shots fired in the clashes erupt for a third day in a string of anti-government protests marked by what demonstrators claim is excessive brutality on the part of the police. plus a barbed wire and an army of clad police surrounded the european central bank in frankfurt charging into crowds of protesters we report from the scene where several thousands were demanding and. also a prominent sunni cleric calls for a an islamic jihad against president assad. that just days after rebels were reportedly caught smuggling sarin gas a chemical weapon banned by the u.n. . thousands of supporters of the u.s.

military whistleblower private bradley manning continue to protest at the gates of the army base fort meade on the eve of the soldier's court martial which will determine whether he spends the rest of his life in prison. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is thomas good to have you with us. street battles between a riot police and government protesters have resumed for a third night in the turkish city of bull clouds of tear gas and pepper spray have been flying across the district where up to five thousand demonstrators have gathered people there have put up barricades and started throwing rocks and firecrackers at police security forces responded with water cannons injuries have

been reported at the scene. has been following the events for. about ten kilometers away from the main square of. nights and days in a row at this point. they were broken up by police according to what. mobs of angry youth who were throwing stones we do know that. by police also with tear gas and water cannons international says there are at least that which have occurred as a result of the classes which have erupted in again in the main square. over a park which was to be demolished to give way to. the environmentalists. brutally by police who have also resorted to using water cannons and tear gas. they are still gathered. there saying that they are not. just the facts of the.

protests the entire policy of the government and this seems to be something people into all across turkey are feeling in this point that the. protesters all across the country at this point in cities have participated in this show of protests now what exactly are people protesting in turkey and what are they hoping to reach with here is the report that we have filed earlier the streets of istanbul look like a scene from war burned cars makeshift. barricades broken shop windows not exactly what residents of the city are used to this cortez is not only for trucks and gives a park this is the. policy of governments under pressure. for for about ten years the current chaos is the aftermath of the protests that gripped not just istanbul but some other cities and towns across turkey prime

minister recep tayyip erdogan policy on syria the increasing islamisation of the country and a major crackdown on the media these are just a few of the problems turks have with their government many feel it doesn't serve the people but rather works against them. my daughter was beaten because of what she was wearing because her attackers were affiliated with the government the police to by and did nothing all the. cars from the television from here i said why don't you move they got the reaction from the police they couldn't make. life interviews with people and this is the problem. what happened in turkey was called a disgraceful use of excessive police force by amnesty international water cannons tear gas and pepper spray were all used against the mostly peaceful protesters once the police are treated however the crowds turned their anger against the t.v.

trucks of the state media accusing stations of failing to broadcast the reality of square hundreds of people wounded and talk of several deaths this is the human toll of the clashes on the street politics is the hottest topic of conversation even an attempt to record an interview turns into a heated debate this is very strange experience for me. i can explain i can experience i will explain my son my grandson after after maybe ten years or five years it began as a quite simple sit and decide because apart people were trying to save some trees in the middle of the city but now they're saying they're trying to save turkey from aragon and his government and they say they won't leave until the prime minister does in istanbul. r.t. . their oid old coleman independent journalist and author and middle east expert

feels that the unrest across turkey could be the direct result of the prime minister and minister to one's policies abroad i think this is. one of the. four. series of steps. being confronted with mass protests in your own country right genuine progress on like the armed insurrection. i'm still going to syria i don't think this is it. doesn't seem to listen to anybody. he's pretty much. the last few years back he's new to war so i think it's a genuine uprising. on our t. dot com you can find a lot of updates on the unrest in turkey including footage photos and witness

accounts from there also take part in our web site vote and share your own ideas on the story with us in the comments section. and anti austerity demonstration in the german of financial capital of frankfurt this week took a turn for the worse when hundreds of riot gear clad officers barged into marching protesters spring tear gas at will police and then drove the marchers into a tighter and tighter area a suppression tactic known as kettling peter oliver was there for r.t. . a planned march that was supposed to go right through the middle of all germany's financial capital only really lasted five hundred meters before police into the splits in a demonstration and see several different parts now the police have told us that this is because they asked people to remove mosques who were marching in the. sea all seriously announce a fascist campaign is they refused to do that then paint was thrown and police responded with with pepper spray this then ended up with

a i was long standoff in the center for front. with many people being called in the clashes that broke out sporadically between the police and protesters. who were standing there suddenly police moved in and they beat some of us and i was a street there was no reason for that they managed to get out. from work oh this is your policy not ours now away from me paying throwing in the pepper spraying the idea behind blokey pie was supposed to show the political leaders of europe that

then not happy that they want change and they said that they had a clear message to those leaders in the european union this is book if i frankly have been came alongside the release of unemployment figures for the eurozone countries and they made well pretty desperate really almost twenty million people are out of work in the eurozone most of them young we're hearing that open almost one in four under twenty five. and that's what resulted in many people coming out. on the streets of france but could demonstrate tens of thousands also took the banners across spain and portugal on saturday to make yet another stand against austerity on our you tube channel you can watch footage from madrid and lisbon the capitals of two nations among the worst hit by cuts.

i'll teach you to china rocketing to a billion view from the world spirit of funny disasters to events that continue to change join me kevin owen for more on how you've helped make the first global news channel to reach you choose. thousands of people have rallied over the weekend at the gates of army base fort meade in the american city of baltimore where the anticipated court martial for whistleblower bradley manning kicks off on monday the u.s. military private faces dozens of charges after sharing a huge cache of secret documents exposing alleged american atrocities committed abroad with wiki leaks. was at the rally. we're at fort meade maryland in baltimore on monday the court martial against by the first class bradley manning will finally begin private manning twenty five year old army intelligence officer

is accused of the biggest leak in the history of the united states according to army prosecutors manning is responsible for the lion's share of material that's been shared by the anti-secrecy wiki leaks in the last few years u.s. state department cables watanabe detainee assessment files on iraqi and afghan war logs have all been attributed to private manning and for leaking this material the u.s. government is charging him with aiding the enemy and he could spend the rest of his life in prison on monday however the courtroom here in fort meade in the back with supporters and prosecutors attorneys on both sides waiting for the court martial of finally get three years after manning was first brought into custody it was late being twenty ten with manning was picked up in baghdad transferred to kuwait brought back to united states and spent three years of waiting waiting for this court martial to finally get a sense december two thousand and eleven they've been having pretrial hearings here at fort meade and there's been really them all over the world in support of the soldier according to demonstrators this is the largest bradley manning really that

has ever happened in the three plus years sense these men but if the u.s. military custody also demonstrations planned in more than two dozen cities in four continents and across the world in the next coming days seoul south korea pearl in germany toronto ontario cities throughout the united states and across north america and the rest of the globe are all holding events this week in support of private manning now his court martial wolfishly began on monday more than three years more than one thousand days after it was first brought into custody and by the end of the summer his supporters his family his friends are all finally going to know how he's going to spend the rest of his life. he sees some words with. colors. and coming up later in the program killed in interrogation. later in the hour we

bring you new details into the death of a chechen immigrant during an f.b.i. questioning session. and we've got the details on an open letter written by one of them obey hunger strikers who have been starving for change for over one hundred days now and more after a short break right here on our team. with . technology innovation all these developments from around russia. the future of coverage. and then.

download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from. your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. and welcome back you're watching our t.v. now this week a details have emerged of the killing of a chechen u.s. immigrant by an f.b.i. agent you but i game was shot several times in an interrogation over his alleged link to one of the boston marathon bombing suspects reports that the man had

attacked an f.b.i. agent with a knife or a metal rod have come under question father says it's hard to believe he was killed in self-defense. from the photograph that was sent to me it's evident he was shot six times to the body and wants to the head at the back of the head it looks like a finishing shot of an assassination to me it looks as if they came to his house like bandits and shot him in cold blood from the photos his house looked like it had been robbed he was questioned for eight hours without witnesses or a lawyer no one can tell for sure what happened there until there is an official investigation the agent say my son attacked then but there were several armed and well trained men even if he lost his temper and became violent they could have restrained him or wound him shoot him in the leg all the arm and all the shoulder but what happened was murder complete with a finishing shot or maybe my son knew something the police didn't want to come out

and they killed him to keep him silent does now. and we've got more news for you just a click away including thousands have rallied in tokyo to make their voices heard that they do not want another nuclear tragedy like the fukushima disaster two years ago. to happen again had to r.t. dot com to find out what prompted mass protests in japan's capital. of the unexpected beginning to the summer in the russian region of siberia where locals saw snowflakes falling photos and you tube videos for you on our web site. islamic jihad has been called against syria with a prominent islamic cleric excuse me branding the assad government quote more infidel jews and christians the call to arms was made by shaikh yousif. who is a rhetoric reaches millions in the arab world through the al-jazeera news network

which has made the sheik a star meanwhile syrian rebel groups have refused to attend an upcoming peace conference in geneva they cite the ongoing fighting in the syrian province of qusayr their government and the lebanese hezbollah troops have mounted an enormous offensive one that analysts say could change the course of the civil war my colleague discussed for the past week with our trees and off who's been closely following events in the war torn country. the leaders of the syrian opposition had in fact announced they will not be participating in the u.s. and russian sponsored peace talks they are saying that has been laws involvement in the bloody civil war really complicates things a lot of the group itself is highly divided there's questions as to whether they have the syrian opposition have credibility with the syrians on the ground meanwhile president bashar al assad in an interview this week said only a referendum would decide whether he should leave power further complicating things

is the decision by the european union which agreed not to renew a weapons. bargo in syria the u.k. and france really led this push to dismantle the cargo which prevailed despite opposition from other european union member states those two countries are saying that this would have somehow helped to ratchet up pressure against president bashar al assad some of western powers lucy accusing russia at this point of hampering peace efforts with the whole argument about russia supplying assad with weapons how does moscow justify this it's a complex issue russia's plan to ship as three hundred anti-aircraft systems to syria caused a stir this week after president bashar al assad in an interview said that russia will be honoring its defense contracts further complicating things with the israeli elements the israelis have said that they are strongly opposed to this that they are prepared to use force if those weapons are delivered but we have to keep in mind these are contracts were signed roughly a year before the syrian civil war broke out in twenty eleven russians are not prepared to console the contracts although the deputy foreign minister has said

that this is seen as a stabilizing factor that will deter quote what he called some hotheads from a considering to send in foreign forces to intervene in the syrian conflict i do these are russian made at three hundred i myself i reserve supposed to be for defensive which is not offensive but what about the issue of the use of chemical weapons it came up again this week can you tell us more about it's a bit murky but according to local turkish media reports the turkish government has rounded up about twelve people with suspected ties to the almonds or fronts this is one of the rebel groups that's affiliated with al qaida that's been fighting bashar al assad on the ground and the key is to according to one media report they've discovered what they said two kilograms of sarin gas a powerful new york talks and now these are not confirmed reports but they do come amid growing concern of the use of chemical weapons by both sides and the united nations human rights investigators have in fact and obtained testimony from on the ground witnesses who allege that the rebels had used sarin gas now again unsubstantiated testimony but we should it did prompt a response from

a russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and we knew it because. we've warned repeatedly of provocations connected with chemical weapons we've also insisted on investigations into any case related to their possible use including the incident reportedly took place near aleppo we're very disappointed that because of political games the u.n. has failed to act on this we expect our turkish colleagues to quickly provide a full report on this latest case this issue ation is too serious for those who constantly talk about the chemical weapons problem to keep playing games around it each and every incident needs to be investigated. so there you have it the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov calling for an investigation into what obviously is a murky but serious issue of concern well several hunger strikers at guantanamo bay have issued an open letter to the facilities military doctor seeking independent medical evaluation over half the detainees are now in their fourth

month of starvation in an attempt to bring attention to their indefinite detention without charge inhumane treatment and force feeding now despite president obama's promising once again to speed up the closure of the camp the situation there has only deteriorated more people are being force fed a procedure considered as torture by the u.n. with the number currently standing at what at thirty seven now more inmates are receiving medical help as well or to spoke to the father of a guantanamo prisoner who also heads of the kuwaiti detainees in guantanamo committee. told us what happened to his son after he resorted to starvation. my son been there for eleven years no charges again it's against him it is very difficult for him to tell me what's going on there because that is the district shoes for all the detainees not to talk about the conditions inside the camp but

i can tell by the way he looks was so skinny this is the fairest time for him to put some glasses on his eyes. looks he looks horrible. he could not concentrate while he's talking to me he has. affected his body his thinking we are very concerned very concerned about his life and this week saw britain embroiled in a row about its own guantanamo clone it was revealed that up to ninety afghan nationals are being detained in secret and without charge at the united kingdom's camp bastion base and as are teases here for about some have been held there for more than a year. e.-k. lewis described this is a secret facility that was completely off the radar leading some to describe this as the u.k.'s kuantan a murder in afghanistan but it was

a fun and speedy response that we saw from the other eighty from defense secretary philip haven't just the details emerge of the detention facility in camp bastion and of the legal action launched by u.k. lawyers on behalf of some of the detainees there were some pretty damning revelations from the with these detainees had been held for fourteen months now the ministry of defense and the defense secretary admitted that between eighty and ninety detainees being held they were very quick thing to try to move away and quash these comparisons with one kind of my. main difference is number one the afghan detainees they said were being held. in safety and the second reason that they gave was that this wasn't a secret this is the first time that many in the british public will have heard about this detention facility and the u.k.

ambassador. after these revelations saying that this was a principle of national serenity and that the detainees should be handed over to the afghan security forces as soon as possible the question of how to handle detainees has been the most enduring controversy since the u.s. led military campaigns in afghanistan and iraq and certainly until these transfers that made this controversy and these compare paris to guantanamo bay don't look like they're going to go a surfer. london so take a look at some other international news in brief for you our at least six people have been killed and five others kidnapped in separate attacks on barb province in western iraq armed. men shot three truck drivers and set their vehicles on fire close to the syrian border a civilian and a police officer were kidnapped from the site where the truck drivers were attacked while armed men adopted two more officers and

a civilian north of the town in fallujah another attack occurred where armed men killed a cousin of the provincial chief and wounded his wife more than a thousand people most of them civilians have been killed in iraq in the last month according to the united nations. at least sixteen people have been killed in clashes between hezbollah and the syrian rebel forces in lebanon not far from the border with syria one member of hezbollah and at least fifteen rebels died in the violence as block has also been solved in the blockade of the syrian town of qusayr a key it was just a hub and supply route or weapons being smuggled into the country. heavy rain has caused flooding across parts of western and central europe leaving cars stranded in houses inundated and germany two people have drowned over the last couple of days and local authorities are scrambling to put up defenses against the rising waters there has also been isolated flooding in poland and the czech

republic where a number of people have been evacuated from their houses. well coming up on a boyko ruffles at the feathers of the world's political power players that's after the break right here on r.t. . new york magistrate judge gary brown has ruled that it's ok to track people's location via their cell phone the judge supports his decision by saying that there is no legitimate expectation of privacy in the perspective of a cellular telephone where the individual has failed to protect his privacy but taking the simple expedient of powering it off this statement seems to hint that cell phones are some sort of fun luxury and that people are just too lazy to turn off their phones when they want privacy this ignores the fact that there are many

people who have to be on call twenty four seven like surgeons and server technicians these people can't just turn off their phones so does that mean that certain professions can't have privacy also this presumption that people have no expectation of privacy what about people who send images of text messages of a sexual nature to each other joy think that all these people just assume it's all public goods i don't think so the fourth amendment says that people have the right to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects and i'm pretty sure that's cover cell phones too but that's just my opinion.

they've been used as both a carrot and a reason. to bring some countries into the european fold and to keep others out human rights are thought to be universally have their application is highly specific to the country's political social and economic circumstances is it time to redefine what is meant by human rights and should all countries be held to the same standard while to discuss that i'm now joined by thorpe on the gaggle and secretary general of the council of europe mr young going to be appreciate you being here and now i think what is manned usually manned by few men rights in the west and political discourse are political rights rights having to do with political activity freedom of speech freedom of expression freedom to protest and i think some countries in particular russia and china argued that their bill

a treaty to grant their citizens full political rights is conditioned on. the economy on dire economic prosperity and i think for some time these sort of argument was brushed off as authoritative ploy but i think now some of the european governments faced with the sarah t. have some sympathy with this line of thinking why do you think how strong do you thing is the link between the country's economy and its ability to expand its citizenry political full political rights bill first of all i haven't heard the russian authorities are making this argument actually they have found up to the european convention on human rights they've been also very often criticized and one of the responses that they give to the european criticism for not granting their citizens for political rights would be that at this point these rights run commentary.