criticizable killing civilians in drone strikes targeting pakistani militants and us president braga banner might now see these unlawful dads go unnoticed for the debatable definition of dog. fighting in syria's government forces advance on a rebel controlled areas near the capital and in the country's largest city of aleppo while washington up north the opposition to get in and promises to increase support. and european make is have a difficult road ahead of sales plundered across the continent leading to thousands of painful layoffs.

international news live from moscow this is all she was me thanks for joining us u.s. led drone strikes have killed more than a hundred and fifty supposed militants in pakistan so far this year and zero civilians that's from a recent new america foundation poll however critics say the obama administration with its definition of militant is blurring the line between what's classed as a civilian and war threat how washington correspondent got an education now explains. if you believe this chart as seen on c.n.n. american drone strikes in pakistan have been so precise that they haven't killed a single innocent person this year the chart shows last year the strikes targeted four hundred thirty one militants and killed only twenty six quote unquote others meaning civilians the data was compiled by the new america foundation now how did this foundation come up with the numbers which look pretty much like advertising for drones they link press reports when you actually look at the reports reports

almost half of them are attributed to some unnamed intelligence officials who give the number of who they refer to as militants and a few more details for example the a.f.p. agency report about a strike in north waziristan earlier this month says quote it was difficult to identify the bodies immediately as some of them were charred end of quote but this survey which was broadcast on c.n.n. doesn't have to go deep into details as to who was identified as who nor does it have to clarify the definition of the word militant in this context as seen by the obama administration and according to the obama administration all military age males in a strike zone count as combatants unless there is a split sit intelligence possed humorously proving them innocent so someone has to prove their innocence after they're dead president obama lawyer by background personally approves the kill list now how does the administration get away with this take no prisoners policy double speak is one of the ways illegally executing

people is fine as long as you call them militants as pointed out by the london based bureau for investigative journalism it's very hard to reveal exact numbers they put the total of civilian civilians killed in drone strikes in pakistan at around eight hundred where is if you believe the new america foundation chart it's half effect analysts say the reports by pakistani officials are not always reliable because of their dubious position on the one hand the cast of glee allowed to drone strikes on. the other hand they condemn them the public publicly condemn them arguably to resonate more with the sentiments of the population in pakistan that is furious with u.s. actions population that sees a different chart not the success of graphics cast on c.n.n. and the question they ask is how much killing will be enough in washington i'm going to check on. here was. still ahead. by and i'm doing

all the posters take to the streets of several cities demanding offices be held accountable up to three men are shot and killed by heavy handed or forces in a matter of days. also later this hour georgia is hailed by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracies but we hear from both on the inside hotel a very different story. the syrian government troops seem to have regained the upper hand in fighting rebel forces in and around the country's to major cities fierce clashes are taking place now close to damascus as the army advances on a city captured by the rebels during their offensive on the campus or last week at the same time government troops are moving towards the country's largest city of aleppo where fighting has been intensifying for several days now claiming dozens of lives authorities say they are solidifying their control of the commercial hub such reports contradict hillary clinton who earlier hailed the gains made by the

opposition in a statement where the u.s. secretary of state also said washington stepping up its support for the rebels all this comes as international pressure on their sound regime ounce of its chemical weapons despite the government's assurance they will never be used in the internal conflicts and william of anger doll the author of myths lies and oil who says all allegations the weapons have already been used will be in the future of this single purpose of paving the way for intervention. this is virtually likely that this happened because it would be madness to use chemical weapons inside closed urban areas you get your supporters as well as. mercenaries and the same these are not precise weapons these are for huge battlefield conditions that this is deja vu all over again i smell a rerun. the old the pentagon scenario that dick cheney and friends ran to justify the war in iraq with the niger yellowcake and now they're trying to do that with

the weapon of mass destruction chemical warfare weapons of the whatnot with syria to create this climate that this is the most pressing thing on the face of the earth and this is simply not the case. the situation in syria and whether it's now a tipping point is the focus for today's crosstalk coming up later on r.t. and here's a quick look at what's ahead. syria threatens no one syria is a nonbelligerent country what's going on is not an uprising it's not a revolution it's not a civil war the i.c.r.c. was paid eight million dollars by washington told lie to lie is if their lie change international law i disagree completely with stephen they didn't unleash this power in fact there's lots of debate in washington now and lots of reluctance to supply weapons because they know it might end up in the hands of

al qaida but at the same time this level of persistent meddling and allowing there are allies to meddle. consistently and kind of fueling the fire in syria is very very destructive and i think this component of the chemical weapons is only going to mother the picture. and one of our news crews as in the syrian capital at the moment keeping you updated on the situation that points out so for our correspondent on a boycott to see how people in the capital damascus are trying to guard their lines and what they say about this seventeen month long conflict. were shot four times in. syria's aborts are still a lot of. people should be allowed to

defend themselves with a gun from the law abiding people are now. basically . retired military police love to shoot holes and i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in front of here is going to die that's all the training you really really need to raise your hand if you know somebody's been shot ok but to live without one of the philadelphia owners over streets. in jell-o. without a gun hopefully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we should be prepared for the full class including the teacher i think was. seventeen students and i think i am one of seven or so a lot of. them

. with. we know now that the e.u. debt crisis is driving carmakers rise over the road when it comes to sales across

europe and it's resulting in major job cuts now the continent second biggest manufacturer under symbol of french industry pre-show it's planning to close a huge plant in a suburb of paris and also forced thousands more out of work see their reports now on the continuing pain being inflicted on europeans. anger among workers eight thousand jobs across france will be slashed by their employer usual situation more than three thousand in this plant alone a blow to the new president's pledge of creating new jobs and to france is once a thriving industry. but trigger has been working for the company for eighteen years at the end of last month he lost his job at another peugeot site that was closed down and was transferred to this factory as luck would have it he's about to get fired a second time and he showed us what exactly this would mean for him. after the close the other five g. i had no choice but to move to get closer to the only site where they had moved me

otherwise i would have been unemployed but just as i arrived here i hadn't even finished painting the flood just as my wife came here the announced the new closure i just don't know what to do now but workers say it's not just the economic crisis that's hurt them it's also politics specifically sanctions against iran. the iranian market is huge it's the second market after france four hundred fifty thousand cars sold in two thousand and eleven so it's fifteen percent of the sales so it's a lot of money lost so if the government can intervene on a commercial level you can intervene at the social level to ban firing the workers of this partial plant say that they have no other choice but to keep on fighting but they're not oblivious to the fact that a whole generation of older workers who had seen a france's industrial boom are now starting to see a change in their economy and that the so-called lost generation of young people many of whom are with our policy there will see a change you want to be more clearly getting up more on their own it's out of that

was a capitalist system of riches the myth in my generation we've been studying for years. myself i am. a master degree and i cannot find a job of course i cannot buy a house or buy a new car or if i want to do it i have to go to the bank and i get a credit so that means there will be prisoned with reason alone this car dealer says the number of young first time car buyers has indeed gone down staggering youth unemployment adding injury to an already. bleak future for europe's car makers and be it generations of workers for their generation a similar vision you might. we will start a new battle with p.s.e. group because what's happening is a normal i think. france mover in your evolution we're working on it just are still here r t paris. and the french president francois hollande attack specials

a layoff strategy as an acceptable as he struggles to fulfill his election promise of growth and all taper based on his other pledges to the test as i spoke to an advertising and a former advisor to france on that one the last socialist president of france before long and the full interview is coming up later this. week you know communication is a weapon each slogan is a dumb dumb bullet that. promises growth if someone made the same mistake nicholas sarkozy did alone does not control growth only the european economy can affect the way it's a promise that risks disappointing the french people who would have a state of grace for six months or so but. there's no revival of economic growth we no one really sees coming he will lose his credibility. prefer the psychological slogans over political slogans of the president purchasing power you know the

president of growth or a promise is an external rather than oneself. in the uars there's been a new case of police abusing their power this time and southern dollars that's up to one man was gunned down causing angry crowds to take to the streets it follows policemen in the city of anaheim to alleged suspects was no trial and no record. explores why those who were supposed to protect the people killed. the city of bad homes of the happiest place on earth but today activists are calling this city a powder keg which is ready to explode following those two deadly officer involved shootings over the weekend now this all started on saturday when. an armed latino man was shot and killed by police officers but there was

a spontaneous protest of this police shooting and police responded by shooting pepper balls indiscriminately into that crowd which included women and children then on sunday another officer involved shooting which proved to be deadly another latino manhole a severe though now two shootings march eighth officer involved shooting in twelve months here in the city of anaheim many in this community say that this just points to a larger pattern of excessive force by the police and these videos that are surfacing are really. eighteen to mobilize the community to speak out their frustrations with their relationship with the police in many instances where police used force they have made the claim that it was the protesters which started throwing projectiles at them but clearly as we have seen in the videos these crowds of protesters have been filled with families have been filled with young children with women and the

video which has been shown even on mainstream media outlets clearly shows that police were shooting indiscriminately with those pepper balls now we are also getting reports that there will be increased patrols not just here in city hall but in those neighborhoods where the shootings have been so a lot of people in this community believe that the increased police presence is only going to heighten tensions between police officers and the community. to say a special report externals they find lying between self defense and want to thank you as a goner. they were shot four times in total. three of the bullets are still in the lobby. people should be allowed to determine where they are gone from the bodies these

people are now. basically. tissue. i'm sorry you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes you go back and if what you hear is going to die and that's all the training really really raise your hand listen. to what i want to philadelphia on the street. a little out of bully we will never use the weapons for self defense but we should be preparing the whole class including the teacher and sinclair's. seventeen students. and one of the. still a lot of. praise for preaching freedom and reform they georgian leadership has cost as a fledgling democracy

a success story by the western media and by the state channels at home however some journalists working in the country see a very different picture as it has every now going to find out. that's exactly what we're seeing in my culture the well you my part of the world you know you are leverage that you know energy by giving people more freedom freedom is the key word find words from the georgian president some western officials like hillary clinton continuously praised me truly for his supposed program of reform but journalists in the country are less impressed and say talk of freedom doesn't extend to the media made at you know being a journalist is now a dangerous profession in georgia there's always a risk of being accused of being a spy journalist get beaten up frequently all of this is happening in front of the entire country. so the chances are that most people in georgia won't find out about these cases from their evening news according to the latest polls more than eighty percent of georgians depend on t.v.

as their main source of information yet georgians only have free access to three channels all of them controlled by the state one way or the other. one channel is owned by saakashvili aid another one his friends relative to all people get really is just state controlled propaganda and i think so whatever georgians don't get the full scope of their country's events from the t.v. sets after all there is always the internet but still they have to understand a lot of people here still live in rural areas and for a lot of them the world wide web is simply not available readily at their fingertips. independent channels like of cossey or channel nine are available only to those who have satellite dishes and other luxury for most georgians. sometimes i have friends or relatives visiting from other parts of georgia and they watch these channels and say what is this really happening in this country we knew

nothing about it but operating an independent media outlet isn't easy here journalists say their cash flow has run dry since advertisers were told by authorities to stay away from channels which may be affiliated with the opposition on top of that their every move is being closely watched by authorities here i know that i constantly find myself facing over the top control from local officials i'm always being followed by some strange people who say they're from some unknown news agencies and ask me questions why do we film stories about political prisoners for example the last all just it's about state officials don't feel comfortable coming to us because we ask questions they don't want to answer but state controlled media never ask those questions. president saakashvili is a frequent guest on various american t.v. channels but he's never made an appearance on any of the opposition channels at home perhaps it's not so much the questions that he minds is the effect his answers

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time now for a business update and that. would you write expecting to see the c.e.o. read again that well you know it doesn't happen often but i was right this time around we are seeing there are also markets unfortunately they extend their losses into a third day now of course let's not forget on monday was saw

a dramatic over four percent in the red for the markets it was like a look at the latest figures was that the arts yes is already over one of the percent there you can see them i said to slowly approaching the half a percent in the red we have capital flight of course the concerns in europe as a little bit late over basically all of that is the combination of four also and this is what we're seeing today in the with what on the positive note this time around the world has kicked off on the russia's construction and on the court there in the mall peninsula in fact in the press the amount of money has been invested that i'm talking about twenty billion dollars and that's by state gas producers and arts. and so the arctic to find out what is making more than this so attractive. i am now walking along the shortest sea passage connecting the east and the west part of our planet the northern sea route the water here is like ten degrees now but most of the year is i was bound and that's the main reason why it cannot

compete with the main cargo transit route through. the main advantage of the northern ca route is that it is two times shorter than the suez canal nor is it ball carriers which will become the biggest user of the routes this year says not a geisha and through the northern sea instead of the canal shortens the trip to just twenty three days compared to forty three through the canal it also saves one thousand tonnes of fuel or more than six hundred thousand dollars vessels going through the northern ca route will avoid long queues and possible pirate attacks however one obstacle remains icebreaker ask or it's. breaker as course because not much more or less than the shipment itself how expensive it will be for the company will depend on whether the icebreaker companies just one ship or a convoy however there are no fixed rates on offer in the sector yet last year just thirty four ships use the passage nothing compared to the eighteen thousand vessels

passing through the suez canal annually and this area still to hold a third of our planet's oil and gas reserves which makes the northern sea route the most efficient way to supply western europe and china with fuel team for an metals so the more the arctic ice that melts and the more gas from rosner flow of tech luke will and the all the drill here the soon of the cargo ship can take advantage of this once frozen sea passage and become a real alternative to this wealth can all but help an equal or business are to the arctic. our analysts can see with international markets asia is also trading right now and their natural we've seen a sea of red as well the nikkei shedding over one and a half percent the hang sign over half a percent there and we have government bond yields dropping to record lows and of course the concerns that greece the wall me it's a debt reduction it's hard it's all right now if we move on and take a look at japan and particular exports there nosedive in june for the first time in

four months there world's third largest economy exports a point three percent last goods and services than the previous year shipments to europe declined by almost a third while those to china by seven percent and this is the actually fuel panic across japan as it relies heavily on exports for growth. in the u.s. which always has an effect on the major markets will see that for tuesday we saw a sea of red as well above the down the last that over half a percent in interest in enough shares for apple also almost five percent and that's after reports of its profit and sales didn't beat analyst expectations in fact what we've seen is less sales for i phone because the new model is expected to come out so people are waiting for that if you want to take a look at current season we see we have the updated figures for that now as well if we can get them i will tell you about them there we go now the euro is again against the u.s. dollar though it's pretty much flat when it comes to the ruble losing against both

major currencies and we know that the central russia central bank has decided to minimize its level of intervention into the currency market at the same time it has widened the trade are bad for them off against both major currencies now another thing that always has a major factor in the russian economy is while i'm point is there are heading lower for a third day now we see light sweet trading at around eighty eight dollars per barrel brant blend slowly approaching one hundred three dollars per barrel now all of this the costs comes as a u.s. policy increased and that was for the first time in four weeks and also when it comes to china imports. for the mountain which is and the biggest drop in sea years definitely not help an investor is that now that's all we have for this hour of business for our bags in the studio all right thank you very much indeed for that in the arena see an extra hour then on the back with a recap on top stories in just a few minutes that. score

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