controversy with a security crackdown that has resulted in several citizens having their passports revoked. israeli lobbyist seek to ensure you are supporting case of a strike on iran the group's gathering also triggers protests against israel's policies in the region. plus mass protests and grounded flights striking workers of the spanish. plant more action against the british management that looks set to axe thousands of jobs. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from the new center here in moscow this is. a highly secretive security program is raising eyebrows in the u.k. where the government is revoking the passports of citizens it considers 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 the passports were often revoked with no warning when holders were abroad a tactic that some of dubbed mediæval let's have a closer look at this video we he came to the u.k. as a baby and grew up there he had his citizenship revoked almost three years ago he was later killed in a u.s. drone strike in somalia his close friend the british born sucker suffered a similar fate he was deprived of his nationality was also killed by u.s. drone attacks in somalia the same year a sudanese british man took his four british children on holiday to sudan shortly after leaving he was stripped of his passport and his children were prevented from growing up in the u.k. and in another case a british born family including three children all lost their citizenship while in pakistan artie's farmer spoke to the man who first broke the story. 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 appeal 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 have had citizenship revoked their passports counseled 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 process some of whom have raised the point that the government has waited until people have 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 individuals affected as we know to these suspects that are 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. 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 of a loaded gun sort of kate 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 although it is this current government has really ramped up its use 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 when as we just heard there is a medication of a british american connection in this program last june former london based care worker he lost his citizenship and was allegedly pressured by the british secret service into working as an informant after rejecting the m i five he was reportedly secretly rendered to the us where he now faces terra charges and we caught up with his father who says his son is being unlawfully persecuted it was unexpected and

shock to the whole family who are all pretty sure leave he all of us navy as a british but it was all of a shock to us who had wondered how it could be like that for someone just to be this is this is just to be provoked like that has been removed from what he was out of the car that he was away and it was even hard for us to contact him to appeal against the kids. that maybe he's a muslim and believe and he's a practicing muslim but being a muslim is not being an islamist. that's why that's always been victimized. diplomacy is failing and military action against iran should be seriously considered now that's the general tone of the american israeli public affairs committee conference underway at the moment in washington more than ten thousand delegates have gathered to push for greater u.s. backing of the jewish state to make up for a series of setbacks the powerful previously israeli lobby has recently suffered now the meeting has drawn not only media attention but also quite colorful protests

more than one hundred activists descended on the venue to express their anger with america's unconditional allegiances towards israel and among the major concerns is the aggressive settlement expansion on land that palestine considers part of its territory and it is going to church can has more on what's been said at and indeed outside the apec conference ipac is pushing for a congressional resolution that would say should israel decide to strike you why the u.s. would give all its support including military or options master humane. god we have stated this time and again and we expect all of 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 moon was will never abandon their nuclear efforts unless they genuinely believe that america is serious about keeping all options on the table. 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 the potential of it is really 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 is 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 support. this fight here you see of 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 in that podium he really understands israel under threats that he faces that gives an impression that he is not too happy about the administration seemingly trying to play down the war talk in washington i'm going to check on. well it's not just water but also money talk dominating this year's conference pro israeli lobbyists want to ensure aid to israel is exempt from the looming u.s.

spending cuts and what remains to be seen whether they'll succeed we're interested in your opinion on whether the cuts will affect israel and let's see how the views are on our online poll so far but we can see the results on the screen almost half of you believe that the israeli lobby is simply too influential to allow the funding to be slashed we can see that a third hold the opposite view saying that all foreign handouts must be reduced regardless about a fifth think that the aid is too important for israel's survival to actually be cut in a minority that's about seven percent of you so far so that the lobby will agree to the cuts but only if the u.s. in turn back to israel in a potential strike on iran you can express your views right now on the web site r.t. dot com it's online all the time good to hear from you. but

these five people have been killed and six hundred injured in fresh clashes between protesters and police in the egyptian city of port saeed volunteer up to the hundreds of people demonstrated to demand justice in the trial over last year's deadly football riot of these bill truth is following the unrest looks like that the clashes have been continuing overnight in this restive totals curse the city of port sayit with the death toll rising what happened was at thirty nine defendants in this port site each 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 were asked to comment if

the streets to the common situation down there were 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 saturday and said verdict on the remaining defendants in this this is science 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 cheering demonstrations that continues here in cairo there's been quite restive here as well the police forces. today morning attempted to clear. and open up to traffic this angered protesters clashed with police on the cornice and closed the square behind me creating erecting further tents this of course is happening in the background of the visit from the u.s. secretary of state there's been a lot of anger and here in egypt when the u.s.

secretary of state came including at his first meeting on something they protesters gathered in front of the foreign ministry burning effigies of john kerry saying he was blank be supporting mr brotherhood and pursuing the american interests as john kerry left yesterday evening culture is the hard core football fan so quite a politicized groups actually blocked the airport meaning he was delayed by two hours before he left live from moscow this is all to do with the twenty four hours a day still ahead for you this hour the trial begins of a late russian attorney whose death in jail led to a row between russia and america that and other news after the short break stay with us. the. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see

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news continues here in r.t. stuff and iberia is set to grab more than a files and 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 spain is already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the blog. as this report 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 the anti british a sentiment there are now this because it will soon be ok as well as job cuts. emerging with british airways forming the group and since 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 british go home and the workers unions have also been calling the management a betrayer is that they have actually betrayed the spanish people by selling

spanish national interests to forward interests what they're calling this has been the three months of negotiations between the unions and the management which did 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 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 euro bloc especially specifically the euro zone have been pretty much one 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 to today they're dealing with cyprus the spill out 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. so silly reporting there was some countries desperately grasp at straws to stay within the e.u. others desperately want out they have today r.t. talked to the u.k. independence party leader nigel for arj one of the most vocal advocates for britain's exit from the block and he can watch the full interview to find out why he thinks the u.k. somebody is at stake and how the current leadership is losing touch with this

reality is a taste of what's to come in just the two hours from now. feeling i share it that we now are run by a political class of people they all go to the same schools they all go to the same oxford colleges they all take the same degrees they all marry each other sisters and they all finish up having gone from research offices straight into parliament you can't put a cigarette paper between them in terms of policy they have no hobbies or interests or what then is he used to call him i mean they don't even collect stamps these people you know they spend their weekends sitting around together talking about politics they are utterly disconnected from the thoughts hopes and aspirations of the ordinary working family in this country. and you can watch the interview unfold in a couple of hours from now here on r t a moscow court has resumed hearings in the trial of the late russian 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 rights violations by his supporters say he was jailed because he accused state officials of corruption and that he was abused one in prison on his alexy unicef's he has more on the case. well the prosecution has justified its 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 this trial 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 would the u.s. believes to be associated with the death of. the russian state duma responded with sanctions on u.s. human rights violators as it was described of their own including a ban off on the door of the russian children by u.s. citizens. now to a spectacular view of a volcano in russia's kamchatka and the latest images of lava flowing through the

snowy mountains the eruption started in their member last year after more than thirty years of being dormant volcano doesn't pose a threat to nearby settlements with the closest some fifty kilometers away still it provides a stunning view of ice and combined there in russia's far east. or to some other international news the at least fifty people reported being killed in kenya in a series of attacks on police stations on the day of the country's presidential election the government has blamed the killings on the separatist group republican council kenyans are electing a new leader for the first time since a controversial two thousand and seven vote that sparked weeks of deadly into ethnic violence. the cardinals of the catholic church of gathered in vatican city for a first round of meetings to choose a new pope will be picking a date and setting procedures for the vote and search for a successor to benedict the sixteenth who resigned last month comes amid

a scandal involving the british cardinal keith o'brien he stepped down of allegations of sexual misconduct. and europe's battle between faith and atheism grabs the attention of debate program cross talk that's coming your way a little 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. because they don't want to vote yes 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 an atheist but i i like to think that hopefully there is 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 the day's going to get

a car accident break his arm i mean that's that's a real religious extremism but i just think the big problem right now in our in this country's specifically and in the world is what religion has always polarized us and separated us into war to support. these. crystal coming a way that later here in ulti the very end is the latest province to be caught up in a wave of european separatism triggered by scotland and catalonia would be considered germany's economic powerhouse but it's politicians there insist they would be better off as an independent state peter one of the looks at how the varia is ready to go. germany reunified twenty three years ago but the cracks are showing in at least one of its regions void. 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 the bavaria party's 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 an increasingly influential circles. depict when i look at the map of europe and of history i see the boundaries are not made to last forever they can be moved by free people czechoslovakia made the peaceful transition into two democratic states in two thousand and fourteen scotland will have a referendum 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 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 berlin 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 through a very keen on it dependants. yossef farm produces bio gas suffered he diversified from dairy you know generates electricity from local homes definitely a case of where there's muck there's money but it's where his tax cash goes that's

concerning him more than the smell always darkest. we're completely unrepresented in germany on our own we would be a good size european state all we are now are the financier's of berlin and others are. and if there's more at stake than just money for one of europe's oldest states . since reunification there's been too much number varian influence on us i want my kids to grow up feeling very culturally linguistically no one learns the bulgarian language in school we want to change that. when germany's unity day celebrations get underway in the autumn open ice is might find that here in the largest states there are more keen on parting ways than partying these are all of a party the very. lead to bring it up to date and i'll be back with

a news team of morphine half an hour from now in the meantime we delve deeper into the mysterious death of a controversial figure who had a significant impact on the shape of the twentieth century juries have started. john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mixing the nonexistent country of courage to stand in one of his speeches of course it is funny when politicians misspeak george bush was pretty good at that but i can say that we all make mistakes when we speak trust me it is very easy to butcher the pronunciation of some place on earth like bins coursed a loaf of all or walla walla washington the thing is that he didn't just miss.