a two year sentence for an infamous russian punk band pussy riot unleashes a storm of criticism at home as well as abroad but as russia points out it's less than they would have received in europe. 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 leading to several arrests. but no fly zone over syria would violate the. charter. that is moscow's reaction to the united states considering a no fly zone over syria without u.n. approval.

live on your computer screens and your television screens this is our team broadcasting twenty four hours a day first we start with breaking news this hour a blast is reported to have taken place at a shia mosque in the russian republic of dagestan where earlier two armed men opened fire at worshippers from on the developing story we have our correspondent denis blonsky who joins us by the phone from the caucasus region can you give us a scoop of what the latest information day is there on the ground a powerful blast rocked the mosque and biggest on studio costs of your work as bomb squad officers were trying to do the able another explosive device found nearby according to police sources there were two bombs some two a little and one of them went off several officers were wounded the incident happened just hours after two masked gunmen entered the same mosque and i understand got it we were hit by bullets the youngest of them just seventeen years old two people are still in critical. condition we know that it was

a shiite mosque and house that you were one of the good fun to larger cities with a population of over one hundred thousand there doesn't look at me can religious groups in this caucasus republic but in this case we don't know for sure what the motives behind the shooting nevertheless local police sent reinforcements to other mosque fearing but criminals who are still at large may strike the different locations the shooting occurred during each of them holiday that marks be on the front of don at this point it's hard to say whether the incident that's connected with the recent ban from biggest on we know that just two days ago war important agencies report that nine militants were killed and anti-terrorism operation farms and the mission caches were recovered in a different locations but once again there is no certainty whether these events are connected with said today's shooting a bomb blast in most of us a criminal investigation has been watched and police forces and biggest on a currently on high alert all right appreciate that dentist blonsky reporting for

us there live via the phone from the caucuses region in russia. now moving on the jailing of three members of russian punk band pussy riot who performed a protest a stunt in russia's main cathedral has polarized opinion in russia and abroad. were. you. doing. the two year jail sentence handed down to the trio for hooliganism motivated by just hatred he drew crowds of people outside the court rallying both in support and against the band more than fifty 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 stunts staged a like this one in ukraine where a feminist movement took a chainsaw to a cross foreign governments also had their say with the u.s. calling on the authorities to review the case of these men important i 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 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 i'm fairly sure she meant 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 similar sentiment has also been at the. why germany's foreign minister so clearly this story taking place in russia has ignited a wave of reaction around the globe. reporting for us there now the pussy riot trial has spawned a wave of hysteria on the part of the western media claiming the sentence to be a violation of freedom of speech but his drug man got a professor of political science at innsbrook university points out this outcry is based on stereotypes and money because you write them and it was according to my highly inappropriate behavior it was wild i mean or if you want to protest your leadership if you want to protest even a party out you can do is outside the church but you should know that in

a place which is sort of here to russian version of this it believes what to me because you're right it's an extremely good selling story here you have three young women it's considered pretty they have small children and they are now fighting the beast and mr putin who has a very very bad reputation i'm on the list so that's a story can so pretty well for many of the media it's it's simple zobel right secondly for many europeans and even more still for people in the west if we still know all stereotype of russian being the enemy i mean only in society but their interests so by by addressing the the the problem between russian religious and political leadership and these women you're always referred to this tradition. in response to the criticism of 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 stunts inside

a church land even bigger jail terms. now mock prayer the pussy rioters performed in the christ the savior cathedral wasn't the first time a group has tried to court controversy as part of the group one of the convicted women participated in an orgy in moscow's biology museum just four days before she gave birth and another stunt the activists tried to provoke reactions from police officers by kissing them on the metro mccauley a russian specialist at the university of london believes that they are simply motivated by publicity and not politics. they did something very very daring it all but produced the they want to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. being becoming really world famous by doing what they did. and when they are

released. they will in fact travel the world to become famous they have achieved their goal they're really world famous while 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 t.v. public opinion to the story has been diverse to say the least here are some examples of the views we've received at our tea 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 and b. that went to russia to support pussy riot why didn't she use her time to free young black youths in her prison for some silly crime if she's so concerned about justice

system in russia. these are the images. from the streets of canada. well it's not only or russia that has been seeing protests against high profile cases in the u.s. at least six people were arrested as a hundred strong group of war veterans and activists occupied barack obama's campaign office in oakland over the bradley manning case. manning is currently being detained for allegedly leaking classified information to pretrial hearings are currently under way if found guilty the private could face severe punishment although prosecutors say they would not seek the death penalty artie's ramon going down reports from california with the latest protests took

place. 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 supporters a man 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. tortured she called his degrading 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 granted to julian assange now a lot of. supporters are bradley manning believe that the work week you leap. 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 an assault on peace. another well known whistleblower julian assange currently remains trapped in the ecuadorian embassy in london although there seems to be some progress in the diplomatic impasse surrounding the situation ecuador and the u.k. have reportedly agreed to resume talks over the whistleblowers fate a breakthrough following a bitter raul over britain's earlier threat to storm the embassy and take us 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 isn't a matter of international law as on his legal team clearly disagrees with a wiki leaks spokesman saying if britain doesn't grant safe passage to the political refugee they will go to the international court of justice. that the the british government will come to. save the country it's the only right seem to

believe they're on to is sixteen this hard line position which is yet to be assured of getting the services. of the legal team of julian that we can use these funds just to but also to go so that indicated that he will take the matter before the international court of justice. and force the government to give as it's clearly to say that this is the u.k. is the reason to sort of really have called for a. strong reaction especially a lot from very in countries. be on my list and the way the william hague will take such an extreme step there specially when the negotiations are ongoing into it we're using the period between two countries and this is an issue could offset it with the nations all over the world and i'm very sure that they. must feel. very

secure in all of this highly areas they really affected their own government is ready to violate the convention of the twenty two with these threats i just believe it will carry. and you're welcome to share your opinion on what's next for joining us have your say in our poll dedicated to the issue at r.t. dot com. russia says that the imposition of a no fly zone over syria would be illegal and would run contrary to previous u.n. agreements foreign minister sergey lavrov was reacting to recent comments coming from u.s. senior officials hinting at the possibility of such a measure parties you've got a piece going off reports. the foreign minister says that 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 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 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 starving 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 that is a very troubling signal especially knowing that the syrian rebels who are calling for mis for this help from the west also say that they're ready to join forces with al qaeda so you also to the west for trying to bury the agreements reached in geneva when the 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 know i would have 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 proud to be mr no. good piece can offer reporting for us there now coming up later in the program with ramadan drawing to a close. palestinian worshippers facing a major challenge while trying to cross the border into jerusalem undergoing invasive security checks. but if they did or said i don't think they'll want to

come to earth if they're getting our television they will be want to be coming though they'll be seeing our life but as you said you know while nasa rover prepares to zap its first march of rock the resident prisons people in new york on how they feel about the curiosity mission. more than a thousand dead and almost two thousand injured those are afghan civilian casualty figures for this year so far according to the latest u.n. report homemade bombs that cost less than a smartphone continue to claim lives in the war torn country despite billions of dollars being pumped into the state of the art military equipment by washington artie's going to explain its. 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 explode we like to call these man 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

u.s. investment 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 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 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 walk you 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. 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 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. within the holy month of ramadan coming to an end muslims around the world are heading to mosques to celebrate in palestine and that often means spending hours at security checkpoints with many believers denied permission to cross the border into jerusalem or to use post their 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 and 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 you 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 still been a terrorist for a short while it's absolute and it shows there is no security problem but israel says its checkpoints are here for just that the army says it wants to avoid trouble by making sure men between the ages of twelve and fourteen don't pass unless they have special permission that sometimes takes weeks to organize the influx of hundreds of thousands of palestinians into jerusalem sends an unmistakable message to the israelis and that is. that is no easy matter. the grand mufti of jerusalem accuses israel of having and now terry 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 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 barrier is it's a small victory the other store just told me pass this suspect that i'm going to be gets me from behind and started to talk bad things about what i want you to do that you must quit and i started to shout let me go because i have been machine so i just said no we have to take you i said. subject me you don't have the. you're going to have to kick me again those who don't make it simply bowed their heads in grave and silent defiance they know another degrading struggle lies ahead next week. pulis the r.t. . taking a brief look at other news of from around the world this hour. suspected al qaeda

militants in yemen have killed at least in 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 gunman used rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons when they forced their way into the buildings courtyard and al qaeda remains highly active in southern 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 held a festival marking the end of ramadan the number of attacks in pakistan by american unmanned aircraft has drastically increased to this year as certain regions are considered to harbor members of al qaeda and of the taliban the strikes are criticized throughout the country for violating pakistan's sovereignty. the new phase of studying mars it begins as it nasa is curiosity rover gets ready to zap in the first rock sample with

a laser to examine its chemical composition the car sized vehicle has ten different tools to study the red planet and one of them was developed right here in russia harvest went into the streets of the big apple to find out whether new yorkers are excited by curiosities 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. i hope so it's for you to say that because i'm friends 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 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 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. environment and. global food issues and that kind of thing but could we possibly find other solutions if we look outward for that possibly i think it's great too i feel like we've lost that spirit of exploration largely well done it's under funded a lot of people have it but we don't we don't commit enough to education either at school in our government or in our living room or in our solar system. that maybe they'll find some oh worm holes or something of carbon you know carbon based or

some of that but no martians no martians what if they did find martian there i don't think they'll want to come to earth if they're getting our television they won't be want to be coming though they'll be seen hard live car dash in something i don't know whether in. you think it's a big deal that humans have technology on mars the bottom line is it going to be the big deal or at least it's a massive accomplishment no matter what we learned from man's. brings you up to date coming up the headlines and then a special report in which our t. explores the life of gypsies in russia and how their lifestyle and customs collide with us robins.

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