tens of thousands across the world unite against one of the largest and most powerful agricultural giants which is pushing small farmers to bring back his ations its monopolies protected by the u.s. government. two deadly suicide bombings in niger apparently carried out by islamists in response to france's military actions in neighboring mali phase of a domino effect and violence spreading throughout former french colony. and has britain. in islamophobia incidents in the wake of the harrowing murder of a british soldier bringing the debate on whether blaming immigrants and muslims are .

they watching r.t. coming she live from moscow with may and three. now tens of thousands of activists are teaming up for a global day of action against biotech giant. they claim the corporation has established a seed monopoly from the u.s. to asia holding small farmers hostage to that product and forcing those who don't use it to business the therm is also come under increased scrutiny for the alleged health and environmental risks of its seeds artes and sea chalk has this report. march against month santo is a global grassroots movement which is going to organize these worldwide protests taking place throughout the weekend all over the world we're talking about they're saying that this is going to span over six continents in up to fifty countries with four hundred global marches with as many as two hundred thousand participants in

the united states alone all of these people planning to flood out onto the streets throughout the world to speak out against this biotech giant accused of producing genetic genetically engineered food and agriculture we're definitely expecting to see plenty of occupy wall street activists at the monsanto protest throughout the weekend because many of the issues that are going to be addressed are certainly similar we're still talking about the ninety nine percent versus the one percent we're talking about corporations having great influence on politicians as well as wealth inequality that continues to remain in countries throughout the world in the united states but also when it comes to the situation with monsanto all of these issues continue to apply so low while of the occupy wall street movement was certainly a more general outrage at the way the system runs this particular march and these events that are taking place throughout the weekend are directed at a specific corporation having

a very controversial reputation they're known to harass farmers throughout the world to sue farmers for example in the united states and canada for tens of thousands of dollars you know affecting businesses and farmers in places like india really wiping off any legislation that ever comes up that would affect monsanto's business and just getting in the way of people speaking out against what they see as wrong so thoroughly whereas the march against monsanto is against a specific corporation that continues to do these things that hundreds of thousands of people don't necessarily agree with the occupy wall street movement is certainly expected to be part of this. well nick kind of a he's a social media director for march against monsanto claims in some parts of the world for corporate giants tactics even leading families to suicide if you look at what happened in india i mean there's an epidemic of suicides of the farmers because monsanto sold them or coddling a cotton seed that they promised would do

a certain thing and then those seeds didn't perform how they were supposed to and it drove a lot of these in the environment into sheer poverty and they ended up committing suicide by the hundreds and thousands even some sort of effect farming communities everywhere i mean in the united states they're known for suing small farmers there's a lot of small farmers that they're putting out of business because they have genetic migration into into crops that weren't supposed to be g.m.o. but they're getting cross pollinated and then monsanto comes in they use their government cronies to go in and shut down small farmers because their genetics from their seeds that they've patented have have slowly crept into the into the genetics of non g.m.o. seeds as well when i made accusations the monsanto corporation enjoyed protection from the authorities a recent report show the us government has been in quest of any lobbying for g.m. foods or across the world america correspondent michael

a pass reports. for years now americans have been concerned about the food in their refrigerators and more importantly the ingredients in those foods the debate over genetically modified crops isn't only playing out in the fields it's being harvested in the courtrooms as well as within the walls of capitol hill and it turns out the u.s. government might have a bigger stake in the biotech industry than anyone could have imagined a report released by the food and water watch group shows that the u.s. state department played a major role in promoting g.m. foods and crops around the world the report examined diplomatic cables from two thousand and five to two thousand and nine to revise the first comprehensive analysis of u.s. foreign policy when it comes to the biotech industry now here are the four stated goals that food and water watch discovered in these cables the first one is to promote biotech interests abroad they try to facilitate trade and encourage cultivation of g.m.

crops second up lobby foreign governments to weaken biotech rules you can't after all profit off these countries if you can't get your products in some of them along with lobbying the need to protect biotech exports by stopping trade barriers like tariffs all this to promote and protect an estimated twenty five billion dollar industry and biotech crop exports and in particular one property monsanto which was the biggest biotech seed company in two thousand and eleven and finally reach out to new markets by pressuring the developing countries to adopt a biotech crops the main argument here is that these crops are stronger and can end food insecurity around the world with a growing global population the state department also lobbied against the labeling of these crops and genetically modified foods they don't want any type of labels on them countries from egypt to hungary argentina to mozambique were targeted in these efforts and many of them were very receptive some of them. actually change their

regulations as a result now this lobbying started happening around the same time that monsanto admitted to bribing indonesian officials and in attempt to weaken and veyron mental oversight of g.e. crops now in the wake of these cable releases it appears that monsanto and other biotech firms don't need to bribe country officials anymore they have the government to do that using taxpayer money nonetheless it is the latest chapter in a dispute over your dinner plate in washington meghan lopez r.t. . stay with us throughout the day for live updates only protest against one son as the wave of anger over the biotech giant global. g.m.o. giant with the backing of the government sowing seeds of. the world breaking the sea change the march against own son joe. on our street.

french troops have raided an army base in the northern nigeria killing militants who staged twin suicide blasts on thursday that left more than twenty people dead the attacks on the trains lee hit a nigerian military base and a french owned uranium mine and islamist group from mali claimed responsibility saying the bombings were in retaliation for both france and neiges military involvement in mali well let's take a look at how that's how violence has been spreading across the former french colonies in africa this january france started its military intervention in mali to combat islamism taking control in the north of the country just days later al qaeda linked terrorists took over eight hundred people hostage at a gas plant in algeria demanding an end to france's involvement and the man behind that attack that left dozens of hostages killed north african al qaeda leader who was thought of being killed claimed responsibility for thursday's bombings in niger

now these latest attacks in niger also claim the agent for french involvement in mali shows a disturbing trend of islamist not disappearing but simply relocating from one country to another sparking fears they could carry out further attacks to make their point artie's explains. those behind the two suicide loss that killed over twenty people in niger on thursday have described it as an attack against braun's in revenge for its offensive against islamic militants in neighboring mali one of the two groups claiming responsibility for almost simultaneous explosions at an army base and a french run your reign in mind in nigeria is the movement for owners and your heart in west africa last year the coddling group seized control over the northern part of mali and brutally ruled the area for months people being driven out of mali by french troops france's president then hailed the operation as success here in the capital the macros the french military we've spoken to have also expressed to

us their option is confirming they destroyed all the major bases of the militants in mali north but this recent attack in niger it's clear that the rats remain serious and it shows that the militants are not defeated and the fight against them is far from over although the battlefield has relocated full in the recent loss also on the set france would not interfere in the niger however the next day french troops took part in operation to officers with images captured off of the attack on a further to half of those want the french intervention which we get at the chain reaction that will give paris more travel and will bring more violence to the entire region. notion altie from mali. forty contributor afshin rattansi says it is wrong to think the french actions in its former african colonies will defeat extremism that especially given the natural riches some of the

some of those countries can offer. there's no doubt that the french intervention will lot of changed anything but in particular. the idea that extremist or al-qaeda linked groups are just going to go away friend special forces of left. the share which usually we knew about because of course the yellowcake uranium saddam hussein deals this is where all the world's uranium you know there's a big fight for whatever is happening in these areas there is a scramble for this uranium french company arranged with their own this uranium mine how strange that its revenues are twenty eleven or about the g.d.p. of the entire country of what fertile ground to extremism and. still ahead for you top politicians keep raising this territory as the way out of europe's

financial crisis but as we report later this hour millions of people in portugal any further taken from their pockets could result in sliding into complete poverty . and a thirst for knowledge makes palestinian youngsters overcome almost every obstacle though sometimes with the help of some four legged friend report on that and much more. the brutal machete murder of a british soldier none the legibly motivated by radical islam has already sparked a surge in attacks on muslims extra police were sent to muslim areas after dozens of islamophobia incidents were reported including vandalism mosques and a number of muslims including children being abused in the street early my colleague bill dodd discussed the extent to which muslims and immigrants are being blind with editor of politics u.k. and chorus could bring cheer from the right wing british national party. this acts

of terrorism really conducted by the far right you very generously describe the b.n.p. is a right wing party idea they're not right wing they're far right they're a fascist party and the acts of violence that they treat against mosques against property the threats against muslims these are also acts of terrorism these are also acts of violence by non-state actors political means well i've got to learn from and i have something to do with my i have a right to help like i was looking around so that i say sure is done by right wing fellows and i have to come to the person with. the other person who's talking the signori completely the front the personally have an open dialogue with mostly communities that recently i had the bait with muslim communities in books in but the city in london about these very issues.

about the. issue of these racist you should learn about what are you know proud of on ok just listen to mr dunn now please what you know that we don't know we don't know we don't. have websites people from east. from we people from from they. let me really judge them members it also implies to me that i will have sound some other lunatics who are so agree with your demented view of the world however that does not mean that you know what is their what is their mission actually was he is the us all right you look at if you just go just for three days that it all you know just off the shore to the british people died there a poll by what's happened they would stroll response from government they don't want a reaction is going to be tempered by fears of political incorrectness what should be done there's going to be some strong reaction surely political correctness really has no connection to whether you have a viable response to a terrorist incident stopping terrorism is about having. joined up services by

intelligence agencies by the police by mental health authorities by schools by the muslim community these are the kind of sensible i don't mean that you take to prevent violence and what about the maintenance as well because a lot of fives you. misunderstand that it is something to do with an intrinsic nature of islam ok krista quickly did mention the fact that you can't have the manpower to track all these people down but surely there has been a lack of surveillance and many people would say we need to step up that now so it was so-called snooping on people because clearly they were on the five radar but they got through i mean is that do you think that people be as you would just make something very clear. where we don't really know what is how does it let me say this i mean there's a lot of people talking without any access to the information required to make a coherent judgment we know yes that they're one of my partner let me think it was a free country and their agency it isn't all they might make your own intelligence list and not be tracked at all times i'm afraid that these things do sometimes happen terrible as they get mr critical or they have over my five they hate all of

my five toking in the council called ones say that refraining to do lie two thousand and five the security services in the united kingdom of a mom or me the every single. day suspect would be involved you know not the reason they gave obama a five talking no few a few carry on. bailing out of countries killing muslims in the drug funny stuff on cd and they would he would. you don't you wouldn't have. the enough security services to come to the unger of these people. and we've more coverage on the brutal machete. rap lyrics on facebook are apparently enough to get you locked up we've got the story of one u.s.

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creditors as part of its seventy eight billion euro international bailout that as the country's financial crisis continues to gain momentum but while budget cuts will have little effect on the rich further belt tightening by working class portuguese people is leaving them desperate for their future artie's peter oliver reports. europe's politicians insist that austerity is essential but what effect does that austerity have upon the everyday people to whom it's inflicted upon. i went to meet a family just outside of lisbon who are feeling the pressure of portugal's financial failings. we used to take certain things for granted hard water lights now have to watch everything we use families in financial straits like this one of becoming a common occurrence is the gap between the middle class and the breadline narrows

in one of europe's purchased countries. my husband lost his job now will live on soothing and whatever work he can get as a day laborer those savings are running out with two daughters and now one grandson the effects of portugal's financial plight is being felt through generations of this family and it's leaving its mark i'm twenty years old people my age should be planning for the future but there is no work the way things are now i have no prospects no hope. this family a lucky there are many in portugal and a far worse situation as the country's debt grows and the unemployment levels rise charity organizations are seeing an increase in those needing help push this cause he was as we do we have children passing out to school because parents can't afford to feed them properly how can they learn if they're focused on hunger these armed

children from bad parents just parents that can't feel them and there's another worrying trend appearing bill said bernie all too often we see the same thing the family lose their income they're too proud to ask for help the bells start piling up the mortgage to food before you know it to the family on the street what future is that for the children the problem for portugal is that it has debts around one hundred eighty billion euro one hundred twenty percent of production couple that with twenty percent unemployment and it leads to a very difficult situation for its people the country needs money but it doesn't have the economic output to pay off its bills. however what's of more concern is that the country could see another generation grow up under the shadow of national debt see. my son what i hope her readers that he can get a job somewhere abroad i can see anything for him here peter all of our team

portraits. and as europeans continue to struggle with poverty some still manage to train the prophets later today max kaiser and stacy herbert expose those they suspect of sucking up public wealth. to game of monopoly and as players go bankrupt the amount of money that you get free when you pass go is increasing so instead of just getting two hundred dollars you're getting two hundred billion dollars if you're the city of london but all the while people are going bankrupt on the side because they can't afford the rent or the rent the rent seeking that's going on within monopoly you have a bad economy but not all the. kleptocracy and you don't have any real underlying growth all those pieces on the board for social services social security health care those types of things are all going out of business except for one

notable exception the prison. the kaiser report a bit later on other world news in brief now writes by us in stockholm and its suburbs have continued for six nineteen a row youngsters have been setting cars in plays and damaging local homes and businesses arising began emailing poor immigrant carries after sixty nine year old man was fatally shot by police in the north of the capital a gun fight lasting for hours in the center of the afghan capital has claimed two lives a heavily armed taliban group backed by a suicide bomber tried to make their way into an international compound in kabul police held off the attackers who were shooting back with machine guns grenade launchers clashes have broken out in bahrain the police and shiite muslims furious over a raid on the home of a top cleric last week thousands more have supported mass protests in the

politicians village the opposition believes the house we resorted as part of increased political pressure by the sunni led government. education is the key to success as the saying goes but grabbing some knowledge for palestinian children in the west bank means sometimes having to risk their lives one group has to has to traverse rocky mountains every day just to get the classroom and some do it by extraordinary means as artie's paula slayer reports each morning the steep hills of this inhospitable corner of the de desert come alive with children scrambling down lucky slopes to get to class before the bell rings. some children walk seven kilometers each way they are very keen to learn. it takes a certain kind of dedication to be a student at the school peoples are to come extreme obstacles just to get here. in the winter when it brings a lot of children for whom they arrive at school with wet clothes in the summer the

snakes are the main problem. then there are others like judge brinn cushion who come by donkey he wakes up at four each morning so he has enough time to ride the two hours it takes to get to class sometimes i fall from the donkey and i get injured one time i cross the street and my son who was in another donkey got hit by a car but god saved him and he did not die riding on this is not secure especially in harsh weather conditions and up a rocky mountain passes the chances of falling are pretty high it would be a lot easier if the community could build a road to the school but they're not allowed to israeli authorities say they are here illegally. we always live with the feeling that they are going to kick us out from the camps and we're afraid for our children's future that. we just want to live our ordinary lives without fear that we have no electricity or water we have no roads. luckily the school is built in line with strict israeli orders but even

though the bear lose mud and straw wars cannot be bulldozed neither can they be expanded but for the children and the literate parents it's worth the effort these people realise the importance of education. thriving to it's that kids so maybe look at the trying to learn and they realize this importance because they're you know a very. big not for votes for the one hundred thirty students it's a few hours with spite from the harsh reality awaiting them outside these gates the chance for a future which their parents never had driving them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can put a slur r t y d abu hindi in the west bank. up next is the latest financial news a prime interest. paranoia

and zero tolerance policies strikes yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involves the son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was our gun bang children imitate what they see in every t.v. channel and in many video games kids are going to see a lot of guns in fact the boy at that moment was admirably pretending to be just like his father a u.s. marine you know guns kind of come with that job description rather than complain you all again about the obvious idiocy of zero tolerance policies against children playing let me give one suggestion to actually help fix the problem there are so many teachers and school administrators across america that i bet many of you know

one of them try talking them about the madness of zero tolerance a lot of people do things just because they were told to or they never thought about it before so please dear friends try to get teachers you know to actually think about it i can complain on t.v. all day long but one conversation from a friend or relative really could change many people's minds maybe but that's just my opinion. good afternoon oh welcome the prime interest i'm harry i'm boring here and washington d.c. and these are the stories that we're tracking today. what i thought the banks are writing their own legislation that's what a new york times article reveals one bill in particular is carving out exemptions for trades and for a new what regulation according to the times the bill which quote was essentially

citi group sailed into the house financial services committee and city group's recommendations were reflected in more than seventy lines of the house committee eighty five line bill while this probably comes as no surprise that the trend of banks carrying increasing influence is getting noticed which is probably not good for mr dimon at all and embattled hedge fund mongul stevie cohen continues to face pressure for possible criminal insider trading charges this after he recently had to pay six hundred million dollars to the f.c.c. to settle civil charges for a senior executives were given subpoenas to testify before a grand jury many are looking at this case as a bellwether for the largely unregulated hedge fund industry it seems the top dogs in this finance sector are not too big to fail and finally japan's money print money printer in chief has said he would do more to her opponents as domestic bond market convincing limo.