arrangement three. three. three. three brokers video for your media project a free media john darche john tom. activists in bahrain a face a continued crackdown as government forces keep up the pressure on peaceful protesters of healing for democracy. but the violence goes largely unreported world wide a lot of the iranian regime claims it's crack it's introducing democratic reforms. european atlantic security is a myth but must become a reality for the stark words of russian president dmitry medvedev speaking here in moscow who also warned that nato should not live in the past. an american soldier accused of the shooting massacre of eighteen me seventeen afghan civilians

and now it's a face many counts of murder in the u.s. the taliban about as revenge saying it has no faith in the american justice system . a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow reception a protester has died after security forces again fired tear gas and rubber bullets at opposition rallies in bahrain the government's been continuing a crackdown on dissent over the past twelve months get some details now from marty's policy of joining us live on the program paul of the bahraini regime claims to be carrying out democratic reforms so why the ongoing violence. well as you say the bahraini regime does claim it's carrying out reforms but increasingly it seems as if these reforms are happening only on the surface because what we're

witnessing is an ongoing crackdown against a largely an armed protesters and we're hearing reports of fresh clashes that have broken out in this tiny persian gulf country we are hearing from the family of a woman who died on thursday saying that she died from inhaling tear gas we do know that the security forces have been using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds now at the same time activists have released new footage showing a youngster with his hands handcuffed being badly beaten and sexually harassed by the security forces is that he was later found unconscious on the street meanwhile in an effort to try and clean up their public human rights image the right police say that they're installing video cameras in several of their offices that critics say that this is not going to help the situation because most of the youngsters who are being beaten are being beaten before they even reach the police stations now earlier this week the united nations high commission on human rights said that

there was a disproportionate use of force being used by the security forces and this is something that moscow too has indicated it finds alarming what moscow is saying is that it needs to be stabilization efforts there needs to be some kind of movement towards national dialogue why events needs to be brought under control and stopped immediately. paula but very loose one of the many countries affected by the arab spring aggressor and yet it's received very little media coverage compared to the likes of libya and that of syria as well why do you think the audience. well what we seem to have here is a clear example of double standards as you say the media coverage that the brain receives is our longingly little when compared to countries. iran and libya and what some activists are suggesting is that this is because the united states clearly has a vested interest in not showing the violent crackdown by the berkeley regime the

united states regards bahrain as its closest ally in the region and the headquarters of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet are stationed there if you look for example at an ongoing trial of some fifteen medics who have been sentenced to fifteen years for merely assisting protesters during the violent crackdown last through that trial has received little to no attention in the mainstream western media was by comparison good ports coming out today friday of the european union threatening sanctions on the wife of the syrian president bashar assad and his family that has received widespread media attention got we do know is that all members of assad's family as well as eight government ministers will have sanctions against him but again that is receiving a lot of attention or is what is happening in terms of this a violent crackdown in the rain is receiving little for attention or authorities a policy of at large in the west by many thanks indeed. well a more he use ancient against syria have come into force this time personally

targeting to be in a circle of president bashar assad and his wife with travel bans and the freezing of assets violence does continue in the country though with insurgent fighters killing two syrian army troops and capturing eighteen soldiers near the turkish border the main opposition group the syrian national council has also dismissed a u.n. resolution urging a cease fire saying it doesn't meet the needs of the people the motion passed earlier this week approved a peace plan proposed by envoy kofi annan it calls for all sides to stop fighting provide for humanitarian aid and begin a political process towards peace while the resolution backed by china and russia doesn't demand president assad stands down washington continue to insist on it and is threatening to put more pressure on damascus if it refuses to comply with the u.n. motional a list of christoph waltz or however says that the u.s. is simply sponsoring terrorism in syria. in

any case tried reforms from the start of his tenure and should he have been you know in a friendly manner supported by other countries syria would have been a much better position to know what we have done is this the west as you know stimulated corrupt regimes and unfortunately also a d.l. a turkey to interfere in a syrian situation and what we have now is president obama you know openly declared that we have. sponsored terrorism in damascus i was present with this double bomb attack in damascus that is very clearly a secret service business with some you know i qaeda people attached to who are in the sharpshooting on any helpers approaching to the scene and we have more incidents of the blown up which is incident in aleppo and things like that i call this terror management by the u.s. . watching r.t.

and i still have for you this hour how tweets have changed the world one hundred forty characters at a time. if. you know anything you wouldn't want your mom to see or wouldn't want to be reported in a newspaper you probably shouldn't but on twitter i twitter celebrate its sixth birthday we look at how it's generated scandals and inspired change around the world. the european union has expanded its sanctions against iran freezing assets and adding more officials to a visa blacklist it cites a quote serious human rights violations for the measures which follow other similar penalties over the islamic republic's nuclear program the u.s. has just drawn up a list of countries which are to be cut off from the american financial system if they don't reduce iranian oil imports within six months meanwhile israel says its threat of a military strike on iran is stopping it from building

a suspected nuclear bomb iran maintains its atomic program is for peaceful energy purposes only and the u.s. is against an imminent attack on the islamic state believing it would drag the whole region into a war or thought trita parsi argues a military conflict would be a disaster for all involved. there's been an ongoing campaign for the last couple months in which the u.s. military is leaking information about how dangerous it would be if the israelis were to attack iran how counterproductive it would be and what it would do to the united states because it would drag the us into a war that its main objective is really difficult to achieve militarily if not impossible so this is a way also for the military military to push back and make sure that the politicians and the civilians don't make a decision that would put the military again at the center of a disaster from one perspective i can say that the netanyahu government seems to be more fearful of a negotiated settlement on the iranian nuclear issue because of

a fear that the u.s. would go with a compromise that we're not really the israelis are not and as a result they actually seem to be more comfortable with the idea that there would be a military confrontation but i think there is also a miscalculation of what lies in israel's interest because in the long term the war will not be in israel's interest either because it will bring about not only a tremendous amount of turmoil in the region but also so far israel has not had a military confrontation with any of the middle east's non arab states in fact mean iran and israel over the last two and a half thousand years the relations have more often than not being good it would be a very strong red psychological red line if a war were to break out between the two are near zero. ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital now the u.s. soldier accused of killing afghan civilians in a shooting rampage will be charged with seventeen counts of murder and six of assault and attempted murder start argent robert bales is currently held in

solitary confinement at a military detention center in the u.s. and could face the death penalty if convicted earlier this week his attorney said there's a lack of evidence against his client and he had no memory of the incident i mean while the taliban has already valor to take revenge against american forces saying it doesn't trust the u.s. courts to deliver justice war veteran and activist michael prysner says that whatever judicial proceedings happen in the u.s. they won't alter the opinion that afghans have of america. politicians and the generals and the officers in the military commanders they have made every single person in afghanistan the enemy it is an occupation that the people overwhelmingly a close and this is the this is the nature of the occupation where every single afghan it seems that are fair game by the u.s. military if we look at the have bases where the massacres that have taken place in iraq and afghanistan look at the had the massacre and the source square where

blackwater guards massacred dozens of people and these cases of people got off with no deals and so one could argue that these were fair to the people that were indicted but they weren't simply thrown under the bus in a big samples of they absolutely were not fair to the victims and their families and so for staff sergeant bales whatever his trial is for it to be really fair to the afghan people most truly take their lives into consideration and bring true justice to them which would really be you know a life sentence for this soldier so we want to talk about here we have to talk about the fairness for the afghan people who are now mourning the loss of their family and the interesting thing is you know we hear the name stuff sergeant bales quite a bit we're not really hearing the name of his victims of the children who are going to see their parents again of the people he killed in their beds in the middle of the night and so i say the fear trial should be fair for the afghan people who are the real victim this is all things still to come this hour for you on the program punished for jeans. and not mine our

tank went to a park and i said i'm sorry you can't come in here because of who you are today outcry. denied basic rights simply because of who they are that report is coming your way shortly here on alt. let's go to some other international headlines for you in brief with the r.t. world out there will start with japan. has ordered rather missile defense systems to be prepared in response to north korea's planned rocket launch next month tokyo will deploy them near the island of okinawa in order to shoot down the rocket if it threatens japanese territory the u.s. and its allies have urged north korea to cancel the launch calling it a threat to diplomatic efforts they're also concerned that technology could be used for long range missiles in the future. a city in brazil has begun to replace

microchips in school uniforms to keep track of students the chips are embedded underneath a badge or on the sleeve of clothing worn by pupils parents will receive a text message when their child has arrived at school or if they're late for classes it sounds local government has invested seven hundred thousand dollars in the system all students between the ages of four and fourteen will be using the chips by next year. french intelligence is being criticized for failing to arrest the true lose of gunman before he killed seven people mohamed merah was under surveillance for months but france's prime minister says there was no prior evidence that the government posed a threat to society it was killed by a police sniper yesterday after a thirty two hour siege outside his apartment filled himself killing a rabbi and three children at a jewish school as well as three soldiers in separate attacks. well the two news killings have a fuel discussion on europe's immigration policy like the people of l.

one has crossed all guests debate the impact of globalization and if europe has a problem integrating immigrants. can i think i thing is blinking and discriminatory and offensive that you come on international television you make general sweeping statements about my faith in my community i know i expect a reaction you need to get your facts straight you need to step away from your prejudice it was killed in an article you do like. like the roger in oxford good i look like can i just say that my perspective on all this is different because i don't represent a party nor a faith community i'm just an academic trying to handle these complicated issues and. try to. keep going i don't know that i just. started to study i know it's a joke. now three years on from the

reset in russia u.s. relations hopeful progress appears to have stalled addressing a security conference here in moscow russia's president dmitri medvedev says that he wants western alternatives to missile defense plans and it's an obvious there was a lot on the program and i need to hello to you a president it made it clear that the creation of a euro atlantic security community is a must but how would that be achieved. while the theme of this russian international affairs council is euro and planting security is a myth or reality in present middle aged made it very clear that he believes it's a myth that needs to become a reality and the way he sees it there are two major issues that are hampering progress on making matter reality the first is the mindset that there's nato and that's all that's needed for european security the second are our expansion plans on missile defense which was a little bit a relief it's been

a long time standing issue between russia and the us and of course in cooperation with nato and have to build on the signing of the strategic arms reduction treaty in twenty two ten between the dative and obama there was a little bit of relief and it was really as the peak of the reset but lately russia has been pushing very strongly that they need reason guarantees which are not in that start treaty that there will be no expansion of missile defense and prove that it's not aimed against them to make that very clear another issue which she touched upon was the u.n. as a body has become somewhat of a team to be used as a body of force rather than a body of diplomacy and they're just talking about syria and a lot of the rhetoric we're hearing about iran and its nuclear issue but to make more about european security as a whole joining me now is a very special guest just come out of this horrible moscow so cold weather that we're having the secretary general of the council on here up. no coronet ok good

thank you so much for being with us is it emits to you is european security joint european security a reality. i don't think it's i mean. it is. the are there but we have gone a very very long way towards yeah but just to get your head north for the euro and the beauty. america you have the excellent institutions that have to be improved and will force the decor the old business is that will be made whole on the rest of russia the united states to you ah see where russia is coming from when they say they need some kind of currency that they can't just be promised and words they get on paper and that any kind of defense system close to its borders needs to be proven that it's not against russia and that it's going to be some kind of joint . security setup yes i can recognize that. you know we. are

about to get gold i think these issues may be sorted out so i mean not everybody is pointing out the difficulties but if we do got the reality is the coleman interest that you're going to stay some go soft to get there you disappear without the if he's in the old and those who are nobody out there is going to be hearing today on the conference about iran and i know there are a lot of differences on not we talked about cooperation and it seems that i've been hearing today is that we do we need to focus on that cooperation to move forward how do you see it happening on the arrangements this is a very very dangerous thing if we called to the point where every side military confrontation only rob because everybody in france relations with b.b. and europe i know both between russia and the united states so it is all of those borders god words god and therefore. the gold hold the major parties to be expected

out. of security challenges at the moment facing us up. here and how they work together as a nuclear arsenal from both sides he's a major target but there are also all decide to see over the neighborhood they're going to be influenced told to go developments inside the group of the group behind them and then also. believe the developments even you like crazy simple become his wife let me go to the home it reads to me get told this is a major concern for me or something that the president touched on as well took a look secretary general up to the girl thank you very much for coming out speak to us here and heard see the security bureau with transit security especially coming

to an hour i just want to highlight again the main thing that all sides seem to be able to work beyond is that it's cooperation that will take both parties forward but there's still a lot of work to be done back to you because you need to know that life in central moscow thank you. european leaders like i have said that multiculturalism has failed in the e.u. but part of the result of that ethnic minorities say is that they face regular discrimination and denial of the basic rights that european human rights watchdog has condemned britain first treatment of gypsies and travellers our correspondent about it reports on the difficulties they face. sabir is a victim of racism she's training to be a barrister but as an english gypsy she's frequently turned away from bars for refusing to serve travellers clear thousand and twelve two thousand levon this is happening freely every day freely discriminating against a race a culture that has

a minority that has done absolutely nothing wrong i would say it with racism because you know i for example with. another one or a tray went to a park and i said i'm sorry you can't come in here because of who you are i mean absolutely outcry severe blames the media the only coverage gypsies get in britain ridicules their culture despite complaints of racism and this was deemed suitable advertising no wonder when public opinion so overwhelmingly hostile beautiful. white order to please your mate yeah whining about awful stories for the people who live in their yard feel sorry for the pain that they predict or it is that all they were there and they try to start fights and sorceress really so they just desist all the paper. piece of property it's just all the things you hear about in relay

but others are now listening to human rights watchdog slammed the british government for discriminating against gypsies and travellers trips in travelers need access to they need a right to a home and to a private family life respected and that is what isn't present in our perspectives in this country dale farm used to be the largest concentration of travelers in the u.k. housing over a thousand people but then the bailiffs came october's a vixen the violent end to a decade long legal battle that's left fifty families homeless. critics say could have been averted had the government provided enough legal caravan sites in the first place one square miles all that's needed to house the four thousand deep seas with nowhere legal to live in the u.k. right now that local authorities are refusing to give up land pledging housing instead it's a matter for their there is

a roof over their heads but i can show it if i wish to i can't force them to but your for is there if i wish to carry on living israel outside of the law that's a matter for the. a roof yes it's simply not an option for a centuries old name added culture that's why many dale farm prefer to live outside of the law they say discriminates against the travellers who are allowed to stay so long as they stay within these walls that's the legal that's left here wants that is still quite big it's not big enough for everyone according to the local authority anyone outside of that block so these caravans is in breach of planning regulations so it's pursuing yet another court order to have all of these people remain travelers and gypsies are one of the most vulnerable groups in britain they have the lowest life expectancy and education levels of any ethnic minority but at the moment they getting the least help bennett. london. at the

time of the latest update from our r.t. business desk with daniel daniel you have the ups and downs of the markets what's the latest for this is not good i'm afraid it's been red across practically all markets all week and your price has been a big influence in fact the croods again on the rois which is news for global recovery from the lowest close in a week its own concerns supplies may tighten with those persisting tensions in iran the international energy agency says it's not planning to release emergency crude stockpiles despite the recent price rises and europe is having another run since last autumn investors are hesitant as they await us home sales data on the exchange rates the euro's gaining ability gives the dollar the ruble is mixed because the main currency is no higher against the greenback but losing against the euro and the russian markets all down similar picture as throughout the week they started well and then went into the red cheeks. just as we can see their

financials gain in value that was a third of a percent. growth is it will be possible to cut the below fifty percent in about. four years time that's off the necessary changes in legislation and utility into roles also on the rise despite disappointing results the company's or a net loss of around five billion dollars in twenty eleven compared to a profit in the previous year now and they should campaign is kicked off encouraging russians to buy anything that's greek really because the reports on how few thousand rubles can make a multi billion euro difference. normal is when russian companies and officials encourage their countrymen to buy it locally made produce act normal as would russians encourage their community to buy foreign goods spend their summer holidays abroad and then pass there as well these are dire economic times for the euro zone and a couple of russian organizations specialize in international humanitarian cooperation decided so extend greece can hand we call our population to show solidarity

with greek people and more greek products and i hope it will help the greek economy and will give the opportunity to have more expert products for us it's not governmental organizations who are and you know if we are in other countries there are such communities. they should support greece which now is in the difficult economic and social situation russia has over one hundred fifty thousand greek people living here but it's not them who are being targeted in this initiative it's russians so what are these organizations want locals to buy and can it really make a big difference where you know we have items such as let's see. all of burrill as well as wine and all this is worth around one hundred euros you know guys ations

promoting the buy group that sort of claim with every loss and spends the same amount of greek produce this year it will give the country and additional fifteen suits when. europe is one hundred euros no it's like a lot of money but that's the case for some of moscow's high end supermarkets like this one your guys ations also russians to go to greece on holiday and even buy houses there which they claim are at record low prices the reaction from the public has been mixed some people on twitter have applauded the initiative saying this rate creative. and have encouraged their friends to join in others ask why the helping hand this is limited to greece and what about buying spanish real hard or portuguese sort of caught people behind the initiative are under no illusions it will be an unfettered success but they say every little helps so why not indulge in some greek delicacies marina business r.t. . for more stories on our website or to dot com first business headlines are next

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