it. was. a million people rally against the government in one hundred cities across brazil with an eighteen year old becoming the first fatality reported among the activists . a recent poll skepticism is on a dramatic rise in france we look into why the people in one of the founding members of the twenty seven nation bloc think that be better off and to. the u.s. army engaged in a huge disposal effort destroying expensive military hardware in afghanistan we asked why billions of taxpayer money is ending up in the scrap yard.

and i welcome you watching r.t. with me. now one hundred cities across brazil have seen a fresh wave of mass protests while the first death has been reported among the demonstrators in the state of. reports say the anti-government rally amassed a staggering one million people when activists in rio de janeiro attempted to approach the city hall they were met by police with tear gas and rubber bullets dozens of people were left injured following the clash crowds that gathered in the capital brasilia received the same treatment from the authorities president dilma rousseff has canceled a visit to japan to deal with the crisis assays this wall looks at just who the demonstrators are and why they are so angry. massive protests persist in brazil though the largest demonstrations the country has seen in twenty years it started out as a small protest against raising public bus fares but it turned out to be much more demonstrations have been going on in rio de janeiro and sao paulo brazil yes

salvador and other cities well this is the scene in sao paulo tens of thousands of people flooding the streets the huge demonstrations have been mostly peaceful but at times turn chaotic with protesters throwing objects and setting cars on fire police have responded by shooting rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowds but the protests are organized mostly by college students the majority of those taking part have higher education and more than half of them are twenty five years old or younger brazilians say they're angry over poor government services high taxes and splurging on sports stadiums millions of dollars are being spent on preparing for next year's world cup and the two thousand and sixteen olympic games in rio de janeiro protesters say fun should instead be spent on critical services like education and health care here's a breakdown of what exactly they're protesting against fifty six percent are protesting increased fares forty percent against corruption thirty one percent

against violence and oppression twenty seven percent want a better transportation system and twenty four percent are demonstrating against politicians they see as corrupt as you can see some protesters are taking to the streets with more than one grievance government officials have criticized the lack of a unified message among protesters but the president of brazil has praised the demonstrations and since the protests sparked authorities have announced they are backing down from raising the bus fares but at this point it seems that's not enough in washington liz wall r.t. . this call analyst adrian sound bucci believe it is ultimately colossal gap between the rich and the poor it's in ranging the papal brazil has very serious problems social problems it has to cope with probably poverty it has to cope with the grand plans of government corruption even though president dilma rousseff has done a relatively good job in the sense that as soon as she came into power she threw

out her. labor minister she threw out her sports minister her defense minister staff amongst others because of corruption something much better than what has been done in argentina with corruption has been ignored by the government so in spite of that people are becoming very angry over the huge divide between the very poor and the very rich which just continues decade after decade and the fact that all government action to have it's always insufficient it's just not enough they usually when the international monetary fund and the major bankers poor money into countries whether it's brazil spain italy argentina or even the united states it goes to the wrong pockets and that is a global phenomenon so in a way what people are demanding is for more real president a representation and not this so-called democracy which is merely money sloshing whereby the really powerful and the really rich and sure that their candidates always get into power and do their bidding it's the same old story in country after

country and in different continents. france is growing increasingly frustrated at the european union a new poll held across the twenty seven nation bloc suggests the french are now the most discontent by the e.u. policy so let's take a closer look at the numbers sixty two percent of french people think the e.u. is moving in the wrong direction they are stressed by the rise of germany as a political force and feel that brussels has mishandled europe's financial crisis meanwhile unemployment in france continues to rise this also comes amid some dire approval ratings for president francois hollande which have decreased almost two fold in the year he has been in power r.t. discussed the numbers with french right wing politician marine le pen. but double it would shock. first of all you need to understand that the french do not really talk about the both e.u. and the euro a common currency virtually imposed on us i religiously defended here or in other

words there is no diversity of opinion the more anything you say against the euro it will be equal to blasphemy of what i am asking for is a referendum also are a good thing but i do remember the polls promised that when asked about the european constitution france would vote for it at the end of the day fifty five percent of french citizens said no to the constitution that's why we need a wide public debate a referendum this is to ask the people what they think about all border transparency with the shrinking countries and about this currency that killed our economy and we need to ask them how come the e.u. guidelines are more important than our own constitution supervision shrines the will of a sovereign nation these essential topics have yet to become subject to public debate in france and i'm sure if they were discussed today the french would opt for freedom. well political analyst alex coble believes many french people now think

the structure is fundamentally wrong. thing that so you could list a lot of arguments against the you you could say that it's not really did look to because the e.u. commission was on the elected by the by the european citizens you could say that it's too expensive. because some member states give a little credit to the e.u. budget but don't receive as much money and whether the euro as given to europe actually is a way for specific member states to postpone structural reforms and proceeds clearly a good example of that what a lot of people are concerned nowadays with the think is the tool to greet on the very idea of the e.u. that are three disagree on what phone should be you. be shifting if you're. while the majority of e.u.

citizens are saying the union is still a good thing many of them believe their voices are not being heard. when to investigate just how much citizens of the block are involved or even familiar with his politics this is brussels the capital of europe and whole to the european institutions that make laws of decisions that affect the lives of five hundred million citizens the question is how much do these citizens really know about europe do you know what the european flag stands for. who is the president of the european council you can turn. this into do. you know how many countries in the e.u. . this is going to seven and who is a twenty eight country. who did. not like this. but does the flag of the stars on the flag mean what do they mean.

it's an appalling and there's nothing in the middle of it. but what do the stars on the flag mean on the european union's flag. those are the member states now here and for the european parliament there's this exhibit which showcases some of the key moments in the history of the european union will certainly some of these will be more familiar to citizens of the country where it actually took place when it comes to institutions how they function how they work service and showed that most europeans know very little about what actually goes on that would want to survey by your barometer it shows that the knowledge of it that europeans have with us is just three point four points out of ten this survey also shows that a majority of e.u. citizens think that the e.u. is a good thing however a majority of them also think that their voices do not count fifty four percent in fact now in this report it also says that only twenty five percent of europeans know that there's even an upcoming election in two thousand and fourteen to elect

their members of the european parliament right behind me there is no democracy in the u.k. nor in germany or in brussels we need more. developments for stronger involvement of citizen well there are officials a very you see institutions calling for a more democratic europe but in order to do so they will need to get people more involved and interested in the first place if we are to achieve this reporting from brussels i'm tests are still yeah. after three weeks of street battles authorities in turkey now say they're prepared to allow one form of protest people standing still in the street. riot police have once again running tear gas down on the protesters. was that. i've just taken off my gas mask for a minute the air is heavy with the smell of tear gas these two police water cannon

shot into the center of this street you're non-corrupt dispersing kronenberg. anything happening in mind the police response heavy handed police response in the eyes of protesters that protesters have been so i'm going about in the past two weeks they're saying the prime minister earlier ones government to authoritarianism and the police that are all supporting that government all as well and they will do nothing to try and ease back concerns will this affect the politics in turkey upcoming local elections is very much yet to be seen though anger on the street is very much continuing on a day to day basis for to this particular crossroads has become a scene for nightly confrontation between the police and protesters. however earlier in the week protests went on until

a small out of the morning without incident yesterday and today. the police response very different with these vehicles charging in and chasing protesters down side streets liberal use of water cannon which has stripped the bark off trees and left jabbering over the streets. really not the kind of response people were hoping to see from a police force that has really come in for a lot of criticism from a lot of corners of turkish society in the last two weeks. also coming up this hour turning on each other has now qaeda linked groups kills fighters from the free syrian army who are on the same side we ask what could happen if more sophisticated weapons flood rebel brigades which are torn by feuds and squabbles plus after the break. simply just birds hosting the world's business late to some in-depth talk on the current global economic challenges artie's that prove that he's worth your

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welcome back now as the u.s. army rushes to complete its pullout from afghanistan the country's already turning into a huge jump the pentagon is now destroying study. and other military equipment that despite the wall already having cost american taxpayers more than six hundred thirty billion dollars. investigates by the end of two thousand and fourteen the u.s. military will have to destroy seven billion dollars worth of military equipment in afghanistan u.s. officials say they're getting rid of what they no longer need to or what would be too costly to ship back home the list of items that will be shredded. and crushed to be sold the scrap includes around two thousand mine resistant ambush protected vehicles or more a.p.c. they were designed to counter this threat of roadside bombs and cost around

a million dollars apiece. and are very busy dismantling expensive equipment u.s. officials are not explicit as to why they're not leaving the gear to the afghan military one of the reasons that they gave is that they provided afghan forces with lighter tactical vehicles which are presumably a better fit for the country's roads to quote one u.s. military official he said we don't want to live with a lot of equipment that they can't handle and that could compound their challenges as the u.s. is packing to leave again if that will please the bulk of the forces the obama administration is trying to find a political solution with the taliban there quite a few road blocks on the way to that as you can imagine but after years of fierce fighting u.s. policymakers have arrived at the idea that only a political solution can lead to a sustainable peace in afghanistan and in some way the scrapping of military gear is symbolic to how little all that machinery has achieved their. political

analyst lee rockwell believes the disposal of military hardware is just another example of corruption by the u.s. government. you can be one hundred percent sure there's corruption involved that's just that's government and it certainly is the u.s. government in afghanistan remember how many billions of dollars in cash were you know lost. from the iraq invasion i'm sure they have shipped. vast numbers of hundred dollar bills to afghanistan to this is the way they operate the government is sort of commercial they just want to spend they want to tax they want to spend they want to destroy us sort of their daily bread we can't believe the government's figures about the cost of these things they always log or maybe they're just incompetent maybe it's the nature of the nonprofit coercive operations like government but you can't know the cause but i guarantee you it's far more than six hundred whatever billion dollars it's you know it's over

a trillion dollars in afghanistan. a closer look at the stories available for you website. shame and disgrace. the ugly truth of the israeli army tactics including using palestinian children as human shields the mini. buses. will. not receive a warm welcome. platform set to become. the country's.

after the u.s. decision to arm the syrian rebels against government troops powerful anti tank and anti aircraft missiles are making their way to the war zone yet those same shipments have already sparked feuds among various rebel factions dominated by radical islamist fighters and latest reports say fighters from the al qaeda linked front have assassinated a large number of officers from the free syrian army r.t. contributor afshin rattansi things no amount of weapons to the moderate wing of the syrian opposition will work against radical islamic jihadists. the rebel ranks were in a stanwell recently could make no. type of agreement between themselves and now they're actually killing each other so there is that power struggle it's been going on for

months and months and presumably president obama and major powers are saying yeah we'll give it to the free syrian army well if the front murdering members of the free syrian army presumably they take some of those arms and destroy it they probably use it disunity in the rebel ranks is reaching fever pitch the dangers are are very they're all they're all to be seen in iraq neighboring iraq and beginning to be seen in lebanon as the analysts are from becomes the key defacto lead faction in the opposition no amount of the so-called moderate rebels is going to work against the hundreds of thousands billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers of the blowback which may be occurring even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in

europe and perhaps to the united states to fight their jihad on european american soil. with some other news happening this hour in santiago riot police had recently suppressed a rally by students demanding education reform clashes reportedly broke out when some of the protesters trying to march beyond the authorized rate stones the police responded with water cannons and battens chile has experienced a recent wave of education protests over soaring cost on affordable loans and poorly trained teachers. people have been killed in a powerful explosion at a fireworks factory montreal a massive fire and further blasts followed reducing one of the buildings to rubble the accident forced the evacuation of dozens of nearby homes and businesses because it's currently being investigated. security forces have clashed with protesters in beirut after blocking their way to the country's parliament

anger at the lawmakers was fueled by a plan by m.p.'s to extend the legislature for another eighteen months the parliament has already responded an election planned for june over concerns the conflict in syria may inflame tensions and hamper the vote in lebanon. terror attacks constant drone strikes and vicious sectarian strife pakistan's newly elected government faces a lot of ugly challenges but amid the ongoing outbreaks of violence many other issues such as an immense lack of energy is going unnoticed artie's lucy catherine of investigates the matter. business is far from booming at this textile mill in pakistan several times each day the machines come to a halt there's simply not enough power to keep them running forcing them to sit idle for up to fourteen hours a day the mill has resorted to burning wood to keep up production but for a factory employing four thousand people it's an unsustainable solution this is to

be affecting the number of people you can employ you must provide jobs in job creation can he have been if you have energy and energy is personally what pakistan lacks the country of almost one hundred eighty million people has been plagued by power cuts that have grown longer and more frequent in recent years about two thirds of pakistan's energy comes from oil and gas but there's not enough fuel to go around most cars here are run a natural gas but widespread shortages often leave drivers queuing up at the pump for hours the power crisis has also played a major role in helping industrial tycoon not was sure we've defeat the ruling party in the recent election. it's a tragedy that a country with atomic weapons is deprived of electricity and has no electricity for even twenty dollars a day how can a country develop in such a situation so called load shedding means people and businesses can't function those who can afford it turn to a battery run electricity by using a device called u.p.s. it's enough to keep a few lights and ceiling fans on but just barely across pakistan countless people

are struggling to get by because of the energy crisis businesses large and small are desperate for an increase in energy supply in hard hit areas like this one the geopolitics of where pakistan turns to in order to get those supplies is hardly a top concern q iran the islamic republic has plenty of natural gas reserves which pakistan is eager to consume and after nearly twenty years the two countries inaugurated a gas pipeline that would let pakistan do just that the project aims to bring a million cubic feet of gas to pakistan each day from iran's offshore south park's field in the persian gulf. this is the single best thing which has happened to box on the last sixty five years of his existence it will be a major step towards providing cost effective solution and a solution which will allow pakistan to be actually connected to the global energy gas reserves but there are serious doubts about how pakistan could finance the one

point five billion dollars needed to build its portion of the pipeline and there's another hurdle washington has threatened to slap islam abroad with sanctions over the project if this deal is finalized for a proposed iran pakistan pipeline it would raise serious concerns under our around sanctions act we've made that absolutely clear to our pakistani counterparts the americans are pushing for a rival plan for u.s. backed pipeline from turkmenistan instead the u.s. opposition isn't the only hurdle realistically i don't think that's ever going to happen because if you look at the geopolitical you look at the forces that are opposed to it it's not just the united states it's opposed to it it's also saudi arabia it's also the it's also got that also that new prime minister is you know quite poor soul saudi at least historically has been i don't see the year on pakistan pipeline going through it remains to be seen whether the pipeline will be sidelined by geo politics but for the people here there's little choice but to put

up with the inconvenience and wait in line to see caffein of r t pakistan. the cream of world business is in st petersburg at the moment looking for ways to boost economic growth reform the global financial system and strengthen trade artie's alexy these at the forward looking into the most burning issues dominating the agenda. it's first day has been pretty much a warm up with many different economic issues discussed two of them dominating the agenda the first one is the possible devaluation of the russian ruble we've been gathering opinions on that we've been seeing more a concert rather than prose on that matter with most of our speakers including the head of a bank including the vice head of the russian central bank saying that this would not the russian economy would not help it and would definitely most likely harm the

economic sector and investment climate as a whole the other issue which has been dominating the economic agenda of the forum here is the offshore problem the so-called tax having which most of the participants of the forum agree need to be erased especially in the wake of what's been happening on cyprus and this is something where most of the have managed. to get an agreement in theory a banking system that's more than capable of taking that money back and using it domestically but what you do not have is confidence by investors that this would be in their interest and so the government's task in the authorization is not just to present to top. but to build trust among its own people among savers among investors and the government is far so far away from doing so the second day of the forum is expected to be more political with many more political news coming

over here with many more meetings of the ministers and different political figures to be held here in st petersburg but clearly the biggest and the most important meeting will be that all of russia's president vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel who has certainly been under fire recently for the eurozone crisis and beatrice to see what she may have to say on how russia may help europe to solve its financial torm well. correspondents will be following what's coming out of some pay dispute throughout the day so that may saw a live interviews with some of the big it is the former and later on in the meantime it's right on the set with abby not. wealthy british style. that's not on my list.

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