not be suddenly in the west bank. party dot com fighting fire with fire we report how the u.s. government is taking a page out of hackers book and the relentless battle against online attacks. and another quick away on our t.v. you tube channel windows are blown out and cars battered check police released c.c.t.v. footage of the gas explosion that ripped open an office building in the heart of prague. now slovenia is rushing to reform its economy and the mounting concern it's next in line for the action plan includes the sale of fifteen state companies tax hikes and public sector wage cuts comes ahead of a european commission report do you add the aunt of the month and even arabs over the situation in slovenia well it's tiny economy with a g.d.p. of about forty five billion euros and in debt a banking system burdened with about a seven billion euros of bad loans slovenia is now trying to profit off by transfer . in the non-performing loans of its largest banks to a newly established bad bank meanwhile its credit rating was recently cut to junk by moody's one of the lowest inves

not be sunny in the west bank. now are to call and find out how the world's biggest hacker group is fighting fire with fire us government is taking a page out of the cyber activist block and its relentless battle against online attacks. and. another click away on our t.v. you tube channel windows are blown out and cars battered check police released c.c.t.v. footage of a gas explosion that ripped open an office building and the heart of prague. now somebody is rushing to reform its economy amid mounting concern it's next in line for an e.u. bailout the action plan includes the sale of fifteen state companies tax hikes and public sector wage cuts and comes right out of a european commission report due at the end of the month and you nervous over the situation in slovenia well it's tiny economy with a g.d.p. of about forty five billion heroes and out of debt a banking system burdened with about a seven billion you. hero's of bad loans so he is now trying to profit obviate transferring the non-performing loans of its

which would essentially cut the west bank in half and make any viable palestine area possible.d to create this village, and a tremendously powerful the images that come from there. >> michael: everybody should watch "my neighborhood." julia bacha codirector of that film. thank you for being with us here in "the war room." we'll be back after the break and then we'll be with the best of the rest right after this. compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying.

organizations that is funneled by the hundreds of millions of dollars to the settlement enterprise in the west bank this is active american participation in making a settlement less likely so united states has not only not helped to resolve this i would argue it's made it is made the situation where the u.s. also does give support and financial aid to palestine as well correct to the passing authority alison that are most of which goes to sick. forces which under the agreements that were signed back in the mid ninety's do much more to provide security for israel and in the is illegal israeli settlers than they do for secure provide security for palestinians in the occupied territory they don't protect the palestinians when israelis carry out an incursion or are not down doors in the middle of the night what they do is try and stop palestinians from resisting or attacking israelis who are illegally settling in the occupied territories or otherwise present israeli military forces why do so that's what usaid does in other words going to the palestinians most of them see you argued that the u.s. admini

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now beside me in the west bank. so we look back at the wave of famine ravaged the west africa back in two thousand and eleven and put millions on the brink of starvation. you know i've been asked a few times if i believe in conspiracy theories which is kind of an odd question i mean just in general believe in conspiracy theories like all of them even the ones that contradict each other i mean j.f.k. could have been killed by the mob the cia the k.g.b. and various secret societies at the same time or could he have been nor should just declare themselves official conspiracy theories that's silly obviously it is good just go around fishing for evil plots to explain every situation the mainstream media sure does lie a lot but i think they're telling the truth about that whole sky being blue thing but on the other hand if you never question what the glowing box in your house tells you that just makes you a sucker. the kind of sucker who bought that there were magical mysterious invisible weapons of mass destruction in ir

not be silent in the west bank. r.t. is a prime interest conscious of the numbers and breaks down the financial news a message by the others in a couple of minutes. well . it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. admission is free. free. free. free free. free free. free . olympos. clear. and over the speed. limits so good at least. just see them and. tell me i'm a little. good afternoon and welcome the prime interest i'm sorry i'm boring here and washington d.c. it's your headline. uncle sam is rolling in it revenue from end them taxes to fannie and freddie bailout repayments the u.s. is in the black but only temporary and treasury released his budget figures today for april a reported one hundred twelve point nine billion dollars surplus is ahead of expectations of one hundred seven point five billion dollars for the future might not be so rosy of the treasury is expected to run a deficit again next month we'll talk about the u.s. debt and budget with abby martin the ho

success as the saying goes but grabbing some knowledge for palestinian children and where in the west bank means sometimes having to risk their lives one group has to traverse rocky mountains every day just to get to the classroom and some do it by extraordinary means as artie's poorest reports each morning the steep hills of this inhospitable corner of the dane desert come alive with children scrambling down the slopes to get to class before the bell rings. some children walk seven kilometers each way the very king what you learn you know it takes a certain kind of dedication to be a student at the school peoples of the coming stream obstacles just to get here. in the winter when it rains a lot of children full arrive at school with clothes in the summer the snakes are the main problem. then there are others like judge brinn coercion who come by donkey he wakes up at four each morning so he has enough time to ride the two hours it takes to get to class sometimes i fall from the donkey and i get injured one time i cross the street and my friend who was in another donkey got hit by a car bu

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not be sunday in the west bank. now take a look at some other stories from around the world on the retrial of egypt's deposed president hosni mubarak is underway in cairo these are the latest pictures from the courtroom in which the ailing former president was brought in on a stretcher a barque along with his interior minister and six security chiefs are facing court for their part in the deaths of anti-government protesters in two thousand and eleven egyptian former amir received a life sentence last june but was granted a wee trial in january because of a number of trial irregularities barred was ousted as president in february two thousand and eleven following an uprising that left hundreds of activists killed. d.n.a. tests have confirmed that the man accused of kidnapping and holding three women hostage for a decade in ohio is the father of the six year old girl also discovered at his house ariel castro who is fifty two is charged with rape and kidnapping he would also face execution if he's also charged with ag

them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can put asli r t y d at the hindi in the west bank. i'm back in about half an hour's time with more news but secondly up next it is breaking the set with the mind. although i was born after the vietnam era i remember t.v. discussions about that buddhist monk who burned himself to death as a form of protest the commentators on the news said that people there just have a different mindset that westerners could never understand you know which is probably true but they were implying that people in the west are just different and would never use this absolutely extreme form of protest which is also probably true until just recently with the cost of electricity exceeding the income of the average bulgarian and a new government coming to power that looks exactly like the old government that collapsed at least six paul gary and have used self-immolation as a very desperate and extreme form of protest but why kristen ghodsee a professor at bowdoin college who has extensively talked to bulgaria protesters claims that those who self-immolating a

if we find it's usual to see clashes here in the west bank village of not the cellar between israeli soldiers and palestinian demonstrators villagers claim a nearby israeli settlement is being built on the learned as you enter not be silent this is the sign of welcomes you dozens of tear gas canisters that have been collected just over the past few months a stark reminder of the excessive force the israeli army uses against the small village it remains unclear what's actually inside the liquid i. mean this water is very dirty and has a very bad smell once we left the house for three weeks because of it it's water based and has various ingredients that create a very pungent smell but it is household ingredients as well whatever it is one thing both sides agree on you would not want to be sprayed with this policy r t v sally in the west bank. these are live pictures from cairo where the retrial of egypt's former president hosni mubarak is under way along with his interior minister and six security chiefs are facing court of all the a part in the deaths of the n.t. government protesters

them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can put asli r t y d at the hindi in the west bank. i'm back here again in about thirty minutes time but coming up next our financial experts max chis that and stacy expose those they suspect of sucking up public wealth in europe. paranoia and zero tolerance policies strike yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involves a son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was our gun bang children imitate what they see in every t.v. channel and in many video games kids are going to see a lot of guns in fact the boy at that moment was admirably pretending to be just like his father a u.s. marine you know guns kind of come with that job description rather than complain you all again about the obvious idiocy of zero tolerance policies against children playing let me give one suggestion to actually help fix the problem there are so many teachers and school administrators across america that i bet many of you know one o

>> reporter: simon fisher says more than 50% of the children treated have been palestinian from west bank and gaza strip. >> we believe save a child's heart is a positive message about working together from different nationalities and different religions for the best of our children >> reporter: part of the goal is to train doctors like dr. godfriy who will work in israel for five years. >> when i go back i will start the open heart surgery. >> reporter: before and after surgery, the children live in this house. the change in the children is amazing. >> you see the children going home healthy. you see children that sometimes can barely walk, practically running to the minibus to go to the airport and smiling and looking forward to going home. they have a future. >> less than two weeks after her surgery, esther wasancing with newfound friend and sang a song she sings at home. [singing] >> reporter: julie stall, cbn news, hahlone, israel. >> that's great. despite the political challenges, they can open up their arms in need. >> so precious. thanks for joining -. >> good-bye, and god bless y

more than 45 years after i first learned about the gaza strip and the west bank as a young army recruit, i foined myself surveying this terrain in a helicopter alongside another old soldier, israeli minister defense bogey alamb. -- bogeyalam. as we toured the region i thought what's possible? what's possible that the emocratic -- in the area can succeed? and if it's ultimately achieved, that brings new possibilities. new possibilities to an old region. the old order in the middle east is disappearing. and what will replace it remains unknown. there will continue to be instability. there will continue to be instability in the region as this process plays out and we all must adjust accordingly. but the best hope for long-term stability relies on countries like egypt and libya and syria making transitions to democratic rule. these transitions need to be supported by institutions and legal frame works. these institutions and legal frame works respect human life and liberties and dignity and tolerance and property for all citizens. to assist these nation this is chiefing these goals the unit

israeli groups that supported the west bank settlers?ike produce 23,000 patients to sign off on it. could it be because he supported a republican candidate? could it be mushrooming? >> the leadership institute is another one. >> take a look at this. we have got video, survey lens video as you can see where the ashts come in and at some point it looks like a s.w.a.t. team is raiding the joint. it is peculiar that they would go after gibson guitars because of exotic wood. and the competitors were using the same wood and they were donators to democratic causes? is it a target? that's a gazillion dollar question. >> maybe the administration is against music? >> i hope not. i guess we don't have time for mount rushmore. >> try to hide your disappointment. i have never seen you so crushed. >> we will remind people who are on the mountain. washington, jefferson, roosevelt, lincoln. and could it be president obama now? >> there is a push for president obama to be added to mount rushmore. what do you think? >> and she loves president obama so muc

there have been some small skirmishes around the west bank in various locations, but so far they have not become much larger than a few dozen people. throughout the afternoon, traditionally on this day, violence does occur. we will be watching closely to see when and where that could escalate. >> jane ferguson, thank you. still ahead on the program -- >> he is known as suite nikkei marsella, but has the haitian ?resident soured why china is trying to expand its influence in the frozen north. good to have you with us. there is more bad economic news for europe. france has fallen back into recession after its economy shrunk by .2%. germany posted growth, but i just .1%. the united nations is warming -- warning that a onel aoss then could put 8 million. let -- 8 million lives at risk. bangladesh and myanmar have ordered evacuations. the u.s. ambassador has been foreign to the russian ministry after the expulsion of an american diplomat. the russian security service accuses ryan fogle of trying to recruit a russian officer. the nigerian resident has up up the fight against a radical group

nbc's kevin tibbles has our report tonight from green bank, west virginia. >> reporter: shh. listening to the heavens requires silence. in today's noisy world tiny green bank, west virginia, is the perfect spot for the national radio astronomy observatory. is this the quietest place in america? >> i would venture to say that yes, it is. >> reporter: the green bank radio telescope or gbt is the largest in the world. it hears what's going on in space. big enough to fit a 60,000-seat football stadium in the palm of its hand. >> we have been able to peer back with the gbt to just after the big bang. >> reporter: to listen deep into the seemingly infinite reaches of our universe you need a very big ear and a very quiet place. just don't look down while you're doing it. they take quiet so seriously it's the law. no cell phones, wifi, or other transmitters for miles around. >> there's something. >> reporter: there is even a radio policeman patrolling for interference coming from something as simple as an electric blanket. chuck knight politely asks folks to knock it off. >> we have t

. >> and john kerry gets out of his armored motorcade to get a taste of the west bank. good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. and this afternoon president obama steps back from the recent controversies surrounding his administration, over the irs to outline new counterterrorism policies involving targeted killings by drones and his stalled hopes of closing guantanamo. and joining me to talk about what to expect from the president's counterterrorism speech in the coming hour, mark handler, white house correspondent for "the new york times" and same-s"u.s.a. today' washington bureau chief, susan paige. mark what do you expect on the twin topics of the targeted killings by drones where he is going to try to put a new frame around it and of course, guantanamo bay? >> well andrea, as you say, it's a speech that's going to be about reframing his policy on counterterrorism. and so it will have some broad th theme attic things, i think you'll see the president make the case for why a global war on terror is no longer relevant. that the u.s. should move to a much more narr

one of these outcomes has been increased since 1990, of the israelis and the population in the west bank and arab east jerusalem from somewhere around 200,000 to somewhere 600,000. prime minister netanyahu speaking to a pack in 2011 said 650,000, but that's probably exaggerated. it's in high 500,000. said was not constitute one in 10 of jewish israeli and, therefore, one in 10 of jewish israeli voters. these were intended by israeli planners to make impossible the option of a two-state solution. i'm and reason people talk about settlement blocs. those things were put there by people whose intentions was to achieve prime minister begin's vision that everyone sovereignty between deliverance he. they didn't just sprout like mushrooms until tops. they were planned by strategic planners, people who knew what they were doing. they were intended to make a two-state solution impossible. the settlements and the rigid matrix of control that the necessity over the foru for the people of the occupied territories now in my view constitute insuperable obstacles to the prospect of such a two-state solu

tens of thousands of palestinians have taken to the streets in the west bank and gaza for catastrophe day, which commemorates the massive displacement of palestinians during the 1948 war that followed the founding of israel. >> u.s. president barack obama has criticized the country's tax authorities for targeting groups like the tea party movement calling the action is inexcusable. the internal revenue service has admitted to taking inappropriate conduct when screening organizations for the political views. the justice department has launched a criminal probe into the matter. >> mexico is seeing a big volcanic eruptions. one book that has been in knitting and ash cloud 3 kilometers high affecting nearby towns. authorities say nobody has been told to evacuate just yet, but access to the area is restricted, and emergency shelters are beingng prepared. >> the misery is continuing -- that is how one economist responded to the latest figures out on the eurozone. statistics out today show that the common currency area has entered its longest recession. >> the economies of almost all core co

kerry will spend thursday and friday in the west bank trying to restart the peace talks between the two governments and he'll travel to ethiopia. >>> korea is trying to figure out if missiles were fired. the north conducted four launches. the south korea scientists are analyzing pieces of it recovered from the projectiles. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s. tom kieran is keeping track of the warmth. >> it has turned humid too. we had the passing showers but they're gone now. under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. in the muggy mid 60s in prince georges county, fairfax, arlington counties. much of the rest of the region too. low to mid 60s. we have thick humidity in the air. it will be with us here throughout the day today and through the morning hours. by 6:00 a.m., still in the 60s. mostly cloudy by 8:00. it should be near 70 by 10:00 and might have an isolated shower around by noontime. and by mid afternoon. we'll have maybe a thunderstorm popping up. haymarket, by noon in the upper 70s and partly sunny. a look at the rest of this monday in ten minutes. here is danella with first 4 traff

to the construction of about 300 new houses houses in a settlement near ramallah in the occupied west bank. the army says they will compensate israelis who will -- were evicted from another settlement last year. a war crimes tribunal in bangladesh has confirmed that has consigned -- has consigned --ammad kamaruzzaman of during the 1971 war of independence. the just -- the jamaat-e-islami party says the charges are politically motivated. on five of seven charges and sentenced to hang. mohammad kamaruzzaman is the third leader of bangladesh's biggest islamic party to get the same sentence. a fourth has been given a light sentence could his wife disputes all the charges. -- sentence. his wife disputes all the charges. >> whatever allegations brought against him are fabricated. my husband is innocent. >> war crimes prosecutors say the crimes were committed when mohammad kamaruzzaman was a 19- year-old jamaat-e-islami student leader. the party had supported pakistani forces during the 1971 war of independence. the government says 3 million people were killed in that conflict and thousands of wo

the two sides remain divided over israel he settlement building on the west bank. they are the planets great survivors. i am talking about cockroaches. despised by most humans, but notorious for being close to indestructible. it seems the good old cockroach is more sophisticated than we give him credit for. they outsmarting our attempts to get rid of them. be -- be used by pest controllers are not working. not because they have become immune. scientists have found the cockroaches reorganize their sense of taste to this like glucose, the sugar used in the batit. >> a cockroach being offered a does in figure solution in what must be the world's smallest taste test. reactions have revealed a trick they evolved to evade our attempt to catch andn the righte developed a disliking for a specific sugar, glucose. that is why in these experiments, the hungry pests reject the glucose rich jam but swarm over peanut butter. a change in the sense of taste came about less than a decade after test controllers started using glucose to sugarcoat poison bait they put down a people's

them to make sure they get across whichever way they can point to see on t y d up to hindi in the west bank after the break a leg a genetically modified foods with a lens of a new mexico's iconic chili pepper stay with us here on our to. work. they played a family jazz band together. play hijacked a plane together. what's taking them from music to tara. twenty five years old questions still remain. just bad hi jack. controlling the seeds is not some abstraction whoever provides the world seeds controls the world's food supply are locked in steel vanity fair. for the first time corporations are patenting products that are self replicating uncontrollable and irretrievable. genetically engineered pollen carried by.

press but terrorists so-called people who don't like what the israelis are doing in palestine the west bank and elsewhere and who don't like our support for ridiculous regimes like the one and out rain or saudi arabia you know they take it seriously when our policies impinge upon their neighbors their brothers and sisters you have to look for the reason this you say and what we're hearing here i should say what we're hearing here is blowback you agree or disagree. i think to some degree there is blowback of course but i think it's also it's not as if we can with big draw from the middle east israel is part of it but there's another part of it it's a critically important. area it's. if it goes to hell so to speak we'll be back in there with a lot of military force and it's to our benefit to try to you know jay i mean. maybe you're right and you know with oil and stuff like that i can understand a bit mean should the united states and nato be in the business of regime change well the fear of the united states and nato did not begin the rebellion in libya the libya really being rebellion was h

driving them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can put asli r t y d abu hindi in the west bank. and now to some more international news in brief in pakistan sixteen school two hundred seater had died of her school boss called fire east of the capital islamabad the children were aged between five and fifteen police say seven officers injured in the fire were taken to a local hospital there are reports a gas cylinder also exploded in the blaze. in syria at least twenty four people have been killed in fighting between government forces and rebels in the western city of say eighteen of those who died opposition fighters according to a u.k. based acts of his group president assad's troops launched an all out offensive on the area week ago the city is seen as important for rebels funneling weapons from lebanon which is just ten kilometers to the west. hundreds of left wing activists to have lost in the balance of a block to mark the anniversary of the murder of unemployed minor detail i was stopped to death in his home by four right wing extremists who thought he was abusing the welf

readers stays the days cold and not by an arabic of the catastrophe has broken out in jerusalem on the west bank. through protests against israeli security it's. the drug trade or some base preparing to vote on a new resolution which would condemn this sewer and government and allow rebels to become part of the country's political transition the motion is being brought by cancer and other arab nations but is seems unlikely to win at all well in majority this comes in the wake of international outrage over brutal tactics opposition fighters are literally using russia will be voting against the document which it says is a symbolic move and not reinforced. in pakistan hundreds of supporters of the early q a party have gathered to protest against the recount demanded by the election commission official say a new cold will take place in more than salty polling stations in the economic capital caracas they say some polling stations started late or didn't begin at all in the fall of a second party in protesting the same seat as alleged the and here i am engaged in vote rigging during last week and anot

opinion on the prospects for a peace settlement but also because it would allow me to lecture on the west bankhowever i received a number of emails from palestinian academics there you're nanami's that i should respect the boycott and view of all this i must withdraw from the conference.

driving them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can policy r t y d abu hindi in the west bank. now i placed thirty orthodox protesters and gay rights campaigners have been arrested during a hated. sexual acts of us were protesting before the lower house of russian parliament when they were challenged by christianity chanties welding icons and crosses in these with slots to intervene driving away dozens from signs the initial dust ration was intended to protest russia's anti-gay propaganda rules which activists and rights groups denounced as a crescent homosexuality was decriminalized in russia in their early nineties but homophobia remains right. that's coming up next get on the ball with their own the money here interest in minutes. paranoia and zero tolerance policies strike yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involves a son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use a magination and pee pretended his pencil was argon bearing children imitate what they see on every t.v. channel and in many vi

flashes of broken out in the west bank in jerusalem between palestinian protesters and israeli security services volunteers the thousands of palestinians rallied in the occupied territories to mark sixty five years after hundreds of thousands of arabs were forced from their homes to make way for a new israeli state that is called in arabic which translates as the catastrophe. if there is a bomb blasts have struck across iraq killing at least fifteen people and injuring dozens more that this attack took place next to government buildings and the law the city of kirkuk right to call bombs exploded killing twenty people. in a motorcycle later hit a police checkpoint in a city north of baghdad killing one security officer. at a brings up today for the moment coming your way in just a moment after the break a look beyond the corporate sponsored business news headlines in the prime interest from our washington studios stay with us for that. wealthy british style. that's not on the. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no hol

clashes a broken out in the west bank between israeli soldiers and palestinians protesting . expansion. were used against demonstrators in a village. there were further clashes between police and. prosecutor . who was investigating the murder. and shot dead in the capital islamabad you've been looking into the two thousand and seven assassination of. charges brought against president. responsibility for friday's attack. and election. way home friday prayers. also there was a hard line islamists have attacked egypt's security headquarters in current theory and anti-government protests and it's fun to gases crowd tempted to break into the building while brandishing al qaida flags they say president morsi is building a security state no different to that of ousted leader hosni mubarak so terrible it has been spreading since morsi of the muslim brotherhood was an act it really. was some citizens living in europe's most debt from countries have been resorting to increasingly desperate measures peter oliver has met one such man who turned to crime after three decades of honest labo

rain to state the day's cold not in arabic or the catastrophe has broken out in jerusalem on the west bank placing stone throwing protesters against israel. security forces. the series of bomb blasts have struck across iraq killing at least fourteen people injuring dozens more the deadliest attack icon bombing happened in the northern city of kirkuk killing eight people and wounding eight more so side bomber on a motorcycle later hit a police checkpoint in a city north of baghdad killing one security officer coming up our report on the b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mexico the big rigs. giving peace a chance this may or may not be the case when it comes to the fate of syria russian peace plan to end a civil war is being reconsidered are the u.s. and its gulf allies serious or is this a ploy to merely intensify the conflict. russia was built on coal. fields for its factories. coke for its steel. coal is it and heat for its people. joined me james brown to me to spend their lives underground and work in one of the world's most dangerous professions. would you. call. a mission. critical you sh

driving them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can pull asli r t y d abu hindi in the west bank kaiser report coming up next stay with us here on r.t. . paranoia and zero tolerance policies strike yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involved the son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was our gun bang children imitate what they see in every t.v. channel and in many video games kids are going to see a lot of guns in fact the boy at that moment was admirably pretending to be just like his father a u.s. marine you know guns kind of come with that job description rather than complain you all again about the obvious idiocy of zero tolerance policies against children playing let me give one suggestion to actually help fix the problem there are so many teachers and school administrators across america that i bet many of you know one of them try talking them about the madness of zero tolerance a lot of people do things just because they were told to or t

driving them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can pull asli r t y d abu hindi in the west bank. some more international news this hour in our world update a french soldier has been taken to hospital after he was stabbed in the western business district of paris while on patrol as part of an ongoing anti-terrorist operation he was reportedly attacked by a man of north african origin who was aiming for his neck the suspect is now on the run french president francois hollande said he will look at whether there was any connection with a murder in london on wednesday a british soldier was decapitated by two attackers with a machete sparking a wave of islam a phobic violence there. in pakistan sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher have died after a school bus caught east of the capital islamabad the children were aged between five and fifteen police seven others injured in the fire were taken to a local hospital there are reports a gas cylinder also exploded in the blades. in syria at least twenty four people have been killed in fighting between government forces and rebels in the wes

time now for some other international stories in brief clashes broke out in the west bank between palestinian protesters and israeli security services the violence was sparked after thousands of palestinians rallied in the occupied territories to mark sixty five years after hundreds of thousands of arabs were forced from their homes to make way for a new israeli state days called it nakba in arabic which translates as the catastrophe. there is a bomb blasts have struck across iraq killing at least fourteen people and injuring dozens more the deadliest attack a car bombing happened in the northern city of kirkuk killing eight people and wounding eight more a suicide bomber on a motorcycle later hit a police checkpoint in a city north of baghdad killing one security officer britain is planning to spend nearly one hundred sixty billion pounds over ten years on new military equipment a large amount of the money will go towards a new class of this submarine but the project faces serious problems the sub's nuclear reactor is malfunctioning and it floods underwater. reports on the high tech weaponry