high hopes in paris for a swift military campaign with american and british combat supplies being sent to help make criticism of french imperialism. boxed in with no way out but. aaron swartz points the finger at overzealous u.s. prosecutors for driving their activist son to suicide. and thousands of kilometers of underground tunnels leave the pentagon in the cold sweat with us supporting itself the right to a preemptive nuclear strike on china's atomic arsenal.

international news and comment online on the screen around the world this is. britain has sent one of its cargo warplanes to money to back the french led military campaign against islamist rebels there london says that more help is to follow with washington also pledging its assistance the french military has been involved in combat action in the west african nation since friday in trouble which some see is blowback from the recent interventions in the region more now from. london. well britain and the u.s. are reportedly providing help with transport and communications and logistics 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 limits 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 their support 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 loans promise to kind of step away from the very paternalistic ties that fronts used to have with the 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 toric people who traditionally came from northern mali they actually made up a large portion of. these 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 as the military arsenal has kind of uncontrollably been flowing

into mali now and lots of experts are just saying that this is a real consequence of what happened in libya and u.k. based journalist and broadcaster neil clark believes there's a high chance the french army will get bogged down in mali despite the government's assurances that the mission will be just a matter of weeks see back to the first world war that is going to be over by christmas we have the vietnam war was only going to last a few months even and that lasted for many years and of course the afghanistan which the war there are still ongoing after twelve years or so so i think there is a real danger that this is a sort of the process is going to and they say that will be over in days or weeks and i think we could be talking more about months actually intervening in mali you've already heard that civilian casualties are taking place obviously this is going to speak. and there is a great danger that terrorist campaigns will come back to france so i think this is

a very mistaken policy by hollande he is extremely unpopular he's only been in power less than a year and i think that the contradictions are here again because groups are equal the islamic rebels in syria to get france well hold on he's taking a very aggressive line prototype of a syrian government and it doesn't seem to mind that he's back economic militants in syria and yet he's making out this is the biggest disaster face of the islamic militants come to power in market failure to investigate and prosecute next artie's crossed all looks at why some major crimes committed in different parts of the world including africa being swept under the carpet never making it to the international criminal court. we've seen the i.c.t. why. only the. have been indicted and convicted and where are. our nato allies. either not being indicted or how do we already know if this 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 doubt at the i.c.c. we have already seen the same thing happening where gadhafi was indicted arrest warrants issued there's been no investigation into the crimes committed by gaddafi adversary there's been no investigation into the murder in captivity of gaddafi and there's been no investigation of the war crimes committed by nato. the right to a preemptive nuclear strike against china is now part of u.s. law thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike the network of tunnels

believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals but only my colleague research shows spoke to the editor of a japan based news website james called me about the motivation behind the decision . 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 the b. 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 and to make sure that things like the new starts the strategic arms reduction treaty basically get scuttled before it really gets off the ground and there's a lot in this new n.d.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 implement so i think at this point that we've been getting reports that there have been some peculiar 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

or 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 many a social stability coming up later realm which is multinational force drills unprecedented in size and cost the people in the street say the government should think again about how it spends its money. but first the family of american web wizard and information activists aaron swartz says he may have been driven to suicide by the ferocious prosecution process against him age twenty six

the internet crusader faced decades in jail for downloading millions of academic papers which he believes should be available to everyone is out he's made a point now reports the 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 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 robinhood but his supporters his friends his his family member. believe that it was 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 r.t. . and rick. entrepreneur and founder of the swedish pirate party says the majority of all information should be free to whoever wants it military secrets or medical journals should not be free to distribute because it violates privacy by this national security but in terms of access to knowledge access to public public documents and records which certainly committed no crime and that even goes with

a low or so war the federal prosecution did wasn't through the book at him in the way this had been obtained in terms of how he had walked into the technical university mit in the united states and set up a laptop to download these public dock in public documents so they were throwing the book at him to make an example of spreading knowledge and i think that is a terrible terrible thing to do sharing and spreading knowledge was never bad for anyone. during a lull in flank related riots is the son of the majority rally for nationalists and loyalists protest all to expose all sides that's ahead for you. last sparks could fly when germany's economy minister meets with the greek greek opposition leader standing firm against small budget cuts that's after a short break we speak to a political economist about what's likely to come out of the discussion.

mission. critical three. three. three. three. three. download free broadcast video for your media project free media.

continues here. in the state of shaky calm after the sun and majority rally against the violent riots of past weeks 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 and reports clear goals on both sides could easily trigger more trouble. well it's certainly been a turbulent time full northern ireland it's being six weeks now since the decision was taken to limit the number of days of the union flag would fly here at city hall

sparking this beat the bullet loyalists out on to the streets know if the weekends only start today we saw some of the worst they like writing that has taken place. this is the way into the weekend of the damage that this is doing. much much further reaching. in this area. 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 abating at the weekend returning from a protest that won't pass the nationalist area with both sides clashing police thing came under attack from loyalist riot is many in the nationalist community.

angry young loyalists of 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. we have. the right. happening right now is. around the world. to stop this right now.

this is going to start. but tough to 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. barrus majority will silent majority. thing is quite embarrassing here but at least you see these protests so we just see this. more. like. they're so full of good things. the race is now on to come up with a solution to calm the situation. any more and every riot every rock

throwing chipping away at the heart full. peace. r.c. . it's going to be a battle of a sturdy when germany's finance minister meets the opposition leader who's been holding firm against the burning backed program of cuts and expose is aiming to change both gun show bills mind about forcing the greek government to make major sacrifices political analyst and sociologist. says that there's still a chance for european leaders to put pressure on the opposition. mr to press strong point is that austerity is not working there is no end in sight and what concerns the debt crisis now and we are facing much more years of increased debt and a bailout package this and that restructuring have not been successful in the core of the problem and moreover austerity has brought us awesome devastation recession

. extreme unemployment all kinds of social problems this weak point of mr to press in my opinion is that the position of this budget is no to austerity but yes to the euro zone as long as it has this this was this an in favor of the euro of the euro zone at all costs that is where european powers especially germany can put pressure on the ship. while some greeks are choosing pretty extreme ways of showing they're fed up with the government. quarters of the greek ruling party with an a k forty seven no group has claimed responsibility but the shooting comes off the back of a wave of similar attacks by anecdotes i said on t.v. dot com for you. also online the bar is invades new york the state governor has declared a health emergency over the spread of flu this year's epidemic is already five times the size of last year.

it's simply to. eat meat. israel is facing international criticism after its paramilitary forces shut down a palestinian protest camp in the west bank despite the country's supreme court forbidding it and human you know who also promised to build even more settlements in the area one of the protesters told us the prime minister's just scoring points ahead of the election when you have five hundred more than five disorders. raiding villages with the forces of an armed. that by itself is

violent but even within the process of action many. many of those that suffered through it all greeting for no reason they did not even resist. the less. brutal. thing we had at least six or seven of thought were activists treated in the hospital and a lot of them are. 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 violent means to them and to do so that they don't want anything with a legal or illegal. settlement expansion. and there's a rector's are coming up senator mel has to take the. tough position

on on this particular case also israel has launched what's expected become the largest ever multinational force exercise lasting the entire year as policy reports the costly project has left many israelis wondering if the military is where the money is 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 that. he's a couple terrorists 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 go 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. island 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 will be the same it's a disgrace 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 housing and cost of groceries heat the security budget in proportion to. the security of society it's more important not less important than their security. officer but the voice on the street is drowned out by the rumble of weaponry and tell of a kenyan showcasing its military power. television. now some international news in a brief antigovernment protesters in bahrain have reportedly clashed with police funeral of an activist who died after being poisoned by to guess what follows a series of demonstrations urging the current government to step down rising in the gulf monarchies started in early two thousand and eleven when the shia majority began its push for greater political freedoms and rights i.

have been erected in islamabad which is readying for a wave of anti corruption protest is expected to arrive today from the city of lahore calling for electoral reforms accusing the current administration of doing little to improve their standard of living and 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 style arab spring uprising. and also i want to thank the nation the pioneered the arab spring. two years since the start of the protest movement that forces former dictator out demonstrators flooded the streets while the current president attended a modest ceremony in the capital tunis despite the regime change tensions are still strong the political activist organizing marches of their own in symbolic places. it will burn in wind frost and under water that's the pledge of the creators of the olympic torch for the twenty fourteen winter games in sochi here in russia it's

unusually shaped design has been unveiled in moscow was there. the olympic games in sochi are coming sooner than you may think and of course the integral part of in the olympic games is the torch bearers we wait which is due to happen to start very very soon as that will go over it will cover all it is three off the subjects of russian federation the organizers of the olympic games in sochi are even thinking of taking the torch all the way to the north pole and even into open space where 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 designer of the

torch itself has been to europe and then they spent another year actually making the torch is now the torch as well way to around two kilograms that's almost a minute and entire kilo more than the lawn the olympic torch but despite that the people who have already held in their hands are saying that it's not too heavy a burden to bear for people for participating in so noble adventure as the torch as an 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 obligation for for the position of the torch bearers they're actually for thinking you're up to the beat you may apply. well that's it for me the news team for the moment will be back with more news for in half an hour from now in the meantime on the business is next when the tension of that self the short breaks there was for the.

technology innovation all the news developments around russia. that you never. do we speak your language. or music programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you breaking news a little turn it into angles couldn't stories. you hear just say. banish find out more visit. wealthy british style sign some time to write with the free. market why not.