two years behind bars for the russian punk band pussy riot triggered the novel launch of reaction both at home and abroad russia defends the sentence pointing out it's less of than what they would have received in europe. in the u.s. the occupy protesters taking to a new level as demonstrators storm brought obama's campaign office demanding the release of james a whistleblower bradley manning reaction due to several arrests. and even with his multibillion dollar defense budget to you as troops are still coming to counter the devastating effects of the anybodies cheap homemade explosives.

we're watching our team live from moscow with me to bomb would say first the jailing of three members of the russian punk band pussy riot who performed a protest stunt in russia's main cathedral has been met with a vocal and polarized reaction from the russian public. you. if you want. the two year jail sentence handed down to the tree of full hooliganism motivated by religious hatred to crowds of people outside the court reading both in support and against the bend more than fifty were arrested from both sides of the fence will violate to public order the band has also received backing from outside russia with a number of extreme stunt stage like this one in ukraine feminist movement took a chain saw to across foreign governments also had best say with the u.s.

calling on the authorities to review the case. and i reports from new. there's been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe 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 the bar 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 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. or shouldn't 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 foreign minister so clearly this story taking place in russia has ignited a wave of reaction around the globe. u.s. based journalist that donda botha the washington should tidy up its own f.s.b. fault catching up with 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 plea 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. in response to the criticism from abroad over the pussy riot case russia's foreign ministry has highlighted the fact that legislation in some major european countries like austria and germany could see similar stance inside a church lend even bigger jail terms. now the more prayer the pussy riot has performed

in the crisis a vicar teedra was the first time the group has tried to court controversy as part of the our group why number one of the convicted women participated in an orgy in moscow's biology museum four days before she gave birth and another stunt only activists try to provoke a reaction from police officers by kissing them on the metro much in macau a russian specialist at the university of london believes this implementor dated by publicity and not politics. did something very daring it all but produced the they wanted to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. and the achieve 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 there were achieved

their goal there really world famous. now we've understandably been getting a mountain of feedback from around the globe while we've been covering the pussy riot case here on our team public opinion to the story has been diverse to say the least has some examples of the views we've received at r.t. dot com. this ridiculous case makes me think of the middle ages what would the punishment 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 this joke of a band and look them up longer what they do is immoral and unacceptable god bless christianity disgusting and here i was thinking russia was getting more progressive this has put a big dent in my respect for russian british m p that went to russia to support the right why didn't she use her time to free young black youths and her prison for some silly crime if she is so concerned about justice system in russia.

these are the images the world from the streets of canada. operations are all. right it's not only russia that's been seeing protests against the internal criminal proceedings in the us at least six people were arrested as a hundred strong group of war veterans an activist occupied barack obama's campaign office in auckland. eighty. eight. the demonstrators marched on the in the office chanting slogans in support of bradley manning the soldier jail for allegedly leaking classified information to we could be leaks preach i hearings are currently underway if i am guilty of the private could face the death penalty. reports from california where the latest

protest took place. we saw several arrests happen 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 saying that he has committed no crime and second of all the supporters of bradley manning also want president obama to step in and to him 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 and 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 are bradley manning believe that. the work of weak you leaves even even though there is no proof so for their belly man wasn't 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 an assault on peace. another well known whistleblower julian assange currently remains trapped in there could dory an embassy in london although there seems to be some progress in the diplomatic impasse surrounding the situation aquittal in the u.k. have reportedly agreed to resume talks over the whistleblower his fate a breakthrough following a bitter row over britain's britain earlier threats to storm the embassy and take a sanch by force foreign ministers are from across south america and the u.s. have agreed to meet next friday to discuss the standoff the us was one of the three members to oppose the gathering arguing that diplomatic asylum isn't a matter of international law it's not just legal team clearly disagrees with that we can make 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 its senses and give him safe passage a country it's the only right thing to do but if they're on to is system this hard line position which is absolutely absurd given the circumstances. of the legal team of julian that we killing the inspectors just a boss of ourselves 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 to say that this is a threat by the u.k. authorities we 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 were ongoing in accordance with that war is in the impulse period between two countries and this is an issue could upset the willing nations all over the world and i'm pretty sure that the british diplomats was

feeling. very secure in voluntarily areas given the fact that their own government is ready to violated the convention out of the twenty two with this these threats that i just won't believe it will carry. and you're welcome to share your opinion on the what's next for julia songe have your say in our poll dedicated to the issue at r.t. dot com. russia says the creation of a no fly zone over syria under a humanitarian pretext would be illegal for a new minister sergey lavrov us responding to a recent new a statement claiming it could successfully implement the measure in the conflict torn country let's get the details from our cheese you've got a piece going up outside the foreign ministry building in moscow good to see that you got so why is that a lever of so opposed to this is setting up a no fly zone in the stricken nation. for a minister a whopper of says that the no fly zone over syria would be

a violation of international law which moscow would never support especially with the experience from the no fly zone over libya when a u.n. resolution aimed at protecting civilians was instead used to overthrow the libyan regime and so you of course says the u.n. doesn't do revolutions. yes we've heard the statements from the u.s. military commanders but for me this is not the first time when there's been talk about establishing security zones or no fly zones if these zones involve the territory of the syrian state this will be in violation of the country's sovereignty and the u.n. charter. earlier washington said that it's looking at steps at creating a no fly zone over parts of syria and it's it could bypass the u.n. security council if needed and the russian foreign minister says that that is a very troubling signal especially knowing that the syrian rebels who are calling for in this for this help from the west also say that they're ready to join forces with al qaeda also slammed to the west for trying to bury the agreements reached in

geneva when it will be ours were able to reach a mutual understanding on syria saying that equal pressure has to be applied on all sides of the conflict and that they have to put their weapons down simultaneously and said you said that got to me to get signed in geneva it gives a way for a peaceful end to this conflict but judging by the steps going to be made by many western states it's not really peace they're interested in but simply regime change in syria the russian foreign minister also rejected the speculation that this opposition by moscow to the west when it comes to syria is creating political isolation says that moscow is negotiating with the west and with the arab countries and with both science off the conflict in syria as well including the opposition and there are no signs of any i solution however a major media war against russia is currently underway which is aimed at harming its image and distorting its position on syria so you have also commented on how

he's now often called mr know because of this opposition to the west on syria and he says as long as it means upholding international law then while he's proud to be mr know. who ride our cheese you got a piece cannot say outside the foreign ministry building in moscow thank you for that update. meanwhile as a sanctions continue to be slapped on syria the measures are now backfiring on those who imposed them the passengers of an air france flight which was forced to make an unsaid stop in damascus were left somewhat surprised after the pilot allston to chip in for more fuel the crew were unable to use a credit card because of the international sanctions current employees and syria passengers were asked to open their wallets and search for cash and they managed to round up seventeen thousand euros but despite the generosity of the passengers in the end of the money was needed the crew managed to solve the problem themselves a bow is yet to be revealed how. coming up later in the program

a hope and a prayer and a whole host of. palestinian worshippers during ramadan find their devotion tested while trying to cross the border into jerusalem as they face what they call invasive ended raiding security checks. but if they did find martians there i don't think they'll want to come to earth bill but if they're giving or television they will be want to be turning though they'll be seen or laurie ferguson said or your. brother technology to take pictures on models of the resident arts people in new york why out of this world exploration has been captured mind boggling. just because you spend a lot to 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 dreamz in afghanistan are still falling victim to homemade bombs build for

fraction of the price. you can report. the ads for military hardware in the u.s. 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 central to the user wants to do where the user wants to go and then explosion if you 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 a man 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 villa 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 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 locky before he was assassinated by a drone did we stop al qaeda on their arabian peninsula and that 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 walkie were targeted and killed and 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 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 strike down in washington our team. remember you can always check out more reports from our middle east correspondents at r.t. dot com and there's plenty more lined up for you they including kind hearted woman

in philadelphia could be slept with a happy and on team just like providing children with. a modern day robin tough austerity cuts drive one spanish may have to turn to crime in order to put food on the table for those who need it most. with the holy month of ramadan drawing to a close and muslims around the world flocking to mosques to celebrate but in palestine that often means standing for hours at security checkpoints only to be denied permission to pray on a sea of 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 brutal. 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 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 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 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 stop being 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 jerusalem sends an unmistakable message to the israelis and that is. that you whistle him is no easy 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 the laksa 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 quit 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 that. you are going to have to kick me again those who don't make it through simply bow their heads in prayer and silent defiance they know another degrading struggle lies ahead next week. paulus the r.t. . taking

a brief look at other news from around the world suspected al qaeda militants in yemen have killed at least one thousand nine. hundred and intelligence officers in the south of the country officials also say nine officers and three civilians were wounded the gunmen use rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons when they force their way into a building is quote shot al qaeda remains highly active in south or in yemen where separatists are seeking independence from the north. at least five militants have been killed in a u.s. drone attack in pakistan a small town near the afghan border was targeted as muslims are held a festival marking the end of ramadan the number of attacks in pakistan by american unmanned eight crabbed has just sickly increase this year as certain regions are considered to be supported by al qaeda and the taliban the strife criticized throughout the republic for violating the country's sovereignty. now says curiosity

rover has begun work on planet mars preparing to zap a small rock with a laser to examine its chemical composition because size vehicle has ten different tools to study the rate climate one of which was developed in russia artie's loria half an ist went to find out whether average new yorkers are excited about curious cities mission. human technology is on mars so what this week let's talk about that i hope we'll find some other kind of fly fish 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. i hope so it's for you to say that because i'm french and we're not on board at all but i think we need to understand that we're not alone yes i don't

think as many people are into it that should be i posted something on my face we're going to have a head of 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 deller 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. an 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 son 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 when if they did find martian then 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 the actions of the i got to know whether a. 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 man's. right to be back with the headlines short for you watching r.t. . thank.

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