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we are going. to start no no no no. no no go for sure thing was. yesterday scuffles also broke out at the temple mount in jerusalem between palestinian and israeli worshippers 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 was why the expectation that they could be clashes in the israeli army has issued a somewhat over the top video trying to justify what many have called its outrageous response is really destroyed fathers and poor innocent men women and children. this is not the video that anyone wants to see this week the israel defense forces will do everything to
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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 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 centuries old is in any way going to be better served by moving the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and more people coming forward and saying unfortunately no. both states have 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 the nearly two centuries the area was governed by christian congress under the name of kingdom of jerusalem but the end of the thirteenth century there had been eight crusades the holy land and up under muslim control
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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 their arab neighbors so israel captured and annex the 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 and not a unilateral action has made it very difficult for the palestinian leadership to go
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into any kind of negotiation. international consensus that was there for almost seventy years but clearly he has made decisions of progress consequences if he has already. including. those already. started hearing some negative. from some of the european allies and as we see the with trying to dictate to the. with the twenty eight hundred football world cup exactly one month away at british newspaper. has been warning fans to expect a bruising from ben arkell fighters it takes the series by a serbian photographer who had been working in moscow to highlight the supporters will be given a hostile welcome however the creators says his work has been taken out of context
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r.t. 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 labeled 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 a finishes with a classic touch it all makes for a pretty grim picture of the upcoming world cup although some comments out of the
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piece certainly seem to disagree i would invite the sun to room around some of america's inner cities in the heartland cleveland detroit chicago baltimore and take pictures that night's 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 a beer 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. soon it would be anything like this. 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
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fact is the weird shoot there is see things usually characters that i doubt i think even if i shoot flowers it. is going to look darker because nothing to do with the real situation i'm going to be perfectly suited their roles got me worse and i feel safe 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 world city but how does that relate to football many would agree that tabloid press pieces should be taken with a pinch of salt but this article is just one drop in the ocean of stories featuring the horrors of russia and its football thugs waiting around every corner to jump unsuspecting visitors although none of that seems to have put off the tens of thousands of foreign fans who've snapped up their tickets and will arrive here in just a few weeks from now we've requested the sun to comment on the photographer's claims
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that he also told as he had asked to remove the article we'll update you as and when we have a response well staying with the fee for world cup now a p.r. effort by a german brewery has backfired before the tournament after its bottle caps with the flanks of the thirty two nations competing this summer went to everyone's taste. german bring company has put the saudi flag with the islamic creed on their old college drinks for the upcoming football world cup this is very disrespectful and offensive. a serious offense if you sing allen muhammad names on alcohol it's a state flag representing the states of saudi arabia one of the flag should use
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either ignorance or attention seeking both reasons don't justify such a mistake in germany we do whatever we want to do it's called freedom of speech. it's a year since a manual mccrone was inaugurated as the president of france but for many of the country his reforms have fallen short of expectations he's also accused of cronyism and running a virtual monarchy in paris thousands marched against mccracken's pro-business economic reforms the protesters they the changes represent an assault on workers' rights is just the latest in a series of rallies across france in recent months and number of which have been marred by violence and clashes with police for over mccrone is now under pressure after a paris knife attack on saturday evening when i'm on
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a chechen origin for one person to death and injured four others he was then shot dead by police i slowly have released a video allegedly showing him pledge allegiance to the terrorist group shaul of dubai the ski is here on the first year. of. discontent. on the streets violent confrontations force used to subdue protesters this is fronts one and two must cons first term in office twelve months ago call it stood here to much fun fact 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 of workers went on strike today for everything he's done to benefit the rich to give funds and subsidies to big
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companies the multinationals. is an old true liberal who thinks his bosses his friends but on about the small people say yes at that he's against everyone who works against the pensioners against and students. some also argue that much corn has consolidated the 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 to move. 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 before this by decree rather than in the meanwhile not quite he said he's proud of his choices and hates having to constantly explain his reasoning get us
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close it edge of an attack is a catastrophic is a general attack on everything that he makes up to the range of identity and its history all of it means everything we've succeeded in some structuring over the centuries he has chucked it out and it's been thrown into a den of shock. every announcement every new law that's prepared encroaches how will. more in our democracy whether it be on the judicial level or business level or concerning constitutional reform he. is bringing down all the values of the french republic he's turned his back on them the way the system set up is it sometimes described as a republican more the key that was how it was conceived and how it's meant to be run it's meant to give for olds stroll. or for or to footnote authoritarian leadership but don't think it's he's democratic that is you know held to power balance to his to his power many in front same corner is like
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a king who doesn't understand his subjects his supporters say he's carrying out the pledges that he was elected on and unlike his predecessors he isn't backing down to social pressure but with another four years left to go one former president has given my call 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 asked the presidential administration to respond to the accusation of his critics but they declined to respond so it didn't ski auti paris still to come donald trump has taken to twitter once again this time to say america is securing stability in the middle east are you how he reached that this conclusion after the break.
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join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. well world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way was going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous is a huge tournaments and the huge amount of pressure you have to go i mean eighty percent of the beach will probably read you. a great game the grid game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down there we have to go. alone and doesn't worry you and i'm really happy to join our father two thousand and three in the world cup in russia. this special one come all those appreciate me
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to just say the review the r.t. team's latest edition big open bigger than a better jersey book. welcome back indonesia has been hit with terror attacks for a second consecutive day the latest explosion took place at a police station headquarters in the country's second biggest city of store a buyer a day off the triple suicide bombings on churches in the same city a c.c.t.v. camera captured the moment of the attack on the police h.q. which has left at least ten people wounded it was carried out by members of one family including a ten year old girl who survived the blast it's believed the explosions that targeted churchgoers on sunday was also the work of a single family thirteen people were killed and dozens more injured islamic state
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has taken responsibility for those attacks but so far no one has claimed to be behind the latest explosion. in greece might soon be able to exit a bruising bailout program that was put in place by the international monetary fund and the eurozone as. according to one of the blocs finance ministers but the deep economic crisis and austerity measures the country has suffered has been blamed for the rise of the far right groups that golden door described as fascist and neo nazi and the media has gained wide support as special report now by the redfish media group looks at its spike in popularity. and live terriers one of the latest victims of golden dawn the far right group that has surged in recent years well unleashing a wave of violent.
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