huge pending trade deal between the u.s. and the shouldn't go ahead into washington halted any surveillance activity on a new allies moving to latin america where oil and military purchases were

monitored in venezuela there were also telephone and e-mail intercepts in colombia a close military ally of washington while brazil has expressed its deep concern about revelations that its citizens were spied on in an industrial scale now these are just some examples of the thirty eight countries missions and embassies the u.s. thought to have spied on a many of these nations remember a friendly to washington one such country is germany which was particularly stung by snowden's revelations europe's strongest economy is it seems being closely watched by the united states with around five hundred million data intercepts each month these include mehta data on emails telephone calls s.m.s. text instant messages meanwhile in china of course the country that allowed snowden to slip through the net when he fled hong kong leaks revealed that every chinese computer that is hacked thirty three percent of these attacks originate from in america. can i pay addressed and it's not just civilians being monitored hospitals

and universities are also being targeted when you look at the scale in the scope of america's global surveillance program and the fact that allied governments have also been bugged in recent years it makes it increasingly difficult for washington to continue using national security as a justification for simply appears to be mass espionage. and many more stories running by few right now online including have a look right here of russia staging its largest military drills since soviet times we're talking about one hundred sixty thousand servicemen a thousand times one hundred thirty planes all taking part in these war games and the full story right now on the website. plus taking to the skies have a look here it's brilliant canadian engineers created the world's first human powered helicopter it had over to the web site to watch the video of the revolutionary machine a fuel only by the pilots pedaling. but for

now egypt's new government is slowly taking shape amid continuing protests by supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsy with mass demonstrations on the horizon the u.s. under secretary of state bill burns is expected to talk to the country's new leader later on monday the clampdown on islamists or the prosecution freeze assets of fourteen of the brotherhood's leaders and in a clear nod to washington the government picked two of the most western leaning diplomats for the top posts in the interim government a key opposition figure and the former chief of the i.a.e.a. mohamed el baradei he's become vice president of foreign affairs or former ambassador to america not bill farmy became the nation's foreign minister middle east journalist says if indeed the islamists are not included egypt will only slide further into chaos. the big question is what what power will they really have the civilians i mean it's really the it's really the military are running egypt they

run the country since one thousand nine hundred thirty two and to say that they are now somehow going to lead the muslim brotherhood back in to the political game i think that's that's the big question morsi being much more all than he was to the opposition not trying to get a monopoly on power as he did i mean morsi played a very stupid game and in effect shot himself down and shot his own party down at the same time and he's he's as much response was only one crew creating the mess that egypt is in right now is that the muslim brotherhood now is frozen out the future political system in egypt there is nothing but trouble ahead before we get to the sports with kate partridge for now residents of a district of london could soon be out on the streets authorities say people living in lambeth social housing blocks need to be relocated because the council can't afford to keep them cease their father's been gauging reaction. it is

said to be his castle but now those living in social housing here in the london borough of lambert of fighting a fierce legal battle to save their homes if you. have a cease fire an old negotiate a treaty which. sort of recognize julian and his neighbors live in what's been dubbed short life housing they used to be thousands of such chains and birth now there are just seventy five short life housing came about some thirty years ago when the councils who couldn't afford to maintain these properties gave people who needed them the opportunity to live here for little or no rent on the basis that they maintain them now though with house prices having skyrocketed the council wants them back those he took part in the short life arrangement invested large amounts of time and often money to bring the properties up to a habitable standard. so.

a flooring that needs replacing now or maybe but this wouldn't flooring with all that. on today's property market and these homes know what a substantial sum and with council budgets being cut to the land it needs the money in a statement to our t.v. they say the coalition government has instigated a wanted program of cuts financial constraints in local government and as a result extremely short of the capital necessary to upgrade its social housing stock needs to raise capital to fund works resolving the short life properties offers a way for generating part of the capital we require i feel very strongly that we need to keep affordable housing in the long run we need to keep prices and that it's wrong to be selling them off for short term profit when actually these people

could be given tendencies and pay rent to lambaste but the homes should stay in affordable social housing for people who can't afford to buy. but has offered to be house the residents but often the opposite the house is far from the community many have spent the past few decades and the homes they've invested in and love the two pound signs in their eyes they're just interested in steam rolling it through they're not looking at the social values of a human costs by looking at the bottom line and i understand michael forces have to look at the bottom line but you know this is no way to be raising funds off the back of people's lives the means by the councils being protested all across the borough at various events including a flash mob at the state agency. but as those who live in short life housing anxiously await the outcome of their legal cases many feel that land

labor council that the co-operative council is in fact. so i see. very quickly here on r t a recap of our breaking news story for you this hour information from sources claiming that israel used turkish military bases to launch one of its attacks on syria and the latest alleged israeli strike on the war torn country hit the key port over the taqiyya earlier this month and its claim to have targeted a stockpile of russian made antiship missiles if indeed the attack proves to be an israeli i.d.f. force operation it could become a fourth attack against syria in six months. to stay with us for the sports next.

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diamonds in the sky russian parachute team the sky curls write their own national records with a sky diving formation of one hundred one people in the clouds above moscow. but let's kick off with football and the new russian premier league season got underway this weekend with a traditional curtain raiser of the super cup case again on the scored twice as double win as tesco run is that zany to three million raw stuff and concentrate on the top of examines the top sides chances for the new campaign. is going to be a tough challenge for today's got to repeat last season's double but the moscow club says they have all they need to succeed the army men have kept their key players in the russian bag known to the squad with only playmaker kids who get home they're looking likely to leave while they vetted need fielders your you know one of the area and sweet steven to bill to help deal with their the demands of the champions league campaign and the club that's been playing between moscow's heem q. and luzhniki arenas for a way dickey.