demonstrators attempt to storm the u.s. embassy in beirut in protest at decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital protests have also been seen in. syria has been proclaimed free of islamic state pockets of jihadists remain. russia's ban from the twenty winter olympics over doping scandal that erupted two years ago despite the i.o.c. saying that there's no concrete evidence to support claims of state sponsored cheating. in announces he will run for reelection in the two thousand and eighteen presidential race.

getting to my name is neil harvey you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. 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 israel's capital. as you. look. right now we're witnessing a sort of

a just a few minutes ago there was a charge from at least i'd say fifty or sixty new subs and some of them will be buttons others actually carrying m. sixteen s we managed to push back. a number of. palestinian protesters one of two of which they managed to catch and take back to the base behind me which you can see now so that caused a certain amount of tension. but at the moment now things have calmed 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 please stop so we would take control of these demonstrations are beginning to roll out and 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 sparks the arab spring then and now that i'm sure a lot of governments will be leaks in the region and i think many of those same

elites in the middle east will be wondering is this going to escalate sunday it's also seen protests in gaza and clashes with the police in the city of bethlehem local journalist reports from the israeli palestinian border. the palestinians in gaza strip and the west bank continued their protest of the fourth day of anger palestinians in gaza are protesting on the buffer zone where i am now which is not helo's east asia a lot of confrontations and clashes are happening now between youth for testers and the israelis since the morning there were a lot of protests and demonstrations in students and press local journalists who were chanting slogans against trump's decision for recognizing jerusalem as the state of israel where now everything's ask relating especially in bethlehem there are lots lots of that tear gas bombs and live bullets it's very dangerous now in

bethlehem because it's the main act a lot of for testers in in palestine especially in bethlehem are very angry and moving to gaza strip there's only one injury on not hit i almost border with the tear gas and there was a russian correspondent who was also affected by tear gas bombs. jerusalem is considered sacred by jews muslims and christians the jewish quarter of the city is home to the western wall that's 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 that's the oldest islamic monuments there in existence and also the mosque the third holiest site in islam. it's eternal capital but most of the international community don't recognize that claim no country in the world has an embassy in jerusalem only some consulates the western part of the city's most least really eastern part palestinian it's holy sites are particularly sensitive

with unrest frequently over there and earlier on sunday in jerusalem police arrested a man after a stabbing at a bus station there one person seriously injured dubin ski how small. amount 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 he's trying to enter into the central bus station and then out of nowhere it stops the security guard in the chest now we have the sound that the security guard is 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 just sprite what they saw we were the first them to do it on the scene.

excavated him through a. intensive care ambulance they took him to the hospital all this took place within a couple of minutes and in the latest developments today we've heard from the israeli defense minister who's called on israelis to boy caught businesses in the area where protests have being her. 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. to the arab league condemn trumps move and some of its members even call for recognition of the state of palestine with east jerusalem as its capital of unknowns foreign minister suggested sanctions should be imposed on the us protests were also seen around the globe. no one has the right to play with the fates of billions of people for the sake of one's personal ambitions

. the kingdom of jordan refuses the recognition by the states of jerusalem as the capital of israel and we condemn it violates international law. the decision by the united states in its context gives legitimacy and recognition for occupation and the allowance of a de facto status using force. the number of rallies in support of palestine have been held across europe and in turkey an emergency session of the un security council also convened and during the meeting of the fifteen members fourteen we united against just one u.s. . we regret the u.s.

president's decision 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 fueling tensions and increasing instability in an already volatile and turbulent region israel like all nations has the right to determine its capital city unilaterally actions attempting to change the status of jerusalem respect for its in the long existing foundation for thirty two months of the israeli 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. the decision by trump has sparked much debate we discuss the issue with several guests. for the peace process it actually paves the way to peace because israel will be called upon by the same trumpet ministration to make concessions to its palestinian neighbor which it will be much more ready to do now

that a basic wrong has been corrected which is to to rightfully acknowledge that they drew sloan is the capital the possibility is really seem blocked by what mr trump has done gruesome is a very very sensitive issue to the palestinians to the arabs to the muslims and to the christians of the world and what what he has done. created a serious situation not only of mistrust but of instability and potential for explosion in this part of the world the palestinian authority looks and the hamas is of course they look for any excuse to call for a day of rage so you know that the hamas is in business to kill israelis and to kill political opponents like the fatah and the p.a. uses the day of rage as an excuse in order to avoid making any headway on the peace process and word intifada really means a popular uprising and

a popular uprising continue varieties of ways what is going on today is an intifada what went on three months ago in jerusalem was an intifada but it was entirely peaceful and that's what our authority really aims at a popular uprising that is nonviolent is the best way of expressing the feelings and the rejection of the palestinian people of the trump and israeli occupation. on tuesday the russian team was banned from competing in the twenty eight thousand winter olympics international olympic committee chase reached a decision based on the findings of an independent investigation into alleged state sponsored doping of individual athletes you can prove their claim will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag. please you know i do dare sleep so will participate to beat an individual or team competitions under the name olympic else lead 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 probity by foremost was president samuel schmidt found evidence of systemic manipulation of the anti doping rules system it also led to the suspension of rushes and limpid committee and a fifty million dollars fine for the smith report says it's unclear exactly who is 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 barker and mr reid ian travers target and so on they need to do to kind of stay on on top of us into doing a new russia is very useful to keep this the one of the thing i would question that i have my mind is ok soros has been 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 into drawn say russia's blood rushes by because it is the only bad one in order at least for clean in a case you know not for the case that there's a lot of bad guys everywhere and. you know it's just it won't change and now with this it will change even for the libya putin said the decision against the russian team was politically motivated saying that it's wrong to impose collective

responsibility but the i.o.c. president has given his assurance politics played no part. the i.o.c. 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 elections there is a lot of this kind of stuff swirling around the world at the moment

a lot of it is beyond belief frankly but people are accepting some of it i don't think you can disentangle the two things. the name of putin is confirmed for the russian president c. a march twenty eighth now explain all after the break. no russian flag will fly at the twenty year winter olympics but there will be russian athletes. new russian national anthem will play out during official ceremonies but founds will probably acappella rendition you can take the athletes out of the country but can you take the country out of the athletes. so there is no the all important as a person but he is important as far as is leaving would

cause a risk in the regime falling apart so indeed the americans are americans so much less to have him leave the old oil from time to time they keep saying at the so. in the end i think most countries are accepting that he will stay. this week the russian military announced syria would be completely liberated from islamic states but it was no particular area is now held by the jihad this there are still small pockets of resistance the russian operation in syria began september two thousand and fifteen when. the country than any other faction and

u.s. led coalition so also been involved in the northeastern part of the country in the area west of the refrain now liberated eisel self. proclaimed caliphate effectively no longer exists saturday the iraqi government also declared it had fully rid the country of islamic state in the russian operation in syria ortiz correspondents were given direct access to the conflict. this is the ad in love hockey from which russian jets are launching their sorties against islam x. they target here in syria. whether it's. time the pilots are ready to go what's

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 crowding jewel of their operation here in syria. you can see here just some of the impressive military hardware that isis have in that possession that has made the battle for power mera so tough way 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 wall around. we ran but the syrian batteries kept firing life even did is order is still far from normal but at least they won't be starving to death anymore. but ima putin has announced that he will run for president in the election set for march two thousand and eighteen auntie's nicky aaron has a story. it was widely expected that lattimer putin would decide to run for reelection next year however he has played coyle on the topic so many times over in recent months and well content but wonder whether he was genuinely conflicted on whether to run for the presidency 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 go i'm surprised you for your support yes present my candidacy for the president of the russian federation. for civil war which thank you for your reaction but first of all it's but it still should prove to be an interesting race over the coming weeks into the ring one of the most prominent being in headlines around the world she's there she's also a poster playboy 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 itself has referred to as his resting but it girls 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 mia she were not skier 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 that for the russian people to sink their teeth into ahead of the elections in march next year. this week the cryptic. bitcoin hit a high of nineteen thousand dollars making it the fifth most valuable currency in circulation but its price then took a turn for the worse it's been falling since currently sitting around fifteen and a half thousand dollars the volatility seen the online gaming service steam no

longer accept because the decision for the heist by hackers at the cryptocurrency for night ash where they stole millions of dollars worth of the currency and it takes a look at how because an onus can find themselves vulnerable. it's calling labels the hottest currency no one is using his past milestone off the milestone but the rising value of the crypto currency has attracted both investors and criminals alike here's an idea of how much has gone into the pockets of hackers and elsewhere as we look up through the most infamous cases. this recent case involves mining marketplace nice hash tenants notice quickly discovered that nice hash while it's worth one single wallet totaling over sixty two million dollars the company's advice to users change your passwords. this involves a crypto currency exchange convinced it's multifaceted layers of security keys were divided among owners and transactions had to be cosigned state the era of commingle

and custom of bitcoin and all of the associated seventy thousand units were stolen from the rubbish dump along with his household waste he says he's now bill is in there so that we have it the bitcoin community has been rattled by intelligent hacking exposing security flaws and even catus management these three cases alone including the final mishap have seen the loss of at least two hundred fourteen million dollars worth of bits calling but despite the security issues that have plagued cryptocurrency as over the is the price of bitcoin continues to skyrocket there even predictions that if this continues by this rate this time next year at that school and could be worth more than the entire world's wealth one single bitcoin will equal is it fifteen million dollars the use of bitcoin as a currency is still highly questionable for the moment it's being treated less like a currency and more like a store of value and of course we should be forgetting the volatile roller coaster trip it's taken to get here so hang on for the rights if you're brave enough.

to home phones and people have gathered in the center of the preachments of the ukrainian president but you're pushing. this follows the arrest of georgian president turned ukrainian opposition figure because saakashvili during a similar rally friday at the circus police arrested supporters gathered outside the detention center where he was being held they said like to tires and dust bins so that his family's now on hunger strike he was first detained tuesday on suspicion of assisting a criminal organization on that occasion he tried to evade arrest by climbing onto the roof of his apartment block he was seized by law enforcement officers but a crowd of supporters pulled him from a police found really late to claim that his detention of being purely political in nature. this is a dirty lying operation completely fake it's only being done to disorientate people and to prolong the life of hucksters keep these handcuffs and save them for

poroshenko. early this year second for training citizenship while he was abroad in september his supporters formed a protective crowd around him and marks him across the ukrainian border from poland he's since been pursued by ukrainian force minutes ok i'll be back with the latest news headlines at the top of the hour.

i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch or the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money kill you to spend spend to twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to show what i think what i know about the beautiful guy great to transfer. the case it's going to. come to me but it can also lead to tragedy by lying the whole time and. national on time will be played out during official ceremonies but it will probably country from the athletes well to design games the evidence that was made to hawks like you on that well decision but the decision was that

a wise decision and you're saying that it was a compromise of sorts while i think that the i.o.c. enforce the rules that it has its disposal and it led to the situation we find ourselves in they discipline their member of the russian olympic committee and the i.o.c. is about a good strong olympic game so they they recognize that and have used the expression they don't want to use collective punishment so they created the opportunity for. pleas from russia to participate in the olympic games well it's interesting you say he did they haven't actually resorted to the collective punishment because they are as i'm sure you would agree dozens of clean the russian athletes who have been denied an opportunity to represent their country and the government not the kremlin not.