his attempt to. protest the decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel protested. free of islamic state. this remains. from the winter olympics of a doping scandal that erupted two years ago that despite the i.o.c. saying there's no concrete evidence to support claims of state sponsored cheating.

this is r.t. and. tensions are rising in lebanon where protesters have attempted to storm the u.s. embassy in the capital beirut. is the latest in a string of protests decrying president decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. i. i right now we're just a few minutes. go there was

a tribe say fifty or sixty new subs and some world in buttons others actually carrying m. sixteen we managed to push back. a number of. palestinian protesters one of two of which they managed to catch and take back to base behind me which you can see now so that caused a certain amount of tension and so right down the police i think engaged in more of the cleanup and the rearranging themselves you can see behind me all sorts of movement of army personnel reposition themselves police start to take control of these demonstrations are beginning to roll out i think we're at the beginning of something quite big you know just in two thousand and eleven just six years ago or so we saw what sparked the arab spring then and how that i'm sure a lot of governments will release in the region and i think many of those same elites in the middle east how listings in palestinians lot of confrontations and

clashes are happening now between youth times decision for their kids or isn't in palestine especially and moving to gaza strip there is only one in syria now where you're without your guys and there was a rest correspondent who was also affected by tear gas bombs which to islam is considered sacred by juice muslims and christians the jewish quarter of the city is home to the west of war the last remnant of the second jewish temple which was destroyed by the romans the ancient city also houses the shrine of the dome of the rock the oldest islamic monument still in existence and they are x. a mosque that's the third holiest site in islam. well israel calls druce limits a turn the capital however most of the international community recognize that no country in the world has an embassy in jerusalem only consulates the western part of the city is mostly israeli the eastern part palestinian that's holy sites are a particularly sensitive issue with unrest frequently erupting over them and just

earlier today in jerusalem police arrested a man after a stabbing at a bus station left one person seriously injured. as details. come out site at the central bus station in jerusalem where this incident took place on sunday afternoon we've watched the footage of what happened then it appears that a palestinian man like he's trying to enter into the central bus station and then out of nowhere stops the security guard in the chest now we have the sound of the security guards twenty five received treatment at the scene for his injuries but was later taken to hospital he said to be in a serious condition sedated and on a respirator now police say that they are treating this as a terrorist attack and have apprehended the palestinian man they believe that was behind that attack i've been speaking to some of the medical crew who were first at the scene described what they saw we were the first then do it on the scene.

excavated him to. intensive care ambulance and they took him to the hospital all this took place within a couple of minutes and in the latest development today we've heard from the israeli defense minister who's called on israelis to boy caught businesses in the area where protests of being held saying that the arabs particularly those in an area called wadi which is in the north of israel are not part of us they're not part of israel but he did say later on in that interview that he hoped all would be calm soon and that normal life would return. the arab league can move and some of its members even called for recognition of the status. last time with east jerusalem as its capital lebanon's foreign minister suggested sanctions should be imposed on the united states protests were seen around the world. no one has the right to play with the fates of billions of people for the sake of one's personal ambitions. was.

the kingdom of jordan refuses the recognition by the states or jerusalem as the capital of israel and we condemn it that's what violates international law. the decision by the united states in its context gives legitimacy and recognition for occupation and the allowance of the de facto status using force. i. number of rallies in support of palestine have been held across europe and in turkey an emergency session of the un security council was also convened and during that meeting of the fifteen members fourteen we united against just one united states. ok we regret the u.s. president's decision to moscow met washington's decision with serious concern these

decisions are helpful to the prospects for peace in the region our actions reflected an honest assessment of reality it is fuelling tensions and increasing instability in an already volatile and troubling to reach of israel like all nations has the right to determine its capital city unilateral actions attempting to change the status of jerusalem risk buffeting the long existing foundation for thirty two months of these really palestinian issue the united states will not be lectured to by countries that lack any credibility when it comes to treating both israelis and palestinians fairly. and coming up later this hour we will be to big debating the issue of jerusalem with several guests. on tuesday the russian team was banned from competing at the twenty winter olympics international olympic committee chiefs reached their decision based on the findings

of an independent investigation into alleged state sponsored doping but individual athletes who can prove they're clean will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag. these you know i didn't sleep so we'll participate be it in individual or team competitions under the name olympic elsley it from russia. no one thought about what it actually means for the athletes to go to the olympics under a neutral flag and simply the murder of our national sport. the probe headed by former swiss president samuel schmidt found evidence of systemic manipulation of the anti doping rules and system it also led to the suspension of russia's elliptic committee and a fifteen million dollars fine for the schmidt report says it's unclear exactly who

was behind any doping efforts. nevertheless the independent and impartial evidence do not allow the i.o.c. d.c. to establish with certitude either who initiated or who headed this scheme on many occasions reference was made on the involvement at the minister of sports level but no indication independent or impartial evidence appeared to cooperate any involvement or knowledge at a higher level of the state the simple truth is that in order to compete at the highest level you have to do something to stay there and when you have a very well paying job at the level of mr parker and mr reed and travis tygart and so on they need to do to kind of stay on on top and us into doing a new russia is very useful to keep this one is a thing i would question that i have my mind is ok so russia's bond and so long as it was completely beyond what next who else will go after like my my money would be on nobody because they want to keep beating or sick epeat

a new drum say bush is bad russia's bad because if russia is the only bad one in order at least for clean in the case you know not for the case that there's a lot of bad guys everywhere. you know it's just it won't change and now with this it will change even for another i.o.c. investigation looking into individual cases is still ongoing and has already resulted in lifetime bans from the games but twenty five athletes most of them assist their innocence and accuse officials of violating their presumption of innocence. the story is a little more as we would almost nose my uncle but the thing is probably with your period between you know that she only now believes close the record is going to be a very slow i mean almost a. good thing is nice studio does. the

first of do it just reasonably just really should sit on them you can sure. pressed me and i want to shoot of that is to choose to shoot anybody just me. or go to goodness the boy in there which to get chariot the guy is all right but the most the thing even though i've been doing it you want him up so you can enjoy any more of your two at the start so you. to be nearer to the bush a sting or the opinion leaders shinya of what they see with us she watched lots of . it all which in. the morning is not dead i think if you did that just. to say of what did you. watching i'd be the. same a putin said the decision against the russian team was politically motivated saying it's wrong to impose collective responsibility the i.o.c. president has given his assurance that politics played no part in the outcome. the

ai you see is politically absolutely neutral we would not allow her to be influenced by any kind of political considerations in. such a sporting matters they fielded exactly that question and they said this isn't a political decision but of course the world knows that it's exactly that this has been a controversy that has been clouded in political judgment and it's impossible to separate this particular decision from what's going on in the rest of the world regarding fake news and the allegedly intervention of russia into britain's bragg's it vote and even the american presidential election so there is a lot of this kind of stuff swirling around the world at the moment a lot of it is beyond belief frankly about people are accepting some of it so i

don't think you can disentangle the two things. after a short break here we will be getting live reaction to donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. of walks some of you on the idea that dropping bombs brings us to the chicken hawks was made up by the battle. did you start to tell you that the gossip the tabloids. are. you know. we all know what. no russian flag will fly at the twenty year winter olympics but there will be

russian athletes. the russian national anthem will play out during official ceremonies but fans will probably acappella rendition you can take the athletes out of the country but can you take the country out of the athletes. back this week the russian military announced syria had been completely liberated from islamic states but it wasn't that no particular area is now held by the jihadists but there are still small pockets of resistance the russian operation in syria began in september two thousand and fifteen when i saw more territory in the country than any other faction the u.s. led coalition's also been involved in the northeastern part of the country the area

west of the euphrates river now liberated self-proclaimed caliphate effectively no longer exists today the iraqi government also declared it had fully rid the country of islamic state during the russian operation in syria correspondents were given direct access to the conflict. this is the air base. from which russian jets launching. against targets here in syria. that the it's. time. the pilots are ready to go at a moment's notice. in

this amphitheater laid down by the romans almost two thousand years ago that isis staged one of its sickest massacres the russian military considers it the crown in jewel of the operation here in syria. you can see had just some of the impressive military hardware that isis have in that possession that has made the battle for power mera so tough we're extremely close to isis positions less than two kilometers away in. the. words a syrian artillery position overlooking the industrial quarter

of their resort the battle is said to be theists isis fired back as we filmed shells began falling all around. we ran but the syrian batteries kept firing life indeed as order is still far from normal but at least they will be starving to death and the more. that if a person is announced that he will run for president in the elections set for march of two thousand and eighteen auntie's nicky aaron has the details it was widely expected that flatten it peyton would decide to run for reelection next year however he is playing coy on the topic so many times i in recent months and one can help but wonder whether he was genuinely conflicted on whether to run for the president. see again or whether he was just being really good at keeping a secret and playing the media nevertheless we were put out of our misery when he

said this but you grams of frank you for your support yes present my candidacy for the president of the russian federation. for civil war which frank you for your reaction but first of all for you. but it still should prove to be an interesting race over the coming weeks and months with quite an eclectic mix of candidates throwing their hats into the ring one of the most prominent being a stop child who's been gaining headlines around the world she's the former reality t.v. presenter she's also a poster playboy amongst other things that she's considered to be the russian paris hilton and what's also quite interesting about her is that she and t. putin she's attended opposition rallies and she's promised to unite people against vladimir putin when all all the other interesting thing about her is that she happens to be the daughter of the former mayor of some petersburg

a man who vladimir putin himself has referred to as his mentor in those early days so that should prove quite interesting but it goes aside there are an unprecedented number of women entering the race for the presidency next year which is quite extraordinary because it's the first time we've seen any woman enter the race for the presidency in russia in fourteen years and of course there are the usual suspects as well including the liberal democratic party head of lady mir she were not scare the communist party is again r.d. zyuganov and the liberal yabloko parties grigori yavlinsky upside from that are also business on but boris titov who is from the party of growth he has pledged to a champion the rights of entrepreneurs so quite an eclectic mix there for the russian people to sink their teeth into. you ahead of the elections in march next year. let's return to our top story about donald trump's decision to recognize

jerusalem as the capital of israel to debate the issue joined live now by writer and political commentator of the deal as skin and a member of factors revolutionary council dmitri dillion e welcome to you both gentlemen good evening first if i may have a door trips decision's been roundly criticised around the world can you understand why there's been such a negative response. criticize i have no idea people can open the bible and to count how many times jerusalem is in danger and there there will find out also that jerusalem is not mentioned even one time in the koran not even one time people will find out that jerusalem is the capital of israel since nine hundred forty eight and the people of like dimitri and other people who are usually usually coming with hands full of blood like in syria

half a million people killed in iraq they keep killing each other so probably they can explain to us why why they want to port the city of jerusalem in blood now while they're trying to stir up a prize all by the way three days of rage today it was the relative very quiet they failed they fail they lose they are loser is the last all the wars they are trying to step some people in the back they use knifes now they send their children to kill us they go out with isis flags alongside what factor flex they were isis flags as we know it here in israel in jerusalem ok i think we're going to have the inner city for there are bigger and didn't really answer the question but you did put quite a few barbs in there so i want to give. doming to a chance to respond to me to why i'm not i'm not this box means of all hypocrisy i'm not a spokesman for liberal i'm not

a spock i just have nothing new to me i didn't have many people a lot will say i wonder how the long ones from said. ick i really could not hear that. in particular but also so many people around the world unhappy with donald trump said. well before i answer the question if you give me equal time i would like to say that your other guest has accused me of being. having had with blood and that's total nonsense your other guest has publicly supported apartheid white and white south africa he is a convicted felon in the state of israel for desecrating the dead he has called for the death of being employed. dinora so we are talking about doing a changed person that has that that is basing his today's politics based on four

thousand year old text as a person who cares for today and tomorrow i deal with it as today and tomorrow not based on four thousand year old text because simply anybody can interpret their holy book to do whatever we want whatever they want and your other guest is another example who has taken it to the extreme but anyway the whole world is condemning this action because simply it's against international law it's against the framework for the peace process is has forfeited the united states forfeited its position as a broker to the peace process it's a provocation well for one point five billion muslims and over four hundred or three hundred fifty million arabs around the world it minds the global rule of law it's just. a tactic that was cheaply used by donald trump to deal with internal issues in which he has failed to pass any

legislative and a legislative and legislative agenda he has failed to raise his popularity he is. down low of thirty two percent approval rating something unheard of for us president in the first year in the history of so we don't know about a donald trump having troubles at home and he's trying to achieve something abroad but i guess it backfired as food the rage in all that stuff everything was peaceful and i tell you something the israelis have killed poor palestinians in the past two days in peaceful protests while no israeli was killed there was an injury in an attack in and west jerusalem and that was carried out in. the interest one i just want to give a door a chance to respond to that the have been civilian deaths. have the i.d.f. been too heavy handed. not everything is

a lie first everything my opponent says is a lie there were three terrorists killed in gaza strip which has nothing to do with the protests here because gaza strip they fired rockets and they forget about it they just forget that they fire rockets at israeli kindergarten this was what happened now when people who fought followers of hijab in that whole say name hitler skull operator of the ring cycle of world war those so created fatah before nine hundred sixty seven to destroy israel when this resists the same personality it's common to teach us morality listen come on they killed half a million people in syria the same people they kill each other they kill each other everywhere they kill people in europe ninety eight percent of terrorism in the world come from the people like my opponent today and you'll know that. and israel because i love the ring with brady on the slightly estimated let me just move it

slightly before agriculture away bring your light they bring your dog and this is the liberals about they spend with this one is the hall the story we're bringing light of bible prophecy we bring out a lot of what i'm missing a little brings in my daughter by showing off the science of arts of the best pianist best violinist i hear from here ok as he as you would like put a question i want to come across back to dimitri. the violence that the has been seen let's be honest the idea if they do have to defend themselves then they have to try and subdue the the violence and the anger how they're supposed to deal with it. well the israeli army can and can do that within their borders but they are in occupied territory that by international law their presence there is illegal so they cannot be defending themselves why they are illegally on somebody else's land that is unacceptable what they done what they do and what i have been

doing since one thousand nine hundred seven is an aggression and with your. radical has never been to your land never been the old man in the history of those land they were born in russia you were born of leisure as they do you just shut up or. not or had only one person like you who will not play russian forces like you did never be that sally smile and never been palestine here in general now that never more than by arranged for you need to have a radio gathering never you have to wait you took out three you have to live it don't address your break gas everywhere you kill people in europe you've killed i think a lot so please people don't want to let me go everywhere i'm not about to argue with me and to see what it is said you racist hatred and take it back to your original country russia gentleman has like when you talk about the bible i have a very well proud i'm very proud we have certain results i will not allow we have

to throw out the fiber hoddle was good you got a great job with the syria and we have to do they say in the gas ensured that in the area we have to learn from brought in they go back. to thousand make every russian defense go through bafta the art from the little i want to come back to the point of doing for almost every tree set up out from the way you did he said that to me said the donald trump is just deflecting is trying to exact from s.t.k. shoes if we listen to what nikki haley said today she said that actually it's up to the palestinians and the israelis to sort out your response so doesn't donald trump just stood the pole and then run away nikki haley saying actually it's not even our decision to make. is that dr ross directed to me or to handle a guy misses to go he's trying to do it his best way i'm grateful but the issue is

not done the problem they issue as these people go around to the other in a says europeans russians americans and we are here in the middle east the only democracy is the only let all the really a light in lease very dark environment and. the state will allow you all you jail all innovation you promote brain size and in medicine everyone will read and see it all your people from probably will have a coalition we got back to our last radio c.r. and you know me during the period a comment to the heart of the how can i think. a lot i think. well i did not say they were good or are you all in it or opt not terrorism violence with the use flare are terrorists you occupy that is this that if you don't let me if you don't let me respond i'm not going to let anybody hear what you say i cannot plan on said your people because your people are russian and i have great.