party is desperate to get inside the younger softer image the conservative party trying to forward despite the dissent from their own party now they sense to say that this is simply an attempt to detract from some of the much more. important as he is right now the facing the vote is that when the vote is put forward what they see as a priority it's not about equal marriage it's about issues like the economy about europe about immigration these are issues that many quasi weeks activists still not being addressed within their own party well then harris quiney from the british right wing a policy center the boat group says the gay marriage debate distracts public attention from the real problems facing the u.k. i have no idea why david cameron bought gay marriage forward in this way because it's tearing the conservative party apart both in parliament but probably more significantly in the membership of the conservative party there really wasn't a great demand for it in the country and with facing the real crisis was the growth of britain's position in the world and their economy now to distra

a message to worried governing conservative party. u.s. u.-turn america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria amid reports of an alleged government led village massacre. and killed in a baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst ways of violence since the withdrawal of u.s. troops two years ago our top story this hour. around the clock around the world international news and comment from our studio center in moscow britain is governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with the former political side of the euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains but the results show that ukip has so far grabbed twenty six percent of the vote well coming second in the election in south shields pushing the tories into third place. is following events which could have long lasting repercussions for british politics. south shields used to be the seat of former labor foreign minister david miliband and it was seen as a real litmus test for ho

party is desperate to get inside the younger softer image the conservative party are trying to forward despite the dissent from their own party now they say the sense to say that this is simply an attempt to detract from some of the much more. more important issues right now the facing the vote is that when the votes is put forward what they see as a priority it's not about equal marriage it's about issues like the economy about europe about immigration these are issues that many quasi activists fail and not being addressed within their own party. more knees in around a half an hour's time but if you're a company of abby martin with breaking news. 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

party is desperate to get on side the younger softer image the conservative party trying to forward despite the dissent from their own party now they say the sense to say that this is simply an attempt to detract from some of the much more. important is she is right now the facing the vote is that when the vote is put forth what they see as a priority it's not about equal marriage it's about issues like the economy about europe about immigration these are issues that many quasi weeks activists still are not being addressed within their own policy or bend harris quiney from the british right wing policy center the bow group says the gay marriage debate distracts public attention from the real problems facing the u.k. i have no idea why david cameron bought gay marriage forward in this way because it's tearing the conservative party apart both in parliament but probably more significantly in the membership of the conservative party there really wasn't a great demand for it in a country in which facing the real crisis was the growth of britain's position in the world and their economy

peter all of a party girl and. now let's get the thoughts of british conservative m.p. james ward thanks very much mr gordon for joining us here on r.t. so it seems like you case parliament is pretty polarized on this issue and the question is why isn't there a concerted push to get a referendum sort of and the decision made once and for all. well there are there are three main parties in british picks the opposition labor party the government could conservatives and the liberal democrats who are the smaller party in partnership in coalition government and the labor party the opposition and the liberal democrats are both dead set against giving the british people a say the conservative party is committed to a policy of renegotiation and then putting the result of that to an in out referendum by the end of two thousand and seventeen so the problem is although the conservatives as the main party of government in the prime minister david cameron is a conservative prime minister on this issue the government is not united and the liberal democrats will not allow government t

a message to a worried governing conservative party. u.s. u. turn america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria amid reports of an alleged government led village massacre. and seven the killed in a baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst ways of withdrawal of u.s. troops two years ago our top stories. around the clock around the world international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow britain's governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with former political outside of the euro skeptic independence party making impressive gains and early results show that ukip has so far grabbed around twenty six percent of the vote and won by election in the north of england they pushed the conservatives into third place. following events and the repercussions for british politics. south shields used to be the seat of former labor foreign minister david miliband and it was seen as a real litmus test for how people are feeling at the

party and the membership of the conservative party but also perhaps between a small group in central london and what we would describe as the westminster bubble going into their heads that this was a good idea that spent a lot of time with lobby groups like stonewall that really spent a lot of money and effort making it clear that this was a good idea. and this is how we've got to a point where we've got poor legislation that isn't actually going to make this country a better a more equal or less divided place. and a situation where it's done incredible damage to the prime minister possibly irreparable damage now what do you make of suggestions that politicians are using the gay marriage debate to avoid confronting our what's really concerning the british public at the moment such as jobs schools and hospitals. well i have a lot of sympathy for that view and frankly i think it's incredible i think we have to keep reminding people just how severe the economic problems are and the debt that this country faces and indeed other european countries as well but we've got a really serious pr

party is desperate to get on side the younger softer image the conservative party trying to forward despite the dissent from their own party now they say the senses say that this is simply an attempt to detract from some of the much more important issues right now that of facing the vote is that when the vote is put forward what they see as a priority it's not about equal marriage it's about issues like the economy about europe about immigration these are issues that many cost activists fail and not being addressed within their own party hand on the way next year in our task to don't humans' a look at the people used in america's drug trials. 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 tr

party is desperate to get inside the younger softer image that the conservative party are trying to put forward despite the dissent from their own party now they say the senses say that this is simply an attempt to detract from some of the much more important issues right now that are facing the vote is that when the vote is put forth what they see as a priority it's not about equal marriage it's about issues like the economy about europe about immigration these are issues that many quasi roots activists still are not being addressed within their own party when harry screamy chairman of the british right wing policy center the bar group says the gay marriage debate distracts the public from the real trouble so u.k. faces i have no idea why david cameron bought gay marriage forward in this way because it's tearing the conservative party apart both in parliament who probably more significantly in the membership of the conservative party there really wasn't a great demand for it in the country and with the sitting room crisis was to cross a bridge position in the world and their econom

a message to a worried governing conservative party. u.s. u.-turn america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria amid reports of an alleged government village massacre we get my expert opinion on this shortly in r.t. . and seventy killed in a baghdad the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst waves of violence since the draw all of us troops two years ago our top stories this hour. around the clock around the world international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow britain's governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with the form of political euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains over one hundred forty seats claiming twenty five percent of the vote. was following the events which could have repercussions for british politics. it's been a momentous day for the u.k. independence party we've seen them come second in the south shields by election just behind labor and that's significant because we see a pattern emerging the

twenty percent of the vote sending a message to award the governing conservative party. usa you america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria amid reports of an alleged government led village months ago. five were killed in a baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which is something one of the worst waves of violence is that was drawn of u.s. troops two years ago. international news live from moscow this is actually with me you know shapovalov hello and welcome to the program returns governing conservative parties are dramatically losing seats in local council elections with the former political outside of the euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains early results show you kate has so far grabbed twenty six percent of the vote while coming second in the by election in south shields pushing the tories into third place on his party boy kerry's falling about as far as which could have long lasting repercussions for british politics. south shields used to be the seat of former labor foreign minister david miliband and it was seen as

it's not just the conservative party that we've seen i carry out this infighting over this issue the labor and the liberal democrats if they join the conservatives by and large who oppose equal marriage all together then they could be participating in as we said delaying this bill so there's a huge amount of efforts and maybe they to surround inglis. ben harris screamy chairman of the british right wing policy center the bomb group says the gay marriage debate distress a public from the real troubles the u.k. faces i have no idea why david cameron bore gay marriage forward in this way because it's tearing the conservative party apart both in parliament who probably more significantly in the membership of the conservative party there really wasn't a great demand for it in the country and with the sitting room crisis was gross bridge position in the world and the economy now to distract from that agenda to spend an inordinate amount of time on a bill like this that is going to cause severe ructions in the conservative party and in the country as a whole is frankly a sleeper's on. well

their success hasn't been short term and the chairman of the conservative party this morning had to concede that clearly their party is failing to get their message across and they're going to have a think about what they can do to change that. and let's now take a closer look at b. early results of britain's local elections we have three main parties there and the rising star of the show the u.k. independence party so far the tories are down seventy five seats so it's coming so their coalition partners the liberal here we are so empty five seats down the liberal democrats have seen a little less cumulating loss of sixteen seats the labor party did better they are forty two seats up and you keep actually go up to forty two new councillors the unexpected result widely viewed as a sign it could pose a real threat to the three traditional parties of the twenty eight fifteen general election and jungleland broadcaster and columnist her recently joined you keep himself explains why in his opinion it's a better alternative. early marry people working class citizens are fed up of the polit

with me thanks for joining us britain's governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with a form of political outside the euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains early results show. twenty six percent of the vote while coming second in the by election in south shows pushing the tories into third place point of all of these falling events now which could have long lasting repercussions for british politics. south shields used to be the seat of former labor foreign minister david miliband and it was seen as a real litmus test for how people are feeling at the moment and they've managed to keep hold of that seat but with ukip nipping at their heels so they've come in second and it's significant because what it shows is a product and is emerging over the past six months you can't have come second in four by elections most notably in eastley very recently and it's showing that this was a party that was until very recently seen as marginal one senior conservative minister described it described them as clones only very very recen

a legacy that neutered the conservative party, that disabled the conservative party from doing its job, and this was the great debate, by the way, that i gave to supply-siders. they said the conservative party had to stop, the party of root canal, of saying no, dispensing pain. why do we not become the party of santa claus and all of the good things and grow our way out of the spending problem? that debate was one of the bad things that came out of this era, and i tried to lay it out in my first book, and i think it is fairly obvious now. look at the folly of new year's this year, looking to extend the bush tax cut that we cannot afford. and all of the liberal some campaign. deficits that our children are going to pay so the top half of the households, a lot of them do not even pay income taxes, the progressive have of the population, they can go out and buy some more flat screen televisions or some other consumption expenditure. it does not make sense. that is the bad thing that came out of that era that i was trying to call attention to what i wrote the book in 1986. >> you went on t

what the liberal democrats decide to do in this state because it's not just the conservative party that we've seen carry out this infighting over this issue the concern at the labor and the liberal democrats is that there are actually in favor of extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples see that this would tidy up the legislation of course that's quite confusing though because if they joined the conservatives who are going to vote for that amendment by and large who oppose equal marriage altogether then they could be participating in as we said delaying this bill so there's a huge amount of its butts and maybes that a surrounding this. and what's happening in neighboring countries i mean gay marriage has become a big thing for politicians across europe right. well yes we've just seen france survey come the ninth country in europe legalized gay marriage he populists this month many european countries here in the u.k. are massively divisive one for the conservative party as he said this is one of the prime minister david cameron's flagship policy but a lot of questions over re

a legacy that neutered the conservative party, that disabled the conservative party from doing its job, and this was the great debate, by the way, that i gave to supply-siders. they said the conservative party had to stop, the party of canal, of saying no, dispensing pain. why do we not become the party of santa claus and all of the good things and grow our way of the spending problem? that legacy, that debate was one of the bad things that came out of this era, and i tried to lay it out in my first book, and i think it is fairly obvious now. look at the folly of new year's eve this year, looking to extend the bush tax cuts that we afford. and all of the liberal campaign. $4 trillion in deficits that our children are going to pay so the top half of the households, a lot of them do not even pay income taxes, the progressive have of the population, they go out and buy some more flat screen televisions or some other consumption expenditure. it does not make sense. that is the bad thing that came out of that era that i was trying to call attention to what i wrote the book in 1986. >> you w

a legacy that neutered the conservative party, that disabled the conservative party from doing its job, and this was the great debate, by the way, that i gave to supply-siders. they said the conservative party had to stop, the party of root canal, of saying no, dispensing pain. why do we not become the party of santa claus and all of the good things and grow our way out of the spending problem? that legacy, that debate was one of the bad things that came out of this era, and i tried to lay it out in my first book, and i think it is fairly obvious now. look at the folly of new year's eve this year, looking to extend the bush tax cuts that we cannot afford. and all of the liberal campaign. $4 trillion in deficits that our children are going to pay so the top half of the households, a lot of them do not even pay income taxes, the progressive have of the population, they can go out and buy some more flat screen televisions or some other consumption expenditure. it does not make sense. that is the bad thing that came out of that era that i was trying to call attention to what i wrote the bo

the conservative party and the liberal democrats? >> guest: the difference is primarily not in the ideas that the defendant and/or do any more but more in the social basis. the party is still very much of the trade unions were not released the trade union leadership. it still gets the votes mainly from the working-class people across manly england and scotland, and it still has some sort of money hedge of the parties of the socialist international to which belongs. the conservative party is a party of business that never concealed this but in the last 20 years the have learned a lesson which is where they would have once defended out right hard-core conservative ideas and the stature and would have been elected on that basis they can no longer do so so that is moved to the center in order to be able to get command and portability. -- plurality. so they are around the center ground at the moment. there are tendencies within the society given the crisis, given the process of austerity that would lead to the position. but i don't think

is the conservative party. >> mr. speaker. i hate to be reminded of things we have done together, when we have been on the same side of the argument but we do spend 100 days in this house in the early part of this parliament casting legislation opposed by the party opposite which for the first time ever gives a guarantee when a referendum on europe will take place. when the rules next change, within the european union. colleagues in the conservative party are perfectly free for their own reasons to change the goal posts so we have this legislation, britain has those guarantees where a referendum will take place and that is what i suggest we promote. >> area hymen. >> i am sure everyone is thrilled to see the deputy prime minister, and meant to the prime minister's and once again the prime minister is not here. the deputy prime minister, and answer question in this house. >> usually coming to the house. i think the leader who should be relieved of the prime minister's strategy is the leader of the party, and reeling wi

party nominally social welfare conservative political action tea party secret money liberty i dare you to deny this application of america tea par party." >> that ought to do it. stephen: all right. right here? >> right there stephen: there that is and, trevor, let's do this thing. trevor potter. >> thank you. stephen: trevor potter, we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a pulitzer prize-winning environmental journalist. to pick him up tonight i sent a flaming limosine. please welcome david sassoon. [ cheers and applause ] hey, mr. sassoon, good to see you. thanks for coming on. you are the founder and publisher of something called inside climate news. three of your reporters won the pulitzer prize this year. those stories have been collected into an e-book called "inside the biggest oil spiff you've never heard of." >> that's correct stephen: first of all, what is inside climate news? >> inside climate news is a face of the new journalism. we are an on-line publication. we cover energy and climate

the crank stopped to show in the britons during conservative party and two cabinet ministers say they would leave the european union. international news and comment live from moscow this is nasty with me you know hello and welcome to the program at least nineteen people including two ten year old children have been wounded during a sure thing as a mother's day parade in new orleans itself up to three gunmen might have opened fire on the crowds these hells now from his gun that are trick. new orleans was celebrating mother's day with over three hundred people participating in a parade police say three individuals are believed to be responsible for starting a shootout two four of the wounded though are believed to be in critical condition another public and another tragedy there is a manhunt underway for the three suspects who police believe have managed to escape one of them is reportedly wounded in the same way as investigators of the boston marathon bombings appealed for crowd sourced photographs new orleans police have urged anyone with any photographs of the parade to step forward

this isn't any problem the split of the new issue is an old problem for the conservative party if you can imagine that the other parties right now are going to be absolutely gleeful so this whole family squabble is that once again being played out so publicly. and let's now get more on this from christopher klug who's a senior finance lecturer at notion them trying to unify state mr klock thank you very much indeed for your time now do you think this puts extra pressure on david cameron to hold a referendum on the e.u. membership before the next general election twenty fifteen. yes i do i do believe it's more pressure i think you know the most most of the pressure has come from the results of the local elections that were held here when twenty five percent of the british public to play you know obviously they want us out of the e.u. and i think now now cameron has to listen now yes. the british prime minister also says a free trade area between the us and the e.u. would boost the u.k. economy all these plans realistic. so you'll have to repeat the question i'm sorry of course also dav

party nominally social welfare conservative political action tea party secret money liberty i dare you to deny this application of america tea par party." >> that ought to do it. stephen: all right. right here? >> right there stephen: there that is and, trevor, let's do this thing. trevor potter. >> thank you. stephen: trevor potter, we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ggeqqqeq&1[xfzfz5ú [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a pulitzer prize-winning environmental journalist. to pick him up tonight i sent a flaming limosine. please welcome david sassoon. [ cheers and applause ] hey, mr. sassoon, good to see you. thanks for coming on. you are the founder and publisher of something called inside climate news. three of your reporters won the pulitzer prize this year. those stories have been collected into an e-book called "inside the biggest oil spiff you've never heard of." >> that's correct stephen: first of all, what is inside climate news? >> inside climate news is a face of the new journalism. we are an on-line publication. we cover

independence party made huge gains in the recent local elections do you think the conservative party is now starting to adopt some of their ukip sadia is that. well i think the reality is that have we listened to mrs thatcher twenty years ago had margaret thatcher's advice been taken we wouldn't be in this mess today she told us then that political union was wrong she told us that we shouldn't go further into this would become a federal europe she knew that was wrong and she warned us against it we should have listened to her sound advice at the time but we didn't so we've had twenty years now of two more continuing today you to effect a different government in every prime minister until we unravel this and make it clear that political union is not fast we happy to trade we happy to cooperate we're happy to have good relations with our neighbors but political union must be taken off the table and then we can get back to a sensible relationship with our friends across the english channel and what about the potential political damage if britain deserted the e.u. at a time of crisis wha

party nominally social welfare conservative political action tea party secret money liberty i dare you to deny this application of america tea par party." >> that ought to do it. stephen: all right. right here? >> right there stephen: there that is and, trevor, let's do this thing. trevor potter. >> thank you. stephen: trevor potter, we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] vkî8> [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a pulitzer prize-winning environmental journalist. to pick him up tonight i sent a flaming limosine. please welcome david sassoon. [ cheers and applause ] hey, mr. sassoon, good to see you. thanks for coming on. you are the founder and publisher of something called inside climate news. three of your reporters won the pulitzer prize this year. those stories have been collected into an e-book called "inside the biggest oil spiff you've never heard of." >> that's correct stephen: first of all, what is inside climate news? >> inside climate news is a face of the new journalism. we are an on-line publication. we cover energy and c

is the conservative party. >> mr. speaker. i hate to be reminded of things we have done together, when we have been on the same side of the argument but we do spend 100 days in this house in the early part of this parliament casting legislation opposed by the party opposite which for the first time ever gives a guarantee when a referendum on europe will take place. when the rules next change, within the european union. colleagues in the conservative party are perfectly free for their own reasons to change the goal posts so we have this legislation, britain has those guarantees where a referendum will take place and that is what i suggest we promote. >> area hymen. >> i am sure everyone is thrilled to see the deputy prime minister, and meant to the prime minister's and once again the prime minister is not here. the deputy prime minister, and answer question in this house. >> usually coming to the house. i think the leader who should be relieved of the prime minister's strategy is the leader of the party, and reeling wi

well why are then conservatives so bothered about the same sex marriage bill in risking party unity of this point. i suppose one could argue that members of the the old tories or the backbenchers of the conservative party at least have some kind of principles behind their more anti or behind their moralistic. behavior and code of principles obviously it's the right of all people to be treated equally under the law but only open mentors they don't have those principles what we have is a parliament out of step with the british people in there. because they're all supporting. your liberal economic policies they've got a point of my throat's a bit bad today i visited one of david cameron's hospital the national health service reforms one of his big planks of his government and the effects are already being felt on the health services david cameron is desperate to take attention away from the disastrous economic policies we've got to remember the inequality and rising was rising under tony blair is going to set to rise even more under a david cameron's policies and again you've got to remem

their success hasn't been short term and the chairman of the conservative party this morning had to concede that clearly the party is failing to get their message across and they're going to have a think about what they can do to change that. take a closer look at the early results are we have three main parties and there we go the rising star of the u.k. local elections the u.k. independence party and there we go so far tories tories where are they so they are down two hundred and twenty nine seats there we go their coalition partners the liberal democrats have seen the last of eighty. seats there at the labor party is it much better so they are one hundred and ninety six seats up and then we go the you keep unexpected success so would get nine seats to new council is widely viewed as a sign it could pose a threat to the three traditional parties at the twenty eight fifteen general election in the u.k. and alex stevenson at the u.k. political news web site politics dot com u.k. says it's too early to predict whether you will when parliamentary seats by touching on issues like immig

one hundred twenty four seats so slightly less humiliating the net conservative part of the labor party did much better we can see there with two hundred ninety one seats up. there it is an unexpected success so far it seems one hundred thirty nine councillors. widely getting a place. this is widely viewed as a sort of that it could pose a threat to the three traditional polish the twenty fifth the general election the cross live to or to go she's forgiven. no this of course this ukip success could have low blasting repercussions all british politics. to the small. it's been a momentous day for the u.k. independence party bill we've seen them come seconds in the south shields by election just behind labor and that's significant because we see a pattern emerging the posix months have seen you can't come second in four by elections some of the more we've had stunning council election results we've seen the ruling coalition parties the liberal democrats on the conservatives very sustained major losses in terms of council seats labor have gained a few seats as you said nothing to write home

especially the conservative party when it comes to the issue of the ministers want to be seen to be listening and look this is what a lot of people who support what the senior figures have come out and said is that they are trying to reassure the public that there will be a referendum but this issue has been going away for the prime minister at least this week is expected on wednesday there's going to be a vase regarding the queen's speech an amendment to that motion saying that they regret that there wasn't mention of the in out referendum enough the rest that saw hundreds of m.p.'s could be expected to vote against their governments led to the legislative position and now that the ministers in the government are going to be able to have staying they're not allowed to join that this is all going to add to the pressure the prime minister is going to be feeling better this sort of backbencher rebellion now around this issue and there's going to be a lot of questions about the prime minister's oglethorpe see within his own party this isn't any problem the split over the issue is an ol

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well the pattern emerging is very clear the ruling coalition parties the conservatives and the liberal democrats have sustained losses in council seats quite significant ones in fact labor have made slight gains nothing to write home about this was really the night of u.k. independence party quite the count so far they looks like they've gained over a hundred council seats that's an average of over twenty six percent of the vote in the wards where they were represented in so overnight we've seen a real change to the british political landscape because there are now going to be ukip councillors all over the u.k. some might end up holding quite significant power and it's you know this is a party as i said it was seen as a very marginal until very recently it was the place none of the above parties a place where people launched their protest because they were so fed up with the established status quo that the lib dems the conservatives and the labor party. but that has all changed overnight we've seen nigel farage the leader of the u.k. independence party appearing on television this morn

a message to a worried governing conservative party. u.s. u.-turn america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria amid reports of an alleged government led village massacre we get my expert opinion on this shortly in r.t. . and seven a killed in a baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst waves of bonds since the would draw all of us troops two years ago our top stories this hour.

a message toward governing conservative party. u.s. u.-turn america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria who had reports of an alleged government led village massacre. and killed in a baghdad bob the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst ways of blood and since the withdrawal of u.s. troops two years ago our top story this hour.

independence party makes a breakthrough in. parliament with the conservatives already had. the. news around the clock this is. with me. welcome to the program. first breaking news story this hour here on israel has openly intervened in syria for the second time this year this according to u.s. officials they say. another bombing run on a target inside syria following a previous strike that goes back to january now it's not immediately clear what exactly was targeted in this latest attack some officials say it was an shipment on his way to hezbollah in lebanon others claim though it was a syrian warehouse. neither israel nor damascus have confirmed the report but said in the past it would do everything possible to stop the syrian government from having weapons over to hezbollah back in january israel bombed a convoy in the syrian lebanese border i do say with the latest on this breaking news story let's get some reaction now on this story here and join. everything editor for the u.s. foreign policy in focus are good to see you today thanks for joining us on this saturday off the

vote party the people a very keen for them if they feel too frustrated with labor conservatives liberal democrats the traditional status quo political parties but i think that a lot of people are going to have to be taking them a lot more seriously now and then a lot of people didn't take them very seriously just a few days ago the a senior conservative member called them clowns say they might have to have every think about that we're going to have you keep councillors across england and wales with the conservative party chairman has said that clearly the tories are failed to get their message across and they're going to have to have a rethink about how they can change that now i'm joined by the city spokesman for the u.k. independence party stephen wolf stephen chances are all well and good but they're not m.p.'s have as you've actually made significant gains today yes we have what we have done is created a seismic shift in politics in the united kingdom we have put a message down to the three political parties that there is a fool for all to hear on the block we are not keen on the do

independence party makes a breakthrough in local elections and sets its sights on parliament conservatives already admitting they. lost the and. it's just after eight am on saturday morning here in moscow this is a life with me your news from around the world let's get straight to our breaking news story for you this hour here on out c israel has openly intervened in syria for the second time this year this according to u.s. officials they say carried out another bombing run on a target inside syria this following a previous strike in january let's get the latest now. from washington d.c. can you bring us up to speed now what exactly the details of the attack as far as you know. yes story major u.s. news channels report that it's true that we were planes struck a syrian weapons facility there citing their sources in the u.s. government they say it is not clear whether the warplanes crossed into syrian air space or whether the missiles were fired from across the border they'll cite it u.s. officials are saying that it did not appear that a chemical weapons site was targeted one official say

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independence party makes a breakthrough in local elections as it sets its sights on parliament the conservatives already admitting they now have to win back the voters they've lost to the movement. from moscow with me i thank you for sharing your saturday with us today. israel has openly intervened in syria for the second time this year that's according to u.s. officials they say carried out another bombing run on a target inside syria this following a previous strike in january. now has the latest. there's been no official comment from the israeli side but israel in the past has said that it will do everything necessary to stop the transfer of weapons from syria to hezbollah or other so-called terrorist groups now the u.s. officials are reporting that it's all conducted in a strike into syria what's not yet clear is what and where the target of this attack was there are some reports that say it was a chemical weapons warehouse where as others are reporting that it was an audience convoy on its way to lebanon what's also unclear at this stage is whether or not israeli planes actually entered syr

vote party the people a very keen for them if they feel too frustrated with labor conservatives liberal democrats the traditional status quo political parties but i think that a lot of people are going to have to be taking them a lot more seriously now and a lot of people didn't take them very seriously just a few days ago the a senior conservative member called them clowns say they might have to have every think about that we're going to have you keep councillors across england and wales the conservative party chairman has said that clearly the tories are failed to get their message across and they're going to have to have a rethink about how they can change that now i'm joined by the city spokesman for the u.k. independence party stephen wolf stephen chances are all well and good but they're not m p's have as you can actually made significant gains today yes we have what we have done is created a seismic shift in politics in the united kingdom we have put a message down to the three political parties that there is a full full to hear on the book we are not keen on the door of parliame

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independence party makes a breakthrough in local elections and sets its sights on the conservatives already admitting they now have to win back. the movement. thank you for joining us here. live in moscow let's get straight to a breaking news story for you this hour. israeli officials have now confirmed the country has bombed syria it's the second such as strike in less than five months let's not get the latest album middle east correspondent now i standing by for us live in. jerusalem paula good to see you what do we know the details of the. well we're just receiving information right now that an unnamed israeli official has confirmed that tel aviv is behind this latest a strike in syrian territory now the official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he is not with wise to speak about a secret israeli military operation we had our team has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to publicly confirm at least not to us that such a strike indeed was carried out by the israelis what is interesting is that the strike happened late thur

vote party the people a very keen for them if they feel too frustrated with labor conservatives liberal democrats the traditional status quo political parties but i think that a lot of people are going to have to be taking them a lot more seriously now and that a lot of people didn't take them very seriously just a few days ago the a senior conservative member called them clowns say they might have to have every think about that we're going to have you keep councillors across england and wales the conservative party chairman has said that clearly the tories are failed to get their message across and they're going to have to have a rethink about how they can change that now i'm joined by the city spokesman for the u.k. independence party stephen wolf stephen chances are all well and good but they're not m.p.'s have as you can actually made significant gains today yes we have what we have done is created a seismic shift in politics in the united kingdom we have put a message down to the three political parties that there is a fool for all to hear on the block we're not keen on the door of

vote party the people a very keen for them if they feel too frustrated with labor conservatives liberal democrats the traditional status quo political parties but i think that a lot of people are going to have to be taking them a lot more seriously now and then a lot of people didn't take them very seriously just a few days ago the senior conservative member called them clowns say they might have to have every think about that we're going to have you keep councillors across england and wales the conservative party chairman has said that clearly the tories are failed to get their message across and they're going to have to have a rethink about how they can change that now i'm joined by the city spokesman for the u.k. independence party stephen wolf stephen chances are all well and good but they're not m.p.'s have as ukip actually made significant gains today yes we have what we have done is created a seismic shift in politics in the united kingdom we have put a message down to the three political parties that there is a fool for all to hear on the block we're knocking on the door of parl

vote party the people a very keen for them if they feel too frustrated with labor conservatives liberal democrats the traditional status quo political parties but i think that a lot of people are going to have to be taking them a lot more seriously now and that a lot of people didn't take them very seriously just a few days ago the a senior conservative member called them clowns say they might have to have every think about that we're going to have you keep councillors across england and wales the conservative party chairman has said that clearly the tories are failed to get their message across and they're going to have to have a rethink about how they can change that now i'm joined by the city spokesman for the u.k. independence party stephen wolf stephen chances are all well and good but they're not m p's have as you can actually made significant gains today yes we have what we have done is created a seismic shift in politics in the united kingdom we have put a message down to the three political parties that there is a fool for all to hear on the block we are not keen on the door of