palestinian territories see a sixth day of rage with protest against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital erupting in the west bank and gaza strip. a deadly explosion at a major gas puts in europe on high alert with prices soaring and a state of emergency declared. hundreds of protesters clashed with police in catalonia off to madrid orders the transfer of how many artifacts to another spanish region in the wake of the independence bid.

i'm kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. the west bank city of bethlehem has been turbulent since donald trump's announcement last week that he was recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital according to the palestinian health ministry four people have been killed and almost two thousand injured in six days of clashes more protests erupted this tuesday local journalist hinde who reports from the gaza strip. tensions are increasing on the buffer zone nothing nosy she's area we can see and hear we just right now know i know life when it's our shot just right now a palestinian kid got shot just right now in a live footage from days rallies the seniors are still protesting the demonstrations and protests are so going in gaza strip west bank and bethlehem

floor that sixth day today and palestinians have been protesting a sense. thursday night oh we can also see here tear gas pumps that israelis are throwing to use tear gas bombs that are filling the place palestinians have been demonstrating and protesting in garcelle glass bank and beit ahead everyone is being asked and palestinians are expressing their anger everywhere. ok. well meanwhile the israeli army says it's hit back at hamas posts in gaza in retaliation for a rocket launch towards israel locals been describing what happened doesn't freeze

you've heard. some of the blast leeson ciliary lives on your horse i think trump was wrong this time he made a mess we israelis all know the truth in this our consul we don't need him to say. or protest against trump's decision about jerusalem have farmed out across the globe one of the latest was in the chilean city of santiago where its palestinian community rallied in front of the u.s. embassy. similar protests were seen in the lebanese capital beirut while in china zia demonstrators also marched demanding the resignation of the u.s. ambassador but despite the strong objections to tribes decision both in the arab world and beyond the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. insists the blueprint peace tunisian kind of openness is how let me tell you that

will be. us 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 gates of. 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 of the potential to send a speck puts 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

mantras 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 as we came we saw that he died there and then there was that whole weapons of mass destruction routine performed at the united nations by call and how he even brought

props less than a teaspoon full of dry anthrax in an envoy shot 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 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 forward i'll come back and tell you i told you so now if any 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. contest among softer its unsuccessful bid for independence the spanish

region of catalonia has once again been struck by violence hundreds of protesters scuffled with police in the city. was was. not inflaming separatist sentiments this time on disputed relics seized by the spanish will soroses medieval artifacts from a convent in another spanish province that will look to catalonia. that was. out of. the. leak. like league of the central government has in effect basically ended the litigation there said we have the power now and we're going to end this issue once and for all.

this time though you know what is happening in the museum in the that has nothing to do with aren't infinite justice it is the spanish government and the authorities in america and that came to the museum look at and one was. losing. us. was we've already seen the marks against democracy in human rights today we also saw them ignore cultural values people in poser in the view these artifacts with perhaps greater actual value than what they have because they speak to a larger set of trenchant between the two parties.

authoritarian approach on top of all. other authoritarian approaches that the car loans have been subject to that makes this particular case so important. 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 i.o.c. bound russia from the games for alleged state sponsored doping artie's nicaea and joined me 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 a career there will be competing as neutrals though so no russian flags no russian symbols no russian anthem and effectively no team russia they'll be referred to as

ours or olympic athletes from russia now they are mostly said that there are still details that need to be ironed out with the international olympic committee concerning things such as 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 humiliated or basic rights have been taken away we want to compete from other learned for our loved ones for off and on mission there's 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 doping tests as well and the president of the r o c alexandre as you call it also raise concerns that there may be even bigger roadblocks to come what do you restore 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 at home stocks that would be very strange and surprising but i hope that the international olympic committee is interested in the strongest russian athletes taking part of the gate 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 song no schmidt and that report actually highlighted reasonable doubt that any of the suggestions that 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 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 bystanders claiming that this whole decision is 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 this tuesday the i.o.c. banned a further six russian athletes all of them ice hockey players meantime russian

olympic biathlon champions issued out of a believes having to compete under a neutral flag is just a formality she thinks if russian athletes win any medals it will still be perceived as an achievement for the country. i mean that particular commentators won't be saying that an athlete is from the international olympic committee or another that is competing under the international olympic committee is a lack of clubs wrong anyway they will say that enough it came from russia and so the name will be heard and yes there won't be our uniform or our anthem but it will still be our russian medal and our people then leaving 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 do when. one person has died or more than a dozen people have been injured after a gas explosion in austria in shewing fire has now been put out technical problems

are being blamed for the blaze eyewitnesses described flames soaring high into the sky the area around the site of the incident is currently on lockdown the blast reportedly took place at a pumping station along a gas line quality is probably why it has been following the story and joins me live. why they're probably so what more do we know. well this is the gas plant it's a gas facility in austria it's a major hub for importing gas into europe and it supplies a whole host of european countries including germany france italy croatia and slovenia so the repercussions of this explosion have been quite far reaching italy's been the worst affected they're having to declare a state of emergency right now has a serious supply shortage and market prices that have more than doubled for gas but there are also repercussions elsewhere in europe so this explosion is kind of exacerbating existing supply problems in other places for example here in the

u.k. on top of that austrian explosion the most important north sea oil and gas pipeline has been shut down for a couple of weeks in order to repair a crack so that's affecting that as well and on top of that there's also a severe cold snap that's paralyzed much of the country and gas is very much in demand so prices for suppliers have increased they've searched and there are fears now that that price increase could be passed on to consumers here in the u.k. which would be a very bitter pill for people to swallow here at this time of year so this perfect storm of just three variables to show you just how vulnerable the energy supply to europe is at times like this and the issue with the austrian facility specifically where that explosion was is that is the main entry point for russian gas into

europe russian gas accounts for about a third of the overall gas supplies on the continent and there had been a new pipeline in the pipeline in the north stream two that was meant to create another route through which russian gas could reach germany and the rest of europe but that. killa project has been put on ice because of political obstacles essentially some european countries support it but others are worried about an old stream too they think that it will allow more scared to wield too much power and of course sanctions against russia also make it very difficult to anyone to invest in the project. he's probably won't go in london thank you. well europe is establishing its own defense and security body will have all the details after the break.

join me every thursday on the alex i will be sure and i'll be speaking together for the world of politics sports business i'm sure business i'll see you. altie we have a great team but we need to strengthen before the freefall world cold and you're better than a legend to keep it so it's at the back. in one thousand nine hundred two that must qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and i'm hoping to bring some of that waving spirit to the r.c.t. . recently i've had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that peter schmeichel will be on the best form since my last world cup i think that steroids were three. thousand zero zero zero zero you hear i called russia.

nice drive right left left left more or less ok stop that's really good. welcome back europe is looking to both states joy defenses with past sky and the pub an unstructured cooperation pact which was signed on monday and here are some of the pacts and. all twenty five e.u. states have already signed up pascoe comprises eighteen projects in different spheres of defense some of these nato functions well let's have

a look at some of these crossovers like nato pescado will conduct train and assist missions similarly it will dedicate resources to fighting and preventing cyber attacks and it will also establish crisis resolution centers where nato head yen stoltenberg says this project will strengthen the european pillar within nato but top officials have also praised pascoe in you foreign policy chief federica mother called the move historic while. also welcomed it pointing out that e.u. security cannot be outsourced however the foreign minister of poland expressed his concerns he called pascoe an experiment and raise doubts whether europe needs a second defensive body in addition to nato or political commentator more believes that the venture is doomed to fail. was the pouring that the military is to wage war you can either wish to defensive work if you're on the attack or an offensive

word for the attack of the counties where you can attack recounts restocks trunk and trees now defending ourselves against whom against obviously against her but who can think for certain that close i would launch a war against one of its neighbors i mean you see i mean they are bound to lose that war because of illusion 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 kershaw but it would be suicidal to for the same reason the only thing that's left is to attack. and it continues the absurdity of the european construction i'm sorry this is a this is bound to be a failure of course it will exist in that sense it will be a success but you know what's going to what is it going to accomplish preserve peace we don't have war we don't have any of the enjoy for the only problem is terrorism and that's not going to help right there were them. i suspect he monday's

attempted terror attack in new york has not been formally charged he had three bystanders were injured in an explosion close to times square the state governor says he was likely influenced by islamic state where surveillance cameras captured the moments of the blast took place below the port authority terminal said to be the busiest bus stop in the world well the suspect had a homemade plate bomb attached to his body and i.p.t. now say the attack had the potential to be far worse if the device and got off properly 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 plowed a truck along a cycle path in manhattan killing eight people. feeling very scared. that if. this happens every day these. but this happens often and we can't let this be as i think you just pointed out 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 all of a was reportedly radicalized online and inspired by my so christmas attacks in europe terrorism expert doug weeks says lone wolf attacks here to stay. string attacks are happening with increased frequency. and certainly from what we've seen in europe. are perhaps not directly. directed by us but certainly have an affiliation in terms of sympathy with the very. wrong in syria. surprisingly i think. networks. security. think these are going

to problem will continue for some time in the future. and we want russia's federal security service has eliminated a terrorist cell run and funded by islamic states the group had planned attacks today new year's celebrations as well as the presidential elections next month the question of a. precious federal security service has for the plot of a terrorist group which planned attacks including suicide bombings there around new year's 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 the security services confiscated improvised explosive devices they also destroyed firearms and ammunition now according to the you released after as deed at the security services fault eighteen attacks and twenty seventeen alone they also busted fifty six terror 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 state militants are returning to their home countries and seeking to continue their activities after the liberation of syria. meanwhile russian troops have started to return home following their tours of duty in syria it follows monday's order from vladimir putin to start withdrawing russia's forces from the country. well these are the first planes touching down in russia they landed in the south of the country and brought home a russian military police battalion which have been serving in syria since may on monday president putin made a surprise visit to the country where the decision to withdraw russia's troops from syria came five days after it was declared the country had been liberated from islamic state. locals living in an area of paris have

written an open letter to president macron demanding a makeshift migrant camp be cleared from the neighborhood they're threatening to go on hunger strike if the situation's not dealt with. i don't think that this is supposed to solve this problem with me and the system of temporary camps for asylum seekers it is ruining our district and destroying the image of the right to asylum it should be transformed into distance system to help people return to their can't risk. this is not happening by the end of this year a group of us will go on a hunger strike. the migrants have been gathering in the tents and nineteenth districts of paris near to an asylum center they've been living on the streets while they wait for their applications to be process which with the procedure proving lengthy attend counseling sprang up and started to spread. but we gauge the opinion of the migrants volunteer aid workers and locals the one i'm in don't help because look look at me in the stands more than forty five because i'm

here but they don't help us and sometimes you don't i don't have to be just and sometimes i don't have language stick on. their work up you would have to nudism and if you don't like up there you spray it on. the man we come here every week summer and winter to bring food and not some to the homeless and living in folks' migrans there are more of them now the government is doing nothing for us year ago in two years to receive nothing from the government that i wanted to. we had to build this fence to protect our communal car park and all these people here in a city that obviously cost money we do any solution we could come up with but it's not sufficient. over the past two years paris has seen a number of makeshift migrant camps take range before being demolished in a number of cases migrants put up resistance when he was so it has moved in to clear them out resulting in violent clashes. for president macross office has responded to the open letter saying also it is are aware of the situation but it's up to the interior ministry to find a solution political analyst nicol america bitch says the government's not learning

from past mistakes with one hundred thousand rockets firing into that situation last time to come over. was there arrived in france where there's no strategy to return to integrate them to church to shelter them and what happens is these you know couple months ago on the beaches of cali now that this summer they're on the beaches of normandy and now they're on the streets of paris and this specific situation of the one who small local residents are saying that over port eighty thousand have been sleeping in makeshift facilities that you're needing on the streets. creating havoc and of course from that stands crime local residents are very unhappy at the same time the french authorities are doing if you know they're just letting the situation continue as they did before charley so this is a never ending story. the caribbean nation of

domenico was among the worst hit by hurricane maria with many there blaming global warming for the disaster host acts on the boyko went to the island to speak to locals trying to rebuild their lives. this used to be a dream family house by the waterfall tucked in at the foot of the mountain frequented by hummingbirds a place of seclusion and cuny to with nature that in a state family thought was strong enough to withstand any weather the brewery this is their house was flooded with a month but if you personal treasures and above all their lives were spared for me the most important part of the experience was. relating what's important here as you have life you have your family. i think that important and you start from there. many here believe that what turns regular storms into a category five hurricanes has more to do with human activity than bad luck.

domenico used to market itself as a paradise island with its lush and pristine flora some of the scenes from the pirates of the caribbean were shot here at precisely because of the breathtaking views but now it's forest is more akin to mirkwood from the hobbit movies and the overnight change from eden to how is what the global warming in this part of the world is like fast. unfortunately fictional. at the top of the hour my colleague neil hall they will be here with the headlines but for me it's by. credit is one of the basic instruments to drive an economy but it can also lead to tragedy i did it i took the whole gist i can be god and that that the dentist i came to go and he was fired not. many lives have been broken by excess in

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