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is just six pm now here in the russian capital you're watching with me live with global twenty four. for the family of america and information activist erin schwartz says that he may have been driven to suicide by the ferocious prosecution process against him aged twenty six the internet crusader faces decades in jail for downloading millions of academic papers with cheap believe should be available to everyone but. i reports the federal prosecution wants 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 fountain 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 are a says a program that alerts users to new blog posts warts also founded demand progress in internet group that campaigns against web censorship in this. ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robin hood but his supporters his friends and family members believe that it was him being targeted by the

federal government that caused his brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york marina port niamh arcade. now sources death triggered an outpouring of support for his work and tributes to him came in from all corners of the web one german m.p. from the pirate party sabia rinehart who says the punishment this was was facing was simply put to hush. it is completely ridiculous people are being charged fifty thousand dollars fines for just an outing some music on the internet or into articles or putting find clients on the internet that should have been on the internet traffic a long time ago and actually j.-star. where the fires came from said they wanted to put the fire on the internet anyway and aaron swartz just did a good job doing it this is the problem this case whenever it comes to internet freedom whenever it comes to copyright infringement then all the senators other people in the house of representatives in the united states on the same side

there's no differences there they're five same side as hollywood does and sometimes the effect is just a completely innocent people have to pay a lot of fine ago and today because they are making information public because they're just downloading for music. you're watching are to me now belfast is on edge during a lull in flag related riots the silent majority. loyalists protests are to explore the demands on all sides that's coming your way shortly here. plus spark could fly when germany's economy minister meets with the popular greek opposition leader standing firm against budget cuts 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 and london says that more help

could follow with washington also pledging its own assistance now the french military has been involved in combat action in the west african nation since friday in trouble which some see as blowback from the allies recent interventions in the region are more now from because she reports from london. well britain and the u.s. are reportedly providing help with transport and communications in the just texted that means that they're providing transport and planes to help carry troops however we've also heard the u.s. is providing surveillance drones 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 pledging massive pull for the french military offensive in the region so it is growing quite quickly and 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 of civilian casualties with three children dead since friday and of course this is quite a departure from francois alarms 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 and is that 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 a rare 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 toerag people who traditionally came from northern mali they actually made up a large portion of moammar gadhafi as army in libya and also the very brisk military intervention that to topple gadhafi many of these poor exactly what's happened to their native northern mali they took with them a lot of weapons and a lot of gadhafi military often has kind of uncontrollably been flowing into mali now and lots of that but they're just saying that this is a real consequence of what happened in libya. his political reporting there from london on the meantime a parasite that its combat mission against islamist somali won't last long but

political writer barry lando believes there's a high chance the french army will get bogged down i think it's also part of the practice traditionally as its colonial past its great past in. degree in west africa and also in asia and the french of sonar program that i mean i think that's very much part of that and also of course there's economic interest there and it turns out that the largest mowing city anywhere is on the outskirts of paris so the immigrants who live here i think the problem is that it's totally over open and the french have. given no and they probably don't know exactly what your objectives are what is there and how long is this going to go on you're talking about a country just northern mali 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 them with a few hundred troops away it's potentially

a huge involvement and very long task in the end what they're going to wind up doing is having to negotiate with these people that's the only way i think it's going to come to an end. it's good to have you with us here on out so you today are the right to a preemptive nuclear strike against china is now part of a u.s. law and the national defense authorization act and the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when that the how america could strike the network of tunnels belief to hold beijing's atomic os annals of it earlier in the program i spoke to an editor of the japan based news website james corbett about this and suggested there could be some ulterior motives at play i don't think that we have to look at this current content 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 live 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 funder ground 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 in to make sure that things like the new starts these thirty jake arms reduction treaty basically get scuttled before it really gets off the ground and there's a lot in this new and that really speaks 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 implemented. it's going to be a battle over austerity when germany's finance minister meets the greek opposition

leader who's been holding firm against the berlin back program of cuts alex see plus he's aiming to change wolfgang schauble mind about forcing the greek government to make major sacrifices political analyst and sociologist panagiotis 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 concerns the debt crisis and we are facing much more years of increased debt and bailout package this and debt restructuring have not been successful in the core of the problem and moreover austerity has brought us closer to devastation recession. extreme unemployment all kinds of social problems this weak point of mr to press in my opinion is that the position of his party is no to us directly but yes to the euro zone as long as it has these this was this an in favor of the euro

of the euro zone at all costs that is where european powers especially germany press are and you. this is artsy and prioritizing military might over social stability but coming up here on the program israel launches multinational air force drills unprecedented in size and cost people in the street say the government should think about again where and what it's doing with this money management. and as the start of the olympic torch relay draws near a rush on veils the design of the bear is uniform as well as the torch itself that and more after a short break. i'm. going

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it's good to have you with us here in our suits today belfast is in a state of shaky calm after the self dubbed silent majority rallied against the violent riots of the past week's unrest began when the catholic dominated local council limited the flying of the u.k. flag on civic buildings sparking fears protests by pro british protestants as well to sarah for three ports unclear goals on both sides could easily trigger more trouble. well it's certainly been a turbulent time for northern ireland 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 weekend today 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 further reaching. in this area. talking to people from all sides of the debate to find out what exactly. the riot spock's by the like this speech showing no signs of the baiting at the weekend lewis returning from the protest that won't pass the nationalist area both sides clashing police think a bunch of attack from loyalist riots has many in the nationalist community.

angry young lewis pulling back an old sectarian narrative a worrying sign to remember the reality of past troubles. young people why are they coming out and reacting in this way. you have isn't the right thing what's happening right now is. around the world. to stop this happening right now what with the people respond so quotations needed to the people on the street.

when do you think this is going to start i don't think it's going to stop at. the top of the still some calm in the form of a peace rally held on sunday many here have watched on in bewilderment some in what's been taking place they've been dubbed the embarrassed all silent majority hugo's all beings of the so embarrassed majority to the silent majority. is quite embarrassing here but they're using other countries you see in these protests with yes you see this you know think of. those mortars in the. shuffle of good things happening that's where. the race is now on to come up with a solution to calm the situation. any more and every riot every rock chipping away at the heart for peace.

he is coming from moscow and some greeks are choosing pretty extreme ways of showing they're fed up with the government. opens fire on the headquarters of the greek ruling party with nothing but an a k forty seven and no group has claimed responsibility for the shooting comes off the back of a wave of similar attacks by anarchists. dot com for you right now. also online a virus and new york state governor has declared a health emergency over the spread of flu epidemic has already water you know what five times the size of law. last year's flu. israel has come in for international criticism after its paramilitary forces shut down a palestinian protest camp in the west bank despite the country supreme court forbidding it and then you may netanyahu also promised to build even more settlements in the

area and one of the protesters told us here at anti the prime minister is simply trying to score political points ahead of an election when you have five hundred more than five hundred fully armed israeli soldiers. there doing villages with the force that has an armed. that by itself is violent but even within the process of invention many activists many of those that suffered brutal beatings for no reason they did not even exist. out of there but they suffered due to the things we had at least six or seven of those sensor activists treated in the hospital and a lot of them are still to see doctors for severe problems that they suffered from the beating it's a political issue for. the going ahead with them and plan. to

connect by law to meet sentiment to do so them and they don't want anything with the legal or illegal to disturb the settlement expansion. and there's a lecture that a coming of senator now has to take it off the stand for this and on on this particular case. also israel has launched what's expected to become the largest ever multinational air force exercise lasting the entire year and it's not his policy of reports the costly project has left many israelis wondering if the military is where the money is really needed. israel and the united states are sharing military drills bigger than any they've done in the past thousands of troops and millions of dollars but with social grievances that still need to be addressed and a prime minister looking for votes ahead of early january elections israelis are asking themselves yet again if netanyahu has his priorities straight. he's

a cup at the least and under his term as we saw in the last few years of the cleavage between poor and rich with. 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 is 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. to me by the state nothing more nothing less i sued 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 will be the same it's 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 are. i think we need to invest more in social issues in cost of groceries heat the security budget in proportion. security the heat's more important. security. but the voice on the street is drowned out by the bubble of weaponry and tell of obsession in showcasing its military prowess policy r.t. television. let's get into it now the world some other global news for you in brief

we'll start with anti-government protesters in bahrain they report clashed with police at the funeral of an activist who died after being poisoned by tear gas and follows a series of demonstrations urging the current government to step down the uprising in the gulf want to keep started in early twenty years when the shia majority began its push for greater political freedoms and rights. and barricades have been erected in islamabad which is readying for a wave of anti corruption protesters expected to arrive today in the city of lahore calling for electoral reforms accusing 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. well it will burn in wind frost and underwater that's the pledge of the creators of the olympic

torch for the twenty fourteen winter games in sochi it's a new shape design has just been unveiled in moscow so i want cesar when i went to check it out. the olympic games in sochi are coming sooner than you may think and of course the integrity part of in the olympic games is the torch bearers of the relay which is due to happen to start very very soon as that will go over it will cover all it is three of the subjects of russian federation the organizers of feeling the games in sochi are even thinking of taking the torch all the way to the north pole and even into open space their point of the entire torch relay will be uniting russia that's what the organizers told us at the press conference today and what i'm wearing right now is actually the official going to form off the torch bearers this is the representing the colorful nature of russia itself a country with a very rich tradition a lot of very rich culture the we're going to have said that the the designer of

the torch itself has been to europe lang and then they spent another year actually making the torture's now the torch as well way to around two kilograms that's almost a minute an entire kilo more than the lawn than the olympic torch but the despite that the people who have already held in their hands are saying that it's not too heavy burden to bear for people or are participating in so noble adventure as it were as in the olympic torch relay actually there will be almost four thousand participants people who will be running and carrying the torch with them there is an application for for the position of the torch bearers they're actually for thinking you're up to the feet you may apply. one of the week's top goals tries on touchdowns all of us next with a sports update and partridge. you

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so true. for you too late. hello and thank you for joining me kate partridge with the all the sports show half an hour of sporting action from across russia and the world is coming up including these top stories. high stalky extravaganza alexei models are kept in the east to an eighteen point two eleven victory over india culture west and the all star game until the ovens we have all the build up much action and exclusive interviews from one of the biggest weekends in the k h l calendar. was marching on that's come off tokens that eight straight win in the euro only with a ninety point two eighty three victory home to german champions grows

a basket as the army men target a first title since two thousand and eight. and season's meetings with moscow set to host the world athletics championships this summer several stars of track and field be down this year's campaign at the capital's indoor christmas cup. but let's start on the ice where for the first time over two days this year's all-star game prepared to face off in the east with two russian superstars and a host of cheerleaders making their debuts robot spot on you and has more. that one it's been a long time coming but finally the leeks cream of the crop headed east. one of russia's biggest industrial cities at the foot of the urals at the privilege of posturing the fifth edition of the chill all star game be conditions outside were certainly frosty short but inside this couldn't have been further from the tube.