the a. zero. palestinian territories see a six day of rage with protests against u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital erupting in the west bank and the gaza strip. a terror suspect believed to have been inspired by islamic state is arrested in new york after a blast rocked a central bus station injuring three commuters. hundreds

of protesters clashed with police in catalonia optima dreda orders the transfer of pony artifacts to another spanish region in the wake of the independence bid. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate thank you for joining us. the west bank city of bethlehem has remained turbulent since donald trump's announcement last week that he was recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and more protests have erupted this choose day well for more on this let's cross live now to local journalist hint who three years in the gaza strip hello that henslow can you tell us what the situation is like now. well we have been on.

the past hour and so far there are three injuries. clashes and tensions are rising hundreds of profile testers are coming closer to the buffer zone up so far as a sow's i mentioned there are three injuries so far that is right these are throwing tear gas bombs and live bullets and it's a it's very dangerous here we have been in handling tear gas bombs at the last two hours and we can we can barely take a breath as demonstrated at demonstrations meanwhile demonstrations are also happening all over palos time in gaza strip west bank and bethlehem at palestinian is are still angry about trump state this decision dollars stimulus are or are demonstrating and protesting and did we can see hundreds of protests we have

a we can see hundreds of protesters now. that read palestinian red crescent i just took the three recent injuries from the buffer zone. to the. well as local journalists and who try thank you very much indeed thank you. well meanwhile the israeli army says it has hit back at hamas posts in gaza in retaliation for rocket launch towards israel locals described what happened. was there stories you were here to tell you that was the best

it could still be here in the divorce i think trump was wrong this time he made a mess we israelis almost it drew slim's our capital we don't need him to say it or protest against trance decision about jerusalem have found out across the globe one of the latest was in the chilean city of santiago where it's palestinian community rallied in front of the u.s. embassy. a similar protests were seen in the lebanese capital beirut spawning she news here demonstrators also marched demanding the resignation of the u.s. ambassador that's despite the strong objections to trump's decision based in the arab world and beyond the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. insists the move will bring peace to the region a little thing assess is highlighting that one thing. u.s. leaders seem to believe that if you repeat something over and over again it becomes

the truth take a listen to nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations defending trump's recent jerusalem move which caused violence and chaos throughout the region we are living in the reality that jerusalem is the capital of israel clearly disagree with you this is your hope that this is a regrettable decision as the capital of israel. this decision in the gates of. yes it's the right thing to do but. it is absolutely the right thing to do jerusalem is the capital of israel these decisions i'm hopeful to the prospects for peace in the region the announcement has the potential to send a speck courts to even darker kinds we are living in the reality that jerusalem is the capital of israel when both parties recognize reality peace comes repeating montrose happens to be a thing in washington d.c.

especially when it comes to controversial foreign policy decisions take a listen to the no regime change just a no fly zone montra that we heard regarding the libyan intervention the security council has responded to the libyan people's cry for help this council's purpose is clear. to protect innocent civilians the task that i assigned our forces. to protect the libyan people from immediate danger broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake pretty soon nato cruise missiles were flying in order to back up fighters armed by western countries then eventually the country's leader moammar gadhafi was brutally executed here's hillary clinton retelling her version of the events yes we came we saw that he died. and then there was that whole weapons of mass destruction routine performed at the united nations by calling powell even brought props less

than a teaspoon full of dry anthrax in an envoy shut down the united states senate in the fall of two thousand and one iraq declared eighty five hundred liters of anthrax we have no ambition in iraq except to remove a threat so the weapons of mass destruction weren't actually there and now iraq was left in a shambles the main reason we went into iraq it's a time was we thought he had weapons of mass destruction turns out he didn't well bush was forced to admit that he was wrong about iraq but nikki haley is certain there will be no retractions about jerusalem it will move the peace process for now come back and tell you i told you so now if any of that peace nikki haley is promising ever shows up it's certainly going to make people across the globe quite delighted but until then it looks like simply saying things doesn't make them so caleb oppen r.t. new york. just a month after its unsuccessful bid for independence the spanish region of catalonia has once again been struck by finance hundreds of protesters scuffled with police

in the city of. that was one of. the. inflaming separatist sentiments this time around disputed relics seized by the spanish also russia's medieval aussie francs from a convent in another spanish province what we're looking to catalonia was. there was lightning the e.u. led the central government has in effect basically ended the litigation they said we have the power now and we're going to end this issue once and for all that the. that the leg was the

law you know this was not in the year what is happening in the museum in the there is nothing to do with our getting the justice it is the spanish government and the authorities american one that came to the museum looking at a moon was us was was we've already seen the marks against democracy in human rights today we also saw them ignore cultural values people in poser imbue these artifacts with perhaps greater actual value than what they have because they speak to a larger set of tensions between the two parties. oh ah.

yes. terry an approach on top of all the other authoritarian approaches that the catalogs have been subject to that makes this particular case so important. new york saw a botched terrorist attack on monday and police detained one suspect who is now facing multiple charges he and three other people sustained known life threatening injuries and explosion close to times square the state governor says the suspect was influenced by extremist groups including islamic state where surveillance cameras captured the moments before and after the blast which happened in an underground passageway during the morning commute you can see a financial followed by a tower of white smoke and people fleeing the scene and it took place below the port authority terminal said to be the busiest in the world the suspect had a homemade pipe bomb attached to his body. when we hear of an attack you

saw boise credibly unsettling. and let's be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not. use ultimate goals. well the new york police department now say the attack had the potential to be far worse as the device did not function as intended if it had many more people could have been hit by shrapnel the bombing is the second attack in the city in just six weeks at the end of october a man proud a truck along the cycle path in manhattan killing eight people. i just feel like very scared. it's got to start things this happens on every day basis but this happens often it can work this way and i think it just lights up but i think it's kind of normal for these times were particularly in new york city which is targeted many times and it's the new normal. new york

police identified the suspect as twenty seven year old a coyote orla he emigrated from bangladesh through a visa program for people with relatives who are u.s. citizens or lot was reportedly radicalized online and inspired by eisel christmas attacks in europe. well donald trump used the attack to promote his immigration policy saying the current system allows dangerous people into the country he also slimes the so-called family chain migration which the suspect used to enter the u.s. we discussed the attacks with terrorism expert doug links he believes the trend of global strikes is here to stay strong in attacks are happening with increased frequency in the u.s. and certainly from what we've seen in europe. who are perhaps not directly. directed by us but certainly have an affiliation in terms of them simply be with

a very. rocky in syria it's not surprising i think the. networks either smacking them in horror and security. think that these are going to a problem will continue to happen for some time in the future when they attack midtown manhattan to a standstill but nobody everyone was focused on following the updates. a new york times report gives a fascinating insight into president trump's t.v. viewing habits paper says the president watches at least four hours of television a day and drinks twelve cans of diet coke and just i know you're standing by with breaking news so i may have to cut away from you.

another full story this time in the failing new york times that i watch forty eight hours of television a day roll also i seldom if ever watch c n n o m s n b c both of which i consider. russia will support its athletes who want to take part in the upcoming winter olympics as neutrals after the break.

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welcome back one person has died and twenty one people have been injured after a gas explosion in austria ensuring fire has now been put out technical problems are being blamed for the incident by witnesses described flames soaring high into the sky the area around the site it baumgarten under march in northeast austria is currently on lockdown the blast reportedly took place or to pumping station along the gas line the fire has stopped the supply of gas to europe is states including hungary croatia and italy which has declared a state of emergency. now russian athletes who want to take part in the upcoming winter games as neutrals will have the full support of their country the announcement comes after the international olympic committee banned russia from the

games for alleged state sponsored doping artie's nicaea and join me in the studio earlier with more the russian olympic committee revealed a unanimous decision to grant their blessing to any athlete still wanting to compete in the winter olympic games which will be held in less than two months as you know in south korea there will be competing as neutrals though so no russian flags no russian symbols no russian and german effectively no team russia they'll be referred to as ours or olympic athletes from russia now the r.c. said that there are still details that need to be ironed out with the international olympic committee concerning things that you know what uniform the russian team will be wearing they also said that they reached this decision after hearing the thoughts and concerns of each individual involved in the olympic team from the coaches to the athletes and most of them said you know despite everything they've been through over them over recent months they still want the chance to live out their dreams. every athlete has a dream we train every day for that dream this dream is called the olympics of course we want to perform at the upcoming olympics and have

a chance to compete fairly but unlike our competitors we've been deprived of our flag and anthem. or basic rights have been taken away we want to compete from other learned for our loved ones for off and on mission has been one of the greatest throughout the years we will dedicate every victory and every model to russia become true will be representing with great honor and this decision comes less than a week after the president vladimir putin also gave his blessing to any athlete still wanting to compete is that that russia fully supports them well how will the olympic officials decide who to invite well i'm sorry to say kate is not going to be clear sailing for these athletes who still want to take part in the games in february they still have to be officially invited by the international olympic committee there's a number of points they have to comply with possibly even sitting more don't think tests as well and the president of the r o c alexander as you call it also raise concerns that there may be even bigger roadblocks to come. or one of the main

issues of concern is whether or leading athletes will get an invitation to the olympics so it won't just be those with less chance of winning medals that go leading athletes will have to remain in stocks that would be very strange and surprising that the international olympic committee is interested in the strongest russian athletes are taking part. now just to recap how we got to this point the decision to ban russian athletes followed an investigation by an i.o.c. backed commission headed by the former head of the swiss department of sport also the former president of the country star no schmidt and that report actually highlighted reasonable doubt that any of the suggestions to any knowledge of possible doping in russia went any higher than the national sports association take a listen. 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 a 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 so of course there are other bystanders claiming that this whole decision was politicized as also people claiming that the whole investigation lacks transparency and also the clock is taking a matter of weeks to go and that one step closer to the games but still so many hurdles yet to clear well today the i.o.c. banned a further six russian athletes all of them ice hockey players and meanwhile the russian olympic biathlon champions spent more out of our lives having to compete under a neutral flag is just a formality she thinks if russian athletes win any medals it was done we perceived as an achievement for the country i mean the other to lose weight as commentators won't be saying that unearthly it is from the international olympic committee and that is competing under the international olympic committee is a flag that's wrong anyway they will see that in the athlete came from russia so the name will be heard yes there won't be our uniform or our anthem but it will

still be our russian medal our people competing for our country the main words are our country russia and these medals will anyway return to russia i wish our guys will do what no one expects us to do that is to win. now europe is looking to bolster its joint defensive with pes to go a permanent structure to cooperation pact well twenty five e.u. states have already signed up tesco comprises eighteen projects in different spheres of influence some of these world to pick eight nato functions well let's have a closer look at some of these crossovers like nato tesco will conduct train and assist missions similarly it will dedicate resources to fighting and preventing cyber attacks on it will also establish crisis resolution centers or nato head and stoltenberg says this project will strengthen the european pillar within the.

all top e.u. officials have also praised the pescado pact e.u. foreign policy chief federica mongery any called the move historic while drunk would younger also welcomed it pointing out that security cannot be outsourced however the foreign minister of poland expressed his concerns he called pascoe an experiment and raised doubts whether europe needs a second defensive body in addition to nato. well to discuss this issue further i'm now joined by political commentator sharon brittle hills thank you very much for joining us well can europe afford to splash out on another military alliance. sorry when you do say i didn't her allies you and i'll just repeat the question colonel europe afford to splash out to spend big on another military ally.

where this is actually you know you happy and b. c. and military isn't going wide because you're seeing was the point of the military is to wage war you can either way to defensive work if you're on the attack on the offensive or the attack of the kountry now you can attack recounts piece of strong campaigns defending ourselves against whom against obviously against her but who can think for a second that person i would launch a war against one of its neighbors i mean you see i mean the out bound to lose that war because a relationship of strength this is not good and they don't want a nuclear war nobody wants a nuclear war so i don't see how it mean makes sense to defend ourselves because we don't have any enemies of course we could also attack her side but that would be suicidal too for the same reason that the only thing that's left is to attack your state now we have seen the success of that in afghanistan in libya in syria in iraq

do we really want another such adventure i mean otherwise you see this is just a waste of money and you are using their i mean when we do these military sticked in we do three things we keep the military happy and busy because they want to have a mission as they say we told one they do the military industrial complex which is just wasting money but that's that's something which we do and then of course rules will make all kinds of pundits expert intellectuals join at least as we can be happy that they can celebrate the you hope in union and this new mission and this new meaning. do you hope it's meanwhile the citizens are fed up with you hope that i'm going to be enthusiastic about your job because of that this is a completely behold kartik give your and it has nothing to do with the people who comes on the people etc and so it continues the absurdity of the european construction i'm sorry this is a this is bound to be a failure of course between exist in that sense it would be

a success but you know what's going to what is it going to accomplish. is we don't have war we don't have any of the danger for the only problem is terrorism and that's not going to help right there for them well let's also look at some of the individual concerns me in poland has concerns about pescado with the foreign minister saying that the country's military may fall into foreign hands i mean how realistic is that as a concern. you mean they are concerned that this is weakening nato and yet you see the problem is that. it's not going to defend your home along with nato i mean the problem is that you hope given the haitian people forces you hope doesn't need to be defended i did there was no you have be an army whatsoever harsh i would not invade us because invading a county means or preparing it and it means you know governing it if you really go in the eyes of county then you have to govern it you must realize that in your heart afghanistan syria it's why we are not governing this country have been

destroying them and the old colonialism old even the control of the soviet union over eastern europe was forcing people to you know take care of the country that the occupy or the control but the russians all have any desire thing to take care of poland why would they do that and so i see no reason whatsoever i mean of course the pools at stake about the versions but that's an old story that the poles don't like their versions of this take every opportunity to stir posted it did towards russia but and of course there are reasons for that but i don't think there is any reason in the present for that and that's always what matters what is the situation at present hersh is not the soviet union doesn't have its strength and doesn't have its ambitions and even the soviet union is a complicated story so i mean it seems to me that this is just a few behati behold going wild and of course there is so his gulf war if you wish because increasing military old always involves spawns on the other side and then

an accident can happen but you know unless they want to plan a new war against whom i don't know i mean you see he's in the. them said the west is really cute itself by either accepting or moving the embassy there isn't a single tel aviv annex to do series of them and in jerusalem as the capital all around you hope having a very merry response and this is a real concern that at that point sorry you're well in a fight are going to have to wrap it up then political commentators on britain most thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thank you. well meanwhile russia's federal security service has eliminated a terrorist cell run and funded by islamic state the group had planned attacks during the new year's celebrations as well as a presidential elections next month he's made a question of a as more. precious federal securities for the plot of a terrorist group which planned attacks including suicide bombings around new year celebrations and also targeting presidential elections in march next here now the

bombings were planned by members of an isis affiliated group which was from central asia and europe in the operation of the security services confiscated improvised explosive devices they also destroyed firearms and ammunition now according to the released after as deed at the security services fault eighteen attacks and twenty seventeen alone they also busted fifty six terrorist cells which were planning to create bases in different regions across the country the f.s.b. director warns that the terrorist threat is especially high at this moment as islamic states militants are returning to their home countries and seeking to continue their activities after the liberation of syria well for more on that and plenty of other stories go to r.t. dot com otherwise i'll be back with headlines at the top of the hour so you that.

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