watching r.t. international with me the carrier our top story this hour described as both an appeasement and a new crusade the u.s. will open its new embassy in jerusalem this monday the move from tel aviv has divided the middle east but the israeli prime minister is urging more countries to follow america's example saying it will help a stop less pace i call on all countries to join the u.s. and moving their embassies to jerusalem. you remember says to do because it's the right thing to do in this is to jerusalem because. donald trump announced the move last year a fact of lee breaching america's long lasting neutrality on the israeli palestinian conflict both future roussillon as their own city and the decision has been viewed as showing a pro israeli bias it led to violent protests back in december not only in the

region but around the world. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. right here along. the. border was oh oh oh oh oh. oh more now on what will and could happen today we're joined by our middle east correspondent paula paula good to see you what kind of reaction can we expect do you think. well after

a lot of speculation the american president donald trump is not attending this controversial embassy move he has sent instead his daughter ivanka and her husband jeb a question are both of whom are senior u.s. advisers now also in town on the u.s. treasury secretary and a number of members of congress they attended ever section that was hosted last night sunday by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he also invited all eighty six diplomatic missions in the country to celebrate this move but only thirty three confirmed attendance amongst them were guatemala. both of whom on schedule to move their own embassies to jerusalem later this month and also in attendance where representatives from hungary romania as well as the czech republic but interestingly enough there were no waste in the e.u. states present and this does suggest a rift within the block over this whole embassy issue and this is despite the fact that washington really wants approval for it we saw the u.s.

was altering to some dirty tricks when the u.s. sick with the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and nikki haley issued a threatening letter to consider the vote i want you to know the president and the u.s. take this vote personally he will be watching this will carefully and has requested our report back on those who voted against us thank you for your consideration. now ever since the american president announced the embassy moved back in december there have been protests not only in the region but internationally and of the last six weeks we have witnessed intense clashes particularly along the israel gaza border in what has been dubbed the great march of return that has seen some fifty palestinians killed hundreds reportedly wounded and we are on stand by for further clashes today and they have rallied together under the banner of not only fighting against the occupation but also against the embassy move just two days ago we saw residents of jerusalem marched through the city also condemning this move. came

today because i firmly believe jerusalem blogs to everybody and there's just too much bad stuff being done in the name and. i think this is a group of people coming to the center of jerusalem at a time particularly this coming week where. that's just by liberates just. keeping up the occupation. coming out to the forefront of the embassy and this is what i wanted to join to say right now we are holding these we are going for two state solution join one of the four for the local stations and one sharks discography. now yesterday scuffles also broke out at the temple mount in jerusalem between palestinian and israeli worshipers there was actually an attempt by some israelis to mount the israeli flag and one israeli has been arrested what we're hearing now from him us is that as many as two hundred thousand

palestinians will turn out to protest throughout the course of the day so of course that is why the expectation that they could be clashes the israeli army has fourteen reinforcements it is concerned that they could be border breaches and has released this video to try and highlight the reason for its extra security. is really home destroyed. and whole innocent men women and children because. this is not the video that anyone wants to see this week the israel defense forces will do everything to protect the civilians from the math that hamas is planning. ever since donald trump and nonce the embassy and has promised what he scored the deal of the century i.e. peace between israelis and palestinians we've witnessed nothing but growing tensions and violence on the ground so more people are really asking whether this conflict that is essentially sanctuaries old is in any way going to be. better

third by moving the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and more people are coming forward and saying unfortunately no. qualifier thank you for that update looks like it's going to be a dramatic day in jerusalem and we're grateful that you're there covering that for us well thank you. both states have a long time claims over the territory here's a look at how the conflict all started and what's next after washington's embassy in the jerusalem is a city that's been a point of contention for nearly a thousand years ever since the first crusaders arrived to drive the muslim population away for nearly two centuries the area was governed by christian congress under the name of the kingdom of jerusalem but the end of the thirteenth century there had been eight crusades the holy land and up under muslim control with so much turbulent religious history today the area holds significance for christians jews and muslims alike all regard different parts of the old city to be their holy sites and since the formation of the state of israel in one thousand

nine hundred eighty eight israel considers jerusalem to be its capital the subsequent conflict with the arab neighbors saw israel capture and an extra entire city of jerusalem the move has never been recognized by the united nations stands firm on the idea of establishing the two state solution where israel and palestine exist independently so by president trump announcing moving the embassy to jerusalem he's on the line that the u.s. recognizes the holy city to be the capital of israel for the international community that goes against the notion that any change in the city status should come through negotiations not a unilateral action as of now out of eighty seven countries that have embassies in israel the u.s. will be the only country to base its facility in jerusalem. international affairs expert edmund ghareeb believes the decision to move the embassy will worsen the situation in the region and impacts on american alliances.

he has made it very difficult for the palestinian leadership to enter into any kind of negotiation because he has shattered. the international consensus but was there for almost seventy years now clearly he has made decisions a car going through the consequences are going to have cations he has already had united many countries in the world including a lot of the united states. already we have been started hearing some negative responses from some of the european allies in germany and france who see the u.s. is trying to dictate to them the other thing is that to trace its questions about the credibility. and its realty to fulfill promises and commitments that has made the commitments there or decisions

taken that was aleutians by the security council which the us. it's a year since the manual mccraw and it was inaugurated as the president of france but for many in the country his reforms have fallen short of expectations he's also accused of trying to use them i was running a virtual monarchy so in dubinsky takes up the story. discontentment on the streets violent confrontations. used to subdue you protest is this his fronts one lee too much cause for staying in office twelve months ago call it stood here to much fun he had just won the election he was riding on high little did he know perhaps that his real battle was just about to begin reforming the working code provoked

a backlash that pushed ahead. but workers went on strike. everything is done to benefit the rich to give funds and subsidies to big companies the multinationals. is an old true liberal who thinks his bosses his friends but on about the small people so you get that he's against everyone who works against the pensioners against the students. some also argue that much corn has consolidated and concentrated power and by hand picking his m.p.'s who now have outright control of the national assembly he has ensured that his way is the only way. even the grassroots members of his own party have voiced frustration with his leadership saying it's not inclusive and their opinions don't count many are also unhappy that he's bypassed parliament to push through some of the forms by

decree rather than a vote meanwhile not going to said he's proud of his choices and hates having to constantly explain his reasoning that there. is a catastrophic is a general attack on everything a little makes up the french identity and its history it means everything we've succeeded in constructing over the centuries he has chucked it out it's been thrown in the shack cardinals every announcement every new law those prepared encroaches how well more in our democracy whether it be on the judicial level or business level or concerning constitutional reform if. his bringing down all the values of the french republic has turned his back on them the way the system set up is it sometimes described as a republican. and that was how it was conceived and how it's meant to be run it's meant to give for olds stroll. or for to tiff but not all for a tarion leadership but i don't think it's his on them rick. there is you know held

to power balance to his to his power many in front same corner is like a king who doesn't understand his subjects his supporters say he's carrying out the pledges that he was elected on unlike his predecessors he isn't backing down to social pressure but with another four years left to go one former president has given michael a warning those who say that people are looking for a king should never forget they're in a country where the monarch had his head cut off we are asked the presidential administration to respond to the accusation of his critics but they declined to respond solid even ski auti paris. but the twenty eight hundred football world cup exactly one month away a british newspaper has been warning fans to expect

a bruising from bare knuckle fighters it takes the series by a serbian photo photographer who had been working in moscow to highlight the supporters will be given a hostile welcome however the creator says his work has been taken out of context artie's daniel hawkins takes a closer look. as thousands of england fans pack their bags for russia this summer it seems one thing they won't be needing are travel guides forget trip advisor or lonely planet the sun has all the crucial info along with a handy photo guide it's not for the faint hearted though ultraviolence images ahead of the world cup these are some pretty hard hitting photos from a twenty fifteen project by a serbian photographer known as boogie well the images and captions certainly make an impression nationalistic pro-government messages labelled this photo of army cadets a tattooed pensioner next men drinking and smoking in broad daylight a woman with a bruised face perhaps

a victim of those very russian football thugs with a few references to ultras and drinking thrown in the article then finishes with a classic touch it all makes for a pretty grim picture of the upcoming world cup although some comments out of the piece certainly seem to disagree i would invite the sun to roam around some of america's inner cities in the heartland cleveland detroit chicago baltimore and take pictures that knights report back on what you find if you still alive absolutely nothing connecting any of these photos with football hooliganism two men share a smoke and to be here in broad daylight oh my god satan so let's assume for just a moment these are all russian bots and trolls don't take their word for it we caught up with the photographer himself to see what he made of the sun story clearly. and that really trusted. that article will be it will be. a liver as soon it will be anything where i go.

wrong he was context is everything and looking at that article those found some of football trips even more like a nightmare journey to more door. the fact is the wear issue the way i see things i usually captures that i think even if i shoot flowers and puppies it is going to look dark has nothing to do with the real situation and i'm going to be perfectly safe there the world cup me and i feel safe in moscow don't get us wrong these tough been portrayed saw a stark reality of what you can find here in russia as in every major well city but how does that relate to football many would agree that.