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egyptian army shows it in no mood to compromise breaking up mass rallies of pro islamists calling for the reinstatement of the ousted leader mohamed morsi and warning of a wider crackdown. around six million surveillance cameras are keeping watch on u.k. citizens twenty four seven and 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 media moscow ahead of the g. twenty summit in st petersburg we'll look at how the upcoming event is being overshadowed by the russia u.s. dispute over and what's known at.
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one pm in moscow you what joshua welcome to the program now in egypt at least three people have been killed in overnight clashes as backers and opponents of ousted president mohamed morsi held rallies across the country that's after the military war in supporters of morsy is muslim brotherhood again 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 morsi is reinstatement meanwhile on to we are square in the city center crowds gathered to voice their support for what they see as a revolution and to rally behind the new interim government but asked political activist sara sayah told us their feeling of victory may be short lived. there are millions of people in this war this army will come back again a low bartz. say along with mubarak's through ups and right now we see it's pretty
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dark state from back bubbling to the surface and on the military will do just as it has done before whatever it can do to do and you know while these protests that are in the streets right now as they have it's or seriously it's only a matter of time that this government is going to go and already they're shocked going signs of weakness they are turning to killing peaceful protesters as we've seen. or maybe you haven't because they cracked out on the media that shows those who are supporting morsi and those who are in the streets protesting just have repeatedly said they will not go home until they see democracy until morsi is reinstated as the first freely elected president. and word winning journalist and author hugh miles believes the only way to break the political deadlock in asia is to form a coalition government country is more divided than it's have a be and the future is hardly have to try and form
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a government that includes the islamists and the cyclists. 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 when brotherhood has very deep roots in egyptian society it has millions of supporters it's been around for many years and to have a stake out. power they need to reconcile these two saud's 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. meanwhile in the united states army witnesses are being called forward in the trial of whistleblower bradley manning who faces life in prison on a charge of aiding the enemy manning is accused of leaking thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks abby martin discussed the case with r.t.
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producer andrew blake in breaking the set what happened was 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 you see it for the rest of life and you left because a lot of people think that's kind of funny that by using the internet and sharing documentation that has actually been proven to cause any harm not 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 it 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 bradley manning the enemy afterwards to defend said we don't think so we don't think you even you we don't think we 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
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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 you know 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 prosecution's tried saying that these documents caused harm to national security and they had people come in and testify about all of these documents 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
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of weeks of bend witnesses 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. well that show is available in full on our website r t v dot com also there we are asking whether you think bradley manning did really the enemy well so take a look at some of your votes so far well at this point a majority of the respondents think he actually helped america by revealing the government's crimes a third of the respondents believe that the charge against him only makes sense if truth itself is now washington's anomie a small minority of the voters and further investigation is needed and just three percent now saying that his revelations were actually godsend for al qaida so do let us know what you think by logging on to our t dot com. finance ministers and
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bankers from the world's most powerful economies are meeting in moscow to shape the path for a global economic recovery how the talks are a precursor to september's g. twenty summit in st petersburg what aside from finance there are complex political issues at stake as artie's would you know coach of them and now explains the current g twenty finance ministers and central bank governors meeting which is taking place here in moscow out the moment is really a period of some major proper aeration is for the upcoming g twenty summit that will take place in st petersburg the end of this september and now actually it is the deal last official meetings a meeting of those of members of the g. twenty stays before this summit kicks off and on but it really seems that it is increasingly being used as a bargaining chip in international politics first there were rumors that the u.s. president barack obama may not have sound the g twenty summit in st petersburg if
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russia runs the former n.s.a. contractor adverse note on the asylum but then there were even reports that to us some republican lawmakers hops adjusted to change the location of the upcoming g. twenty summit and not so hold it in russia basically in order. supressed russia to actual dice adverse notice now meanwhile there is still of course time until the 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 rethink of the rules on top saying multinational companies basically to fight those loopholes so will we at times those companies are using to avoid billions of dollars and taxes now as a group of leading economies. the current system does not work especially for those
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companies which trade online now companies in the spotlight for using this legal but at times quite controversial practice is so fucking profits and low tax countries are us giants relieved google amazon and apple and now this issue has become quite a hot shower object especially for as those countries which are quite badly heads by the un going make a recession and the porch from taxation transparency there are many other issues on the agenda of this g twenty finance ministers meeting reach is taking place here in moscow including sources of private investment into economic growth business policy ways how to recover from the economic recession so again as a sad some major proper ration is for the g twenty summit which is going to take place in st petersburg are taking place here and the russian capital. and coming up
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after the break the biggest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history art he looks at what's the pockets of the city of detroit once an industrial powerhouse. around the shoeshine store proves surprisingly popular among the banking fact cats of walter. find out why later in the program. zach say what happened that day i don't know but a woman killed. piers later is when i got arrested for. for a crime i did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results. people to confess the police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more
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effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse and they were taking they could do what they wanted they can say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what they did or what they said. welcome back i mean of all the in the russian anti-corruption blogger who was jailed on thursday for embezzlement but unexpectedly bail the following day has returned to moscow crowds of supporters greeted him as he got off the train from cairo for his court hearing to place upon arrival of all
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a vocal critic of the government promised to continue his campaign to become a moscow mayor he was registered as a candidate for the september election just a day before he sends a volley still faces five years behind bars for defrauding a state owned timber company of half. a million dollars and he was set free pending his appeal following a surprise request from prosecutors and is subject to a travel ban. well all of the details of the volley trial are available on our website our tita com also there you can find pictures from the progress that he's sentencing sparked in moscow. privacy campaigners in britain are sounding the alarm over the dramatic rise of surveillance according to the latest estimates the u.k. now has at least one the c.c.t.v. camera for every fourteen citizens a majority of surveillance systems are operated privately now by the state but
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activists say that only and still lack of transparency and oversight are he says are so he 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. one in every fifteen or one in every eleven people whether you're going to the shopping mall or what are called sensitive locations like schools and hospitals they're likely to be electronic now in recent years much criticism has been thrown out what is seen as the u.k. government's growing surveillance state but in the 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 stressed the c.c.t.v. schemes are invaluable for crime detection and evidence for the police however one
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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 those installed by the police and local authorities so it does. 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. public sector and this kind of attention that c.c.t.v. prevents crime from happening and so it's only a matter of time in the private sector. private c.c.t.v. footage but we're seeing some incredibly sophisticated pieces of technology appearing via the internet so things to do with facial recognition and things that can sense people miles away so i think it's only correct that the law catches up
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with the technology and states how and when these cameras can be used at the end of the the day. sophisticated and they can form a very intricate picture of anybody all right thank you very much i am a car for the. information of the vast number of privately owned a surveillance cameras were out 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 down its database of d.n.a. and fingerprints records and it's just coming days after the code of regulation is imposed on the public surveillance cameras of course the debate created by the revelations of edward snowden already ongoing reporting from london. meanwhile across the atlantic the u.s. government advertised for its citizens private data seems to be stronger than ever with the obama administration approving yet another extension to the infamous anastase snooping program get the full story at r.t.
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dot com. london is about to provide a boost to companies engaged in the highly controversial practice of hydraulic fracking the government is pledging record low tax rates for shale gas producers online would tell you what's behind the move. a judge in the u.s. state of michigan has ruled that the troy it'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 services already cut to the bone david has been following the biggest municipal bankruptcy and national history . it's something that i think a lot of people in detroit aren't incredibly surprised to hear that 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
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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 a collapse aside from that i would say that the traders are pretty optimistic detroiters and metro 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 and 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 when there is a crisis there is also
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a window of opportunity aspiring entrepreneurs have found a way to earn a quick cash on wall street by setting up a shoeshine store artie's marina port now reports of 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 and why see it's just different from everything else and there's sure there's times at the bar and 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 fitted tank tops for the
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first week we had about one hundred people a day no coincidence that nearly all of those people happened to be finance years 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 a business where you're going to shine people's shoes 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 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 goodly part time while in school on time and i'm still learning how much extra we're not sure twenty five year old college graduate leah prefers not to specify which is very tough this summer special on five minute
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shoe shines is four dollars down from seven of the service was just if i was very walling it comfortable like a good wash come watch again with. for you or there's flat screen t.v. and it's lovely ladies as well it's you it's a hobby it's a magnet so you know a track that attention star shine 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. that business is booming so maybe those who argue that wall street creates jobs were right marina port ny r.t. new york and while some are working hard to earn a living others are raking in easy cash artie's mechs geyser and stacey her would have been looking at the shady dealings on wall street and that's in kaiser report
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which will be running at twelve thirty g.m.t. . thousands of orthodox christians have gathered outside crisis savior cathedral in moscow were an ancient holy relic has been brought from greece the line stretches back several kilometers and the church volunteers have been brought in to try to keep a line under control at st andrew's cross which dates back to the first century arrived in the capital on friday to mark the anniversary of russia's conversion to christianity more than in the lane am a go it will be on display in the fetal for five more days and up to four hundred thousand believers expected to pay their respects. let's now take a quick look at some other world news and bahrain's couples between anti-government activists and police have left dozens of people injured one officer was also
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wounded after being shot by a homemade firearm police allegedly fired shotguns to disperse the crowds who were marching against the ruling sunni dynasty the pro. up to the day after the government banned opposition demonstrations in several shia villages following a car blast near a mosque. and security violence is deepening an iraq where a bomb explosion in a sunni mosque and a series of other attacks have killed at least twenty six people a blast came during friday prayers during the islamic holy month of ramadan and rampant violence throughout the country claimed over three hundred lives in july alone for the first week of the fasting month having been the deadliest since two thousand and seven. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has said israel and palestine could be ready for a relaunch of peace talks that follows his meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tel aviv has meanwhile
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said it will release several long term palestinian prisoners as part of an agreement to resume talks negotiations are expected to begin within weeks in washington. well as politicians try to revive the peace process israel's settlement policies are continuing to outrage palestinians and it's getting tough for a man to local youngsters who protest against settlement expansion often ante up on the i.d.f. sworn to the list r.t. supposedly or 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 this post is threatening to find them wherever they are like a sheriff in a small town with a bounty on outlaws hid every night nearly the drop bombs and sound
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bombs the words the houses before i've been with the children live in very bad so critical situation and it's working as sufis 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 us 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 to publish these posters was probably the initiative of the 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 heard so is the head of
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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. would timi abuses and tortures youngsters in the occupied west bank the community has hit back by putting up posters of its own the message that. the president of the. as for south he has exams but can't concentrate where we have
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soldiers that are on the prowl looking for him and his classmates policy r.t. coup for could do him will spend. and the city of detroit spiral towards industrial collapse and financial ruin is a focus of our financial show prime interest that's next and aren't. you want is something truly baffling the u.s. supreme court has ruled that generic drug makers cannot be sued for bad reactions to their products only the original branded creators of the drugs can the court's decision was five to four overturning a multimillion dollar award for
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a woman who was horribly wounded by taking a medication which gave her toxic epidermal necrosis which is basically the equivalent of getting third degree burns all over her body and of course after winning the case of neutral pharmaceutical company is demanding their millions of dollars back from the woman who they naturally blame for having side effects from the medicine they made themselves remember this is not just a ruling about one drug but a ruling about all generic drugs which are eighty percent of the u.s. market all of them will not have any accountability i cannot wrap my head around the logic of only punishing the creator of a product and granting immunity to anyone that later reproduces said product i mean would any sane person say that if you shoot a person with a colt forty five pistol that is a crime but if you use a copycat call made in mexico to blow your neighbor's off well that's ok because it's a generic copy no no sane person would allow generic drug producers to have no liability for their product but that's just my opinion.
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good afternoon and welcome to prime interest i'm harry and boring in the above english here's the headlines that we're tracking today. and solvent that would be detroit which gave us the supreme in the vehicle that fueled our happy motoring paradise for decades unfortunately after years of decline the motor city finally filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday a move that was not entirely unexpected that's right eighteen billion dollars in liabilities is at stake a record for the u.s.
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is this the first domino that might just go there with these two thousand and eleven prediction of a wave of need defaults area and will dig into the fine print of detroit's bankruptcy filing later in the show it's a precedent setting a bend in more ways than one and speaking of insolvent we'd be remiss without mentioning the fed which is gamed its own accounting manual to make sure the big banks get paid ahead of the taxpayer and new york times article highlighted our recent guest steve and how bernanke got it oh so wrong and provide some choice coats quotes from a nobel prize winning economist in two thousand and three nobel laureates robert lucas jr actually said math macro economics has succeeded a central problem of depression prevention has been solved finally detroit would be in the sewer but that doesn't stop moody's from upgrading its outlook on us from negative to stable and the aaa rating still into a wooded.

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