more news today. these are the images those world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for a shelter all day. breaking news on our team pakistani police clashed with protesters trying to storm the american embassy and islamic law in response to the u.s. made film that mocks islam. ball aggressive anti french slogans growing louder a call to the muslim world as a cartoon of the prophet mohammad and a paris based magazine sparks fresh protests. were some leaked footage of prison guards in georgia viciously abusing inmates unconscious public fury plans that president saakashvili punish those responsible. and she activist and talk rain

renewed calls for equal rights from a sunni monarchy as rulers promise to improve how they treat political protesters. and welcome to our. first our breaking news pakistani police have reportedly used tear gas but tollens and fired warning shots to push protesters away from the american embassy in islam about eight officers are said to have been injured in the ongoing clashes more than a thousand demonstrators are venting their anger at a u.s. made film that pokes fun at islam protests flared up across the muslim world last tuesday after a trailer of the film was translated into arabic and put online american diplomatic missions have come under attack in several countries after the u.s.

ambassador to libya was killed last week here's r.t. arabic correspondent tariq you didn't from islam a bot. the police and the security forces has managed to push the protesters back from the entrance of the diplomatic area where they were trying to trade some of them actually managed to come across the barriers which has been. made. using the containers and heavy armored barbed wires and also cemented blocks but. the police has asked for some kind of. enforcements from the army. special forces as well as from the rangers they managed to control the situation using tear gas and there were also some injuries among the protesters and the policeman to morrow is friday the government of pakistan has

announced a national the where everything is and holidays and everything is of the protesters will be coming from other cities. in the end to show another some cities nearby. most of them actually belongs to the islamic hardliners political groups as well as political parties told me that tomorrow by all means we will be we will try to break in all the security arrangements and enter the diplomatic area and reach the american embassy from that area almost two kilometers out where the american embassy is located from the area where the most written are already gathered and centered the government to pakistan and the security forces agencies has already taken very huge and. extremely tough measures to deal with the situations to morrow there is expectations of cutting off

all the networking and similar fornes as well as they have spread some kind of enforcement of the fully. as well as the ranges on the entrance as well as the the places where the old in the city which is the looking twin city of islamabad in order to. stop the protests those who are coming from the other cities this intuition is grave the there are situations also in other cities but show or quit i'm karate the pakistani special in that the are very angry against the americans where the drawn attacks are occurring in the tribal belt there are these these attacks actually according to the cia and american. officials that their targets are terrorists kills also civilians among the pakistani populations bordering on. the stand border all these factors

actually it is buying up thousands are protesting in the republic of georgia and reaction to leaked footage showing prison guards torturing and raping inmates in one of the country's jails the president has now replaced guards with police officers but angry demonstrators say they won't back down until everyone responsible for the abuse is brought to account r.t. as you go to school novice in the georgian capital. these are the largest protests georgia seen in years and i'm not only talking about the thousands of people taking to the streets in the capital tbilisi but process of also happen in many other large towns across the country many people who are very angry with this video right now and some protesters came with signs saying the repeal had barely addressed to georgian authorities others as signs saying concern is not enough addressed to european union officials some people claim to have recognized their own relatives being allegedly abused by britain officials and this is

a small country and news here really spreads quickly and so does public anger and the protesters are demanding not only the sacking off officials responsible for the interior ministry but also for their illegal prosecution now the videos themselves were leaked by a former employee a staff member of one of the main prisons in georgia not far away from the b.b.c. this man is currently in exile in belgium and the videos show alleged abuse by the staff members of the inmates not only the beating up of inmates but also literally torture including sexual abuse and including abuse of minors all of this is happening in light of a major public city campaign promoting the recent we form of georgia's penitentiary system jails are presented with an image of being as transparent as they get well inmates even have. to get rid of cash to fight corruption so these videos

and this whole scandal is definitely a huge blow to the p.r. campaign georgia is preparing for parliamentary elections there's already tension in the air the opposition is being quite active as well and so these videos are a major punch in the piece to georgian authorities believe as well what's also interesting is that many protesters have. compared these videos to forage from the in for was one item of prison but if we talk about guantanamo then there are terror suspects held there while the people who are in these videos are just ordinary inmates. recorded in tbilisi he is across the latest from georgia and you can also stay up to speed by following him on twitter reaction now from sought me ball koori all an expert on your asian and caucus political affairs thank you so much for joining us today now does this present tape scandal come as

a complete shock or was it something to be expected. thank you for having me. this is not a surprise for all of us for those who study georgia for a long time especially since so-called rose revolution. the war suman rights abuses were happening in georgia on a daily basis what happened two days ago was that it's just a video. and that's how the walled actually got the new information visual information and what he's really going on behind she fought a long time and this is the most disgusting and the most brutal abuse of human lives the story of my country story to ever know i have read no surprise at all under president saakashvili has boasted about recent successful police reforms was the prison service overlooked. mr saakashvili unfortunately.

try to hold the rest of the world for a long time and nobody in georgia actually believes that any reforms ever happened especially in an apparent ensure system the country and the most militarized ministry of interior of georgia minister of justice of georgia was the most oppressive tools. of course reducers even and i don't think that the ward before is really good much to describe what was going on in those institutions during these last eight years mr about korea i'm curious to know now georgia's prison population has grown significantly in the past few years is that much of the blame for the abuse. georgia's prison population is very interesting statistics one of the most highest in the war old and the highest in europe. per capita.

twenty five prisoners right now in serving in a country the size of maryland it's a very small country and there is a policy imposed by mr soccer shoes the regime called zero tolerance towards minors through words those who raise their voice against goldman and there are so many cases almost ninety nine percent to be precise ninety eight point seven according to human rights watch the nine hundred prisoners plead guilty this is the situation in the country right now in. a quiet silence that's how some of those georgian experts used to call the current situation in georgia was caused apparently and most probably by. the most disturbing images we saw on those review of how soccer steroid silence is poised to go up and is this how. old they are in the country certainly disturbing indeed all right lot

from washington that was the name who are experts on your range and caucuses political players thank you. landslide international retail giant set up shop in india have got traders they're furious they have marched on several forms to open up competition and spring street our ports local businesses fear being wiped out. well right now actually millions of shopkeepers here in new delhi and in cities across india have decided to close down their stores against a government plan that would allow foreign multi brand retail grocery stores like wal-mart and tesco into this country right now foreign retail stores are allowed to sell to small shopkeepers but not directly to consumers so this would have a wide spread effect on indian shopkeepers some i've spoken to many who say that

these stores have been in their families for generations and that if stores like wal-mart and tesco were to come in it would completely ruin india's supply chain and change the shopping culture in this country so millions of people are protested it the opposition party of the b j p is actually even asked the prime minister of india to step down over these play and so there's been a lot of corruption scandals going on with the congress party of the leading party ruling the government here in india right now and they're trying to do everything they can to turn that around before the elections of twenty fourteen but the average consumer on the street says most of these stores that people buy food by their spices buy what they need are small shops there aren't really many big stores here in india and so that would actually change the supply chain

dramatically and really affect the middlemen the people who are bringing the stuff from the farmers to the shopkeepers and millions of jobs could be lost if this policy is actually implemented. flying north with me in this old soviet work course of a helicopter is dr vladimir brodsky and his team from the region's medical aviation service we head across ever more barren tundra higher and higher into russia's arctic far north until eventually we see our landing spot with arrive at this tiny

village after crossing hundreds of kilometers of snow a wilderness as a boy here suffering from favre and the doctors are going to see what they can do. inside a small building not one but two babies and their parents are waiting for us the doctors inspect them but can't make a diagnosis and decide to bring them to a regional hospital for better care spread lana doesn't like taking her baby away from home but she's been before and agrees to go that's the usual practice with those who live in atlanta they keep mothers with their newborns in hospital for a month. on the way back another stop to check on the health of some native minutes reindeer herders out in the tundra it can take many hours to reach the nearest village so all medical problems simply fixed here in the tent. they used to be but now we can go to civilize places so we call for emergency help. back at hospital

other patients helped by the air ambulance are being treated the service costs forty million dollars a year to run and there's been controversy with some claiming that locals exaggerate or make up health problems and use the helicopters as a free taxi service accusations vladimir firmly dismisses your brother is not true usually the calls are perfectly justified sometimes we even reproach low. waiting too long before calling us he's been working as a doctor now for forty three years but that amir is confident the demon after he retires his helicopter doctors will remain a lifeline to the peoples of the russian far north. america where the r.t.m. charon terror chain but anger is also being directed at france over a new cartoon of the prophet mohammad in a satirical magazine chants of death to france have been heard in the iranian

afghan capital paris is closing its diplomatic missions in twenty countries fearing raids while police in the capital have banned a protest near the city's main mosque and as maria financial reports the government's accused of double standards. this is definitely a sensitive issue in the world right now as protests against the u.s. make it feel. it's especially sensitive forefronts which houses western europe's largest muslim population around five million people we've heard both wars of criticism and just a fixation for the cartoon from top french officials the foreign minister expressed concern for the safety or french citizens across the world saying they could tune may add fuel to the flames security has been boosted in the country's emissions across the islamic world with embassies in schools closed for several days the prime minister however sad the freedom of expression including set tire is guaranteed by law in a democratic society and those who take issue with the cartoon should go to court

and this is exactly what happened in the case of the duchess of cambridge who is topless photos were printed in the french media the british royal family has taken the matter to court and the reprinting of the pictures was banned and friends but many see corsi here because definitely it's much easier for the member of the royal family to defend the privacy in the courts than for not removed live for example living outside the front of the double standard to be not driving the promise of. injuries to the rest of the world or what so the room to has been now. on the other side of the moment good to have been allowed both the strikes and the restrictions of. so this is a bit of a sort of reaction from the government in france this is again fuel in the debate

on liberty versus security with actually no clear understanding of where to draw the line even with the government itself with the french government in this case but the typical magazine meanwhile that published the cartoons claims it is their right to mock whatever. they warned included extremists and they say that they more the issues of the day every week it's actually these particular magazine is supposed to do so this is a satirical magazine and they have famous for very special humor and have been very sensitive subjects such as catholic choice law make law but some say it's just a rush to make profits as this issue of the magazine sold out and they are planning another. american taxpayers have contributed more to israel's defense budget than israelis themselves in the past three years that's according to a former israeli army chief of staff the us spends three billion dollars a year to prop up its allies military live to washington now and former pentagon

official michael maloof mr miller thank you so much for joining r.t. tell us why the need for such enormous spending on a foreign country. well united states has a commitment to the to israel for its military and security and clearly it's an issue which is gotten the united states into a lot of hot water given that the u.s. policy and throughout the middle east as a result is in shambles in fact but the united states has been putting tremendous amounts of money into israel just as it has into egypt for years as part of that security arrangement that goes back to the one nine hundred seventy nine peace treaty between israel and egypt and you had and if all these years the united states has been looking upon this as a security investment i think that three billion dollars is really not the true

figure because the united states also is assisting in the development of israel's iron dome which is their anti rocket system and tremendous amounts of money have been poured into that and as a consequence the the united states also has more than a billion dollars worth. of its own equipment in side of israel so that has to be maintained so the figure is probably much greater than trying to then three billion dollars to just to assist the military itself how do you think this money helps to contribute to stability in the region or are there was. well it helps israel's security in terms of trying to protect itself and given it access to the latest technologies. from a from a political standpoint in the region i think it's. something that is affecting the united states policy given its commitment to israel and its.

and the amount of commitment that it is providing to that country the other countries in the region and as we can see the united states' policy in the region generally is pretty. poor at the moment now very briefly israel certainly has not held back from call such a striking iran or its ongoing stern stance towards palestinians briefly what it be able to keep that up if it wasn't getting american military and financial subsidy. i think if the united states will continue to provide that assistance i think that's going to be the policy we've seen that both presidential candidates or whoever wins that that commitment is there regardless and i think that if israel decides to strike iran on its own it's in effect going to drag the united states into the conflict because of the lobbyists that we have here in the united states

in congress and i think it's going to we're going to have to expend much much more money to back back up a military commitment to money which the united states just does not share and i'm afraid that's all the time we have michael maloof former pentagon official live from washington thank you. thank you. more demonstrations are expected in bahrain after hundreds of shia activists rallied to demand equal rights from the sunni monarchy and the release of political prisoners government crackdowns on protesters have been taking place for a year and a half with reports of torture and abuse by the regime rulers have accepted most of the un's human rights recommendations pledging to suppress ethnic violence and improve its treatment of political activists but the ongoing crisis has attracted globe little global attention to itself despite taking dozens of lives as laura smith now reports some countries seem very selective one condemning violence in the region. but i think i also find out why it for the whole nature of this

conflict only oppression and brutality of the regime one how long it takes there will be a day of reckoning for this dreadful regime up in arms about syria and they put their money where their mouth is giving five million pounds in so-called northern lethal aid to those trying to oust president assad but less than a thousand miles away in bahrain there's another human rights crisis ongoing and on that leaders remain conspicuously silent their g.m. has not spared any means of repression torture has not seized at all and that was the one is of people who were just released in the last day or two more than that is the kidnapping they would not if you were people from three or four beat them up tortured them not inside the torture chambers but in farms in what they

call the old houses bahrain is home to a forgotten revolution ignored by the international community under reported in the media since february last year there have been almost daily anti-government protests in the resulting crackdown around a hundred. been killed with sixteen hundred in jail including sixty children and full of bahrain's most prominent human rights activists all that in a country of only one and a half million but the u.k. government says nothing longstanding historical connection between britain and bahrain which was in fact holland. certainly association with the u.s. fifth fleet. the. problem is the banking problem far from being condemned representatives of the bahraini regime have been a common sight at the u.k.'s major events this summer king hamad was invited to the

queen's diamond jubilee celebrations in may his eldest son visited david cameron at downing street and his youngest son who allegedly sanctioned the torture of dissident bahraini athletes was at the opening of london's olympic games but it goes further and deeper than that despite the brutal crackdown between july and september last year the u.k. sold two point two million pounds worth of arms to the bahraini regime shortly after that the u.k.'s most famous military training school accepted a three million pound donation from the king of bahrain and to the metropolitan police is former assistant commissioner was appointed as an advisor on security to the regime with no objections from the u.k. government bahrain campaigners say it's ruining the government's credibility it's only when they stand up in public and say we host this torture

we oppose these autocratic regimes and democracy only then will the british government have any credibility whatsoever and at this moment. has. the bahraini opposition and their supporters aren't calling. intervention but they do want the international community to condemn the regime they say is at least as oppressive as the syrian regime that western powers are so desperate to get rid of norris myth london. well. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. invented by the famed soviet orthopedic because we will as arraf in the nineteenth

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