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

very good evening to you my name is neil harvey this is r.t. international. the west bank city of bethlehem has been turbulent announcement last week that he was recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel 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 journalist reports from the gaza strip. tensions is increasing on the first though nothing knows each year yet we can see and out and see we just right now i know i know life when it's our shot just right now a palestinian kid got shot just right now in a live bullets and days release time seniors are still protesting the demonstrations and protests are so going in gaza strip west bank and bethlehem floyd 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 guys out west bank and beit everyone is being asked and palestinians are expressing their anger everywhere. meanwhile the israeli army says that it hit back at hamas posts in gaza in retaliation for a rocket launch towards israel locals describe what happened. three years.

sometimes. he can still be there in the new horse i think trump was wrong this time and he made a mess we israelis all know that jerusalem is our consul we don't need him to say it's a protest against trump's decision about jerusalem the fun towns across the globe or the latest within the chilean city of santiago or his palestinian community rallied in front of the u.s. embassy. similar protest was seen in the lebanese capital beirut in tunisia demonstrators also mobs demanding the resignation resignation of the u.s. ambassador despite the strong objections to the decision both in the arab world. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. insists the move will bring peace to the region on the scale of mopin assesses just

how likely that will be. 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 you know. this decision. yes it's the right thing to do. it is absolutely the right thing to do jerusalem is the capital of israel these decisions are helpful to the prospects for peace in the region the announcement of the potential to send a speck courts to even clear chinese 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 yes we came we saw he died there and then there was that whole weapons of mass destruction routine performed at the united nations by call and powell even brought props less

than a teaspoon full of dry anthrax in an envoy shot down the united states senate in the form 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 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. one person has died and more than

a dozen people have been injured after a gas explosion in austria the ensuing fire has now been potent technical problems have been blamed for the place witnesses described flames soaring high into the sky the area around the size of the incident is currently locked down last reportedly could a pumping station along a gas line with more details is pretty boy. this is an explosion at the bound austin gas plant it's an austrian guy. facility and it is a major hub for importing gas into europe it supplies a whole host of european countries including germany france italy slovenia and croatia so the repercussions of the explosion have been quite far reaching italy has been the worst affected that having to declare a national emergency as a result because rome now has a serious supply shortage and market prices for gas have more than doubled

elsewhere in europe the explosion is exacerbating existing energy supply issues for example here in the u.k. on top of that explosion the most important north sea gas and oil pipeline has been shut down in order to repair a crack to the pipe and to top things off there's a severe cold snap here at the moment so that's paralyzed travel in some parts of the country so gas is very much in demand people need heating and prices for suppliers have surged in the fairies at this moment there is that price increase could be passed on to consumers which would be at this time of year a very bitter pill for people to have to swallow so this perfect storm of just three variables just goes to show you how vulnerable the energy supply to europe can be at a time like this now the issue with the austrian facility is that it happened to be

the main entry point for russian gas into europe russian gas accounts for about a all of the overall gas supplies to the continent and there had been a new pipeline in the pipeline so to say the nord stream to that was meant to create another way for russian gas to get to germany and the rest of europe but that project has been put on ice due to mainly political obstacles some european countries are all for it all. those are worried that it would allow more scope to wield too much power over the rest of europe and the sanctions against russia have made it very difficult for anyone to invest in the project. russian athletes who want to take part in the upcoming winter games as neutrals will have the full support of the country the announcement comes after the i.o.c. bun drescher from games for a load state sponsored doping. enjoyed my colleague kate partridge earlier 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 they will be competing as neutrals though so no russian flags no russian symbols no russian and the men 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 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 the 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 he said that russia fully supports them well how will the olympic officials decide who to invite well i'm sorry to say kate it's 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 ping 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 the leading athletes will get an invitation to the olympics so it won't just be those with less chance of winning medals that go with

leading athletes will have to remain in hopes that would be very strange and surprising but i hope that the international olympic committee is interested in the strongest russian athletes 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 side 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. this tuesday the i.o.c. bound a further six russian athletes all of them ice hockey players in the meantime russian olympic biathlon champions but longish more out of a believes that having to compete under a neutral flag is just a formality she thinks that if russian athletes win any medals it will still be perceived as an achievement for the country and in their particular lives which has moved commentators won't be saying that an athlete is from the international olympic committee or nothing is competing under the international olympic committee is a flag that's wrong anyway they will say that an 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 europe is looking to bolster its joint differences with post sco the opponent structured corp it was signed on monday it was some of the putting their names. twenty five you states have already signed up comprises of eighteen projects in different spheres of defense some of these will duplicate nato functions so let's have a closer look at these crossovers like nato will conduct train and assist missions similarly will dedicate resources to fighting and preventing cyber attacks will

also establish crisis resolution centers nato head he installed the book says that this project will strengthen the european pillar within nato top e.u. officials are also praised for sco e.u. foreign policy chief federica marguerite called the move his story while. also welcomed it pointing out that e.u. security cannot be outsourced but the foreign minister of poland express concern he called an experiment and raised doubts whether europe needs a second defensive body in addition to nato political commentator john breaux quant believes that the venture is doomed to fail. was the point of the military is to wage war you can either wage a defensive work if you're on the attack on the offensive or the attack of the counties now you can attack we can three so strong countries defending ourselves against whom against obviously against pressure but who can think for a second that question i would launch a war against one of its neighbors i mean you see i mean they are 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 russia but that would be suicidal too for the same reason that the only thing that's left is to attack story and it continues the absurdity of the european construction i'm sorry this is 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 in the for the only problem is terrorism and that's not going to help fight terrorism. violence in counter lonia to retreat orders the removal of facts from the local museum the full story coming up after this break.

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welcome back just a month after its unsuccessful bid for independence the spanish region of catalonia has once again been struck by violence hundreds of protesters scuffle with police in the city. was one of. the inflaming separatist sentiments this time all disputed relics seized by the spanish authorities medieval artifacts from a convent in another spanish province that well known to count alone it. was there was no no. no yes

no no but oh yeah. like i like was 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 the. law you know this was on the way here what is happening in the museum in the there is nothing to do with our knitting justice it is the spanish government and the authorities america when it came to the museum looking at a moon was us was was now that 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 for a tarion approach on top of all. the other authoritarian approaches that the catalans have been subject to that makes this particular case so important. the main suspect in monday's botched new york bombing had been accessing islamic state related materials online that's according to court statement to the seven year old who's had multiple charges pressed against him allegedly planned the attack for a year used his facebook page on the day of the attack to say that trump had failed

to defend america three people as well as self were injured in the explosion near times square i still think. it's got to start i have been dying every day if this happens are. still in the spring i think it's going forward 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. surveillance cameras captured the moment of the blast it took place below the port authority terminal said to be the busiest bus hub in the world the suspect had a homemade pipe bomb attached to his body terrorism expert doug weeks says that lone wolf attacks are here to stay. straying. are happening with increased frequency in the us and certainly from what we've seen in europe.

are perhaps not directly. directed by us but certainly have an affiliation came in terms of sympathy with a break. in syria it's not surprising i think the. networks. security. think that needs are going to probably continue to happen for some time in the future. but this federal security service has eliminated a terrorist cell run funded by islamic states the group of planned attacks during the new year's celebrations as well as the presidential elections next march with more. russia's 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 released after speed deed at the security services fault eighteen attacks in 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. while russian troops have started to return home following tours of duty in syria it follows monday's order from the putin to start withdrawing russia's forces from the country these are the

first planes to shoot 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 monday president putin made a surprise visit to the country the decision to withdraw troops from syria in five days after it was declared the country had been liberated from islamic state. locals living in the moment of paris written an open letter to president michel demanding a shift migrant be cleared from the neighborhood threaten to go on hunger strike if the situation is not dealt with. you know that is supposed to solve this problem we need to end 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 distances didn't help people return to the contras normally if this is not

happening by the end of this year a group of us will go on a hunger strike migrants have been gathering in the tents and nineteenth districts of paris near to the asylum center they've been living on the streets while they wait for their applications to be processed but with the procedure proving lengthy ten come soon sprang up and it started to spread. we gauge the opinion of the migrants volunteer aid workers and locals don't want to help you out because look look at me in the stands more than forty five days i'm here but they don't have us and sometimes the door and i don't have food. and sometimes they don't have blankets to calm our digital and their work up you would have to nudism and if you don't work up they will use bring. them in we come here every week summer and winter to bring food and not send to the homeless and with the influx of migrants there are more of them now the government is doing nothing well first year of all in tears to receive nothing from the government i want to hear we had to build this

fence to protect our communal carpark from all those people urinating this obviously cost money it was there any solution we could come up with but it's not sufficient. over the past two years paris seen a number of makeshift michael camps take root before they were demolished in a number of cases migrants put resistance when the authorities moved into clear them out resulting in violent clashes. as the match runs officers responded to the open letter saying that the authorities are aware of the situation but it's up to the interior ministry to find a solution political analyst nickel or medical he says that the government's not learning from past mistakes we've got over two hundred thousand migrants from going to france each year some process to come over and was they arrive in france well there's no strategy to greet them integrate them to church to shelter them and what happens is the use of a couple months ago on the beaches of kauai now this summer they're on the beaches

of normandy and now they're under streets of paris in this specific situation of the small local residents say that over court t thousand migrants have been sleeping in makeshift facility user urine eating on the streets. creating havoc and of course from that stance crime the local residents are very unhappy and at the same time the french authorities are doing if you go to the situation continue as they did before and tell you so this is a very bad story. the caribbean nation of dominica was among the worst hit by hurricane maria with many there blaming global warming for the disaster and he hopes that some of the boys who went to the island to speak to locals are trying to rebuild their lives. this used to be a dream family house by the waterfall tucked in at the foot of the mountain requested by humming birds

a place of seclusion and you need to with nature that in the city families thought was strong enough to visit any whether. this is a house was flooded with a month but if you personal treasures and above all the lives were spared for me the most important part of the experience was. raising what's important you realize you have a life you have your family. i think it's important that you start from there are. many here believe that what turns regular storms into a category five hurricanes has more to do with human activity than bad luck domenica 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 and 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 based part of the

world is like fast. unfortunately not. back to our top story this hour the string of protests following recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel and promise to relocate the u.s. embassy there from. our correspondent the very embassy right now charlotte's take you through the situation there is quite a lot of people around you. yes that's why to a couple of hundred people have turned out for this protest outside the u.s. embassy here in tel aviv this is where it's been situated for many decades of course donald trump a signal to his intention to move the seat to jerusalem that's because he has decided to recognize jerusalem as the official capital of israel many people coming out tonight with palestinian flags very unhappy about this decision by john from

the state ministration this is now the next night a process that we see of course israel and of course the i do region as well of course there were those protests outside the u.s. embassy in beirut in lebanon yesterday and also outside the u.s. embassy colter in malaysia people incredibly unhappy and there were violent scenes between the security forces and protesters there a decision for the moment it seems relatively calm here but there is an underlying tension people are just incredibly unhappy in fact the white house actually address the tensions earlier on today saying that these tensions are the fact that these protests are actually not the fault of donald trump but the fault of the protesters themselves the protesters who would disagree and say this is all been sparked this tension has all been sparked in the region because of one man donald trump and his decision to state that jerusalem is now the recognized.