two years behind bars for the russian punk band pussy riot triggers an avalanche of reaction both at home and abroad but. less than they would have received. in the u.s. the occupy protest is taken to a new level as demonstrators stormed barack obama's campaign office demanding the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning the action leading to. and even with this multibillion dollar defense budget u.s. troops still to the devastating effects of the enemy's cheap homemade explosives.

it is a pleasure to have you with us here on our to you today. live in moscow where the jailing of three members of a russian punk band pussy riot who performed a protest stunt in russia's main cathedral has been met with polarized reaction from the russian public. you. know the two year jail sentence handed down to the trio for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred drew crowds of people outside the court rallying both in support and against the bond with fifty wrested from both sides of the fence from public order about is also being backed by supporters outside of russia some followers resorting to extreme measures of protest foreign governments also had to say with the us calling on the authorities to review the case. no reports from new york. there's been both political and public reaction over the

pussy riot verdict now around the globe and there has been several protests 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 sentence saying 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 on fair portion and there was also reaction coming from amnesty international which said that the decision was a bitter blow to freedom of expression in russia 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's deeply disappointed by this verdict calling it disproportionate a similar sentiment has also been echoed by germany's. minister so clearly this story taking place in russia has ignited a wave of reaction around the globe but suddenly has meantime the us based journalist dawned abbas says that washington should tidy up its on a fast before casting judgment to what the us. the united states has other double standards that bear on this case to 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 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 the lead 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. well in response to the criticism from abroad over the pussy riot case russia's foreign ministry has highlighted the fact that in countries like austria and germany similar stunts inside a church could land even bigger jail terms now the mock prayer the pussy riot has performed in the christ the savior cathedral was not the first time the group has

a try to court controversy as part of the. one of the convicted women that participated in an orgy in moscow's of biology museum just four days before giving birth a modern recording a russian specialist at the university of london thinks a thirst for publicity and not political motives lies behind chrissy riots fame. did something very daring it all but produced the wanted to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. and they achieved their goal of being becoming really world famous by doing what they did. and when they are released. they will in fact travel the world become famous they have a chief their goal they're really world famous. feedback from all around the world what we've been covering the. public opinion to the story

has been to say the least some examples. of. this ridiculous case makes me think of the middle ages. have been had this happened in saudi arabia i'm sure it would have been a call for death. for once i actually agree with russia take. longer what they do is immoral and unacceptable god bless christianity. and here i was thinking russia was getting more progressive this has put a big dent in my respect for russian british and b. that went to russia to support the right why didn't she use her time to free young black youths in her present crime if she's so concerned about justice system in russia i think the us should get even with justin bieber.

i think these are the images. from the streets of canada. today. well meantime in the u.s. it's also seen a series of protests as well against criminal proceedings of its own at least six people were arrested as one hundred strong group of veterans and activists occupied barack obama's campaign office in oakland. as you can see there the demonstrators marched on through the officer chanting slogans in support of bradley manning soldier jailed for allegedly leaking classified information to wiki leaks pretrial hearings are currently under way if found guilty the private could face the death penalty. in a report from california where the latest protest. we saw several arrests happened there in oakland there were actually several arrests in portland as well as

a group of supporters conducted several protests up and down the west coast now in oakland where dozens of people showed up the supporters of manning there were trying to deliver a couple of demands to president obama first of all they want president obama to apologize to bradley manning remember last year president obama during a fundraiser said that. many had committed a crime now in the eyes of many of his supporters this really creates an environment where bradley manning won't be able to get a fair trial given the fact that the commander in chief has already pretty much rendered him guilty in this trial he has committed no crime and second of all the supporters of bradley manning also want president obama to step in and in to guarantee that many another u.s. soldiers are not punished before they go to trial now there's been a lot of world rights worldwide criticism over the treatment of bradley manning

while incarceration by the u.s. government in fact the u.n. torture chief called his degrading so definitely still a lot of anger over the way that manning is being treated so far in these. protests are a new sign that bradley manning supporters are really stepping up their pressure on the obama administration but definitely this coincides with the asylum granted to julian assange now a lot of. supporters or bradley manning believe that the work of week you leave and even even though there is no proof so far that bradley manning was in fact the person who leaked these documents to wiki leaks they know that the principle of free speech and the fact that all these secrets were exposed about the iraq war about the afghanistan war i mean they definitely think that there is a coordinated attack about against both wiki leaks and in the prosecution of bradley manning that this is an assault on free speech and really in a saw in piece. and while julian assigns remains trapped in the ecuadorian embassy

in london there seems to be some progress in the diplomatic impossible running the situation ecuador and the u.k. have reportedly agreed to resume talks over the whistleblowers fête breakthrough following a bitter row over britain's earlier threat to storm the embassy and take a stance by force foreign ministers from across south america and the u.s. have agreed to meet next friday to discuss the standoff the u.s. was one of three members to oppose the gathering arguing that diplomatic asylum is not a matter of international law these are just legal team clearly disagrees with the wiki leaks spokesman saying if britain doesn't grant safe passage to the political refugee they will go to the international court of justice. let's hope that the the british government will come to. say. it's the only right seem to. want to is seen this hard line position which is to be assured given the

circumstances. the legal team of julian. but also goes forward as indicated that he will take the measure before the international court of justice. and force the government to give as it's clear you see that this is. the reason to really have called for a. strong reaction especially a lot from very in countries. be on my list in the way the william hague will take such an extreme step specially when the negotiations were on. or using the period between two countries and this is. what the nations all over the world i'm sure. you must feel. very secure in all of this only areas affected in all government is ready to violate the convention.

well. as always are you are welcome to share your opinion on what's next for julius on show you can have your say in our poll that is dedicated to the issue at r.t. dot com. now just because you spend a lot doesn't mean you'll get a lot it's a lesson the u.s. military is learning the hard way even with multi-billion dollar high tech weapons american troops in afghanistan are still falling victim to homemade bombs built for pennies he's gone a chicken reports. the ads for military hardware in the u.s. 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 explosions like to call these men thomas systems but many ask why with all the high tech gear the u.s.

can't win against a 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 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 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 us invests 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 qaida 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 lockett before he was assassinated by a drone did we stop al qaeda on the arabian peninsula we stop this march on yemen no we did not we actually in many ways made it worse by the fact that others besides a lot he 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 was all very binary this or that this or that it was always it was a match force on force. in 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 for our current paradigm the u.s. paradigm on war it's 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 it's 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. our dutch though to come just a bit later in the program here on our hope of prayer and a whole host of god's palestinian worship it was during ramadan find the devotion tested all trying to cross the border into jerusalem as they face what they call invasive and degrading security checks. britain may not use the single currency but that doesn't stop it feeling the shock waves of the eurozone debt crisis now one city in the u.k. has decided to distance itself from the troubled euro even more by launching its own currency the bristol pound is said to be launched in september and local

businesses are already queuing up to join the scheme thousands of also being offered the chance to have their salaries paid bristols is just another symptom of the u.k. as wide a struggle to overcome tough times as max keiser and stacy herbert was real later this hour on arts. one thousand suicides linked to hard economic times in britain 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 a month ago 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 in a more leisurely british pay. it's like oh darling i think i'll tell myself. cause reporters in about fifteen minutes from now for the mean time with the holy

month of ramadan drawing to a close muslims around the world are flocking to mosques to celebrate but in palestine that often means standing for hours at security checkpoints only to be denied permission to pray as artist reports. people here want to pray but soldiers stand in a way it's a painful game of control and every day it is played out at checkpoints throughout the palestinian west bank at this time of year during the holy month of ramadan it's at its most crucial while the they threaten us like dogs been here since half past five in the morning announced twelve thirty 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 soldier says he 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 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 in east jerusalem make their way here human rights groups say the checkpoints have eased up this year but in the past is ready soldiers would ride on horseback into the crowds and use tear gas on fasting worshippers but hold a show 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 since an unmistakable message to the israelis and that is. that you whistle is no easy matter. for grand mufti of jerusalem accuses israel of having and i'll tell you a motive when it comes to the aqsa compound at the. radical jewish groups say they want to demolish and take control of what 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 the israeli barriers it's a small victory the other store just told me pass this suspect that i'm going without gets me from behind. is that the talking bad things about why what you do do that you must win and that is that the dish out let me go because i have that

mission and so i just said no we have to take you i said that subject me you don't have the. you're going to have to check me again those who don't make it through simply bow their heads in where and silent defiance they know another degrading struggle lies ahead next with. paulus the r.t. . well do remember you can always check out many more reports from our middle east correspondent for the r.t. dot com and many other items are lined up for you there right now including one kind hearted woman in philadelphia could be slapped with a hefty fine just for giving food to children. plus a modern day robin hood tough austerity cuts drive one spanish mayor to turn to in order to put food on the table of those who need it most.

part of ten minutes until the kaiser report for an hour the world update will start in pakistan where at least five militants have been killed in a u.s. drone attack a small town near the afghan border was targeted as muslims held a festival marking the end of ramadan the number of attacks in pakistan by american unmanned aircraft has drastically increased this year certain regions are considered to be supported by al qaeda and the taliban and the strikes are criticized throughout the republic for violating the country's sovereignty. curiosity rover has begun to work on the red planet preparing to zap a small rock with a laser to examine its chemical composition of a car sized vehicle has ten different tools to study one of which was developed in russia party's a lorry half an ist i went to new york to find out if the average person there is excited by curators mission.

human technology is on mars so what this week let's talk about that i hope will 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 perception 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 funny to say that because i'm friends with her not at all but i think we need to understand that we're not alone i don't think as many people are into it that should be i posted something on my face we're going to haven't had one comments 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 reaching another planet feller 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 done 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. maybe they'll find some old 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 seen hard live for dashing something

like you 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. all right in just a moment i will be back with a cause report and b r t headlines. my

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