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tensions run high in part of. the world. let's get straight to our top story. civilians remain in the firing line and warning you may find the following footage the stripping 10 people were killed in the early hours of the morning on this really. shanty refugee camp. were children. quilty facility excuse me is the
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3rd largest refugee camp in gaza it's known as the beach camp in fact for its close proximity to the mediterranean coast the victims are being treated at a local hospital. the israeli forces have yet to acknowledge the bombing but stressed that its operations are carefully directed at rocket launch sites israel claims of hamas their liberally embeds its military infrastructure in civilian areas including hospitals and schools and the i.d.f. says it takes all possible precautions to avoid harming civilians when striking. while a 6 month old baby whose mother the elder siblings died in the strike survived neighbors described defense to a local journalist we are here on the rubbles on the ruins on the debris of the house that used to be the house of our family this is the 3rd
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d. day of the 8 where one of the mother is that we're killed yesterday night came over to this house with harry children hoping tool to liberate some of that aid among the firm really as the area strikes has been intense and have been intensified on the gaza strip they came in from that neighborhood. where the israeli tank shells were intensified on the on the eastern parts of gaza city they felt that they will be able to get some secure moments some safe moments with this at this house in the center in the heart of gaza city that is that wave from the borderlines this. indicating that there is no safe place and safe time and the gaza strip for the time being. we
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were exposed to such a powerful show and but our home was severely damaged the people who were attacked during the showing are simply civilians. what happens is a crime and the world just can't remain quiet about it but because it is easier to take in the world is is because israel seems to be above the law yet i don't know this is a big disaster really a big one imagine a whole family has been killed on the albury just sites another refugee camp located in the gaza strip was also hit by our strings. local health officials claim a woman and her 3 children were among those killed on friday in a strike since the start of the week at least $137.00 people have lost their lives in gaza including dozens of children almost a 1000 palestinians have been wounded. well i'm very happy to welcome on to the program now juliette touma juliette is unicef's chief of communications for the
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middle east and north africa thanks for taking the time today julie had more and more children as we're hearing in our news report they're being caught up in the escalation losing their lives what is unicef's work there at the moment tell us. it's a very fine situation only in the past 5 days now we have reports of at least 4040 children have been carried out in the gaza strip is a terrible situation 1000 people have been reported injured we are giving supplies to medical facilities that's what we are focusing on right now and we also were cleaning the water area and we also documents we document what's happening and we take advantage of this interview to call you on all those fighting to put an end to this violence it is killing many many children children are
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children and they need to be protected at all times is unicef have a particular position on the violence in gaza why it's happening on violence through and stop violence wherever it is should come to an end violence will not bring good sushi and violence will only bring more violence and with that it means that the children will suffer 1st and they will suffer more state and solve violence needs to come to an end some very disturbing lines that have come in over the past week or so claims that children are being used in. shields by armed groups i suppose in the hope that israel would not attack or perhaps block propaganda after that what do we know about that issue. what we know is that children are being clearly that's what we know for you children 5 days and 2 by the way in israel that's unacceptable killing children
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is unacceptable and it should come to an end. many schools have been damaged the study process of course interrupted in terms of education i suppose keeping your life it is but after that comes while we have to have a life children how is this going to affect kids' education their. more than 30 schools say in the gaza strip have been damaged due to the violence only in the past 5 days and many families are actually think in shelter in a u.n. agency sister univision see hundreds. they were on some school so they have very generous opened their schools and are sheltering many families who have been in this place and saw that the both the damage and the fact that schools are being used as shelters is that mentally going to interrupt the education it was really
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interrupting the education of children right now is the violence and that's why it needs to come to an end 3 schools in israel have also been damaged and they're also we are seeing an impact on education and so you know children beyond in school children deserve to be safe. and right now when it comes to gaza no peace is safe for children or if the culture escalates further do you plan to get children to safety or is there something in place for the slightly. we do hope that the violence does not escalate any further and so cool you on quite these to the conflict to take a step back to deescalate to consume their children to stop the violence and to bring its solution not via violence to this crisis what action can you take increase aid to send additional teams of doctors together. their mass i.d.'s we are
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in right now we're working at replenishing our supplies so that we get the supplies into gaza as soon as possible but we also it's worth noting that unicef has been present on the ground for more than 50 years in and in the gaza strip and across the state of palestine and so it is important we do have supplies so what we're doing is we're seeing where the needs are so that we are able to send the supplies to those who need the most and the needs right now i'm most in the medical areas so that. has workers are able to buy and assistance to the wounded among the many children we have very pressing issue. you very much unicef middle east north africa regional chief of communications appreciate your time thank you thank you meanwhile this afternoon warnings right now it's across televisa said it's launched dozens of rockets towards the israeli city in the suburb of. a 55 year old man died
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in a rocket strike according to reports he didn't have time to reach a bomb shelter and didn't have one in his own with more on the latest developments here is paul asleep. here in the trading neighborhood of from a gun which is just some side tell of if a short time ago 2 rockets landed here one has landed in the street we know that a 50 year old man in his fifty's has been killed he died in the ambulance on the way to hospital now just looking at the damage the entire inside of one building has been destroyed at the same time the debris is still eyeing whatever the place ambulances have been having past carrying people who are injured we understand that a number of people have been injured in a crowd has gathered with people quite angry and quite concerned about what is happening here and i was working to be alex to leave. there was this feeling you know i enjoy my until they still have to wait till. after
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1015 minutes i woke up a nice though this smoke coming form here it was blix more i saw it close to me actually is a situation that we. unfortunately used to seeing. and it's the 1st time that it was so close to me i leave like 7 minutes and here i came exactly when i heard the news now the rockets struck over there and we understand that it hit the building it's not clear to us whether the person who died was next to the car that is completely gone up in flames or was in the building itself the police are making an effort to push all of us out of the area basically are concerned that they could be more rockets any moment now was a short distance from here when this happened and there were a number of explosions in the sky that was as the iron dome anti-missile defense system into stick to the rockets they were at least about 6 explosions that i counted so the situation here so he tends to build up camilla to avoid people now
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town who reacted to the slightest showing rob the come if it was along the paris people there would have panicked we already used to this but it still hurts. it's also should buckets people have gone to the synagogue and when they came back they saw they had no home anymore it's hard but with a strong and we're giving our support to the government and this is part of a barrage of rockets that have passed since into israel on saturday afternoon it says that it is in retaliation for a strike that killed a family of 10 now he has been silenced also sounding in the south of the country in the border communities of ashkelon and ashdod we've heard from the israeli army that since friday they have fired all they have at least struck some 20 what could launches in gaza as you can see this corner shop has been completely destroyed the mannequins are lying down we are being pushed back by the police spec there's glass
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everywhere this is a residential areas so the only people who would have been here on a saturday afternoon are people who live in the area a few of the shops were open but most of them have been closed because of the rocket barrages that have been coming in from gaza today's the 5th straight day are fighting at this point in time the rockets coming in from gaza and the israeli airstrikes on to gaza don't show any sign of letting up policia our team. we discuss the latest developments with bercow retired colonel of the israeli defense forces and commentator and are of the 1st here's how he views the difference between the 2 sides of the call. there is a lot of difference between us and we have the army reason the army can fight for us against hamas. the army is the shield for be easily said to you we did time hamas used to see videos of the she would always tourist what we use who
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are hiding be out behind them who are hiding in town is down to houses and sometimes unfortunately i am very sorry for this there are casualties a result of these. these behavior behavior not normally the norm real. behavior so well maybe there will do some that there. is a result. today. also this saturday and it's really are a strike destroyed a high rise building housing bureaus of the world media and girls. 11 story building which is the al jazeera the associated press was destroyed by missiles the israeli army has said the hamas was using it to coordinate rocket
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attacks it also had private apartments and business offices and was reportedly evacuated prior to the attack after a warning from israel a local reporter witnessed the explosions some also talked to an al jazeera journalist there. oh my god that's what's going down right now it's being it's being had to grossly right now. it's now being gets ugly and sporadically this means that it's being already destroyed completely by this raid of warplanes that's what we are witnessing and the whole world is what you see with us via our t.v. . but mohit. the science
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and the public is now dead and it's dead now it's stick by means of israeli besides it's already level to the ground right now at this 2nd as you see on the cover up. we're reading now for the place full of algae building that was a static if you minutes ago before it was a strike in by the israeli war planes you see here the crowds of people are being are gathering around the building many of these people are those who used to live in this building that's the scene right now and the territory a great deal of anger and rage is ripping through the region to malley ways for the time being now how worse our picture cut now we will be we will not be able to deliver a picture to the world it's very difficult for me to see the same image it's very hard for many years in working this place covering the news covering the both the
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attacks in gaza now there's no big cheer from it is there obviously more something you know i feel very bad. i want to say that we will truly continue to deliver our message we will continue to cover the news in doesn't that you will continue to tell the the message of the palestinian people and to deliver to the all over the world ok this you won't be able to stop our voice but to take it we're building this won't be easy no we will continue this would be of these there if the their target were building and destroying it we will continue from anywhere from gaza all the offices of journalists of gaza to the it will be our office a member of this revelation because to which is part of the palestinian parliament dimitri dili and he says there is no end to the escalation inside. of course it's going to continue it's a netanyahu school tical interest to. strengthen the right
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wing in this will block which is basically worked on fear mongering and that's their job and i saw an opportunity also to slap that mahmoud up us for a sporting indefinitely elections so please luke leave who are the 2 leaders and civilian speed the prats know having said that you have given also the difference own an undue kronk's and the massacres that are committed by this there is are not a group that's what i meant since you tallies with anything in and in the back i believe that there is political interest for both sides to escalate and not to have any sign of ceasefire at this moment in order to gain more more political discourse courson of the foreign ministry is totally detached from the world who who still groom what is he talking about the night of sixteen's or bombing from the
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apartment buildings shopping centers businesses schools sports facilities in the jungle these types their ads have said out who i'm going and getting killed knowing i know well life is too much but you cannot compare 9137 and more than a 1000 injured and you cannot compare that and you cannot compare the the the the abilities of how master another was a distance actions in gaza with the ability of the strongest state in the middle east. well let's leave the region and moved to paris where riot police have been deployed to break up pro palestinian protests there 44 demonstrators have been arrested so far my list i was i. demonstrators are condemning israel's use of force in gaza chanting slogans and holding banners reading israel is a murderer and in the genocide activists gathered in the french capital despite
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a bomb by authorities or refuse of violence the french interior minister himself called for the protests to be blocked over $4000.00 officers have been mobilized was pro palestinian rallies are also taking place in other cities across the country including mar se and legal. i never in germany clashes in the us in berlin with a pro palestinian rally also on the way there the marches coincide with the annual not by a day which marks the expulsion of palestinians from their homes after the state of israel was created for 70 years ago. in greece sprue palestinian supporters have rallied next to the israeli embassy enough in scuffles broke off to run $500.00 activists faced off with police. you're watching r t international we will be right back in 90 seconds and counting with more world news.
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but you've got the end of the spanish empire the end of the british empire the end of the roman empire and you have some similarities and differences but the 3 cities traffic we talk about the rise of one nation in this case china and the fall of the ruling at the time this case the united states we've got all those kinds of things happening right now the people who are least informed about this are the americans themselves because the cable news network of mars the corporate news it's not in their interest to actually prepare people for this they're just considered to be expendable. so country that just. today. you know
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has created. them to joost both domestically i'm going. back with the news hour on r.t. irish nationalists leaders have accused the british prime minister of shielding former soldiers from justice over a number of killings in belfast in 1971 earlier boris johnson apologized on behalf of the u.k. government for the mistakes of the past but not everybody is convinced by his sentiment. the government profoundly regrets and is truly sorry for these events but how investigations of these terrible events were handled and the dish and pine but the families have had to endure in their fight to clear the names of their
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loved ones john connolly was a mother of it she was shot by the british army 4 times she was left lying on the ground for irish today that is not on air that is sheer bloody murder while the secretary of state asked the prime minister to come out of hiding comm with me meet the palmer family and tell them to their faces why he wants to protect the killers where is the prime minister today and why has he not publicly apologized to the families and to this house will he take responsibility as prime minister and show the victims the respect they so obviously deserve it earlier a court declared the 10 civilians killed in belfast 50 years ago in this you did shootings involving british soldiers are entirely innocent it found the british army responsible for 9 of the 10 deaths in the bali murphy massacre in august $171.00 which included a mother of 8 and a catholic priest giving last rites to
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a wounded man however this week the u.k. government on vale plans for a new law is to address the legacy of the past in northern ireland it includes blocking former soldiers from prosecution for any killings committed before 1908 good friday peace deal but former leader of the s.-t. o.-p. allister mcdonnell a pro all are in party in northern ireland safe from liza murphy victims deserve a detailed investigation on a sincere apology from london. these were terrorists these were not people who were who were engaged. any sort of illegal activity are over there were people trying to or by their daily lives. some of the people that were shot were people who went to the. other innocent people that were show. but. it was very brutal and the families have spent 30 years i just hating for justice what people are looking for now you is some sort of accountability and
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a genuine apology from the prime minister and except. the army were totally wrong here on murderous and their intention would have gone a long way towards towards old and credibility but a how far to really most apology. is seen as just out honest basically people are not happy with the people who feel that it's nonsense a year. being one of the poorest countries on the planet and wracked by civil war for years hosting a global movie premiere is clearly not an every day event but that's exactly what's just happened in central african republic the film tells the true story of russian military instructors who were sent to the country to help in the fight against rebel forces artie's constantine rushkoff was at the unfeeling. more than 10000 people showed up for the biggest movie dr myriam the central african republic in
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decades is a huge event for a country that has long forgotten what entertainment is life here is hard we're talking poverty salmon tropical diseases like yellow fever and malaria and what seems to be the never ending cycle of news civil wars and violence but tonight these people are going to have fun for the 1st time in a very long time. it's the 1st ever feature length movie filmed in the country and about the country it's fictional but based on a true story of a group of russian instructors who came here to help the central government in its fight against rivals and as the russian front users of the movie claim things shown on screen including the woeful atrocities committed by local militias and the fierce fighting between them and the regular army backed by the russians are not
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that far from reality on the ground. so film it's a documentary of schools like tony film review some artistic license but all the events contributed to the real. that was because yes there may be some slight differences to what actually happens in certain battles but this is enough to stick approach the actual story about the attempted coup the attempt to seize power are of course based on real events in fact born months ago an event like this was unimaginable because a very real rebels were standing on the outskirts of the country's capital and were very close to capturing this city which could have ended any my dad or you the head of the officers reserve corps contacted our president and according to our military cooperation agreement instructors which are represented by our organization were selected some soldiers in the central african republic couldn't even disassemble a rifle but they were keen to learn and take their training very seriously and
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according to local officials the fact that russian answer to the call from president george ryan did 1018 he's also in the movie by the way and agreed to send a contingent of around 300 instructors under the u.n. mandate through the war torn country a lifeline to the central african republic has been struggling ever since again to dependents from france and 916 the countries constantly ranked among the poorest in the world even despite having large deposits of diamonds and precious metals the republic has been plagued by civil wars and our new clashes between different rebel groups that killed tens of thousands and left hundreds of thousands displaced in the past few decades it is still on safe especially for foreigners and there is an a.t.m. curfew in the city of bungie and we were also strongly advised not to leave our hotel without security as we might be robbed by the board locals a big movie night like this is also
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a clear sign that things are looking up at least now there is help that they can keep the violence to the movie screens and not in real life. because of the rush to go artsy from the central african republic. and big crowd at the movies there and that is are news roundup for not but if you'd like to delve deeper into any of those stories do make sure to stop by our website we're back at the top you can join me then today. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race on speeling dramatic development that only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time. in.
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i'm actually retired senior watching of the lock down addition to going underground on not by day known as the catastrophe 73 years after british occupied palestine turned into israel displacing hundreds of thousands of palestinians this in a week of unspeakable atrocities in the middle east fueled by arms sales from britain e.u. countries in the united states in part 2 we'll be speaking to jerusalem post correspondent 1st proposed a new perspective the palestinian ambassador to the u.k. joins me now from r.t. u.k. headquarters in london a massive thanks so much.
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