fourth controversy with the secretive passport revoking crackdown barring its own citizens without warning or presenting clear evidence. pro israeli lobbyist seek to ensure you are supported in case of a strike on the wrong on the groups gathering also triggers protests against israel policies in the region. plus mass protests and grounded flights the striking workers of the spanish flag carrier derian by more action against the british management looks set to axe thousands of jobs despite previous demonstrations that led the airlines wing. good to have you with us this evening at five pm here in the russian capital i'm lucy caffein of and you're watching our t.v.

while i highly secretive security program is raising eyebrows in the u.k. where the government has been revoking the passports of citizens that it considers to be dangerous to the state many of those on the blacklist were born in britain and received no explanation as to why they've been barred from their own country passports were often revoked with no warning their holders while their holders were abroad a tactic that some have dubbed medieval exile let's take a closer look now british born of mohammad soccer had his citizenship revoked almost three years ago he was later killed in a u.s. drone strike in somalia now meanwhile his very close friend to biloela byrd who came to the u.k. as a baby he grew up there he suffered a similar fate he was deprived of as nationality and the year later also killed in a u.s. drone attack in somalia now that same year a sudanese british man took his four british children on a holiday to sit in shortly after leaving he too was stripped of us passport and his children. were prevented from growing up in the united kingdom now in another

separate case a british born family including three children all lost their citizenship while in pakistan are due to enter farmer had spoken to the man who first broke the story let's play you that interview. well the full extent of chilling government program to rid the country of suspected terrorists has been revealed we now know that over the last three years sixteen people have had been stripped of their british passports and the grounds of national security critics claim that these suspects have little chance of a pale with human rights lawyers actually describing the whole process as mediæval and sinister well to talk more about this is chris words from the bureau investigative journalism which actually broke this story chris with a new report it says or people are claiming that this completely ignores people's human rights and also the basic principle of innocent until proven guilty what is the evidence to support this all of these sixteen individuals of have citizenship revoked their passports canceled on the personal side of the home secretary to the

courts have had no say in this process we don't know the evidence that's been laid against these men. and even if they are able to get an appeal which is very very difficult that appeal will mostly be heard in secret and again those affected and their lawyers may never know the true extent of the evidence against them so it's a very secretive process in which the rule of law really does seem to be absent in some places and that's been commented on by judges sitting looking at this person some of you raised the point that the government has waited until people got on family holidays for example before stepping in and removing my citizenship effectively locking the door behind people who are not only locking those affected out of the country but their families as well the children who are british or british born unable to come back into the country without separating the families and so on so this can have very serious implications far beyond the individual suspect as we know to these suspects of actually being killed by us strange strikes

is that a coincidence there's no proof yet of any direct connection between those events but certainly people are asking questions it is clear that those people died after their citizenship was removed as part of an active targeting by the united. states and again neither of those individuals were ever charged with any offense in the u.k. we know they were accused of serious terrorist offenses but there were no charges overloading and sort of ok chris thank you we will have to leave it there it is worth pointing out that the government has had these powers since two thousand and two well though it is this current government is really. and over the last three years the number of cases has increased from six to twenty one and of course as we've heard the government only has to publicly justify what it's doing on the grounds it is in the interests of national security. well as we've just heard there are some allegations of a british american connection in this controversial program last june a former london based care worker mocked the harsh there he is right there lost a citizenship and was allegedly pressured by the british secret service into

working as an informant after he rejected the m i five offer he was reportedly secretly rendered to the united states where you now faces terror charges largely as caught up with this father who says that as the son is being unlawfully persecuted it was unexpected and shocked to the horror from really who are pretty sure who are leaving here all of us u.b.s. are pretty sick but it was a lot of a shock to us we were wondering how it could be like that for someone just to be this is this is just to be provoked like that british and has been removed from what he was that he was away and it was even hard for us to contact him to our kids all i can see is that my the he's a muslim and believe and he's a practicing muslim but being apart from this and it's not being an islamist. that's why that's always been victimized. diplomacy is failing and military action against iran should be seriously considered that at least as

a general chairman of the american israeli public affairs committee conference underway in washington right now where the ten thousand delegates have gathered to push for greater u.s. backing of the jewish state and to make up for a series of setbacks for the powerful plough pros really lobby which has recently suffered. the meeting has drawn not only media attention but also colorful protests as you can see right there more than one hundred activists descended on the venue to express their anger with america's unconditional allegiances towards israel among their concerns of the aggressive settlement expansion on land palestine traditionally considered to be part of its territory or he's going to japan has more. apac is pushing for a congressional resolution that would say should israel decide to strike iran the u.s. would give all its support including military or oceanus mosque to humane on the table.

we have stated this time in the game and we expect over those who say to me that. this kind of a congressional green light for preemptive strike although non-binding is seen by some as a way to put more pressure on the obama administration which so far has been reluctant to see the u.s. dragged into another war in the middle east the us will never abandon their nuclear efforts unless they genuinely believe that america is serious about keeping all options on the table. of the many of the conference said they thought the administration was soft on iran but that's a view that was expressed on the sidelines not from the podium but the potential of israeli nuclear defense is the only thing that's keeping the country alive not relying on america because obama has not been forthcoming in defending them against iran in fact he's been stalling them apac is also pushing for legislation that

would designate israel as a major strategic ally of the united states the question many ask is why does the country that's perceived as being closest to america suddenly need the congressional seal of approval now according to an n.b.c. wall street journal poll that came out just a few days ago fifty five percent of americans now no longer want any sort of preference between either side of the israeli palestinian conflict the lobby may view this as a chance particularly in the face of sequestration where there could be cut just across the board almost two hundred million dollars they could view this as a last chance to tie in supports. this fight here and you see. the subject the conflict with the palestinians has received considerably less attention at the summit then iran but the general impression here is that what's widely regarded as the most influential lobby in the american politics has detected a potential threat not just from israel's neighbors but from inside washington

itself. in the wake of two wars in a battered economy we see signs of an increasing decided to disengage from world events and focus inward. this growing yearning to untangle from what is perceived as too complicated a world effects both parties conservatives and liberals alike they just want out. for israel even the tendency toward isolationism is extremely dangerous refusing to speak on camera some of the delegates expressed frustration over the president's decision to nominate chuck hagel as defense secretary chuck hagel is known to have been critical of the pro israel lobby president obama will not be speaking at the conference this year but he'll be traveling to israel at the end of the month and one of the speakers here said it's going to be a real challenge for him to show that deep down and i quote him he really understands israel and the threats that he faces that gives an impression that the

character is not too happy about the administration seemingly trying to play down the war talk in washington i'm going to check out. well it's not just war talk but also money talk that's dominating this here is a packed conference pro israeli lobbyists want to ensure that aid to israel is exempt from the looming u.s. spending cuts known as seaquest ration and while it remains to be seen whether they will succeed we hear it r t wanted to allow you to express your opinion on whether you think that israel's budget should be cut in the u.s. secret station let's see how the results have been divided so far almost half of you as you can see in the blue right there believe that the israeli lobby is simply too influential to allow the aid to be. slashed now a third of you in the purple right there believe the opposite you guys think that all foreign handouts must be reduced regardless almost a fifth of you believe that the ada simply too idle of vital to israel's existence to be cut and a small minority of four percent right there believe that the lobby will agree to

the cuts but only if the us will in turn back israel in a potential strike on iran well of course it's not too late to votes ahead over to our web site r t dot com to cast your ballot. at least five people have been killed six hundred injured in fresh clashes between protesters and police in the egyptian city of port citee the violence has erupted as hundreds of people demonstrated to demand justice in a trial over last year's deadly football riots r.t.l.

true has been following the unrest for us. looks like the clashes have been continuing overnight in this restive total coastal city of port so i eat with the death toll rising what happened was the thirty nine defendants in this point saeed football massacre that occurred last february were moved by security forces angering families who gathered at the security directorate to protest and then clashed with the police force the army was asked to come into the streets to calm a situation down there were a confusing reports yesterday that the army were actually attacking the police something that the military actually said didn't happen however we expect this to continue as we look ahead to two suffered a verdict on the remaining defendants in this. football massacre we've also seen violence in months or of the nile delta city after a young man was run over by a police vehicle during demonstrations that continues here in cairo there's been

quite restive here as well the police forces in the early hours of yesterday morning attempted to clear. and open up to traffic this and get protesters who clashed with police on the cornish and close the square behind me including erecting further tents this is of course is happening in the background of the visit from the u.s. secretary of state there's been a lot of anger here in egypt when the u.s. secretary of state came including at his first meeting on suffered a protesters gathered in front of the foreign ministry burning effigies of john kerry saying he was pulling could be supporting the muslim brotherhood and pursuing the american interests as john kerry left yesterday evening culture is the hard core football fans who quite a politicized groups actually blocked the airport meaning he was delayed by two hours before he left. well belcher is also keeping us up to date on her twitter feed and if you want to follow her the address is right there on the screen for you

still ahead for you here on r t the trial begins of a late russian attorney whose death in jail has led to a row between russia and america that another four news coming up for you after a short break you're watching r.t. . well. it's technology innovation all that is developments from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to operations or rule the day. welcome back lucy catherine of here staff at iberia are said to ground more than a thousand of the spanish airlines flights as they protest against job and pay cuts the firm plans to lay off around a fifth of its workforce in the latest blow to the struggling eurozone member which is already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the block parties are still reports. the staff of the iberian airlines one of the national carriers has taken

this to heart taking it personally really there's been a rise of british a sentiment there are now this. as well as job cuts it has been a result of iberia merging with british airways forming the group and says this announcement had come to pass we've already seen the people taking to the streets those working for iberia and we've seen putting out a poster saying goodish go home and the workers unions are also been calling the management to betrayers that they have actually betrayed the spanish people by selling spanish national interests to foreign interests that's what they're calling this there has been a three months of negotiations between the unions and the management which should not see any deal and therefore leading to about three thousand eight hundred jobs wanting to be caught as well as one thousand three hundred seventy flights that are a grounded today now this is certainly paralyzing to the spanish economy not to

mention adding on to the twenty six percent of unemployed already and steering here some sort of nationalist a sentimental wanting to protect their own interests of course over what they see as mediation from foreigners at this point reaction from the block especially specifically the euro zone have been pretty much one of block dealing with billions of debt anyone with that amount of debt would be having a headache trying to deal with this cyprus is the latest that they're going to talk about bailing out at this point cyprus and the warning bells for the country has already been sounding as if last year but no deal has been made and today they're trying to move that forward and this is just the latest of a string of countries already that have had to bail out and also portugal in arlon want to renegotiate their bailout plans that have already been received they want more time for their money and this is despite leaders saying that they are on track or that begs the question if they are indeed on track why would they need more time for restructuring debt again making markets and investors jittery today they're

dealing with cyprus despair loud and as well as the protests in spain but the question among nervous investors and concerned citizens is to morrow who is it going to be and how much more is it going to hurt. and relentless budget cuts are also triggering a wave of separatist movements within europe the german state of a buriat being the latest candidate considering secession going to tell you why in just a couple of minutes. which. i'm also court has resumed hearings in the post humus trial of a russian lawyer sergei magnitsky he was arrested five years ago on tax fraud charges but died a year later in pretrial detention causing a scandal between russia and the u.s. over human rights violations now magnitsky supporters say that he was jailed because he accused the state officials of corruption that he was also abused while in prison parties aleksei or chef ski has more details on the case. well the

prosecution has justified his decision to resume the case against magnitsky which was stopped in two thousand and nine after his death. even despite that the man in question has been dead for more than three years because the case has been so much controversial and there is a certain need to find out whether magnitsky had anything to do with the alleged embezzlement and tax evasion something he was accused of back in two thousand and eight when he was arrested the family of the deceased man said that they would not participate in the struggle believing that this trial is a violation of human rights but the prosecution insists that this is not a violation of the law despite that the man is dead they still want to find out whether those accusations against him had any substance behind them he was arrested in two thousand and eight accused of helping his supervisor william browder to evade taxes of more than one hundred million dollars later in two thousand and nine he died in custody allegedly because of mistreatment it's also worth mentioning that it was not the original magnitsky case which sparked lots of controversy it

was the fact of his death in detention which. sparked huge spats between washington and moscow with the u.s. congress passing the so-called magnitsky act which imposed a string of sanctions on the russian officials travel sanctions travel bans in particular those officials who the u.s. believes to be associated with the death of need ski the russians they do responded with sanctions on us human rights violations as it was described of their own including ban off on the door of the russian children by u.s. citizens. on to some other international news stories for you this hour and we begin in kenya at least fifteen people are reported to have been killed in a country in a series of attacks on police stations on the day of the country's presidential election the government has blamed the killings on a separatist group called mombasa republican council kenyans are now electing a new leader for the first time since a controversial two thousand and seven vote that had sparked weeks of deadly enter

ethnic violence. parcels of the catholic church have gathered in vatican city for a first round of meetings in order to choose a new pope will be picking a date and setting procedures for the vote the search for a successor to benedict the sixteenth who resigned last month comes amid a scandal involving the british cardinal keith o'brien who had stepped down over allegations of sexual misconduct. well europe is a battle between faith and atheism is grabbing the attention of our debate show cross talk which is coming up later today. first of all when many people refer to religion they refer to it as organized religion and that's a big problem with atheism and why you can't refer to atheism as a religion because there's no real organization to it it's like having a meeting of anarchists and rightly and and i think that's how do you know it's. doesn't matter because they don't want to vote on this has but you know they don't not very well they don't want to vote on anything and i think i guess i might list

myself as as an atheist but i i like to think that hopefully there's some kind of higher power but i don't want to look at it in the classical way of some some god like guy saying you know that rob driving down the cross bronx expressway that he's going to get a color ax in the break his arm i mean that's that's a real religious extremism but i just think the big problem right now in this country it's specifically and in the world is what religion has always polarized us and separated us and toward support. you believe these. things. but varia is the latest province to be caught up in a wave of european separatism triggered by scotland and catalonia while they considered to be germany's economic powerhouse politicians there insist that they

would be better off as an independent state parties peter all over a look so just how far of a variance are willing to go. germany review the fight but just three years ago the critics are showing at least one of its regions your voice. we want an independent state of bavaria this is an extraordinary aim there are twelve million by variance if independent we could be the ninth biggest nation in the e.u. with the fifth largest annual economic turnover i'm convinced we have the cultural historical and economic strength to survive the bavaria parties campaign literature certainly doesn't pull any punches when it comes to showing how they believe the rest of germany treats the sun state the group poses little threat to germany's political big guns it took just over one percent of the vote locally in two thousand and eight but their ideas are spreading increasingly influential circles.

to picked when i look at the map of europe and of history i see the boundaries are not made to last forever if they can be moved by free people czechoslovakia made with a peaceful transition into two democratic states in two thousand and fourteen scotland will have a referendum and there is work being done in catalonia this movement is happening in europe today. the varia is booming when it comes to business it's home to some of the most recognizable and expensive brands in the world b.m.w. audi. and siemens of their base of operations here while munich is one of the world's major economic centers all contributing to an annual income of almost half a trillion euro a major factor which sticks in the craw of the variance is how about wealth is distributed throughout the federal states they're sick of paying for poor lin it

hands over around three billion euros a year to the capital what impact would an independent bavaria have upon the daily lives of those living and working there to find out i've come here to the beautiful bavarian countryside to speak to a very keen on it dependants. yossef farm produces bio diversified from dairy you know generates electricity to local homes definitely a case of where there's smoke there's money but it's where his tax cut goes that's concerning him more than the smell always talk is getting tickets were completely and represented in germany on our own we would be a good size european state all we are now on the financier's of berlin and others. and for yosef there's more at stake than just money for one of europe's oldest states. since reunification there's been too much number of very an influence on

i want my kids to grow up feeling very culturally. no one learns the bulgarian language in school we want to change that. when germany's unity day celebrations get underway in the autumn nice is might find it here in the largest states they're more keen on parting ways than partying these are all over the very. well on our website the berlin wall is driving anger at once again this is people quite a wee small protest against the demolition of the historic divide over tarty dot com to learn of what could replace the city's a legendary landmark. plus tragedy strikes in eastern siberia as an avalanche hits a group of teenagers one freedom self before raising the alarm but five are still missing we can get all those details on r.t. dot com. coming up we delve deeper into the mysterious death of

a controversial figure who helped to shape the twentieth century joseph stalin stay with us. as paul was deep into the of embryos. he never put his trust in anyone and rightly so. his body was found on the floor of his shoes m.t.l. so. did he die of natural causes. the mystery of stones. documentary. john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mixing the nonexistent country of kershaw to stay.