is why you should care. there are global protests against us g.m. food dominating the world's food market. health is at risk taking. a suicide bomber targets police in the capital of russia's republic of dagestan killing and injuring fourteen people it's the latest in a string of deadly terrorist strikes in the region. also. to a french. in retaliation for france's military four is the north africa. intervention is fanning extremism across the continent our top stories this hour.

on screen online international news and comment from our studio in moscow this is. a wave of rolling across the globe in protest at biotech giant santo campaigners an environmentalist and more than forty countries accuse the multinational corporation of aggressively expanding into the food market and spreading hazardous products some of the largest demonstrations are expected in the u.s. where the company was set up more than a century ago. explains. two hundred thousand participants in the united states alone in about forty eight states different action is going to be taking place so all of these people planning to flood out onto the streets to speak out against this biotech giant accused of producing genetically genetically engineered

food and agriculture accused of turning a blind eye on the health consequences that the food that they produce can have on people throughout the world because this is a global corporation also accused of the enormous lobbying power that this corporation has in washington for one where the amount of money pumped into lobbying allows the passage of certain acts such as the months and protection act very controversial extremely criticized but also block any acts that would allow our labeling g m o's in the united states so certainly all of these issues but just more generally also people want to bring more attention to what it is that they're putting into themselves what they're eating and how they can prevent huge corporations such as monsanto from creating health consequences for people throughout the world we're definitely expecting to see plenty of occupy wall street activists at the monsanto anti 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 whereas the march against monsanto is against specific corporation that continues to refuse to listen to the voice of the people existing for over a century yet continuing 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 the global move against genetically modified goods started off in new zealand hundreds of people gathered to send a message to the biotech manufacturers australians have been protesting in their thousands to the modern g.m. free zone and rallies are also taking place in japan's capital tokyo demonstrators

have marched through the streets of europe's key cities as well caring stop monsanto posters and activist nick but obvious says the corporation is forcing small farmers out of business pushing them into such despair that some commit suicide if you look at what happened in india i mean there's an epidemic of suicides of the farmers because i'm santoso them are a cotton seed that they promised to do a certain thing and then those seeds didn't perform how they were supposed to and it drove a lot of these indian farmers into sheer poverty and they ended up committing suicide by the hundreds and thousands of effects farming communities everywhere i mean in the united states they're known for suing small farmers there's a lot of small farmers at the 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-pollinate it and then monsanto comes in and they use their government cronies to go in and shut down small farmers because. their

genetics from their seeds that they did have have slowly crept into the into the genetics of non g.m.o. seeds as well. despite a global leg of the u.s. senate to scupper the bill which would have given american states the authority to decide whether to label genetically modified products the majority of legislators believe that people don't need to know whether they are eating g.m. foods. explains why. 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 provided 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 for 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 you know this lobbying started happening around the same time that monsanto admitted to bribing indonesian officials in an attempt to weaken environmental oversight of the process 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.

. well on our website dot com we're asking you what you think these global protests and demonstrations will achieve and we can have a look at the results. on the screen we can see that the majority seventy one percent positive they believe it will increase public awareness but also acknowledge the fact that business could well. any policy change is sixteen percent think it could attract attention but not much bearing in mind that world hunger is probably more of a pressing concern nine percent think this could be an ongoing campaign which could achieve more restrictions on g.m. food and. believe that perhaps this could lead to a global products together now you can always use our common section if one of your views are expressed there we'd like to know what you think and also of course you can follow the update for live updates on our website and of course we will

continue reporting on screen those demonstrations and protests that are going global this is our life here in moscow. with the backing. of. the world. in the free. one person has died and fourteen of been injured after a female suicide bomber blew herself up close to the police headquarters in russia's republic of dagestan at least two children are reportedly among the wounded is the latest in a string of attacks that has shaken the republic recently. has more. the explosion happened and around ment day very close to the regions in terra ministry building and according to the locals the blast was so powerful that it could be heard in different parts of the city it was a female suicide bomber she was a new car police stopped her to check the documents and at that time she detonated

her device currently the area is blocked off by police as there are fears that this blast may actually be full buy another one to increase the number of casualties now this tactic is really well used by terrorists around the globe in particular by the al qaeda terrorists in their terror operations in various areas now this blast is just one in a string of latest terror attacks that hit this region just five days ago there was another deadly blast and we have four people were killed and forty others severely injured the region of dagestan remains one of the most volatile areas in russia's north caucasus with reports on terror attacks coming in almost in a regular basis. from the police make a new arrest in connection with the word machete murder that's amid growing discontent against the muslim community in london. looks at whether islamophobia

has gained a foothold in british society. that's still to come before us probes has admitted its troops took part in the salt on a military base in this yeah to be overrun by islamic militants it followed a twin bomb attack cole the base the french owned a mine a prominent is in this group took responsibility saying the operation was revenge for france's intervention in money upon the volunteers began to emerge across the former french colonies in africa in general to military intervention in mali to stop an islamist takeover of the country a few days later more than eight hundred people were taken post. by extremists in algeria demanding an end to france's military foray and dozens of the hostages were either executed or caught in the crossfire in the ensuing battle the man behind the raid a north african al qaeda leader was believed to be killed but he's now claimed responsibility for thursday's bombings in nigeria and act which he says is in retaliation for

france's actions in north africa this all shows a trend of islamist spreading from mali across the region raising the risk of more widespread attacks on is in mali. those behind the two sides last the over twenty people in niger on thursday have described this 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 onus and jihad 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 runs as president then failed the operation at success here in the capital the macro 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 really catered for when the recent loss was what would all be said france would not interfere in niger however the next day french troops took part in operation to free hostages that image and captured off of it attack in a further the half for those who want the french intervention because we get the chain reaction that will give paris more travels and will bring more violence to the entire region. notion altie for mali. to contribute if she returns he dealt french military action will suppress extremism in the region especially given the natural riches that. there's no doubt that the french intervention will lot of change anything in particular. the

idea that extremist or al qaeda linked groups are just going to go away friend special forces a left for my. needs yeah 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 it whatever is happening in these areas there's a scramble for this uranium french company with their own this uranium mine how strange that its revenues twenty eleven or about the g.d.p. of the entire country what to extremism any. political aims to convince the e.u. it needs more time to deal with its economic crisis but as we report later the start is already pushing the middle class towards the breadline as people struggle for a way out of debt. and children on the margins of society scrabble along the path

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arabic to find out visit arabic. british police have arrested a man who claimed on t.v. to be a friend of the main suspect in the daylight decapitation of a soldier in london on wednesday the gruesome machete murder motivated by radical islam has already led to a number of attacks on muslims when i discuss the extent to which muslims and immigrants are being blamed with at the politics. and from the right wing british national party. 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 perpetrate against mosques against property the threats against muslims these are also acts of terrorism these are also acts of violence by non-state actors for political means well i got to learn from and i have something to do with my how to help like i'll be going 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 no he said noting completely fucked ali personally how about an open dialogue with muslim communities that recently i had the bait with muslim communities. in but the city in london about these very issues. for employees. will be voters will tell you 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. people from from they think it's number 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 there what is their mission actually was he is a us all right you know yet if you just don't know just what it is that it does not just ask you shorted the british people died there a poll by what's happened they want to stroll response from government they don't want a reaction that could 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 for

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 i don't like the five. minutes which ended it is something to do with an intrinsic nature of islam ok mr 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 of many people who say we need to step up that now super 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 i 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 party let me think it was a free country and they're even say it isn't although my lawyer on an 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 gave over my five they paid over my

five toking in the council called civil reflating to do two thousand and five the security services in the united kingdom not of a mom or neither to track down every single song suspect being born you know not that the reason they gave obama a five talking no if a few carry on in bailing out of countries. killing muslims in iraq afghanistan c.d.r. and everywhere else. you know how you will bring her. enough security services. the unger of these people. portugal could ask for more time to cut its debt it wants e.u. and i.m.f. creditors to revise their demanded targets for a third time despite lisbon seventy eight billion euro bailout and harsh budget the

nation is still in crisis and as peter all of a found out the middle class is being hit hard. 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 and. 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's no work the way things are now i have no prospects no hope. this family a lucky there are many in portugal and they 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 children from bad pairings just parents that conned feel them and there's another worrying trend appearing bill stand by them all too often we see the same thing they how many lose their income they're too proud to ask for help the bells start piling up the mortgage to food before you

know it's the family on the street but future is that with the children the problem for portugal is that it has debts around one hundred eighty billion euro one hundred twenty percent of the new 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 here in my son what i hope for a new way goes that he can get a job somewhere abroad i can see anything for him here peter all of our team portugal. at least thirty orthodox protesters and gay rights campaigners have been arrested during a heated rally in moscow and a section activists were protesting before the lower house of russian parliament

when they were charged by christian vigilantes wielding icons and crosses police were forced intervene drag me away dozens from both sides initial demonstration was intended to protest against russia's anti-gay propaganda law which activists from rights groups themselves as oppressive and her sexuality was decriminalized in russia in the early nineties but from a phobia remains rife. education is the most powerful weapon nelson mandela once said in a small palestinian community families are taking that advice to heart it's a two hour trek to the nearest school for some young students who are determined to learn against the odds on his policy report on the daily challenge of grabbing an education each morning the steep hills of this inhospitable corner of the daily desert come alive with children scrambling down the slopes to get to class before the bell rings. some troops and 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 or the coming stream obstacles just to get here. in the winter when it rains a lot of children for whom they arrive at school with 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 friend who was in another donkey got hit by a car but god saved him and he did not die but 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 and 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. we just want to live our ordinary lives without fear we have no electricity or water we have no roads. luckily the school is built in line with strict his radio orders but even though the belew mud and straw wars cannot be bulldozed neither can they be expanded but for the children and their literate parents it's worth the effort these people realize the importance of education. thriving that it's that kids and also maybe look at the trying to learn and they realize this importance because they you know if they are not educated they cannot fight for the rights. for the one hundred thirty students it's a few hours for 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 the r t y d abu hindi in the west bank.

there are some more international news in brief this hour in pakistan sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher have died after a school bus caught fire east of the capital islamabad the children were aged between five and fifteen police say seven others injured in the fire were taken to a local hospital reports a gas and that also exploded in the blaze. in syria at least twenty four people have been killed in fighting between government forces and rebels in the western city of eighteen of those who died opposition fighters according to a u.k. based activist group president assad's troops launched an all out offensive on the area week ago this is seen as strategically important for rebels funneling weapons from lebanon which is just ten kilometers to the west. one hundred we had to visit martin the berlin suburb a book to mark the anniversary of the murder of an unemployed man who was stabbed to death in his home by four right wing extremists who thought he was abusing the

welfare system they were later sentence to between four and thirteen years in prison suburb in the north of berlin has become a hotbed of extremist activity in recent years. about with the news team with more for you in just over half an hour for the meantime technology updates that's next. 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 pee pretended his pencil was a gun bang children imitate what they see and 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.