pussy riot and global fun club foreign governments and media here's how i took the two year jail sentence given to the members of the russian female punk. hitting the campaign trail veterans on protestors take over barack obama's election office in oakland are calling for the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning. plus an occupation in flames from nato and international troops on alert as afghan forces deemed friendly increasingly turn their guns on them and.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm rori sushi at the jailing of three members of russian punk band pussy riot has attracted criticism from all across the world and seen protests in support of the woman they received a two year sentence on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for them in russia's main orthodox cathedral a foreign governments also had their say on russia's internal matter and the u.s. even calling on the earth or to review the case parties are important i has this report from new york. there has been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now i around the globe there has been several protests on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted hooliganism paris brussels london and tell of eve are among the cities where demonstrators gathered to denounce the trial. the two year sentencing those that are in support of these

three women and members of the pussy riot say that the decision that was made by moscow's court was emblematic of russia's intolerance of dissent on a more political front the u.s. embassy in russia has called the verdict unfair and. 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. i know you were supposed to enlist dawn says

that washington should actually 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 this has no credibility around the world and i think it's shameful. official reaction from all around the world over the trial has been overwhelmingly critical the public opinion has not been so definite some of the feedback. on. this ridiculous case makes me think of the middle ages what would have been had this happened in saudi arabia i'm sure it would have been a call for death and for once i actually agree with russia this joke of abandon look. they do is immoral and unacceptable. christianity disgusting and here i was thinking russia was getting more progressive this has put

a big dent in my respect for russian british and be that went to russia to see. why didn't she use the time to free young black youths and who present. justice system in russia i think the us should get even with russia by arresting justin bieber. much of the media coverage of the pussy riot trial labeled the case politically motivated but former spokesman to the russian patriarch. thinks that there are no grounds for that conclusion. it's possible that the band aims to stage a political protest but they did nothing of the swords inside the cathedral. nor the page mentions the lyrics edited in later on inside the cathedral that actions boil down to god and the virgin mary politics so it's wrong to say they

were persecuted on political grounds it's wrong to bring politics in here but it's something the west loves to talk about when the convicted and their lawyers who was selling the story for a high price was personally i think above the offenses should not be punished by a jail sentence but in no way do i want to blame the authorities with a court this law is the brainchild of russian legislators. well there's a lot more on the whole pussy riot story to be found online you can check out all t's you tube streaming videos from by thought inside and outside the courtroom where the russian a female rockers received their sentence you can also see the moment the trio finally discovered their fate. and these are the. corporations rule the day. so i could have you with us here on

our team today turning our attention now to thank you as swear police were called in and arrests were made after protesters occupied barack obama's campaign office in oakland the group made up of veterans and activists was part of a hundred strong march in support of bradley manning. but you can hear the demonstrators marching on in the office chanting free bradley manning he's accused of leaking classified information to wiki leaks sunday found guilty could even face the death penalty protesters demonic the president obama released that whistleblower and school health and an iraq war veteran and one of the protesters says the government is simply making an example. of. pressure on obama to draw attention to the situation brother man and finds.

president obama. was declared. a lot and that the command influence was in the military somewhere inside a court martial it's clear that they are trying to make an example of them they're trying to keep people not that it was a war it's shouldered by so it's not you was a blogger. getting all this. went through torture is committed to ending why he is whether it's you know every trial you know we're not going to stop it going to keep trying and keep trying other ways. and grow their magic. welfare as the u.s. is desperate to lay its hands on julian assange of course the man behind the wiki leaks web site suddenly playing on the minds of diplomats as well declassified documents from the australian embassy in washington reveal concerns he might end up on trial in the states songes carly's stuck inside ecuador's london embassy with

britain to prevent him taking asylum in latin america but weekly spokesman the kristin hansen believes the matter could even go all the way to the international court of justice. let's look at the the british government. it's the only right thing to do but if they're on to is in this current position which is absolutely absurd given the circumstances. the legal team of julian. but also goes on as indicated that he will take the matter before the international court of justice. and force the government to give it as it's you know you say that this is the u.k. authorities who to sort of really have called for a. strong reaction especially in latin america in countries if it is beyond my understanding why the william hague will take such extreme step especially when the

negotiations were ongoing or it was or is in the period between two countries and this could upset you nations all over the world and i'm pretty sure that the british diplomats feel. very secure in voluntarily areas they have to get all government is really to violated the mention of the twenty two . i just won't believe it will carry. well for moscow this is r.t. still to come for you in this program or that have permission to pray in the holy land israel stands accused of denying palestinians access to mosques during the holy month of ramadan and the harassing those who are allowed through. also we report on the new private military contractors entering the market to clean up the blackwater sullied image of guns for hire. or the tempest the hour moscow

time aside from roadside explosives taliban and al qaeda fighters nato forces in afghanistan are increasingly under attack by a new photo that of friendly afghan forces two more u.s. troops were shot yesterday in an insider shooting episode bringing the total to a dozen soldiers now in just over one week and the saudis guy nature can now report so this is a problem that the multibillion dollar defense projects just cannot solve. the ads for military hardware in the us local 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 thomas systems but many ask why with all the high tech gear the u.s. can't win against men of simple means from some remote afghan villages a u.s.

marine general estimated that eighty percent of his troops casualties in afghanistan were caused by homemade bombs components of which often cost no more than a few dollars. jake dilla 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 there's no such thing it's sort of like if the chinese moved into you know wyoming or you somehow that why oh why only it's going to be happy now not at all there's no way that they just will simply want them to leave the us invests in military gear more than the world 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 and 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 a locket 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 walky were targeted and killed in that same campaign civilians 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 is 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. and artie is coming here live from moscow where the u.n. has officially named a locked up rahimi the former algerian foreign minister as its new envoy to syria kofi annan successor is a veteran diplomat with experience and well the still volatile iraq can rest on some of question his objectivity though because of his ties to jordanian royalty his daughter a former reporter at c.n.n. is married to one of the king's sons jordan has allegedly been providing support to rebel forces in syria lakhdar brahimi has received wide backing from the international community but arab experts warn against what they say is excessive optimism i'm. going to show you. how i'm going to do it for

a while and they will be easily attributed to their three members security council being only front of. us in beating. i think there will continue to be there we're going to go to break he seems to be a bit discouraged from the stronger track record. all forty six hours. now the u.s. labor department has released a data suggesting that unemployment has surged again in almost every state today auntie's financial gurus max kaiser and stacey her but they pull no punches about her and those that they believe are responsible for the economic hardships the full show are coming away at thirteen thirty g.m.t. for now though a quick preview. g.d.p. does not calculate anything having to do what

a sustainable economy and life affirming qualities the only thing that contributes to g.d.p. in the u.k. in the us in the g twenty countries is suicide if you commit suicide fast like they do in india the farmers are committing thousands 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 india 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 ordinarily so it's a combo play. i do stay with us for the cause report a bit later today here on our two for the meantime though with the holy month of ramadan drawing to a close and muslims all around the world are flocking to mosques to celebrate but in palestine that often means standing for hours of security checkpoints only to be

denied permission to pray for saudis are reports. people here want to pray that soldiers stand in the way it's a painful game of control and if we date is played out of 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 been houston's half past five in the morning and i was twelve thirteen seven hours i'm here and they won't let me cross . with a nod of the head or the wave of an arm and israeli soldiers says who can pray and who cannot it is a distressing scene for 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 it 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 al aqsa mosque is the third holiest place in islam on fridays the holy day hundreds of thousands of worshippers from across the west bank in east jerusalem make their way here human rights groups say the checkpoints have eased up this year but in the past his radio soldiers would ride on horseback into the crowds and use tear gas on fasting worshippers the hardest element 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 forty don't pass unless they have special permission that sometimes takes weeks to organize the influx of hundreds of

thousands of palestinians into most of them sends an unmistakable message to the israelis and that is that your wisdom is no matter. the grand mufti of jerusalem accuses israel of having and now terry a motive 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 and then the yards they want to show our mouth's proving once again there is no democracy in israel. for those who make it through. it's a small victory the other store just. gets me from behind and. think well you do that you must. know we have to. meet.

those who don't make it simply. and. they know another degrading struggle next week. to remember you can always check out more reports from our middle east correspondent dot com also now a quick taste of what else is lined up for you on our web site for example a crackdown on the opposition. from international human rights groups after a prominent protest leader gets a. modern day robin hood. and give the money away to the paul.

thanks for joining us here on our to today just a moment on the world update a private military firms and i was big as a part of modern wars death and destruction and they operate in an industry whose image is being destroyed by the alleged crimes of blackwater in iraq so i went to meet some new players in the field who are now 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. russian security systems or r.s.b. is a private military company founded by former russian soldiers they are for convoy and

guard duties around the world they are selling point they say they are more careful than other firms about what they do. is that we know that there is no state no high ranking official to back us because we work on our own a russian company must respect all the rules and laws of the country of residence and as well as its lifestyle and mentality when 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 a 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 sales are at stake 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 implemented he would call them what you will the market is down for a reason the private sector is supplying services that overstretched state forces if you 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 and i remember my heart throbbing because we knew there were pirate ships in the vicinity them who could assault us at any moment i would put it 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 barton artie. there we go we'll start with south africa where the president there has ordered a probe into the shooting dead of thirty four striking mine workers by police jacob

zuma called the events shocking and unacceptable police opened fire on a crowd of protesting. better working conditions it's one of the worst incidents since the end of the apartheid in one thousand nine hundred four. school occupations continue despite police people one prestigious school used to block the entrances of protests across. educational and funding reforms the government has consented to some demands. from the curiosity rover is preparing to make its first big leap. with a laser that's just one of the tools it has available to help to study the. ability to support life. to find out whether yorkers are excited

at all about curiosity's adventurous. human technology. so what this week let's talk about that. and i think. we're not alone in the universe do you think we will. become more. because i. think we need to understand. i don't think people are should be i posted something on my facebook and i haven't had. it all that was a couple days ago so that's kind of a little bit of the blue. a little bit of a disappointment why is that you would think breaching another planet that 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 too i feel like we've lost that spirit of exploration largely well so and 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 we're close 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 but 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 whether or not you think it's a big deal that humans have technology on mars the bottom line is it kind of is the big deal or at least it's a massive accomplishment no matter what we learn from it it's. a lot of back and i just a few moments with a recap of our top stars. to know that.

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