want to children are among ninety one people reported killed in the u.s. with dozens more fear trapped under rubble after a devastating tornado sweeps through an oklahoma city suburb leveling neighborhoods and schools. shooting the messenger the u.s. government hits out at a fox news journalist after he published classified information leaked by state department security experts. here in stride she has been on militants joined forces with the syrian government to retake

a sunni rebel stronghold near lebanon raising fears a religious divide could spread across the region. and r.t. talks to a lawyer of a guantanamo inmate who says his client was shot several times by a guard this as the hunger strike there enters one hundred fifth day. it is two pm in the russian capital you're watching me marina josh a two mile wide tornado has swept through a southern suburb of oklahoma city in the us leaving devastation and its wake. twenty children are among the ninety one reported dead as rescue operations continue in the central u.s. state with

a further twenty four children fear to be trapped under the rubble of their school more than one hundred forty casualties have been admitted to local hospitals president obama has declared a major disaster in the city and noun federal aid for the area journalist sam sachs has more for us. so this afternoon a massive tornado ripped through oklahoma ripped through the areas around oklahoma city it was new for tornado is the second strongest tornado on the scale from you one to you five that means winds over two hundred miles an hour the tornado was reportedly two miles wide something you don't see very often here wide swaths of residential area have been completely just decimated is though something you'd see after the hiroshima or nagasaki tomic bombings was just unbearably loud. and you can see stuff flying everywhere just about like on the movie twister. everything i know. my my pickup was sitting out there

my daughter's car everything and rescuers are frantically searching through the rubble where there was an elementary school in line with the tornado reports are that there were seventy five students in staff in the school at the time the tornado hit and that school's been reduced to rubble rescuers are now combing through that school trying to pull out people alive and we have some reports that some children have indeed been pulled out alive this. sound and then i. mean reading. this was one of about twenty eight tornadoes that touched down around the area in oklahoma kansas illinois iowa and to make matters worse the main hospital in moore oklahoma had to be evacuated for you know what sustained massive damage in the storm and storm as well so there's a considerable cleanup effort going on right now with search and recovery effort going on now that will go on through the night but this is something you know nearly unprecedented in the area elling me other smiths from great national

organization that's been dealing with the aftermath of the fukushima tragedy and japan says it takes years to get life back to anything like normal in areas hit by natural disasters. i used to live very near kansas and so i know you know the seriousness of of tornadoes i've been once very close to one but i cannot imagine what hardship they are going through in pain. i don't know the situation there but i think that we have to be very careful and consider you know any kind of warning system should be completely not political you know the words it has to be on the best scientific knowledge that is the way to protect the people as much as possible but a lot of times these decisions are political about what kind of warnings to issue or what kind of preparation to make and that's absolutely not excusable i don't

know what the cases in oklahoma but i know that that's for sure in japan what happened but now we have in japan over three hundred three hundred ten thousand people still evacuated and living in limbo and trying to reestablish a life back where where you were located before i mean rebuilding complete cities towns villages is just incredibly difficult also concerned for example in japan another tsunami would hit and so trying to prepare for it building up high on the ground at cetera it just takes you know a whole generation or more and it's just so much hardship and to increase that hardship because of poor political decisions is just inexcusable. addy can track all the latest developments from oklahoma on our web site r t v dot com we're bringing you detailed coverage with the latest pictures video and reaction from those at the scene. now a fox news journalist is being accused of conspiracy after disclosing classified

information here received from the state department advisor the f.b.i. claims james rosen could be charged as an accessory to a national security leak his colleagues say they're outraged has been labeled a criminal for doing his job as a reporter are just going to count says journalists are alarmed at the u.s. government now appears to be treating them as whistleblowers. the u.s. justice department not only subpoena fox news reporters private e-mails but also said that james rosen was quote an aider and abettor and or coconspirator in the alleged crime so these words appear in a court document basically accusing the reporter of breaking the law for conducting the routine business of reporting on government secrets in the forty four pages of the justice department's application for the search warrant of mr rosen's g.-mail account you see e-mail exchanges between a state department employee identified as the alleged leaker and james rosen so the authorities have established that the communication between the two has led to

rosen writing an article in two thousand and nine which said north korea planned to respond to looming u.n. sanctions with another nuclear test it's becoming obvious to journalists that the administration is now targeting not just the leakers but also reporters just recently we learned that the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers eight people leaves more than one hundred of its journalists were caught up in this surveillance sweep the some president eight hundred full leaks has had an enormous chilling effect on investigative journalism the obama administration has brought more cases against whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined journalists have seen their sources drying out as government officials are much less inclined to share these days but now we see a different probably more alarming development the government making journalists the subject of their investigations and it's not clear what the government expects

from journalists just to copy paste whatever they say in press releases if that is the case that would be the end of our profession. now the fox news reporter case comes in the wake of revelations the u.s. government tapped the phones of a.p. journalist something the agency's top executive described as a massive and unprecedented intrusion as founder of the wide awake news portal charlie mcgrath told r.t. as sean thomas earlier the us media is playing a price is paying the price for going beyond official sources these networks that we're talking about are not new. you need opinion yet they're not going to to step outside the light of the government press conference he said just regurgitate exactly what the government puts out but if you have somebody this is actually doesn't journalism yes you can expect an interview should and i don't know who could possibly consider that and not to work that way in their decision to be investigated jools well if there is

a leak that could compromise national security doesn't the government have the right to do everything that they can to stop that leak that you. obviously stepping way outside of that bounds if you're talking about reporting news information this is critical for this three hundred populous yes it's going to be things that can be reported this shouldn't be leaked but you're really going after the jury was to do his job and not the in this sector of dysfunctional government that we had folks in the first place now the government is investigating reporters in the hopes of finding leaks within its own ranks and you kind of touched on this just a second ago why do you think it has chosen this approach rather than looking for the source of the actually to scare the hell out of the body who dares to stand up to the party line to the agenda laurie and this isn't just your body nutrition it's the previous administration it will be the next administration it's control of the government it's hubris at its worst and it's going to continue to grow the freedom

of the people whose country. now more than one hundred inmates in one tunnel have now been on hunger strike for one hundred five days in a drive to highlight abuses at the notorious detention center one prisoner was reportedly shot several times last month by guard artie's more important i have the full story. the thirty five year old detainee. was reportedly shot several times by get mo card last month his attorney ramsey kos on joins me now to speak exclusively to r.t. about what happened mr costin thank you for your time. when it was your client shot and what were the circumstances of the shooting on saturday april thirteenth of this year the last time all military prison at the station decided to raid them six the prison facility at guantanamo pipeline the trollies prison. they conducted the raid in order to move all the prisoners into solitary confinement and that was just

one additional way that the prison and the station wanted to try to break the hunger strike what happened on that day according to mr allawi is that in the process he was shot without any warning for absolutely no good reason by one of the u.s. army guards had dangerously close range using rubber coated steel pellets that are only safely use outside of a certain range he was shot in five places one shot was around the heart the other shot was in his elbow another was in his shoulder and there were a couple of impact on the size particularly the shot that went to his heart the dark horse of range even a rubber coated steel pellet can penetrate skin and can be fatal the authorities are guantanamo endangered mr always life for no reason they gave him no warning they fired on him repeatedly and then following that fact they delayed the medical treatment that he should have received immediately as the u.s. government acknowledged that this shooting did take place absolutely and i received confirmation in writing by an e-mail from the department of justice that mr all he

was sustained what they described as minor injuries but then when i heard the description from mr all we solved it was very different from what i saw on the government's you know we also received confirmation in writing from the u.s. government via e-mail that mr ali was being force fed. that is a violin. ition of international law fact that it is done in an unnecessarily painful and brutal way that does that prisoners are strapped down to these restraint chairs that they have to force down their nose into their stomachs there are many other ways to to feed prisoners even if those prisoners wish to be true. and the u.s. government is again doing it in a deliberately filing way in order to break the hunger strikes correct me if i'm wrong he's being held at guantanamo. with no charges against him is that right that's correct the trial he has never been charged with any crime we have no reason to believe that the u.s. government has any interest in charging him with an actual crime here in our real

work or in a military commission the reality is that astrology has been a blot on him for over eleven years without a fair process and that's the reason he's our congress start today u.s. president barack obama is expected to address the nation on thursday speaking about guantanamo bay at the detention center and i assume he will address this hunger strike what would you like to hear the present the united states say well i can tell you what i would not like to hear i don't want to hear a repetition of the promises that president obama has been making for years i don't want to hear that he's going to appoint some official who'll be the sponsible for closing guantanamo we had an official like that for years and want to animal was not close i don't want to hear about administrative review mechanisms because we've had many before that and they didn't lead to any meaningful progress the only official who is responsible for the existence of guantanamo today as far as i'm concerned as far as my clients are concerned is president obama himself he needs to take concrete steps towards closing that prison and i don't believe the man i want to animal will interrupt their hunger strike unless president obama takes such

concrete steps and one very obvious concrete step you can take this to begin by releasing some prisoners who are fools for transfer who can be repatriated or resettled in another country like another one of my clients shakur ahmed who's been approved for transfer for years the u.k. has been asking for his release that's the united states oldest and most trustworthy ally he is a very. natural first step but the president is serious about closing guantanamo we need actions we need deeds not words mr carson thank you very much for your time i really thank you. and just ahead here on our team dipping in trouble you lawmakers confront the pressing issue of how all of oil is served in restaurants setting aside the financial woes rocking europe for a while that's after a short break. dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have healthy guinea pigs

in the regular society they're not able to use prisoners i mean they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. paid to deadly pills. and subway he was killed. he didn't pass away they let him die. is pharmacy really about helping people. download the official publication yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't do so now with your mobile device so you can watch your t.v. any time anyway.

welcome back you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital now global security is at the forefront of discussions between russia's national security council chief michael i pod and his you. thomaston island in washington the two countries are sitting down for talks for the first time since the boston marathon bombings rock america now let's get more on this from our correspondent piskun off you go or so why don't we what do we know at this point about this visit and talks well first of all we're now getting reports that security services have managed to eliminate the you wake and then of russia's number one terrorist. in the republic of the caucasus plus just among the authorities announced that the plan to attack moscow all of this gives weight to the head of russia's security council and

you go. and see visit the u.s. since she does have some useful experience he could share with his american counterparts when it comes to battling terrorism because it does come shortly after the recent terror attack in boston which was planned and conducted by the brothers both of whom were off chechen origin and for russia the caucasus is the most volatile region just on monday four people were killed in two bomb explosions in the republic of the biggest stars definitely the security services of both countries have things where they should work together on and joint threats and just earlier their leaders of both countries did call on them to work together more intensely and it's a fact that they can help each other and to learn from each other in many things. all right daryn thanks very much indeed for this going off reporting there. u.k.

prime minister david cameron is due in brussels this week to debate tax policies in the u. but at home he's facing mounting questions over whether britain should even be involved in the blocs matters cameron's conservative party has issued a draft bill on an out referendum which says it must be held before the end of twenty seventeen so far opinion polls suggest a majority are likely to vote for an exit well so take a look at the latest figures here. well right now almost half of those surveyed forty six percent and would say yes to leaving the e.q. in almost the same amount say the vote should be held now while only twenty nine percent are ready to wait until camera's chosen date which is twenty seventeen the rising u.s. catholic mood is fueling worries that foreign investors are being put off by the uncertainty u.k.i.p. party leader nigel farage says it's another reason the u.k.

should hold the referendum sooner what would have been really damaging to the u.k. economy is if we'd been stupid enough to join the euro zone but thank goodness we said no otherwise we'd be in a very similar state to many of the mediterranean countries today so that was the first big good decision that we made now i do understand the argument about uncertainty even though i very much take the view that trade would go on between britain and the rest of europe completely out affected by us leaving political union for all european countries so far more goods to us that we do to them but i do understand that anything where you're told it could be bad for even five year debate on the subject could lead to uncertainty all of which really reinforces my view what cameron has done here is to attempt to kick this is you off into the long grass and that really we've got to have a referendum to sort this issue out before the next general election now when

arizona struggling to dig itself out of recession and trust of politicians hitting record lows legislators in brussels have found time to tackle some unexpected issues that has nothing to do with the debt crisis migration or social welfare but with dining olive oil and differing bowls artie's peter oliver has more. from the start of next year the european dining experience is set for a small change that could have potentially huge implications after the deadline restaurants won't be able to serve all of oil from small bottles like this that can be topped up they going to have to serve it from sealed bottles that can't be refilled now this is being put into law from brussels by the european union and it's going to come into effect as i say from the first of january next year now to talk more about this and what it actually means i'm joined by steve meissner from the german political organization a party of reason steve the you surely has bigger things to worry about than this

right now i would think though this seems to be almost like a caricature of the you with their with their constant meddling in small problems and making small problems into big problems than you would think they would have enough to do with the euro currency problems and the debt crisis in southern europe but now here we go having to start dealing with restaurants and what they can serve an open car of. it's sort of joke really it also it just smacks of a lack of self-awareness the e.u. is under attack from many different sides you've got people in britain wanting to pull out of the union and they go and live up to the stereotype of bonkers brussels bureaucracy and make legislation about all of oil as it does seem to be a real lack of self-awareness that is why do they think seems to have too much time on their hands perhaps many of the problems when you aren't even big enough that they still have energy and tax money and very crap to spare to expend on silly experiments like this are only programs like this maybe we have to cut down

the whole size of the new broccoli but they have don't have a that much money and b. that many bureaucrats so they can't even come up with the all these harebrained schemes in the first place this is definitely not something that needs to be done on the international uy basis how we're going to serve our all of oil in the restaurant i mean i don't see the need for it at all but there we go steve my society very much for talking to us all of oil topping the list of topics that the e.u. deem it needs their attention right now. now see terry in violence isn't golfing iraq were another series of blasts killed eight people across the country mostly in northern areas sunni's have been protesting against the country shia led government an attack on their protest camp in late april cause a major surge in violence they are well last month became the deadliest in the country since two thousand and eight with friday one of the most violent days of this year the constant strife since the two thousand and three us

military intervention has led to more than one hundred thousand deaths sectarian bloodshed reached its height three years into the us occupation when tens of thousands were killed many now fear a return of those violent days was tit for tat sunni and shia attacks showing no signs of ending while fighting in iraq has also displaced or three million people in the past decade nearly two million more fled their homes and remain at risk within the country support for displaced iraqis throughout the region is dwindling with some of the donor focus being shifted to an increasing number of syrian refugees faster abraham allusion says u.s. involvement stoked sectarian conflict in iraq as did the start of the unrest in neighboring syria this is definitely a conflict that has reads remodelled by munson's at what's in store is a sectarian conflict as it's taking place and iraq since the u.s.

invasion all of that country ten years ago the identity of the leadership and iraq before the invasion was not on the one the same thing goes for syria today on one hand you have sectarian forces trying to stir up some conflicts on the other hand you have men these son this is within syria probably more than half of this in the population within syria siding with the bashar assad regime because they realize that the old burn up of as and. as the end conflict and sectarian divisions. and you get more in-depth coverage of the violent conflict involving iraq by logging on to our website r.t. dot com there you'll find details analysis of what's causing here in strife eyewitness accounts and much more. and always take a look at some other stories from around the world ten a policeman have been killed in two separate attacks in afghanistan apart outside

bomb destroyed a police vehicle killing all six officers in the western herat province four more were killed in a firefight in the rest of helmand province attacks occur on an almost daily basis in afghanistan as militant groups continue to wage war against foreign military presence in the country. thousands of party members have rallied in the pakistani city of karachi against imran khan the leader of the movement for justice party who sparked their outrage after publicly accusing the m.q.m. of involvement in the murder of a senior member of his party who say it was shot dead on the eve of saturday's controversial election rerun. coming right up a look at human guinea pigs and pharmaceutical drug trials in the u.s. .

although i was born after the vietnam era i remember t.v. discussions about that buddhist monk who burned himself to death as a form of protest the commentators on the news said that people there just have a different mindset that westerners could never understand you know which is probably true but they were implying that people in the west are just different and would never use this absolutely extreme form of protest which is also probably true until just recently with the cost of electricity exceeding the income of the average bulgarian and a new government coming to power that looks exactly like the old government that collapsed at least six people gary and have used self-immolation as a very desperate and extreme form of protest but why kristen ghodsee a professor at bowdoin college who has extensively talked to bulgaria protesters

claims that those who self-immolating are just incredibly desperate and cannot feed their own children and their people are actually becoming the stealth for communism because at least that system at the people's basic needs the current democratic system from the populace perspective according to her just cycles through a few new crooks every few years although it does get media attention and you may be feeling desperate suicide is never an answer the more living bulgarians the better book areas chances believe me but that's just my opinion. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it. realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture.

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