what you are is he coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh and today we take a look at the top stories of the week and r.t. crew was locked up in a u.s. jail for thirty two hours after filming a protest against a controversial military training facility in georgia dubbed the school of assassins reporter kalin four described her treatment as brutal and international organizations condemn the use of police violence against members of the media but despite all the outrage american mainstream media has remained silent and education has more. it started off as a rally outside a u.s. training camp a latin american military and police officers followed this nonviolent protest caught everyone by surprise dozens were arrested police targeted journalists along with the activists i'm a member of that right. now i'm a member of the program sorry ok i'm sorry among those arrested were r t

correspondent kayleen support and r.t. cameramen john conway both there on assignment covering the protests that brought together thousands of people. here the main thing i asked the officer to please remove the handcuffs these plastic handcuffs and at least put one on that was a little bit looser he took out a hunting knife to remove my handcuffs and that's actually part of the reason i have the cuts on my wrist for our worst killing had no clue what the charges against her were we asked on the bus what are we being charged with and one of the sheriff said don't worry no charge the ride is free we're taken to the county jail and we ended up spending thirty two hours there student tommy were mira's who was there as an activist tells a similar story i kept asking them what did i do to tell you my rise tell me what i'm getting at rest i kept asking them and i never got an answer and every year thousands of people gather at the gates of the training camp dubbed the school of

assassins calling for its closure officially there to train latin american military and police it's called many of latin america's most notorious torturers mass murderers and dictators despite anger at the establishment violence has never been part of the protests so why the mass arrests now we feel like the message was look you know we don't want you to be there we're going to make it dangerous you know to make you think twice to even show up despite the outcry from many at the rally that their rights of freedom of speech and assembly were trampled upon. it's not a story that's caught the eye of the us media we can see the newspapers of this country editorialized in favor of free speech and first amendment and give stirring in passionate defenses of these core american values but when another journalist from another media outlet is arrested without charge without provocation and put onto a paddy wagon those media outlets are largely silent and i think it's because they

feel like these are stories that aren't supposed to be covered well i guess so much for covering stories ignored by the u.s. mainstream media the incident at fort benning left some guessing what would have been the extent of the media coverage in the west had a member of the foreign press been treated in a similar way in some other country say russia the remarkable thing about of the things you know in moscow here a b.b.c. correspondent or a c.n.n. correspondent had gone to a demonstration where there was a legal permit and was roughed up by the police in the case of our correspondent she was almost sexually assaulted those are her words that would made headlines all around the world it would have been a diplomatic row between countries but no in the case of the united states the international community is can damage what's happened and called on the u.s. to respond even the organization for security and cooperation in europe sent

a letter to secretary of state hillary clinton calling the journalist the rest disturbing. while it is clear that police play crucial role in maintaining or do during public demonstrations the indiscriminate through media and bringing charges against them goes well beyond what's necessary to keep the peace but the u.s. state department which is usually quick to condemn freedom of speech violations in other countries has remained surprisingly tight lipped about its own going to shake out r.t. washington d.c. well the incident has raised a lot of questions about the rights of journalists while covering events like protests and laurie harshness also known as the resident test the public mood on the issue on the streets of new york and that's coming up next hour on our team. we need to be more thoughtful about how we allow the press to capture what's happening so we can get a legitimate true view without encouraging people to do do things that they

wouldn't otherwise but the fact is if you're going to go someplace to protest to get that really hot story you've got to be repaired for the fact that life is going to sometimes intercede what about. what if should they intercede if the people are being a ruling oh hell yeah what about if the press are being unruly the press is being unruly same things apply you break the rules that's what happens if you're not willing to accept the consequences for your actions don't take the actions of. twenty six suspected terrorists with links to chechen militants have been arrested in your a belgian police suspect the group of being part of an international terror network which was planning a series of tatts over christmas across the continent those held are also under investigation for seeking recruits and funding for al qaida linked terrorism and russia's republic of chechnya british security analyst peter power says once it's a last clear that russia and the west are fighting a common enemy the potential for cooperation is vast. let's not fool ourselves

somehow great regiments of uniformed soldiers marching over the horizon it is in fact much more of a franchise yes the strong power base in the foothills between afghanistan and pakistan and it's clearly. a strong kabul now operating in yemen but we're now seeing this creeping out under this broad term of al-qaeda but it doesn't necessarily mean it's got the official stamp on it so what we've seen is a tremendous increase in european cooperation and the most crucially an increase in not just intelligence gathering but intelligence sharing. i have never quite seen it like this before but you know something really bizarre about this i went on to the b.b.c. website i found it impossible to find this story and it's been overtaken by the events of north and south korea but also by the pope talking about condoms in the royal wedding coming up in the u.k. strangely enough it's called off the front page of big quickly in the u.k.

many people see this is very significant security analyst peter power there russian democracy is improving but it's political system still need stirring up in his latest video blog president richard many have called for more opposition voices to be heard to avoid the ruling party getting complacent. yes. if the opposition has no chance at all of winning a fair fight it degrades and becomes marginal if the ruling party never loses a single election it is just coasting ultimately to degrades just like any living organism which remains static for these reasons it's become necessary to raise the degree of political competition but our main task the tomsk of any democracy is to improve the quality of popular representation make sure that the political majority is not just static or rather that it does not become the majority consisting of actors and dummies but to meet all the cost of the united russia party says the

opposition should consider this message and change as well. i think he was trying to say that actually at the bar this should develop with relates both to united russia and to opposition parties so in the united russia they have already started a lot of the innovations such as primaries such as the development of the interparty a discussion the size of the dissipation the open public debates and so on and so forth i think the same should be done by. born and says well and that will be very important because as we all know this long as your decision is taken by the authorities depends on the quality of criticism they get so they need to have very good feedback. both united russia and up of three parties that should provide this kind of feedback in order for systems to be sustainable as richard pointed out of the not of russia party there he watching r.t. live from moscow still to come on the program as nato gets more help for the young

campaign from russia many experts question whether it's a war that can ever be won. yes. you need. to lose. as germany grapples with how to meet its had a. surprisingly green solution details in just a few moments. switzerland is preparing to decide whether foreigners who commit serious crimes should be expelled from the country a nationwide referendum was initiated by a right wing party but critics claim the proposed measures are racist tests are silly it isn't zero for us. just a year after the swiss voted in favor of a controversial law banning the building of new minarets and mosques they're going back to the polls for another yes or no decision now this side it's relation to the mandatory expulsion of foreign criminals who have committed serious offenses such as murder or rape the proposal for this law was put forward by the

a swiss people's party people with a. heavy criminal courier there is no place for them in switzerland the idea they're getting a lot of support actually from the people according to initial surveys because of all these stories of swiss nationals being attacked by foreigners. by trying to get to. keep other people whom you didn't see anything and have no respect for the one that switzerland has the highest per capita rate of immigrants that twenty percent other population are actually foreigners so it's a very sensitive topic here in switzerland suppose you can't keep them all out we need immigrants period now where we have a backlash from the european union and the wider world the government has put forth a counterproposal they amended the list of crimes it's different from that proposed by the s.p.p. and also they are saying that it has to comply with international and swiss was

humanitarian laws it also states that expulsion must be limited to convictions of a year or more so it's kind of a softer version of the esmie peace proposal give us e.b.'s insisting that a hard line is necessary now critics of this proposed laws are saying that this is very unfair that in the eyes of the law everyone should be treated equal can you make a difference between a drug dealer who was from the judio from russia from india or he's a swiss is a drug dealer a drug dealer a better woman so i don't make a difference between someone who's doing something wrong nor should look when. he's white black there are also questions of the separation of time be should a prisoner convicted be sent out of switzerland what happens his family if they've been living here for more than four generations for example but don't have the papers what is going to happen to them so there are a lot of questions coming from the other side the critics of this proposal and so

we're going to have to see what the swiss are going to vote whether it's going to be a yes or no deaths are still you reporting there and the economic crisis gripping the euro zone continues to force worried and angry demonstrators on the streets tens of thousands marched in dublin to protest island's harshest charity measures protesters one cards to be directed at the rich and the banks not ordinary working people earlier ireland confirmed it's negotiating with the e.u. and the international monetary fund for a one hundred twenty billion dollar loan to save its quibbled economy elsewhere in the euro zone there are fears portugal and spain may be next in line for a bailout german economist marcus kerber told r.t. that europe's biggest economies won't be able to pay the debts of others forever. the german taxpayer is no longer willing to lease is very very becoming very reluctant to bail out countries like greece. example of very bad governments and we are no longer willing as neither to bail out ireland to fuel the ailing banking

sector i think this is a general incentive this umbrella which the. heads of government have created under the minutes of the president of the european central bank. that everybody wants to be protected and the more it's raining cats and dogs the more they want to be protected and the portuguese. prime minister and the finance minister push the island to put themselves under the umbrella to be under the umbrella themselves as quickly as possible this is an inflation of claims to be bailout which will ruin of the eurozone sooner or later germany is economically nor the able to to. such a bailout. and the german taxpayer who has a word to say to all that is no longer willing to do saying something like that. jerry's financial support for countries was also touched upon by the prime minister while they were put in during a visit to berlin. to show he has openly use the experience of oh jim and clearly

to things like the country clunkers program but i guess his profit is mostly the french comic is. so it turns out germany worked for the good of the european union again which is great i. put in held talks with chancellor angela merkel worthy of minute a currency union between russia and the european union is possible to also promise to clear the path for increased business links and to develop science and technology together and put an also said he to longer sees any obstacles to russia's accession to the w t o and at a meeting with german businessmen he managed to widen the serious mood over energy supplies where the touch of humor when you just get used to it so the german community doesn't like nuclear power i don't want to make any comments. you don't understand what you're going to use for heating he don't want gas he don't develop nuclear power what are you going to use

a wood. but i suppose if he'd have to get out from siberia to go. to the way because you don't have fun it would only the. so i have for this hour here in our team from basin of live to hot bed of death. the air all sea has become a wasteland of sand salt dust and pollution and lindsay france joined me in kazakstan to investigate how this transformation has affected the people here and how it's put it down on the environment forever. this week russia stepped up. adverts to help nato struggling campaign in afghanistan i decided to allow the airlines to transport armored vehicles through its territory the transit deals confirmed by russia's foreign minister during talks with his afghan counterpart of moscow that will allow nato to reduce its reliance on volatile pakistan the two

also pledged more joint action to battle drug trafficking last month russia and the us destroyed one ton of heroin in a vine and a drug operation in afghanistan despite successes like that many experts still believe the war is essentially winnable. my basic view is that the war is completely unwinnable russia may be making friendly noises towards nato because of that as we know there's a rapprochement between the alliance and russia but in my view it's basically formal in other words these are gestures. meant well i don't think russia is playing a double game i'm not trying to say that i'm simply saying that the war cannot be won the soviet union learned that lesson in the one nine hundred eighty s. the british learnt it in the nineteenth century and the americans are in the process of learning it although it seems that they haven't learned yet so i do believe that a military solution could develop was the shipment of arms could pacify afghanistan

no us military chiefs also admit progress isn't even was just modest gains to get the taliban are to supposedly or has been watching troops in iraq gearing up for their move to ghana stand to boost american led forces there many worry that more troops means more violence. i will to purchase time in iraq is coming to an end he's part of the american forces who stayed behind to train assist and equip iraqi security forces sure their own wants to go home that's for sure no one knows whether once they hear the genesis not just movement of troops and equipment since world war two the u.s. army is moving its supplies from iraq to afghanistan certain equipment such as are en route. mine resistant vehicles are humvees or those types of equipment a lot of are rolling vehicles rolling stock of course and some generation that equipment yes will be dedicated towards the mission in

afghanistan but critics warn that moving troops won't help much that. we're not going people see u.s. forces inside their country it brings in paganism and makes them turn to terrorism and al qaeda so as more american troops come here from iraq it will just make things worse i don't believe the americans will leave for another fifty years they have to have their main military bases here and then building the americans leaving iraq also sends the wrong message to insurgents the afghans seeing the americans are drawing from iraq and they think themselves ok they're going to withdraw in a year or two we're going to hold on things will take control in a year or two it doesn't matter i will quote she's already been told he'll be going from iraq back to afghanistan it'll be his second time there and he's not looking forward to it i would definitely say that afghanistan is

a lot more difficult and so the terrain is a lot more heavier in the mountainous region is that we have to do a lot more walking there and whether the beefed up presence in afghanistan will help troops meet mixtures deadline to pull out or make it more difficult it's still unclear the guys and just come back some of the call everything when to call the next one. and we'll be discussing the american effort with ghana see as foreign minister the interview is coming your way in just an hour. or two with three issues that this creative tension who would be sure of if you needs be sure of civilian casualties. of the night raids in the house more and more afghan forces will be in charge of to come but listen this would be this kind of problems . to central asia now home of their all see it was once the world's fourth largest lake but it's now one of the worst of

the logical disaster areas on the planet due to ambitious soviet air irrigation projects the sea water started receding fifty years ago causing a drastic change to the local climate and killing the majority of marine life and the threats to people's health from the rapidly disappearing waters are still very real as art historians of friends reports. the air all see is a shadow of its former self those in the kazak city are asked once had to see at their doorstep but are now confronted by the haunting sight of abandoned ships the water is twenty kilometers away and from the dried up remains sickness comes one local woman who chose not to be named remembers when friends and family started to fall ill. here new diseases a match did you have never seen in high numbers especially related to breathe in my husband's good chronic bronchitis that's how we leave you can see salt in the air but you feel it on the skin and you can feel it on the tongue. fields planted to

make the soviet union completely self-sufficient in cotton consumed the rivers feeding into the air all sea decade by decade it nearly disappeared now what was once the world's fourth largest landlocked body of water is reduced to a pit of sand salt and pollution. the salt clings to them moist seabed like here at the harbor in are all tsk as soon as it's dry enough even the slightest wind carries it into the town and across the country into the lungs of men women and children who don't even know they're bringing it before the ground cotton scheme the aerial see was one of the most picturesque places in central asia as it disappeared along with the soviet union the task of regeneration fell to the heads of newly independent central asian states in the early one nine hundred ninety s.

it was then that people learned of the extent of the seized the mines that until that point was known only to those close to the cultivation projects pesticides used to yield cotton leached into the rivers making the water a silent killer. the growing is heavily polluted as well and in essence we're living in a disaster area in the past our infectious disease ward had one hundred fifty to one hundred sixty patients especially children wouldn't a strain of diseases per year it's about five per year it was the exact same with viral hepatitis this is all funds to clean water. three years ago a group called the international fund for saving the arrow c. stepped in to protect the people from the tainted water. the fresh water project souls many issues when possible they lead tap water pipes to the villages and to distant villages they create local water pipe systems but the pesticides aren't

just in the fresh water they're blowing across the dusty seabed as well. in addition multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is on the rise exacerbated by this toxic combination special rehabilitation wards are reserved in area hospitals so. our government pays fifty percent of what it calls ecological extras to our salaries. they throw in extra for a living new book with the rockets launched and the aerial see we have serious problems with the draft young people come in unfit to service. small dams now trap what little water flows into the upper air all see irrigating the desert little by little but walking through this place that's been given a new lease on life one can see the legacy of mismanagement it begs the question is bringing the water back enough to overcome the years of neglect or is the

pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan and i was the first in our series of reports from the oral sea region in about an hour we look at the chances of reversing one of the world's worst ecological disasters. the reactor at a nuclear power plant in iraq the bush era began operating on saturday after decades of waiting the russian built facilities expected to start pumping electricity into iranian homes early next year the country's atomic energy agency says there we have the wrist fully loaded with fuel and there are just a few final tests to be completed the construction of the plan began some forty years ago but was halted after the islamic revolution nine hundred seventy nine when russia took up the project completed it iran is currently under u.n. sanctions over its nuclear program but even our law from the center for policy studies says it's russia's role to ensure the plants safe running. we why do well know all of that of that will be

a russian engineers present it's the facility of that of the facility is quite well controlled by russia and iran will get both electricity and experience from the sea for two and security viewpoint russia provides some may think there may be a proliferation concern there is none why it opens a new. the news in. the in talks the both peaceful uses of nuclear energy and transparency on that. particular get some of the stories from around the world a georgian owned cargo plane has crashed in pakistan killing up to twelve people eight crew members and four on the ground it went down five minutes after takeoff causing an explosion fire at a housing complex for naval officers the russian made iles seventy six was heading from karachi to sedan carrying the beef supplies one russian was reportedly among the crew exact cause of the crash is not that now. the u.s.

and south korea have begun four days of joint military exercises in the yellow sea according to washington the maneuvers are intended as a sign of deterrence to north korea john yang has reportedly deployed surface to surface missiles in the yellow sea as a response and south korean officials say artillery fire has been heard again near an island which was bombarded by the north less than a week ago killing four people. brings us up to date here at r.t. for more member there is always our website r t a cop on the back shortly more updates.

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welcome back here with our t.v. and round up of the week's top stories the arrest of an r t crew covering a peaceful protest in the u.s. and the silence from american news outlets leads to questions over media freedom. crisis of multiculturalism a new work best with real ones holding a referendum on controversial plans to deport foreign criminals with a proposal already being branded a racist by many. and russia's democracy is far from perfect but is improving that's was the country's president said it in his latest video blog a bit of cold for a stronger showing from the opposition to prevent complacency from those in power. up next a world war two hero returns to tara why an island in the pacific and the side of the.