we've got the future covered. who. redefining the boundaries of journalism and whistle blower extraordinary during the sun strikes back with a new show promising sign of life on the drawing untouched by the mass media. the syrian opposition says it's also faces a cancer regime rally syrian youth figure the gunfire not necessarily the pending issues slogans change. last waterboarding stress positions and segregation in secret memos shows that u.s. troops against using crude tera haitian techniques branded them war crimes.

to national news and comments twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. the world's most controversial and polarizing whistleblower today has premiering his very own show here on the today from die hard liberals to an ideological stone what's during the songs promises to push the limits by giving voice to views and ideas shown by the mass media or the head of the man whose revelations show even the world. turns out he's a little snip what prompted him to go on air. well the wait is almost over we keep expounded you are still his exclusive new show is to be broadcast here on r t today she's day i can't tell you the first guest as you just have to choose and to point out what i can tell you is that they are all opinion almost all through this twelve state series there are some distance and there are some who have very rarely been

interviewed didn't network television the first guest is particularly controversial and according to enough times when i speak to him charismatic now i went to talk to . a head of the broadcast of the program at the secret location where he films the show we talked all about the show how he chose the guests because he spends a lot of time himself to be in to be with task he talks about his disenchantment with mainstream media and why he chose in our team to broadcast space but i don't see why he feels that he's in a unique position to make an interview show let's hear what you have to say. work. because it. works because my style would be someone who is.

so i want something. from the. situation so why are you. pulling out. the ring with me. i understand you. try something. so i can speak to. this is a we could anniversaries peculiar personal and professional it's five hundred days this week since the investigation into the allegations of sex list sold since we didn't big guy and he has been under house arrest virtually for looked at that time

and yet still new charges have been laid against him formally we did see the case in the supremum call to finish on the second of february already so it's nearly ten weeks since that case finished and still no verdict has been handed down by the supremes court is also five hundred days this week since the wiki leaks bank accounts were brazen and that's of course made it very difficult for them to raise any funding and really put the whole future of the wiki leaks operation under threat this is why this show is so unique it was conceived by julian assange during this incredibly difficult time in his life when he was virtually under house arrest as he still is having to report to the police station every day he told me that he's somebody who's always travelled you know he's always metal to people and then he found himself in a position where he couldn't get to people so he wanted to find a way of making people come see him and that's how they say well the research in my freezer. now i.

charge. was used to going around the world that's the place. where. the greatest player ever. since. so it's quite isolated. from. this. to me. actually. the whole of that interview is coming your way in the next hour and be sure to be around in two hours' time airing the first episode of june the songes you torture. syrian opposition activists a dog with president assad is possible only by the un european union and the arab league speaking on their visit to moscow leaders of the national liberation committee also said that foreign interference into the conflict is unacceptable so

it's possible that in the ceasefire syria is fragile and stressed the importance of a large scale observer mission mass rallies vengeance activists for freedom and democracy are being discredited by their own militia. some of the images and some workers report. this is the media face of the syrian revolution and she's been man of with kalashnikovs appealing to the international community to still be killing our children. army. a few weeks later this man this time towards the soldiers going around homs knocking on the doors of innocent people. later we see them again already dad shown on you tube as civilians killed by troops . still western policy makers insist on calling these people freedom fighters

rather than charities the united states of america. and the definition for terrorists from the united states of america. for if you don't. who are fighting really for. and if you talk about. we have. no. fear of course this is also the syrian opposition but the faces goals and ways of achieving them are strikingly different these kurdish women are against the entrenched discrimination of their ethnic group others in the crowd called for free elections and stopping arbitrary detentions still the main slogan there rallying under is for the peaceful change we think that bashar al assad has stepped down

but we are totally convinced it can be achieved through nonviolent means the only way for this democratic revolution to proceed this peacefully all sides have to stop the violence small rallies like these almost the way clear curran's in damascus but this time even syrian state t.v. came to film and arms rebels grab their attention the syrian opposition has many faces and there's a growing concern here that the radicals the west may be hurting because of the moderate forces that become part has essentially drawn down more legitimate calls for democratic change while the organizers of this rally received a permit from the authorities they didn't last long an hour into the protest a group of assad supporters appeared from nowhere sending demonstrators running on this occasion nobody was hurt or detained. democracy is about the rule of the

majority and the majority of the people support bush are on the side of these people may be carrying guns but there are different from girls scary and guns force that supporters there is indeed little difference between peaceful protesters and the rebels and it looks like their worst is meeting the same mistake by betting on the armed opposition international chorus make activists like this guilty of association began charting militia will start by owens. he gets much much worse obviously and a lot of our goals will start to come in as i see all the girls is just not quite. chaos and even provide in the long run. syria has long prided itself on tolerance but when it comes to politics the gloves come off very quickly not only a syrian city have to agree to disagree but more importantly they have to learn how to do it in

a nonviolent way it's not going to artsy then ask syria. well in advance a team of u.n. monitors has started this mission to stabilize the troops u.s. space professor of middle east studies to show and learn this skill ration will provide the world community with wartime to the side of the next diplomatic steps in syria. it's not clear what they can do they will report back to the un security council and the opposition has been calling for a timeline and they want this to be referred back to the un almost immediately they say they're claiming that it's not working and strong apart but i think the international community doesn't know what to do next and they're likely to give this more time and hope that they can they can prevent to bring some calm to syria there were reports that opposition a number of free syrian army people have talked that they're going to try to use this to rearm get guns in and antitank missiles some of them are saying from iraq and really whether the two sides can be brought to the figo shooting table that's

going to be important because if there is any will from either side to negotiate an outcome of this rather than hope for a win. what i saw they had few days of this are crying tears of anything but remorse i'm just braving the deaths of seventy seven people last summer that's a three way this is first statement to. the syrians. mind it's on the extremist ideas. web users kick off a week of protests to stop but you saw the security that's not the debate in the u.s. congress britain and online privacy. waterboarding and stress positions just two of the torture techniques used by the u.s. against terror suspects a secret memo saying the leaks which grounds them would crimes and shows the bush administration was warned against their use things more important explains anything

the president obama isn't doing enough to make up for america's possible stakes. america's so-called war on terror produced images and accounts that ignited a world of questions about torture and the u.s. treatment of suspects american people need to know where using techniques within the law or. two years after george w. bush left the white house. waterboard the former commander in chief admitted his stamp of approval for the use of interrogation techniques like waterboarding dubbed inhumane and illegal under u.s. law and the geneva conventions well as waterboarding legal in your opinion as a lawyer said it was legal so it did go forward in the. courts. and let's go first to judge other people where you and i view the bush administration also chose to disregard the judgment of

a top adviser who warned that the cia's interrogation of terror suspects equated to felony war crimes according to a secret memo obtained by wired magazine in two thousand and six state department counselor philip zelikow warn the white house that controversial interrogation techniques such as warder boarding stress positions and cramped confinement are prohibited under u.s. law and under american law there is no precedent for excusing treatment that is intrinsically cruel even if the state asserts compelling need to use it i think there needs to be an accounting in the united states of what was done over the last ten years in the name of america there is a president of the second. united states actually executed japanese soldiers who. used torture. against american prisons they took action against the japanese when they did the u.s. has been on record as opposing which carried out by other countries so there is a clear legal case to say that you know action must be taken we're still evaluating

two weeks before taking office u.s. president barack obama steered clear. we are of saving america's historic commitments to international justice. past practices. and i don't believe that anybody has the law on the other hand i also have a belief that when you go forward as it was as post-war looking back last june obama's u.s. justice department dropped ninety nine out of one hundred in one cases against cia interrogators over the use of torture i'm very early ministration wants to keep those options open and you don't want to label these techniques just as your torture because that would prohibit them from using them by weaving their definition however slightly agree they wouldn't sell to the option to apply in these techniques once again there is what is frightening here scholar's attorneys and human rights experts around the world have called for the prosecution of senior

bush administration officials who designed in order torture tactics however critics say the unspoken agreement within countries proclaiming to pioneer democracy is to never turn on your own what will it be that the west we you know we make great play that we used to promote our great democracies but there is a kind of a tree in the party that they will not press charges and they will not take legal action against the crimes of book of previous administrations through the use of torture brandishing and secret prisons out america's moral position around the world has are undoubtedly shifted and while the u.s. will likely continue barking the beacons of freedom and democracy critics say the more important question to ask is who's even listening anymore for an i.r.c. . of the members u.s. elections are to special report looks at the accuracy of the country's voting system that's coming your way this hour. a vote for bush will.

always stand by while the. so the people that are going to be validating this machine can stand there all day long and vote for somebody and it will be right every time put the guy to rock up here and if he hits the right buttons he can flip the vote their leader. norwegian mass killer and this brave rick says he would carry out another assault and he had the chance so i see the count of even his statements to court on the second day of his trial hearing was delayed after they judge was dismissed from the panel for writing on facebook brave it deserved a death sentence which is banned in norway and is prepared speech that you all describe his massacre as the some spectacular success of europe since world war two now. as admitted killing seventy seven people last summer as a marine also in

a shooting spree at a youth camp outside the capital where he's pleaded not guilty saying the attacks were an act of self-defense to protect norway from it's not and you know they have a blanket coverage of the trial and showcase for six years all concerned share you know what. that is the way the fuel the justice system works in it in the european union in norway he he will clearly i was opportunities to express his own views one just hopes that the overwhelming majority of people will reject him for what they are signs of if you want him. who is deluded. and a racist this is something that we've seen across the european union. in germany in france in the united kingdom as well as in norway he was politically successful but i think he's one of. many maybe too strong body he's certainly not unique in name

means whatsoever and least groups are actually working together to promote these kind of lone wolves through into many senses followed the same pattern as the some of the muslim fundamentalists. well you can find all the latest updates on that disturbing story you want track it back to its very beginning on our website at r.t. dot com there's also were plenty more that are categorized this case british north is suspended from the labor party after literally setting it ten million pound bounty on the heads of president obama and george w. bush. plus the russian culture vultures become prey themselves as a family tricks light on life isn't to spend your fortune on a quarter. i'm

very internet users are protesting against a new web security bill pending in the u.s. congress they fear a cyber intelligence sharing and protection act or system would make privacy thing of the past it comes after the stop online piracy act was recently wanted after wave of outrage when freedom activists traveler tim hoops and the makers of a man from past experience. before when we were trying to stop sopa congress wouldn't return the calls of the civil liberties community they wouldn't return the calls of the tech community they were just trying to travel through congress without any debate whatsoever and once they saw the power of the internet users can organize and really make a difference in the legislative procedure i think they understood that you know they have to be more understanding now what we're seeing with this is that the authors of the bill are trying to disassociate themselves so but they actually took out the intellectual property laws last week which is

a good sign unfortunately they didn't go nearly as far enough and were running a week one protest this week actually trying to convince congressmen to vote no on this bill until they take out these privacy destroying provisions and hopefully make it a bill which in effect cybersecurity positively but not encroach on the privacy rights of americans. look at some other stories making headlines around the world with. australia's prime minister says the country will withdraw its troops from afghanistan and twenty three. said the deadline was moving because afghans would hardly need to take responsibility. as we discussed and they told summit next month a stray has around fifteen hundred troops stationed in the country as nost thirty two soldiers in the conflict. a u.n. report says at least seven people have been killed in clashes on the border of sudan and south sudan comes just days after the bombing raids on

a disputed border all town of haggling of it was seized by the south fighting between the two countries has escalated since independence and often are. the world of brokers treason the u.s. . position when the retreating driving aids its new president and while some experts who develop ng countries will benefit. of this is rather accusing washington of dominating but actual post i fear is lack of experience in the field . of business news now katie and the starting gun has been fired on the all of us was on the books and as it were cool why write well one t.v. will now consist of a ross the aft and x. exxon mobil which signed a partnership agreement on monday now the u.s. brings technical know how projects in the u.s. canada and the gulf of mexico the russian side provides access to the huge resource

base in the north of the can't trade i'm now joined by christine to the reno from stanton paused to discuss the alliance hello christine thank you for joining us today ok so starting off then how do you see this partnership developing we've already got a three point two billion dollars on the table what's next is pair i want you to say. well what's next for the moment they're doing decisiveness work in the current feel like c. and they expect to start drilling exploratory wells in two thousand and fourteen or two thousand and fifteen perhaps the first phase we already know that there is oil both so it's just a question of locating it and then i expect you know around two thousand and seventeen twenty they will pinpoint and start the process for developing production in there. ok let's talk about the oil itself now the projects themselves involve the extraction of unconventional oil now tell me why does russia need to do this it

has large conventional oil sources so why is the question. well the question you can be answered in terms of numbers for example it is estimated that in terms of conventional comparable reserves russia has around one hundred trillion cubic meters in terms of gas but if you look at unconventional potential excluding high degree it is estimated body of can have anything between one hundred fifty to five hundred trillion cubic meters now when you think about it from the year two thousand to the year two thousand and thirty it is estimated that production will be around twenty trillion cubic meters so that's a huge potential according to the u.s. geological survey russia has around thirteen billion barrels of heavy oil and around thirty four billion barrels of beach mean that are potentially there now they've seen. the united states so they're trying to cover their faces start

understanding how to develop this potential resource in the future so i could probably see you know give it a gobbling all tripling of its own reserves like you there are some in canada and the u.s. yes sure i mean there's lots of scope for success here but let's talk about potential pitfalls do you see any problems of rising in the future i mean there's a lot of money on the table here. well the money's not yet on the table we're talking about you know potential development and figures go as high as five hundred twenty to one hundred billion that might be required to develop all of things but the company probably and i'm talking about exxon you know would not probably be able to develop all of the depends how demand pans out in the future as for russia it demands to be seen in a way that they want to speak just with one partner accent for the whole project or whether they would like to diversify later on because the interest of extant and my

country my guy birch at certain points in time when you have different demand and you've got to understand also about production and demand in gratia it's increasing particularly consumption of natural gas and oil they also have the south stream pipeline that is being developed in conjunction with any and the development of the black sea would be good because it will increase the capacity in this of potential reserves that can translate to europe from the south stream pipeline once it gets developed so one could go a little bit slower while the country you know russia would want to be a little bit faster so that sense of our partners might come into the table the moment b.p. looks to have been completely side tonight especially because sex and he's also establishing an arctic resource research center with russia and it remains to be seen whether in the future russia would like to you know not put all its eggs in

one basket and maybe bring other companies to the table it already has shackling being developed through the royal dutch shell in the vela paying the potential for lindsay imports in big us it has you know exports and imports through a me of natural gas at the moment it has been there and takes on developing what could be. oil reserves but there is a lot of room for improvement of the deal itself it's being projected as a lot more money if it is the type of deal that is being at the moment being carried out between national oil companies and international oil companies which is particularly different of course is the development of unconventional switch i believe you know would also have gone through if it had gone the deal with b.p. now did not actually moves very fast so it remains to be seen how much you know they would learn and how much it could be applicable because each region is

completely different just because you know how to develop natural gas being added no oil in over thirty. does not mean that you can apply excite same technology in western siberia about remains to be seen so you have people force there in the future more than i think it's a welcome opportunity for russia to develop its potential large on conventional research to complement its conventional resources at a time when consumption in russia is increasing substantially and it will allow it to develop also the region of the black sea our currency which will enable. its residents to increase its standard of living and the tax rates are very important if they do come through because there are other projects on hold. on one project with the towel and start all which other penton for its profitability on but now what's important this side expert has said that he will be able to pull the

russians reserves so that might encourage other companies to do deals with russia so on the whole i think it's very positive for both parties and they are all positives and negatives would be important and very i mean i think the whole industries watching eagerly to see would in constant to me what are the changes that take place because it is imperative for the russian energy industry to restructure its structure. not just the deal with international oil companies put in order before mend and e.m.p. sector and the mets begin please sectarian gratia which will increase not just the number they develop it's taken all the gen thank you very much indeed christine tesco you know that from start to impose that detailed analysis thank you for your time today that's all the business news for now i'll be back in about fifteen minutes and you join me then provide for now ok thanks for you later let's take you prospect will program on alleged the vote counting fraud in the u.s. it's coming up often update on top stories in just a few months.