a very warm welcome gee this is artie live from moscow now it's exactly a year since the first flashpoint and subsequent street protests which led to the overthrow of president ben ali into his yeah they provided the spark for the spread of the arab spring across north africa in the middle east with regimes falling on talk of democracy rising but even after elections internet calls for change remains strong there as i see that in the collusion has been finding out. a year ago mohamed bouazizi set himself of fire to protest against the authorities in tunisia unleashing public frie over corruption and poverty which led to the ousting of president ben ali a wave of revolt spread to other countries and the arab spring was born. today a monument stands to his sacrifice and his hometown a city 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 to meet families with disabled children and some jobs but no one wants to listen to us the people haven't got money thing those who came from abroad and reaped all the benefits their role in the new government but the simple folk are left with nothing. that's unusual evolution was led by young people demanding freedom of speech and greater presentation but the voice of news according to some has been silenced. like 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 that there is an evolution as the beginning of a new democratic chapter in the history of the country northern africa region

a year has passed and people who live here is the very few of the soldiers they have asked for absolutely can place their. everything is still as it used to be their actions have come and gone and the town hasn't seen any changes unemployment is still the same if not worse and the only things that changed we can now express our opinion but the relations main goals haven't been accomplished that were the fervor which sparked a revolution maybe on a slow burn from now on but if the grievances which is parted for mean so with the people's inspiration to revolt again it goes carty said it was in tunisia. well one of the countries to follow internet steps was of course egypt and discontent rumbles on there too with more clashes between protesters and police at least eight people were killed and hundreds injured egyptians were in the military council to step down immediately despite parliamentary elections being under way journalism

believes that could lead to more protests. i think it's very likely will see more demonstrations to come because the cause is triggered the demonstrations sort of been resolved and you know we're very likely come friday to to see more demonstrations and in the weeks to come and probably in the months to come to the army's performance to date is not that encouraging they've shown every sign of progress to nation and they've shown every sign of clinging desperately on to power so they may well find new ruses to to remain in ultimate control of the country and as for the immediate step down as a lot of protesters have been demanding for the last few weeks probably highly unlikely but my reading of the situation at the moment is that the army is probably the greatest obstacle to freedom democracy in egypt and i know the debate has focused a lot on islamists but i think the army is probably the biggest obstacle that we

have to date. russia has been speaking up for its draft u.n. resolution on syria in the face of attempts by the u.s. allies to see the text change to moscow insists it's drawn up a balanced approach to solving the crisis the draft condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict calling for the violence to stop or ruling out foreign intervention and sanctions washington wants the blame for the bloodshed put on the damascus authorities allowed it also but he acknowledges that the opposition is all despite thousands of army defectors claimed to be fighting to bring down the regime asia times columnist pepe escobar thanks western countries are looking to soften up the country before making any. 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 the free syrian army they are getting weapons smuggled from the middle east to the borders in turkey pending

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 all of the 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's a preemptive i would say resolution it condemns both sides and 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 prelude for something much tougher probably after the american election in one year. so it's incumbent on the program a real battle for the way we do get now a new bill debated in the u.s. congress could tell a whole wallop of media and shake the fundamental principles of free speech all

names that sound. as a russian build rockets exactly which is from your piece based french guyana we're not going to drop the space jack means for the wow. off our season catholics down say they've restored peace in a western oil town where riots on friday that unease eleven people dead at the on rest began during senate braincells marking twenty as the country one is dependence from the south even what i call genocide gallon cars that told off. well thirties were staging a concert at the central square but the oil workers on strike took it as an insult they've been on the same square for seven months waiting to be paid after almost a thousand employees were fired in may they've been expecting the authorities to solve their dispute with the company but were largely ignored so the celebrations

became a boiling point in the months long wait as you can see on the video they started turning the stage upside down smashing sound monitors the police moved in to clear the square and that's when the riots began several buildings including local administration the hotel and the oil company were set on fire the strikers were later joined by young people from local gangs and criminal groups or thirty's have imposed a curfew also szell networks have been blocked including twitter and facebook you can't watch videos on you tube people can't reach each other on cell phones. a new court has ruled that iran does support the hijackers behind the nine eleven terror attacks that all see was filed by some of the victims' families bearing was settled by the fold because the news including iran's supreme leader did not appear in court and reigning american activists think the case is part of the largest mayor campaign to prepare for an intervention in the country. i don't see any evidence that is particularly compelling the 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 what is 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 broad in solidarity with the americans who lost their lives. cooperating with the united states in helping topple the taliban who. is an enemy of iran as was osama bin laden

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. the u.s. military pretrial hearings in the case of alleged whistle bradley manning by rejecting a defense request that the presiding officer steps down they claim he has all the role investigating the founder of wiki leaks makes him biased private manning you served as an intelligence analyst and baghdad is ease of leaking classified military and diplomatic data into the whistleblower website he has already been held in detention and nineteen months i could think like you know even a death sentence if found guilty film is. american people need to know about the alleged abuses carried out by the us will mean. these charges or

greatly over rush. gates's term so there has been no indication of serious damage to u.s. personnel or those who cooperate with the united states what's the damage is is the revelation of things that the american people should know about and that's what bradley manning was doing by his own lawyers own e-mail see indicated that he wanted this to lead to a discussion and debate and sort of the consideration of the kinds of policies that he witnessed the effect so there are gradations of values here there is the promise of the written promise that there is a sign before we became employed and got access to classified information they will not release information that would endangered the national security but the supreme value there is what ethicists call a supervening value and that's what bradley manning saw he saw the torture he saw the other abuses he saw the feckless war and he said i can go back and keep my

mouth shut like my superiors say or i can follow my conscience at great peril to myself and this is very clear in his e-mails a great peril to myself the american people need to know what's going on so they can make more to lighten decisions when you can also keep your fingers on the pulse of the knees home online right now for. the supreme court in london and to hear the wiki leaks founder that appeal against his extradition to sweden to face. allegations. and a regular security check and most of the apple reveals radioactive substances in a suitcase with reports suggesting it was an iranian threat that involved find out before these houses. now russia's own national interest will guide its actions on the global arena resume that is spelled out the country's piracies in view of the recent rests with the u.s. on its missile defense shield in europe which moscow says poses

a threat to its security when washington failed to give written assurances that the shield is not same to russia also deployed a radar system on its western border. we must not let ourselves be intimidated or confused we must clearly understand the goals we are heading for politics is a concrete think whatever friendly relations we have if we are not being heard we will answer that's what i had to do it wasn't against obama but against the policy that the us has adopted if they continue to be rude we will respond if they hear our concerns we will work together. now in the wake of protests against this month's election results which have been held across russia the president said he saw and heard people's concerns but is that there's good changes in the country should be started from within and never be a result of outside pressure once that rally wrapped up in moscow on saturday with a turnout of some one of the half thousand supporters of the party which didn't

make it past the seven percent threshold needed to win seats in the state duma moscow's block mile square where they gathered became the focal point for protests last week when tens of thousands converged to voice their dissatisfaction with the poll results on our web site r.t. dot com you'll find full analysis of all the post-election events to log on to see videos photo galleries and much more. time now for a look at some other world news this hour brief flash floods triggered by an unexpected tropical storm have killed at least two hundred people in the southern philippines with schools more missing many were asleep when the floodwaters swept through towns during the night officials say tens of thousands of made for higher ground to escape the deluge the rescue operation is now underway. it's raging soldiers have killed one palestinian civilian and injured two others on the border

with a military patrol reportedly open fire after hearing a large explosion aiming for what they thought was an area known as the terrorist activity that has. retaliated by launching rockets into israel though no casualties reported. the united nations has released the assets of to libyan banks in an effort to ease the country's financial troubles that will allow the libyan government access to billions of dollars of funds from abroad sanctions were imposed earlier this year on banks formally controlled by the else that leaves a colonel moammar gadhafi the libyan economy has suffered significant after the uprising that toppled. with a lucrative oil industry virtually grinding to a halt. a new zealand aircraft has come to the aid of a russian a fishing vessel that's been stranded in antarctic ice for two days now the flight delivered fuel and other equipment to help the crew of thirty to pump out water

which had been leaking into the hole the ship called sponsor has behold about one and a half meters below the waterline the crew members had to ditch cargo to decrease the ship's weight rescuers say if they succeed the vessel could be repaired enabling the trailer to sail out of trouble. it's been a bedrock of free speech throughout the world but now those principles which of help to find the internet could be under threat with a bell aimed at causing online piracy being debated by the u.s. congress instead activists aren't sward says the move could end up with the web falling into government hands. 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 that 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. freedom of speech to means that in much of the media there is a lack of fidelity to facts and health and method in new off people that whether they're tired of one sided these are the needs.

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 just going to pick the right one that you want to listen to is the right one around one know. you're going to listen to them all and make up your own mind when do you case 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 new sutra 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 of professionals who journalists this is a job but they're still human well they have a lot of stuff you either read or the news is untrue as a lot of the television isn't that

a shame that the news would be untrue. but the thing is it sells papers and it sells news and people watch it people watch the channels that bother you no not at all just the way the world. believe what you want to believe do you think it would help 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 there's a lot of people that think the 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 so you don't think they're biased that i think they themselves there may be a 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 they do i think i think some know what they're fair and balanced they say borders and each person keeping these experts they come in every individual has his own personal bias you can't get away from it maybe instead of demanding our media be less biased we just start demanding they admit their bias and maybe then they'll at least be accountable for the opinion they report. now one of russia's rockets has successfully blown from less than million soil as it carried french and chilean spy satellites into orbit from a launch pad in french french observation stations will be gathering military intelligence or providing screeding images of targets while the chilian on the sky will mainly be used for mapping farmland it's only the second time a russian rocket has more from outside the former soviet union following

a similar successful mission last month also in french guyana after america's space shuttle program was shot down soyuz remains the only means of taking hold and satellites into space. next we head to one of russia's most restive republics and find out about the battle to stop young people from falling prey to terrorists. often makes headlines for the wrong reasons with frequent reports of insurgency and instability high unemployment and low living standards are sometimes blamed as root causes which help feed militancy. of course. 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 warned of 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 affected peace their lives back together i had it turns to spend a day with. 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 organisation created four years ago and now known across the region today cyclone is heading to the outskirts of the capital

a single mother of four lives that her husband was killed by robbers and she was left with nothing but her children. 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 gravel should not be unusual our organization mostly helps women it doesn't matter what situation they're in if there is a need to come to help most of these women don't know their rights or who to ask to help three years ago said lana was in the same position when one day her son failed to return home she didn't know what to do and most valuable time that could have been used to rescue him. if i knew then what i know today my rights the right people i could have saved him i could have found out where he was a good have done something. son 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 boast this quite often people that fall under the influence of those with no financial or social prospects and see going to the forest use them as and 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. at first i thought there was nothing bad in that but then my little girl started to change she talked a lot about being a real new slang going to paradise i tried to talk her out of it but she never listened she only listened to her new friends who were. 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 doubly 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 dagestan has become really just theoretical ice this region is now the heart of russia's 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 turning to radical islam as the. we 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 yet if anyone told me thirty years ago that 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 minds in the question r.t. close up in the republic of dagestan. about with a recap of today's headlines in just a few moments stay with. wealthy

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