the. a million people rally against the government in a hundred cities across brazil with an eighteen year old becoming the first fatality reported among the activists. a recent poll says euro skepticism is on a dramatic rise in france we look into why people in one of the founding members of the twenty seven nation bloc think they'd be better off and to be. and the u.s. army gauged in a few disposal effort destroying expensive military hardware in afghanistan we asked why billions of tax payers money is ending up on the scrap heap. alone it's good to have you company watching our team coming to you live from

moscow. 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 san paolo 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. reports. thousand have taken to the streets all over brazil in an unprecedented public protests the capital brasilia clashes have erupted when riot police faced off with protesters trying to break through towards the congress in rio de janeiro local police resorted to gas to disperse crowds marching towards city hall there are reports

that around thirty people have been injured earlier around eight thousand security officer. have been deployed near the city stadium ahead of time for the ration cup football match between the spanish and eighty football teams such rallies are believed to be the most violent in a decade the protesters say they are angry at the government's excessive spending for the two thousand and fourteen world cup and another point of discontent is the increase of public transport fees in several brazilian cities the country's health or it is later reversed their decision to increase the first but this doesn't seem to have peace demonstrators they say they are also angry over the underfunded health care and education systems the unrest come six months ahead of elections in brazil and as we can see there are plenty of complaints to worst president dilma rousseff government the protests say they will remain until they see change and

promise a fresh wave of rallies to take place for the next days well political analyst a green champion she believes it is ultimately the colossal gap between the rich and the poor that the people. brazil has very serious problems social problems it has to cope with probably poverty has to cope with the grandparents 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 is being done in argentina will corruption is being 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 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 that is according to a new poll held across the twenty seven nation bloc so let's take a quick 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 is 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's been in power french right wing political leader marine le pen believes the french want to break free from the concept that's ruined their country's economy. but the boat. first of all you need to understand that the french do not really talk about this both e.u. and the euro before a common currency virtually imposed on us the issue i religiously defended here in other words there is no diversity of opinion the more anything you say against the euro will be equal to blasphemy what i'm asking for is a referendum polls 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 to ask the people what they think about food border transparency with

the shrinking countries and about this currency that killed our economy we need to ask them how come the e.u. guidelines are more important that our own constitution which in shrines the will of a sovereign nation these essential topics are yet to become subject to public debate in france and i'm sure if they were discussed today the french would opt for freedom and political analyst alex korbel believes many french people now i think the whole structure is fundamentally wrong. i think that actually you could list a lot of arguments against the you could say that it's not really did look to because of the you do issues under the elected baby here but 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 where the euro as given to europe

actually is a way for specific member states to postpone structural reforms and so she's clearly a good example of that word a lot of people are concerned always with think is the do to greet on the very idea of the e.u. that the three disagree on what form a should the e.u. . be shifting a short while many citizens believe their voices are not being heard by brussels but as a taste test reports those unhappy might only have themselves to blame. this is brussels the capital of europe and hold to the european institutions that make laws and decisions that affect the lives of five hundred million citizens the question is how much to the citizens really know about europe do you know what the european flag stands for. the iron. who is the president of the european council their contents. into the bench in one

room how many countries in the e.u. another thirty. seven and who is a twenty eight country. after that matter. what 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 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 e.u. 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 to say they are prepared to allow one form of protest people standing still in

the street meanwhile the riot police have once again reign to take down on 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 have charged into the center of this street you're non-corrupt dispersing random remember. anything that mean 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 weeks past saying. prime minister otoh once government is to authoritarianism and the police that are all supporting that government all is well and they will do nothing to try and ease their concerns while this effects the politics in turkey upcoming local elections is very much yet to be seen though

anger on the streets 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 is stripped the bark off trees and left deborah 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 to come turning on each other as an al-qaeda linked group kills fighters from the free syrian army who

are on the same side what could happen if more sophisticated weapons flood rebel brigades which are tool by and squabbles plus i guess. development is crushed by a critical lack of energy resources and after the break you can find out why there's no way the crisis on the horizon.

we speak your language or not a. program some documentary some spanish matters to you. a little too much of angola's story. here. the spanish find out more visit. welcome back now as the u.s. army rushes to complete its pullout from afghanistan the country is already turning into a huge junkyard the pentagon is now destroying state of the other military equipment that despite the all already having cost the american taxpayers more than six hundred thirty billion dollars. investigates. by the end of two thousand and

fourteen the u.s. military will have 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. to be sold a 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 now 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 it's done well at least 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 through 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. beliefs 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 and ball 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 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 their want to destroy us sort of their daily bread we can't believe the government's figures about the cost of these thorns they always log or maybe they're just incompetent maybe it's the nature of. a nonprofit coercive operation 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 enough. a closer look at the stories available for you on our website also that you will find shame and disgrace. ugly truth tactics including using palestinian children as human shields. go online more details about that and also channel these stunning pictures from the paris.

of russia. in full glory. after the u.s. decision to the syrian rebels again. 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 to a front have assassinated

a large number of offices from the free syrian army r.t. contributor after the tansy 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 because 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 take some of those arms and destroy it they probably use it the disunity in the rebel ranks is reaching fever pitch the dangers are very old we see we 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. a quick look now at other news making headlines around the world in santiago riot police have briefly suppressed a rally by students demanding education reform clashes reportedly broke out when some of the protesters tried to march beyond the authorized three stones were thrown at police who responded with water cannons and bathrooms chile has experienced a recent wave of education protests aver soaring costs on affordable loans and

poorly trained teachers. people have been killed in a powerful explosion at a fireworks factory near montreal a massive fire and further blasts followed reducing one of the buildings to rubble the accident forced the evacuation of dozens of me by homes and businesses because it's currently being investigated. and security forces have clashed with protesters in beirut after blocking their way to the country's parliament anger lawmakers was fueled by a plan by m.p.'s to extend a large legislator for another eighteen months the parliament has already perspire on an election planned for june over concerns the conflict in syria main flame tensions and hamper the vote in lebanon. terror attacks constant drone strikes in vicious sectarian strife pakistan's nuclear let the government faces a lot of ugly challenges but amid the outbreaks of violence many other issues such

as an immense lack of energy are left on the sidelines as reports now on the few attempts to solve the problem the problems they face and the enormous hurdles. 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 day to be affecting the number of people you can employ you must provide jobs and job creation can you have than 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 same. 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 but 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 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 a poor soul saudi at least historically has been i don't see the pakistan pipeline going through it remains to be seen whether the pipeline will be sidelined by geopolitics 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 isn't simply disappeared at the moment looking for ways to boost economic growth or for me global financial system and strengthen trade artie's. is at the form looking into the most burning issues on 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 off shore problem the so-called tax have been switch most of the participants of the form agree need to be erased especially in the wake of what's been happening. and this is something where most of this because i 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 and 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 form 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. and our correspondents will be following what is coming

out. it is big throughout the day today live interviews with some of the big cases at the forum later on in the meantime it's our special report on drugs in mexico. i know they track approval ratings of the presidents of various countries by did though they still research the approval ratings of former presidents twice like gallup poll that says that george w. bush has been slowly growing in his approval numbers since leaving office in fact his numbers have increased by seventeen percent amongst independents and even his in three rival democratic voters have given him fourteen percentage points of popularity i think this may be due to the fact that obama's magic has worn off and people are getting fed up with things but longing for the bush days is insane if you're one of the people who has recently decided that bush is awesome and please tell me how he differs from obama true obama could pronounce ninety nine percent of

the words on a teleprompter in front of him but both presidents have let expensive wars with questionable objectives bush gave us the patriot act and obama continued it with the n.b.a. both of them seem to like their drones and massive government spending and expansion i don't know i don't think that just because obama's was flawed that somehow makes bush's brain into some sort of triumph but that's just my opinion.

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