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protests or cross the globe rage on for a six day engulfing even more countries as muslims vent their rage over a movie made in the u.s. that mocks islam. washington condemns the film in an effort to contain this scandal but opinion polls show that anti-american sentiment has been simmering for years. russian opposition groups marched through moscow after a summer long numbers fell short of previous turnouts despite public sector workers taking part for the first time.
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in moscow. good to have you with us here on r t our top story anti-american demonstrations continue sweeping the globe for a sixth day protests have been spreading to new countries and even consonance with clashes even happening in sydney australia earlier this week a mob struck u.s. embassies in more than a dozen islamic states with violence leaving at least seven dead muslims across the world are angry over a film made in the states that mocks the prophet mohammed paulus leader as the latest. the situation remains extremely volatile with western leaders and middle eastern leaders urging for calm the united states has beefed up its security in overseas missions it has serious reinforcements to the capital yemenite six weeks of summer at the same time a request to send its marines to be capital city of cops in the sudan was rejected by authorities there they say that they can deal with the security situation by themselves from libya we are hearing and of course this is where the american
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ambassador and three other high ranking u.s. stopping this be killed from day one clearing the decks for a grace has been made we have no information at this stage as to the identities of those arrested but we are hearing that an announcement regarding these of race will be made soon both the united states and the libyan authorities of pointing at al qaida they say that the attack has the fingerprints of al qaida and al qaeda has released a statement and although it doesn't take responsibility directly for this attack in benghazi it has said that the attack was in response to the killing of all kind is number two by u.s. drones at the same time we're also hearing that the f.b.i. has spawned a visit to libya to deal with the investigation because of security concerns in the country now also on saturday there were demonstrations in the capital french city of paris where the demonstrations were taking place near the american consulate there have also been demonstrations in belgium and some american protesters very
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clashed with police and as i mentioned earlier demonstrations also taking place in yemen where the local client that has scored for more protests and also more killings of american staff members on saturday would be the one of the shots fired in yemen during clashes to prevent the crowds of protesters from the to the american embassy there were also being demonstrations in sydney australia where the police used tear gas to fire at crowds we know. that the muslim population in australia is the extreme three percent but anger there is bubbling over and then there were demonstrations in eleven on somalia iraq. and turkey so as you see this and high school it across the whole region in the united states who believe creates this film nakoula basseley has been taken in by american the parties for questioning now he has said that he does not look great making this film although
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he does with great the loss of life but we are hearing that he is considering releasing the full version of the film certainly the demonstrations here in cairo have lost momentum right now it is essentially a mop up operation but as i'm speaking to you the street to me is all still cleaning up the degree the glass rocks and the stones that are left over from the last few days of fighting the united states and egypt are traditionally close pocket is it does seem as if this relationship is very rocky at the moment the last word we heard from president barack obama is that he does not consider egypt and lie while at the same time he does not consider them an enemy. dr serum charly a dean of the gentle school of international affairs thinks people should search deeper for the root cause of the protests. the producer don't know where in australia or in foreign countries which are obvious from the epicenter of the arab spring region i think those are more spontaneous but libya egypt yemen these are
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like post evolution of societies and this is where you have seen the brunt of the islands and the skill of the seven brothers height and i do these are politically orchestrated by local actors who are being backed by some of these rich donors from these don't want to also behind the edge of dual that's what i saw in studio so i see this as a you know in many ways an extension of the proxy war that's going on c.d.o. with sophie some extreme fundamentalist and we don't need in the name of calling the assad regime to seem selfies are no money just to the intelligent violent and reactionary manner to a crank you feel that you have been ignored it is a connection all these you cannot be separated dreams we need to look at it in all of you to get the right. also closely closely following violence continuing to unfold here at the arab world our website partied dot com we've got a timeline of events there along with a full profile the man thought to be behind this scandal a satire muslim films marking the protest blog on for more.
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u.s. is trying to diffuse the wave of discontent with washington coming out strongly to condemn the film and calling for an end to the protests. reports there's more behind the anti-u.s. fear even muslims reacting to a single controversial you tube clip. as angry mobs in muslim countries stormed u.s. embassies in burning american flags the u.s. president delivers yet another speech about how good america's intentions were really are and have been in the muslim world america's a front. and that we care not just about our own country not just about our own interests but about theirs that even as voices of suspicion and mistrust seek to divide countries and cultures from one another the united states of america will never retreat from the world. we will never stop working for the dignity and
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freedom that every person deserves it could be that the obama administration thinks by supporting revolutions by fostering regime change washington is winning the hearts and minds of the people in that part of the world but recent events showed that's not quite so if you look at poll numbers that gauge public attitude towards the u.s. in different muslim countries u.s. approval rating is the same as it was under president george w. bush in some countries like pakistan it's much worse and these numbers have nothing to do with the infamous film but they do have something to do with us policies you know we can grab any kind of purple finger revolution we want people to have democracy and have freedom but at the end of the day when we look at the results of what's been accomplished over two decades of being in this region destabilizing the region we have hundreds of millions of people who are the in a lot of cases had their world turned upside down and in many cases they've had relatives that have been killed in this process and we're building enemies towards this country and you know it i think that there's a need for
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a major wake up call in the west especially the united states the way they've ministration is trying to somehow contain the blowback over this same type islamic film is by bashing the film and saying that they too find it disgusting but now it's clear to pretty much everyone that it's not just about the film this rage against the united states has been brewing for a while and it seems it needed just us bark to blow up and the film tragically provided that spark need ministrations soothing words about democracy don't seem to help much in putting out the flames of rage now sweeping across the arab world in washington i'm going to. despite the u.s. speaking of democratic change while promising support for arab spring countries washington is actively supporting autocratic regimes in countries like bahrain and saudi arabia george kenney a former u.s. foreign service officer thinks the anger against the u.s. may be so fierce because the country is often employing double standards. a large
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part of the problem is that the protesters are poor they are unhappy they would like to have a better situation for their lives and that puts the u.s. in something of a dilemma because here we are we're supporting saudi arabia we're supporting bahrain we're giving some rhetorical support to the so-called arab spring but is it the case that we're really supporting economic justice genuine democracy in these countries i don't think that case has been made and so. if the u.s. were to genuinely support the aspirations of the of the poor and the struggling middle class in these countries then there would have other problems in the in the consistency of our policy with regard to these these regimes that we're supporting for for other reasons for oil and so forth so it would put us in a very difficult situation and to be honest i'm skeptical that that hillary clinton or this administration is up to that challenge the u.s. made film also offended the muslim community in russia which is about fifteen
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percent of the population but no protests in a rally as are being held in the country some russian muslims have publicly condemned the anti-american riots the head of russia's republic of chechnya says the violence won't be tolerated as i'm kinda criticized the film stressing that those behind its production are responsible for the deaths of protesters. turning now to some of the day's other top stories russia's opposition gathered for its first major demonstration since june but there was a much smaller turnout than earlier marches and for the first time the anti-government movement was joined by public sector workers. police say this
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rally was attended by up to twelve thousands of protestors opposition leaders say it's tens of thousands but i can tell you if it was water rise to be held until ten pm moscow time the majority of the protesters a left before that despite the calls from one of the more radical leaders of the opposition said again as i saw for them for the people not to leave at least before ten pm we've heard be different demands today i ranging from social related issues i like to freeze the tariffs for utility bills and to raise the salaries of social sector workers to political demands like early presidential and parliamentary elections there's also been a lot of criticism of several new laws we should been passed to recently like the one on foreign agents which basically obliges n.g.o.s with foreign sponsors to be under a special government control and also the one aimed at protecting children from
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potentially harmful content in the media which many here people say that that new form of censorship if we talk about who attended this rally then they do represent completely different movements and ideas from kids to ultra nationalists communist socialist democrats gay rights activists and environmentalists and it's highly unlikely that what they would be able to meet anywhere else so rallies like this are a great platform for all of them to be able to voice their personal views freely political analyst alexander sell about jobs as opposition leaders don't provide their supporters and with the clarity and motivation necessary to unite them all. speaking about the numbers of the demonstrators we have already seen that they were waiting in the big keep waiting crossings and life forms again is that despite all the rules and regulations we have to have the very spirit. people on
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the very motivation that brings people into the streets and those people who really need to be motivated the mole intends all the agenda. now being national leave. communists and so on to liberals. talking to people asking for different things is only confusing for the growth of the population because they cannot. and so on the opposition movement you see looking at the crowd they are very very mix we see teachers who sing students we see nationalists and they need to be given some. rather than again a collection slogan sometimes victorian age. and still ahead this hour the right to tweet freely. it was it was an american expressing his views. you know just trying to get his message out there twitter is forced to surrender
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a private records to a new york court the resident asked people on the streets of the big apple if they're worried about their own info falling into the wrong hands. and there's been an increase in the aleutian which is not so many health issues to me just being seen on. t.v. nothing to breathing that will please a london based business targets an undeveloped indian region with promises of prosperity but locals say they're paying too high a price for the so-called progress later this hour we'll look at a dispute dubbed by james cameron as the real life after town. but first more than one hundred thousand people took to the streets of lisbon rallying against new austerity measures. to be enacted by the portuguese government protesters threw fireworks and tomatoes at the local headquarters of the international monetary fund shutting out out of here and i.m.f. is hunger and misery they blame last year's tax hikes and budget cuts for pushing unemployment above fifteen percent and driving the country into the biggest recession since the one nine hundred seventy s.
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demonstration follows massive and how sturdy protests in neighboring spain madrid do to announce a fresh set of spending cuts by the end of the month. an economics professor at the i.e.e.e. business school in madrid says skilled workers are now taking their chances of broad spaniards like to stay close to home this is one of the european countries where you know the problem. but it's very difficult you know young stanley use. reduced we don't have statistics of course but i would say. now. looking elsewhere you see it is jeremy jones but you see people going to any of the you. were terribly brush my teeth were actually going to latin american from where the engine used to going to france and germany or switzerland not instated so there is an exodus. is this some serious.
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driven i don't experience that they really see the light until maybe two thousand. the u.k. has launched an investigation into a scandal involving the oil traders and city speculators who allegedly rig markets to high petrol prices of the summer whistleblowers came claim prices have been inflated artificially by light fingered oil traders the soaring cost of filling up vehicles in the u.k. is provoking outrage among people already struggling with the country's double dip recession the founder of the british campaign fair fuel you cases the country's economic hardship is directly related to pump prices. they're essentially. every. that now. any families who are having to choose between food and actual diesel in the car or their small wound it really is that bad prices are now all back at right for the whole the petrol and diesel are all keeping which we present to the u.k. government if the high petulant diesel prices are one of the major called that the
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economy has slipped back into recession. and actually huge if families are having to spend nearly eight hundred ninety pounds sterling to show back how are they simply cannot spend on all the other things that make the economy moving. there's plenty more on this story and others on our website r t v dot com here's what else is a click away right now watching the watchers police in the u.s. state of maryland install cameras to keep out both sides on their other cameras check it out online. checks who are fond of a tipple are said to have tough times the country bans all drink containing more than twenty percent how to hold on our website.
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in the u.s. the occupy wall street movement is writing to markets first anniversary and again try and get back in the spotlight activists are rallying support for demonstrations in new york before they hope to descend on wall street again on monday the movement spread across the country last year with mass rallies against economic inequality happening in dozens of cities police cracked down on several of the demonstrations unleashing tear gas and making thousands of arrests and evicting tent camps from public parks activists kaleb moppin believes the anti-corporate movement may take new forms but it is here to stay. i would say without a doubt one looks at the world right now one looks at what's happening in the middle east in spain greece everywhere there's a confrontation going on against the one percent so the idea that somehow the u.s. is exceptional and it's just a small passing phase i mean the u.s. is part of the world capitalist economy in the world capitalist economy is in a state of collapse profits rule and then we just get more as we just get home
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foreclosures we just get mass unemployment get all this wealth exist but it is not utilized for you to do it so absolutely we're going to see we're told it may take on a different character you know organized labor is chicago the kind of teacher strike that may become more prominent than it was in the early days of occupy wall street that there's going to be more. confrontations as the system dies the struggle between twitter and the authorities for access to the records of an occupy wall street activists attracted wide attention with many saying prosecutors are violating privacy laws or resin laurie harshness hit the streets of new york to find out how people there really feel about their virtual liberties. a manhattan judge has ordered twitter to release the tweets of an occupy wall street protester and those tweets are expected to be used against them in a criminal trial is that an invasion of his privacy and right to free speech this
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week let's talk about that so let's say it was a terrorist saying ok let's go attack somebody what it was it was it was an american expressing his views. you know just trying to get his message out there ok some would call him a terrorist and if the prison that you might think is a terrorist might feel like they're just expressing them there need them what they're frustrated. i don't know if we always seem to be you know. giving you information that you haven't been revealed yet or a broadcast yet so i appreciate that we're going to hope it never stops as he's putting out out there for the general public so. if it's going to be used against in court you know he shouldn't said it you know he's going to incriminate himself that's his own fault that what you say under free speech as it should still be subject to law yeah if i go on television and tell everybody how to avoid cops how to commit a crime and get away with it and do it on television you know smile i think the
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most interesting thing about twitter is that if the internet is not journalism but writing is going to start to save more of a hold than it probably needs to be treated similar soon newspaper ads or other things that might be written in print media and so i'm not sure if twitter should give it up. if they want to start to grow i think they might have to do what about that person's right to their own tweet their privacy depends how serious the matter is i think yeah i think. that line do you trust the government to draw that line i don't know known if you don't want it in the public you don't put it out on the public do you do it keep it is so yeah it's kind of a canvas screaming out a window posting it on the internet. so things like most people agree because social media is taking on a more important role in social justice change and counterculture the laws around social media are going to have to evolve as well.
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take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe the new un envoy to syria says the crisis in the country is rising in posing a danger to the entire world locked our breaking news now in damascus and i has already met president assad and several diplomats and opposition leaders both the rebels and government forces still ignoring calls to end the fighting with battles continuing in syria's main cities including aleppo and homs british activists say one hundred sixty people were killed across the nation friday. south african police fired rubber bullets at striking mine workers in the maracana area this after a raid on hospitals used by workers resulted in the arrest of at least twelve people friday the government announced a crackdown on the strike which is already halted production at several platinum and gold mines arrestor up to the last month after police shot dead thirty four striking workers. prince harry will stay on duty at camp bastion afghanistan
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despite a deadly attack on a nato base the taliban claimed responsibility for the assault in which two u.s. marines were killed they also confirm that the prince was the intended target twenty eight year old captain wales as he's known in the military is serving a four month deployment as a as a gunner on an apache help. finally this hour when big business comes to a small town the promise of employment opportunities never far behind but when the dream turned sour it's often the little people who are left to pick up the pieces are priya sridhar though met one indian community who is refusing to back down. it's one of the most serene and sacred places in india me i'm gary hills home to the tribe three years thousands of tribal people here have been relocated by a london based conglomerate the vedanta group it wanted to mine into mountains considered sacred to extract the aluminum or box a for use in its refineries
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specially built nearby but the social and environmental costs have been high the income source with people from three hundred fifty villages have been destroyed so what will these people do they depend on the land and forest for their livelihood to believe that their land is their mother father god we have a deep respect for their land but for now the indian government has kicked out saying the group has violated forest conservation and environmental protection laws that. while some say india could stimulate its economy by accessing its natural resources the people in this community believe that their land is sacred and they're not going to let any foreign corporations come in and destroy it praful my haji says that vedanta took two acres of his land promised him compensation but that he never received anything and it's not just his communities environment that has been destroyed he says that the actions of the company have damaged the
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wellbeing of local people so there's been an increase in pollution which is led to many health issues. and breathing problems vedanta did not respond to our requests for comment but has said in the past that it believes it can make significant contributions to the people of the area and bring development to the region critics however say that hasn't happened most of the local people that we've spoken to feel that they've had promises made by the company that have just been broken and that they only have they not received develop. from the company but fundamentally they do not want development of the company all they want is to be allowed to live their lives and pace the confrontation has received attention from high profile figures like movie director james cameron who compared the dispute to a real life avatar vedanta are trying to appeal the decision by the indian
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government in a bid to allow them to continue their work but for now local people are celebrating their victory in preserving their ancestral lands. development and who will not we want to live the way we did. it came here and it seems like they might have the chance to do just that the say they'll fight for what's there is no matter who they're up against preassure either r.t. or india. the kaiser report around the corner for you but first the headlines stay with us.
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