to the american navy's fifth fleet reports of just the right police new supplies made by british companies to clear the protest here and rights activists part of the pay says the u.k. has been reckless in its arms sales. we can see across the middle east that the government is selling to repressive regimes all over that this could happen at any point in and we've got to be aware that when we sell you both non-lethal and lethal equipment those will be used and. generally at some point they will be used on someone innocent the u.k. government needs to seriously reconsider how approaches arm sales in the first place not only have these arms be licensed to be so good overseas in the case of bahrain. they are actively promote. the u.k. government and actively promotes arms sales to a number of the oppressive regimes this very weekend the u.k. government is sending representatives out to the launch. it's called i debts. which

the arms industry trade body in the u.k. claims ten percent of its exhibitors will be british at this spare and the u.k. actively encourages is these companies to sell including the very equipment that is being used to protesters in the middle east to seriously look at not just whether selling to a specific country. is a good idea but whether but how it should be selling arms and if it should be selling arms a tool. is these weapons are widely misused and the u.k. is a textbook criteria which look good on paper are very rarely applied with any record in egypt there have been a mass celebrations marking a week since all single barak was ousted as president but middle east analyst james downslope from king's college in london says that so far associates are still in power. this hasn't really been a revolution in a traditional sense mubarak's power structure is his cronies are still really in a similar place as they were before they say while the battle to oust him about has

been won the war over the future of egypt before and we see what happens next in terms of real constitutional changes changes to the state of emergency whether political parties can rise out of the ashes. tearing isn't the genie has well and truly been left out of the bottle and the reverberations from what happened in tunisia and now being felt in every single state and i think that you know as the persian tales go if there were to be three wishes from the genie out of the bottle the governments would wish that the populations would accept the compromises they've made the population seem to wish that their leadership disappeared and the international community seems to be busy wishing that it knew which side of the fence to sit on let's get some perspective from america radio host and film director alex jones says what are forcing people out onto the streets our dollar inflation at the self-serving policy. as the global economy is flooded with dollars as the private seller reserve hyper inflates the dollar it's going to drive

commodities and so in places like egypt and many other areas you're going to have people who are making on average two dollars a day or less. basically with empty bellies who are going to start rioting and protesting and austerity globalism is also coming to western europe it's coming to places like ireland because everything is now going to the offshore private central banks the system hopes to use all of this new furor in the streets as a pretext to basically roll in another layer of intensified police states. the media focus is shifting across the protests sweeping through the middle east well later we asked people in new york whether the media has lost sight of what that means for the countries where the unrest began in egypt and tunisia. it's all about money and power in which at the media the story is totally gone i mean that's kind

of the those type of journalists the in the field reporting journalists it seems like that's the story with all of them they love to kind of shine just as much of a peripheral light on what they will through to get the truth out and that's that's journalism. at the u.s. may be the self-proclaimed land of the free but it beats all nations in both the number of percentage of residents it incarcerates well its present population is aging towards two million a quarter of the world's total artes and associate york and i met one ex convict who's trying to keep kids on the straight and narrow but who says he's up against a prison system built for profit. a parking lot with a prison cell with a man inside it the inmate michael to bond moved in out of his own free will michael spent thirty hours building his prison cell made out of plywood and even parts of his own homes rooftop his generator strategically placed right here keeps

the cell lit and warm throughout this cold winter months the main goal of the man once convicted of armed robbery to bring down the number of prisoners in the u.s. slavery does still exist in the united states of america to him and his supporters in sleeved are over two million prisoners packing jails across the u.s. a country with the highest prison population in the world yet they eat sleep and use the same restroom in the same area were. disgusting to me it's not somewhere i want to be back in. the ex-con. is now teaching children about the horrors of prison life to deter them from crime in the future. for the self-made convict says one of the biggest problems is american prisons are big business when you get in thirty three thousand dollars a year because the rate of human being is like this kind of like

a photo you know of them is parking for every rock you bring me give you five dollars how many rugs would you bring and in this diary khana meet many youngsters are stuck between a rock and a hard place you can't love the whole country and especially during the recession you know crime and poverty is synonymous if you've got poverty and you want to have for michael also cites a flawed justice system for the high conviction rates especially of the poor with lawyers selling freedom to the highest bidder if you can't afford to pay for the case you want to get crazy time with the counterpart the money is gone a little bit of time a problem across the u.s. but less than five percent of the world's population but almost a quarter of the prison population of the planet the man will remain in his cell until the end of the month by which time he hopes his message will have hit home until then look at i saw him now we all in the hole and stacy churkin party

philadelphia. glen ford editor of the political magazine black agenda report believes that imprisonment is a profitable political tool to control social and racial unrest the people would insulate black folks and the people in my circles don't consider that the main impetus to mass incarceration is money it is a political tool to control folks but if you want to do that you have to get large segments of the society on your side you have to make prison profitable poor lots of people lots of companies and you also make it profitable. four little towns in upstate new york and downstate illinois towns that would be suffering serious terrible unemployment if they didn't have a prison in their county so you you you you do two things you whip up a and hysteria which is really racial hysteria and the numbers show it around

mainly drugs and you create a profit motive for people to vote to incarcerate masses and masses of black people and it works and that's why we have by far the worst imprisonments record on the planet. dot com is where you can check out all or stories blogs and analysis whenever you like and let's run you through some of what's online today to protection too far maybe west government mistakenly shuts down tens of thousands of innocent web sites and a massive raid against child porn. and to solve the love letters are priceless but not this one the magic writing of the polian to josephine is up for sale at russia's only this auction house discovered the price of passion at r t v dot com.

japan's chief cabinet secretary is to view russia's lesser korea from an airplane what comes after a recent visits by russian officials to the islands which are claimed by tokyo earlier russia said it would not tolerate japan's radical approach towards its territories and announced it was really equipping the military garrisons the islands in the pacific ocean were handed to russia as part of agreements at the end of the second world war but on friday comments on the situation came from the us washington once again underlined its position over the lesser saying the territory belongs to japan and for more insight on this we can now talk to victoria nova political analyst from moscow state university of international relations thank you very much for joining us today now russia did proposed to settle the career status by calling on historians top top level to stories from both sides of the countries but japan did not rejected this proposal though why would your parent do that

especially if they have they don't have doubts on their position well the problem the guess is that they do have doubts about the position. and any digging into their history might undermine the. because as far as i remember. you know where colonized back in there so do you think. by russians and then since russia had such a mess of territory that it couldn't really control over so they were pushed out by . one by one and that's when the agreements came first on. joint. using utilizing over the island and then after the war it was completely given a wholly and acknowledges the japanese part so that's one thing the second is well

if it was thought everybody all the. agreements that were taken at some point could imagine what could start happening in the world not the way it can be so any agreement on that to produce part two to do that would actually undermine their position and their position is more related go. determined by politics and also determined by. them but their staters as their country with their limited sovereignty if you will you touch briefly on the historical background but even given that the foreign ministers cannot agree on b.s. status of the kuril islands this is this just the latest in a string of attempts well given all that do you think that diplomacy is basically a no go here well at this very point first there nothing there is nothing that can fuel diplomacy there's nothing to support it with for example it would take

economic sites. would see that business is working together despite because business knows its interests whatever british ans do they will do what. what is good for them right. as for it would take. a military aspect that can fuel diplomacy at some point which is bad thing to say but that's true unfortunately. well i don't think japan at this moment would want to start it. would talk about that. not now but. american statements can actually fuel this kind of aggressive stance on the parts of the or allies and in this case just remember two thousand eight hundred condoleezza rice announced. georgia has to do something before december you know

and that's what i'm about picking up on what you are saying about what the americans are say yesterday washington did speak in support of japan why is the u.s. interfering in this route just tell us briefly why well the thing is that america has always been supporting its. its ally and as i said to them as a country with a limited sovereignty and that seventy does depend a lot on its allies so america of course has to support it in order to make sure that it doesn't get go out of out of line because. to bad does have enough strain just to do in his own things but. then america loses all its. influence over the country and so but that's nothing new it's always supported japan in this way oh during the cold war during the ninety's it changed to a neutral stance of not seen anything only off to their terroristic acts and for

some time but to get back got back to previous position to hold their to bound with it ok well again quickly what are the possible what's a possible outcome of this crisis you think well i think at some point there might be a change in the government in. where more. say really stick government comes and then they might start negotiations might start but it's highly unlikely that russia will give up one of the four islands because you know there are strategic means for that when people start so you know just some islands i'm sorry that wave out there it's a way out to the ocean as well so it's very convenient so i don't think russia would just give it give up on that but there is a way for compromise if the government changes because this one wouldn't be able to go out of this lunch the other way is if becomes a serious cider and starts

a limited military action and puts some of its full residence in there but that's why russia. c forty four hundred. so that's a way to counter the military so i hope they'll be here this fall and the government will be able to go for compromise all right thank you very much for you for joining us victoria i know of our political analyst from moscow state university international relations thank you. now the slaying of twelve people in a southern russian village last year brought the public's attention to the massive scale of corruption and coverups by local police in small towns nationwide well there are those who spent years desperately trying to highlight the problem but they were largely ignored. explains. these graves a reminder of one of the most horrific crimes in russia the world farmer his

companion and turn others mostly women and children were killed one. in the village of russia's self but investigators were even more shocked when they discovered that this brutal slaying is just the tip of the iceberg the crime where we go thought it was worth years mass murder the boys were unable to why and go through sponsible numerous bags of murder rape and extortion but they have been a journalist who became with all wars and unheard as they directed their thoughts bushman's at one particular local gang all suspects were also well respected members of the village situated in the cross in the region alexander called each officer of the organized crime fighting unit of the local police reportedly provided to cover up for the gang its leaders of believed to be sort of gets up pork and his aide sort of gets a perverse dip produce of the local council and it is said there were also dozens of mafia dogs recruited from. perfectly legitimate security for that young above

all says their crimes could have been prevented in two thousand and five she informed local police about the gangsters but they got away something that may happen again. it's not only a bird to box people it's about the ones who protected them and they have doubts that these times they'll end up in jail or get proper punishment they definitely have serious connections the. trigger to crack down across the country on organized crime in the republic of bush got to start ninety three p. . bill were arrested on new year's eve on drug related charges the gang was supported by police and laundered more than one and a half million dollars a month also the murder of the mafia kingpin nicknamed han in the southern russian city of stock report may also lead to corrupt policemen and local officials it is all part of a wider government pledged to tackle organized crime and corruption. is it possible

to put everything in order yes it is in half a year's time it's possible if you change the heads of the law enforcement agencies make the courts work and restore the system of district organized crime units and there is the hope that the brutality of the gangs and corruption of some officials can be overcome and russia it journalists and crime experts i listened to get a lot ski are to cross in the region. also ahead for you this hour a name that's loved worshipped by millions of children around the world. that's harry potter of course and this is harry potter is in israel find out why wizard fans are flocking to this particular final resting place in just a few minutes. now while the dramatic uprising in egypt was unfolding us mainstream media gave it wall to wall coverage but was president hosni mubarak was gone so too was the interest from t.v. and newspapers well our new york resident laurie harshness talks to people on the

streets of the big apple to find out what they think of the media's approach. after the success of protesters in egypt and the media has quickly shifted their focus to other areas of unrest do they even care about the outcome or just their next big scoop this week let's talk about that i think the meat of the story is gone. but the meat of the work still has yet to be done right there's no money in that. it's about a one and i mean it it's all about money and power in which at the meat of the story is totally gone is that ok are we ok with that does that mean that the media is doing its job. i don't think they're allowed to be doing their job. i mean basically it's you know governments and politics will control the media and about how you look at it and what people say it's just the way it go just the way it is but it's been like that for a long time will it always be like that will come and go i mean you used to be the

yellow journalism of the eighteen nineties and then like when i did you know the three major major networks with the f.c.c. regulations and i got more normalized now with you know like anybody can file to show anything they're going to go after sensationalism again and opinionated journalism i mean that's kind of the those type of journalists the few in the field reporting journalists it seems like that's the story with all of them they love to kind of shine just as much of a periphery. through to get the truth and that's that's journalism is that more important than getting the truth out no absolutely not but i don't think you can blame the press for moving on to areas that the people are more interested in because that's the only way they're going to make money and they're not going to survive but you know you guys who you have p.b.s. and we have stuff like that on her and that's why we have to keep paying taxes so that we can have. motivators by making a profit whether or not you believe the media actually cares about the outcome of

such uprisings the bottom line is that if you can make sure you get your information from as many media sources as. well now let's look at some other major headlines from around the world at the un american has vetoed a draft resolution condemning israeli settlement building as illegal well all fourteen other members of the security council approved a motion which insisted israel stops construction in the west bank and east jerusalem well it's seen as another blow to the middle east peace process with the palestinians now saying they'll reassess their role in the talks it's the first un veto used by the obama administration. a military helicopter as crashed in the mountains in northeast colombia killing and on the general and three soldiers a witness described seeing the helicopter spiral out of control before coming down

and exploding a military official at the scene confirmed that all on board had died there was poor weather at the time although the cause of the crash is still being established . western australia has been hit by fresh flooding following heavy rain well several people had to flee their homes after a river burst its banks while roads and bridges have also been cut off more rain is predicted and water levels are expected to rise further the area was struck by a devastating floods last the summer and huge swathes of the east are also recovering from record breaking. and the grave in ease rail is now an unlikely tourist attraction because the person burning there is one harry potter but it's not what you're thinking this is the final resting place of a teenage british soldier killed decades ago but that's not stopping wizard fans from flocking to visit and as artie's paul slayer found out this potter story has anything but a happy ending harry potter is good and varied in israel but before you

die hard potter fans collapse from the shock we're talking about a very different harry and a somewhat different plot this hour we pore through you signed up to the army to the british army when he was only sixteen or seventeen. and he did it by lying about his age but he couldn't cheat death and died in battle near hebron in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine potter fans found the grave that will far as he's had long forgotten the metaphor but a few years ago we started getting all these phone calls we didn't even know the grave existed. but word spread fast and now the relatively little known israeli town of rambler is firmly on the tourist map potter's grave attracts as much attention as ancient archaeological digs in the area. the two parters are similar in name and age and both are heroes but that's where it

ends the real harry potter was from a village near birmingham england and was dispatched to push mandated palestine a year after joining the army but there was a truck drove it brought supplied from jerusalem. and this is the word that you got . as for the world's most famous boy wizard he's fallen foul of israel's rabbis after the last installment of his book was launched during the jewish sabbath many religious jews also forbid their children from reading his tales they say it's pagan content is forbidden in judaism but the reason has nothing to do with her daughter. except the hype. her brother contributed to a lot to people interests in paganism and magic because it's cool and potter is not the only illustrious literature figure buried in israel's military cemeteries here interest in him is buried none other than william shakespeare like potter he was also part of the british army and served as

a truck driver although he died a few years before potter was born both their tombstones bring a smile of recognition to the r.t. jerusalem i'll be back with the headlines shortly do stay with that.

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nineteen forty five don't. welcome back here's a look at some of the main stories we're covering today on our team violence intensifies in the middle east as anti-government protests spread throughout the region with dozens of rioters killed and hundreds injured and police clashes rest in libya. then follows the earlier uprisings in tunisia and egypt which saw their leaders ouster. japan's chief cabinet secretary has flown near to russia's lesser karylle islands to try to draw attention to tokyo's claim over the area tensions over the islands have risen after a series of visits by russian officials and moscow's decision to reequip the

grilles military garrisons. in the us a self made in may does incarcerated himself in protests over america's burgeoning prison population which equals roughly a quarter of the world's total former convict also slabs the country's justice system which he says sells freedom to the highest bidders. let's look at russia's relations with nato and our interview show spotlight that's coming your way next on r.t. . hello again though welcome to the interview on arts. today my guest on the show is james. washington is probably its new national military strength and the document shifts.