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it is just after twelve pm here in moscow nine am in london this is the life with me rule reese you show you and your world wide. one hundred fifty four years the amount of time whistleblower bradley manning could end up spending behind his espionage trial begins later today in america after his arrest in two thousand and ten which saw him charged with aiding the enemy after he leaked thousands of classified documents online and the latest report the details now on. it was a video that shocked the world footage of a u.s. apache helicopter killing twelve iraqi civilians including two journalists collateral murder the cold blooded brutality of the occupation captured on film it was leaked by a young american soldier army private bradley manning the video was uploaded to

wiki leaks but it would prove to be just the tip of the iceberg the former army intelligence analyst leaked more than seven hundred thousand documents containing classified information to that whistle blowing web site they included reports of torture abuse higher than acknowledge civilian casualties in short an unvarnished view of america's wars now known as the afghanistan and iraq war logs in may arrest seeking approval for his actions manning began a dialogue with a hacker named adrian levo chat logs that turned over to the government leading to manning's arrest and subsequent confinement now what came next was what proved to be one of the longest military pretrial detentions of a u.s. soldier since the vietnam war bradley manning was held in maximum security solitary confinement in a cell his attorney says was no bigger than six by eight feet and as the number of charges grew against manning to twenty two he was allowed to plead guilty to ten

lesser charges this in exchange for a maximum sentence of sixteen years now by december two thousand and twelve when he took the stand to testify about the conditions that he endured he had been in confinement for more than one thousand days now the freedom of the press foundation broke court perscribe rules it released bradley manning's explanation of his action in his own words to the public today june third bradley manning's court martial will pursue the remaining more serious charges including aiding the enemy judging by what manning has already said that are a prisoner of a maximum security facility and a hostage to your conscience of course the question of whether the young man will spend the rest of his life in prison will be answered at this trial. and private manning's revelations shined a light on u.s. operations in iraq and afghanistan there are even some who say they acted as a catalyst for the arab spring uprisings a burning griffen a former british say yes soldier who told me why he things manning chose to leave

the information and show it is only experiences in iraq. some of the media saying that manning is a traitor who risk the lives of u.s. citizens if you're buying that no not so manning had access to a huge amount of information as did and do thousands of other employees of the united states government he saw that information within that information actions and activity that were illegal and immoral and he thought he should do something about that he was the only one to take action on that he thought that if other people could see what was really going on in iraq in afghanistan and in the relationships between the u.s. government and other governments around the world that something would happen and something did happen you know the arab spring was informed by information that manning released now you served in the say yes and you refused to return to iraq you left the british army why is that. you know i grew up thinking that britain was a great country and our armed forces were you know the good guys that's who are

brought up believing and my experience in iraq you know so pace that bubble i realized you know things are a lot more complex than that what we're involved in in iraq the actions were involved in were in effect illegal and i decided as a matter of conscience i can continue to do that and you know manning is in the same vein as myself and committed on me here and malcolm kind of smith and mike lyons you know this is a guy who's joined the military to do the right thing and then realize that actually the actions that military are immoral irrational and illegal and he's decided to do something about it. private manning says that he leaked the material because he felt the people had the right to know that the u.s. military had little regard for human life when fighting his wars in iraq and afghanistan certainly there have been worldwide demonstrations in support of the embattled army private this going on over the weekend thousands rallying here in front of the courthouse where the trial goes on but also canada germany and even south korea have also seen similar rallies and those are his marina portnoy reports

his court martial process begins at a time when the u.s. is accused of being anything but truthful or transparent. the military court martial against private first class bradley manning begins at a complicated time for the obama administration u.s. journalists have been spied on an unprecedented number of whistleblowers have been in prison and access to the truth many say grows increasingly harder by the day we have a severe problem with transparency and secrecy in this country that's for sure our problem is a cult of secrecy extreme levels of dystopian secrecy washington classified ninety two million documents in the year two thousand and eleven that's the last count we have to put things in perspective what bradley manning leaked is less than one percent of that the former army intelligence analyst has admitted to leaking hundreds of thousands of top secret military and diplomatic documents to the

whistle blowing website wiki leaks in february manning pleaded guilty to ten of the twenty two charges he faces the twenty five year old said he wanted the public to know how the u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan had little regard for human life it should be clear to anybody paying attention to bradley manning. thought of himself at the times the whistleblower that he did what he did because he thought he was making the world a better place and that contrary to the way he's been represented by some people he in fact it really did from a place of sort of patriotism he's in no way anti-american and has never expressed anti-american sentiments in any way in fact he's always said that he is and was driven by a sort of sense of patriotism and and hope that the united states could be the this you know sort of great country that he could do with the prosecutors however are pursuing a court martial on the remaining charges including the espionage act and aiding the

enemy which carries a life sentence in prison in an interview with democracy now julian a songe addressed washington's allegations that manning aided the enemy by going to wiki leaks if that president is allowed to be directed it will be interesting for a slightly. it means it's a potential death penalty for any person who really treats pretty. sensitive about it but secondly it also. the journalist and the publication shereen communication they would say to the enemy and therefore making him susceptible as well as being knowledge act which also has little offenses and that is that was the. us but latter part is part of the us attack. including myself broadly we hope this letter finds you healthy and strong daniel

ellsberg known as the original whistleblower leaked seven thousand government documents to the press in one thousand nine hundred ninety one revealing the truth about the vietnam war more than four decades later he says the us government is going to even greater lengths to keep the public in the dark call it a war on truth telling truth telling specifically about truth that the government doesn't want. truth about government crimes or that the public needs to know. if military prosecutors successfully prove that whistle blowing is aiding the enemy then bradley manning could spend the rest of his life in prison a verdict handed down under a president who promised to usher in an era of transparency when he stepped into the white house according to new york. martini. and he is going to live from moscow

as a wave of violence in turkey has seen riot police clashed with protesters and now for a fourth day running security forces used to gas and water cannons as protesters responded with stones and homemade barricades activists also tried to break through police lines in a tie the prime minister's office. the latest from istanbul all this transpired overnight when the protesters have been trying to build barricades and road blocks in order to keep police out of the area that they were in but the police actually tore through those barricades and then use water cannons and tear gas and rubber bullets to evict the protesters i have seen more and more of those appearing throughout the city sporadically there trying to keep police out because fortunately the police force has been rather brutal in cracking down on protesters there were scuffles between protesters and police not just in istanbul at this point we're looking at around seven hundred people who have been arrested as a result of these protests more than

a thousand people have been injured university even some shops have been turning into makeshift hospitals or a little medical station where people are trying to work help out those who have been injured and protests everyone he's apologized that police have. some points but at the same time he called the protesters thugs and extremists and that they are undermining democratic principles of the country and that is definitely not something that the protesters agree with 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. is not only for park. governments. 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. syria 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 but old. cars from the television from here i said why don't you move they got direction from the police they couldn't make. life interviews with the 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 a very strange experience for me and. i can explain. 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 terri q from aragon and his government and they say they won't leave until the prime minister does in istanbul. and with police continuing the use of force against demonstrators all across turkey human rights groups have condemned

them saying some protesters have been left permanently blinded by the tear gas have a look here this is a video which appeared on the internet showing police apparently firing tear gas right into civilians hard and i suppose the footage here showing people seeking shelter at a local university that back window in the rear apparently looks behind it to be a huge amount of tear gas being used by security forces let's get more details on this now doctor who say you know baji from the middle east technical university. joining us live here on r.g.p. it's a pleasure to see you today thanks for coming on for days all of. a big show of force by the police can you it's a long shot but can you simplify the people's frustrations and tell us exactly what is it that is driving them out onto the. three. yes it is like in your optional furball condo concerning the policies for a prime minister have done in the recent years and in the recent months he has been

mostly involving in the private affairs of the citizens and his way of speaking very well during things. also consider to leave the democratic values to leave the republican values of the county and i think this is first time the last is given years that the turkish government has experienced such a strong public your reaction the protest coming from different parts of the society. they do on the one to one aim to remind the government in democracy the put it to cannot do things taking the people against. police easy an economy there is as you so you say one dollar sees in economic terms we've also been hearing domestic and foreign policies of policies have been floored by the one you're saying that the people are crying the freedoms of democracy is being trodden on now the turkish prime minister has blamed the opposition for

inciting the crowds courting the crowds just a few looters and thought they could it be that taksim square becomes the ones tahrir square of course the center of cairo's arab spring. i don't think so first of all in turkey do the. wall of civil war conditions at the moment the reactions to the government is very strong this right. turkey is still a parliamentary democracy and don is getting his lessons from all these developments the problem is. is criticize first time both trying to that is although shocked that he was assuming that he's. all these frightened what these doing is good for the concert but the people are not happy with his policies in recent years and months when that you know i mean you talk about the people not being happy with his policies and i'm sorry to jump in here but the prime minister

he he did he did try in some way to smooth the waters by admitting that in recent days the police had reacted excessively and yet the police don't seem to be backing off these simply empty words from the one. i think the police and the prime minister. again contradict each other i think first time the government has been facing such launched public protests protests and demonstrations not only need it when smaller cities towns. trades the people out on the streets and they called that the government should resign i think that turkey is the most pathetic society and we have done is trying to get turkey into much more. structure based on state. experience and this is a strong reaction i think the values of democracy and islam is understanding

pleasure now and all the talk about you talking about i'm sorry not to jump in we've got such little time here i really have twenty seconds for you now but how far do you think that a protest in turkey has the potential to go quickly. i think it will be not civil war but it will make their lives to prime minister very difficult in coming years in the coming days i talk to you so you know about you from the middle east a technical university ankara thank you for coming on r.t. a great pleasure to have you want today thank you welcome. well you can always keep up with the live updates on the latest developments on turkey's unrest online that r.t.e. dot com you can also check out the preservation is at our you tube channel as the country is swept up in the biggest wave of protests in living memory. and with your help these you tube videos have been watched a billion times helping us reach an unprecedented mark for t.v. channels around the world later in the program we look back at some of the ones you

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helplessly that became the most watched topic on artie's you tube channel it wasn't just the scale of the earthquake and tsunami that shocked the world but then also the catalogue of failures and accidents at the fukushima nuclear plant which resulted in the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl artie's correspondence film to the fukushima area as those explosions struck some of the reactors we all recall as pictures crippling their cooling systems and triggering melt. gives that artie's you tube channel rocketing to a billion views for the world's beer a defining disaster is two events that continue to change our lives join me kevin zero in for more on how you've helped make our t. the first global news channel to reach you tube video. or this is r.t. straight to some disturbing news out of northern china or one hundred twelve people

are now confirmed dead after a slaughterhouse burst into flames in the early. hours of the morning more than three hundred were inside the building when the fire broke out only about a third of them managed to escape leaving scores unaccounted for reports suggesting the exits were locked trapping workers inside the inferno. now news that an israeli amusement park has been opening up on separate days for jewish and arab school trips it's being seen as the latest sign of an inherent racism and perhaps a tendency towards segregation or street attacks against arabs also appear to be on the rise and often include involving youngsters resorting to violence to express their anger as artie's policy reports they could merely be following the example set by the older generation. of the three hundred million arabs in the middle east north africa. israel's arab citizens

enjoy real democratic rights. but statements like this are small comfort for arab israelis whether or not they enjoy the right to vote they face every day problems of a more pressing nature three months ago tell of if street cleaner her son was badly beaten up for no other reason than that he's our. however there were one of them said to me hi arab i said why do you say that i mean what's the difference arab jewish then another guy came up to me and said you want a country arab or. the next thing the father of three remembers is being hit on the head with a bottle. so everything went black i fell to the ground they started kicking and hitting me my lawyer told me that when they were held by the police they heard the kids competing among themselves who hit me the most. violent racism among israel's youth has been growing steadily for some time we went undercover and this is what

we found a typical thursday night in downtown jerusalem young israeli teenagers hanging out in the streets it might be alcohol drugs or just plain boredom but suddenly a fight breaks out undercover police arrive in seconds a few days later we need a lawn a guard at the same spot he spent many days and nights here trying to help troubled youth the very a lot of poor population living in jerusalem and the racial element is only a part of things that they're experience more income from poverty their parents. have nothing they're working all day and they have no. control over where their children are a lot of them are outside of outside of school dropped out of school this is the generation that witnessed the second intifada as young children the scars it left are deep those are the lessons that were exposed to terrorist attacks and develop

post-traumatic symptoms they tend to exercise twice as much risk taking we have behaviors that tacking innocent people just because they are arabs was no provocation whatsoever and that's very typical of people who feel in survival mode as some as the latest vick. in a growing number of racist attacks by israeli youth against arabs and arab and jewish teacher we simpy beaten up when the exit of a car and an arab commuter was attacked while waiting for a train. they get the inspiration from grownups you don't show any sign you want peace live side by side the result of the conflict or this stalemate because of your pension and all the wars and all the incidents and all the clashes that you see no good by territory again the general militant atmosphere create the conflict which needs the hatred and legitimizes violence. her son has already had several rounds of surgery with more to come not

a day goes by without him remembering that fateful night when the division between israel's arabs and jews showed its ugly face. television and now over to work a partridge for all the latest of your sporting. technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future covered. 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 realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture.

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last on the double league champions tesco beat angy four three on penalties to win the russian cup and seal a domestic double for the first time in seven years. and triple joy and wonder sleek and european champions buy in munich when the german cup to complete an historic travel and ensured germany ends the football season on top in europe. and so let's kick off with football where russia are aiming to go a step closer to qualifying for next year's world cup in brazil as fabio capello's men prepare for a crunch bottle against christiane are now those portugal in lisbon because of their butt up of reports russia lead group by points with four wins from four hearing yet to concede and having played two fewer matches them both israel and portugal and fabio capello's call from including into the game at their study or they'll lose after is.