sources tell us that israel used a turkish base to carry out a recent attack on syria and denies the allegations of collaboration. with. russia or soon as he's able to cues in the us of blocking the whistleblower in by intimidating countries who might offer asylum. and arrests as protests rage across the u.s. triggered by the acquittal of a neighborhood watch guard who shot the unarmed black teenager. from our studio in moscow this is r.t.

with international news and comment twenty four hours a day. for the first time since the outbreak of the syrian conflict sources have told r.t. that israel used a turkish military base to launch a recent attack against syria a middle east correspondent paula slipper has all the details. 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 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 r.t. 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 syrian airspace 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 flip to 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 to march at the time to

give a court its ambassador it suspended ties with israel and what we see 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. so the end questions need to be asked how and why an islamic country like turkey is allowing its arch enemy is rope 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 corporation with israel turkey has firmly denied israel used its military base to launch a raid against syria. has the official reaction from istanbul. a letter from the foreign ministry in turkey saying that the turkish foreign minister has addressed these allegations in the turkish media today and we know that he has said

that he flatly denies any cooperation with the israeli military on any attacks in latakia alleged israeli attacks in the attack here now we've also received a letter from the turkish embassy in moscow echoing the words of the foreign minister saying that the reports all of the turkish corporation with israel are surely groundless and nothing to do with reality they also underlined the fact that turkey will not be a partner to any military operation with israel turkish prime minister has been a vocal supporter of the syrian rebels he's called for bashar assad to step down publicly behind the scenes it's been widely reported that he is a major conduit for rebel weaponry flowing into syria we know that there are rebels and syrian opposition figures that receive medical assistance that receive training and that fundraiser plan from southern turkey that side of turkey that

part is known as a so-called buffer zone somewhat of a safe haven for syrian opposition figures that have been a number of exchanges of artillery and mortar fire from the syrian turkish border there have been a number of explosions where. korea has pointed the finger at damascus for launching to so-called terrorist attacks on the border while damascus has blamed syrian opposition figures and islamic militants for causing this trouble over rule turkish officials have made it clear that they want to avoid any direct military involvement in syria. relations between turkey and israel have been at a low since a two thousand and ten commando raid on a turkish humanitarian aid flotilla which spot fury from ankara at the time the turkish prime minister accused israel of carrying out a massacre saying it won't be able to clean the blood off its hands the u.n.

said israeli troops were in breach of international law in twenty twelve for former israeli commandos went on trial in absentia on charges of inciting murder through cruelty and torture and murder in march this year all legal action came to an unexpected and abrupt halt after a new netanyahu and a separate one spoke on the phone with the israeli prime minister expressing his regret the loss of turkish life put up to me and he's an associate professor at the university of oklahoma says if turkey's involvement is confirmed to one's government would face consequences so we search is so boring israel oil on israel to use its airspace against syria even doest series now officially turkish archenemy actually not israel it would help political consequences for the un government and today that all jokes newspaper and t.v. stations were full of meet your news there but do you buy the. claim that turkey a lot this is a space to be used and the foreign ministry and others came up highest

a ranking with the source unitas right away because it would take a huge toll on our brother and his popularity but again it's impossible to confirm without having concrete evidence that i'm wrong damage is a lot to gain from this but it is a lot to lose as well if it gets leaked to the public out and i guess for. president putin says cia whistleblower edward snowden will depart from russia as soon as he has the opportunity but in a question over who's been following the story closely has the details. president lives in a prison south of the former n.s.a. contractor adverse no one will leave for sure as soon as he gets such an opportunity but for now the situation remains unclear and he also reminded the conditions on which russia is ready to crawl into mr snowden asylum now these conditions are if he stops any activities which are aimed at whoring the united states but even if it's in sad that adverse no one came here was knowing of an

invitation that he is a transit passenger traveling to other countries we should. go to but if. we didn't invite edward snowden and russia was in his final destination anyway he was in transit but as soon as he began his journey this route was revealed in our u.s. partners effectively blocked for their flight they even made other countries afraid of taking no one wants to so he ended up blocked on our territory now the leader is from mr snowden came on the twelfth of july and that was his first public appearance within the last three weeks which he spent in a transit zone now mr snowden said that he is now seeking an temporal asylum in russia as he is no longer able to travel to the south american countries and he said. so far well there are three countries in south america which are even as well of believe nicaragua and of these countries they could all for asylum to the

american whistleblower however in that public appearance he he ask in particular for safe passage to secure his travel to south america now he also said that he will submit an asylum application and he hopes that it will be accepted however as of today russian migration officials are no longer commenting whether they have or have not received any asylum plea coming from adverse knowledge and now the american whistleblower flew to moscow from hong kong and he's basically being stuck in a transit zone for the last three weeks. well snowden reportedly still has some extremely sensitive and detailed documents which are likely to be making america a little nervous and apparently relate to how the national security agency is structured and operates now that's according to guardian journalist glenn greenwald who's been breaking the news from the cia leak or he's in possession of literally

thousands of documents that contain very specific blueprints that would allow somebody who. to know exactly how the n.s.a. does what it does which would in turn allow their by 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. if revealed those documents could do huge harm to the u.s. but snowden is not planning to disclose them so says greenwald however the revelations he's already made have been a major blow to american intelligence or to pull scott 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 to the middle east iran's nuclear facilities of course a longtime 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 and 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 and 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 get continue using national security as

a justification for simply appears to be mass espionage well in germany the words united stars of america appeared on the walls of the u.s. embassy on sunday comparing washington's spying tactics to east germany's infamous intelligence service the stop was carried out by activist group anonymous just a week after a similar action by the online activists dot com. syrian state television has announce the army has discovered a rebel operated chemical laboratory packed with toxic substances 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 far more than two hundred eighty barrels of hazardous chemicals at a rebel hideout in a different city the syrian u.n. ambassador claimed it was potentially enough to devastate a whole city and a geisha of chemical weapons being used by both sides have been a crucial issue in the international dispute on health to handle the conflict in

syria both the rebels and assad's forces have repeatedly made claims and counterclaims over the use of nerve gas belgian journalists will be closely following the syrian conflict says the allegations of rebels using chemicals sound very familiar. there wouldn't be a surprise as we only had the students made by the syrian government but they go in so we other reports. in the city interaction issue nobody wrote about the united states the united states made a similar allegations against some of the rebels. but limited use look good weapons this female a geisha was made by the syrian government and by others we get to see these rebels even then sooner you know and most of them want to see and then see people who used to fight in iraq on up i think in syria just ahead here in r t a

transition in turmoil egypt's new government is shaping up with its i'm a supporter someplace else to president but still in force after the break we examine the challenges facing the country as it tries to restore order. privacy has a better chance now then it has had for the past decade or so because now we have a lot of people who know that there's a problem and how big it is. choose your language. make it without any financial center stay still some of. the consensus you. choose to get to use that to the great to.

choose the stories that impact your life. choose the access to your office. it's. news continues here in our team many cities across the u.s. have been engulfed in protests after a controversial court verdict thousands express their anger at me quickly of george zimmerman who shot dead black teenager trayvon martin. as more.

but justice for trayvon protests as they're being called drew tens of thousands of americans into the streets throughout the weekend in many cities like new york the crowd was much bigger than most anticipated thousands of new yorkers is estimated possibly up to ten thousand marched through manhattan sunday evening beginning in union square and converging in times square and then continuing uptown now at many points cards were blocked because the rally took over mean streets and avenues if you saw some tweets on line some would say that that this rally actually occupied times times square now police and demonstrators did eventually clash on the upper east side as cops deployed pepper spray and at least one bottle was thrown as the scene became very tense a warning to reports more than a dozen protesters were arrested during the new york demonstrations against george zimmerman's acquittal of the in the fatal shooting of seventeen year old trayvon

martin however rallies and l.a. in oakland california turned more violent as a poster as protesters clashed with police in oakland the windows were smashed and police cars were damaged there were also reports of small fires burning throughout the city according to reports he's fired rubber bullets against some of the protesters and several demonstrators were transported to the hospital in l.a. officials say nine people were arrested during ongoing demonstrations the l.a.p.d. says some protesters hurled flashlights batteries rocks and chunks of concrete at police and the cops responded by shooting bean bags at the protesters now demonstrations in washington d.c. denver atlanta philadelphia and boston also reportedly attracted very large crowds and the fatal shooting of trayvon martin occurred in florida last february but the incident has come to symbolize a national debate on racial profiling and gun laws zimmerman a former neighborhood watch volunteer shot the on armed glock seventeen year.

claiming it was in self-defense now critics believe that it was a racially motivated crime that has gone on from there since simran has been found not guilty zimmerman supporters see his his acquittal in line with protecting the rights to bear arms and the right to self-defense now amid all these protests that are there spreading nationwide the u.s. justice department is looking into the prosecution of george zimmerman on criminal civil rights grounds federal prosecutors would have to show that mr zimmerman attacked martin because of his race and that the attack was unjustified even if this federal prosecution doesn't come to bear similar men may still face a civil lawsuit from trayvon martin's family but clearly as we see from the pictures and the photographs that have been put on line and from what i witnessed myself in new york city there is a lot of aggravation and anger surrounding the ruling in this case the killing of

people shooting seventeen year old trayvon martin. and there be more calls for protests across the country we talked to professor lisa from the university of minnesota who will be attending a rally in the states she believes zimmerman's acquittal is in line with the racial bias of the u.s. legal system. all the data shows just system in this country is racial from the moment of impact police arrest more people. are convicted in greater numbers they serve sentences that are longer and there are greater numbers of people who are in prison in the united states are given in terms of their population so we already have all that data and that this we see as a continuation of. this man has been acquitted so now it's time for our government to hear our voice that's why i live in minneapolis in the state of minnesota we

will have two thousand people in downtown minnesota. a court to share our concerns about these issues. and you can stay up to date on everything that's happening with post demonstrations across the u.s. by going to our website that will bring you all the latest pictures and videos and reaction. egypt's military backed government is pressing on with its transition plan despite supporters of the ousted president morsy continuing their protest the government features at least two western leaning officials in key posts and u.s. deputy secretary state william burns has already met some of the new officials in the former u.n. nuclear chief mohamed el baradei has now become a vice president covering foreign offense and the country's foreign minister is x. egyptian ambassador to the u.s. . in amman opponents of the muslim brotherhood have released

a document on social media they say came from the group it apparently shows the organization calling for more bloodshed and disbanding the egyptian army the middle east jones says the islamists still need to be involved in the political transition process. and the big question is what. will they really have. these 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're not oh somehow going to let the muslim brotherhood back in to the political game i think that's that's the big question morsi being much more. 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 he's he's as much response was only one crew creating the mess that

egypt is in right now if that the muslim brotherhood now is frozen out the future political system in egypt there is nothing but trouble ahead miss something on the air you can always get an update spy logging on to our website to fill in more depth there you'll find this great story blossoming in the sky one hundred one petal flower opens during freefall as an all female russian skydiving team sets a new parachuting world record at the team's you tube channel to take a look at the breath taking and it's. some forth worth all those of defying gravity canadian engineer has made lena not leonardo da vinci's dream come true and the first human powered head a cult had to come to watch the video the revolutionary use of hide it at all propulsion.

dozens of londoners clashed with police outside a squat building in brixton stalled abandoned mention blocks that have been occupied for decades but in this remove people from forty seven flats including families with young children dozens of protesters attempted to prevent infection setting bins on mines and scattering daybreak crossed the road to him. on activists was arrested on charges of criminal damage and the framed people for example for being faced with x. often the homes are skyrocketing property prices push authorities to reclaim council houses and cash in on the surface but to some of those who are about to be shown the door. an englishman's fame is said to be his castle but nowadays living in social housing here in the london borough of fighting a fierce legal battle to save. if you're a war you have a cease fire an old negotiate a treaty which. sort of recognizes julian and his neighbors live in what's been

dubbed a 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 the needed than the opportunity to live here for little or no rent on the basis that they maintained now though with house prices having guy rocketed the council wants them back. part in the short life arrangement invested large amounts of time and often money to bring the properties up to the habits of stand. by me so the big. crunch. a flooring. needs replacing now or maybe this wouldn't flooring with all. on today's property market and these homes no word said. and with council budgets being cut to the bone

. it needs the money in a statement to r.t. they say the coalition government has instigated a wanted program of cuts financial constraints in local government and as a result it's 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 houses and 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 land that has offered to be house the residents but often the opposite the house is far from the community many have spent the past decades in 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 a human costs at all 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 agent folkston. 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 shutting them out so. london. more news in just about half an hour from now next up is pretty a thing of the past so if you can investigate the international big brother syndrome that's after the break.

or remember those old wacky communist countries who constantly boost their numbers to make themselves feel better or who cares if stores aren't the end this piece of paper a one hundred thousand tons of potatoes that is good enough for me well now we are 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 capital swirled 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 a sense of the government is out there to buy likes oh what a fantastic use of tax dollars but wait maybe i'm being too pessimistic perhaps it worked and really helped spread the message of the us 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.