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the latest news in the week's top stories britain's security social integration and foreign policy are under scrutiny following the decapitation of a soldier alleged muslim extremists in london. the peace and quiet of stockholm is disrupted by seven unprecedented nights of youth was sparked by the death of an immigrant. and the anger of a tech giant monsanto unites two million protesters across the world with people accusing the corporation of endangering health and monopolizing the food market our top stories this hour. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is
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live in moscow. u.k. security services are under fire for failing to prevent the brutal daylight murder of a soldier in london on wednesday nine suspects have been arrested so far and at least two of them have been tracked by m i five for years when was allegedly even offered a job by the agency the killing of muslims by british forces overseas was used as justification for the attack but despite fresh fears of homegrown terror u.k. officials are defending the country's foreign policy is sara first reports. a flag at half mast a grizzly attack with a machete style knife and a murdered soldier his death leaves behind a two year old son the seemingly behind this crease a max seeking to bring scenes of violence usually seen in war ravaged parts of the world to the london suburb of will in a poignant interview r.t. spoke to an army officer who told us of the reaction among some in the armed forces
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to remain anonymous anger of the moment and. not scared 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 do you say is 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 but speaking at a press conference london mayor boris johnson okayed many senior political figures trying to distance this latest act of violence from the recent data seize exploits this is not a question of blaming the religion of islam it is certainly not a question or blaming any aspect of british foreign policy or what our british
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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 announced 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 what.
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you think if we went out there then perhaps a bit more space scope for al qaeda to produce the sounds they'd be operate more within the u.k. because when we're out there we're constricted space and not allowing them that freedom and over them that means their base of operations either he was weak or both so the arguments because we're out there were inspiring the more motivating them our presence out there is sort of motivating the cells that back in the u.k. to operate more and carry out more attacks as the police investigation continues a deep sense of self 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 in the wake of the killing carried out by alleged islamists a series of attacks on muslims and mosques has taken place across britain ultra nationalists rallied in clash with police in several cities and
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a number of people have been arrested for racially motivated assault more than one hundred fifty such incidents have been reported in the u.k. since wednesday's killing well earlier this week i discussed the reasons behind the latest violence within don't he's editor of politics talk about u.k. and call us from the right wing british national party. what could a should be responsible immigration custody a to get to us you have get across the u.k. people who find difficulties who will find you to integrate. all right and they don't know what a lot of you are the fact that sample it's immigration isn't working it's irresponsible and there isn't enough included in this efficiencies that means that you know that on so of course the major problem the real id the other one major major problem with what he's saying is that this acts of terrorism really conducted by the far right you very generously describe the b.n.p.
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as 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 political means but i've got to learn from and i have to do something to do with my i have a right to help like i think i'll exaggeration here is done by right wing fanatics and i have to come. to. the other person who's talking doll the signori completely the fog the ugly part of somali how about an open dialogue with muslim communities that recently i had the bait with muslim communities in books 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
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about what are you know proud of on ok just listen to mr dunn now please but you know i don't know we don't know we don't. have websites people from east. people from from they. let me really judge their members it also implies to me that i went. 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 that they mentioned that it was he is a use or are you not yet if you just talk just for it is that it does not just toss you short of the british people know there are 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 whether you have a viable response to a terrorist incident stopping terrorism is about having joined up services by intelligence agencies by the police by mental health authorities by schools by the
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muslim community these are the kind of sensible out moves that you take to prevent violence the issue. we are social programs combine with out these us troops foreign policy. these regard for the rights of other countries and of course people who who are living in isolation cut more links with the outside world than with it. and when british governments go on the rampage off course they are on green. bay you're going to get a full form a m i five agent and he says there's growing frustration among muslims over deadly western interventions around the world. individualistic lone wolf style attacks which don't require great planning don't require from thought specialist equipment or anything will become perhaps one of the main ways that people make protests and
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it's a horrific attack there is no doubt about it and my heart goes out to the family of the victim but what we're looking at is also an angry voice yelling out from north africa hard in the middle east from central asia from all the people that been brutalized by the interventionist policies of the u.s. of the u.k. of nato or france i mean not just iraq and afghanistan but libya in mali in some in yemen and of course what we're looking at is a whole country that's been decimated by a kill list which are a presidential proved in the u.s. every week and also trying strikes which are not targeted they take out a whole villages communities and wedding party and so of course there's going to be anger meanwhile french police are investigating an apparent copycat attack in paris on saturday were a soldier was stabbed and nearly killed the suspect reportedly a bearded man of north african origin is on the run with
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a manhunt on the way but the french president stopped short of linking the attack to the london murder activists and journalists charge and says the violence will be used to demonize muslims and draw attention away from failed government policies. these type of attacks plays into the strategy of 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 in asia to conduct the stabilisation of 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 distracted from a position that is opposing western hegemony 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
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i.e. those in power in france. seven consecutive days of street violence and shouted stockholm's image as an addendum scandinavian city despite additional units being sent from sweden's other regions police have not been able to curb the youth riots they first ignited in an immigrant neighborhood last sunday but spread beyond the capital this week peter all of investigates the call of the unrest there. nice neat and normal not the type of place you would expect to see this. speak on the outskirts of stockholm the epicenter of sweden's issue with a race 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 or molotov cocktails it's ridiculous it's a bad excuse the violence in the usually peaceful city has become
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a political football the swedish democrats are exploiting these events to make it all about immigration to suit their needs they see being anti immigrant as being. 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 run leash of emotions it's the state what it creates type of ghettoization and so they move everyone from abroad into these parts of town when it comes to unemployment sweden is below average there were almost one quarter of under twenty five out of work prompting some to say it's time for further action saying a lack of control by government has led to the situation the police can put the ride down in five minutes if the politicians were to allow them although swedes
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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. still to come on the weekly the press jurists journalists in the u.s. raise the alarm over the. the future of their industry after the government seizes the records of associated press and fox news reporters. plus war without borders rockets fall on parts of lebanon's capital controlled by hezbollah militants off to help the syrian government fight rebels all the details shortly for you here on. the first anger a global food giant monsanto's swept across six continents on saturday as two million people marched in protest at the corporation's practices and instructions took place in dozens of countries with activists accusing the biotech titan of
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aggressively putting small farmers out of business and planting hazardous genetically modified crops many are angry at the legal protection the firm received in a number of nations where it can sometimes make up nearly one hundred percent of the food market monsanto itself maintains its products improve agriculture and conserve resources and he's honest as a chicken it was 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
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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 marta have months santa 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
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in local 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. dan 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 and associates you're going to artsy new york. will have to a website all to don't come for an extensive report on how the day of action against the biotech john unraveled across the world. on our t.v. a chilling feature on how even the most traditional foods are being genetically modified. some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred and developed and passed down from generation to. this is
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a total struction of the culture of mexico by telling them i mean this this is not going to impact on any mexico whatever happens here to have to. worry not talk about it in the in the you know a you know ordinance or. genetically engineered crops why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people because we have a crappy food system. coming your way a little later here on the weekly continues in just about a minute from no this is all to life in moscow. through the trees out of sight but still on our minds from the still excuse the
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you continue your analogy on thursday president obama ordered the review of the justice department's investigations of associated press some folks news the government says it seized journalist records over concerns that leaking classified security information comes amid what is seen as washington's intensified persecution of whistle blows or he's made a point none has more. 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 in obtaining 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
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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 action 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 kim
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a 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 for and try to name 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
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come across them 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. . prefer look at some other stories from around the world at this stage of the day
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sixty one people have been arrested for involving clashes at a techno music protest parade in the swiss capital bern police used water cannons and tear gas on anti capitalist hardliners known as the black bloc clashes broke out when the protesters attempted to tear down temporary barricades block in parliament. fifty thousand people turned out for an anti-gay marriage rally in the french capital with almost one hundred being arrested demonstrators in paris are angry at the country's new same sex marriage and adoption act came into force a week ago protestors president land is prioritising protests to say that president a land is prioritizing the issue over the economy france is now the ninth country in europe to legalize gay marriage previous gay marches have ended in clashes between the far right and police. fears of the syrian conflict spilling over borders have been ignited by an attack on the
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capital of neighboring lebanon several people were injured when two rockets landed in as controlled district of beirut the lebanese militant groups being strongly supporting the embattled syrian government but the rebel syrian army has denied involvement a middle east affairs expert ali risked told me earlier that he believes a splinter group could be to blame. some members of the free syrian army deny that however there was one official who said that hezbollah you know its activity will lead to repercussions that would target by the northern city of tripoli and beirut international airport or not perhaps as an indicator of what some of these armed opposition groups of these syrian opposition groups are indeed involved in what happened today you have to remember that the free syrian army years in the one bloc so if one spokesman denies that it might very well be that are not the opposition are opposition group which also use of title the free syrian army could have been
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involved but one of the rockets even landed in mirror church and it lies on the border between the southern beirut and the christian district so obviously this is not an attack on our. institution it's a clearly an act of terrorism against innocent civilians on anything and habited area and so i think it just goes to show you the nature of these groups who we are dealing with. we can head to r.t. dot com to find out how moscow's decided to play it safe when it comes to defense sales to syria halting a deal to sell advanced aircraft missiles worth up to a billion dollars to even ask this for fear that they could fall into the wrong hands details on that right now at r.t. the called and also online at the moment. when it takes to win a scholarship and the lead british school asks teenagers to pretend to be the prime minister and justify the army shooting and killing twenty five percent of this.
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well that brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with the news team with more fully in just over half an hour from now in the meantime a look into the world of gadgets and gizmos in the technology update that's coming your way after this break. 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 involved the son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was our gun 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
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a us 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.
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hello and welcome to technology update despite our five senses not everything is quite what meets the eye this episode looks to shed some light on devices they give us a glimpse i was hiding just out of sight. remember the earth was the center of the universe until copernicus and galileo came along man's origins were unknown before darwin changed everything and the notion that there was something smaller than an atom was nearly unthinkable until ernest rutherford. even today the quest to gaze beneath the surface just goes on and on. recently we took a peek through the glass walls of school cause hypercube where many of russia's up
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and coming innovators had gathered to attend the annual prize award ceremony the competition sifted through roughly fifteen hundred clever ideas all looking to come home with one of the five top honors winners were crowned for the top i.t. project the leading innovation for helping society as well as a trio for best idea project and production ready invention but in addition to the award ceremony there was plenty of other innovation minded activity going on the previous finalists and runners up were also invited to show off the latest developments on their path to a full fledged startup when a few government if. country.
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