say the verdict is merely a pretext for war against iran. news for russia and around the world this is all she was me thanks for joining it turns out thousands of people in tunisia have been celebrating the past anniversary of the country's revolution which overthrew dictator ben ali after almost twenty five years in power the uprising was this part for the arab spring which rocked almost twenty countries across the north africa and the middle east but even after elections into music calls for change rain strong that. has been finding out. a year ago mohamed bouazizi set himself on fire to protest against the authorities in tunisia unleashing public frie over corruption and poverty which led to the hour syrian 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 boise there's a widespread belief however that the changes in tunisia and they're going to. last 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 the people haven't got money thing those who came from abroad and 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 presenting 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 have been given a chance to the young people who gave their lives and blood for the revolution the

western media has hailed the journey as an evolution as the beginning of a new democratic chapter in the history of the country and northern africa region a year has passed and people who live here is the very few of the soldiers they have asked for have actually taken place there. everything is still as it used to be the actions have come and gone and the town has a generous unemployment is still the same if not worse with the only things that change you can now express our opinion but the rouge main goals haven't been accomplished. the fervor which sparked a revolution maybe only a slow burn for no one but if the grievances which is parted for mean so with the people's inspiration to vote again it even goes carty city was it tunisia. egypt which followed tunisia on the road to revolution is bracing itself to get more violence at least nine people died and over three hundred fifty have been injured since friday after the all moved in to disperse demonstrators and to military approaches camp on the square. i reporter for the jerusalem post says the

army is frightened at the prospect of egypt being run by islamist political parties . they're a symptom of a wider power struggle that's taking place between the military and the islamist led parliament the new parliament that's been elected that's being elected in phases i think that the military is very frightened of the prospect of an egypt that would be led by islamist political parties they're worried about security they're worried about the economy what this could do to tourism and the reluctant they've got used to being in power for many many years since the fifty's i think they're very reluctant to let go of that power i don't think that there actually has been a revolution yet i think that what's happened is that the figurehead of the military regime has been deposed very dramatically certainly that's a hugely significant event it's an earthquake but i thought i would define a revolution as the ousting of the elites from power and i think that the elites in egypt which which are the military i think they're still in power and once the

military is gone from power fully gone from power then i think we can describe what we're seeing in egypt as a revolution until the end when i think these two sides are stuck in their current position fighting it out through a range of ways and one of these ways is street battles between the military security forces and the people so i think it's going to be unpredictable violent in some cases and it's also going to damage egypt's ability to maintain law and order on its streets. so if more people have been killed across syria to moments damascus international observers tokenize ation is threatening to turn to the u.n. security council for action if they request is if you it comes as russia has put forward and new drawn for a solution to the u.n. security council on syria most is demanding by the assad regime the opposition and thereby they send a big and domino routing out for intervention on sanctions but the u.s. and its allies on the russian motion amended and seek to put the blame for the

bloodshed on the damascus authorities alone that's despite thousands of defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down the assad regime. still to come a program a soldier's bravery or betrayal find out the latest on the last on the private accused of passing military secrets to the whistle blowing web site keeps its supporters same him as a hero to traitor. the russian built a rocket successfully little interest from the european spaceport in french radio and a look at what his journey to the stars means of the. president . has announced a few in a town in the west of the central asian country where riots from friday left at least eleven people dead he also said this is haitian is now under control that unrest was initiated by a group striking oil workers during state celebrations marking twenty years of

independence. as a local journalist told r.t. what happened. oh workers in generalising have been striking for fairly long already for several months if this race were even out but the reemerged in full force yesterday was that it was deliberate in its twentieth anniversary so there was a big date and instead of a concert and a celebration there was a riot and people killed people who were on the video those people the old dressed in clothes and their guns uniforms this is fairly strange for a strike of two uniformed you know and they were moving into organized packs but it looks like the. oil workers are there anyway whether they're demanding wages or they're being led by somebody they're taking part. since they were just rushing things around. and they were behaving too organized and they were talking

authorities and. so it looked like general prosecution so. who started the crowd and the crowd was sort of for a huge it up it looks like chris this is being led from the outside this could be external forces like the country's intelligence or this could be sort of local forces who are interested in or throw in to go in and changing the regime this is totally there is said to be very calm and stable not only that this square nobody is raging in more but the internet connection and all years and years and everything each is it falls under curfew restriction that has been implemented in new york court has of all statically run provided material support to archive it for the nine eleven attacks but the hearing was settled by default because the defendants including iran's supreme leader did not appear in court professor portrait and food from california state university says this is part of the campaign to demonize iran and begin plans to at times that country. this is what we

call a kangaroo court in america this is totally outrageous its allies by the american government if we want to look for blame we can start with saudi arabia where most of the hijackers came from having lived and worked in arab countries i can tell you there is no way that the arab government did not know what was going on in saudi arabia we could look to germany where many of them lived we could look at american flight schools we could look at f.b.i. agents reported disappear ears in the spurious did nothing. iran has no involvement in this whatsoever know that a neoconservative warmongers are trying to demonize iran even more and build up to it war and unfortunately the average american voter knows so little we know congresswoman michele bachmann a couple weeks ago was able to say that she would close the american embassy and bring home the ambassador and staff and that wasn't subjected to great ridicule every american i've talked to so far doesn't know anything wrong with that

statement right after nine eleven i was shocked that the iranian leadership said they would permit american military to use their airspace to attack afghanistan that they would help any downed pilots they that they would help supply anything else they bent over backwards to help america beyond belief that iranian journalists had been murdered by the taliban there was no love lost between the taleban and the iranians. a u.s. military court has opened pretrial hearings in the case of alleged whistleblower bradley manning by rejecting a difference request that the presiding officer should step down they claim he's out there he's out of rule investigating the founder we can makes makes him biased private manning has served as an intelligence analyst in baghdad is accused of leaking classified military and diplomatic data to the whistle blowing web site he's already been held in detention for nineteen months and could face life in prison even execution of convicted of the coalition bradley manning is

a hero as the war crimes atrocities in iraq. i think the 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 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 in. russia's own national interests will guide its actions on the global arena president into that it spells out of the country's priorities in view of the recent rift with the u.s. when its missile defense shield in europe which mosco says poses a threat to its security when washington failed to get written assurances that they show it is not aimed at russia also deployed a rating system on its western most border. we must not let ourselves be intimidated or confused we must clearly understand the goals we are heading for politics is a concrete shame 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. under in the wake of protests against this month's election results which have been held across russia the president said he saw and heard the people's concerns but he said political changes in the country should be started from within and never be ever solved of outside pressure one rally wrapped up in moscow saturday with a turnout of some one and a half thousand supporters of the yabloko party which didn't make it past the seventy percent threshold needed to win seats in the state duma moscow's no square where they gathered become the focal point for projects last week when tens of thousands converged to voice their dissatisfaction with the poll results on our web site home you find for analysis of all the post-election about exclusive interviews photo galleries and much more. and he's learned a crowd has come to the aid of a russian fishing vessel that's been stranded in the atlantic ice for two days they

fly still have it fuel and i think we're going to have the crew of search to pump out water which has been leaking into the the ship called spotter has been hold out why and how meters below the water line and crew members had to ditch cargo to reduce the ship's weight weskits say they succeeded the vessel could be repaired allowing the trawler to sail out of trouble. russian build so use rocket has successfully blasted off from the european spaceport in french guiana it was carrying french and chilean spy satellites into orbit french observation stations will be gathering military intelligence and providing three d. images of time. while they truly an eye in the sky will mainly be used for mapping farmland it's only the second time a russian rocket has launched from outside the former soviet union following a similar successful mission last month also from french guiana after america's space shuttle program was shut down so use remains the only means of taking people and satellites into space. at least fifty occupy wall street protesters have been

arrested after they broke into a private park in manhattan as the movement month anniversary the strangers were evicted from their sikorsky park headquarters last month to set up a new camp in the city's dosser park accidents and ripped holes in the fence around the private grounds and used letters to come inside police just just past protesters claiming that the occupies would not permission to enter the park. and. a bill being debated by the u.s. congress to stop online piracy could mean that start a web censorship in america according to critics of the proposal internet activist irish rules so the move also could cripple corporate protection in our age. 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's 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 so freedom of speech often means that in much of the

mainstream media they can also be a freedom in terms of accuracy or defiance and if. you ask people that what their time and of a subjective. 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 the discredit 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 or make up your own why 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 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 the professionals usually journalists has a job 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 that the news would be untrue. but the thing is it sells papers and it sells news and people watch it people have to channel that bother you. just the way they were. 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 they don't think they're biased that i think they themselves in my b.s. slant when i think it's a moniker that people have put on them. i don't there's no good. they are they are but that's ok just admit it they do i think i think some know they're fair and balanced borders and each person should be these experts they come in every individual has his own personal bias you can get away from that maybe instead of demanding our media be less biased we just start demanding they admit their bias and maybe they'll at least be accountable for the opinion they report. and more news for you this hour massive floods triggered by an unexpected tropical storm rolled over four hundred people in the southern philippines with about two hundred missing many residents were asleep when the floodwaters tool through towns

overnight after hours of torrential rain that thousands have sought refuge in evacuation centers across several provinces. ship carrying more than three hundred illegal migrants from the middle east has sunk all the indonesia's java island only seventy six people have been rescued so far and hundreds are still missing as search teams continue working on the spot a madras officials say there would a ship was wrecked by strong waves meanwhile local media report the boat was carrying more than twice its capacity which they blame for the accident. israeli soldiers have killed one palestinian civilian and injured two others on the border with gaza a military patrol reportedly opened fire after hearing a large explosion aiming for what they thought was an area known for terrorist activity gaza has retaliated by launching rockets into israel so no casualties are reported. the united nations has released the assets of to live in

buying and efforts 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 formerly controlled by the ousted leader colonel moammar gadhafi believe in a coup amazed at significantly after the uprising that toppled down his regime with the lucrative oil industry virtually grinding to a halt. now the 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. so dagestan often makes headlines for the wrong reasons with frequent reports of and sad to see and instability so high temperament and low living standards are sometimes blamed as root causes which help feed the militancy but in

a cultural has more. 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 draw 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 go into the lives of many innocent families across the region because of that a number of organizations have sprung up pointing for victims' rights and helping those affected 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 you're probably shouldn't have been using our organization mostly helps women it doesn't matter what did you. in their in their in need we come to help most of these women don't know their rights or who to ask who 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 lost a 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 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 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 her normal remembers how when her daughter started working at the market she met very religious people that. it's proust i thought there was nothing bad in that but then my little girl started to change she talked a lot about being a real muslim we're 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 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 religiously resident lies 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 turning to 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 ant dissatisfied younger generation. if anyone told me thirty years ago that life in dagestan would be like what we see now i would never believe it. 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 much in the question r.t. close up in the republic of dagestan. and a very shortly then co-host stays at her to discuss the true cost of keeping the banks afloat in the latest claims record that's our current crop of today's top stories in just a few moments here and i'll see live a. wealthy

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ask one question you could be uncertain and you might or might not be able to publish it but that's the end of your career. and again this is all see coming to life for most of the headlines. twenty zilog that fast and of us robots revolution with a monument to the mind of a set himself and lives on his death on base to protest movement that gave birth to our spring but many people in the country are prostrate that flank of change since the uprising that still will be over for its. towns authorities impose a crafty and oil town in the west of the country saying it's fine to control kind of friday to drive that's not the the case.