truth on trial on the weekly leaks whistleblower bradley manning finally gets his day in court as activists say america is doing everything it can to silence anyone making a stand. demonstrators across turkey are met with clouds of tear gas as they clash with security forces for a fourth straight day there are mounting allegations over time by the authorities. on reaching a milestone we'll look back at the online videos that you watched helping unseat to become the finest global t.v. channel to reach one billion you tube views.

new song russia and around the world this is all i see was me. and welcome to the program. one hundred and fifty four years the amount of time whistleblower bradley mining could spend behind bars he's a spanish trial begins later today in the u.s. after his arrest and twenty ten which saw him charged with aiding the enemy on two legs thousands of classified documents online content of the details for us 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 lebo 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 or 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. manning's revelations shined a light on u.s. operations in iraq and afghanistan and there are even some who say they acted as a catalyst for the arab spring uprisings and griffin is former british as has soldier told us why you things manning chose to leak the information and charity's own experiences in iraq some of the media are saying that manning is

a traitor who risk the lives of u.s. citizens if you're buying that no not at all manning had access to a huge amount of information and 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 so 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 there are armed forces you know the good guys us 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 where 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 army here and american kind of smears in my lines 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. so manning says he leaves the material because he felt that people had the right to know what the u.s. military had little regard for human life when fighting its wars in iraq and afghanistan and there have been worldwide demonstrations in support of the embattled army private over the weekend with thousands running in front of the courthouse where the trial will take place so canada germany and even south korea have also seen similar rallies and there's artie's in marina bergen our reports now 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 imprisoned 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 day anybody paying attention to bradley manning. thought of himself at the times in 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 julia songe addressed

washington's allegations that manning aided the enemy by going to wiki leaks if that president is allowed to be erected it will be interesting for a slightly. it means it's a potential death penalty for any person you know attributes preaching to the journalist about their sensitivity about them but secondly it also orioles the journalist and the publication shereen of communication they would say to the enemy and the corporation is very susceptible as well as being knowledge act which also has little offenses and that is to see. us but let a positive part of the u.s. attack. including ourselves 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 seventy one revealing the truth about the vietnam war more than four decades later he says the u.s. government is going to even greater lengths to keep the public in the dark call it a war on truth telling truth telling specifically. truth that the government doesn't want. truth about government crimes or that the public needs to know to act as a democracy if military prosecutors successfully prove that whistleblowing is aiding the enemy then bradley manning could spend the rest of his life in prison a verdict handed down under president obama just to usher in an era of transparency when he stepped into the white house reporting from new york marine up for tonight r.t. . let's move on now a wave of violence in turkey has seen a riot police clashed with protesters for a fourth day running security forces used tear gas and water cannons as protesters

responded with stones and to build barricades accidents also trying to break through police lines and a tongue the prime minister's office who says extremist elements are risk. going to the latest from istanbul 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 who 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 has 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 tayyip erdogan 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 direction from the police they couldn't make. life interviews with. 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 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. 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 turkey from her god and his government and they say they won't leave until the prime minister does and has done it in a ghost go party. under with police continuing their use of force against demonstrators across turkey human rights groups have condemned them saying some protesters have been left blinded by tear gas and this is a video which appeared on the internet showing turkish police apparently firing

tear gas into civilians hones separate fruit it shows people seeking shelter at a local university through the glass you can see what looks like a huge amount of tear gas being used by security forces and dr hussein banks from the middle east technical university in ankara believes everyone's policies have been shaken by the sun arrest it is like in your optional furball connel concerning the policies for a prime minister have done in the recent years in the recent months he has been involving in the private affairs of the citizens. and his way of speaking he's very of doing things. also consider to leave the democratic values to leave the republican values of the country but i think this is the first time in the last eleven years that the turkish government has experienced such a strong public your reaction the protesters only one to remind the

government in democracy the politicians cannot do things taking the people against them turkey is democratic society is trying to get turkey into much more structure based on the state. experience and this is a strong reaction i think the values of democracy. understanding pleasure now it will be not civil war but it will make the lives to prime minister very difficult in the coming weeks and days. and let's not get some insight on how the latest unrest in turkey have affected the markets and here with me in the studio is our business present to katie field and katie great to see you so what's you're inside the market so what was the reactions on the or what's the reaction on the market yet well it's not figured out as predictable actually we were looking at six percent down as investors went back to their desks this morning also bones as well yeah they're not performing too well actually first the most since two thousand and

nine so the stock market is demonstrating their dissatisfaction as to what's going on on the streets of turkey right now of course well the reaction has been quite predictable and launch i should say but when we talk about prospects in europe we always talk about the economic situation but about austerity and cons there so what about turkey compared to two to two greek and a secret economies it looks much more like gross really alright yeah that's the interesting thing about this whole thing because as far as the economy is concerned it's actually performed strong very. only for nearly a decade now so the protests are being spurred by other factors and if we talk about the economy we'll be able to see actually two thousand and one they were dealing with a recession themselves which is how they reacted to that and the lessons that were learned we can see just here just now actually and this all averages out right here to five percent growth year on year for the turkish economy which is very

impressive indeed very enviable as we look at what's happening in europe so when you see just where we've got nine point four percent two thousand and four that this was the global financial crisis just head two thousand and nine a really what impressed me was the resilience of the how they reacted to that nine point two percent in twenty ten so as far as the economy is concerned turkey's don't know case you can say evidently. and also turkey relies heavily on tourism just because as we know that so many russian people go there every summer of course and how damaging could these pros approaches be for of all the ten really huge really absolutely huge because twenty twelve thirty six million people went to turkey for their holiday that puts it as one of the top destinations for people to want to visit and if you think about it right now we're just entering target is peak season so yeah hugely damaging and it creates a lot of money it's a big money maker for the turkish economy or archie's case if you will with

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the news today violence is once again. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to rule the day. and some other news stories making headlines this morning in northern china one hundred twelve people an alcove been dead after a slaughterhouse burst into flames in the early hours of the morning well those three hundred were in the building when the fire broke out only about a third of them managed to escape leaving schools unaccounted for reports suggest the exits were logs trapping workers inside the burning building. a suicide bombing in eastern afghanistan has reportedly killed at least thirteen

people including ten school students that tarka was on a motorbike and detonated explosives at a market in the partier province not far from the border with pakistan children were on a lunch break there on confirmed reports that a u.s. military patrol was the target. for the czech republic where meteorologists to warn major flooding swallow prate progress in the coming hours the rising waters are expected to break through downs with the barriers unable to deal with this speed of the deluge authorities have declared a state of emergency and soldiers are piling up sandbags and attempt to protect the old cental prague two people have been already already killed after a home collapsed outside the capital. australia's troops in afghanistan have been ordered to stop humdinger of a prisoner still local security forces the decision came from their defense minister for the exceptions of abuse. refused to comment on how long they have been

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