live from moscow three hundreds of turkish police swarming to istanbul's taksim square to evict demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon with a crew from out seize arabic system among those caught up in the action we'll bring you the late. also this hour fourteen people are reported killed dozens injured as a double suicide blasts rocked damascus and the latest terror attack in war torn syria. and on the streets and online supporters of edward snowden the mounted blew the whistle of america's mass internet surveillance operation call them to be pardoned as he disappears from his hotel in hong kong he was hoping to avoid prosecution by the u.s. .

very good afternoon she joins us this is coming to you live from moscow time not just after three pm moscow time the top story takes police no control tech seems square really driving out protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets hundreds of police in riot gear cleared barricades from the square in istanbul the turkish prime minister meantime says the government will not bend to the demonstrators demands and promised no more tolerance for the protests has got the latest for you . hundreds of riot police have stormed istanbul's taksim square the which has been the site of ongoing demonstrations against the government for more than a week now the white police easily broken barricades that had earlier been put up by protesters who anticipated this police action the police were backed by armored vehicles they fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets prompting many of the demonstrators to actually move away from the sway into nearby gives the park where

many of them have been any craft being campaigned for several days now the police also used litter cannons and in response the demonstrators some of them fired fireworks and fire bombs and hold stones the police have also begun taking down large bammers that protesters hung on a large building on the edge of the square now before all of this morning the protests appear to be diminishing with the smallest number of demonstrators turning up last night in the past twelve days in taksim square prime minister erdogan has taken a defiant stand against these anti-government protesters but he does say that he is willing to meet with some of the leaders of the opposition and this follows a request from some of the protesters but at a-kon has indicated and is not expected to make any concessions three people have died and more than five thousand have been treated for injuries according to the government figures some six hundred

police officers have also been hurt in these clashes the turkish police have been accused of using excessive force and earlier the deputy of prime minister erdogan apologize for this but the prime minister himself has been defiant saying that many of those protesting are just really and thugs we do know that ed are gone is planning to hold a pro-government rally so for the moment at least is that is seen as if the tensions are not quite over. well is there a middle east correspondent there will just over the shoulder you can see the latest live scene from text him square in istanbul you can still see heavy police presence there the turkish government demanding that protest is leave the square demonstrators really a tear gassed by police but many protesters remain defiant and they say they're going to return to texas in earlier on in a speech to parliament mr it. said quote what did the protests is expect that it would kneeled down before them that seems to contradict the kind of message coming

out from the governor of istanbul hussein. earlier who said that he had no intention of breaking up the protest in it is the park and that's the latest scene he's saying from tax in square there as you can see a lot of protesters still rallying still trying to get their message across this lunchtime. while a crew from artie's arabic sister channel has been caught up in the violent clampdown when police earlier tear gas demonstrators. well that's over the start of the crackdown on protesters or an attack seems where early in the morning they used tear gas and broke the tents tear gas canister hit the camera and broke it our cameramen fell to the ground i also suffered badly from the tear gas violent clashes are happening right now in the streets of istanbul it's like a war zone. turkish prime minister at one slam the protesters as mobs in a speech to parliament to mention just now he'll supply in the media and social

networks for stirring the rest i spoke to journalist neil clark who's been following the events in turkey tell me edouard doesn't feel threatened by the protests because of his international backing. one hundred killed emboldened really trapped in a very harsh where gets the protesters uneasy emboldened to proceed a member of nato and u.s. ally and i think he it's very interesting to see just how mutiny criticism of murder has been over the last week in the west john kerry made some mutterings about not using too much force but william hague for example has been silent the french have been silent and i think this in bold a hand to clamp down harshly on protesters but in the police but in the water cannons that plastic bullets etc his deputy had said that he wants to meet with the protesters the protests is there for hoping that maybe something could be sorted out reasonably amicably and then today we see this force absolutely i think go home field really that there's no real pressure on him to actually negotiate to meet with the protests why should he think because he's got the backing of nato and the u.s. the u.s. will do everything to stop him from falling from power and i think that's what

that's a very important factor the other thing is of course elections are here in turkey for two more years the opposition is divided so he thinks he's in a very strong position. the secular minister focus in on syria now the double suicide attacks rocked the syrian capital damascus has killed forty injured at least thirty one others the explosions went off in a central square with reports the one of the blasts what a man blew himself up inside a police station the square was also the scene of deadly attacks earlier this year too it comes as washington debates whether it should arm the syrian rebels are for assad forces made recent advances recapture the key city. big time the u.s. could approve lethal aid for opposition fighters an amount is now also a no fly zone could be under consideration this just weeks before an international peace conference on syria planned for july well speaking to american media sergei lavrov gave russia's position on this is r.t. is tom barton explaining more. lavrov spoke of double standards when it comes to

the west's approach to various regimes saying that whilst they supported some dictators because they were considered their dictators in his words other dictatorial regimes were not considered worthy of support and therefore they were considered ripe for toppling this is a thread you do what must be done. in the us and russia c o two out of. every single stupid you know that there were also the position which is called through syrian government there is the realizations for. one of their was the glue of the poorest nation both devoted to the goods and job and the needed political solution for this group because europe and most of the abuse because there is because the ocean as well because of the forwards the regime double standards if you wish but why the move you are on the buso whom you work and who your dog or you

agree become one. person of international borders it must be said that the organization al nasra has been blacklisted by the us as a terrorist organization these comments come as the there are reports that the forces of bashar al assad are preparing for a massive assault on the city of aleppo currently held by syrian rebels that is one of the reasons that the us is considering as early as this week possibly supplying weapons to syrian rebels they have suffered a defeat recently in the town of. with assad's forces being helped by hezbollah militants from lebanon also could have a knock on effects to a planned peace conference trying to be organized by russia and the u.s. with the military victories of assad's forces it's thought that assad may have less inclination to try. and work towards a constructive peace the rebels also with splits in their ranks struggling it seems

to get a delegation together for that peace conference also questions raised about possible chemical weapons use all of these factors affecting a possible peace conference coming up and possible intervention with weapons supplies to rebels by the west it is correspondent tom barton there are many more stories ahead a few a little later with me kevin though in including iraq plagued by the worst bloodshed in years r.t. troubles across the country torn by sectarian violence to hear from sunnis and shiites about their plight. next though following the leak of america's secret surveillance program more significant revelations are yet to be published that's according to the journalist to receive the initial classified documents from ex cia staffer edward snowden meantime tens of thousands of signed an online petition now urging president obama to pardon the will soar blower it's also been a fund raising effort to pay for his defense and

a rally in new york artist when important was at the demonstration. braving some very whites and chilly weather dozens of new yorkers have come out into the street to show their solidarity and support with n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden this of course coming just twenty four hours after the twenty nine year old revealed himself as the man who handed over classified documents to the guardian which then exposed the national security agency's program prism i think the public is owed an explanation of the motivations behind the people who make these disclosures that are outside of the democratic model now prism allowed the national security agency's extensive internet spying on records of digital communication and allowed the government agency to surveil us citizens in real time now the revelations that have come about through snowden's

leaks of course challenges the ongoing war on terror for nearly twelve years the u.s. government has changes policies change legislation in the name of which they said was to keep americans safe wars waged overseas and our privacy a roading here at home those american citizens that we've spoken with say that snowden sacrifice should not be in vain and there needs to be a bigger dialogue about the way in which the u.s. government is acting behind the backs of its own citizens now of course this blockbuster of a story has caused many to wonder if the u.s. government will still move forward lecturing and pointing fingers at other countries such as iran and china for the way in which it deals with its citizens now it has been revealed to the entire world that the u.s. is keeping very close tabs on everything that americans are doing at home

and even abroad reporting from new york marina r.t. . all do make sure you also log on to the website or t dot com because of bringing all the latest updates on global reaction of which there is a lot to the national security agency leak. the twenty nine year whistle blowers meanwhile dropped out of sight in hong kong ahead of a likely push by the u.s. government of an extra day to face charges he's been holed up in the hotel you can just see there it is in the shop now here after making his identity known to the media earlier snowden is hoping to avoid prosecution by being in hong kong the chinese territory as an extradition treaty lined up with the u.s. but exceptions can be made in certain cases the process could take months or even years michael ratner's an attorney for wiki leaks julian assange and you says that young americans it seems are willing to go to great lengths these days to reveal how the u.s. government really operates. this shows you how bad the situation is and how much kurds nice people have after the us has hit these people with sledgehammers manning

my son i am and you still get people like likes not like. snowden coming out again so it indicates that there's a tremendous amount of courage of young people to try and reveal the criminality and surveillance and the state that we have here the legal part has to do with laws that this country passed post nine eleven in particular courts that are essentially hand-picked and decide to old ghosts and a president who is willing to us that apparently approved this massive surveillance i think that terrorism is used as an excuse to be able to surveil and keep tabs on every single american to prevent really a change in government what's happening is they've hired thousands tens of thousands of young people into this network of erik's the surveillance network and a lot of the people have confidence it still takes courage once you have conscience but we're seeing we have happen not snowden manning songe him and those are heroes

. and as you'd expect from us this leads exposure of u.s. government surveillance is about on the issues taken center stage on the makes edition of the kaiser report and they did a quick preview you catch the full version just over an hour from now. adam smith was a table of the. seldom ate together even for merriment and diversion but for the conversation ending in a conspiracy against the public aren't some contrivance to raise prices that's fricken adam smith has said that. stacey max for proof of this we are going to look at an image of men of the same trade getting together for the purposes of merriment and diversion it would look like from the photo in this is barack obama in february twentieth eleven meeting with steve jobs to his left mark zuckerberg of facebook to his right then you see the c.e.o. of twitter the c.e.o. of yahoo cross the table as the google c.e.o. eric schmidt larry ellison and the president of stanford university the last supper

yes it's an undertaker's convention it's the moment when barack obama complicit leg on the bed with these guys who run prism essentially that's the moment i mean look at that dinner look at that image this is when barack obama so actually took the constitution and wiped is but with it and it's the moment of supreme treasonous action by the president eyes states america is dead seventeen seventy six to present thanks barack you kill the country. more of that later still to come next the french legacy in mali is piracy titles its military conflict success many say the intervention only open the doors to more extremism we've got that story coming up for you very soon.

technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. i told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports. and know i will leave them to stay clear of any comment on your place to say. to carry out a car is on the docket no gun. thank you no more weasel words. when you say you didn't read question be prepared for a change when you do you should be ready for our. freedom of speech. and the freedom to walk.

again the u.s. attorney deployed new peacekeeping force in mali amid warnings that separatist groups to the north pose a serious threat to security across the region this is the mali in government and twenty rebels negotiate a deal to allow elections to go ahead next month but as aussies wait for national reports many believe an early advantage become paid by fronts only open the door to more bloodshed. france says it's done its job well in mali killed most of its islamist insurgents destroyed the infrastructure and pushed the rest out of the country but the people who gathered here in the center of the northern city of gal think france's mission

isn't complete. the french are making excuses because our enemy is holding a kid out they must resolve this before any elections or negotiations take place france should defend our community not try to keep us in our place. to the desert capital of kiddo has been out of governmental control since last year first it's been captured by terrorists indigenous african people fighting to create a breakaway state in the north of mali than the radical islamists came the un sardine group believed to have ties with al qaida the two factions came to an agreement to establish an islamic autonomy when the french military came they drove out most of the islamists but to accept artist are still there small influences haven't been able to enter the town for months now something that's never been a problem for french troops who have an air base in the hall they call that the criminal who have contacts with the separatists but we don't have coordination with

them we don't discuss things with them they don't attack us and we don't consider them enemy but we don't have any reason to attack them or. what the touring separatists do attack is the mollen military the area surrounding kid else to witnesses heavy fighting yet the french army so far refuses to engage with the rebels and can tell regardless of the threat they may pose to molly's territorial integrity and next month's presidential election palmer they will bore you back with your mic our military part is over the rest is merely an internal problem. the mali tour of conflict is indeed very much a local fight after independence from france the torrens usual territory across more than mali and algeria was divided in mali it led to years of violence but our exit mostly populate the north of mali here in the thousand part of the country you will not find many whites this is how other ethnic moland groups who think never complete darkness came call their nomadic neighbors and this geographical division

only deepens antagonism but some believe this internal conflict could never stay as intense without outside help france has been openly supporting what it regards as an oppressed and discriminated minority shortly after the french intervention and the defense minister in paris suggested ethnic tour rigs in northern mali should have some autonomy in even the. political muscle the war will begin all over again because of the behavior of the french the support of the torah group balian against all the tribes and cities in the north of mali which just alienated them from the rest even more. in doubt we're meant to separate groups which claim there is so aim is to defend the towns from the regs what they say their own belongs to them but we don't agree so with take up arms to defend our homes you know. they came first then the islamists arrived after them they opened the door for

radicals to come to our land. last week president a laundry sieved a peace prize for the operation in mali but it's still unclear whether what the french troops will soon leave behind can truly be described as peace and what peacekeepers officially coming to the scene these july will have to maintain. from mali. cover top world news headlines in brief is china has launched a manned rocket with three crew onboard including the country's second female astronaut to the spacecraft blasted off the side of the gobi desert to an experimental space station that was set up in twenty eleven the crew expected to spend two weeks in orbit a record for china's space program so far. at least two people have been killed and five injured after part of a residential building collapsed in the indian city of mumbai dozens of victims are feared to be trapped under the rubble the block housed at least sixteen apartments and a car showroom underneath monsoon rains are being blamed for the collapse. at least

seventy people have been killed and two hundred thirty injured in iraq during just one day in the latest spike in violence the suicide blasts roadside bombs and gun battles rocked the country on monday continue the weeks of bloodshed which is claim ily two thousand lives since april it comes as the countries being ripped apart by sectarian divide. and off travel off limits to investigate the ongoing turbulent situation. may was the bloodiest month seen in iraq in the past five years a surge in sectarian violence that's raised fears of another civil war sunni versus shia one country two sets. iraq has been through this before and that divide never really sealed tensions are growing between the shiite led government and minority sunnis inflamed by the regional conflict in neighboring syria to understand the divisions we have to travel to an area off limits to foreign

journalists the end bar province following the u.s. led invasion this area was the heartland of the sunni insurgency today it's become the focal point of the anti-government protests. for several months now every friday this scene prayer on the highway to baghdad followed by protests against the baghdad government it's a situation that's reflective of the state of iraq today. a country that has been torn apart by war but doesn't seem to be closer to healing the wounds of the divisions that have been very about occupation here the sunni protesters who have gathered behind me want a different kind of system they want to change they feel that the government doesn't represent. soffa is one of those protesters he's brought his son to almost every demonstration there for a residence but not by choice he says he was forced to flee baghdad for fear of arrest by the military and that his sect made him a target of one day

a military brigade surrounded the area where we lived in baghdad and started making arrests they were targeting sunday residents and the rest of my cousins so i gathered my family and escaped to flu jab. the demonstrators complain of discrimination arbitrary arrests detention even torture under the rule of prime minister nouri al maliki charges that the government denies. that the government systematically driving sunni's from baghdad this isn't a secret migrations is being done in the open cities are restricted in everything from where we live to the kinds of jobs we can have but in a shia neighborhood a different version of the story fearful of retribution for speaking out this residence prefers to hide his identity he tells us of the dangers iraqi shia from armed groups. have been displaced by threats from al qaeda and other militias this used to be a mixed area the people have started exchanging houses between sunni and shia

families to safety some analysts blame the united states for the divisions they build the new system political system and on the sectarian basis. like they made the proportions for the sun nice for this day and for the dish this is very good all. those divisions have taken a toll on iraqi youth a generation separated by the threat of violence i know that really affects us and causes a lot of problems between me and my friends especially if they're from a different six we can't work together we'll hang out publicly in some neighborhoods i could get killed for being seen with someone from a different religious group ten years after the war iraq is still struggling to find peace as the ghosts of its sectarian past haunt the future. r.t.e. baghdad. coming up next as the program's continue a closer look at the man behind the n.s.a. leak more breaking news on erica's couple of minutes time.

six san diego residents were thrown off of an airplane not for what they said but how they said it because they said it in another language russian in fact a paranoid and cowardly steward on the plane told them that they had to clear out just for speaking another language to be here yes of some group of people were to commit a terrorist act then speaking in a foreign language would be a good tactic i can't deny that and four years ago do american better get on the ball and learn to speak english adequately but there is a problem about fifty million tourists visit america every year according to the u.s. department of commerce and trust me not all of them are canadians if the u.s.

is going to have millions of tourists arriving in traveling by air then don't be surprised when they speak their own languages if you're going to throw foreigners off of airplanes just for speaking their native languages then you're going to have to basically throw people off of half of the planes flying over the united states but that's just my opinion. 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 that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tired of the big picture. you live on the heart of the. it's responsible suppose i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck. i mean i have managed to tell you that i'm.

really messed up. in the old story so personally. it's. worse to put a little a little light on the. radio guy for a minute. what. we're about to give you never seen anything like this until it. comes up guys i'm having martin and this is breaking the set so guys despite u.s. troops lonely being pulled out of afghanistan we've always known that the private contractors will be there to stay but it wasn't until just recently that we got a sense of just how many contractors boots are really on the ground or no latest census by the industry group professional overseas contractors there are currently one hundred ten thousand private contractors working in afghanistan or out number

in the sixty five thousand u.s. military personnel that remain in the country now while some people argue that more contractors instead of troops is a good thing others allege this outsourcing is just a way for the u.s. government to invade its legal obligations blackwater ring a bell to anyone but it doesn't same amount of private contractors isn't disturbing enough according to government accountability office the pentagon can't even track what they're actually doing there so let me get this straight there's almost twice as many contractors as troops no one knows what the hell they're even doing and people wonder where our tax dollars are going this blows your mind to join me and let's break that said. because of the secrecy surrounding the government's killer drone program it's nearly impossible to report on an exact body count of those who've fallen victim to it.