there are global protests against a u.s. g.m. food giant accused of dominating the world's food market so much so that consumers health risk and farmers are taking their own lives. a french soldier was stabbed in the neck one patrol in paris the attack has drawn comparisons with the recent brutal killing of a british servicemen in london authorities are investigating whether the incident in any way. a suicide bomber targets police in the capital of russia's republican killing one and injuring fourteen people it's the latest in a string of deadly terrorist strikes in the region our top stories.

online international news and comment live from our studios in moscow this is. the wave of rallies is rolling across the globe in protest at bio tech giant. campaigners and environmentalists and more than forty countries accuse the multinational corporation of aggressively expanding into the food market and spreading has of those products some of the largest demonstrations are taking place in the u.s. where the company was set up more than a century ago but he's honest reports now from he'll. bummy york city is one of dozens american cities holding these big protesting and months against monsanto today where 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 but only 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 corp 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 a genetically 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 day that has immense lobbying power in the west specifically and has been around for over a century so certainly its 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 power. when tangible legislation was either blocked or legislation that would it be monsanto's activity force through very strongly by its lobbying powers that it's very close by in washington d.c. so what protesters want labeling up here miles as was worth their scientific research in time to find out exactly what kind of an impact genetically engineered and genetically modified bought a job on consumers brought the world. the global move against genetically modified goods started off in new zealand hundreds of people gathered to send a message to the biotech manufacturers are starting to be protesting in their files used to demand the g.m. free zone rallies are also taking place in japan's capital taking demonstrators a march through the streets of europe's key cities as well caring stop one santo posted activist. says that incorporation is forcing small farmers out of business

pushing them into such despair and some commit suicide if you look at what happened in india i mean there's an epidemic of suicides of the farmers because on santoso them a card 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 of thousands most songs of sex 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 of genetic migration inches into crops that weren't supposed to be g.m.o. but they're getting cross-pollinate it and then masato comes in and they use their government cronies to go in and shut down small farmers because. their genetics and their seeds that they've planted have have slowly crept into the into the genetics of non g.m.o. seeds as well. despite global anger the u.s.

senators 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 revised the first comprehensive analysis of u.s. 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 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. and there i spoke to william and bell he's author of seeds of destruction the hidden agenda of g.m.o. he explained how the job at monsanto manages to stay afloat despite widespread

criticism and damning research into its activities this is a. strategic interest of the us the agribusiness lobby which lobby the bush sr as president one thousand nine hundred 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 old monsanto rice corn and 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 rats 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 panel had ties to monsanto so it's just a corruption but more on 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. one of r.t. dot com are asking what the worldwide protests against monsanto likely to achieve well these are the results we have so far this hour on screen. three percent think they will increase public awareness but business lobbies will likely block policy changes nineteen percent so far claim that eventually led to a global ban on g.m. products an optimistic idea there the rest are split even between those who are less optimistic and say the rallies will attract a little attention as world hunger is a more pressing problem and those who believe they'll become an ongoing movement that forces moderate restrictions that is one percent as well now use our comment section to share your views if none of them were represented here r.t. dot com and you can check out our live updates on the global day of action on our

website and of course stay with us throughout the day for the latest on the protests against monsanto as demonstrations go global. with the backing of a government sowing see. around the world breaking the story. the march against the santo. monarchy. a french soldier has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in the neck in the western business district of paris he was on patrol as part of an ongoing anti terrorist operation in turkey reportedly a man of north african origin is now on the run french president francois hollande 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 islam phobic violence there activists and journalists chandan believes that such attacks only serve the interests of those who want to undermine islam.

let's be honest that these type of attacks plays into the strategy of the state to promote a four sense of islam so that is what people of the masses around the world can see wrongly as islam is a disgusting burden off the face and in so doing criminalizes all muslims around the world these people are not attached to any movements attached to destabilization traumatising divisive and violently sectarian it illogical movements as we can see clearly in the cannibalistic tactics of those so-called rebels nothing but death squads and syria and libya before that. france's admitted its troops took part in the salt on a military base in the share after it had been overrun by islamic militants it followed the twin bomb attack on the base and an outlying french owned your ania mine a prominent islam is group took responsibility saying the operation was revenge for france's intervention in mali but 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 an islamist takeover 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 four and dozens of the hostages were executed or caught in the crossfire in the ensuing battle now the man behind that raid a veteran north african al qaeda leader was believed to have been killed but it turns out he has now dispatch militants to attack me sheer from libya meaning to is now host to terrorist cells he says it's retaliation for france's actions in north africa ortiz marouf notion or is in mali. those behind the two seaside loft 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 the 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 that 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 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 images captured off of that attack in a further to half for those that want the french intervention to get

a chain reaction that will give paris more travel and will bring more violence to the entire region. notion altie from mali. contributor action returned seatbelts 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 changed anything in particular. the idea that extremist or al qaeda linked groups are just going to go away french special forces left their money into these 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 whatever is happening in these areas there is a scramble for this uranium french company this uranium mine how strange that

its revenues are twenty eleven or about the g.d.p. of the entire country and what fertile ground to have extremism of any kind. portugal aims to convince the e.u. it needs more time to deal with its economic crisis for those who report after the break its turkey is already pushing the middle class towards the bread line as people struggle for a way out of debt to come with other stories. some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total destruction of the culture of mexico by telling them i mean this is not going to impact on any mexico whatever happens here. in

the in the you know you know. why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people because we have a crappy food system. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the. reporting from the world talks about six of the c.r.t.c. interviews intriguing story. in trying. to find out more visit are big. news continues here on our t.v. 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 republic of dagestan at least two children are reportedly among the wounded it's the latest in a string of attacks that has shaken the republic recently. the explosion happened around ment day very close to the regions in terror 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 in a 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 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. russian energy giant rosneft the wolves not just publicly traded oil firm has signed a massive new deal for vo billions of dollars in a joint venture to pump out an estimated forty billion barrels of black gold in venezuela get the details on that story at a website right now and also. follows rage across the poor suburbs of stockholm for a six has bought a heavy police presence in the streets you can get videos pictures and all the updates right no i don't think. portuguese workers are done protesting against going austerity measures this comes as there's been plans to us the e.u. and i.m.f.

for more time to cut its that the country wants creditors to revise that the money to talk gets for a third time and as all of these preacher all of a found 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 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 savings 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 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 or themes as we do 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 bernie lost 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 the poor you know it's the family on the street but 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. my son would hope road ragers that he can get a job somewhere abroad i can see anything for him here peter all of our team portugal. these thirty orthodox protesters and gay rights campaigners have been

arrested during a heated rally in moscow and the 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 the initial demonstration was intended to protest against russia's anti-gay propaganda law which activists and rights groups denounce as oppressive to the security was criminalized in russia in the early ninety's but of a phobia remains right. now some more international news for this our world update in pakistan sixteen schoolchildren in a teacher have died after a school bus caught fire east of the capital islamabad the children were aged between five and fifteen police same seven others injured in the fire were taken to a local hospital reports a gas cylinder also exploded in the plains. to syria now where 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 the 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's seen as strategically important for rebels funneling weapons from lebanon which is just ten kilometers to the west. education is the most powerful weapon also mandela once said the small palestinian community families are taking that advice to heart it's a two hour trip to the nearest school for some young students who are determined to learn against the odds are to report on the daily challenge of grabbing an education that. each morning the steep hills of this inhospitable corner of the dame desert come alive with children scrambling down on walkie 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 people's overcome extreme obstacles just to get here. in the winter when it rains a lot of children fall they arrive at school with wet clothes in the summer the snakes are the main problem but then there are others like jeb incursion 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 riding on this is not secure especially in harsh weather conditions and up 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 or thirty's 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. 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 israeli orders but even though the bamboo mad and straw was cannot be bulldozed neither can they be expanded but for the children and the literate parents it's worth the effort these people realize the importance of education. thriving to feed their kids so maybe look at the when they are trying to learn and they realize this importance because they you know are very not the cannot for the. 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 head driving them to make sure they get to class whichever way they can pull asli r t y d abu hindi in the west bank.

that's it for me and the news team full of a metro he'll be here bring you the latest news about thirty minutes from now in the meantime i'll be martin looks into the shady side of the war in afghanistan that's breaking the set next. paranoia and zero tolerance policies strike yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involves a 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.

if you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the less bad luck. i mean and i know that i've seen the same thing really messed up. in the all prairie so personally. it's. worse for the little things. like how superman. radio guy for a minute. i want to quote for about fifty years you've never seen anything like this i'm told.

hey guys welcome to breaking the set i'm abby martin and environment where real investigative journalism is in serious decline it's important to recognize those who go to great lengths to uncover the uncomfortable truths and that's why jeremy scahill that work is so crucial is the same journalist who blew open blackwater's criminal. and now he's delving into even more dangerous territory to expose the scope of u.s. covert wars with his new book an upcoming documentary film called dirty wars take a look. it's hard to say when the story began greetings from kabul afghanistan this was supposed to be the frontline in the war on terror with the name of the military but i knew i was missing the story there was another war in the shadows. and i great. to see the two men in the guest house for the first people could. have been in those with one of the you saw the u.s. forces take the bullets out of the body.