two years behind bars for the russian punk band pussy riot triggers an avalanche of reaction very bad omen abroad but russia defends the sentence of pointing out its less than they would have received if you write. in the us the occupy protests taken to a new level as demonstrators stronger up obama's campaign office demanding the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning the action leading to several arrests. the no fly zone over syria would violate the country's sovereignty in the un charter that's a russian response of g u s claims that washington could impose the measurement of the wartime country bypassing the way.

you're watching r t we start with breaking news that these eight people have been injured in a shooting in russia's republic of dagestan two armed men in my also been fayyad worshipers in shia in a shia mosque after the evening prayer to people line critical condition the incident comes on the final day of the muslim festival ramadan we'll bring you more on this breaking news story as we get it now moving on to our next story 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 republic. you. get. the two year jail sentence handed down to the trio of four who can assume motivated by religious hatred to crowds of people

outside the courtroom reading both in support and against the band more than fifteen were arrested from both sides of the fence for violating public order the band has also received backing from outside russia with a number of extreme stun stages like this one in ukraine with a feminist movement to get change so to across foreign governments also had this say with the u.s. calling on the authorities to review the case as marino portnoy reports from new york city's 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 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 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 this portion of it 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 is deeply disappointed by this verdict calling it disproportionate a sin. miller 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 a washington should tidy up its

a if it is before judging others as 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 this believe 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. and response to the criticism from abroad over the pussy riot case of russia's foreign ministry has highlighted the fact that legislation in some major european countries like austria and germany could see similar stunts inside a church a land even bigger jail terms. now the mall prayer the pussy riot has performed in the christ the savior cathedral wasn't the first time the group has tried to court controversy as part of the other group or you know one of the convicted women participated in an orgy in moscow's biology museum just four days before she gave birth in another stunned as if it's try to provoke reactions from police officers by kissing them on the metro martin mccauley a russian specialist at the university of london believes is simply motivated by publicity and not politics. did something very very very it's all about produce

a thing they wanted to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. choose their goal of. 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 prissy right case here on our team public opinion to the story has been diverse to say the least here's some examples of the views we've received at r.t. . 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 the 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 you use your time to free young black youths and her prison for some silly crime issues so concerned about justice system in russia. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. during operation throughout the day. and it's not only russia that's been seeing protests against internal criminal proceedings in the u.s. at least six people with arrested as a hundred strong group of war veterans and activist on cue by barack obama's

campaign office in auckland. feed. me. but demonstrate is a must on the office chanting slogans in support of bradley manning the soldier jailed for allegedly leaking classified information to be key pretrial hearings are currently underway and if found guilty the private could face the death penalty ah jeez i remember linda 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 were and 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 he has committed a 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. the supporters of bradley many. i believe that the work of weiqi leaves 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 the leaks and again 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 a songe of courage remains trapped in the ecuadorian embassy in london although there seems to be some progress in the diplomatic impasse surrounding the situation aquittal and the u.k. have reportedly agreed to resume talks over the whistleblowers fate and breakthrough following a bitter row over britain's a earlier threads just stormed the embassy and take us sunday by force foreign

ministers 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 is a matter of international law a thunderous legal team clearly disagrees with we can be their spokesman saying if britain doesn't grant safe passage to the political refugee they will go to the international court of justice. let's look at the the the british government it will come to them. as its own country it's the only rights there is there or two is system this hard line position which is going to be assured of giving this to those those whose. there is illegal to your julian when will you be exposed but also go forward as indicated that you will take the matter before the international court of justice. and force the government to give as it's clear you say that this

is where you can it's always you to go surely you have called for a. strong reaction especially a lot from very in countries. to be on my list and the way the william hague will take censure extremists are especially when the negotiation growing into that war is in the period between two countries and this is true to yourself doing well in nations all over the world and i'm sure that. was. very secure in solitary areas you have to get over this really to violate to the v.a. the commission of inquiry into this is. going to go just well the legal. well you're welcome to share your opinion i know what's next for julian a son should have your say in a poll dedicated to that you should at r.t. to calm. russia says the creation of

a no fly zone over syria under a humanitarian pretext would be illegal foreign minister sergey lavrov was responding to a recent us a statement claiming it could successfully implement the measure in the conflict torn country you go to peace cannot brings us the details foreign minister a whopper of says that the north wind 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 un resolution aimed at protecting civilians was instead used to overthrow the libyan regime and so you of course says the u.s. doesn't do revolutions yes we've heard the statements from the u.s. military commanders this is not the first time when there's been talk about establishing security zones or no fly zones if the 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 ports of syria and it could bypass the u.n.

security council if needed and the russian foreign minister says that there is a very troubling signal especially knowing that the syrian rebels who are calling for miss for this help from the west also say that they are ready to join forces with al qaida also to the west for trying to bury the agreements reached in geneva when world powers were able to reach 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 that community has signed in geneva gives a way for a peaceful end to this conflict but judging by the steps strongly being 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 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 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 up holding the international law then while he's browed to be mr know. meanwhile as the sanctions can be slept on syria the measures are now backfiring on those who impose them the passengers of an air france flight which was forced to make it on said you'll stop in damascus when left somewhat surprised after the pilot lost them to chip in for more fuel the crew were unable to use the f. runs credit card because of the international sanctions funny thing is done farea the passengers were asked to open their wallets and search for cash and they managed to round up seventy thousand euros but despite the generosity of the passengers in the end the money was immediate and crew managed to solve the problem themselves although it's yet to be revealed how. by coming up later

in the program i 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 and degrading security checks. but if they did find martian there i don't think they'll want to come to earth but if they're giving or television they will be want to be coming though they'll be seen or lived there she said though i go for the technology to take pictures on mas the residence of people in new york why i don't post world exploration hasn't captured mine across the plate. and just because you spend a lot to doesn't mean you'll get a lot less in 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 bill for a fraction of the price. you can reports. 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 sense that the user wants to do where the user wants to go and then explosion 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 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 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 lockey before he was assassinated by a drone did we stop al qaeda and they were plentiful and then 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 in that same campaign civilians we invest in the military hardware destruction which obviously is perpetuates 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 us 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 us has failed to fully understand their enemy and what motivates them to fight i'm going to strike down in washington our team. while government spend billions on their military budget is the wellbeing of their own citizens can take a back seat making way for modern day robin hood check a website dot com to learn more kind hearted woman in philadelphia could be slapped

with a happy penalty just for providing children with. tough austerity cuts dr one spanish managed to turn to crime in order to put food on the table of those who needed most. but 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 a standing for hours at security checkpoints only to be denied permission to pray policy a report. people here want to pray but soldiers stand in their 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 i've been here since half past five in the morning and i was 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 did this 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 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 there's 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 the system is an unmistakable message to the israelis and that is that your wisdom is and 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 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 showed me pass this suspect that i'm going without me from behind and it started to talk about things about you worry what you do do that you must quit and i started to shout let me go because i have very mission the soldier said no we have to take you i said over subject me you don't have the. you don't 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. pulis the artillery jerusalem

taking a brief look at other news from around the world now suspected al qaeda militants in yemen have killed at least one thousand soldiers in an attack targeting an intelligence office 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 the buildings courtyard al qaeda remains highly active in southern yemen which separates us seeking independence from the north. at least five militants have been killed in the u.s. drone attack in pakistan 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 to this year a certain regions are considered to be supported by al-qaeda and the taliban the strikes are criticised throughout the republic for while eating the country's sovereignty. and this is curiosity rover has begun work on

planet mars preparing to zap a small rock with a laser to examine its chemical composition the cost size vehicle has ten different tools to study the red planet one of which was developed in russia artie's laurie hoffman is went to find out where the average new yorkers i've cited by curiosity is 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 determine 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 haven't had 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 reaching another planet is 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. the 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 sun 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 old worm holes or something of harvard and you know carbon based or some of that but no martians no martians what if they did find martian 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 seen hard life hard as you said i got to 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 man's. right those are the main news at this hour here on r.g.p. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a couple of moments stay with us.

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