global protests against a us g.m. food giant accused of dominating the world's food market so much so that consumers health is at risk taking their own lives. militants laid siege to a french mine and. in retaliation for france's military four is in north africa. mali intervention is fanning extremism across the continent. reporting the suicide bomber targets police in the capital of russia's republican. killing one and injuring fourteen it's the latest in a string of deadly terrorist strikes in the region.

screen online international news and comments live from studio center here in moscow and this is. a wave of rallies is rolling across the globe in protest it but take. campaigners and environmentalists are 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 taking place in the u.s. where the company was set up more than a century ago. in a reports now from new york. well me york city is one of dozens american cities holding these big protesting and months against monsanto today where in the heart of the march shot that's taking place in the big house according to our estimates there are over two thousand people here organizers have been holding a head count to see how many people show up so it's really over two thousand people

they were just marching through the city odd now are the protests are continuing and definitely all of these people are gathered here today to speak out against this giant biotech more issue that's for years been accused of manipulating farmers harassing farmers throughout the world monopolizing the agriculture industry and certainly the concerns that concerns about the engine medically engineered food in agriculture genetically modified food that they produce meat and all of these people in new york in the united states and across the world are speaking out against this giant corporations they that has immense lobbying power in the west specifically and has been around for over a century so certainly it's behavior is very hard to tackle but these people are hoping to do just that the goods are set out are pretty simple people are saying that it's time to begin labeling genetically modified food in the united states for one so that consumers are able to make up a knowledgeable choice about what it is that they're buying purchasing and feeding

their families and certainly this is been something that's been a huge battle in the internet and its needs because of the major lobbying powers that monsanto have any sort of tangible legislation was either blocked or legislation that is in favor of monsanto's activities force through very strongly by its lobbying powers and it's very close my eyes in washington d.c. so for one protester's want labeling up here most as well as per their scientific research and in turn to find out exactly what kind of an impact genetically engineered genetically modified model caught on consumers around the world. the global move against genetically modified good started off in new zealand hundreds of. gathered to send a message to the biotech manufacturers australians have been protesting in the thousands he demanded g.m. free zone rallies have also taken place in japan's capital tokyo demonstrators of march through the streets of europe's key cities as well carrying stop monsanto post its activities and economics says the corporation is forcing small farmers

other 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 out of 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 plus also 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 and their seeds that they patented have have slowly crept into the into the genetics of non-zero seats as well despite

a global bank of the us senate has scuppered a bill which would have given american states the authority to decide whether to label genetically modified products the majority of legislators believe people don't need to know whether they are eating g.m. foods or he's making lopez 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 provide 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 vironment the 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. blair spoke to a fundamental he's author of seeds of destruction the hidden agenda of g.m. and he explained how the take john one son ten manages to stay afloat despite

widespread criticism and damning research into exciting to tease this is a. strategic interest of the us the agribusiness lobby which lobbied the bush sr as president i think ninety two monsanto went to the white house and had a closed door meeting with bush and got bush to agree to make sure there were no government tests whatsoever on the health and safety of g.m.o. products before they were released to the commercial public rats that would give all monsanto rice corn or other had. huge incidence of cancer tumors compared with nonviable rats they had an enormous organ damage death rates five times out of of normal rights and the study was suppressed well that was it was downed by the european union's food safety administration and it turns out most of the scientists on the final had ties to monsanto so it's just a corruption that my own subject tries to infiltrate its way they try to block

labeling in california because that would damage their whole. product situation in america or people are beginning to wake up. and authority dot com are asking what the worldwide protests against monsanto are likely to achieve and these are the results so far we have on screen for you we can see that the majority sixty four percent think they will increase public awareness but business lobbies will probably block policy changes seventeen percent they claim will eventually lead to a global ban on g.m. products an optimistic response there ten percent think that we're less optimistic here they said the rallies will attract little attention as world hunger is more pressing and we can see there that nine percent think they'll become an ongoing movement that forces moderate restrictions on g m food production where you can use our comment section to share your views if none of them were represented here on screen on our on line poll and you can check out our live updates on the global day

of action at our website dot com and stay with us throughout the day for the latest on the protests against monsanto has demonstrations go global. with three. fronts as admitted its troops took part in the salt on a military base in the year after it had been overrun by islamic militants in front of twin bomb attack on the base and the melt line french owned you're a new mine a prominent islamist group took responsibility saying the operation was revenge for france's intervention in mali a pattern of violence has begun to emerge across former french colonies in africa in january france launched a military intervention in mali to stop isn't just take over of the country a few days later more than eight hundred people were taken hostage by extremists in algeria demanding an end to france's military for a. dozens of the hostages were executed they're all caught in the crossfire in the

ensuing battle and the man behind that raid a veteran north african al qaeda leader was believed have been killed but it turns out he is now dispatched militants to attack the ship from libya meaning it too is no host to turn resells he says is retaliation for france's actions in north africa with emotional is in money. those behind the two sides last the 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 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 the troops bronzes 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 they optimistic confirming they destroyed all the major bases of the militants in mali north but this recent attack in niger it's clear that the grass remains 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 in the recent loss also on the said france would not interfere in niger however the next day french troops took part in operation to free hostages with images captured off of it track in a further to half for those who want the french intervention to get that chain reaction that will give paris more travel and will bring more violence to the entire region . notion altie from mali. and they want to contribute if she returns he doubts french military action will suppress extremism in the region especially given the

natural riches that. there's no doubt that the french intervention will. change anything in particular. the idea that streams or al qaeda linked groups are just going to go away french special forces. into which usually we knew about because of course the yellowcake uranium. this is where all the world's uranium you know there's a big fight for whatever is happening in these areas there's a scramble for the french company. how strange the. revenues. are about the g.d.p. of the country what. extremism. coming up after the break fears of reprisal attacks from his military incursion in mali amounting just. a man

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three. three. three. three. three. three. four your media. continues here in r t one person has died and fourteen have been injured after a female suicide bomber blew herself up close to the police headquarters in russia's republican. at least two children are reported it is the latest in a string of attacks that have shaken the republic recently. has. the explosion

happened around midday very close to the regions in tara 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 fulled 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 qaida terrorists in their terror operations in various areas now this blast is just one in a string of latest terror attacks that hit the streets in just five days ago there was another deadly blast and we four people were killed and forty others severely injured the region of dagestan remains one of the most volatile arest in russia's north caucasus with reports on terror attacks coming in almost in

a regular basis. russian energy giant ross neff the world's largest publicly traded all firm has signed a massive new deal for here billions of dollars in a joint venture to pump out an estimated forty billion barrels of black gold in venezuela and get the details on our website right now at all to dot com. and far as rage across the poor suburbs of stockholm for a sixth night this part a heavy police presence in the streets you can get videos pictures and all the updates on r.t. dot com. portuguese workers again protesting against ongoing austerity measures this comes as lisbon plans to ask the e.u. and i.m.f. for more time to cut its debt the country wants creditors to revise their demanded targets for third time. all of a find out the middle class has been hardest hit. 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 with 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 we'll live and see the things 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 are 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 or themes that already we have children passing out of school because parents can't afford to feed them properly how can they learn if they're focused on hunger these aren't children from bad parents just parents that can't feed them and there's another worrying trend appearing because then worry them 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 a 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. my son would i hope her readers that he can get a job somewhere abroad i can see anything for him here peter all of our portugal. a french soldier has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in the neck in the western business district of paris is on patrol as part of non going terrorist operation reportedly a man of north african origin is now on the run for french president francois

hollande has said he will look at whether there was any connection with the murder in london on wednesday a british soldier was decapitated by two attackers with a machete sparking a wave of islamophobia violence there well for more on this now let's cross live to journalists account chandan who's in london well president hollande has not she said there's a likely connection between the paris and london attacks but do you think it is likely. i think it's likely at least in the sense that if this if it's true that this attack took place etc it seems like a similar pattern to the in the type of strategical and it illogical approach of the pro al qaeda type for so-called just the groups similar to islam for islam for you kate or i'm just charity and almost like you mom is an armature and it's cetera but i think we need to understand because there's two basic explanations that

people give people either take the french government or the british government line on things like will it show the other day or what's happened in paris today or they say it's all about foreign policy or or france or britain and i don't think those two quite positions really hold enough substance as an explanation because yes the year yes we did have international terrorism which was a direct response and resistance to western foreign policy or the type of what the what you had died of the p.l.p. cause the jack-o. and in the algerian national liberation war in france you had sabotaged factories and you had to also french a radical leftist joining in with algeria to conduct sabotage but what we seem to day is i think the western intelligence services have done their research and they've developed a new form of manipulating that angle which is undoubtedly there undoubtedly our young people are sealing with anger at the injustice and they have the humanity to identify in commonality with the victims of imperialist policy throughout the

region but the difference between us the year and today is that these groups are facilitating everything everywhere they go everything they touch the result is that imperialism gains and was limbs lose so really we have to start distracting this in a bit more of a new instance of history kate that manage ok but at the the fact is that it seems that the wanted to attack is were acting on their own they went part of a major network it seems perhaps this could be the case in paris if he is a lone wolf attacker as it were. so how do you deal with that when it is over see a homegrown ideology something coming from those people themselves rather than part of an organization no i disagree that the lone wolf and it's isolated and out of the blue they are part of a network and british prime minister cameron has admitted so has the ministry of defense so has my five that one of the well it's attackers of the larger if i'm not mistaken the young gentleman who went on camera to explain with his hands bloodied

was actually under surveillance for a good part seven eight years by the intelligence services and now it's just come out literally today and yesterday in the mainstream press that m i five had asked the same young gentleman to be recruited to work for them just eight months prior to the willage attack now this network of chartres group the people the periphery and the support this and the members also the same gentleman by the way conduct of the police attack is is has been plastered on photographs taken at different protests having scuffles with the police so he was well known to them and hold on a second on the one hand they're saying oh the british foreign policy is the reason why we conducting this gruesome terrorist act on the other hand this same person and his group and his leaders are asking everyone to go to syria to fight a so-called jihad syria has is not occupying and imposed limit lands syria is a resistant state of the global south if part and foreign policy is at the heart of this do you think that the frogs britain and other governments may rethink their

military policies in muslim countries now no they won't and everything is going pretty much to plan for them except in syria and except when they're faced with serious resistance movement such as the lebanese with resistance movement hizbullah let's be honest that these type of attacks plays into the stress of the g.o.p. the state to promote a false sense of islam so then is done so what people of the masses around the world can see wrongly as islam is a disgusting version of the face and in so doing criminalizes. all muslims around the world and then they use these groups like your report i just said in asia to conduct the stabilization so the french can go in pretending to be the neutral arbitrators bringing peace and stability this is a big game or theater smoke and mirrors that really has to be distinctive from a position that is opposing western hegemony now the letter sparked a surge of anti muslim violence there in britain do you think we can expect the same in france now and of course that anti wisdom sentiment that doesn't come as any surprise to you surely as a result of what happened exactly and that's part of the state strategy is to make

sure that everyone is pointing fingers at everyone but the actual arbitrators of the economic crisis of police corruption of a unjust and immoral foreign policy i.e. those in power in france and those who have that if you can't excuse the extreme violence and shocking horror of what's happened in the street absolutely i don't justify i oppose it but what i'm saying is that this type of activity took place yesterday which had a universalistic kind of illogical approach which developed solidarity among actual liberation movements these people are not attached to any liberation movements that touched a destabilization traumatising divisive and violently sectarian it illogical movements as we can see clearly in the cat cannibalistic tactics of those so-called rebels nothing but death squads in syria and in libya before that second shannon thank you very much indeed for your comments live here on. 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 to intervene dragging away dozens from both sides initial demonstration was intended to protest against russia's anti-gay propaganda law which activists some rights groups denounce as oppressive and the sexuality was decriminalized in russia in the early ninety's but have a phobia remains right. now some more international news of this world update in pakistan sixteen school children and a teacher died after a school bus east of the capital islamabad the children were aged between five and fifteen police seven others injured in the fire were taken to a local hospital reports a gas cylinder also exploded in a blaze. in syria at least twenty four people have been killed in fighting between government forces and rebels in the western city of qusayr

eighteen of those who died are opposition fighters according to a u.k. based activist group president assad's troops launched an all out offensive on the area a week ago the city seen a strategically important rebels funneling weapons from lebanon which is just ten kilometers to the west. to bring you up to date for the moment i'll be back with a news team with morphy in just over half an hour from now just ahead for you after the break it's the cutting edge of tomorrow show technology update stay with us for that if you can. 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 paul 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 the people are actually becoming this 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 for.