clashes have broken out in egypt's capital cairo as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who joined the day of rage against the is most ruthless. take the scars of war has caught up with an american army veteran who was an eyewitness to in a tourist u.s. led massacre in iraq he says the horrors he saw almost made him take his own life. and western diplomats say they are happy with iran's attitude at the latest round of international nuclear talks despite the lack of eight significant breakthrough tehran's chief negotiator has exclusively spoken to r.t. about his country stands on the stalemate. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t.

with you twenty four hours a day clashes have broken out between thousands of anti-government protesters and riot police in egypt's capital cairo people have taken to the streets joining the so-called day of rage against the country's islamic rule the rally has been organized by the april sixth youth movement which played a crucial role in egypt's former leader hosni mubarak and has now turned its back against the current rulers caro based journalist tom dale is joining me live now. to tell us tell us more about what's going on in cairo right now. right now in downtown cairo there are clashes going on between police on the one hand and protesters primarily from the april sixth movement on the other and these clashes began a little over two hours ago when police fired a volley of tear gas into a crowd of protesters outside the country's supreme cause mass protests responded by throwing rocks their peace and reports of casual bombs. there being some reports

of shotguns being used on the police side people being injured people being arrested and the familiar green lasers cutting through the smoke and to gas of course it's not the first time we've seen the. to break out they reflect an increasing polarization between the muslim brotherhood dominated government. and the opposition which still feels that the original demands of the revolution hasn't really been mack and today they were outside the high court because they say the country's judiciary is a joke to an increase in politicized rule prefer to prosecute opponents of mohamed morsi is regime was going soft on his france and the april sixth movement in particular was protesting against the fact that a number of their comrades were detained last week and they say that's the example of just such not to change. and give us more details about those who organize the

rallies today and what are they aiming to achieve with your pursuits movement is named after this day five years ago when protest spread around the country against the rising cost of food and against what was seen as a brutal and repressive security apparatus and many of those causes a still very present in people's hearts and minds today food prices are rising again wages are stagnant and the muslim brotherhood led government has not so far taken credible steps to reform the security apparatus is the interior ministry. and the brotherhood has now. is fully in a position where a group of groups like it was said to her had supported it to give them the benefit of the doubt it gets the erstwhile military rulers of egypt but now put my hand the leader of the able six told me earlier today they're disappointed in what the brotherhood has done they're disappointed in their recode and their failure to live

up to the promises that were maimed. and as a result they're out on the streets and they've been out in the streets today chanting against the for the who they formerly helped to bring to power. tom thanks very much indeed for that tom. based journalist live on t v well coming up later in the program is it iraq all over again russia criticizes the u.n. for obstructing the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria erin the expanding production of the weapons of mass destruction height which led to the u.s. invasion in iraq. well that's still to come for you but first it's been exactly three years since we could be exposed to graphic video which left an indelible blot on america's reputation the footage which shows u.s. helicopters killing more than a dozen iraqi civilians not only shocked the world but had a dollar impact on american soldiers who witnessed the massacre we spoke to an army veteran who shared his memories of

a day he would rather forget. war by the way it was the video that put wiki leaks on the map turned the tide of war in iraq and landed private first class bradley manning in military detention but for army veteran ethan mccord it was just another day on duty the helicopters are approximately about a mile and a half away. when they resume when he goes. and from looking out american can't see anything. that right there is obviously a camera dangling. if you're to really pay attention. that guy has a k forty seven right there baghdad iraq two thousand and seven the two hundred sixteenth battalion was out patrolling a volatile part of the city i was about five blocks away four or five blocks away to the. to the left of the screen this was a battalion wide mission and then the situation turned deadly. we

heard the apache was firing. ethan and his infantry squad began running toward the scene to provide support again the apache helicopter opened fire. when he arrived on the scene the apache guns were quiet the accused enemies were dead. one guy's head the top of his head was completely off and the brains were. on the ground and the smell this smell still haunts me. i don't even know how to describe it when he approached the van a noise even wasn't expecting a cry of a little girl and she was four years old. you could tell she had a wound to the stomach and. remember looking at me and. the blood around her eyes made her eyes so ghostly why isn't grabs a girl and ran into a nearby building he then picks glass out of her eyes so she could blink and handed

her off to a medic i went back outside and. was told to take pictures i started taking pictures of the inside of the van and that's when he discovered the little boy and that's me. who to her. that is a little boy who i originally thought was dead despite their injuries the children survived but part of ethan changed forever that day i couldn't stop myself from crying i couldn't stop myself from feeling the way that i was feeling when he did seek mental help he says he was mocked by his commanders and threatened with expulsion from the military when i started drinking and metal have given me prescriptions thirteen prescriptions. geodon depakote. prozac and i was i was a zombie but things got worse i started daydreaming of killing my own children and

then everybody around me so even took matters into his own hands i had already began drinking pretty heavily and. down all the pills and i drank a fifth of crown row ten o'clock in the morning and my wife at the time found me that was the first time even tried to take his own life after that he was dismissed from the army i was kicked out with no disability and. no benefits from the army was whoever he returned to wichita and then even attempted suicide for a second time. i actually wrote a poem right before i did. put the gun in my mouth and.

i don't know if i really want to talk about it. he's been story is tragic yes but he certainly isn't alone tens of thousands of military veterans suffer the effects of p.t.s.d. long after they leave the battlefield and for the also simply can't cope with the stress often times they choose to end their own lives their fathers and brothers sons and soldiers and now they're simply another and american wars abroad in the past two years alone even has lost eight of his veteran brothers to suicide and his outlook on life hasn't improved with time i know that i will never ever ever get better i'll never get over this for the world of the collateral murder video was just another black mark on an unpopular war for ethan it was a catalyst that made him question the entire purpose of the iraq war you know america. john wayne you know we were the white house americans are always out well we're going to try to help people that's all we do is try to spread freedom and

democracy the barrel of history will be the ultimate determinant of how the iraq war is viewed but for ethan and so many soldiers suffering from post war stress the future is far and the past is too much to cope with reporting from wichita kansas meghan lopez r.t. check out r.t. dot com for more information related to this video and the storm which followed its release. the latest round of international talks on iran's nuclear program has wrapped up in kazakstan with participants praising the negotiations as constructive despite reaching no immediate agreement the sanctions imposed on iran by the west were named by terrans chief negotiator as one of the stumbling blocks hindering the talks speaking exclusively to marty so you julie explained his position. chance in the whole economic threats against my people and nothing new

various u.s. administrations have level threats and taken hostile action against my people including the imposition of sanctions that this is especially true for the past two years they themselves have openly said that they are trying to impose crippling sanctions however they have seen for themselves that iranian people have managed to transform those threats into opportunities at the moment iran is the seventeenth largest economy in the world regardless of sanctions or rainy and scientists how to manage to build a rocket ship and send live creatures into space these are indications that the path of sanctions has been very much afraid of what in actual fact they've done is deny an opportunity for their citizens businesses and corporations to do business with a very lucrative radian market we also have to note that these sanctions have no legal basis to stand on many countries including russia and china time and again have expressed their opposition to the second. the us china russia the u.k.

france and germany have proposed easing economic sanctions in return for iran stopping uranium enrichment poss the twenty percent level to ron says it's responded with his own set of counterproposals based on the points made during a previous round of talks here in moscow mr neely also said that while enrichment of uranium is iran's indispensable right the country may consider suspending it in order to build trust from the head of the iran section of the british foreign and commonwealth office michael axworthy says it's been a much more positive meeting but there's much still today. what has happened seems to sound like a good deal not positive than in some previous rounds and i don't think anyone quite yet should expect very dramatic developments in the history of this dispute is very long running. for a long time and there's been a stalemate there's a lack of trust on both sides and i think it takes precisely these sorts of

developments. a gradual shift in positions towards each other to begin to escape from that stalemate. and while the while it looks to dissuade iran from a potential nuclear weapons program north korea professes to be on the verge of using its own nature in the program report on pyongyang's warnings to foreign embassies to evacuate but also why the u.s. and south korea aligning the north coast with warships also still to come this. weary and tired of afghanistan fronts pushes for a fells and his troops to be stationed in mali permanently after the break we hear just what it is that scott the french so interested in that country. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you

thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

of an international airport in the very heart of moscow. news continues here on our team moscow has accused the united nations of trying to undermine the investigation into the use of chemical weapons inside syria the syrian government claims rebels used illegal agents near the city of aleppo last month killing around two dozen people the opposition whoever directs the blame at damascus well for more on the story let's talk live to sort of flanders she had of the international action center in new york sara the u.n. says it wants to assess all possible uses of chemical weapons throughout all of syria and not just aleppo russia isn't too happy about that but is that not the logical way forward well it's the most dangerous way forward because

the u.s. is clearly using the un and every possible international agency in order to continue their intervention or if it's a see u.s. nato the only humping arms industry teachin that has orchestrated. prices. that are used mostly are. certainly chemical weapons that are quite likely set to create a far more serious crisis because they have not yet been successful in creating a regime change in syria what is their agenda it's the agenda of saudi arabia turkey a nato member. and very much the u.s. is fueling organizing orchestrating this war crime bills and so now russia's foreign minister has drawn a parallel with iraq where he says false reports of weapons of mass destruction of

course led to that invasion there but could we perhaps be seeing something similar happening in syria. well that's what's sort of very dangerous about this that the scenario at the same playbook seems to be who's now in syria is similar charges i mean who has the weapons of mass destruction well today it's the pentagon and that's a fact. but nevertheless used in the charge against countries that are trying to defend their own sovereignty our again and again to try and an excuse for war for occupation for destabilization or for as i say something in the war more weapons and mercenary death squads are attempting to foment civil war sectarian warfare so rarely dangerous policy and the worst and most dangerous is again and again. from the state department from the white house has come a warning sign chemical weapons will be our

a possible excuse for deeper us and bob so the charge is a very dangerous shot but of course what would happen if a sad collapse the regime collapse and he has allegedly got stockpiles of chemical weapons what would happen to those is there not a danger that they could get into the wrong hands. well of course there's a danger from every angle on this because there is a syrian government that people are the funding this government and the idea of outside intervention orchestrated mercenaries we think into the engine and using that as one more weapons cache is of course very dangerous for all of the region they have no plan what will syria for providing the people's moods and we can certainly see the a minus chaos the loss of life that u.s. forces of the iraq last stand in libya are related and when we look at libya today

without an ounce of stability a completely unfunctional government this is what that have in store for syria or already seven thousand people have died as a result of this again and a u.s. nato fourth skated for the head of the international action center there in new york sara flounders thank you very much for joining us here in r.t. foreign embassies in pyongyang is staying put for now despite warnings from the regime that to evacuate the north korean government says it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomatic enclaves such intentions and the threat of war the north has primed at least two ballistic missiles in response to u.s. and south korean warship encroachments patrick henningsen he's a geo political analyst at current affairs website twenty first century want to come says so far he sees only hype in this crisis. the big question is how this hyped up at the beginning had to do with a nucular threat from north korea and there's

a series of things that have gone on in the last months to get us to that conclusion and i can't help but remember in the run up to the iraq war everyone was asking would saddam hussein used chemical weapons or not but no one actually asked the question does he really have them in the first place and the same question i just asked regarding north korea what is their nucular threat and as far as i can see as far as u.s. officials actual missions are there is no need no nucular threat as we can say into a ballistic missile threat to the united states so this is very much overhyped in the cold war theatrical sense but the pivot towards asia from the united states is very real ok right now since this crisis began the philippines has already okayed the use of more bases for the united states in that country and there was a deal to decommission some of the okinawa sites in japan and that might be off the table as a result of the hype of this particular conflict so you know you see the military

industrial complex needs a reason to exist and i believe the north korean threat to be a theatrical real you just that reason here is the pretext for the expansion of the military economy from the u.s. side and if you're wondering how the korean situation has been developing over the past few weeks then what you have to do is go onto our website dot com for the timeline that's dot com. now i hope that we're going to be able to touch on events in mali now all with some developments there and with a bit of luck we'll be able to talk to an expert in just a moment a thousand french troops may now be stationed in mali as a permanent peace keeping force there are currently four thousand french troops in the african country after being flown in to squash and is a must insurgency the plan is now pending the approval of the morning government which came to power by a military coup last year let's get more on this from robert harness he's an

independent journalist covering mali the french they want desperately of course to get out of afghanistan but now we're going to be deploying the same number of troops in mali. the need is greater is that right well just a second ago i did actually talk to robert we did make contact but now i think we've lost him robert can hear me now bill here in moscow sorry about that as you can see we have no contact with our guest there concerning mali but we'll see if we can get back to him a little later this possibly the next. president small it super stars and businessmen worldwide have been left red faced in a new tax haven scandal originating in the british virgin islands millions of leaked e-mails have exposed the offshore tiny's of the world's elite to the sunny caribbean islands cyber security expert and the all saw who's a campaign manager of the u.k. pirate party told me earlier that there is an irony that some of those with tax haven accounts actively promoted austerity. some of these people appear to

be in positions where they wouldn't necessarily want to be associated with sticking a lot of money onto an office into an offshore tax and it was clearly a disconnect between what people are saying in terms of taxes an austerity especially and what they're actually doing in terms of their personal finances so there's been discussions about using this to actually take a look at the whole area in the whole industry with a view of regulating it and clearly there is some regulation needed this may well change that having this kind of information have and may well cause this to be a much bigger political issue than has been for a long time. it's something that you obviously have to deal with when it becomes public and for most people everybody's known that offshore tax havens exist but haven't really understood the amounts of money involved in this case i think somebody suggested up to thirty two trillion pounds worth of cash assistance in the us well they sent offshore in ways that aren't necessarily being tracked and monitored or available to governments that maybe should be so it's a vast amount of places it's

a vast amount of money and governments don't seem able or moment willing to deal with it as best they can in terms of whistle blowing i think this might well encourage more people to think that they're in a position where they have access to information or data that they don't like the implications of the sort of same way that bradley manning maps on the u.s. may well decide that actually it's best that it gets handed over to journalists whether they are the traditional media companies or the likes of wiki leaks or other whistle blowing organizations that may well pop up clearly there is a desire for for this kind of quest made public and clearly there is a will by people working within these organizations or with access to this data to make it public. asia focused but global in scope the twelfth but while forum held in china is into its stride with two more days to go and as europe and america struggle to boost their flagging economies national leaders and big names in business have gathered to talk about how to give emerging markets a shot in the arm professor she's the author of the book what the u.s.

can learn from china told me earlier that the west has much to glean from asia in forums such as these white they can find out is obviously what he plans to lay out on china's i am and that could have certainly butterfly effect on the rest of the world and understanding how they're going to go about doing it and watching there are successes as well their failures can be very high. very very practical approach economics almost the same way that scientists would test out of theory in a laboratory and so they can use the economy and toss it out like a petri dish in different areas to see if they're going to get it peter will result and we'll be following the promise fireworks display from the new forum to rival dab also on air and online yeah on r.t. . if you would delete economic forum

for the big players who are shaping tomorrow's global ecology wow twenty thirteen the stakes are high today on our t.v. . well that to brings up today for the moment i'll be back with a news team with more free in about just half an hour from now in the meantime it's breaking the sets with host i'd be mocked and that'll be of to break stay with us here on our team. you know when the history of any culture there are some dark chapters throughout human history there's been war on every continent and religious strife and oppression every culture has some skeletons in their closet and in recent u.s. history the scandalous prison at guantanamo bay as making patriotic american

scurrying around a decade or so rather than slamming the door shut and get mall i hate that term condemning it as one of the greatest mistakes in american history and gloriously declaring on t.v. channels and newspapers the country wide that it shall never be repeated again the pentagon instead wants to blow another forty nine million dollars expanding it even if you are one of the types of things that american gulags are supercool and awesome do you realize it takes over one million dollars per year per prisoner to keep the place open are you sure you don't want that money to go towards something else like your children's education the thing that burns me up about this the most is that obama promised if elected to close guantanamo bay and as commander in chief of the armed forces he could do this whatever he wanted no amount of filibustering by the republicans could stop him obama you promised hundreds of millions of people to do something very simple start the paper work tomorrow buddy make the nation look better that's your job but that's just my opinion.

you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the less bad luck i got. i mean cameron and i know that i'm still really messed up. in the old story so personally. it's. a little worse for the least a little lie down to the. radio guy for a minute. what. we're about to have you never seen anything like this i'm still. happy friday everyone with all the stereo bought in the nuclear war with north

korea i think it's important that our leaders are keeping a cool head about it take for example oklahoma senator jim inhofe put some words of advice on how to deal with the current state of affairs he said quote i think something of a preemptive strike something like that and get their attention great idea a preemptive strike against nuclear armed north korea and what could go wrong you know for a senior senator and say you this kind of rhetoric is not only careless it's dangerous which is exactly why we need to keep these blood thirsty warmongers in check. a little. do you ever see anything like. three years ago today the now infamous collateral murder video was released causing shock waves around the world it showed u.s. military personnel taking pleasure and gunning down and.