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more. egypt an army shows it's in no mood to compromise breaking up mass rallies of pro islam is calling for the reinstatement of the ousted leader mohamed morsi and warning of a wider crackdown. around a six million surveillance cameras are keeping watch on u.k. citizens twenty four seven that's according to a new report that's alarmed privacy campaigners and prompted calls for greater transparency. and financial movers and shakers from the world's leading economies me to moscow ahead of the g. twenty summit in st petersburg we look at how the upcoming event is being overshadowed by the russia u.s. dispute over snowden.
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this is actually coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program. and it tipped at least three people have been killed in overnight clashes as backers and opponents of ousted president mohamed morsi held rallies across the country and that's after the military warned supporters of morsi is muslim brotherhood against stoking further unrest and disrupting the transition to a new government troops in cairo fired tear gas to force back thousands of protesters on their way to the presidential palace and a man more is his reinstatement and while on to her square in the city center crowds gathered to voice their support for what they see as a revolution and to rally behind a new interim government but as political activist sara alcides told us they are feeling a victory may be short lived. there and millions and millions of people in this
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case who do not want this army will come back again along with bart they are with mubarak's through ups and right now you see it's been two barks they come back bubbling to the surface and of the military will do just as it has done before whatever it can do to subdue and to you know qual these protests that are in the streets right now as they have been for sooner or later it's only a matter of time that this government is going to go and already they're showing signs of weakness they are turning to killing protestors as you seem. or maybe you have been because they cracked out of the media that shows those more supporting morsi and those who are in the street protesters have repeatedly said they will not go home until stacy democracy until morsi is reinstated as the first freely elected president in egypt. and word winning journalist and author hugh miles believes the only way to break the political deadlock in egyptian is to form
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a coalition government. country is more divided than it's ever been and the future is hardly uncertain have to try and form a government that includes the islamists and the seculars. liberals but so far. they haven't managed to do this at all and so what we're likely to see is a swinging between these two poles in egyptian politics going forward but one brotherhood has very deep roots in egyptian society it has millions of supporters it's been around for many years and has to have a stake in power they need to reconcile these two sides because otherwise it's going to be too easy for the islamists to make problems for example by using peaceful protests they can bring the country to its knees the country is already on its knees you know while in the united states army witnesses are being called forward in the trial of whistleblower bradley manning who faces life in
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prison on a charge of aiding the enemy manning is accused of leaking thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks abby martin has discussed the case with r.t. producer andrew blake on breaking the set. what happened was so you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and you know the government's long been saying ok manning you aided the enemy because you want to wiki leaks you gave them files those files got the internet and then osama bin ladin dialed up his modem and got those papers and because of that we can send you away to prison and use these for the rest of life and you left because a lot people think that's kind of funny that by using the internet and sharing documentation that has actually been proven to cause any harm you know really aiding the enemy right so that was that was the defense's argument and they said you know this is a bit preposterous and when you know this trial has been going on actually only happening for a couple of weeks now when the prosecution actually had to present their case and they had to call witnesses and they actually had to try to make an effort to say
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bradley manning the enemy afterwards the defense said we don't think so we don't think you even you we don't think you even gave enough evidence that the judge can actually make this decision so they filed a couple of motions a few weeks back and just today colonel denise lind the military judge presiding over the case she finally responded and said no there's enough evidence that i can actually go ahead and i can make a decision should not to make the decision now the court case is going to wrap up sometime next month most likely but she is not dismissing the charges by not dismissing the charge bradley manning will now face a maximum of life plus one hundred fifty four years in prison i believe life plus one hundred fifty four years and it's been a hell of a guy you might live to or yeah yeah who knows you know aiding the enemy or not your life span how is the prosecution going to prove this i mean i guess we don't know but based on what they've already said it seems pretty flimsy elder we already know that manning did all this stuff really aid the enemy but we know he's played with the leaks of hundreds of thousands of classified documents that set's that's out there he admitted that the prosecutions tried saying that these documents
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caused harm to national security and they had people come in to testify about all these doctors separately released iraq war logs afghan war logs collateral murder video that went on will be a detainee assessment briefs all these information and that's what the last couple of weeks have been witness is being called by the prosecution and by the defense trying to say well either you know he did it knowing that this could happen or no he was a naive twenty something guy who wanted to help the world but that's going to be ultimately up to the judge to decide and. now that show is available in full on our website r.t. dot com also there we are asking whether you think bradley manning did really aid the enemy let's take a look at how you've been voting so far. while the majority of the voters as you can see think he actually did help america by revealing the government's crimes third of the respondents at this point believe that the charge against him only makes sense if truth itself is now washington's anomie in
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a small minority of this point believe further investigation is needed and that just about three percent think his revelations were actually godsend for al qaida so do let us know what do you think of this issue by logging on to our to com if you haven't already and cast your vote. finance ministers and bankers from the world's most powerful economies are meeting in moscow to shape the path for a global economic recovery the talks are a precursor to september's g twenty summit in st petersburg but aside from finance there are complex political issues at stake as artie's medina caution and explains the occurring g twenty finance ministers and central bank governors meeting which is taking place here in moscow out the moment is really a part of some major proper ratios for the coming g. twenty summit that will take place in st petersburg the end of this september and now actually it is a villans the official meetings a meeting of those of members of the g twenty stays before the summit kicks off and
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on but it really seems that it is increasingly being used as a bargaining chip in international politics first their war rumors that said the u.s. president barack obama may not a town the g. twenty summit in st petersburg if russia runs the former n.s.a. contractor adverse note on asylum but than there were even reports that two u.s. or republican lawmakers hops adjusted to change the location of the upcoming g twenty summit and not so hold it in russia basically in order to crush russia or to actually dice adverse notice now meanwhile there is still of course time until these summit kicks off in st petersburg iran a month and a half and a redo seems that those economists who have gathered here in moscow house put politics aside and really are discussing some major quite challenging economic issues now in particular the g. twenty back quite a fundamental rethinking of the rules on taksim multinational companies basically
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to fight those loopholes so will we times those companies are using to avoid billions of dollars and taxes now as a group of leading chronic. the current system does not work especially for those companies which trade online now companies in the spotlight for using this legal but at times quite controversial proxies booking profits in low tax countries are us giants relieved google amazon and apple now this issue has become quite a hot shot gypped this specially for of those countries which are quite badly heads by the un going economic recession and the porch from taxation transparency there are many other issues on the agenda of this g twenty finance ministers meeting which is taking place here in moscow including sources of private investment into economic growth business policy ways how to requote work from the economic
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recession so again as i sat some major proper ration is for the g twenty summit which is going to take place in st petersburg are taking place here in the russian capital and then a question of their well coming up after the break here in our team the biggest a municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history argue looks at what's the pockets of the city of detroit once an industrial powerhouse. and shoeshine store proves surprisingly popular among the banking fact cats of wall street find out why later in the program. i've seen the perception of the course many times it doesn't matter if there's snow a heat wave or hail stones for people keep going i don't expect anything just one i
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told myself i keep on going as long as my heart told me to bet so i want to at the moment. i have sinned so mine choose c. i'm carrying these sayings on my shoulders. do you want me to put a bandage here no that's fine but a lot of people were so exhausted they could barely walk their feet hurt and some of them fainted little redecorated three to wanted to keep going i don't know what tomorrow will bring.
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him back this is r.t. privacy campaigners in britain are sounding the alarm over the dramatic rise of surveillance according to the latest asked him if the u.k. now has at least one of the c.c.t.v. camera for every fourteen citizens the majority of surveillance systems are operated privately not by the state bought activists say that only adds to the lack of transparency and oversight artists are still you explains. if you ever feel like you're being watched perhaps even feel singled out no matter how huge the crowd. chances are it may not just be paranoia. the british security industry association estimates that there are between four point one and five point nine million a close circuit television or c.c.t.v. cameras in the u.k. that's one in every fifteen or one in every eleven people whether you're with the tube in the shopping mall and what are called sensitive locations like schools and hospitals there are likely to be electronic eyes on you know in recent years much criticism has been thrown out what is seen as the u.k.
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government's growing surveillance state but in the b.s.i. is most recent report it shows that in fact majority of c.c.t.v. cameras are not government funded but rather privately owned and mostly used for security reasons another b.s. i. stress the c.c.t.v. schemes are invaluable for crime detection and evidence for the police however one of the main problems highlighted by watchdogs is the fact that there are not still not enough regulations governing public c.c.t.v. surveillance much less those that are privately owned we discussed this issue with the big brother watch price of private c.c.t.v. cameras far outnumber those installed by the police and local authorities so it does challenge. it is the government that's acting as big brother doesn't it i think it's big for there was a hole in the u.k. at the moment i think the private sector seen the ration of c.c.t.v. cameras the public sector and this kind of attention that c.c.t.v. prevents crime from happening and so it's only
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a matter of time before the private sector. started installing private c.c.t.v. footage needs but we're seeing some incredibly sophisticated pieces of technology appearing via the internet things to do with facial recognition and things that can send people full miles away so i think it's only correct that the law catches up to technology and states how and when these cameras can be used at the end of the day the sophisticated they can form a very intricate picture of everybody all right thank you very much for that. information but the vast number of privately owned surveillance cameras will add to the debate of the so-called surveillance society you know this is just coming on the back after one year of the protection of freedoms act was passed in the u.k. where the government was forced to trim its database of d.n.a. and fingerprint records and it's just coming days after the code of regulation is imposed on the public surveillance cameras and the debate created by the
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revelations of edward snowden already ongoing reporting from london. meanwhile across the atlantic the us government appetite for its citizens private data seems to be stronger than ever with the obama administration. approving yet another extension to the infamous annecy snooping program and the full story at r.t. dot com. was one that is about to provide a boost to companies and gauged in the highly controversial practice of hydraulic fracking the government is pledging record low tax rates for shale gas producers online and we tell you what's behind the move. a judge in the u.s. state of michigan has ruled that detroit's filing for bankruptcy violates the state constitution and has refused to allow the liquidation of the city's assets to pay off creditors the city's dad has now reached around eighteen point five billion dollars and there's no cash to repay it with public service is already cut to the
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bone r. g.'s a mere david has been following the biggest municipal bankruptcy in national history. it's something that i think a lot of people in detroit aren't incredibly surprised to hear the city has been in decline for many many years all of my life since i've been born at least but i think what you're seeing really is just this sort of vicious cycle that the city has not really been able to get out of you know you have high unemployment because you have high unemployment you have thousands of people that are just leaving the city in droves to find economic opportunities elsewhere when you have people leaving the city you're obviously producing less tax revenue you have to tighten the budget and not to mention that when you have more unemployment you have more issues like crime and then that's just one inevitability of having high unemployment so that puts a further strain on resources from the police department the fire department etc so it's not all that surprising that a system like that that's frankly unsustainable would would collapse aside from that i would say that the traders are pretty optimistic detroiters and metro
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detroit are pretty optimistic about this they're not looking at as hitting rock bottom they feel like we hit rock bottom a long long time ago this is the thing that had to happen to move forward to turn the page and really sort of you know kind of the beginning of the end of the pain. well when there is crisis there's also a window of opportunity aspiring entrepreneurs have found a way to earn quick cash on wall street by setting up a shoeshine store. reports on why it's proving so successful. wall street it's not just a location it is a culture synonymous with big bonuses bailouts risk and the one percent following the financial meltdown of two thousand and eight most americans criticize bankers right now shining their shoes has turned into a high end business. welcome to starshine
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and why see it's just different from everything else there's. there's the book. they don't offer the same things that we are for the store offers large leather chairs flat screen t.v.'s and oh a women only staff uniformed in teeny black shorts and did it take tops for the first week we had about one hundred people a day no coincidence that nearly all of those people happen to be financier's bankers or other wall street employees when you start a business like this it makes sense to fish with official if you're going to put in a business where you're going to shine people. you're in the heart of the financial district you have to make it somewhat resonate with the type of people in the type of demographic that you're actually pertaining to. while the so-called wall street demographic has bounced back exceptionally well following the great recession economic recovery has been extremely difficult for young americans latest figures
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suggest ten million u.s. workers under the age of twenty five can't find full time work i did this to help out with the bells and everything to get by a part time while in school and still learning how much extra we're not sure twenty five year old college graduate leah prefers not to specify the. very cup this summer special on five minute shoe shines is four dollars down from seven of the service. was very wallinger comfortable. come watch a game with. for you or there's class korean t.v. news and lovely ladies as well. it's a hard it's a magnet so you know attract that attention starshine also offers services at corporate events and trade shows the store meanwhile will soon be serving beer and wine. the business is owned by kevin white jr and his father who both work in finance neither were available for an on camera interview but tell our t.v.
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that business is booming so maybe those who argue that wall street creates jobs were right marina port ny r.t. new york now while some are working hard to earn a living others are waking in a.z. cash our days max keiser is daisy heard have been looking at the shady dealings on wall street that some guys are reports which will be showing next hour here on our team. and i. found out there are a highly controversial case stateside the justice department is considering launching a federal prosecution over the killing of unarmed black teenager trayvon martin in florida last year that shortly after record ruled that george zimmerman was acting in self-defense when he shot martin dad sparking protests across the country on friday president obama came forward with
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a long awaited statement on the case he said that african-americans in the u.s. are growing accustomed to racial profiling and that he has experienced it himself burns king has a daughter of martin luther king told us the case demonstrates that the battle for civil rights is far from over. that a lot of groups in america feel oppressed i think for those of us in the african-american community because we've had such a long history of oppression since we've been in this country it makes it a little bit more intense and to look at the statistics in a lot of the different categories in america with we're talking about them the justice system education health care wealth there are great disparity still as it relates to the african-american community and so you know this particular case i think to me is a sign and a wake up call that we have to finish or continue the unfinished work of martin
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luther king jr i think perhaps that's why ironically we have the name trayvon martin not that he is martin luther king jr but i think it's kind of a sign bit hey we've got to reconnect with and continue this unfinished work of martin luther king jr particularly in the racial and economic areas. now take a look at some other stories from around the world and bahrain scuffles between anti-government activists and police have left dozens of people injured one officer was also wounded after being shot by a homemade firearm at least allegedly fired shotguns to disperse the crowds who were marching against the ruling dynasty the protests erupted a day after the government banned opposition demonstrations in several shia villages following a car blast near a mosque. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says israel and palestine could be ready for
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a relaunch of peace talks with negotiations planned to take place in washington that follows his meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier the palestinian leadership demanded guarantees that further negotiations on territorial disputes would be based on the cease fire line held before nine hundred sixty seven when israel captured the west bank and gaza that condition was rejected outright by tel aviv. well as politicians try to revive the peace process israel's settlement policies are continuing to rage palestinians and it's getting tough for many local youngsters who protest against settlement expansion often and being out on the i.d.f. swannack list or do you suppose leader has a story. armed to the teeth that's one of the most sophisticated armies in the world state of the art weapons high tech defense and world class combat training but when it comes to dealing with an unconventional enemy children it resorts to
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those posters threatening to find them wherever they are like a sheriff in a small town with a bounty on outlaws hid every night the only victim and drop bombs and sound bombs that was the houses before i've been with the children live in very bad so critical situation and it's working a suffer as one of the children whose faces was plastered around village in the northern west bank the warning reads we are the army be careful we will catch you if we see you. we were very afraid when they put our pictures up there are threatening eyes that they will arrest us and they will come and take us from our home. the posters went up one afternoon after another demonstration ended in tear gas and rubber coated bullets every friday villagers take to the streets to protest against the wall israel is building between them and a nearby city home and on the frontline and in the line of fire children the idea
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to publish these posters was probably the initiative of a local army commander they were placed on the walls of a mosque and nearby houses and stuff says he wasn't throwing stones but the army and settlers have a different version. is the head of a nearby city home and each day he drives on this road which connects his settlement in the thirty five thousand jews who live in the area with the rest of his role. of this what would usually happen is they would come and stand on the road to pick up a brick or a large stone and throw it directly and from a short range because many of our residents were hurt three months ago a baby got hit and she's now in a vegetative state stones kill and that's why we expect the military to do what it takes in order for it to stop. israeli figures say rock throwing incidents are up by a hundred ten percent in the last few months but the army's track record for dealing with palestinian children is dismal at best a recent un report found that the i.d.f.
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we teenie abuses and tortures youngsters in the occupied west bank the community has hit back by putting up posters of its own the message that their year long good . luck. as for his sons he has exams but khan concentrate way we have soldiers that are on the prowl looking for him and his classmates. could do him a span. and coming out here in a program racial profiling and the hunt for whistleblowers and breaking the sat that's next an artist.
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or a member of those old wacky communist countries who constantly boost their numbers to make themselves feel better or who cares if stores aren't the end this piece of paper a one hundred thousand tons of potatoes that is good enough for me well now we're 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 or what a fantastic use tax dollars but wait maybe i'm being too pessimistic perhaps it worked and really helped spread the message of the us state department effectively wellness factor 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 fare it's probably the most shocking example is a vision of america group in farsi made for
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a rainy us 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 that one. i'm not you know get the next 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 happened.
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to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the less bad luck i got so. i mean. i know that i must be really nice. and very slow. at. worst for going to. my house of a. radio guy and for a minute. i want. to get you never seen anything like this until. guys i'm having martin and this is breaking the set so in light of the leaks from edward snowden developments are.
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