the headlines on r.t. and the world's biggest spy base draws of marathon of protests over concerns that only contributes to global insecurity. india rockets its way into the big guns club after tests firing its first intercontinental ballistic missile and upping the ante in a region see the mutual distrust and hostility. that moscow calls on its foreign partners to restrain from negative self-fulfilling prophecies on syria some of them prepared to lower the acts of a new sanctions. head accusing him of failing the peace deal.

it is good to have you with us here on r t today i'm. live in moscow for a place dubbed the largest spy center in the world menwith hill in britain certainly carries an unassuming name but for almost three decades now the complex run jointly by the u.k. and the u.s. has been targeted and even siege by protesters in the latest demonstration now just a couple of days ago activists again demanded the bases closure but a crying what they see as an insatiable and illogical hunger for security with this reporter's r.t.s. or a small. it's a little piece of america in the middle of the yorkshire dales it might look like some kind of theme park but it's actually a spy base and part of the early warning system for the ever expanding u.s. missile defense shield is a part of this huge kind of organism which gripping the world and it sure fishes

you to from places like redwood field which is connected to these the american military base beta base in menwith hill since the nineteen sixty's growing all the time until the site now comprises thirty three of those goals like structures inside each one a satellite dish which collects information for us that's light but also intercepts the communications of all the countries that information is then fed back to the u.s. and used in what they call intelligence led warfare which includes special operations and drone attacks. to keep up with new forms of warfare billions of dollars have been invested in men with hell over the last ten years it's enabled the base to remain a vital component to the global u.s. surveillance network men with watch or talk to steve schofield reckons the inner workings of around a hundred countries are closely monitored here something he dubs an unprecedented

level of intervention the u.k.'s providing a facility here it's involved in drone attacks that we know from independent assessment by killing and injuring thousands of civilians these are acts of war and normally when we have lots of people parliament should normally inform people that were involved in those who were not being informed were kept in the dark about this isn't news to locals they've been coming up here to protest weekly for decades but now their cause has drawn the attention of a global movement occupy helen alexander is from occupy leeds and sees a common cause in men with hill. it's implications on our on our individual civil liberties the fact that they can listen to all of our phone calls they can intercept our emails you know this whistleblower evidence is testimonials that will back up the claims that what goes on there is not only political espionage but commercial ask you know it's a far cry from the land of the free rhetorics the u.s.

is famous for and chris sixty men with hell as a symbol of that hypocrisy and of europe kowtow into u.s. power what we're seeing is americans developing a new form of imperialism this is about protection of democracy if you look at the pattern of. the united states over the past twenty years it's all about ensuring they have access to oil and other vital not the resources in africa in the persian gulf and we've got to challenge that we really have to start challenging that force to it because the next is probably the attack on iran. with the us is expansion plans for the ballistic missile defense shield up to twenty twenty five and with menwith hill already part of the early warning system this poking of america's nose into other people's backyards is stooping fears it could be the trigger to a new arms race r.t.

them with hill yorkshire. program here intellectual property of civil liberties. service providers to. the european police force of the internet we hear from the m.e.p. . over after saying trade agreements loose wording may make it rain of web privacy worldwide also. in russia's frozen north if you need to get around it's a difficult job but if it's an emergency you need to fly there joining us to look at the efforts of russia's far north flying medics in just a few minutes. india has now joined the exclusive club of nations armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles after successfully test firing one of its own it's called the agni five translated from hindi as the rocket

can carry a nuclear payload as far as europe and china are discussing the reasons behind india's alert for an i.c.b.m. . charlie or the gun school of international affairs. and attempt to stand up for both china and america. i see here. and this is read. until you and i delete the media so who's going. to want to tell because of interest long. haul and here we. are in here in china and we are going to really be smooth relationship especially in the economic sphere when there aren't insurance and there are lingering mistrust that fifty years the loss of this new will going on simultaneous to the markets so i think you know seems like it isn't a neighborhood where it can do anybody in good engine for guaranteed and therefore it needs to help itself through these kinds of tests to think of what is the

maximum strategic robel reason the words are now are holding their own asia in asia pacific i think you know we also need to look we need to look look at the bloody global factors here you know it's considered itself a recipient. in the pacific and that creates its own tensions and normally is insofar as each three into the india china relationship in a different light the chinese think that he can use me used against them and india wants to assert itself as somewhat independent what is china in the united states but in china is growing and it's growing at a much faster because many years and india loudly clearly you know much more calibrated. just units it was a swing state in china in the u.s. this is r.t. now the un chief has admitted syria has seen an escalation of sporadic outbreaks of violence we simply are certainly doing what we called ceasefire in everything letter to the security council banki moon also the u.n.

monitoring mission working to stabilize the truce should be expanded now to around three hundred members of this follows reports the team was caught in crossfire in a suburb of the capital damascus and something abyss point observers have not confirmed amid fresh cease fire violations more and more civilians are searching for a safe place both inside and outside syria's borders. are followed those displaced by the war are left battling for life for centuries. whether it's battle for freedom or against terrorism for those caught in between it's produced only losses tens of thousands of syrians uprooted from their homes left at the mercy of strangers for their basic needs and so far it seems those who feed them also define their story we're if you g.'s in the tents here in turkey we're here to protest against this because the conflict and the massacres didn't end the massacre in

syria will only continue while the turkish syrian border is seen as the epicenter of serious refugee crisis only a minority of syrians sought shelter across the border last i internalize displaced and most flat for the seats here up another break for the past three months its population of sixty five thousand has almost doubled. refugees are biggest problem now we already have forty five thousand people from the north we try to provide everyone with food and shelter but it's hard this compound was billed as a luxury resort it now houses more than a hundred families from homes it is only an hour drive away this mother from baba amr sas her house and entire livelihood is now in ruins what kind of freedom is that i have for kids who are living off other people's charity who can't get proper health care this fight for freedom left me with nothing what was once a pool is now living quarters for three families once

a week each family receives the ration paid for by local charities the men who invested everything in this resort says the refugees will stay here as long as they need everyone has sins in my life i've also done things i'm not proud of and it's my way to get out as forgiveness. here there is no one in mass if you toward those who flocked to turkey they say when running for your life the destination for refuge is not a political statement the syrian authorities have promised that all the refugees regardless of where they're fighting to will be able to return to their homes and will be provided for some sort of compensation to help them rebuild their lives but given be scale of destruction in the north it's still unclear whether that's going to take months years maybe decades. artsy syria. exxon is updating artie's twitter feed with first hand impressions from the syrian trouble zones for having

a look here in some of our latest tweets she reports of the situation in the city of daraa rar the r.t. crew has been forced out of the town and locals say fighting intensifies ahead of the arrival of new u.n. monitors just log onto our to use twitter page for more on that developing situation. and russia's foreign minister said that the only way to get the latest peace plan to be a success is that all the international powers who have influence on either side of the conflict must all want it to be a successful outcome so get out of was speaking after a meeting with his counterparts from nato it is tough for australia has being keeping across the latest developments. what was interesting is aside from meeting with his counterparts from nato we also had a bilateral meeting with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and syria was definitely the main topic of discussion. that everybody should basically just the coffee and i had a peace plan and stick to it and he also told those who are already judging this

plan as a failure to stop doing so because he said that there are people who are so focused on foreign intervention or creating humanitarian corridors that they simply dismiss this so again he says he did acknowledge that russia may not have as much influence on the opposition groups although russia will meet with all those opposition groups that he called on other u.n.'s universe to again back up this plan she also said that the pulling out the arab league monitors was a mistake and that monitors should be brought back into the country as soon as possible so it's got a son was certainly a big topic on the first day of the summit yesterday and even today with russia and nato acknowledging the role that the corporation it has with it with russia is very crucial russia has been providing corridors for military or transfers to do once again it's it's it's a partnership here is crucial especially since the war is being seen as failing at this moment there are a lot of countries pulling out their troops earlier than planned australia being

the latest and also their pledges for funding for various and funding for the future of the country is a big point among the countries were still involved in it the u.s. saying that it will contribute about three billion dollars a year and asking for other nato partners to contribute about a billion dollars but this is proving to prove difficult especially for european countries who are facing a lot of a lot of us thirty measures at this point to contribute to a war that is increasingly unpopular again electioneer in countries like france it's not going to be popular with voters there and also we've seen a string of embarrassing events in countries like afghanistan and iraq in the past . of the soldiers committing atrocities and russia had said that before it's a little five or identifies a role it will play in the future in afghanistan it wants to see the detail plan that will be presented at the summit in may in a chicago and also of course on the missile defense shield that's

a sticking point between russia and the u.s. and nato is still ongoing no breakthroughs at this point however russia reiterating its position that it won't get it wants guarantees and the u.s. and nato saying again it's not directed at russia. or australia reporting still ahead for you in the program here on our two year old hatreds die hard sunday roughly independent south sudan straight back to the brink of war as the thirst for oil and violent border disputes erupt into fully fledged fighting. just on a quarter past the hour here in moscow where the controversial anti counterfeiting trade agreement or act has been dealt a heavy blow a vote on it is jew this summer but david martin the n.d.p. responsible for monitoring its progress has already said it should be rejected speaking to us just a bit earlier here on r t he said while aiming high it's a loose wording and shady signing process of outweighed any potential benefits. in

terms of what i was trying to achieve and quite happy with i think it's important you know it does protect us and to lecture property but had a number of unintended side consequences one was it would have put a duty on internet service providers the fact that we act as the european police force of the internet i don't think now is right i think that's part of formal judicial authorities secondly i didn't like the idea that i could possibly have criminalized young people who were quite innocently done loading films and music and so on in the privacy of their own homes. back to say this should only be for commercial purposes but commercial purposes are very weakly defined the other concern that people have about i know that it was negotiated through a five six you period behind closed doors the rights holders seem to be involved in that discussion but the civil society did not seem to be part of that discussion and most of the member states partly didn't really understand what they were

signing up for i mean the british house of commons had a one line report a night which said i could have not met a defeat on the floor of the house of commons and you as an aside actually demonstrates the importance of the european parliament and the european decision making process because with the european powers act they would probably know below . and you can find more comment and analysis on the story at our website or also. our certainly while you're there at r.t. dot com over russia's key opposition figure alexy in the valley makes it into time magazine's top one hundred of the world's most influential people apparently becoming a powerful enough to squeeze of from the list all of his own countrymen including a president elect vladimir putin plus some lax security flaws or one of the world's best football stadiums in germany find out how superstar striker christiane over an hour ago found himself bootless just minutes before wales crucial showdown with bayern munich. sudan and south sudan edging

that much closer to right war with the former president now threatening to oust the government or the south it comes amid heavy border clashes as a result of which earlier this month the south seas that oil filled claiming self-defense let's now discuss this latest escalation and how it bodes for the water in the region with political writer reason no good to see you thank you for coming on r.t. today it's really all coming to a head at the moment with south sudanese soldiers camped out on the north sea oil field claiming self-defense isn't there a real risk at this point of war erupting once again. thank you very much it definitely that raised a lot of tension and when you look at it you'll see that it was. him in a more efficient is only. in washington are we hearing any compromise is going to compromise national pledges underpriced or true and

these people or. fought for twenty one years and deep seated people from that camera. so it will be things are going i think what i meant with. declaring so right will be asleep. whether they're not being used to belong to them that is the. one who feels i think what we're heading for he's not there could be negotiations with you in government and so forth but the way things are where we emotions are running this regime is very tense and i think it's great. when he goes on that part of this in terms of. the nation at a moment and probably does because i think they might be. but in terms of a war we really see it in very important now i know it's you know if one i just it

just actually looks at the map and i apologize a cause for the graphics of it right now but when you look at the oil fields in the sudan and south sudan they do as far as i can tell the main two sets of oil fields they spread from the south over the border into the north to the oil fields really belong to the south and also you don. you see when they. do it's not magic. or we mentioned there was a lot of. before. so they're not. in terms of existing states that. we're taking we're taking in particular they hate leaving. her and i think. that's. just the beginning to

start to for some reason every. five years you're right when you look at. the plight of the oil fields actually. growing into the. sudan has existed i think there is just generally been treated is perfectly ok or not and even the occupation is separating i think it's in self-defense because they do have information released. into. the obviously a hotly disputed area as we're talking about you know these two plots of major oil fields are basically running over the north and south border but if i may all rich south sudan often portrayed as the victim always had a strong ally in washington d.c. the south occupying the hague did you think in any way to lessen america's support for it. i think it could be to the contrary right to be right you

look at us that you have any enemy president bush in person and you cannot sit down with a discount for their country of chad for a week so it's again the united states between people magically going one or two things but they are determined to weaken his majesty for support their position of sudan it not sudan spatially their place again we know that in. computing model power and everything have been a growing market so. at the end of the ambassador they noticed it also shows the same view without this is in self defense to what extent they were going to end this election remains to be seen but i think they were brothers to. say whatever they are doing now it is because the high commission for their not and they need to to leave just to protect themselves they say ok but let us look at also the economy

between the united states of america russia and china has been happening in the. cheney scene going to make interest there and how they have been targeting those. sometimes which doesn't support promulgated certainly certainly you bring up a really valid point here and i'm not sincerely apologize because we don't have any more time to delve into that but i prefer you raise the point that china is the biggest buyer of sudanese all and on that note we'll have to concede continue this conversation another time here on the political right are reasonable for whatever i thank you so much for coming on i apologize for the lack of time. thank you. that's what. now three members of a feminist punk band who were arrested for hooliganism back in february have been brought before a court right here in moscow but the judge will consider whether to extend their custody which now expires in less than a week while they're facing currently up to seven years in jail and this comes as

at least twenty of the group supporters have been detained after they tried to stage an unsanctioned demonstration outside the building the banda rushed to the author of russia's christ the savior cathedral here in moscow and performed what prosecutors claim was a blasphemous song poor performances drawn a huge public response and a wave of criticism from russia's orthodox church now a time to explore one of our russia's most remote regions in artie's close up series it's where we head to an area so hard to get so huge that medical help has to take to the skies to get there. but this time we are in a rushers arctic far north where residents rely on a team of helicopter medics to provide sometimes lifesaving care but hours from the

nearest village or hospital for years medical problems were treated in local tents but now help is at hand parties tom barton reports on what's become an emergency lifeline for many villagers. flying north with me in this old soviet work or so the helicopter is drops of blood a mere brodsky and his team from the region's medical aviation service we head across ever more barren trondra higher and higher into russia's arctic far north until eventually we see our landing spot with arrive at this tiny village after crossing hundreds of kilometers of snow a world of us as a boy here suffering from fever and the doctors are going to see what they can do. inside a small building not warm but two babies and their parents are waiting for us the doctors inspect them but can't make a diagnosis and decide to bring them to a regional hospital for better care state law on a doesn't like taking her baby away from home but she's been before and agrees to

go. that's the usual practice with those who live in the tundra and keep mothers with their newborns in hospital for a month. on the way back another stop to check on the health of some native new nets reindeer handlers out in the tundra it can take many hours to reach the nearest village so our medical problems simply fixed here in the tent that. they used to be but now we can go to civilized places so we call for emergency help. but at hospital other patients helped by the air on the limbs are being treated a service costs forty million dollars a year to run and there's been controversy with some claiming that locals exaggerate or make up health problems and use the helicopters as a free taxi service accusations vladimir firmly dismisses your brother it's not true in all the years i've worked here they have been very few full schools usually the calls are perfectly justified sometimes we even reproach locals for waiting too

long before calling out a little burns he's been working as a doctor now for forty three years but vladimir is confident that even after he retires his helicopter doctors will remain a lifeline to the peoples of the russian far north. tom bottom party. for them should have to be articulate as we could see how the numbers looking there are looking overall they're going to go and get it right and look at the european figures that we are on the back story we have spain and france is beyond options they were reasonably successful despite years and just as the head of the first round of those another week and in front presidential elections far not just to sell his billion euro spain sold two point five billion euro in ten and two and a half. and although the yields the following call funny they did rise that was expected thanks for the further out that that's moving all the way the russell markets for you and they are using. the day they've got about three hours i left

with their bed where they keep hold of them firstly the start up run up to the leading they're going still got a really good. it's worth two percent off with energy may just also posting strong . as well as. gold still talking the ten point eight percent in negative territory if we look at the variable with the performing mix i get the ball cost of cards as there is up against the us dollar america's business. bank. that's a revolt really and other words i'm not insisting. that because we just want to be deployed i want that's one of the scenes of the current poll because well. most train cars and buses are surprised that i could sit at the oil point is there are dangers to rising not explain the rises him to the market we've got the bread was one hundred thousand dollars

a barrel with nearly one hundred dollars. in other news for you. most of your russian machines is looking to raise around three billion dollars by setting a twenty five percent stake in an overseas i.p.o. the company has to hold the flotation in the next eighteen months time and think for both tells us what we think is the best investment opportunities are. reaching around infrastructure because this is a business the russian society needs the people have really interested. in my. go to serious infrastructure construction infrastructure. and that's all the business of analogous in fifteen minutes with more.

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