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which is why you should care only. sources tell all see that israel used attack as base to carry out a recent naval attack on syria but denied the allegations of collaboration. meanwhile the syrian army finds an alleged rebel lobby used to store anchorage use chemical substances that's according to the country's state television. on a clown shows and the rest says brush has rage across the glass triggered by the acquittal of a neighborhood watch dog show an unarmed black teenager. news
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horatia on the wrong the wall this is the with me here. and welcome to the program for the first time since the outbreak of the syrian conflict sources have told me that israel used a turkish military base to launch a recent attack against syria correspondent cities. r.t. sources tell us that israel used turkish military bases to launch attacks inside syria 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 the 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
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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 it is late planes lift a military base inside turkey and approach the taqiyya from the sea to make sure that they stayed out of syrian airspace so that they could not become a legitimate target for the syrian air force this if true is yet a mother brazen 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 flu tell 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 at the time
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turkey recorded some bastard suspended ties with israel and what we've seen now is a sudden change of heart in turkey towards israel they can now be legitimate questions asked about these sincere motivation for the apology that israel gave over their fertility. that and 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 turkey has strongly denied israel use its military bases to launch a raid against syria as well she supported by car reports. in an interview to the turkish media the turkish foreign minister has denied any involvement in the alleged israeli attack against the weapons depo in syria however artsy have sent
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requests to the administration of the turkish prime minister the administration of the turkish president to the turkish foreign ministry and they haven't come out with a single word in response to the matter we haven't had any comment not even a no comment from any of these turkish government bodies turkey's prime minister has been quite a vocal supporter of the syrian rebels and he's called for president bashar assad to step down on a number of occasions repeatedly in fact but behind the scenes it's been reported that turkey is one of the main corn jewett for rebel weaponry flowing into syria turkey an open door policy toward syria which means that from two thousand and eleven there's been some four hundred thousand refugees flooding over the turkish syrian border into southern turkey and it's not just refugees actually we've got
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opposition figures rebels. getting medical treatment in southern turkey planning operations from turkey even fund raising in turkey so that part of turkey is somewhat of a safe haven a so-called buffer zone for the syrian opposition now we know that the syrian turkish border as a result of that has had some tensions there's been some exchange of artillery and mortar fire in the past that have also been a number of terrorist explosions in the region which has blamed on damascus and damascus in turn has pointed the finger at islam missed militants that have been flooding across the border that turkey is allowed to come in and out of the country freely but the most tense moment in relation. between syria and turkey was when the syrian government shot down a turkish recognizance plane last year and at the time turkey requested that nato that its nato allies come up with
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a collective response but that never happened so publicly at least turkish officials have maintained that they do not want to be in any direct military involvement in syria. relations between turkey and israel have been at a low since a twenty ton commando raid on attack is humanitarian aid flotilla which sparked fuehrer from ankara at the time the technician prime minister accused israel of carrying out a massacre saying it won't be able to clean the blood of its hands and the yuan said israeli troops who are in breach of international law in twenty twelve for me israeli commanders went on trial in absentia on charges of inciting murder through cruelly through cruelty and torture however in march this year or legal action came to an expected and abrupt halt after benyamin netanyahu and edda once spoke on the phone with the israeli pm expressing his regret at the loss of life and my
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colleague spoke to journalist money action writer who was extensively covered the conflict in syria and he said turkey. is israel's top ally in the region no matter what's happened between. this point of the critics of prime minister well and in the in the past years especially in turkey is a very important ally and maybe maybe the most important ally of israel in the region what's more important for turkey than 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 providing the military bases for the nato patriot rocket system which are directed against syria so turkey knows how to make its own let me tell it to him and dream off being the leading power in the region and with
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its role playing in the nato and the nato is toward syria very aggressive and is a very a great story especially the united states but what do you think of such cooperation between some of the syrian govern. toughest rivals in the region mean now for the assad regime well i don't think that this is a huge change for the general situation because you throw is what's supporting in the past the so-called rebels in this what the media claim it is a civil war but it's in the reality since a long time a proxy war we have right now militants from more than twenty five nations fighting in syria against the syrian government and of course east road was supporting the rebels they were they were they found arms and weaponry from heathrow in the rebel side and turkey also is supporting in a strong way the rebels on syrian soil. israel is that's not going to would be
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the fourth and confront strike going to see where within the last several months and military compound outside damascus was bombed from the air twice in january and may rocket struck a warehouse of the capital's international airport allegedly containing surface to surface missiles and on all occasions that tox were justified as operations to wipe out rainy and missiles bound for hezbollah and lebanon middle east expert and historian tariq ali says israel has been looking to get even with the militant group by choking the syrian government. it's rhodes motivation as always joel showed the arrow both inside israel an outside look this is how tough we are we can hit any girl get in the middle east that we want to no one can do anything about it this is a gun crew which is above the law or considers itself above the law and it's united states marsters and its european friends will do nothing to stop it i have very
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little doubt that these really used to inform the united states that we were going to attack. is like a red bull to the israelis so. 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 or be completely destroyed so they are not unaware of what is happening in that country and in directly i would say yes they are providing help to the rebels. meanwhile syrian state t.v. has announced the army's discovered a rebel operated chemical laboratory packed with toxic substances the military claims they were destined to be packed into mortars and used to turn government forces in damascus it comes a week after the army found more than two hundred eighty barrels of hazardous
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chemicals at a rebel hideout in a different city the searing u.n. ambassador claimed it was potentially enough to devastate a whole city and a geisha as of chemical weapons being used by both signs and then a crucial a show in the international dispute on how to handle the conflict in syria by the rebels and the sounds forces have repeatedly made claims and counterclaims over the use of nerve gas defense consultant million raouf said it's now vitally important to point out what the rebels are getting the chemicals from. if the military went to the military at that spirited military. base shouldn't it. then we should know what you are rooted in the family. or. all the rot your lebanese. like. and
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the. well you know like iraq at all. it going after one man and destroying the whole nation well i doubt they'll be me to react security not react to each riot that went be in iraq so i'm sure we want to hear. that. just ahead a transition in turmoil egypt's new government is shaping out but isn't as supporters of the country's gassed president are still out in force when examining the challenges facing the country as a tries to a stop down. demonstrators in los angeles and oakland have clashed with police as protesting gov the u.s. after a controversial court verdict thousands were outraged and the acquittal of george zimmerman unarmed black teenager trayvon martin in
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a pardon i witnessed one rally in. in los angeles now the rally has gotten some would say quite violent violent because some of the protesters participating in the in the justice for trayvon rally were shot at by rubber bill bullets those bullets were fired by police officers in los angeles the arrogant receiving reports that some protesters have been transferred to local hospitals to be treated for their injuries we don't know how it will stream the injuries our streets are clearly still full with lots of protesters that are have been walking hour by hour all through the streets of manhattan and started out in union square in the procession of people interest grew larger and louder i caught up with the crowd it 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 hording to what we know there have been at least five arrests that number though is you know we're
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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 it was found not guilty and acquitted on the charges of as second degree murder sword zimmerman a neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed seventeen year old trayvon martin it was in self-defense now that was his claim and that's what the jury of how 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 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
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and it's ok it's. i 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 say and helping her understand what she has to do to keep ourselves safe against other people and the police department saying. 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 rallies 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 you can stay up to date or number thing that's happening with those
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post demonstrations across the u.s. by going to our web site where we're all the latest pictures videos on the reaction that's also called. on of course plenty more to come here on. the break we'll look at what the secret documents american whistleblower edward snowden could pay somebody to stay with us. privacy has a better chance now then he has had for the past decade or so because now we have a lot of people who knows if there's a problem and how big it is. to meet speak your language. programs you documentaries in arabic it's we'll hear. reporting from the world talks about six of the yard p.
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interviews intriguing story to tell you. arabic to find out more visit are big. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. he will combine huge whistleblower edward snowden reports admit it still has some extremist sensitive documents which are likely to be making america
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a little nervous that they relate to how the national security agency is structured and operates that's what's gotten john it's grand glenn greenwald has been breaking the news from the cia leak assange. he's in possession of literally thousands of documents that contain very specific blueprints that would allow somebody who read them to know exactly how the n.s.a. does what it does which would in turn allow them either to evade that surveillance or to replicate it and that's what i was talking about that he has basically the instruction manual for how the n.s.a. is built. so if revealed those documents could do huge harm to the u.s. but snowden's not planning to disclose them says greenwald the n.s.a. leaker is still holed up at moscow's sheremetyevo airport apparently awaiting russia's decision on his asylum application the whistleblower has ring needed his bid for political refuge and is ready to accept moscow's condition that he didn't know more harm to the u.s. however they were never the revelations he's already made have been
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a major blow to american intelligence on his post called takes a closer look. 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 journey g twenty in london if we move to europe french president francois hollande said negotiations over
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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 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
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computer that is hacked thirty three percent of these attacks originate from in america. can pay addressed and it's not just civilians being monitored hospitals and universities are also being targeted when you look at the scale and the scope of america's global surveillance program and the thought that allied governments have also been bugged in recent years it makes it increasingly difficult for washington to get continue using national security as a justification for what simply appears to be mass espionage. and in germany in the words a united america appeared on the walls of the u.s. embassy on sunday comparing washington's spying tactics to ease germany's infamous intelligence service is done it was carried out by hacktivist group anonymous just a week after a similar action by the online activist game dot com. egypt's military branch of government is pressing on with its transition plan despite
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supporters of the ousted president morsi continuing their protests as deputy secretary of state william burns is in cairo to talk to the new government which features two western leading officials in key posts the former u.n. nuclear chief mohamed el baradei has now become a vice president covering foreign affairs and the country's foreign minister is ex interruption ambassador to the u.s. now bill farmy meanwhile opponents of the muslim brotherhood have released a document on social media they say came from the group it's hard for you shows the organization calling for more bloodshed and they does the finding of the egyptian army journalist nanda says the islamists still need to be involved in the political process. the big question is what what power will they really have these civilians i mean it's really the it's really the military are running egypt they run their country since the nine hundred thirty two and to say that they are now somehow
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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 open 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. you know shot his own party down at the same time and he's he's as much response force anyone through creating the mess that egypt is in right now if that the muslim brotherhood now is frozen out of the future political system in egypt there's nothing but trouble ahead dozens of london is in the bar of land that had been faced with a picture from the homes skyrocketing property prices means that also as he's now in that council houses box so they can make cash and i'll see saf at spoke to some of those who are about to be a shadow the dole. it is said to be his castle but now those living in social housing here in the london borough of lumbered of fighting
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a fierce legal battle to save their homes if you. have a cease fire and old negotiate a treaty which. sort of recognizes julian and his neighbors live in what's been dubbed short life housing they used to be thousands of such chains in lamberth 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 than the opportunity to live here for little or no rent on the basis that they maintained now though with house prices having skyrocketed their council wants them back those who took part in the short life arrangement invested large amounts of time and often money to bring the properties up to habitable standards. so. krantz is. a
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flooring that needs replacing now or maybe but this wouldn't flooring with all. on today's property market in these times you know what a substantial sum and with council budgets being cut to the bone. it needs the money in a statement to our t.v. they said 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
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affordable social housing for people who can't afford to buy. but has offered to re house the residence 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 pound signs in their eyes they're just interested in steam rolling it through they're not looking at the social values of the 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 other people's lives the means by the councils being protested all across the borough that there is a vengeance 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. just sing them out.
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right now they sang they down south inside that country today will meet a very special part of the russian military has done to them right. or remember those old wacky communist countries who constantly boost their numbers to make themselves feel better or who cares if stores are empty and this piece of paper a one hundred thousand tons of potatoes that is good enough for me well now we're in a new age of technology but the same lying to make yourself feel good is still going strong it just moved over to the capitals world the u.s. state department's bureau of international information programs has spent six hundred thirty thousand dollars on facebook advertising campaigns to get fans
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a sense of the government is out there to buy likes or what a fantastic use of tax dollars but wait maybe i'm being too pessimistic perhaps it worked it really helped spread the message of the u.s. state department effectively well inspector general's report says that since the advertising campaign started twenty eleven there has been a dramatic increase in users liking state department sites but the problem is that only two percent of them actually use the sites so you get what you pay for a big bag of likes but if you hard core fans probably the most shocking example is a vision of america group in farsi made for a rainy and which has gotten over four hundred twenty thousand members but only one percent of them is actually in iran where facebook advertising doesn't even exist that's effective getting lots of likes doesn't mean you are actually reaching people instead of paying for them why not you know get them naturally bar by providing interesting honest content on a regular basis oh wait that takes effort and honesty yeah you know what just keep wasting our tax dollars but that's just my opinion.
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