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clashes between the supporters of the ousted egyptian president and his opponents leave three dead this as the army puts on a show of force during a night of mass nationwide protests. life under the lens privacy groups rail against the runaway surveillance culture in britain where it is thought that there's a true one camera for every eleven people. he smokes too much drank a strong coffee bradley manning's army boss testifies how she suspected he was a spy from the start after the judge ruled aiding the enemy will means among the whistleblowers charges. and business is closing in moscow top financial ministers and leading bankers agree to fight global unemployment and to increase growth in a key meeting ahead of the g twenty summit right here and russia.
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thanks for joining in this saturday evening five pm here in the russian capital i'm lucy catherine of and of course you're watching our t.v. well our top story now in egypt at least three people were killed overnight to the north of cairo in clashes between the supporters and the opponents of the ousted president and this is after the military warned those backing morsi is muslim brotherhood against stoking further unrest and disrupting the transition to a new government the capital was the stage for most of the large scale protests thousands of pro morsi demonstrators broke off from a mass sit in outside of a mosque in eastern cairo to march on the republican guard barracks but most were blocked by the army it's thought that this is where the former president is currently being detained meanwhile on top where square crowds gather to voice their support for what they see as a revolution and to rally behind the new interim government political activists.
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told us that those pushing form a. ahmed morsi is reinstatement feel that they are being denied democracy. my family is just one family that you know that many families in egypt are to the streets to demand that the first really elect the president first widget president of egypt be reinstated because what happened was a military coup i think now all the military knows that. there are millions and millions of people in the streets you do not want this army people to come back again along with mubarak's corruption right now what we see is pretty barks they come back bubbling to the surface and the military will do just as it has done before whatever it can do seven do and to you know qual these protests that are in the streets right now as they have been for. journalist who miles who specializes
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in the middle east says that the country's deep seeded a deep rooted economic problems can't be solved until a political solution is reached. it is possible that egypt can recover it's not it's not full yet but it does have a very problem unemployment social inequality public see these need to be addressed and i'm not going to be very tough now there is a very complex a new company from could just be a good state and there are many economic textbook and people with very big with. very well placed to put about this difficult. but they're not going to manage it unless they have political reconciliation and so that needs to. really not find in the moment. we deployed it. as long as that's the case the situation really is only going to. on the way another platform
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for alex a not vaal name this time at a moscow train station where the russian anti-government blogger were turned to tell supporters he'll still run for mayor while the peeling his five year jail term for embezzlement that story is coming up ahead also for you arms to the teeth and perfectly framed now israel's military is resorting to using wanted posters to intimidate palestinian children with no stones in protest israeli settlements. well britain's addiction to surveillance is shattering records with it estimated that there is now one camera for every eleven people their privacy groups are furious saying that george orwell's one thousand nine hundred four was never intended to be an instruction manual are cilia takes a look. 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
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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 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. 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 b s are you stressed 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 those installed by the police and local authorities so it does
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challenge. it is the government that's acting as big brother doesn't it i think it's a big hole in the u.k. at the moment i think the private sector seen the proliferation 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 a matter of time in the private sector. private c.c.t.v. . but we're seeing some incredibly sophisticated pieces of technology appearing via the internet so things to do with facial recognition and things cameras that can sense people miles away so i think it's only the law catches up with the technology in states how and when these cameras can be used at the end of the the day. very sophisticated and you can form a very intricate picture of everybody all right thank you very much i am a car for about. the vast number of privately owned surveillance cameras out to the debate of the so-called surveillance society you know this is just
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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 fingerprint records and it's just coming days after the code of regulation was imposed on public surveillance cameras and the debate created by the revelations of edward snowden already ongoing reporting from london. and while britain looks to rein in its surveillance addiction washington it seems has no such qualms about its own on our web site you can find out how through a secret court president obama's renewed the n.s.a.'s power to harvest the phone records of millions of americans. also on our sites incorporated having a mass the strongest force of any rebel group syria's islamists now plan an oil funded emirate stretching from the mediterranean to the persian gulf that's a dot com. army witnesses are currently being called
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to testify against the whistleblower bradley manning his former boss says that she has always suspected that he was a spy among her arguments mannings having smoking that he drank strong coffee now he faces life in prison for leaking the classified documents to wiki leaks after the judge had confirmed the most serious charge of aiding the enemy in artie's breaking the set abby martin discussed those developments with producer andrew blake. 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 on 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
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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 give way to the enemy afterwards to defend 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 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 has to be at least a hell of a guy who might live to and 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 elgar we already know
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that manning did all this stuff naturally the enemy but we know he's played with the likes of hundreds of thousands of classified documents that sets 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 to testify about all of these documents separately released to iraq war logs afghan war logs collateral murder video that went on will be a detainee assessment all these information and that's what the last couple 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 you know 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. so little those little taste of breaking the set of course you can watch the full show on our website our team dot com and while you're there take a moment to weigh in and let us know whether you believe that bradley manning actually did the enemy now some of you already cast their ballots let's take a look at how that vote is going now the majority of you sixty percent believe that he helped the united states by revealing the government crimes about
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a third of you in the purple believe that the charges against him only make sense if the truth itself is now washington's enemy and just about four percent are unsure you guys think that more investigation is probably needed and a slightly smaller percentage three percent believe that though those rival pardon me i cannot speak today revelations by bradley manning actually helps benefit groups like al qaida so it's not too late to vote it over to our dot com and cast a ballot. and. supporters of anti-corruption activist alexander of only have flooded a moscow train station to vulcan the blogger as you returned from court hearings in central russia now he was released on appeal after being handed a five year jail term for embezzlement as not only arrived he pledged to continue
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his campaign to become the mayor of moscow his prison sentence was announced the day after he had officially registered as a candidate for that september race of only was found guilty of defrauding a state owned timber company of half a million dollars i was taken immediately into custody although prosecutors have insisted that he should be subject only to a travel ban until his appeal is heard and of course of all these jail term had and guided condemnation on the streets and some of russia's key cities and on the internet more on that for you at r.t. dot com we can also take a look at some of the images from the rally which took place right here in central moscow. once america's mighty engine room it's now desperation for the people of detroit the city has crumbled under the weight of deep debt but in just a few minutes we'll report on whether this means it's the end or a new beginning and coming up the girl still treats shoes shiny as the ones humble
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trade goes glam that and many more stories for you after a break to stay with us. look right see. her street. and i think picture. on our reporter's twitter. instagram. below. you.
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look. welcome back well looks like there is a small side of relief for pensioners and people with disabilities in the city of detroit with the bankruptcy saying their benefits are safe at least for the next six months the city was once the jewel of the american industry but it is now eighteen point five billion dollars in debt with little prospects of paying that barack. david explains however it's a chance for a new beginning rather than a painful and it's something that i think a lot of people in detroit are incredibly surprised to hear the city has been in
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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 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
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turn the page and really sort of you know kind of the beginning of the end of the pain well shining shoes on wall street maybe back in style but this time with a little bit of sex appeal run these days by a financial high fliers that's certainly a long way from the rags and desperation usually associated with buffing up brogues and as mark. i have discovered the money is not something to scoff at either. 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 criticized bankers but now shining their shoes has turned into a high end business. welcome to starshine and y.c. it's just different from everything else and there's sure there are times at the back. they don't offer the same things that we are for the store offers large
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leather chairs flat screen t.v.'s and oh a women only staff uniformed in teeny black shorts and fitted tank 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'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 idea this to help out with the bells and everything
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a part time while in school and i start learning how much extra we're not sure twenty five year old college graduate leah prefers not to specify it was very tough this summer special on five minute shoe shiners is four dollars down from seven of the service. was very walling a comfortable. income watch again with. for you where there's less screen t.v. and lovely ladies as well it's it's a hard it's a magnet to you know attract better attention starshine also offers services at corporate events and treats 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
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were right marina. new york well time for a brief look at some of the other news headlines for around the world right now we begin in china an explosion in beijing's international airport arrival hall have injured one person a man in a wheelchair detonated a small amount of gunpowder that was used to make fireworks near the exit now he was later hospitalized the man was reportedly angry at previously being beaten up by security guards in southern china. a police station a west of paris has come under attack from a mob protesting against officers and forcing france's ban on islamic full face veils five people were injured and six were detained in the assault the current wave of outrage was sparked by the arrest of a man who had tried to strangle a police officer who had to find his wife from where from wearing a veil. hundred cities across the u.s. are bracing for protests a week after a florida court to acquitted george zimmerman of murder he shot dead on armed black
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teenager trayvon martin claiming it was self-defense his acquittal sparked days of rage with civil rights activists accusing the court of racial bias. israel is to release several longtime palestinian prisoners as part of a deal to start peace talks brokered by u.s. secretary of state john kerry and he said the two sides are ready for negotiations which are expected to start in washington within two weeks kerry met the leaders of both states on his sixth visit to the region in just as many months. while the politicians try to revive the peace process the outrage over israel's settlements refuses to die down among palestinians what's more the military crackdowns on protesters as children and up on the idea of wanted lists our middle east correspondent policy or takes up the story armed to the teeth that's one of the most sophisticated armies in the world stage of the art weapons high tech to fins
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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 an outlaws hid every night nearly the. guy's bombs and sound bombs towards the houses before i've been to look the children live in very bad so critical situation and it's working a suffers one of the children whose faces was plastered around village in the more than we spend 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 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
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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. assaf says he wasn't throwing stones but the army and settlers have a different version but still is the head of a nearby city home and each day he drives on this road which connects his settlement in the fifty five thousand jews who live in the area with the rest of his will most 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 and ten percent in the last few months but the army's track record for
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dealing with palestinian children is dismal at best a recent human report found that the i.d.f. 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 the. art of it is that you are me not. as for south he has exams but can't concentrate way we have soldiers that are on the prowl looking for him and his classmates policy r.t. coup for could do him spend. listing growth and preventing currency war financier from the world's twenty little economies have agreed on right here in moscow their gathering is seen as a precursor to september's g twenty summit in russia r.t. is medical it's never has the latest. they g twenty backed 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
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billions of dollars in taxes now as a group of leading economy is sad that 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 practices of booking profits in low tax countries are us a giants relieved google amazon and apple now this issue has become quite a hot shot gypped especially for those countries which are quite badly heads by the un going economic recession and apart 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 investments into economic growth business policy ways how to recover from the economic recession. detroit's spiral towards industrial collapse and financial ruin is the focus of prime
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interests coming up next. 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 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 of tax dollars but wait maybe i'm being too pessimistic perhaps it
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worked it really helped spread the message of the u.s. 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 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 our tax dollars but that's just my opinion.
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more news today violence has once again flared up. saying these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule today. well all told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports and let you know what is the know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say it's mr k.l.a. car is on the docket no god. no radio no more weasel words when you made a direct question be prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for
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a bad. freedom of speech and little doubt the freedom to cross. good afternoon and welcome to prime interest i'm harry and boring and i'm bubba english and here's the headlines that we're tracking today. and solvent that would be detroit which gave us the supreme sun 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 there's at stake a record for the u.s. is this the first domino that might just go the narrative 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
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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 cotes quotes from a nobel prize winning economist in two thousand and three nobel laureates robert lucas jr actually said. has succeeded a central problem of depression prevention has been solved finally detroit might be in the sewer but that doesn't stop moody's from upgrading its outlook on u.s. debt from negative to stable and the aaa rating still and moody's actually said the federal government's debt trajectory is on track even with though for their budget measures well you don't want to get sued by standard and poor's right all's well that ends well except we're just at the beginning of the end of the debt supercycle so stay tuned as we talk to michael hudson about the bubble economy and.

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