pussy riot and their local fan club foreign governments and media hit out of the two year jail sentence given to the members of the russian female punk band. reaching the president's veterans and protesters take over barack obama's election office in oakland calling for the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning. plus an occupation in flames nato and international troops on alert as afghan forces deal with friendly increasingly turn their guns on their mentors. is ten am of the russian capital you're watching r.t.

the jailing of three members of russian punk band pussy riot has attracted criticism from across the world and seen protests in support of the women they received a two year sentence on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for their mob tray or in russia's main orthodox cathedral foreign governments also had their say on russia's internal matter the u.s. even calling on the authorities to review the case. reports from new york there's been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe there has been several protests held on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted of hooliganism paris brussels london and tell of eve are among the cities where demonstrators gathered to denounce the trial and the two year sentencing those that are in support of these three women and members of the pussy riot say. the decision that was made by moscow's court was

emblematic of russia's intolerance of dissent on the more political front the u.s. embassy in russia has called the verdict unfair and this. there was also reaction coming from amnesty international which said that the decision was a bitter blow to freedom of expression in rochelle also political figures in europe have begun to weigh in on this developing story we heard from the high representative of the european union catherine ashton who has said she is deeply disappointed by this verdict calling it disproportionate a similar sentiment has also been echoed by germany's foreign minister so clearly this story taking place in russia has ignited a wave of reaction around the globe. u.s. based journalist don de bar says washington should look closer to home and tidy up its own affairs before judging others the united states has other double standards

that bear on this case too first let's look at the one nine hundred eighty nine case of st patrick's cathedral where act up members came into the church of about forty five of them were arrested before they could really voice their own protests and numerous times since the beginning of the iraq war around the united states people have tried to go into churches to speak to the congregations i know nick modern for example an activist in the united states has done it about thirty times to try to say look your religious beliefs are so and so what's happening violates them please join us and they've been threatened with arrest arrested and worse so the united states does exactly that that is states which has more incarcerated people than the next three countries on the planet and that's only in absolute terms in terms of relative terms more than any other country on the planet the united states has all these people in jail and it's going to lecture other countries about how their legal process should work i just think it that has no

credibility around the world and i think it's shameful. the coverage of the pussy riot trial was hyped by foreign media and that's the opinion of layer jacobs managing director of the world congress of families i don't really expect immediate suit necessarily. always reported truthfully in the u.s. and in western europe we have seen some of the same issues so it's they politicized the issue that made it about objects she didn't boot in about supposedly a political statement but again. you know we have plenty of opportunity to make political statements and then we need to be responsible for our actions and there's no question that they were that they were guilty of any group is free to protest. if it's again on a place where they. know they're not violating someone else's rights in this case they certainly violated the rights of the church they trust other vandalised and so

you have to expect the consequences. well there's more on the pussy riot story online so check out our stream for more videos from inside and outside a courtroom where the russian female rockers received their sentence you can see the moment the trio finally discovered their. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are over. to the u.s. now where police were called in and the rest were made after protesters occupy the rock obama's campaign office in oakland the group made up of veterans and activists as part of a hundred strong march in support of bradley manning. the

demonstrators marched on the office chanting free bradley manning he's accused of leaking classified information to us and if found guilty could face the death penalty the protesters demanded that president obama released a list of what one calls an iraq war veteran and one of the protesters says the government's making an example. of the matter so. if you're. a mad man and. summers are. a little further trying to make an example out of their own people. or so. you are. that's what.

you know. but you know we're not going to going. you're trying. and. all fear is the u.s. is desperate to lay its hands on joining us on just the man behind that we can weeks website are playing on the minds of diplomats to declassify documents from the australian embassy in washington reveal concerns he might end up on trial in the states a scientist currently stuck in ecuador is one that the embassy what britain vowing to prevent him taking asylum in latin america but we get leaks spokesman christine happens and believes that matter may go to the international court of justice. let's hope that the the british government will come to its senses and give him safe passage a country it's the only right thing to do but if they're on to insist on this hard line position which is absolutely absurd given the circumstances. the head of the

legal team of julian that we killing these families just a buzz of our soul as indicated that he will take the matter before the international court of justice. and force the government to give him say as it's clearly saying that this is a threat by the u.k. authorities who take our extraordinary have called for a. strong reaction especially in light of the american countries it is it is beyond my understanding why the stuff of william hague will take such an extreme step especially when the negotiations are ongoing or into that war is in the impulse period between two countries and this should could offset what the nations all over the world and i'm pretty sure that the british diplomats will feel. very secure in all of the only areas given the fact that their own government is ready to violated the vienna convention out of the twenty two with these threats i

just won't believe it will carry. coming up later in the program permission to pray in the holy land israel stands accused of denying palestinians access to mosques during the holy month of ramadan and arresting those allowed through. and will report on the new private military contractors and are in the market to lean up the blackwater solid image of guns for hire. the u.n. has officially named lidar brahimi the former all during four minister as its new envoy to syria kofi annan successor is a veteran diplomat with experience in still volatile iraq and afghanistan because some have questioned his objectivity because a few jordanian royalty his daughter a former reporter at c.n.n. and is married to one of the king's sons jordan has allegedly been providing support for rebel forces in syria lakhdar brahimi has received why backing from the international community by arab experts warn against excessive optimism i'm. going

to show you. how i'm going to do it for a while and really a tribute to their. security council really front of. us. for. i think. they were. he seems to be a bit discouraged already from the stir track record. or success. aside from roadside explosives and taliban and al qaeda fighters nato forces in afghanistan are increasingly under attack and new photo friendly afghan forces two more u.s. troops were shot yesterday in an insider shooting episode bringing the total to a dozen soldiers in just over a week as artie's got edge can now reports this is a problem that multi-billion dollar de fans project just can't solve. the ads for

military hardware in the us look like hollywood blockbuster trailers whether it's for a tactical armed drone which can fit into a backpack. or for a special robot like clothing for soldiers they sense what the user wants to do where the user wants to go and then explode we like to call these men tom an assistant but many ask why with all the high tech gear the u.s. can't win against man of simple means from some remote afghan villages a u.s. marine general estimated that eighty percent if his troops casualties in afghanistan were caused by her made bombs components of which often cost no more than a few dollars. a pill a better served in afghanistan at the beginning of the war the camera and the armored humvees are cost millions of dollars and they're destroyed by something

that costs the price of a pizza and we don't have any effective weapons to combat that animosity that rage against american presidents but i'm just no such thing it's sort of like if the chinese moved into you know wyoming or you somehow that why oh why oh why it's going to be happy now not at all there's no way that they just simply want them to leave the you want to seem best in military gear more than the world's ten other biggest military spenders combined the pentagon resists cuts in their gigantic budget arguing that they need to fight terrorists in other places we continue to face very sleek serious security challenges in the world of today we are still at war in afghanistan we still confront terrorism even though there's been significant damage to the leadership of al qaeda the reality is we confront terrorism in somalia yemen in north africa. the u.s. is extensively using drones to go after who they identify as terrorists. but will

there ever be enough weapons to kill terrorists in this look at anwar lockey before he was assassinated by a drone did we stop al qaeda on the arabian peninsula the we stop al qaeda us march on yemen no we did not we actually in many ways made it worse by the fact that others besides a walkie were targeted and killed in that same campaign sieving we invest in the military hardware destruction which obviously is to perpetuate the cycle of killing kill five ten come back you've got to have more hardware to kill that ten. retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer says the pentagon's obsession with military resources hasn't changed since the time when their enemy was the soviet union it was all about the numbers it was all very accountable regarding hardware hardware purchases how much how many missiles can you have how many can you defeat

it was all very binary this or that this or that it was always it was a match force on force and the current today's war it's not like that there's no force on force equation there's no way of measuring the number of tanks that will take care of the taliban because the taliban doesn't use tanks they don't need them and so this is where our current paradigm the us paradigm on war is completely outdated all those fancy weapons certainly project power but in real warfare in afghanistan for example all that advanced gadgetry still hasn't delivered victory some argue is because while spending tremendous amounts of money on military gear the u.s. has failed to fully understand their enemy and what motivates them to fight i'm going to check on in washington our team. the u.s. labor department has released alarming data suggesting unemployment has surged again in almost every state later today artie's financial gurus max kaiser and state herbert pull no punches about those stay believe are responsible for konami

car trips the full show is coming your way at nine thirty g.m.t. but here's a preview of. g.d.p. just not calculate anything having to do what's a sustainable economy and life affirming qualities the only thing that contributes to g.d.p. in the u.k. in the u.s. in the g twenty countries is suicide if you commit suicide fast like they do in india the farmers are committing falcon's of suicide a month because of monsanto that's considered a growth story the emerging market it's a happening contrary they're committing suicide really fast there's the u.k. people are committing suicide at a more leisurely british pace like oh darling i think i'll tell myself ok that's considered g.d.p. but not quite as aggressive as in the united states oh yeah well in their case it's more homicidal suicidal so you've got those massive shootings and then you've got people killing themselves nearly so it's a combo play. well the end of the holy

month of ramadan drawing to close muslims around the world they're flocking to mosques to celebrate but in palestine that often means standing for hours at security checkpoints only to be denied permission to pray policy or reports. people here want to pray that soldiers stand in a way it's a painful game of control and if we date is played out at checkpoints throughout the palestinian we spend at this time of year in the holy month of ramadan it's at its most brutal and the threat is like dogs and i've been here since hamas fires in the morning and i was twelve thirteen seven knows i'm here and they won't let me cross with the knowledge of the haid or the weight of an arm and he's ready soldiers his way and cannot it is a displacement see you. those who wait palestinian worshippers desperate to get to jerusalem have been standing pushing and shoving here for hours many have already been through several checkpoints to does of course then in order to retain order

order is very important. control over the palestinians is important because that's how you can. take control over their lives the alex a mosque is the third holiest place in islam on fridays the holy day hundreds of thousands of worshippers from across the west bank and east jerusalem make their way here human rights groups say the checkpoints have eased up this year but in the past as radio soldiers would ride on horseback into the crowds and use tear gas on fasting worshippers the hottest we have found that people who are considered dangerous during the rest of the year are suddenly allowed to cross during ramadan because they're about forty years old it means they still been a terrorist for a short while it's absolute and it shows there is no security problem but israel says its checkpoints are here for just that the army says it wants to avoid trouble by making sure men between the ages of twelve and fourteen don't pass unless they

have special permission that sometimes takes weeks to organize the influx of hundreds of thousands of palestinians into jerusalem sends an unmistakable message to the israelis and that is that your wisdom is no easy matter. the grand mufti of jerusalem accuses israel of having and i'll tarry emotion when it comes to the al aqsa compound at the. radical jewish groups say they want to demolish and take control of al aksa they claim it is a part of israel and if not the mosque itself then the yards they want to shut our mouths proving once again there is no democracy in israel there are those who make it through these weighty barriers it's a small victory the other store just show me past this. speak that the i'm going with gets me from behind. is that the bad things about what i want you to do that you must with. that the let me go because i have been machine so i just said no we

have to trick you i said that subject me you don't have those. you're going to have to kick me again those who don't make it simpy balbi hates your name and signed by and so they know another degrading struggle mixed with. a. check out more reports from our middle east correspondent at r.t. dot com here's a taste of what else is there for you today. bahrain's crackdown on the opposition triggers anger from international human rights groups after prominent protest leader gets a three year sentence. plus a modern day robin hood tough austerity cuts drive a spanish mayor to mastermind robberies and give money away to the poor.

private military firms are now as big a part of modern war as death and destruction and they operate in an industry whose image has been destroyed by the alleged crimes of blackwater and iraq so i went to meet some new players in the field who are on a p.r. offensive. fighting for profit the trade is as old as warfare itself but modern private military contracting is a growing market and russian companies want in on the action to this training is to hone the skills of the staff and it is military training not just security but i want to be here in this forest outside moscow they want to be working in places like iraq and afghanistan. prussian security systems r s p is

a private military company founded by former russian soldiers they are the convoy and guard duties around the world they are selling point they say they are more careful than other forms about what they do. we know that there is no state no high ranking official to back us but we work on our own a russian company must respect all the rules and laws of the country of residence as well as its lifestyle and mentality where they were in the holding your guns for hire so what's the difference between military contractors and mercenaries that's the tag that some american firms have been labelled with after killings where they were based for guards from u.s. based military contractor blackwater which has since changed its name of facing fresh indictments for allegedly opening fire at a baghdad road junction in two thousand and seven killing seventeen iraqis the discrediting of firms like blackwater has opened up the market for russian firms ses are a state but in this business there will always be

a tension between morals money who chose no company the purpose of creating a private military companies to make profit and as a rule the biggest profits come from clandestine operations so that attempting for the company and for individual operators should not be permitted he would call them what you will the market is that for a reason the private sector is supplying services that overstretched state forces either can't or won't provide such as in the treacherous waters of somalia come under bring your car crew did everything in their capacity to fix the engine as quickly as possible i remember my heart throbbing because we knew there were pirate ships in the vicinity of them who could assault us at any moment or when put on them while pirates bandits or others could strike it seems governments and companies are prepared to accept the controversy and pay for the likes of dimitri and his kind tom bottom r.t. . acetic a look at some other stories from around the world south africa's president has

ordered a probe into the shooting of thirty four striking by the mine workers by police jacob zuma called the events shocking and unacceptable police opened fire on a crowd of protesting miners armed with machetes demanding better working conditions it's one of the worst instance since the end of apartheid nine hundred ninety four. the nasa curiosity rover is preparing to make its first big lead by example a rock a maurice with a laser that's just one of ten tools it has available to help study the red planet and its ability to support life back on earth artie's or harvest when to find out whether average new yorkers are excited about curiosity's adventurous. human technology is on mars so what this week let's talk about that i hope we'll find some other kind of fly there and i think it can help to understand that we are

not alone in the universe do you think that we will shift our press the option of how to be if we learn man. i hope so i hope so maybe you will become a bit more. help so it's for you to say that because i'm french and we're not at all but i think we need to understand that we're not alone you know i don't think as many people are into it that should be i posted something on my face we're going to have it had a one comment or one like at all and that was a couple days ago so that's kind of a little bit of a little bit of a disappointment why is that you would think breaching another planet stellar i feel like maybe the olympics shadowed it you know and kind of eclipse the moment but i tend to think there's more pressing issues here on earth and i'd rather see the money invested in. environment and. global food

issues and that kind of thing but could we possibly find other solutions if we look outward. possibly i think it's great to i feel like we've lost that spirit of exploration largely well so it's underfunded a lot of people have it but we don't we don't commit enough to education either at school in our government or in our living room or in our solar system. that maybe they'll find some oh worm holes or something of carbon you know carbon based or some of that but no martians no martians what if they did find martian there i don't think they'll want to come to earth if they're getting our television they won't be want to be coming though they'll be seeing our lives are dashing said i don't know when. or not you think it's a big deal that humans have technology on mars the bottom line is it going to be the big deal or at least it's a matter of accomplishment no matter what we learn from man's.

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