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it is just after five pm on monday here in moscow this is. life with global twenty four hour news the family of american web. activist schwartz says that he may have been driven to commit suicide by the ferocious prosecution against him aged just twenty six the internet crusader faced decades in jail for downloading millions of academic papers which he believed should be available to anyone and. reports federal prosecution was relentless. he was a computer prodigy an online activists co-founder of the social news website read it and he was also a frequent guest on our team but twenty six year old aaron swartz was also the

target of a federal computer hacking case and the trial was scheduled to begin next month that beginning will never come because swartz committed suicide inside his seventh floor brooklyn apartment in this building behind me on friday morning according to police he hanged himself and left no no behind and according to reports his girlfriend found him in the bedroom with a belt wrapped around his neck now swartz was arrested and indicted two years ago on allegations of breaching a computer network at the massachusetts institute of technology to download millions of pages of academic articles and other documents swartz pled not guilty to the charges which carried a sentence of up to thirty five years in prison and a one million dollar fine in the aftermath of the suicide swartz's family released

a statement blaming the prosecution the federal prosecution for driving the twenty six year old to take his own life they said in part quote aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy it is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach decisions made by officials in the massachusetts u.s. attorney's office and at mit contributed to his death unquote many of sports his colleagues have been quoted remembering him as a genius kid brilliant and funny now at thirteen years old he designed his first web site at the age of fourteen he helped write the aura says a program that alerts users to new blog posts warts also founded demand progress in internet group that campaigns against web censorship and this ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robinhood but his supporters his friends his his. him being targeted by the federal government that

caused this brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york marina port ny on our team. and mr schwartz his death triggered an outpouring of support for his work and tributes to him came in from all corners of the web a german m.p. from the pirate party fabby a wry and hard so as to punishment schwartz was facing was simply too harsh. it is completely ridiculous people are being charged with your thousand dollar fines for just are not into music from the internet. putting clients on the internet that should have been on the internet. a long time ago and actually j.-star. the where the pirates came from said they wanted to put the parts on the internet anyway and was just did a good job doing it the system approaching this case whenever it comes to freedom whenever it comes to copyright infringement then all the senators all the people in the house of representatives in the united states the same side there is no

differences there same side as hollywood does and sometimes it's just that they're completely innocent people have to pay a lot of fine and go into into jail because they are making information public because they are just downloading for music. you're watching our t.v. now belfast is on edge during a lull in the flag related riots the silent majority rather common nationalists loyalists protests but we explore the demands of all sides coming your way shortly here on the program. but sparks could fly when germany's economy minister meets with the popular greek opposition leader standing firm against more budget cuts and that we speak to a political economist about what's likely to come out of the discussion. but for now britain has sent one of its cargo warplanes to mali to back the french led military campaign against islamist rebels there london says the more help is to

follow washington also pledging its own assistance or the french military has been involved in combat action in the west african nation since friday and trouble which some see as blowback from the allies recent interventions in the region and more now from march is poorly parkas she reports from london well britain the us are reportedly providing help with transport and communications and it just takes to that means that they're providing transport and planes to help carry troops however we've also heard the u.s. is providing some very long stroh's in order to track the movements of the rebels in northern mali and of course it's not just britain and the u.s. now we've heard that a number of other european countries including denmark parroting their support for the french military offensive in the region so it is growing quite quickly and you know by sunday we've already had hundreds of french military personnel taking part in the operation officials say that french as strikes are targeting rebel forces

rebel strongholds and logistical points however human rights groups are already counting a number. three children dead since friday and of course this is quite a departure from francois loans promise to kind of step away from the very paternalistic ties that fronts used to have with former african colonies in fact through their differences with nicolas sarkozy he's been just as quick to jump into military military intervention in mali as nicolas sarkozy was jump into a military intervention in libya two years ago so a lot of political experts saying that it could be a way of trying to ratchet up his political polls and his approval ratings because apparently those have been plummeting ever since he was elected as president last year while the north of mali has been under the control of islamic militant groups that have links to al qaida for almost a year now and it's an area the size of france they've imposed shari'a law there so

a stance simply it's a response to the mali government's request for help in trying to sort of hold back these rebel advances of going further into mali but of course many experts are linking this crisis to sort of the libyan legacy of what happened in libya because the toric people who traditionally came from northern mali they actually made up a large portion of moammar gadhafi as army in libya and after the very brisk military intervention that to topple gadhafi many of these toerags actually returned to their native northern mali they took with them a lot of weapons and a lot of gadhafi military arsenal has kind of uncontrollably been flowing into mali now and a lot of experts are just saying that this is a real consequence of what happened in libya i was artie's part of work there in london paris meantime says that its combat mission against islamists in mali will

not last long and political writer barry lando believes there is a high chance there for. getting bogged down. i think it's also part of you know france's traditions its colonial past its great past in degree in west africa and also in asia and the french are still not forgotten that i think that's very much part of it and also of course there's economic interest there and turns out that the largest city anywhere is on the outskirts of paris so the immigrants who live here thank you the problem is that it's totally open and the french. even know you probably don't know exactly what they wrote your tips are what it is they're in how long is this going to go on you're talking about a country just north of our mouth heat which is twice the size of france how do you track down these rebels these different groups who know these various how do you

deal with a few hundred troops in a way. potentially a huge involvement and very long task in the end what they're going to want to do in this i mean to negotiate with these people that's the only way i think it's going to come to an end. right now tony in ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital this is a city a fairly a to investigate and prosecute interest a couple of hours here on the program cross talk looks at why some major crimes committed in different parts of the world including africa basically being swept under the carpet never ever making it to the international criminal court. the i.c.t. why there are only this. have been indicted and convicted and where is the nato allies. either not being indicted or how we already know it is well the fact that someone is acquitted is not an example of the failure

of impartial justice in fact in many ways is an example of the success of impartial justice because what that indicates is simply that the prosecutor fail to make his or her case beyond a reasonable. we have already seen the same thing happening where. indicted arrest warrants. bureau chief and other belfast is in a state of shaky calm after the self silent majority rallied against the violent riots of past weeks began when the catholic dominated local council limited the

flying of the u.k. flag on civic buildings sparked fears protests by pro british protestants as r.t. sarah for three ports unclear goals on both sides could easily trigger yet more trouble. well it's certainly been a turbulent time for northern ireland it's being six weeks now since the decision was taken to limit the number of days of the flight city hall sparking. out on to the streets the weekends on saturday we saw some of the worst rioting that has taken place. we have more than twenty nine police officers that were injured at the weekend in the damage that this is doing. much much stronger. and investment in this area. talking to people from all sides of the

debate to find out what exactly. the riot sparked by the like this speech showing no signs of the baiting at the weekend lewis returning from the protest that will pass the nationalist area both sides clashing police think a bunch of attack from loyalist riot is many in the nationalist community. angry young lewis pulling back an old sectarian narrative a worrying sign to those who remember the reality of past troubles. young people why are they coming out and reacting in this way.

you have is in the rice a roll of the sea what's happening right now is damaging northern islands and around the world can be done to stop this happening right now what would these people response the politicians need if the people on the street. when do you think this is going to start. the tough to the still some calm in the form of a peace rally held on sunday and here have watched on in bewilderment some in what's been taking place they've been dubbed the embarrassed all silent majority. of the sort of embarrassment joy to the silent majority would do is that represents

to turn key thing is quite embarrassing here but actually. seeing these protests with yes you see this you never think of belfast we think oh yes we'll have more troops in the us we think oh yes we'll have more troops in the last. couple of good things happen that's for. sure. the race is now on to come up with a solution to calm the situation before it gets any more and every riot every rock chipping away at the heart full. r.c. . more hard news including the doctor told to come after a short break stay with us.

it's technology innovations. developments around russia we. covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

a pleasure to have you with us here in. moscow are the right to a preemptive nuclear strike against china is now part of u.s. law thanks to the national defense authorization act and the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike at the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals earlier i spoke to editor of a japan based a news website james corbett all about this and he suggested some ulterior motives . i don't think that we have to look at this contest bridgeport in the context of they're going to move in with a nuclear strike right at this point but i think it has to be seen as a wider part of the u.s. nuclear policy that's been stretching out for decades now trying to come up with

ways to justify the existence of some of the u.s. is the existing nuclear arsenal and looking for ways to create new weapons so for example we have to be sixty one dash eleven nuclear bunker busters that with the four hundred kill entire meal that they've been harboring and talking about for in the better part of a decade now in relation to iran and trying to bust through into iran's new funders around nuclear facilities or alleged nuclear facilities now they're just shifting that rhetoric over to the asia pacific as part of this age of pacific pivot i think to a certain extent this is just to justify the existence of the u.s. arsenal and to make sure that things like the new starts these thirty jack arms reduction treaty basically get scuttled before it really gets off the ground and there's a lot in this new and a that really seeks to undermine the president's ability should he ever want to to actually reduce the nuclear stockpile so i think the congress is definitely trying to get their foot in the door and start any type of arms reductions before it can actually be able to certainly at this point that we've been getting reports that there are some broad acuity

a high altitude jet for race between china and japan some japanese jets tailing chinese jets basically playing some high altitude games of cat and mouse possibly reigniting another territorial dispute they've been having disputes for quite some time now certainly about some particular islands is it possible that those two could get involved in something slightly more intense. it certainly could and of course the more bellicose that the u.s. becomes against china the more safe japan will seem will feel in either threatening responding to chinese aggression so i think it really only serves serves to put a match next to this this powder keg that is the asia pacific region especially now that really this is heating up. and the american attention is turning here i think we're going to see more and more of this type of these types of situations coming along that could justify even further military intervention so we have to look at these types of nuclear. that's coming out right now not necessarily is the intent

to strike anytime soon but certainly it's something to keep our eyes on as this rhetoric continues to ratchet up. this is and prioritizing military might of a social stability still the culture of the program in israel which is multinational air force drills precedented in size and cost people in the street say the government should think more about its money management. at a five twenty pm here in the russian capital and it's going to be a battle over austerity when germany's finance minister meets the greek opposition leader he's been holding a against the berlin backed program of cuts alex suppress is aiming to change wolfgang schauble zz mind of a forcing the greek government to make major sacrifices political analyst panagiotis notice says there's still a chance for european leaders to put pressure on the opposition. mr to present

strong point is that austerity is not working in greece there is no end in sight and what can sense a debt crisis and we are facing much more years of increased debt and a bailout package this and debt restructuring have not been successful in the core of the problem and moreover austerity has brought the source of the devastation recession. extreme unemployed or meant all kinds of social problems this weak point of mr to press in my opinion is that the position of his party is noticed everything but yes to the euro zone as long as it has this is this was this an in favor of the euro league euro zone at all costs that is where european powers especially germany would press are on the ship. other pretty extreme ways of showing they're fed up with the government for example. with.

parliamentary forces shutting down a palestinian protest in the west bank all about despite the country's supreme court forbidding it. also promised to build more settlements in the area one of the protesters told us the prime minister is just trying to score points. when you have five hundred more than five hundred fully armed israeli soldiers. raiding villages with said the forces of an armed there's a sense that by itself is violent but even within the process of actually. many activists many of those that suffered brutal beatings for no reason they did not even resist. or less but they suffered due to the beatings we had at least six or seven of those residents are activists treated in the hospital

and a lot of them are hostile to see doctors for severe problems that they suffered from the beating it's a political issue for the. the going ahead with their settlement plan. to connect violent means settlement to do so and they don't want anything with it legal or illegal to disturb the settlement expansion. and there's a lectures are coming up senator now has to take it off the stand tough position on on this particular case also israel has launched want to expect it to become the largest ever air force exercise lasting the entire year presidencies paullus live reports the project has left many israelis wondering exactly where the money should be spent its role in the united states achieving military tools because in any they've done in the past thousands of troops and

millions of dollars but with social pretenses that still need to be addressed and a point minister looking for votes ahead of early january elections israelis are asking themselves yet again if netanyahu has his priorities straight nathanial he's a capitalist and under his term as we saw in the last few years of the cleavage between poor and rich we grew. the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with nothing more than the clothes on his back and a tank of gasoline threatening to set himself on fire. owed to me by the state

nothing more nothing less i sold my country as a soldier and i will stay here to the end i do not fear death i saw it in the army many times but is this what i deserve. his tears echo the pain and abandonment people here feel the government has no time for us there is money there is a lot of money to help people like us netanyahu couldn't care less he will win again i know this. is a disgrace the prime minister netanyahu has formed committees to deal with the demands of anti austerity protesters but they complain he hasn't taken a single concrete step to address their concerns was. i think we need to invest more in social issues in cost of groceries heat the security budget in proportion to. the security of society it's more important. security.

but the voice on the street is drowned out by the bubble of weaponry and tell of the position showcasing its military prowess policy r.t. television. let's get into it now the some other global news for you in brief we'll start with the antigovernment protests in bahrain and they report clashed with police at a funeral of an activist who died after being poisoned by two gas as well as a series of demonstrations urging the current government to step down the uprising in the gulf monarchies started an early twenty s and the shia majority began its push for greater political freedoms and rights. barricades have been erected in his lombard which is readying for a wave of anticorruption protesters expected to arrive today from the city of lahore they're calling for electoral reforms using the current administration of doing little to improve their standard of living in its five years in power some experts are predicting that this movement led by a little known cleric who has just returned from canada could spark

a broader arab spring style uprising. and the moroccan woman at the center of a sex scandal involving silvio berlusconi has arrived in court to testify as a witness it's alleged the former italian prime minister paid to have sex with her she's nicknamed ruby heartbreaker this all going on when she was seventeen he's accused of and trying to get her released from custody as she was being held on theft charges both a woman deny any wrongdoing. all right one more news for you in about a half an hour's time but report on a big city life for little people is here after the break.

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