sentences ranging between eleven years and. now in torture itself. against this we're hearing from a daily newspaper. of what they tend to be determined to be a witch hunt going on against anybody who opposes because saakashvili they say that to start off it was businessmen then it was politicians scientists in utah get this which is journalists should say. is trying to use these spy saugus us it would suit to try and put himself across as a hero in school political points you are. you are. you are. into large group that is going to control the world. because. really isn't a russian does never produce or criticize the words life were.

and they say that anybody runs the risk of having themselves labeled a spotlight and having their reputation brought drug through the mud like that should they stand up against saakashvili preter all of our reporting there for our georges opposition leader you know burjanadze told our t.v. evidence the authorities are claiming that they've got could have been obtained under pressure. it's not just education one person who always on the right has is giving such kind of explanations they specially we had to take into account that she was arrested not the only himself but his wife too and they have a very small child to live but have been released after three. weeks with her group mention so of course it's quite difficult for me to say one hundred percent what is behind us that watches a situation but enjoy good time to time with everything said candles but beach condo had no real legal outcomes and we never saw any kind of real human patients

that government you think just right now government decided to read journalist she's reply symbolical because the government we are trying to control everybody and everything until now we didn't just keep even one that we didn't. want some of them something to do a reality when you have a chronic problem besides when you have problems with social and health care when you have a problem we. mentary a rule of law and the rights of the people when you lost your country twenty percent of thirty thirty because they yell and they get caught then but it is responsible if you should find somebody who will be guilty in everything we can go wrong in the country big very old police school technique and they say it's just quite easy to explain just rush and sob and be nice and everything would be wrong to keep the country linked with russian so suckers really creating things i cannot

say mimi and trying to delete everybody who is they gave him a lawyer gave his regime and who is fighting for deal democracy in this country he is trying to link with russian. it's fair that around two hundred people may have been killed in a series of explosions that shook the city of our began in turkmenistan somewhat local reports say the blast happened at a munitions depot though the government continues to claim it was a fireworks factory state officials have not confirmed any casualties the affected area is closed to the public and police are stopping anyone from filming or taking pictures many people can to contact their families or friends because of disruption to telephone lines a special government commission has reportedly now been set up to investigate the incident turkmenistan has long been a very secretive state with the internet banned until recently r.t. contacted be editor of a human rights website in turkmenistan who gave us his latest information. didn't

match it with russia starting from yesterday people began returning to the town fires have been put out the locals are now 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 done are no longer in the 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 of perhaps unhappy as they would like the president to announce a state of mourning or express his condolences it seems that their thirties and willing to admit that there are casualties there's no official theory as to the causes of the explosion initially there was an opinion that the fire happened because of very hot weather frankly speaking it's hard for me to tell therefore i won't be drawing any conclusions as witnesses many servicemen who were guarding those warehouses died in the fire. and you are with r t coming up later this hour

guilty until proven innocent. does the front page coverage of u.s. criminal cases muddy the waters of the justice system. we report on concerns that many trials are being prejudiced. the owner of the news of the world rupert murdoch is due to fly in to london to confront the crisis and his troubled british tabloid police are now investigating the deletion of millions of e-mails that were potentially valuable evidence in the phone hacking scandal the paper is accused of snooping on the phone messages of politicians celebrities and victims of crime a number of arrests were made on friday including that of and we've all seen a former editor of the paper who has also served as the prime minister's media chief the tabloids a former royal correspondent was also arrested both men were later released on bail the prime minister has announced two independent public inquiries as

a result of the scandal meanwhile news of the world staff are preparing for its final edition this sunday following the announcement it's to close john gaunt who used to work for one of murdoch's newspapers says media and political circles in the u.k. are too close. they've closed down the news the world so up to five hundred people have lost their jobs and most of these people were not only is the world when these allegations of hacking happened because what's going to happen now is the free press in the united kingdom which is something we really pride ourselves on there's a real danger now we're going to get overregulation by the government as a direct result of this of part of its behavior by some journalists on the news of the world and also is a major problem because i think that successive governments in britain both the labor government are in control before and now david cameron the conservatives have been too damn close to rupert murdoch and other newspaper proprietors but all of

that 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 have become too close over the last thirteen or fourteen years and i believe that last month no ordinary 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 himself as far as i'm concerned she extremely embarrassing for him because the former editor of the news of the world and the ecosystem of course became his press secretary i want to would your employer a man who's already had to resign over the phone hacking why would you take him to the heart of government where he could have access to top secret dossier as an information it's a sorry sorry day let me tell you not just for the british press but for british

democracy and now you can have your say on that story on our website r.t. dot com in our latest poll today we're asking is shutting down the news of the world the one decision more than half of you agree that rupert murdoch's media should be finished sixteen percent also say yes but for the reason that such tabloids are an embarrassment to the british media fourteen percent of the viewers think it's the wrong decision and that the paper's current staff should not be punished and of the least popular answer is that the news of the world has been made the scapegoat. while you're online you can also check out some other stories we're covering including america's copyright clampdown with tough new restrictions for downloading and sharing films and music slots. in the sky is not the limit we track of the marathon voyage of the olympic torch from earth to space and back as russia prepares for the two thousand and fourteen winter games. please.

defectors from syria's a security forces that were deployed to quell demonstrations against president assad say they were ordered to shoot to kill in interviews released by human rights watch they claim their superior officers gave the command to fire on the protesters meanwhile unrest continues to grow hundreds of thousands took to the streets in the city of hama on friday activists say at least fifteen people were killed and more than two hundred arrested amid anti-government demonstrations across the country this comes as damascus accused a u.s. envoy of inciting violence in hama something that washington strongly denies more than fourteen hundred people have been killed since anti-government protests began in march but as syria's deputy for me foreign minister told r.t.

his country will not tolerate any foreign interference in its affairs. 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 about it meaning we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east any meddling with the symptoms for those who drive this region to do so mr western countries are one aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular because of the political standing out of israeli conflict because of our chief success progress on the reform struggle through under the leadership of president assad what happened in syria today expected to spread. across other countries in order to weaken israel in the west to impose their civilization supremacy values the mindset of us i very carefully signals west wants from especially view of the recent times and i must say that some truth they do not wish

as well. and you can watch that full interview with syria's deputy foreign minister on r.t. throughout sunday. the u.s. media has come under fire for its reporting 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 has it been at the center of heated debate for years and is artie's anastasio churkin of reports there are concerns that public opinion is unduly swayed by the headlines rather than evidence. innocent until proven guilty it's a whole mark principle of the american justice system illegally often shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests young african black and brown subjects being sat down in the street in an obsessive kind of way fifty shots sixty shots laying on our stomach in our back as we run or as we walk or flee to breeding suspects

into offenses in cases of entrapment entrapment is not legal 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 find many of them 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 a penis crime it's going to be in huge headlines on page one when you exonerated it's on page twenty seven below the fold to column inches and your neighbors somehow didn't manage to catch it that day so everyone still thinks you're a child molester not guilty take the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony murder case involving her two year old daughter until the 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 she. is brave and i think it's great maybe they did it with from the media assume she was going to go. in the case of former i.m.f. head dominique strauss kahn that he is satisfied there like an estate 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 go on as americans i'm fifty one years old and i'm like. this is getting now going this is really getting ugly the principles that the u.s. once prided itself in our prior suspects are having to fight their battles publicly the minute they are arrested in attempts to prove their innocence underlining that

the discrepancies in the u.s. criminal justice system are alive and kicking just as it turned out marty they are still to come this hour heading east. we take you on a tour of the court a gun region in the southern siberia a place where an entrepreneur is singlehandedly fighting for sobriety and a better lifestyle plus. we're messing about on the river just outside moscow but why am i in a wet suit to find out in just a few minutes. also world news in brief for you now south sudan has become the world's newest nation following separation from the north thousands of people have taken part in massive celebrations in the city of juba the capital of the new state however the two separated countries have not yet reached an agreement on their borders natural resources or the status of their citizens clashes over disputed territories still continue in some areas. pro palestinian activists

have clashed with security forces in two separate incidents in the west bank some of the protesters hurled stones at israeli soldiers who responded with several arrests earlier about one hundred posts pro palestinian campaigners clashed with security forces at a major israeli checkpoint calling for the return of refugees to israel. and no matter what position you hold in society there are some accusations that could ruin your reputation forever even if they might be proved false mud sticks and the allegations themselves can be enough to destroy careers. our own resident in new york asks people about the thorny issue of the law on sex crimes. the sexual assault cases of d s k angelina stands 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 time travel leave and the second rule is all men a boss at the till proven otherwise if she feels 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 the 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 insiders 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 no is it the same for women as for man one hundred percent. so why do we treat it more as a woman session because it happens more often to women. but men have a bride to go sort of a hold

a brother. about money rich get richer the poor get poorer. so is this just another way for women to get rich. so do you think it's fair that the law generally tends to side with women. and i think it's impossible to really say what's fair what's not at this point again like ari ari is of what's fair change 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. and now it's time for our team to take you on a journey two thousand kilometers east of moscow.

welcome to the region located at the very tip of southern siberia it's home to mountains and untouched landscapes but the natural beauty of quarter gone is not appealing to many of its residents entire villages are becoming ghost towns as young people move to the cities or he's. managed to find one place though where the residents have a good reason to stay she's taking us there next. year we are in the village of chast. and for the past to an hour fifteen years its population has been steadily increasing here is the reason why. it's monday morning and alexander former prison guard is it work testing the incoming employees alcohol.

is there over the limit there is a choice to be started for a no show and lose thirty percent of them on salary my job three kilometers and be docked ten percent of that month's wage those that would do the testing every morning regardless of gender or position within. the could be that they will see it on their paycheck and that's a strong incentive not to drink new working week. enforcement alcohol abstinence is the idea of this man alexander the rector of the bank and likes to extend his influence as possible a man of big ideas very iffy to me of micro-management the past fifteen years he's been preaching please how to make good sausages and how to live a good life. is a must it's the quality of the product. first place in its terms whether you keep it. up to par in dozens of workers for showing up drunk at work or xander started.

on the harms of awful hall three times a day during breaks if you go. wrong for the first time should be beaten with a stick those court for the second. should be as a former boxer he's not shy about exercising his rule with an r and face 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 off side i'm no longer the issue. there is a very rigid people find it hard to. work here. alexander's drive to set the rules of the game doesn't and within his plan the only corporate tax payer in the village for four thousand people is taking on a very wide notion of social responsibility using the plant's profits he paid to

own local roads renovated the school and built a church and while he agrees that modesty is a virtue of his fondness of giving guidance and advice is evident wherever he goes in you are that you come from a village. to get a good education. teachers and behave well in school is that clear. but this approach has divided villagers the majority believe alexander is a blessing or a minority primarily doe's who he's fired and not as impressed. as the old saying goes one man's meat is another man's poison not everybody in this village appreciates alexander philosophy and he's tenacity 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 that alexander has too much power that

infringes on their own authority the bill xander accuses them of not doing enough for the people when i ask him whether he'd like to run for office he's a response was a resounding no. i think the purpose of power is to create to make life around people better and in this regard i have all the power that i need as for the iron fist i think every successful activity requires discipline strict discipline and it starts with me instead of waiting for somebody to come and do something i do it myself i may offend other people but sooner or later they'll understand that i was doing it for the wrong good. many historians make the case that russians prefer authoritarian leaders and the tackling to deep problems of alcohol addiction and rural isolation need street discipline and total control good or bad but in the xander space it seems to have proved efficient on a boycott artsy the village of. oregon region water sports enthusiasts are

flocking to the outskirts of moscow to bag a bargain or two this weekend yachts and a speedboat are changing hands at the annual marine fair where one of the sailors can buy or sell used to vessels artie's tom burton swapped his work for a wetsuit to find out 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 it's this event today was a world on the outskirts of moscow which is trying to show all the fun you could have around the water in russia there are three types of people who come to this event today first of all the look surest times they're here to look at to try out and maybe to by folks like you behind me we're looking at a price tag of about half a million euros i'm done but inside no expense spared we had a look around some of these boats and on indian side they really are on the blog surest side second time the people here the leisure the people they've come here to

relax on the flanks they've come here to drink cocktails in the sun and to watch the photon people be active people they've come here to take part in a lot of the competitions here the sporting events wakeboarding surfing competitions and they've come to try and show that you can have a lot of fun and be active in the water and i'm here to try and show that too by doing this. by frank you can see how much fun you can have in your club in russia i'm going to go on the boat now i'm going to have a good time myself cheerio. oh tom i'm glad to was there to pick him up now moscow's historic red square was packed with motor fans on saturday to see off the teams on the two thousand and eleven silk way rally crews from twenty five countries are taking part in the four

thousand challenge that's part of the punishing dakar series the racers on the moscow sochi leg are due to finish on july sixteenth with the winner picking up a three hundred thousand dollars. arts and entertainment plus sports are coming up that's how the next half hour looks right here on our.

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start on t.v. dot com. read the top news from around the world this is r.t. . to see accusers three georgian photo journalists including president's personal photographer of spying for russia it's alleged the men possessed secret information and have now been charged with espionage after reportedly confessing on video. tightlipped over reports that at least two hundred people have been killed in the blast and on the people in the city of human rights groups say electricity and water supplies have also been disrupted. to the u.k. to take charge of the phone hacking crisis that's. a media scandal has reached the

highest levels of government after a former editor who worked for david cameron was arrested on friday. we continue our journey around russia. steps out of the capital and takes us on a tour of the country's second city st petersburg. hello and welcome to the program summer is the perfect time to visit russia a long weekend here in st petersburg is a must the former capital is bursting full of history and culture so join me as we visit major locks and take part in various fun filled activities that we start off here at the spectacular sight isaac's cathedral originally the city's main church

in the largest cathedral in russia it was built between eighteen eighteen and eight hundred fifty eight a french born architect month almost two centuries later the gilded dome of st isaac still dominates the skyline of st petersburg a trip to the top provides extreme views of the city coming from the russian capital moscow out seem troubled by the fast subsume train network the journey takes four hours and costs around three thousand five hundred rubles that's roughly one hundred twenty five dollars one way you can see here the location of the city situated to the northwest of russia in the eighteenth century it was piece of the great stream to create a window to your with a vast canal network press taking architecture and palaces that were built to rival black who are paying counterparts this vision was well achieved just come here from moscow. we think this is a very grand place. the story enjoyed it.