forecasting live from the russian capital this is r.t. russia is defending its draft u.n. resolution on syria while the u.s. and its allies want the text changed but moscow is confident its join up a balanced approach to solving the crisis the draft condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict calling for the violence to stop loaning out foreign intervention sanctions the u.s. wants the blame for the bloodshed put on the mask it also haven't knowledge that the opposition is armed in spite of the engine of on defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down the regime. five thousand civilians are thought to been killed in syria since march asia times columnist thinks the west is looking to soften up the country before making its move what's interesting is what the u.s. and nato countries consider and accept an acceptable is that the syrian government cannot fight an armed insurgency in their own territory which this free syrian army

they're getting weapons smuggled from the middle east to the borders in turkey any in jordan as well this has been already proved then about the u.n. figures a lot of people are seriously questioned this number saying that five thousand people were killed over these past few months it makes like almost no one hundred that the effect so there is the fog of three war is already there so the russian move is an intelligent move because it is a preemptive i would say resolution it condemns both sides in asks for a u.n. peacekeeping mission in fact to solve the problem what nato wants is simmering civil war let's put it this way as a friend you for something much tougher had probably after the american elections in one year. well a syrian opposition self titled political leaders are holding their first congress

in tunisia but the arab spring revolutions began a year ago is being seen as an attempt to rally support among arab countries. and he says that the president was at the conference the country doesn't recognize the syrian national council but is sympathetic with the first anniversary of the easiest street protests which were very few toppled elections held over some little to show for the effort of scruples. a year ago mohamed bouazizi set himself to protest against the authorities in tunisia unleashing public frie over corruption and poverty which led to the president ben ali a wave of revolt spread to other countries and the arab spring was born. today a monument stands to his sacrifice in his hometown. there's a widespread belief however that the changes in tunisia and there. we've asked for a very few things to upgrade the school two hundred families with disabled children

and some jobs but no one wants to listen to the people haven't got money thing those who came from broughton reaped all the benefits they're all in the new government but the simple folk are left with nothing. but the tunisian revolution was led by young people demanding freedom of speech and greater percentage but the voice of news according to some has been silenced. the new government is comprised of the elderly that shows what kind of new tunisia we're talking about the main problem is the political parties which haven't given a chance to the young people who gave their lives in blood for the revolution and the western media has hailed the decision evolution as the beginning of a new democratic chapter in the history of the country more than african region a year has passed and people who live here is the very few of the soldiers they have the. or how absolutely can place they're going to leave everything is still as

it used to be their actions have come and gone and the town has a generous unemployment is still the same if not worse the only things that changed you can now express our opinion but there were lucian's main goals haven't been accomplished that were the fervor which sparked a revolution maybe only a slow burn for no one but if the grievances which inspired it remain so were the people's inspiration to revolt again it goes courting the city was it to nature. well coming up military vengeance against the soldiers virtues we can take suspect bradley manning gets to a miniature hearing a supporter saying the deadly data he eventually revealed should see him decorated instead of disciplined. deadly unrest in kazakhstan has left at least ten people dead in a western oil town clashes broke out on independence day celebrations turned violent police reportedly firing live rounds at the crowd there conflicting reports about how events on the betting interior ministry claims the situation has calmed

down the activists say crowds are gathering again political campaign around the country told me that it's difficult to establish exactly what's happening because communications with the city are down. a local bus service of your nose and we're trying to organize a concert to go to do it in a grocery independently in a square where workers already have been demanding reinstatement was seven month course oil workers didn't like that and the. stage they said by. local authorities believe there's information implicated so going the. internet. like twitter is blog. and of course i will be keeping across to how the situation

unfolds in kazakhstan and bring you the latest as we get it. well coming up we focus on turning teens away from deadly trouble in the rest of caucuses bring dr stunned to discover what's being done to help people and their back so it's a great mission. the new york court has ruled that iran provided material support to the plotters and hijackers in the nine eleven terror attacks the charges were brought by some of the victims' families but the lawsuit was settled by default because the accused which included radio leaders were not in court iran has been ordered to pay damages were going to be connected is unclear tehran has always denied any connection to al qaida radian american activist and thinks the case is a smear campaign in the buildup to war. i don't see any evidence that is particularly compelling that iran had a direct role in nine eleven i know that we have seen. in washington there's been

a campaign in new york to link iran very publicly to nine eleven on the anniversary of those attacks earlier this year there was a billboard campaign in times square with god's face and something along the lines of you know the silent partner of al qaeda. there's clearly a campaign right now to try to ratchet up the pressure for yet another u.s. . attack on a middle eastern country and i just think this is so dangerous if you go back to when those attacks happened immediately afterward iran condemned the attacks there were there were candlelight vigils on the streets of top raud in solidarity with the americans who lost their lives. in cooperating with the united states in helping topple the taliban who. is the enemy up. it was osama bin ladin

what we're seeing now is this strange self-fulfilling prophecy process and i'm worried that this is exactly what we saw with iraq this is this is a campaign to go to war. for more world news now for you and the regime has boiled over in the egyptian capital clashes between the military and civilian demonstrate these people. two hundred. troops to disperse a three week sit in protest. and. despite the second stage the phased election process being underway with anger grew when it was rumored police had savagely campaign. machine gun fire on the gaza israel border has left one man dead and two other people who did israeli military said troops opened fire after hearing a loud explosion but has not been confirmed the man was killed by military bullets becomes just a week after israel carried out air strikes in gaza killing five and injuring dozens more. sanctions had been lifted against libya's banks to

try and lessen the country's cash crisis u.n. security council moves forward by america moving most of its restrictions against tripoli they were imposed on gadhafi regime in february the start of the uprising killed more than thirty thousand people dealt a blow that is a criminal that's one of the history. when libya's civil war ended almost two months ago but the aftershocks still resonate nationwide is already reports online the hague one sounds as to whether marked off his killing was a prime it is speculation that could be held responsible. also on the web site of the world trade organization welcomes russia into the fold explorable like me and abroad you can find out more at r.t. dot com.

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the military hearing of the wiki leaks suspect has opened with bradley manning's lawyers demanding the officer overseeing his case steps aside they claim his other role investigating the whistle blowing web site's founder makes him biased manning is accused of releasing secret military and diplomatic data to wiki leaks made his first public appearance since being detained on for the army private faces twenty two charges of distributing government secrets which eventually passed to wiki leaks and the aiding the enemy could things life in prison if convicted antiwar activists ran back running would be considered a hero for his sacrifices in revealing the truth. i think that bradley manning if it's true that he was the one who released the documents to wiki leaks will be considered in u.s. history as a hero because he took a stand and is obviously willing to pay a very difficult price possibly life in prison possibly the death sentence for

exposing a criminal war the iraq war is a crime against humanity it's a war crime in fact bradley manning had an obligation to reveal that this country was carrying out criminal activities of course we all knew that and one sense but by releasing these hundreds of thousands of classified documents if in fact it was he who did it he did a great deal to expose to shine a bright light on those who are committing crimes against the iraqi people and in fact against the american people bradley manning has been held wrongly he's been held in solitary confinement he's been pre-judged by the military and by the media he has been stripped naked in forest in solitary confinement that's a kind of torture and he's being treated as the worst possible lowest criminal in fact somebody who's not even part of the judicial system since he's been pre-judged and. when next we head to one of russia's most unstable regions in the battle to

stop the young forming prey to terrorists. pairs in russia's headlines almost every day with reports of exchanges of foreign explosions eighty percent of all anti terror operations in russia carried out in the troubled republic it's been a question of reports it's also a big one radicalism and it's really. the caucasian republic of dagestan in russia is one of the most volatile areas in the country groups of militants operating in this part of the caucasus are reported to have strong links with al qaida look to exalt people in when they're young and to tell rays are constantly carried out in a time to eradicate the problem although militants usually target police and government officials tourism has often warranted the lives of many innocent families across the region because of that

a number of organisations have sprung up fighting for victims' rights and helping is also fronted peace their lives back together i had it turns to spend the day would speak. after losing her son three years ago has dedicated her life battling for her people's future. it's a called mr winter morning in the swede line a sign of as always is first in the office the telephone starts to ring right as she enters the room it is the usual start of the day for the mothers of dagestan a human rights organization created four years ago and now known across the region today's headline is heading to the outskirts of the capital a single mother of four lives her husband was killed by robbers and she was left with nothing but her children should learn that brings food clothes and talks to her talking as soon as the most important part offering reassurance to victims that they have not been forgotten your bible should not be unusual our organization

mostly helps women it doesn't matter what situation they're in if they're in need to come to help with most of these women don't know their rights or who do who help three years ago us with lana was in the same position when one day her son failed to return home she didn't know what to do and lost valuable time that could have been used to rescue him. with that he won't even knew then what i know today my rights the right people i could have saved him i could have found out where he was have done something. sun was accused of helping terrorists in dagestan she fears he was killed but where she still doesn't know these accusations are common in this region young and immature people often become the victims of terrorist brainwashing high unemployment also boasts this quite often people that fall under the influence of those with no financial or social prospects and see going into the forest use them as one for joining terrorist as the only way out for them that's what happened

with mariam and it cost her her life she had a difficult childhood was raised without a father and her mother couldn't provide for the family her mother honeymoon remembers how when her daughter started working at the market she met very religious people that never figured out a truce i thought there was nothing bad in that but then my little girl started to change she talked a lot about being a real nuisance and we're going to paradise i tried to talk her out of it but she never listened sean listened to her new friends. her new friends turned out to be extremists and the last year of her life she disappeared for several months the next time her mother saw her face was on t.v. in a report on the latest special forces raid against suspected terrorists these deadly skirmishes are part of a bigger conflict being played out across the north caucasus region the terrorist led by dog who is russia's most wanted militant and on the list of america's most

wanted terrorists want to establish a pan caucasian islamist state. in the last decade parts of pakistan have become really just theoretical ice this region is now the heart of precious islamic terrorist problem and almost every day the authorities are engaged in shootouts with terrorists and very often that happens even in the capital city of the region . locals say it's hardly surprising muslims are turn. into radical islam as they see it as an alternative to the hard life in the region the older members of the community believe a large proportion of those who went to the fore is a simply bandits from an dissatisfied younger generation. if anyone told me thirty years ago their life in dagestan would be like what we see now i would never believe that. the locals want the rule of law enforced and respected again every turn to a time before terror played such

a dominant part in the lives of so many marginal question articles in the republic of dagestan. there's been an insurgent attack against a police station in the afghan capital no one's been hurt but it's the latest in a string of assaults with the taliban has been mounting across the country recent months nato says it's confident it's making progress in the war but artie's contributor thinks they need a reality check. the pentagon chief addressing the u.s. forces of the forward operating base sharon are impacting your province afghanistan made a very unusual statement he opened up claiming that you ass is winning in afghanistan and here rep he is sure to address by admitting that we have not won in this conflict the own panetta has managed to make a very big service to the u.s. commander in chief effectively distracting and postponing their realistic risk

assessment of the situation on the ground in afghanistan and across its border until the white house we'll take your reality check despite a no due to the false s.s. man coming from their former cia and current pentagon chief of their white house have a good team we'll be doomed to do more of the same expecting some dramatic unrealistic results to the detriment of the us image being paid by the us military and the us taxpayers money. on the internet was built on the backbone of freedom for all he use it but annoy coping online piracy being debated by us congress is being seen as a smokescreen to stifle free speech and activist and swartz says it has little to do with copyright protection. the government doesn't just take down the infringing material it takes on the site entirely and it does it without even

a trial to find out whether it's illegal or not and as you know copyright laws are extremely complicated there are lots of things that look like copyright infringement that turn out to be licensed in one way or another part of this is a larger crackdown on freedom of speech there's pretty much no other law that would give the government the power to censor the internet that wouldn't be laughed out of congress you know if you said the government needed to censor the internet to protect national security it would be widely seen in america is totally unacceptable and beyond the pale but by using copyright as a wedge issue suddenly we're able to put this power in the hands of the government and then once they have it it can be expanded and expanded to deal with a whole range of other things one of the interesting provisions in this law is it doesn't just shut down websites it also increases the penalties for people caught in gauging and copyright infringement so for example if you make a video on you tube of yourself singing and copyrighted song this bill would increase the penalty to that to ten years in jail so there's all sorts of people who do these things that would just be considered part of natural life as

a teenager that now are facing huge felony charges as a result of this law. or freedom of speech often means having to be more savvy when it comes to filtering the facts in mainstream news their home finished now here's from people in new york about whether their time being bulletins. are you sick of the media being biased this week let's talk about that do you feel like the media's biased sure they are you just go to pick the right one that you want to listen to is the right one around one no. is going to listen to them all or make up your own why do you case that a political party is it government is in power but i can't. see things on the media i absolutely do think it's important for the noose a try to be on bias but unfortunately everybody brings their own slant to their reporting i don't think it's avoidable even though it's desirable obvious possible

for anybody to be on bias so why would we expect a news organization to be unbiased because they're professionals it was the journalists who set up but they're still human. well they have a lot of stuff you either read or the news is untrue and a lot of the television isn't that a shame the news would be untrue. it is but the thing is it sells papers and it sells news and people watch it people have to charles that bother you no not at all it's just the way they were out the way it is you believe what you want to believe do you think it would how people be more informed if news organizations admitted their bias. i think sober people wouldn't believe them and then they'd turn whoever was biased anyway because a lot of people that think that some channels are fair and balanced other channels aren't leaning in any direction well i mean i think we all know that's not true right we all this into the news every single day and we all hear the ridiculousness

on both sides yeah but i think fox particularly will report both sides in both views and they have people of opposing views on very frequently they don't think they're biased that i think they themselves they may be slant but i think it's a moniker that people have put on them. i don't there's no good service they are they are but that's ok they should just admit it and they do i think i think some of the oh oh they're fair and balanced base that angered reporters and each person picking these experts they come in every individual has his own personal bias you can't get away from that maybe instead of demanding our media be less biased we just start demanding they admit their bias and maybe that they'll at least be accountable for the opinion they report. just ahead feel we had to for a nation to russian city famed for its furs and outstanding academics softer mind

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