the question of the american dream the bigger question if you had to dream is war. stop the madness that's the play from the israeli president says chaos reigns on the streets cars have been torched in one arab driver is dragged from his vehicle and severely beat the streets are old was tempting and the people are just inspecting the damages that have been inflicted by israeli warplanes or strikes in while the gaza strip enjoys massive aerial bombardment with hundreds of targets it's according to israel palestinians shower israeli cities with missiles in return told on both sides runs into dozens and also this hour funerals take place for the victims of a mass shooting at a school in the russian city if you sam that is medics continue to fight for the

lives of those critically injured in the attack by this is that the victims have been speaking of their heart. her name was she was 15 she was a very resolute girl she had big plans for the future. hello there good afternoon you watching r.t. international 5 o'clock here in the russian capital and we'll start with the latest then on the fighting in israel on the cross border onslaught with hamas because what you see now plumes of smoke from israeli air strikes in gaza early this afternoon hamas had said it was targeting israeli cities in response to israel destroying a 13 story tower block in the building that was reportedly where senior hamas officials had their offices as of now israel has destroyed 3. the palestinian

authority president said israeli aggression and the occupation of palestinian territory have crossed every line a local journalist sent us this report from gaza. here is that iraq. which was completely destroyed by the israeli army by the israeli warplanes yesterday and today is 1st day of the 8 celebration and the territory after the end of ramadan that's 3 pts are almost empty and the people are just inspecting the damages that have been inflicted as you see on the 1st day of it all food true when i'm supposed to be meeting my customers all i'm doing is inspecting the damage and salvaging some of the things left intact i was not here when the book was here it came as a big surprise to me i had never imagined how much damage such a shelling could do not only my shop was damaged but also of the nearby stores you

see plumes of smoke is still billowing from the destroyed partment this is actually a very sad scene to see here in their email neighborhood of gaza city one cannot describe what's going on year and that to retore as is really war planes continued to attack different parts of the palestinian gaza strip the latest of which was the strike against 3 branches of one bank would choke which is called the national the palestinian national bank that is supposed to be to belong to gaza there strikes are continuing in the gaza strip and in several e. and intensely and and actually no one can predict when this the cease fire is reach as there are international efforts to contain that explore the volatile

situation and the region in both sides of the region only that be the people of gaza just chilled with that these these things will come to an end soon and that they can rejoice that people can rejoice with their for their. families most a majority of the people stayed indoor in this very special day of their aid and only the numbers of the population of the locals managed to upgrade more 6 very limited numbers of people prayed at the most read early in the morning ollie's some are children in the front of their houses are a celebrated there where no cars in the streets no vehicles no movement in the streets of gaza because of the urgency of the situation so that is the situation for the moment and. no one can to project so far

when this will come to an end. well hamas says it targeted israel's ramón international airport in the south of the country an air raid sirens have also been heard again in several cities across israel man includes televisual head tonight to talk with our middle east correspondent paula sleep good afternoon again paula firstly just tell us what the situation is like in the city at the moment. well certainly people here are tense and short time ago the sirens sounded and you could see on the street because coming to a screeching halt to people running out of the cars to seek safety along the pavements this comes as it seems increasingly likely that israel might launch a ground offensive into gaza the israeli cabinet will be presented with such a plan that needs approval later this afternoon so he will keep an eye on that number of soldiers who are reservists that has now been called out has reached $70000.00 in total there were

a 100 rockets so far just today that have been fired at israel and at the same time the israeli planes continue to strike high rise buildings in gaza now they were some long range missile. between 20 and 30 that were fired by him us one of them landed near the airport in a large nobody was injured but that is 250 kilometers away from gaza so that is the longest long range missile that is if it been fired the latest tally we have is 7 people killed so far in israel and the number of palestinians so far who have died is $84.00 and that includes a number from the hamas organization now major airlines have also a cancer flights into israel those that are still coming has been diverted to the airport in a last at the same time there are israeli solidarity marches that are being planned

around the country this evening and there is still concern over the growing violence between israelis and arabs in different cities just yesterday as a to the israeli city of battery which is not far from tell every is and there a crowd had tried to attach an arab driver take a look. in the israeli town of but young which is just to the south of jaffa and outside television jewish youngsters have gathered here and they are smashing cars that presumably they think belong to arabs there's also an arab owned ice cream shop down the road and the glass has all been destroyed the iron fittings in front of the building they've come you know with israeli flags to show their support and this is in retaliation to the violence we've witnessed in the last few days which has been predominantly arab and jewish violence so the so the police are firing stun grenades and trying. the police

firing stun grenades and they trying to get people to run away from here at amisom and you can see the security officers coming down the road there trying to push the crowd. out further and further away from here and a lot of the youngsters have moved down the road of it they have finally come in to try and deal with the situation and bring order and come back to back. yet. it is your movies we wanted you know the arab driver wanted to drive into us he pressed the pedal to the metal and wanted to kill us luckily he couldn't do it because another car stopped him because otherwise he would have killed us this is our country and they come to kill us in our own country arabs who live here want to kill us no small children died in the streets because of the arabs now we've come here and the army and police are against us. we can't continue like

this and it's not good what the jews are doing not good what the are observed doing the government is not doing anything so this is what is happening each side is doing what they want for 70 years we've been good neighbors it's a really big pity that this is happening now we have to make sure the things remain good between us. tensions high they've been also shouting at the journalists and checking which channels we all belong to so we're going to make our way out of here it's not the safest place to be. r.t. . well the city about him that we heard about there is not the only scene of violent riots in these really town in florida makes the arab and jewish area the mayor has likened the situation on the streets to a civil war. that was i was.

i. i was israeli border police from forcing a state of emergency in law aimed at curbing a surge in violence that has engulfed the country despite the curfew day demonstrators sporadically clashed with police and a vehicle was set on fire at sea rest has spilled on to the streets in the palestinian territories also security forces responded with stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds there 7 palestinians are said to have been arrested the israeli president meanwhile has urged local and religious leaders along with citizens to do everything they can to stop the violence. do all you can to stop this terrible thing that's happening before our eyes we're dealing with the civil war between us without any reason please stop this madness or we spoke to the human

rights lawyer how wide out of about the escalating situation also with the roof for some inland a former member of the israeli parliament he served as a senior advisor to a previous president. all of this force has been used is because a red line has been passed shooting so many rockets into civilian population concentrations is. despicable i heard there are something that absolutely no country or force in shooting would have anything to do with agreed to in any possible way and israel has had the south settlements are really the people living there at mean in israel proper by the way on our side of the border up alongside the gaza border living in absolute trauma for years children have been truly traumatized we've got the sirens and the rockets and this is not something

you want this is not sustainable she cannot go on and by the way my heart goes out to the gazan population as well and they have been. inhumanely used as human shields by the hamas the hamas is shooting rockets from civilian populations not from the outskirts of gaza but from with him and that is something that the international arena should we take to check and examined because if each suit is a tragedy if it had offices in that building that does not make these buildings a target so israel is targeting civilian structures and that is illegal also let's not forget that gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world and back also is a result of israel's closure not allowing people to to leave. and if beth.

i don't think it's possible possibly to have hamas in an area where there wasn't some kind of civilian nearby it is a densely populated area this does not in any way lessen the other. geishas of israel to take care of where their stray king because it cannot lodge industry minute strikes knowing that there are lots of civilians in the area it could also not target civilian structures as they have been doing. present posen has described the school shooting in the russian city of concern as a barbaric crime adding the control over arms sales needs to be more strict 7 students and 2 teachers were killed and more than 20 others were injured most of them children were on wednesday. pleaded guilty to the attack during a pretrial hearing people in the court did say the suspect showed no signs of emotion during the proceedings artie's done hawkins has been speaking to some of

those who were caught up in the tragic events. shock pain grief on the faces of all those who came to pay their condolences the images of children jumping from windows of floors covered in blood shocked the world here in the accounts 1st hand was worse. or we came to school as usual heavy thing was fine when the class began the teacher called me to the blackboard and just a few minutes later we heard several explosions but no one was concerned and the class continued only some time later we had the school director telling us to meet it to close everything and leave the room. but everyone was deeply shocked we owe our lives to our math teacher who saved us she ran to the door and locked it she was holding it very firmly. still seem in a state of shock they were among the lucky ones for them the nightmare is over

though nobody can say just how long the mental scars will remain for others the nightmare has just begun for us raced to the school when he 1st heard news of the attack hoping he would see his sister evacuated to safety and bring her home she was too late coming out of there which is the doors of the room where my sister was together with her classmates weren't locked so the attacker broke into the room and shot the students. her name was and mine is old foot that's because our parents wanted our names to sound similar she studied in the 8th form but she was 15 she was a very resolute girl she had big plans for the future to finish the 9th form and get an education and i t. o's on the day school staff did all they could to protect the pupils risking it and some losing their own lives in the process he would be the only one asking

questions though could more have been done to prevent this tragedy and how can it be stopped from happening again. we should probably strengthen the school security as now we have mainly elder people working there also we should organize drills like the ones for fire safety and explain to children where they should go and hide if such tragedies happen. the bloodbath in school 175 how to clear a villain but also some unlikely heroes the son of the local imaam escaped the killer who broke right into his classroom only to run back into danger to rescue his injured younger brother who thankfully survived despite being badly hurt. after we were taken out of the school to safety i went to search for my classmates the ones who managed to survive when i found them i went to search for my younger brother when i failed to find him i searched for his class teacher and then

together we put my brother in an ambulance and the teacher sent me with him to there were 4 people with me in the ambulance one was my classmate who jumped out of the window on the 3rd floor to escape that nightmare the other was my brother who had his chest injured also there was a boy with his lip badly hurt by a glass fragment and one girl was sitting there with her hand almost torn apart. everyone i spoke to had one question why how was such cold merciless cruelty possible towards anyone let alone children. was confident but good prevails over evil and that khazan will emerge from the nightmare stronger. this tragedy has united everyone regardless of their ethnic origin or religious belief people from other cities are coming to mourn with us we must stand together in order not to witness such events in the future he invites us to evening prayers out the mosque today and tomorrow or holy days for muslims. all breaking the fast

understandably though the focus of today is on one of the darkest days in total stuns modern history. outside crowds continue to turn up an endless stream and aside from the pain on this day of mourning determination is also present not to let evil break the city's spirit which today has showed its strength daniel hawkins r.t. . the issues surrounding muslim veils are once again highlighting deep divisions in france not just in society but in president macro ruling party that after refused to support the candidacy of a woman who appeared in a campaign poster wearing a face covering more details is charlotte dubinsky. the muslim veil has been drawn

back into the fray here in france now mccall's own party has gotten itself wrapped up in a controversy did over one of its candidates in the local elections in a move that some see is being dealt its board a muslim woman from running on one of its tickets why because in this campaign flight she's committed apparently the ultimate heresy. a hit job the values of the republic called the move party not compatible with the ostentatious wearing of religious signs on election campaign document he that these candidates change their face so all the party will withdraw its support this is a view that being echoed point several prominent government figures from its report political party stand for separation the free leeches and political issues when you are elected you represent everyone and you do not need to show things that are really to try to tell me. you do not wish to present

a candidate with against christians religious symbol it's a political choice the road though has a reopened place a divide within poti with not all supporting the leaderships views on this matter. rather than making the decision inside the party the discussion went to social networks lumping together separatism and the veil which we denounce this is a serious political mistake i disagree with my political party when you have a young female engineer volunteers who joins a party to promote progressive values whether she's veiled or not she has a place with us it's an explosive subject political islam is a reality it is a simmering threat in some neighborhoods and we have to be very firm french law doesn't prohibit someone who is wearing a hijab or indeed any other religious symbol from appearing in a campaign flyer this isn't by men. party is purely political what it really shows

is just how sensitive issues around islam have become here particularly ahead of next year's presidential election for many this is another clear example of how much calling his party have moved towards the right some have described this latest discrimination so what people here in paris think it's a form of discrimination and yes france is a secular country like this because i think it's a form of discrimination everyone has the right to introduce themselves regardless of their religion no matter their origin and stuff like that when we go abroad we have to do what they require our face out of respect for the way things are done in such countries. she's a french origin i do not see why she would not have the right to be a candidate in the elections whether it is a french person or a foreigner everyone in the world has the right to be able to present themselves

plans by from whence they could also see the banning of young girls wearing a huge drop in public spaces have recently triggered international outrage on social media the hash tag hands off why he just said that would single out france's minority muslim population while the international said the proposed idea was a serious attack on rights and freedoms whichever way you look at this this raul * has put my corns party in a pretty difficult and tricky position so let's even ski all see paris. with france because parliament there has approved a controversial health pass potentially allowing citizens to travel abroad and visit mass gatherings for raising concerns about possible discrimination of vaccinating people. we're told this bill will manage no exit from the health crisis yet it is the most coercive measure of control since the beginning of the crisis

the destructive murderers of this majority decision has just adopted this never ending their action the drugs into a permanent digital tree sing bonjour is box is open the health pass is supposed to be implemented in paper or digital form and contain information about india vaccination a recent negative test or recovery from kovi is promised it won't be used as a way to visit restaurants cinemas the stores if the senate adopts the bill as well it will come into force from june the 9th the government says it will help france to return to normal and won't be restricting their health but this will allow us to reopen places welcome in the public to 1st of all some gatherings without this health by us we would have to wait much longer. the french health pass is supposed to be part of a europe wide campaign with the introduction of universal digital certificates to finally ease travel within the block passes

a plan to be implemented in summer for no longer than 12 months however the initiative is getting a mixed reaction. this is a good idea because it will help those who still don't dare to get vaccinated to be finally inoculated we have to coerce people because otherwise they will never get their jobs because french citizens don't believe in vaccines this has already been the case with bird flu and other similar vaccines. it restricts human rights it's against the freedom of choice this is free and informed consent we're not forced to be vaccinated s or taken to sarah test every time we go to a restaurant we travel or take the train at some point it becomes a bit tiring and above all it's inconvenient. if they force us to issue health passports and don't respect our freedom of choice i prefer after all not to go to a restaurant or theatre not to travel if i have to do something for it i won't be part of the system we're not sheep where people who are responsible for our health

our lives and they have no right to force us to do anything i'm against this initiative a mixed reaction then we heard from a member of the french national assembly he does think that local authorities already have excessive power over people's lives and should give them more freedom . rogan the more. the authorities are completely disconnected from what all french people feel right now questions about these health passes remain and their introduction will inevitably lead to issues of inequality so far we haven't managed to vaccinate the entire population and it won't be possible to do that in the upcoming months the government already has excessive powers in dealing with this health crisis as it can make laws by passing regulations as it wishes stop taking french people as fools i don't think anyone wants to put themselves in excessive danger people just want to finally get back to a normal social life that's it. relatives of civilians killed by british

soldiers in northern ireland during the troubles in 1971 condemn the u.k. government's plan to prevent the prosecution of former soldiers involved in the disputed killings with more now on the story his partridge on tuesday a coroner ruled that 10 civilians killed in belfast 50 years ago in disputed shootings involving british soldiers were entirely innocent just a shawl included also found the british army was responsible for 9 of the 10 deaths in the bally murphy massacre in august 1971 which included a mother of 8 at a catholic priest giving last rites to a wounded man northern ireland's deputy 1st minister michelle o'neill was unequivocal and she blamed. the victims and the families of the bella murphy massacre have been vindicated and the truth laid bare this was bridges state murder all the dead were killed over a 3 day period in west belfast immediately after northern ireland's government

introduced internment without trial of irish republican army suspects the british army claimed they'd been shooting at ira gunmen now following a 2 year inquest that involved $150.00 witnesses including 60 former soldiers the families of the dead are demanding justice daniel take it was 44 when he was fatally shot outside an army barracks his son john says the coroner's ruling that his father was innocent has finally given him some peace of mind. where we will leave her. we heard there at the. corner of that sand that all our of loans were entirely honest. we were a study that was absolutely fantastic it was a famous or hard work were done for almost 50 years trying to share our locals the ins at the at that same level everybody was frightened of bush will probably see him people full of them but he was well what should cost that's something we'll work for a very hard for an all alone no train for tuesday's running also paving sided with

the launch of the government's new legislative program which was unveiled in the state hyping of parliament it intends to introduce new notice to address the legacy of the past in northern ireland this includes blocking for the soldiers from prosecution for any killings committed before the 998 peace accord the good friday agreement including former soldiers who committed the body mfi killings relatives of the dead say they would need any challenge any government base to shield their relatives kin is from court and have accused the ministry of defense and boris johnson of complicity it's more or less come from the government of the people are similar off what they are and that and that is that is lazy and that's salt on shirts of families and if you look at the federal and souls so for them to the fatter and souls the because even if that at this legislation it will be challenged and psalms ferociously by from the psycho sales and many many others and will be

challenged in a far far as the european court anderson she says so too the. the the like say the european court to helsinki for the in america and the woman of course to we can be concluded that the courts and roll doubles will supreme court and on shelves that there are so there's not any options or a book that is a holes in the middle and as for instance of for it to be a downing street. express and said the government would review the report and carefully consider the conclusions drawn but for the families of the day and legacy of the past is only now being resolved off a century later and the government will face vocal opposition if they propose knows that prevent justice from fine. i tell you what i would like to see how america i believe like to hear about the door. at the place and for me is that the start of the investigation into my father's staff's. troubles he was going and some mom

was confirmed yesterday i would like to see that but i would also see it for everyone i like to see that. every fact i'm were were the somebody from from the army police from the protestant admin a catholic with whoever i think that they should be and table to be on the street get. an illegal addressed that there obtain pay and that's for the way forward with the british prime minister boris johnson has apologized on behalf of the u.k. government for the mistakes of the past but politician and journalist i'm in the can does say that affected family still want the court's authority investigate and admit the crime i think that a criminal investigation and to murder should not be launched in the inquest which reported yesterday he had to make a finding of fact that i did you know make a ruling or make it that he a are finding.