the latest news in the week's top stories the brutal killing of a soldier in london by alleged muslim extremists leaving the u.k. reeling amid a sharp rise in anti muslim hate crimes and security services i mean for fear scrutiny. as we shaken by eight straight nights of unprecedented youth rioting sparked by the police killing of an elderly immigrant. millions to the streets around the world to protest against biotech giant monsanto is the company's accused of promoting hazardous products and monopolizing the food market. three am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r.t. as we bring you today's top stories and

a look back at the week that was britons were shocked on wednesday by the savage killing of a soldier in broad daylight by suspected islam is in london the country's security services have come in for particular criticism after it emerged that two suspects had been tracked by m i five for years some reports suggest security services even tried to recruit one of the attackers six months ago nine people arrested in connection with the case attackers claimed they were motivated by revenge for british military actions overseas sarah furthur ports from what. 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 priest the 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 he told us of the reaction among some in the armed forces to remain anonymous anger of the moment and i'm. 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 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 to 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 aid to seize 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 and 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 one ace. he think if we went out there then perhaps that be more space scope for al

qaeda to produce the cells they'd be afraid more within the u.k. because when we're out there we're constrict in space and not allowing them that freedom and they got out and that means that bicycle bryson's idea here is we can both say the arguments we might because we're out there we're inspiring the more motivates in them our presence out there is sort of motivate in the cells that back in the u.k. to operate more and carry out more attacks. as the police investigation continues that deep sense of guilt and outrage from the local community here in southeast london at that briefing they tag and they sentiment echoed across the country as people struggle to come to terms with how a crime like that could happen here so i'll say london u.k. seen a surge in anti muslim sentiment following the attack far right activists rallied in several cities clashing with police a number of people have been arrested for racially motivated assaults more than one hundred fifty such incidents reported in the u.k.

since wendy's killing earlier this week my colleague bill di discussed the reasons behind the violence with ian dunn editor of politics dot com about u.k. and carlos porto you in the far right wing british national party. what should be responsible immigration cost to do these good tools you have get across the u.k. people who find difficulties who will find you to integrate. and they don't want to also give you the fact that example it's immigration isn't working it's irresponsible and there isn't enough included in this it really says he's. going on so of course the major. major major problem with what he's saying is that these acts of terrorism really conducted by the far right you very generously describe the b.m.p. is a right wing policy they're not right wing they're far right they're a fascist policy 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 that's something to do with my help like i'm going to isolation here is done by right wing fanatics and i have to come to know the person. the person who's talking the signori completely fine. the i personally have an open dialogue with most in communities that recently i had the bait with muslim communities in books in but the city in london about these very issues. for importances east as well before the us news and the. jewish authorities are racist you should learn about what are you know proud of on ok just listen to mr dunn now please but you know i wouldn't don't know we don't know we don't. have

websites and people from. people from from they. let me really judge their members it also implies a meeting a 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 that they mention that it was he is a us alright you know yet if you just go just for matters that it does not just toss you short of the british people died there a poll by what's happened they want to stroll response from government they don't want a reaction that could be tempered by fears of political incorrectness what should be done there's going to be some strong reaction surely political correctness really has no connection to where the 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 muslim community these are the kind of sensible adult news that you take to prevent violence the issue. we are social programs.

combined without these us first foreign policy uncomplete disregard for the rights of other countries and of course people who who are leaving in isolation cut more links with the outside world than with britain and when british governments go on the rampage off course they are on greed and that shows oversaw a failure of integration. meanwhile a large manhunt underway after an apparent copyrighted copycat attack in paris on saturday or a soldier was stabbed in the neck the suspect reportedly of north african origin and counter-terror officers are involved the investigation french president though francois hollande has stopped short of linking the attack to the london murder activists shandon though says the violence will be used to demonize muslims and draw attention away from government policies. these type of attacks plays into the

strength of the g.o.p. the state to promote a full sense of islam so that is the 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 stabilization so the french can go in pretending to be the new to arbitrate is bringing peace and stability this is a big game or three it's a smoke and mirrors that really has to be distinctive from from a position that is opposing listen to germany it's part of the state strategy is to make sure that everyone is pointing fingers at everyone but the actual of the traitors of the economic crisis of police corruption or unjust an immoral foreign policy i.e. those in power in france. still ahead the war on terrorism branded us president barack obama giving a major national security speech renewing his pledge to close guantanamo bay while defending targeted drone strikes expert opinion still to come in the program. but

first we turn to sweden where the pre where the peace of the normally tranquil scandinavian country was shattered as riots rages in the capital before hitting other cities for eight nights in a row now use from disadvantaged neighborhoods set fire to cars police stations even schools undeterred by a heavy police presence riots triggered after an elderly man was shot to death by police in an area of stockholm mostly populated by immigrants or peter all of the reports. 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 and it'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 usually peaceful city has become

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 pro sweden for the past week stone throwing in 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 the state that creates this type of get so why is ation so they move everyone from abroad into these parts of town when it comes to unemployment sweden is below the average of 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 defer over what caused this week's violence they are in agreement that its government policy must be changed to avoid scenes like this being repeated on the streets of stockholm peter all of r.t. sweden. fears the syrian conflict could spread over the borders are once again being stoked this is the border area of syria lebanon israel strewn with rocket fire just a day after hezbollah's leader backed assad in the fight against the rebels more still to come. but first a wave of protests against food giant monsanto rolled across the globe saturday with as many as two million people voicing their discontent at the corporation people marched in dozens of countries with activists accusing the biotech titan of suffocating small farmers out of business and pushing house for those genetically modified crops onto the market while many are angry at the legal protection a firm or sea use in a number of nations thanks to its extensive lobbying network monsanto itself

maintains its products improve agriculture and conserve resources. has more from new york. throughout the world and in dozens of cities across the united states and weekend of action against monsanto takes place were in the heart of the protests in the big apple where 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 it's existed 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 immense lobbying powers that it has in washington d.c. for one piece of sleeping in the same bed really with politicians blocking any kind of legislation that would make life for money now months santillan 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 then there may be no way. to fully tackle that machine and even broach 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 the local marches against monsanto what they're demanding is a labeling obviate most 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 understand 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 to say see churkin at r.t. new york. and i would argue dot com for it's an extensive report on how the day of action against monsanto played out across the globe and later on r t we have a chilling feature on how you can the most traditional foods are being genetically modified to take a look. at. some of these traditional chili lines they've been grid and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total destruction of the culture of new mexico by telling them i mean this this is not going to impact asylum in mexico whatever happens here we're going to have to hope world now we're even at about six in the in the open in the case you know organism or. genetically engineered crops why do you think this country is full of

obese and sick people because we have a crappy food system. do

we speak your language of the will or not of the. news programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you. a little turn to angle stories. here. the spanish find out more visit. thanks for staying with us seventeen minutes past the hour now u.s. president barack obama delivered a major speech on the future of u.s. counter-terror operations this week he pressed for more transparency in drone strikes but defended the program calling it just and necessary this after washington said four american citizens were killed in targeted attacks since two thousand and nine author activist david swanson though thinks the drone program

leaves too many unanswered questions. 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 or a lockie why did he not indict him with with any criminal charges or provide any evidence to anyone that he was guilty. 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 too for is it not as criminal and abusive as it appears. president obama also renewed his pledge to close the guantanamo bay

detention center promising to lift his own freeze on transferring detainees to yemen this is the hunger strike at the facility reaches its one hundred eleventh day more than one hundred prisoners are currently protesting against indefinite detention and alleged inhumane treatment as many have still not been charged formally one former guard at the prison says it wanted to most perience was deeply unsettling. 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 that they were privileged to something we called the frequent flyer program with a centrally 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 moved 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 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 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 that one where the. rif look at some other stories happening from around the globe now police used tear gas to disperse one hundred fifty thousand protesters at an anti-gay marriage rally in the french capital demonstrators say they're angry at the country's new same sex marriage an adoption act that came into force a week ago they claim president along his prioritizing the issue over the economy france now the ninth country in europe to legalize gay marriage. more than hundreds

or more than sixty people have been arrested after violent clashes a techno music protest parade in the swiss capital more than twenty least forty injured while officers used water cannons and tear gas on anticapitalist group known as the black bloc clashes broke out when protesters tried to tear down temporary barricades so a big problem. reports of emerged of a cross border incident as the rockets apparently been fired from lebanon toward israel this is just hours after two shells landed in a hezbollah controlled area of beirut sparking fears of the conflict in neighboring syria could again be spilling over the border at least five people were wounded in the attack that came a day after the lebanese militant group's leader reiterated support for the assad regime the free syrian army has denied any involvement middle east expert al the risk though thinks the rebels are too divided for the words of one spokesman to mean anything definitive. some members of the free syrian army denied it however there was one official who said that hezbollah you know its activity will lead to

repercussions that would target by you were the northern city of tripoli and beirut international airport and that perhaps is an indicator that some of these opposition groups some of these syrian opposition groups are indeed involved in what happened today you have to remember that the free syrian army is in to the one block so if one spokesman denies that it might very well be that another opposition armed opposition group which also use the title fear the free syrian army could have been involved in one of the rockets even landed in near a church and it lies on the border between the southern beirut and the christian district so obviously this is not an attack on a husband. institution it's a clearly an act of terrorism against the 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. reports emerge in the u.k. claiming russia is playing it safe when it comes to its defense of the defense. of

syria moscow halting a deal to sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to damascus worth up to a billion dollars out of fear they could fall into the wrong hands it over to our web site for more on the aborted deal. in japan people rallied outside the south korean newspaper offices angry at comments it made about the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki to find out what infuriated them so much that archie. thursday president barack obama ordered a review of the justice department's investigations of associated press and fox news the government says he'd seized journalist records over concerned about the leaking of classified security data is coming amid what seems washington's intensified persecution of whistleblowers artie's marina porton i reports. 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 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 in his administration it is important to remember the president these are. and 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 and the obama administration has really taken the executive branch powers have been committed aiding 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 linkers 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. . after a short break a look into the world of gadgets and gizmos in technology update stay with us here on art. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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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. 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 hypercube where many of russia's up and coming innovators had gathered to attend the annual prize award ceremony the competition sifted.