over the highly sensitive. area. in america the killer of a black teenager walks free. in russia. any blame over the snowden saga. has been left.

welcome to the program here. live in moscow with your news from around the world so he has a. report based on information from a reliable source israel used to turkish military base to launch a recent syria has also condemned the media for even mentioning the report the middle east correspondent. the turkish foreign minister is saying to quote him it is absolutely wrong and he's accuse those of spreading the story of an act of betrayal he said that turkey will never be a partner nor a part of such attacks and that the ones who claim this one to damage turkey's power and reputation he slammed turkish media for even mentioning the report now we approach the israeli defense forces for a second time asking them to comment their reply was that the response has not

changed since their earlier on so and that is that they refused to comment on the issue we never got a reply from the prime minister's office there we just received an e-mail response to our request saying that they will not be participating in our broadcast we also never got a reply from the foreign affairs ministry a reminder of what we actually know at this stage a reliable source told r.t. that israel use a turkish military base to help stage the recent airstrike on the syrian city of latakia now what we know is that it was a pre-dawn attack it happened in early july latakia is a key syrian ports not far from a russian base they were several syrian troops who were reportedly killed and wounded in that attack the r.t. sources tell us that israeli planes left that military base in turkey and approached latakia from the sea and this was to make sure that they were not inside

syrian airspace and so that they could not become a legitimate target of the syrian air force what is important is that the attack originated on the turkish side of the border and revelations that turkey may in fact be copulating with israel against an arab country would indeed be for lack of a better word highly inconvenient for turkey itself and for its nato allies including the united states you need to remember that turkey positions itself as a key power player and a regional one. of israel it's also interesting to note that the global mainstream media hasn't largely ignored the r.t. report its continued focus and its intent attention instead on the conflict inside the country itself and the controversy surrounding the whole question of the use of chemical weapons here in israel the report did receive a little coverage not that much but certainly across the board just about every israeli analyst an expert that we approached to comment on this story declined to

give his or her viewpoint. correspondent paul asleep now if this is proven true so of his cooperation with israel would lead anchor right in the middle of the crossfire between its people and its arab neighbors and the cost of damage control could prove too high for the turkish government as artie's reports. the news that tactic could be collaborating with the israeli government to attack an arab neighbor could badly damaged the government of prime minister read jet out of one there will be a message protest because there are protests going on here in turkey against the government and this is certainly except of the for the turkish people so distorts the message. to new first as i think turkish people learn. it in the woods they look for trouble it's people cry it's. country road to independence and this this means that. you have become puppets of will from.

some states and. therefore you didn't this is even enough to be embarrassed that's what the turkish foreign minister has been quick to dismiss the reports saying that they have no basis in reality critics disagree and say the government may need to get ready for some damage control turkey and israel worked together a lot and it's entirely plausible that they would work together turkey didn't even retaliate after nine civilians were killed by israeli commandos and if you look at her the ones track record with the usa it's even more believable he's a puppet of the usa but this is a scandal for the turkish people so of course the government is denying everything . turkey's words are still wolf in two thousand and ten when an aid flotilla heading for gaza was stormed by israeli commandos they boarded a humanitarian aid ship and killed mind to the civilians and with the past two

weeks mogs by anti-government protests here in. these latest alleged revelations about cooperation between israel and turkey could present even more problems for the status government ali boy here oxy assemble. he has a long running history of cooperation with israel and both countries are united in their opposition towards the syrian government about's according to middle east affairs analyst. we have an underlying strategic alliance that continues to exercise its effect and five turkey was the first islamic state to recognize israel in my view forty nine and nineteen ninety six there was a free trade agreement and throughout the last few decades there was very heavy involvement from berms of military security and political cooperation the fact that

this witness. someone of. the last two or three years should not overshadow the fact that corporation continues between the two countries over the last few months and all four of both. the turks have been supporting the free syrian army against the syrian regime so as far as that goes we can see where this is coming from it's good to have you with us or an r.t. today now in just a few minutes here on the program the grim reality of a life of addiction and we report from pakistan a country where our correspondent discovered people are injecting openly in the street and feel they have little else in their lives. for the meantime here on the program on civil rights leaders in america are vowing more protests over the acquittal of neighborhood watch guy george zimmerman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager last year the issues of racial hatred once again at

the forefront now people have been left out raged across the country with police trying to calm the anger felt on the streets marina portnoy has this report from new york. new yorkers are how back on the streets for us was a. justice for trayvon rallies to protest in illinois even says they're outraged with anger for the view of the george zimmerman we all feel that more than eight hundred thousand people have signed their names put session that was put forward by the. league calling you for the u.s. justice department to open it up prosecution against george zimmerman on civil rights charges. as as we see the anger and the outrage is still boiling up from coast to coast seems like now that the that this verdict has been rendered

it feels like it's open season like we all have a target on our back not just from the police so we don't just worry about the police now have to worry about some crazy races person killing us and claiming self-defense you know what i think it strikes on because here in new york even though it's such a diverse city we still you know see that kind of racism and discrimination on a day to day basis there's a heavy police presence right now so. the reality is. so far the demonstrators have spilled out of the union square park and are walking through. manhattan below the park and of course they are surrounded by police officers on the street let's pan over there to show us a police officers on motorcycles and police officers on foot clearly the crowd is very aggravated an incredible injustice to only you can laugh at everyone around us like a black man thank you that he actually got to free the way to say you know i think that i just kind of voiced their opinions more in just the black and white thing

it's not just because i was a little black boy it's it's it's you know the sickness here in america you know which you know it gets to decide who it's dangerous and who's not following three hours. in the policing fleet demonstrators were still walking through new york city demanding justice and dozens of police officers by their side as sporting reporting from new york marina point i r t. now george zimmerman may have walked free from court but u.s. attorney general eric holder has reaffirmed the justice department has a now determining whether civil charges could be filed against him however professor charles rose from stetson university in florida he believes the chances of prosecuting zimmerman or if they're going to get him back in court again is going to be difficult to do because the civil rights law requires that he be a state actor and there's no indication that he was an employee of the state government during that time frame the other option would be to charge it has

a crime under the shepards act the problem there is that we just don't have evidence that it was a hate crime motivated if there had been that evidence it would have been presented in the state trial that just concluded the families have a better ability to bring a wrongful death claim against mr zimmerman they could force him to testify but the problem will be that mr zimmerman probably doesn't have much in the way of assets so they would wind up spending a great deal of money for very little result the road to the ease with which you could not only purchase a weapon but then use that weapon to defend yourself in the state of florida in approximately twenty other states is really what led to this tragedy this is our team now greece is bracing itself for its third general strike this year a mass rallies being planned in the capital athens the standstill comes as greek lawmakers are set to start a two day long debate over a new cuts of course being demanded by international creditors let's cross live now

to r.t.c. but it's an offer to join us here on the program hello to you from moscow you go to what are we expecting to see in athens today and anything shaking yet. well so far nothing yet but it's supposed to start to levon fifteen am local time so there's still some time left before it officially begins but to tell you about this protest the public sent the public sector still. a major port of these economy these jobs are protected by the constitution since the end of the nineteenth century and now greece's creditors detroit guard demanding from the government to cut them they're talking about up to twenty five thousand jobs which have to be reduced before the end of this year and if they see that if the government doesn't do that to then there's not going to get the latest financial package with around six point one billion euros so it's a very difficult situation on one hand it's money needed by this economy on the

other hand it's real jobs and the public sector which is the foundation of the economy and throughout this full week there have been various protests rallies taking place in athens with all types of. the streets from teachers. police but now we're talking about a general strike and for more on this i'm joined by. from the civil servants configuration one of the organizations which. strike. thank you very much for joining me. should we expect today. today it's a general strike that means that both private sector and public sector but dissipated in the reaction against all these new measures since we're talking now about a new another. three years and if we get a new design all this year everything should be ok but everybody knows now that it

is and unaffected the policy which is imposed in the country and especially in the in the in the poor people to the. facing now. is. on the people and on the first state so at the same time we have facing all these dismissals. you already mentioned but at the same time we can see the economy. so. much more and a rising of unemployment people and at the same time when the people and the society needs more welfare state we're losing it day by day so that's why we're going to demonstrate today and say stop and think it's enough with all these measures. this is not the first to take place and far from the first demonstration either but so far in general nothing's changed much so do you think there may be

may be other ways to improve the situation and what's the tactic of the labor unions. have to say. on the street. trying to explain to the government. is not an effective policy let me just say only. the public that was two hundred eighty one billion three years ago and now we promised that it would be a recovery but instead. after the haircut we have now three eighty three twenty one so. nobody nobody wants to see anything about. the same time they promised a recovery in the same time they said that everything in the indian market should be ok but that not that we can see is that the market is still frozen there is no

growth and instead of this we have people in the private sector people and. in the public sector for the for the first time. which is needed is a new policy new policy not only in greece but new policy in the european union a new policy in euro zone we are in very very close with our colleagues. and we had already last week we had discussion between us and. they sent a message and they support our activities i have to say is that they are trying to . i think that we have to change this policy and the government it's time now to say with all these measures it's an effective measures and we hope that. they will not

vote today in the parliament about a new package which leads to more austerity. thank you very much for your time this was. from the civil servants confederation of greece one of the two mean union organizing this general strike today in greece all right. thank you and we are back with more news here just a moment hope you can stay. i would rather ask questions for people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t.

question more. wealthy british style sign. is not on the right of free. markets finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. live from moscow it's our to you with me rory sushi at the former n.s.a. and cia contractor edward snowden will leave moscow as soon as he can that's according to russia's president vladimir putin snowden has been holed up in the

transit zone of sheremetyevo airport just outside the capital now for bob well good three weeks now farmer has the latest on this tone was that there is no end in sight to this edward snowden's arguing that an america should take a large amount of responsibility for that now despite three days ago edward snowden saying that he was going to apply for political asylum in russia russia has yet to receive an official application of mr putin went on to say that regarding the situation with the whistleblower the situation is unclear but what was very clear was that he said russia was not to blame is edward snowden now when it is his fourth week in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport this is what he said. you know i'm not sure but it is because we didn't invite edward snowden and russia wasn't his final destination anyway he was in transit but as soon as he began his journey his route was revealed in our us partners effectively

blocked for their flight they even made other countries afraid of taking him no one wants to so he ended up blocked on our territory you. know to remain stuck in a basically in a state of legal legal legal limbo here but what about further leaks of classified data any more to come do we know well if you go by what said just on friday when he held that press conference at sheremetyevo airport we should not expect the leaks simply because he said he was prepared to accept russia's precondition for asylum and that was he would not damage the u.s. but it is clear he has plenty of information up his sleeve and that was the comment made by the journalist who broke this story on the guardian newspaper. he's in possession of literally thousands of documents that contain very specific blueprints that would allow somebody who read to know exactly how the n.s.a. does what it does which would in turn allow them either to of the surveillance or to replicate it and that's what i was talking about that he has basically the

instruction manual for how the n.s.a. is built no doubt the u.s. would be worried into hearing that we also know that. snowden does not intend to stay in russia permanently he hopes to use any asylum granted here as part of a wider plan to then travel to latin america where he has in principle been granted asylum from venezuela bolivia and nicky regular but at the moment we think that the ball is in snowden's caught mr putin also made that clear because when he was asked what would happen next he actually said how should i know this is his fate up to him to take the next step but as we heard earlier mr putin also took the opportunity to make sure everybody knew that russia was not to blame for the fact that edward snowden remains trapped here in russia very soon will go to abby martin and breaking the set but for now bear in mind the website has lots of stories updated every hour at our two dot com for example right now two spies jailed in

germany for passing on top secret data to russia for more than twenty years may be exchanged for another agent or the details of a cold war style spy swap between moscow and berlin on the web site right now also the batman captain america. and hitler that's why students have erected a controversial billboard with the former nazi leader surrounded by cartoon superheroes i find out what it's all about dot com for this hour. in the meantime though a decades of war in afghanistan has brought many consequences including the onset of the world's biggest heroin industry and with the amount of land and opium cultivation constantly on the rise it's also affecting neighboring pakistan where it's now sometimes easier to get high than get fed should warn you though you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. an ambulance

rushes to kolaches largest more than other body is brought in to be identified there's no shortage of ways to die in this city target killings bomb blasts and drugs abdullah was hoping not to find his father here has been searching karachi for more than two weeks as a last resort he checked this morgue but amid the portraits of the dead a grim discovery and a familiar face a bill is father was addicted to heroin for almost a decade now he's another one of the drugs casualties. but i don't know where they are going to be hard to break the news to my mother but this is what happened and we have to face it there will be tears at home tonight. tears that abdullah believes could have been prevented he says his father tried to quit several times but in pakistan there are few treatment centers and plenty of temptation by just i mean that i could spawn has been flooded with heroin it's easy to get that it's even sold out in the open the police do nothing because they're also involved and just a few blocks away

a dark underworld in broad daylight these heroin addicts don't even bother hiding their habit it's thought that pakistan has more than four million drug addicts but fewer than eighty dedicated we have clinics. health care these young people may be in short supply there is no shortage of maryland a problem they may be popping up problems but they share one thing in common what you assert that a lot of them are moscow and heroin that deadly in. afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium heroine's main ingredient and it accounts for ninety percent of the global supply roughly forty percent of it as smuggled through pakistan it's a multi-billion dollar industry fueled by years of war and instability opium production is up for the third year in a row and is predicted to grow even further and once nato leaves in twenty fourteen there are fears that the floodgates will open for the spread of the deadly harvest you are going to get. this will. there school i suppose but you would

be inviting end of the war between to be very difficult. to win. and there could be the wall of drugs pakistani security experts want nato forces to take heed they have gone drug trade is the elephant in the room the biggest challenge was fox on his face to face that in all of. twenty fourteen post for troll strategy drugs has been left out by the united states nato and other european partners as an issue which is not to be considered. the port of karachi a key drug smuggling exit point the city is flooded with cheap era when which addicts here say is easier to buy than a healthy meal and near a busy highway this hole in the wall serves as a makeshift heroin take out window money goes in and drugs are pushed out into either waiting hands. i tell myself that i'll stop using this drug for the sake of my children that's what i'm thinking about but i can't help myself because my body needs it and the heroine's easy to get. to easy it seems pakistanis get through an

estimated one point two billion dollars worth of heroin each year but rather as just a dollar fifty is enough to get him high. phillips spreading now it's gone to my heart. straight to the heart from the heroin heartland of afghanistan a casualty of the poison spreading from the war zone next door the sea captain of our team karachi and taught me to step aside as we head over to our washington studio for abby martin and delivering how they display to the mainstream media one thing that is it's breaking to set on a scene. or remember those old wacky communist countries who constantly boost their numbers to

make themselves feel better or who cares if stores are empty and this piece of paper and one hundred thousand tonnes of potatoes that is good enough for me well now we are in a new age of technology but the same lying to make yourself feel good is still going strong it just moved over to the capitals world the u.s. state department's bureau of international information programs has spent six hundred thirty thousand dollars on facebook advertising campaigns to get fans a sense of the government is out there to buy likes oh what a fantastic use tax dollars but wait maybe i'm being too pessimistic perhaps it worked it really helped spread the message of the u.s. state department effectively when the specter general's report says that since the advertising campaign started twenty eleven there has been a dramatic increase in users liking state department sites but the problem is that only two percent of them actually use the sites so you get what you pay for a big bag of likes but if you hard core fans probably the most shocking example is a vision of america group in farsi made for a rainy and which has gotten over four hundred twenty thousand members but only one

percent of them is actually in iran where facebook advertising doesn't even exist that's effective getting lots of likes doesn't mean you are actually reaching people instead of paying for them why not you know get them naturally bar by providing interesting honest. content on a regular basis oh wait that takes effort and honesty yeah you know what just keep wasting the tax dollars but that's just a. little . funny it's technology innovations all the latest developments from around russia we've gone to the future are covered. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so many i mean. i know that i'm still the same really messed up. in the

old story so closely. it's. worse you're going to. find out superman the radio guy for the tale minestrone opposite of what clothes were about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. comes up guys i'm abby martin love mcgregor in a set well the george zimmerman trial richmond on guilty verdict on saturday and since then protests have sparked up nationwide his acquittal has renewed national debate over guns the phantom issue of race in the u.s. justice system which brings me to the year old case of marissa alexander an african-american woman from florida who was sent to prison for twenty years for shooting a warning shot into the wall very domestic dispute with her husband i.