loading video for your media projects free media. turkish police use want to cannons and tear gas on protesters in taksim square just hours after the prime minister threatened to use force to move the. moderate cleric rowhani takes almost fifty one percent of the vote to become iran's new president elect amid questions over whether he will change the country's nuclear ambitions. and syria calls america's claim that it used chemical weapons it fabricated while russia is also unconvinced it condemns washington's decision to arm rebels as an undermining of peace efforts.

and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm john thomas going to have you with. now turkish police have used to tear gas and water cannons to force crowds of protesters out of the stumbles taksim square during the crackdown twenty nine people were injured demonstrators had assembled in the streets leading to the square and began setting up barricades meanwhile people have started to gather in other turkish cities including ancora this comes shortly after the prime minister issued yet another warning to protesters saying security forces will intervene if they do not clear taksim square by sunday one of the country's main labor unions announced it will launch a general strike on monday in response to the actions of the police or to. reports from istanbul. to this point we can talk about the texas government being completely cleared of protests and i think it by the way you can see it now we have

some ambulance vehicles there and if you will if you can look at the corner in a corner of used to you probably see people that are just smelling everything in tax him in the gezi park and this is that basically what is happening here right now is that police have actually entered the gezi park for the first time in two weeks and they are taking apart all the tents and all the barricades that people have built there now we also know that neither media nor medical personnel are actually allowed at this point in the park itself that all of this comes just an hour after prime minister you know one thing again said that this protest will not be tolerated and that's all the tents will have to be gone by sunday and you have to understand that there are hundreds of tents that were in there people were literally living there for weeks and of course now a lot of people that have left texas where or rather pushed out by police with water cannons and tear gas they're all now in congregating in. the streets that are leading up to talks to describe one of the main thoroughfares is stick out where

all the shops and extremely it is to me popular public attraction actually i think it's blocked by the. cheering and yelling slogans anti-government slogans and they're also cordoned off by police that the did use water cannons to try and cool them down but that obviously didn't work so these people are not going anywhere i have asthma and all this new temple this came next to me and one of them was very violent world to my gas mask and i was told him you know i had as mine i cannot breathe please don't take my my gas mask they didn't they didn't they didn't listen i'm teetotal stampede and brutally they took my gas mask my barretts my cats and then my friends she had to give her own gas mask to me so i didn't throw any like stones to the police but they're still attacking me and millions of people like me two days ago he said you had twenty four hours did yesterday you said you'd have to wait four hours and today is that you have sealed until tomorrow so i this

is an ambush we're going to be here we're not going to leave because this is our preferred that's it this is yet another. dispersal of protest in istanbul this week we had another one on tuesday and then if you look at a city like on karada the capital of turkey the protests which are dispersed by police with water cannons and tear gas have been going on there on a daily basis and only two nights of those days were the occasions when police did not interfere this is a major move when it comes to dispersing protests that we're talking about guess the park now being evicted i do not think that we're seeing the end of it just yet because like i said there are thousands of people that are on the streets of istanbul right now so again we have to wait and see how this iteration develops from here. or to see it in a good reporting for us there now austin a specialist on the middle east who has covered on rest in the region says the protesters have little chance of getting their message across unless they are unified. what we see here is it isn't been primarily an omen

from said you know western face the kind you used to having a bury in a lodge to role in politics in china having allowed the police the most powerful voice that it presents in the countryside and the think that the rise to power the islamists was upset is now and did you know this is a really positive element of the protests in and the sort of the young kids in just a. you know we in the west and elsewhere around the world can identify with this journey to greater freedoms but there's a real danger that if that if the kids don't get there to get a side of state that they what they're going to do is end up mainly benefiting the generals and the old school security for terence.

where to iran now where moderate cleric hasan rowhani is the country's new president elect the reformist backed former secretary of the supreme national security council and x. nuclear negotiator won fifty percent fifty one percent of the vote in the election to avoid a runoff he won herit a country with an economy badly hurt by western sanctions aimed at tehran's nuclear program parties where if a national has been following a vote and reports from the capital. people have taken to the streets of tehran to celebrate the victory all. that hot victory has provoked mixed feelings among iranians. he is known as a reformist and carries the problem many specially in terms of greater freedoms boiron still runs diplomatic isolation the country has been under sob sanctions for

years now over a sponsor version of the nuclear program during his campaign rouhani has promised to prepare a civil rights trial to restart the economy and improve procure relations with them whereas he pays a lack that he's criticized as many times for making remarks that cost the country its credibility but at the same time a set of values here and there on realize that the way the iranian system works with major power held by the supreme leader the president can do little to change things dramatically the supreme leader has the final say on big issues like difference disputed. syria for example send those same bets to the next president can at least take the time out of iran's dealings with the outside world the moment chief nuclear negotiator rouhani has never been something approach

. the u.n. secretary general stated he will continue encouraging iran to play a constructive role in regional and international affairs earlier i spoke to you run in journalist hamid reza and mahdi who says with me as the nation's leader negotiations on tehran's nuclear program with the west are more likely to be successful. the west has made a mistake a big mistake by imposing sanctions against iran a nation would call the sanctions genocidal sanctions that are hurting the ordinary un ians but what i'm trying to say is that the art of negotiation perhaps which has been nonexistent in recent years maybe mr rouhani would be able to rebuild the way negotiating team in such a way that they can negotiate the whole thing in a better way at the same time we need to understand that iran doesn't want anything more than its rights iran wants its nuclear rights to be respected and it is the west and the ball is now very much is in the court of the western countries who

have been accusing ahmadinejad's administration of being stubborn out on the being not very much serious about the talks now that message one is in place is in office the west doesn't have any more excuses they have to come to the negotiating negotiating table in a serious fashion they have to negotiate with the iranians and they have to solve this problem once and for all and the sanctions would have to be lifted a lot of people in in iran are hopeful right now that things would be much better in the coming months syria's government has condemned claims by washington that it used chemical weapons as a caravan of lies and based on fabricated information damascus also accused the white house of double standards in dealing with terrorism after it announced it would send weapons to rebels the u.s. could employ a no fly zone over parts of syria with egypt's president mohamed morsi also backing

that option or he's going to she can has more details. the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used chemical weapons the mask denies the allegations washington cites its own intelligence community as well as french and british intelligence a u.s. official who declined to be identified told the media here that according to a cia report the u.s. has acquired blood urine and hair samples from two syrian rebels one dead and one wounded and according to the cia report those two rebels were exposed to nerve agent sarin brian becker he is here with me today to talk about thank you what the administration tries to present as definitive evidence that the assad government has used chemical weapons we don't know much about the evidence that they have but this report about two rebels do you think that could be enough for the cia to come up with definitive conclusions well no the evidence is dubious it's very scant in

fact but it's really not about the evidence it's not even about weapons of mass destruction it's not about sara nerve gas there's been an acknowledgement in washington that if you want to take this country to war either by bombing another country or intervening or occupying raise the specter of weapons of mass destruction and that's the ticket in order to get massive media coverage justifying an escalation and that's what's going on there's been a decision taken by the white house to escalate this is just a red herring not a red line the phrase that we often hear in washington these days is we need to tip the balance seen the other direction meaning in the direction of the rebels but behind that technical sounding phrase tipping the balance is a lot of killing that would have to be done to achieve that goal right to what lengths do you think the u.s. is ready to go to achieve a desired outcome in syria tipping the balance is just a euphemism and in fact bizarre and ridiculous the fact of the matter is this civil

war which has taken ninety three to. thousand lives according to the united nations was fueled by outside forces got their turkey saudi arabia who are they are the proxies or allies of the united states and britain and france nato powers they've been funneling arms into syria creating the conditions for civil war in fact promoting civil war i would say they have a lot of blood on their hands senator mccain is a very active supporter of the of an aggressive u.s. intervention in syria and he's everywhere now on all news channels applauding the administration's decision to arm the rebels in one of the interviews he suggested that he'd talk all the way to extremists taking over syria because they would not be allied with iran and it's not just him who constantly mentions iran in the context of these discussions how much of this is about in your opinion well john mccain's comments are very interesting but not unusual if you look back the last thirty years the united states has made the my enemy's enemy is my friend the theme

of its foreign policy and armed osama bin ladin the mujahideen against the afghan government because it was a socialist government and aligned with the soviet union mccain is a cheerleader for war but what is the real goal yes iran is the target iran ultimately because of its alliance with syria its alliance with hezbollah in lebanon ultimately the u.s. wants to destroy assad in the weaken hezbollah and finally destroy the islamic republic of iran not because it wants a more democratic iran but because it wants a puppet government a proxy like they used to have when they had the shah. the fear is that the message that the rebels will receive with the weapons is not go sit down and talk the message will be go fight and kill which kind of kills the chances of a political solution doesn't it brian becker anti-war activist in washington i'm going to check out. well she is also unconvinced by america's chemical weapons findings saying it would make no sense for assad to deploy a toxic arsenal foreign minister sergey lavrov also slammed washington's decision

to arm rebels saying it undermined peace efforts artie's alexy are cesky has more on moscow's response. the russian foreign minister revealed that it was very regrettable that when the allegations of rebel syrian rebels using chemical weapons at the town of aleppo were made public by the syrian government its plan to ask the u.n. commission to investigate nothing was eventually done but only when the allegations of the syrian government using the chemical weapon of weapons appeared at the national expert stocks that it was conduct a certain investigation on this a matter that lavrov also revealed that for some time his partners in the west and israel have been saying all along that the syrian government would only use chemical weapons if it's backed against the wall she just says soon to be the syrian regime hasn't been pushed into the corner the regime according to the rebels is advancing on the ground what's the point of the regime using chemical weapons and in such small amounts to set itself up. with the chemical weapons usage by

the syrian government the alleged chemical weapons usage now being hotly debated across the atlantic as well as the calls to arm the syrian rebels a lover of said that he didn't believe that the red line the so-called red line was actually crossed first of all because what the united states believes to be the proof of assad using chemical weapons is not a substantial proof at all mainly because the prove gathering process itself was not made in accordance with international regulations. for the there are certain rules of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons which suggest that samples of blood urine clothes and so will can be classed as evidence only if these samples were collected by the organizations experts and if these experts controlled the samples and rude to the board tories u.s. colleagues failed to assurance that these procedures were and he had to lever off also remind it that recently allegedly its wealth people from the al nusra front

the syrian rebels were detained in turkey care. chemical weapons also unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons being produced in iraq for the syrian rebels found it's very regrettable as well that these reports even despite being on confront did not cause any concerns in the west i t's oleksiak shuts the reporting for us there now still ahead for you this hour two world leaders can expect a frosty welcome as anti-capitalist protesters in the u.k. come together at the end of a g. eight meeting to claim banks and corporations are responsible for the country's in debt and should be paying up. plus we report on how the man who blew the whistle on american government espionage against his own citizens is getting immense public support these stories and much more after a short break right here on our team. do

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ensure the spanish find a. more visit actuality. and you're with are to glad to have you back with us. mass rally has been held in belfast to challenge the policies and priorities of world leaders due to meet at the g eight summit in northern ireland on monday over a thousand people marched against large corporations accused of dodging the payment of huge sums of taxes it follows protests in london where riot police moved against demonstrators to disperse them after a standoff lasting several hours artie's public boyko has the details. and here austerity campaign isn't environmentalist have gathered here in what they call the penthouse suite of global capitalism otherwise known as canary wharf

london's business district home to a number of banks such as j.p. morgan and buckley's now it's an event called they owe us and a day in the title is aimed squarely at g. eight leaders who are set to meet for the start of the g eight summit hosted by britain in northern ireland on monday the protesters gathered here come from a number of different organizations but they all say that they're concerned with one thing and that's the concentration of wealth and power that the g eight summit represents so next week at the g eight david cameron is going to be saying that he saving the world he's come out with all these great policies that make things better for you know that it's just not true he's making decisions and all those leads in part to making decisions that are in the interests of the financing to the shins of these large corporations that normally interested normal people we've got the banks out so. quoted to me we've got the banks out i mean is there a debt to us you know we're doing that so that say the simple stuff idea this week

anticapitalist protesters clashed with riot police in central london and around sixty arrests were made. one i don't mean it says many of the protests as we speak into today's inequality while this business district is home to a number of investment banks several of the god of territory nor money poorest areas for as of ten children have been seen since the government spending cuts on the way protests in pointing the finger of blame at the banks and the politicians reporting from canary wharf in london. got more stories for you on our website including. mathematics and the math to cure cancer well canadian scientists hope so at r.t. dot com we have a story on how sophisticated mathematical models could be used to destroy cancerous cells. plus a new initiative to bring global attention to g.m.o. foods has been launched a website specifically devoted to allowing participants to record

a video explaining why they stand against the g m o's has been set up our website to learn more about the monsanto video revolt campaign. the cyber standoff between the u.s. and china has taken a new twist amid revelations of potentially wholesale industrial espionage by washington the same system that spies on millions of americans is alleged to be hacking into the communications of chinese computer users fears of mass surveillance have prompted displays of anger outside capitol hill although even protesting is approving a challenge there are two ways liz wall has more. united states believe in your

ministry without a permit you cannot leave because you loved. you are just really going to do what we are entitled to do because you're right there with you to debate it to chill groups and that we're not more than twenty people in either group because apparently more than twenty people in the country are angry you can't have a demonstration without a permit so we're going to hamil over into the park maybe we'll just have our selves and moving press conference we're supposed to have the ability to congregate to address grievances to our government this is the one of the biggest scandals ever and we're not allowed to do that what does that say protesters here voiced their support for edward snowden the man who admitted to being the source of leaking classified documents to the guardian he exposed widespread government surveillance being conducted by the n.s.a. amid these revelations protesters here voiced their concern about unchecked government powers i think these discussions about snowden are really a distraction what we need to be focusing on isn't whether or not what he did was

lawful it's whether or not what the agency did was lawful what we do or don't do as a society about this massive accumulation of power through the control room if we're mace information about people's personal lives as well as they're simply want information gathered on every digital what chronic gadget has been america to us while protesters here celebrate snowden's actions calling him a whistleblower some calling him a hero government officials have condemned his actions including some members of congress snowden is believed to be in hong kong right now. here at the capital is wall r.t. . and in hong kong hundreds have also rallied in support of edward snowden demonstrators urged their government to protect the n.s.a. leaker from extradition lashing out at the u.s. sweeping surveillance program here exposed they also sent a letter to the u.s.

consulate demanding an end to the surveillance of internet users under the n.s.a. program which violates the rights of people. around the world. and turning to some other international news making headlines for you this hour thousands of teachers have protested in lisbon against austerity measures imposed by the government they voiced against longer working weeks larger class sizes and the risk of layoffs demonstrators say that public schools are sending thousands of qualified teachers onto the streets austerity measures are being imposed as part of a seventy eight billion euro international bailout agreed to in two thousand and eleven. in pakistan at least fourteen people have been killed by a bus bomb at a woman's university in the city of another blast was later reported at the hospital where the injured were treated this was followed by a fierce gun fire where at least four security officers and four assailants were killed and in

a separate attack three rocket propelled grenades hit the former residence of pakistan's late founder mohammad ali jinnah. the u.k. has celebrated queen elizabeth the seconds of birthday with a belated grand parade more than one thousand soldiers horses and musicians took part in the event known as trooping the color an annual ceremony marking the queen's birthday prince philip was unable to attend to the celebration as he is recovering from abdominal surgery marks actual birthday was on april twenty first when she turned eighty seven years old. a blast at a second chemical plant in louisiana in as many days has killed at least one person and injured seven others in the accident occurred as explosive was being moved but from the international action center told r.t. that companies and politicians are often accused of turning a blind eye a disaster when profits are at risk. louisiana is what's called

a right to work state in the united states right to work being you know euphemism for being that that workers are not allowed the form of close shop contracts and so there's hostile anti-union legislation that makes it very difficult for workers to organize them to form unions so as a result of that it's much more likely that that the working conditions and in such factories with it are non-unionized in states where there's a culture of anti-union politics it's much more likely that they would they would have these kind of accident really you know industries organize to make profits for a small group of people and the needs of the workers are last in the lives of the workers in their safety is last in the financial calculation the infrastructure of the united states is largely it's largely lacking and it's falling apart in many places well coming up after the break max and to stacy delve into several corporations dirty laundry that's in the kinds of reports next here on our to.

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world with we were row row row row in our boat gently down the stream merrily merrily merrily but that life was but a dream for in fact the reality is that we're up creek without a paddle stacey. max keiser literally if you listen to this first headline sold down the river how thames water diverts its tax liability via the caribbean despite five hundred forty nine million pounds profit and six point seven percent price hike u.k.'s largest water company received five million pound treasury rebate as well so thames water put up customer bills by six point seven percent they paid their chief executive a two hundred seventy four thousand pounds bonus and made profits of five hundred forty nine million pounds on a turnover of one point eight billion pounds yet customer sat.