this is r t and tonight in the latest chapter of the georgian spy saga high profile photographers are in the spotlight as to policing accuses them of working for moscow. while georgia claims that all video confirmation skeptics inside the country say their government is only trying to drum up until but should histeria a lot more not in a few minutes time. also ahead is feared hundreds of people have been killed in a blast in turkmenistan but there's confusion a state official say there were no fatalities. and murdoch's crumbling empire the

owner of the british tabloid accused of hacking into the phones of murder victims is heading to london to take charge of the escalating crisis as police make arrests . live from moscow it's kevin earlier this hour with a top news stories from r.t. it's not just after midnight moscow time the georgian government says high profile photographers arrested this week were linked to russian special services in the past on secret information to the three men have now been charged with spying after being arrested a few days ago our correspondent pedro all of the latest in this ongoing story. initially there were four photojournalists arrested on thursday one of those has now been released without charge over the three that remain in custody are all pool reporters meaning that they had very close quarters contact with the president of

georgia mikheil saakashvili we are hearing this one of those who are is in custody has confessed on video to having been a spy to be sending information to moscow and in enough video confession he is in the case it's a not a one of those three that are in custody now with regard to the third member of the team he's believed to be on a hunger strike denying any charges against him now the reason they were charged this comes after their personal hard drives were seized and detailed maps of the presidential compound and presidential and goings on the the daily schedule of mikheil saakashvili was found on that hard drive this resulted in the charges being leveled against them now they will remain in custody until september when they will face a closed doors trial but russia is accused of being a little quick on the truth when it comes to labeling people spies they say that there isn't enough evidence to link these people to to moscow and says the russians

aren't the only people that think that russia has jumped the gun a few times on labeling people spies. anyone i guess is just a level of democracy has been noticed not just by russia but the various key international organizations like the u.n. last year we saw thirteen people arrested on espionage charges now nine of those were found guilty just last week and handed down sentences ranging between eleven years and fourteen years in torture itself there has been. an outcry against this we're hearing from a georgian daily newspaper they say of what they tend to be determined to be a witch hunt going on against anybody who. mikhail saakashvili they say that to start off it was businessmen then it was politicians scientists and now the new target out this which is journalists killed your position say that saakashvili is trying to use these the spy saugus as he would to to try and put himself across as

a hero in school political points you run into who are surely. you are. you are. right because those are. really the entire russian his mirror or his eyes were his life. and they say that anybody who runs the risk of having themselves labeled as spite and having their reputation brought it drug through the mud like that should they stand up against such. position they don't know burjanadze told me the evidence the authorities are claiming they got could have been obtained under pressure. but it's not a special case when the person who leaves on the wrist is giving such kind of explanation they specially we had to take into account that she was the only thing

that wife to and they had a very small child life but have been released on thursday. when the program mentioned so of course it's quite difficult for me to say one hundred percent behind us that. situations i enjoyed your time time were receiving said scandals but please understand no real legal outcomes and we never saw any kind of real that human creations that government you think right now government decide to hire a journalist which is quite simple really because governments are trying to control everybody and everything until now we didn't even know one of the then. the words government thing. going to have occurred to me doing you have problems with social and health care when you have a problem with. mentally. and the rights of people when you love your country

twenty percent of thirty thirty because they feel i made the question but it is possible lection you should find somebody who will be guilty never think we can go wrong in the country because the old political fix me. quite easy to explain its russian and me and everything working. the country least we persians so suckers should be creating things i cannot say you need and trying to lead everybody who they gave you more like a regime and we fighting for real democracy in this country she is trying to link progression. if it around two hundred people may have been killed in a series of explosions that shook the city of up or down in turkmenistan and some local reports said the blast happened in munitions depo but the government is continuing to claim it was a fireworks factory state officials haven't confirmed any casualties effected areas close to the public and police stopping anyone from filming or taking pictures and

if people can't contact their families or friends because of disruption to telephone lines special government commissions reportedly now been set up to investigate the incident to my stars long been a very secretive state with the internet banned until recently our team did manage to contact the editor of human rights website there and gave us his latest information. the british nationals russia starting from yesterday people began returning to the town fires have been put up to the local so no helping soldiers to clean up according to reports the number of casualties and those who died because of injuries has reached nine hundred but we have to verify this information i cannot guarantee its reliability but it's certainly more than two hundred people many died in hospital the residents of about town are no longer in a state of panic but some are still looking for their family members and i can't say that the situation is common in some remote regions people aren't aware of what's happened as they have no internet access some are perhaps unhappy as they would like the president to announce a state of mourning or express his condolences it seems that therefore it isn't

willing to admit that there are casualties there's no official theory as to the causes of the explosion and usually there was an opinion that if i happened because of very hot weather frankly speaking it's hard for me to tell therefore i won't be drawing any conclusions as for witnesses many servicemen who were guarding those warehouses died in the fire. well as this story develops and as we get more information we will of course keep you up to date here and. also ahead this hour guilty until proven innocent does the front page coverage of the criminal cases by the. the waters of the justice system be ours we report on concerns that many trials are being prejudiced. the owner of the news of the world rupert murdoch's due to flying to london to confront the crisis of his troubled british tabloid police are now investigating the deletion of millions of e-mails that were potentially valuable evidence of the phone hacking scandal papers accused of snooping on the phone messages of politicians celebrities and victims of crime

a number of arrests were made friday including that of and the cool son a former editor of the paper who also serves as the prime minister's media chief former royal correspondent was also arrested both member later released on bail the prime minister's announced two independent public inquiries as a result of the scandal this is news of the world staff preparing for its final edition this sunday following the announcement of its to close i spoke to john galt he used to work for one of murdoch's newspapers it's all been media and political circles in the u.k. are too close many of us are calling for a full public inquiry led by a judge and cameron has been dragged through this position he's now willing to let it happen to extremely embarrassing for at least part of what's called the chipping condom sepultura i rule parts of britain he lives down there at the weekend rebecca brooks lives down there and columnist lived down there and the whole set you can to make socially that set was a different set when labor in power would try anywhere but all of it is too cozy

and too comfortable if you don't have a real democracy you have to have a separation between the press surely and indeed the political establishment and the government of the day you also need to have separation between the judiciary and those two areas in britain and the united kingdom they've become too close over the last thirteen or fourteen years and i believe that last may not all unary people in britain their views have not really been represented either in the newspapers or in the political arena that's bad for democracy so david cameron should start investigating themselves. as far as i'm concerned i wonder would your employer a man who's already had to resign over phone hacking allegations why would you take him to the heart of government where he could about access to top secret dossier as an information it's a sorry sorry day let me tell you not just the british press but for british democracy i thought third of jordan go on so we will know what you think about it

through at r.t. dot com in our latest poll if you're taking part already to still time we're asking is shutting down the news of the world the right decision where this is what you've been telling us throughout the night seems the vast majority of you think it is because you think rupert murdoch's media dominance should be ended fifteen percent of this hour also say guess what because that such tabloids are an embarrassment to the british media but few of you this hour again believe that the news the world's been made a scapegoat and the least popular response is but it's the wrong decision of the paper's coinstar shouldn't be punished ill planned to have your say online tonight while you're there these stories may interest you to take a look at this cat was taken to a cat fight corpse in central russia when a model tripped up and bugs into a colleague but it all kicks off more of that online also we've got a great interview with the daughter of charlie chaplin talks about the ups and downs of life as an actor really interesting chat about online from us tonight at r.t. dot com. defectors

from syria's security forces say they were given shoot to kill orders by their superiors when pealing with protesters human rights watch has published interviews with former soldiers and members of the security agencies involved in government crackdowns this is tens of thousands took part in a rally in the city of hama on friday calling for president bashar al assad to step down the least thirteen people were killed in mass demonstrations that are. according to activists tanks were deployed in crackdowns on protest was earlier in the week noted fourteen hundred people have been killed since i'm think government protests began in march here is that me foreign minister spoke to our t.v. said that any interference in the country's affairs with every disaster. serious position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the

military force in syria hands so even if the west is thinking of intervening we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east which any member of this interview for this year would drive this region to destroy the western countries are well aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular what is about political stand on the arab israeli conflict because of our treatments of success and our progress on the reform struggle through under the leadership of president bashar al assad what happened in syria really expected to spread like an epidemic across other our countries because we know little we can do that now israel and the west will post their civilization supremacy values that reminds us that one us i very carefully and all of the signals west wants from especially when you have the recent events and i must say that some truth i do not wish as well. i just let you know you watch the full interview with syria's deputy foreign

minister throughout the day sunday here on r.t. . the us media has come under fire for its report of a number of high profile criminal trials the case of a single mother casey anthony acquitted of murdering her two year old child earlier this week but at the center of heated debate for years indeed i was asked is a necessary churkin reports next there are concerns that public opinion is unduly swayed by the headlines rather than the evidence. innocent until proven guilty it's a whole mark principle of the american justice system weekly after shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests young african black and brown subjects sat down in history in an obsessive kind of way fifty shots sixty cents laying on our stomach in our back as we run or as we flee to breeding suspects into offenses in cases of entrapment entrapment is not. entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do to perp walks that parade suspects in

handcuffs for the world to see. to a media frenzy devouring some cases and not others i finally did before the. guilty until proven guilty in these cases government is changing the laws so are you presumed guilty from the get go and how much of a role does the media play if you're accused of being the most it's going to be in huge headlines on page one when you exonerated it's on page twenty seven below the full two column inches and your neighbor somehow didn't manage to catch a day surgery when still thinks you're a child molester not guilty to the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony murder case involving her two year old daughter a court of public opinion remains split from a court of justice all thanks to nonstop media coverage of the case for the past three years. maybe it's made me except i get it from the media it's been through

the guilty in the case of former i.m.f. head to many extras con the media satisfy their gluttonous taste with extreme passion only for the case to crumble i think there should be a. media outlets are required to play your exoneration up as big and as long as your accusation this is rarely the case as dubious practices in the criminal justice system spread so does the finger pointing and questioning the future of human rights in the us where as we call in as americans i'm sixty one years old i live. this is getting now going this is really good the principals that you were transplanted itself in are your fire suspects having to fight their battles publicly the minute they arrest him a chance to prove their innocence underlining the discrepancies in the u.s. criminal justice system are alive and kicking this interim iraqi authority in your . head in the program heading east we take you to the gun region in southern

siberia a place where entrepreneurs single handedly fighting for so brian a better lifestyle that story than this two. we're messing about on the river just outside moscow but why am i in a wetsuit to find out in just a few minutes. let's take a look at the world news headlines south sudan's become the world's newest nation following separate north thousands of people are taking part in massive celebrations in the city of juba the capital of the new state however the two separated countries haven't yet reached an agreement on their borders natural resources or the status of the citizens clashes of disputed territories to continue some. pro palestinian like to visit clashed with security forces in two separate incidents in the west bank some of the protestors hold still be afraid soldiers who responded with several arrests earlier about one hundred pro palestinian campaigners clashed with security forces of the major israeli checkpoint calling

for the return of refugees to his role. in malaysia police fired tear gas and arrested up to sixteen hundred activists istalif and gather the cost of capital kuala lumpur those detained include several singer opposition factions the protest which was the country's biggest political rally years was the culmination of weeks of pressure on the prime minister demanding electoral reforms ahead of national polls expected next week the national front been in power for almost six decades mellowed growing calls for change. but what position you hold in society there. some accusations that could ruin your reputation forever even if the nightly pro voles i'd stick simply allegations themselves would be enough to destroy careers laurie half in a style only resident in new york next asked people about the thorny issue of the law on sex crimes. the sexual assault cases of d s k angelina stance are getting

a lot of coverage in the news do you think it's right for women or men to report any sexual encounters they feel uncomfortable with this week let's talk about that there are two rules first one trouble leave and the second rule is all men a boss of the two proven otherwise if you feel that she's been violated i think reporting is the best idea and how that plays out you know that that's how that plays out but reporting is should be a woman's instinct at what point does it cross over to consider just for taishan. yeah it's a it's a tough line between those two people we're just two people it's impossible i think women should not get in situations i think there are lots of times that we put ourselves in situations and we have a messenger inside us that says get out of there and sometimes we don't listen to that message one says no or she says no it's a no if the same for women as for man one hundred percent. so why do we treat it

more as a woman's issue because it happens more often to women. men have a pride to go so we're going to slow the other person about money rich girl rich and poor guys for. good this just another way for women to get rich. so do you think it's fair that the laws generally tend to side with women. and i think it's impossible to really say what's fair or what's at this point again we carry our eight years of what's fair changed so much i think in general my inclination is to say yes it is because women have for the most part of been the victims for so many years that you almost have to side more with them in order to make it equal it's like affirmative action in a way like you have to do something to make things better so that they're not always the victims no matter how you feel about the lines of sexual assault the bottom line is. that the rule no means no will always be a good one to follow. to

streets of new york to the streets of russia russia close to take use of another journey this time heading two thousand kilometers east of moscow here we go. here's the map we're going to the region this time located at the very tip of southern siberia it's over mountains and untouched landscapes beautiful place but the natural beauty of course doesn't appeal to many of his residents these days in fact entire villages are becoming ghost towns as people move into cities however it is exam a boy to find one place for the residents of a very good reason to stay takes is that. here we are in the village of castor. grande region and for the past fifteen years its population has been steadily increasing here is the reason why it's monday morning and alexander

a former prison guard is it work casting the incoming employees for alcohol. if they're over the limit there is a choice to decide if for no show and lose thirty percent of them on salary i jumped three kilometers and be docked ten percent of that month's wage those who do the testing every morning regardless of gender or position. could be the only paycheck and that's a strong incentive not to dream working week. enforcement alcohol abstinence is the idea of these man alexander will to cause is the director of the still such plan and lives to expand his influence as far as possible and i have big ideas he had the very epitome of micro-management for the past fifteen years he's been preaching to his employees how to make good sausages and how to live a good life. while he is

a must it's the quality of the product that gave you this job in the first place and it's the quality of the terminus whether you keep after firing dozens of workers for showing up drunk at work or xander started lateran his employees on the harms of alcohol three times a day during breaks but the holy roman emperor charlemagne said the drunk for the first time should be beaten with a stick and those called for the second time should be beaten in public. time should be hanged as a former boxer he's not shy about exercising his rule with an r in face and has built his version of the iron curtain around his plan with dozens of video cameras around the facility employees have no chance to circumvent the law of big brother on the outside thoughts are no longer the isha. although the rules are very rigid and most people find it hard to comply but those who don't believe alexander is rules don't work here. alexander strive to set the rules of the game doesn't and

within his plan the only corporate tax payer in the village of four thousand people he's taken on a very wide notion of social responsibility using the plants profits he paved the local roads renovated a school and built a church and while he agrees that modesty is a virtue or his fondness of giving guidance and advice is avid and rather he goes you are it doesn't matter that you come from a village what matters most is to get a good education thank god we've got good teachers and behave well in school is that clear. but this approach has divided villagers the majority believe alexander is a blessing from a minority and primarily those who he's fired and not as impressed. as the old saying goes one man's meat is another man's poison that everybody in this village appreciates the example philosophy and he's a nasty in spreading it around some people call him

a control freak others to resort to more agricultural language his opponents also include some local officials who believe their goal xander has too much power it infringes on their own authority but alexander accuses them of not doing enough for the people when i ask him whether he'd like to run for office he's response was a resounding no. i think the whole purpose of power is to create to make life around you better and in this regard i have all the power in a need and. i think every successful activity requires discipline strict discipline and it starts with a mean instead of waiting for somebody to come and do something i do it myself i mean offend other people. will understand that i was doing it for the wrong good. many historians made the case that russians prefer authoritarian leaders and tackling the deep problems of alcohol addiction and rural isolation needs treat discipline and total control good or bad in alexander's case it seems to have

proved efficient axon avoid r t the village of just those here you are going to region. sports enthusiasts are flocking to because of moscow to bag a bargain and to this week a. changing hands of the un would where one of the sailors can buy or sell used vessels are seized. his works for work soon find out a bit more. if you're thinking about russia you're probably thinking about an awful lot of land but there's also an awful lot of water here and is this event today so world's on the outskirts of moscow which is trying to show all the fun you can hop around the water in russia there are three types of people who come to this event today first of all the look surest types they're here to look at to try out and maybe to buy like. looking at a price tag of about half a million euros on the inside no expense spared we had

a look around some of these boats and on an inside they really are on the look surest site second time the people here are literally people they've come here to relax on the banks they've come here to drink cocktails in the sun and to watch the third time people be active people they've come here to take part in a lot of the competitions here the sporting events wakeboarding the surfing competitions and they've come to try and show that you can have a lot of fun and be active in the water i'm here to try and show that too by doing this. you are fighting to show how much could happen in hopes that it will show up i'm going to go to the phones now i'm going out to control myself clear. almost like james bond going on quite some time of course sports coming your way

very shortly that in fact is how the now next thirty minutes look here on our team from moscow with me kevin oh into night thanks for being with us.

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