the week's top stories here on r.t. . police investigate the brutal slaying of. questions are mounting over britain's foreign policy fueling hate and potentially becoming an inspiration for attacks. since we see hundreds of youths vandalized in school setting cars on fire across the capital in six unprecedented nights of rioting they were reportedly sparked by the police killing of a portuguese immigrant brandishing a knife. and in over fifty countries across the globe to protest against an agricultural giant sounding the alarm over its genetically modified products saying they're in danger people's health and the environment. and also this week

a month self-defense president obama justifies the use of drones as part of a just war against terror and the campaign that made america safer despite many feeling it's only made things worse. good to have you company you're watching and our look back at the main stories of the week. police are pressing for answers as they investigate the murder of a u.k. soldier who was run over brutally slain in broad daylight in the middle of a london street two suspects detained after the attack remain in custody in hospital and three more were arrested in connection with the killing on saturday and while security is now being reviewed in the wake of the murder many believe it's the u.k.'s foreign policies that badly need to come under scrutiny as r.t.

sarah firth reports a flag at half mast a grizzly attack with a machete style knife and a murdered soldier leaves behind a two year old son the seemingly behind this crease an act seeking to bring scenes of violence usually seen in war ravaged parts of the world to the london suburb. in a poignant interview r.t. spoke to an army officer he told us of the reaction among some in the armed forces to remain in. anger at the moment i'm a little bit. scared maybe scared. you never get someone to. be scared i witness accounts of the precise attack details the men chanting islam is slogans as the body of soldier drama leave it be a second battalion the royal regiment you said they only pleading they asked people

to d.d.a. then if you listen to the words of the attackers themselves it's clear that they will wish to bring the war which they saw prosecuted on the streets of baghdad and kabul to the streets of london this speaking at a press conference london mayor boris johnson okayed many senior political figures trying to distance this latest act of violence in the case of recent a.b.c. exploits this is not a question of blaming the religion of islam it is certainly not a question of blaming any aspect of british foreign policy or what our british troops are do in operations abroad when they risk our lives on behalf of all of us the london mayor in charge at the time of the london two thousand and five bombings disagrees they are lying they are completely complicit with the united states policy to cite tony blair was with george bush they are prepared to stand and say well we think this strategy has been a disaster it has been just not just for the young man killed on the streets of

london but for the hundreds of thousands of. people in afghanistan and in iraq who've been killed a simple reality if you invade other people's countries they come back it's one side of an argument but one that's going to be weighing heavily on many now that this has hit so close to home you feel less secure i think that's one ace. you think if we went out there then perhaps a bit more space skype from canada to produce the sounds they'd be upright mold within the u.k. because when we're out there with strict and spice and not allowing that freedom and now then that means bicycle bryson's i mean as we can both say the arguments because we're out there where we spawn the most motivates in the presence of the resource motivating the selves back in the u.k.

to operate more and carry out more attacks as the police investigation continues a deep sense of shock and outrage from the local community here in southeast london at the brutal attack and they sentiment echoed across the country as people struggle to come to terms with how a crime like that could happen here. london. well the killing of a u.k. soldier of the u.k. soldier allegedly carried out by islamic extremists has sparked sentiment across the country over a thousand right wing protesters marched in the northern city of newcastle while in the science and portsmouth police arrested three men who were racially motivated to so as a crowd gathered near a local mosque a number of people have been paid before courts to iran the country alleged racist incident. bill dodd discussed this and the way the recent terror attack in london should be perceived in done at its politics dot com you can i could tell you from

the right wing british national party. is 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 there are 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 political means well i've got to learn from and i thought it was something to do with my how to help others to figure out exactly station here is done by right wing fanatics and i have to come out so the person. the other person who's talking about the signori completely fucked. personally how about an open dialogue with most in communities that recently i had a debate with muslim communities in books. but that was seen in a long book about these very issues.

voters who are going about the. issue of these racist you should learn rather 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. frome. let me really judge the members all its allies only the no one website and some other lunatics who also agree with your demented view of the world however that does not mean that you know what is there what is the measure that it was he is the us or are you not yet if you just go just for it all you know just ask you shorted the british people died there a pull 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 where the 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 a lot of fives you can head thug music 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 so what 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 able to make something very clear. where we don't really know what is how does an insidious 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 all that might make your own intelligence a list and not be tracked at all times i'm afraid that these things do sometimes

happen terrible as they are mr critical or they have over my five they have all of my five toking in the council say that. thousand and five this is in the united kingdom of a mom or neither. every single song they suspect. could be involved you know not that that is they have a five talking now if feel if you will carry on in bailing out of countries killing muslims in the dark afghanistan cd and everywhere . you go how you were going herb ever enough security services to counter the ungar of these people in a similar attack a french soldier has been stabbed in the neck while he was patrolling a business area in a neighborhood of paris the twenty three year old was injured as the unknown man

attacked him from behind with a knife or a box cutter police say according to c.c.t.v. footage and suspect is tall the age of thirty five was wearing an arab style cuny and is possibly of north african origin activist and here in this you can chant and thinks the matter who is behind the attack it serves the interests of those who want to undermine islam. these type of attacks plays into the strength the g.o.p. the state to promote a false sense of islam so than is done so what people of the masses around the world conceive 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 in asia to conduct the stabilisation of the french who 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 distracted from a position that is opposing western germany as 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 unjust and immoral foreign policy i.e. those in power in france. six nights of riots in a country listed as the best governed in the world sweden's police say the violence in stockholm has now been curbed although dozens of cars were still torched imports it was almost a week of rioting with mass protesters vandalizing the city and their anger is fueled by unemployment and poverty among immigrants who feel they are being pushed to the edge of society as artie's peter oliver now reports. nice neat and normal not the type of place you would expect to see this. speak on the outskirts of stockholm and the epicenter of sweden's issues with race and that's bubbling over in sweden you get welfare you get access to the education

system up to university level you get access to public transport to libraries to health care to everything and still they feel that they need to throw stones a molotov cocktails it's ridiculous it's a bad excuse the violence in the peaceful city become a political football the swedish democrats are exploiting these events they make it all about immigration to suit their needs they see being anti immigrant as being pro sweden for the past week stone throwing in car burning become the norm in this part of town known for its high unemployment predominantly immigrant population all sparked after a sixty nine year old man was gunned down by police while brandishing a knife that let loose a barrage of emotions it's what it creates type of ghettoization of men so they move everyone from the road interviews parts of town when it comes to unemployment sweden is below the average however almost one quarter of under twenty five out of

work prompting some to say it's time for action saying a lack of control by government has led them to the situation the police can put the write down in five minutes if the politicians were to allow them all those swedes defer over what caused this week's violence they are in agreement that it's government policy that must be changed to avoid scenes like this being repeated on the streets of stockholm peter all of r.t. sweden. two million people across fifty two countries have been protesting against the agricultural biotech giant monsanto according to rally organizes activists claim the corporation's monopolizing the food market and its genetically modified products can lead to serious health and environmental problems the company itself insists its products are safe and help conserve resources artie's and see which one of the protests in new york. throughout the world and in dozens of cities across

the united states weekend of action against monsanto takes place here in the heart of the protests in the big apple were hundreds of people have been marching through the streets of the city demanding that monsanto put an end to its action the corporate giant the biotech global giant has been very controversial its existence for over a century accused of genetically engineered and genetically modified food culture and food accused of turning a blind eye on the health consequences of the food that it produces and also of the immense lobbying powers that it has in washington d.c. for one accused of sleeping in the same bed really with politicians blocking any kind of legislation that would make life for money how months and to more difficult and promoting and pushing through legislation that protects the rights of this

biotech giant these companies are manipulating the food chain to their own advantage for monetary gain there's a few people making a lot of money and we deserve to have better than that there may be no way to fully tackle the machine and even vote which monsanto mud santo in the government award we have a supreme court justice who is a lawyer for the month sent to a corporation how much independence do we have really in our government all of these people that have come out onto the streets according to our estimates throughout the world it's hundreds of thousands of people protesting this weekend in global marches against monsanto what they're demanding is a labeling of g m o's and also demanding further scientific research into genetically engineered genetically modified products and food and what they're hoping is that these big corporations such as monsanto at least begin to have less power and the voice of the people is heard that legislators begin to. stand what it

is that people want especially in the united states where any kind of significant legislation against monsanto has traditionally been blocked by legislators. r.t. new york. and today here in r.t. we are taking an in-depth look at genetically modified foods with our two part feature on the iconic chili peppers an example of the potential dangers of the frankenfood trend and you can watch part one and around fifteen minutes time. some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total structure of the culture of new mexico and i tell him what i mean this is not going to impact only mexico whatever happens here. we're eating out our products in the in the micro you know all the organs that work for. genetically engineered crops why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people

because we have a crappy food system. oversight to come this hour press and we look at the growing concerns over media freedoms in the u.s. after the government seizes the records of associated press and folks news reporters and the war on terror gets a fight if president obama reviews his national anti terrorist strategy defending overseas drone warfare as legal and necessary all that off a quick break. well

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welcome back to the whately now on thursday president obama ordered a review of the justice department's investigations of associated press and fox news reporters the government says it seized their records over concerns that they are leaking classified security information but there are increasing face press freedoms are under threat the u.s. government prefer and secrecy over the public's right to know. as this report. he's the australian wiki leaks founder holed up in the ecuadorian embassy on u.k. soil and across the atlantic members of the american press corps are learning what it feels like to receive the julian a songe treatment the justice department subpoenaed and obtained the telephone records of the associated press over a two month period without any notice i think about the harm done to the a.p. here you know object of interest to intimidate people who talk to reporters the department of justice wasn't just targeting the associated press apparently it also

went after fox news reporter our very own james rosen what you've got here is a situation where somehow now journalism has been criminalized dozens of journalists have been secretly investigated by the justice department for reporting on national security issues government officials secretly obtained reporters' phone logs and personal e-mails trying to find out who leaked classified information to the press even if you side with this president over those of us in the media who challenge him and his administration it is important to remember the precedent these actions set going forward perhaps when it's not your guy in the white house the guy currently residing in the white house has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all other administrations combined and now experts say u.s. news outlets are being persecuted just like wiki leaks has been the obama administration has really taken the executive branch powers have been kimmitt dating the free

press from under the bush administration and exponentially multiplied them addressing the nation this week the us president said journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs but leakers will pay the price i believe we must keep information secret that protects our operations and our people in the field. to do so we must enforce consequences for those who break the law and breach their commitment to protect classified information however some think the lines are becoming increasingly blurred this is the first time. you know national security has been used to get reporters i mean that really is frightening trying because it's usually used to get leakers so if the bomb and ministration releases justice department thinks that they can use criminal laws to get journalists because they're coconspirators i mean honestly that's one of the worst things i've come

across and all the years i've been doing this the new yorker magazine has pulled a page from wiki leaks to protect those who want to share something the u.s. government doesn't want revealed it launched an open source dropbox where people can send leaked documents and messages without their identities ever being known the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t.

. now quick look at other stories making headlines this hour two rockets have hit a hezbollah district of the lebanese capital beirut leaving at least five people injured according to reports little information has been disclosed about the attack but one source says the rockets were fired from a tat on lebanon some thirteen kilometers away it comes barely a day after the lebanese hezbollah leader promised victory and support to ally bashar al assad why would the u.s. and israel for their position in the conflict. the u.s. teenager arrested in the town of albania on thursday for plotting a bomb attack on his high school has been charged by police investigators found at least six different bombs including one explosive device containing napalm in a secret compartment in granted called bedroom the teen is reported to have idolized the students behind the nine hundred ninety nine columbine high school attack in which fifteen died this week president obama unveiled

a new face to the war on terror while speaking about america's national defense policies he defended drone strikes is legal and necessary this after the obama administration for the first time acknowledged that for american citizens had been killed in counterterrorism drone strikes since two thousand and nine author and activist david swanson believes the use of drones only serves as a recruiting tool for even more terrorists. he claims that he is going to further limit his murder by drone program including applying these arbitrary criteria met in secret by himself to his own satisfaction to non americans at least in certain countries countries other than afghanistan and yet he's not provided publicly any documentation of the claims he's made thus far i mean if if he would rather have captured ardmore or locky why did he not indict him

with with any criminal charges or provide any evidence to anyone that he was guilty of any criminal acts this is this is not transparency and if these reforms and limitations are needed on this program then what of the conduct of this program here to for zip not as criminal and abusive as it appears i'm all warning the war on terror will stretch on indefinitely obama has for the second time in five years promised to try to shut down guantanamo bay u.s. president said insisting his own moratorium of transferring detainees to yemen this is in the tourist camp is being caught in a massive hunger strike for nearly four months more than one hundred three hundred sixty six prisoners that are currently protesting against indefinite detention and inhumane treatment the majority of them remain held without charge one for my god at the prison says his guantanamo experience has psychologically scarred him. some

of the some of the tactics that i saw practice in guantanamo i just never really want to wish to relive again omar kotter and a number of other detainees said they were privileged to something we called the frequent flyer program where we would essentially move them every two hours whether removing them from camp delta camp echo or moving them from bravo block to charlie block be it a little move or a big move the idea of a set every two hours they would be removed and they wouldn't be able to sleep this was essentially thought to wear down their psyche and make them more. probable to give up information during interrogation the only reason the detainees are being force fed is the u.s. military or rather the powers that be are scared that these men have enough conviction to to literally starve to death and they know that if these men do starve to death it will make the u.s. look bad in the global perspective as it stands right now they we have so many

millions of dollars of taxpayer money in one pot but if we just devoted another four hundred fifty million i think that's just perfect evidence right there there's no intention to close up one where the. now as promised coming up we'll be taking an in-depth look at genetically modified foods with the iconic cheating pappa chief among. 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 the son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was a gun banger 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.

controlling the seeds is not some abstraction whoever provides the world seeds controls the world's food supply are locked in steel vanity fair. for the first time corporations are patenting products that are self replicating uncontrollable and irretrievable.