burnish its image by sponsoring the games archies laura smith reports on what exactly has caused the outrage. the paralympics are the ultimate display of troy over adversity a showcase for people who've overcome their disabilities and achieved something amazing but hanging over this event is a shadow cast by may just sponsor at toss it's the firm the government's paying to assess disabled people's ability to work but it's blamed for humiliating the vulnerable and forcing people off benefits as part of the country's austerity drive they are making money out of other people's misery quite naturally the are many of them sponsoring the paralympics so i think it's really lost on them and he seems to divide people into the deserving to save and the un to serving tony bradstock went through an at or sest moment which resulted in him losing his entire income for six months he says he was made to feel like a criminal and the process resulted in him attempting suicide. intercession is

going for the worse it's possible it's a misfortune. because they said explosive watch explosions what more occupational health doctor a shade took a great noise from all this because i couldn't find any why i took the roof over my head. anyway i'd say he's not a load pressure groups a thirty two people died a week after being found face to work by out of disabled people and other activists have travelled here from all over the country to recess to gain status is sponsorship of the arab league makes their you really see it in their admiration for the paralympics themselves but say an organization and they feel was actually ordinary disabled people should play no part in this so take it. in a statement the company defends its practices and policies responsibility back to

the government department for work and pensions which actually makes the final decision. we do not made decisions on people's benefit entitle him and. who continue to make sure that the service we provide is as highly professional and compassion and is it can be but disability activists say that's just passing the buck and that at all says sponsorship of the games gives it a whitewash it doesn't deserve they're trying to clean up their e. major by trying to associate themselves with sport ends you know this is so disability that it's people's activity that's given the other side about how alcohol floats how they kill people like ultimate team g.b. athletes appeared to highlight the branding on their paralympic accreditation during the opening ceremony but activists say that's not enough when adults and the government expect to cause a round hole for

a million people to lose their independent living benefits in the next four years. or to. keep it here with our team because still have for you in the program you us and israel are left embarrassed as more than one hundred nations support iran's atomic program as experts believe the country needs it as a repellant against international military aggression. also echoes of war in the black sea emissions dumped in the water of seventy years ago are still threatening spots. download the official location so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch our t.v.

any time any. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. air with our team and more than a hundred nations have unanimously supported iran's nuclear program as long as it's used for peaceful purposes after the nonaligned movement wrapped up into iran it amounts to a resulting slap in the face for the u.s.

and israel who've been trying to downplay the role for gathering the latest report issued during a summit claimed iran's doubled its nuclear capacity by installing a new rein him in richmond centrifuge it's tough on the rejected the document saying it was all politically motivated geo political analyst eric draitser thinks the i.a.e.a. has never been an impartial body. the iranians do it partially for self-preservation they also do it for propaganda purposes and to lend themselves clout on the world stage they have the inherent right according to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that they have the right to have a nuclear program so long as it's for peaceful purposes as is now accepted international law so i think that's the first one the second one of course is the geo political reality that they look around them you look at the map and they see that they are surrounded literally on all sides by the united states or various allies of the united states and the principle is quite clear that the united states

will invade nations that do not have the threat of nuclear weapons and the united states does. not invade the nations that do have that threat eat. a in many ways is part of what the leader in iran called the overt dictatorship of the united nations that is to say that the i.a.e.a. is always led by us produced think tank individuals like l. barra die or his predecessors who will inevitably execute the agenda of the western powers regardless of whether that contravenes international law saying mohammad marandi a professor at the university of tampa ron says iran would have never launched a nuclear program but for international pressure. the iranians are saying that this report came at a sensitive time to sort of distract attention away from this iranian success the nonaligned movement. conference in tehran has been highly successful and said of

iran being isolated the united states has become isolated scented opposed senior figures going to tehran and many major world leaders have come to the country in addition the president of egypt came to run which is a political earthquake the iranians are producing uranium. enriched uranium at twenty percent for facilities in iran we should then produce medical isotopes the fact that the united states and the europeans tried to prevent iran from obtaining that fuel in the past that meant that they were taking the running cancer patients hostage the irony here is that the iranians at the beginning had no intention whatsoever to produce it you aenima twenty percent and then produce nuclear fuel but americans and the europeans by taking iranian citizens and people hostage force iranians to take that politicians senior politicians really

know that an attack on iran would be devastating for the united states and not only for its economy but for its global position and its credibility so washington seems reluctant to endorse a strike on iran israel is getting all geared up for it people in tel aviv have been practicing emergency drills which simulate missile attacks and as an artist paul slayer reports war preparations have also moved to the ideological arena. this fifteen page emergency brochure is being distributed by the israeli army cross the country and it puts a father's smiling face on very serious and grim statistics the brush of hate about what people should do in a state of emergency it says that there is a need for a family to take the family should get together and talk about what to do if the country is in a state of crisis at the same time it says that anywhere between fifty fifty and the minute is the time frame that israelis will have from the moment fire and sound

until there is a state of emergency here and also there are just people to go and check that they bomb shelters up to scratch how the pressure doesn't make any mention of any kind of you want to rant but certainly it is giving some kind of urgency and there have been those who suggested that it is really the latest hit by israeli politicians in preparation for human and war and certainly we've heard that kind of rhetoric coming out of these maybe political elite some officials have said that we're looking at a civilian conference some five hundred people in any kind of war that would follow and israeli strikes on the run parallel to the brochure there is an advert that you're writing on israeli television and it shows a with some general research with these maybe army offices and then trying to convince him to give their support in an israeli attack on an enemy state presumably the ranch the general at that stage take a bite of the chocolate hazelnut that sitting in front of him and he says something

along the lines of let's go nuts which the israelis misinterpret to mean that he has given them the green light for this operation for the missiles start to fall right and you have those who are on the situation the israelis so we have been putting up there with that and it does seem as if there is something on the go we have heard some israeli politicians on record saying that a strike on iran is going to happen soon but the official line to be from the government in terms of. this right here and we thought was that it is nothing more than just a general public awareness campaign that people need to know what to do to make a. point. that. here with our team still to come this hour innocence or impunity. human rights activists lash out at washington's drive to put an end to the probe into the cia's interrogation tactics they say torture is

being swept under the carpet. the beaches of ukraine's crimea draw thousands of tourists every summer however a recent underwater discovery may compromise the resort's long established reputation party's alexander ship ski find out how far the authorities will go to keep inconvenient facts from surfacing. locals in the crimea admit that the tourist season this year might have been better but still we're talking hundreds of thousands of stories from all over the world who have come here for summer holidays but none of them are aware that swimming in the sea here might actually be dangerous this summer dozens of dead dolphins washed up on crimean shores ecologists say this is down to an infection and the actions of local poachers but others have connected these deaths to something more sinister divers recently discovered these barrels containing poisonous gas which were dumped in the sea by the retreating soviet army prior to the nazi invasion of one nine hundred forty one

archives suggest one thousand two hundred containers are scattered around the crimean coast we are finding identifiable creations of around five hundred in twenty ten the integrity warranty of these bottles officially expired meaning that starting from twenty eleven these containers can start falling apart. if poisonous substances are released into the sea water the consequences could be on imaginable he breathed gas can theoretically kill everything within forty kilometers however the state ecological watchdog firmly denies this threat even exists. are divers and specialists from the interior ministry check the bottom of the sea or the board tori's tested water for poisonous substances and we found nothing. but this recently declassified documents suggest the opposite in two thousand and four crimea's authorities urged private colleges to check the coastline for threats that is when those containers were found former m.p. oleksandr couzin is probably the only politician in ukraine who is making comments

on the issue because she says the authorities are deliberately keeping the public in the dark i need a bit with it now that's a mentality of local barrack rats who come in for a year or two now face and don't want this problems on their hands meanwhile more and more kids who turned this virus infections from crimea's summer holidays and this is the. evidently caused by tribal politics state of the sea water who says lifting those containers from the bottom of the sea is impossible they will fall apart that's why experts suggest a different solution if. there's a technology which allows to see all these containers all for seven hundred years underground succumb for gases are constructed and put aboard the decaying barrels this would solve the problem. it is hard to estimate how much this kind of operation would cost but as long as these barrels are a threat to every black sea country key of would most certainly get international aid should it appeal for help this year's tourist season has finished with no major

incidents but some say that next year unless there's urgent political action the region may not be so lucky alexy russia of ski r.t. reporting from crimea in ukraine. may two roaders and the u.s. presidential race are desperately trying to outwit and outmaneuver one another to win the hearts and minds of america so. if you're watching it all absolutely none of it why not i hate the republicans you know watch the democratic convention probably not why not i don't need to but do voters even care asks artie's resident is roaming the streets of new york amid the pre-election fever. good old started here. for going global and now it's fire.

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here with r.t.i. in the u.s. justice department has ended a long running probe into the cia's brutal treatment of detainees without filing any charges the last remaining cases involved in the killings of two terror suspects who were tortured to death in the agency's facilities in iraq and afghanistan the investigators say they didn't have enough evidence but some experts believe it might have been destroyed on purpose. the cia destroyed some of the tepes that in itself is a criminal action and that itself shouldn't be pursued. would be pursued since then but this has been you know this is all the george w. bush administration's activities been cured by the obama administration actions as . the lead prosecutor on this and done and was appointed by mukasey who was appointed under george w. bush who was one of the new york times who. was was very put into

a tear in islam in the number of respects so we're seeing the same kind of thing going on under those who ordered and those who covered it up those who ordered the cover up day should be and we should be investigating them all right it's time now for a look at some other stories from around the world a double suicide bombing near a military base in central afghanistan has claimed at least thirteen lives including nine civilians more than fifty others were also wounded a bomber on foot was followed by a truck driven by another attacker his device exploded shortly afterwards the taliban have already claimed responsibility for the blasts. thousands of protesters have occupied the main highway leading to bomb france capital to demand greater freedoms and a democratic government the demonstrators how the banners and flags urging the

release of jailed activists leaders. of georgia state which is ruled by western backed sunni dynasty has been hit by an arrest and protests for over a year. the u.s. presidential race is heating up with fresh maneuvering two months before the election republican candidate mitt romney has paid a sudden visit to the gulf coast areas head by hurricane isaac stealing m r. bamma he's planning his trip there on monday romney had earlier slammed his rival for his handling of foreign affairs while of vala staff criticize romney for paying little attention to troops in afghanistan but how much do americans really care for free election exchanges teams resident isn't new york to find out. we were. in the us republicans and democrats are holding their national conventions and here

the media and politicians talk about them that the most important things going on right now so who's watching and what have they seen this week let's talk about that i have you been watching why not because i don't like either one of those guys so you don't watch and you don't vote i meant that you know i do but i don't like voting for the word who's who's not the worst of the two. but do you need to watch the conventions to be informed know it's all crap have you been watching you know absolutely none of it why now but i hate the republicans you know watch the democratic convention probably not why not i don't need to do you think there is actual information being said is sad at the conventions or is it just kind of any b.s. but i think it's sort of you know sounds good on camera do you think that these conventions actually do anything you know. spend money our money our money how do

you feel about that i don't like that. i do we get them to stop because you know romney's going to say leave town but the content is not so much the port important as the outside how people perform that this my first impression that people are choosing the heads not the i think most of europeans are through obama and that's it and you don't need to watch any of the bad news if you really want to show us that i was. really i mean congress or us is smarter than that that was really awful i'm sure said what better way irritates me is that these people aren't too bad she's really think we're stupid what are they covering up well that she's a very intelligent lady but i mean she's not there for an hour striking mitt romney so you go well you know americans smarter than that you know that way i mean america needs someone to stand up and take charge i think let's face it. people that are out for themselves that's it i give up on it but don't they when i mean you're not happy with the way things are going and so the solution you've chosen is

to check out doesn't that mean they they went. yes. yes so it seems like most people aren't even watching but if you do decide to tune in and remember to watch it for what it is extremely calculated very expensive showmanship designed to influence the way you think whether or not that works is up to you. so with r t a i'll be back to recap our main stories shortly.

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hello and welcome to our t.v. on turn up with your top stories syria's rebels declare civilian airports are their latest target and warned that international alliance troops training anywhere near the country's two largest city it's. turkey's push for a no fly zone over syria sends activists rallying as far away as germany both for and against assaults retain. actions speak louder than words in israel as the country launches a massive war propaganda campaign along with emergency drills. plus the sponsor getting attention for all the wrong reasons at the london paralympics anger among

disability activists as a firm which they say humiliates them as a key backer of the game. now ahead of the bicentennial of the battle of but i do you know talks to historian david mark on the about whether napoleon was a hero of or one of history's greatest villains spotlight on r.t. and it's here in just a moment. welcome to the spotlight and t.v. show on r t i know and today my guest on the show is david marr and we'll talk about. her project as being two hundred years since one of the greatest was in your killfile in summer eighteen twenty one of our to invaded russia the

russian army made the french chase them just drive away from the capital which at that time was the st petersburg after a bloody battle near moscow napoleon captured the city but the russian burned down and the french were forced to retreat fiasco of the russian campaign was turning point of napoleonic wars in europe it's against the french forces severely shook the emperor's reputation so what were the lessons learned from the war and why is the loser still considered the greatest. will discuss it with david for president i'll be heading marshall napoleon it's a scientist. in the beginning of the nineteenth century after napoleon had conquered a large part of europe he himself was considered a monster and even a song but two centuries have paused and added years to him have changed dramatically in the west a lot of historians consider him

a remarkable military figure and compare him to alexander the great and julius caesar mr david mark him as one of those who have dedicated themselves to napoleonic history he's one of the most competent experts in this field and head of the international napoleonic society. mark a welcome to the show thank you. great pleasure to be here thank you very much for coming in without first of all do that you have dedicated your life you have dedicate yourself to to to. napoleon and to. more about this great personally certainly he is a great he was a great personality but what inspired you personally what inspired you most in the poll you have been appointed well the answer is probably different than you might anticipate it was actually my father when i was a very young lad would tell me stories about napoleon and then about caesar and alexander and some others and he had been a war correspondent was

a journalist like yourself and although he was in print and he brought back. postcards that showed liaison believe you know we're napoleon is buried in the arctic tree op and stuff and he would tell me stories and and it just sort of stuck and over the years my interest went up and down it is as such things go and then back in the eighty's when the bicentennial of the french revolution was about to take place and there was all sorts of stuff going on about the french revolution and the polian and and i took a class and then the paper that i wrote for the class the professor said oh you should submit this to be published and i did and it was published and and that opened the floodgates i've got a quote from one of you would see you say there could napoleon bonaparte is career has been virtually matched in is truly only alexander the great and julius caesar

may only claim to comparable lives and influence on the street and quote what influence left. napoleon. do you think had the most the most lost thing effect on people in history on no question about the polio on which was initially the code. seville the civil code that he had a huge hand and writing he'd write the whole thing himself and the group that worked with them didn't always even let him get his way on some things he wanted more liberal divorce law for example then it ended up being put in the code. well. well when you're in peru don't have to worry too much about it that sort of thing but never never never the less that was a very progressive civil code combined. hundreds and hundreds of royal decree as in a reasonable laws and so forth and so on and finally gave

a unified civil code so that no matter where you went in the country you you you you were under the same same laws and then that code was expanded into a number of the areas of the empire including even in the united states where i'm what one of our states. louisiana operates under the civil good but before he wrote the civil code he actually betrayed the idealism of the true lucia which actually made him what he became this isn't that what do you did that what do you when you were a kid well i'm not so sure that i completely agree he believed in the equality which was one of the three aspects of the slogan a lot of this revolution are turning to some extent but and you know liberty also although and states of war you have some restrictions of liberty he certainly did have censorship as.