good. luck. a week of nationwide outrage in the us with protests in dozens of cities against the acquittal of george zimmerman a florida neighborhood watch volunteer who was charged with murdering an armed black teenager. russian opposition activist aleksei not only israel today after being given a five year jail term for embezzlement and a closely watched trial that has sparked mass rallies and his support on the streets of moscow. also this week accused of letting israel used a military base to launch a recent air strike on syria unconfirmed reports but ankara denies the allegation. and backers of egypt's ousted president mohamed morsy clash with opponents at mass rallies while the new interim government of sworn in despite the on rest.

thanks for tuning in this hour i'm to see caffein over now watching the weekly right here on our t.v. well crowds of protesters have been gathering in cities all over the united states to voice their anger over the recent acquittal of george zimmerman he was cleared of murder over the shooting of an armed black teenager trayvon martin in florida last year the court ruling has been described by some was racially motivated or she's going to has more. we've seen protests in dozens of cities in the u.s. throughout the week following the verdict in the george zimmerman case people took to the streets demonstrating at courthouses and police stations throughout the country demanding justice for trayvon martin the seventeen year old black man who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer dozens of people were arrested most of the arrests

were made on charges of a lawful the family some places like the sand and you don't protest for in violence demonstrators who walks a passing car many many americans were following to zimmerman trial it's obvious that racial disparities in the application of criminal laws in america remain all these people think that trayvon martin being white he would have been a white civil rights activist here it's obvious that george zimmerman followed trayvon martin because he was black the seventeen year old trayvon martin was walking home in his own neighborhood with a pack of skittles candy is in his pocket having done nothing wrong the jury apparently found that although it was a bad judgment on the part of george zimmerman to pursue the young man but when the to confront each other cement acted in self-defense the fact of the matter is that under florida's stand your ground law the defense doesn't even have to prove that their client is an angel it's enough to prove reasonable doubt that the defendant acted in self-defense and they're free to go so in this case you have a clash of different rates civil rights vigilantes guns in self-defense lost these

people see a clash between the law and just it's a very recent example also in the state of florida black woman a mother of three was sentenced to twenty years in jail because she fired a bullet at a wall to scare off her abusive husband nobody was injured and the woman is in jail for twenty years while george zimmerman walks free so you see the faces of these people outraged president obama appealed for calm speaking at a white house press conference on friday he also signaled his sympathy with the protesters giving his personal perspective on the case. trayvon martin could have been me. thirty five years ago there are very few african-american men in this country who have no the experience of being followed when they were shopping in department store. that includes me. very very few african-american men who have experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of

cars. that happens to me at least before i was a senator. but the demonstrators aren't willing to give up their cause despite those words from the president as well as the u.s. attorney general urging a review of the self-defense laws which had allowed mr zimmerman to walk free in celebrities as well as the parents of trayvon martin are leading the movement meanwhile university of minnesota professor lisa albrecht attended a rally in her state and she told us that the case reflects a deep racial bias within the u.s. legal system. all that the justice system in this country is racialized from the moment of impact police arrest more people older and white people. are convicted in greater numbers they serve sentences that are longer and there are greater numbers of people who are in prison and the united states are given in in terms of their population so we already have all of that data and that this we see

as a continuation of. this man has been acquitted so now it's time for our government to hear our voices. of course we're tracking those with the nationwide rallies all of our on our website our t. dot com over there you can find all the best pictures and video footage as well as a social media reaction such a log on our team dot com. meanwhile coming up ahead for you in the program resisting austerity greek workers go on a nationwide strike and take to the streets from last rallies but they fail to stop their government from slashing yet more jobs report our report from outlands is coming up in just a few minutes also for you old feuds are reignited in northern ireland as loyalists refuse to stop their protests until they're granted permission for i highly controversial parade route passing through a sectarian flashpoint story and many more coming up. russian opposition activist anti corruption campaigner alex and of all they were

sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement on thursday but released on bail the next day this after a surprise arrest from prosecutors or geezer in english has been following what's been dubbed as russia's most controversial trials in recent years. five and four years in prison. that if it's a risk going to be for sitting up. and defrauding your student timber company to the tune of half a million dollars the judge insisted the verdict was not politically motivated but media bloggers supporters and opposition activists crew was critical and a convert to the conviction means that he won't be. made out of moscow says the embezzlement charges brought against him politically motivated outspoken critic of the russian president vladimir putin has been sentenced to five years in prison one gets the people who have already made up their minds before the case even starts before the trial and that they're not actually looking at the facts or the way the

trial was actually conducted but all simply following their own opinions which they filmed in advance what i can call me. is that someone like mr nevaeh should know. because he is a famous opposition personality now that seems to to me. completely the wrong way round dozens of people in moscow's many years in the square a stone's throw from the kremlin indignant at the verdict calling it unfair and immense police presence and if east of panic and social media for awhile it looked like the situation could escalate. but there was a curveball from the prosecutor's office to request a friend of irony in of itself until their verdict comes into effect immediately arrest a preliminary detention to stick to measure as you put in spokesman said there was nothing unusual about the trial or the prosecutor's appeal stressing that the president cannot and does not influence the court decision and that those convicted

should carry out their punishment as prescribed by the judge and his blocking of all is said that he was ready for a long term preliminary confines and ordering books from the library and battling mosquitoes and his self but his spent less than twenty four hours and attention before being released from this court house straight into the arms of his supporters eager for his campaign to continue so who is the self-appointed opposition figurehead who's running for mayor of moscow a lawyer by profession know you spent the better part of the last few years flirting with nationalistic movements as well as leading a popular blog exposing large scale corruption and trying to make a forest into politics his trial the verdict and the surrounding media frenzy may have been closer to that goal he can according to your earlier report russia moscow city he can give us many interviews as he likes it's an absolute publish city god send for him it doesn't remove him from politics at all it's the absolute ideal solution for him in a sense it's been referred to

a broad as russia's mandela moment perhaps too bold a claim the b.b.c. has the state run where british broadcasting corporation calls it rushes mandela and they've been running stories all day just previously you know bill keller the executive editor of the new york times used to this man you know novell me you already outlined his nationalist views here in this country we have no. as against it's likely to have the semitism incitement to neo nazis ism which of course this man has flirted with repeatedly although he may not be major household name in russia yet. he seems to have some serious support abroad he is paid by or has been paid by the united states of america when he set up a democratic alternative party a year or two ago it received money from the n.d.p. the n.e.t.'s the national endowment for democracy founded by the us congress that was the main organization funding the orange revolution in ukraine back in two thousand and four the valley's party received money from the american state as wiki

leaks showed it not so long ago it even goes quite cute of central russian force we've got in-depth coverage on that story on our website also on line for you today a wheelchair user has detonated a homemade bomb had beijing's international airport injuring no one but himself apparently to draw attention to a brutal police attack that left him disabled and on to r.t. dot com to find out more about that incident. also staying with airports troubles in northern mexico travelers lining up to board their flights bound themselves need a pen and water that's after a flash flood breached the terminal building you can find all the pictures on our in motion page at our team dot com. israel has allegedly used a turkish military base to launch an attack on syria and that information had come to our t.v. from certain sources earlier this week has been denied by the turkish government which also condemned any media mention of it a middle east correspondent policy or has the details. there was

a lot of talk and uncertainty in the region this week after our sources revealed that we have information that israel launched a strike on syria from turkey now the reports are believed to be connected to a strike back in early july on the syrian city of latakia if accurate this would be the fourth time in recent months that tel aviv has launched an attack against syria the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has neither denied nor confirmed these allegations and he simply says that israel's policy is not to allow the transfer of dangerous weapons to hizbollah and other so-called terrorist organizations and that this is a policy that the country will not deviate from that and now who also saying that every time something happens in the middle east israel is to blame the turks for bayside have denied the allegations the turkish foreign minister saying that turkey will never be a part of nor a partner to such attacks he also said that the allegations were aimed at

destroying turkey's power and reputation what is interesting is that relations between turkey and israel are at an all time low they deteriorated after the fratello attempt back in late two thousand and ten in which nine turkish activists were killed and there was an attempt to bring humanitarian aid to the people of gaza back in march the israeli prime minister apologized to the turks for that incident and what is happening now is that real questions are being asked about the sincerity of that apology there are also questions being asked as to why would turkey ally itself with its arch enemy in the region is role to launch an attack against another muslim country now it's no secret that turkey has spoken out against the regime of bashar assad in syria but this certainly is not a sufficient enough onset as to why turkey would work with israel to launch an attack against syria policy r.t.

on the israeli sir. borda. a wave of ultranationalist violence in the u.k. thousands of police are deployed to keep a bottle of wine protests under wraps the details on that story is coming up after a short break.

right. first street. and i think you're. reformers. welcome back well egypt has seen more violent clashes at street protests throughout the country this week which has dragged on the political standoff on saturday the army has blocked a huge march by morsy supporters on the republican guard headquarters where many believe that the deposed president mohamed morsy is currently being held now this is one day after three people were killed in clashes between rival crowds of demonstrators in the city of la. sora deadly street battles intensified as

a senior u.s. official visited egypt for the first time since the military took over at least seven people were killed and hundreds of protesters were detained now on tuesday the country's interim leader had sworn in a new cabinet which had been excluded members of morsi is a muslim brotherhood is in this movement meanwhile has rejected that cabinet and its supporters are vowing to continue the mass protests egyptian constitutional experts aida all the ali says that there will be no call in the country unless all parties involved are are involved pardon me in the political process. if the brotherhood doesn't participate in the transition process or revision of the constitution what it would mean is that this new constitution that's going to come out of this process will only represent the liberal and conservative side society and won't represents the is on the side of the population so it would mean that it won't represent a cross-section of egyptian society and therefore will not brigitta mysie for

a long time to come and what it would mean is that it will just end up going from one crisis to another for another period of time instead of just reforming the constitution without having the brotherhood involved what the ruling authority should do is that they should really engage in a national dialogue to try to decide what the future of this country should look like and try to get as many major or he's involved as possible and try to get their agreement and this current trajectory will not lead in that direction just brutal. the way government is pressing ahead with austerity having approved more public sector job cuts this in order to comply with international lending requirements not all of this is despite a massive general strike and thousand strong rallies bringing public services to a standstill earlier this week now in order to secure its next bailout happens will have to redeploy or x. twenty five thousand civil servants let's take a look at some of the numbers now under a bill passed earlier this week around four thousand state employees will lose their jobs by the end of this year up to one thousand workers are being fired in

greece every single day recent surveys by the helen exit testicle authority show that since two thousand and nine unemployment has skyrocketed from a little over nine percent to almost twenty seven percent and greece's g.d.p. has plunged by almost a hundred billion euros. has been on the streets of athens talking to the protesters. protected by law since the nineteenth century public workers are still considered to be the foundation of the greek economy but its creditors have demanded that the government cuts up to twenty five thousand public jobs before the end of this year otherwise reeses not going to get its latest financial aid package worth over six billion euros so doctors teachers security guards were suppose police public transport drivers and others got on strike and gathered at the country's prevalent in athens to fight for their jobs it's just the beginning they have in mind to destroy every public service in greece we need teachers we need

people in the health sector sector we need people for the. garbage for everything past six years the greek economy has been in recession unemployment is at twenty seven percent but there are many of those who do work officially but haven't seen their salaries in months if you had all three graduates aren't able to find a job there's a rise of drug addicts and the firm was including those of the five patients and decades worth of work experience with the general feeling on the street it's not only the government which is to blame for the situation we have people in the private sector people in the growing with no into the public sector for the for the first time show that we needed is a new policy you policy not only in greece but in the european union a new policy in the eurozone no matter what happens next labor unions like you organisation say it's not going to back down until the troika and brussels especially realise

that it's not only about adding or subtracting numbers but about the real lives for real people you've got to start off forty five and three to british citizens and one russian have died in a helicopter accident in north western russia now emergency services said that the u.k. citizens were tourists who are in the more mongst region on a fishing trip the helicopters owned by a private company and brought them to the location and then crashed after a failed takeoff killing the three people on the ground now it is believed that the helicopter pilot himself survived he had reportedly plans to cancel that flight due to bad weather. meanwhile in northern ireland pro british minister had vowed to stage weekly protests in belfast until they're allowed to hold a parade that was passing through a crucial sectarian flashpoint separating the loyalist and nationalist communities thousands of demonstrators have gathered for the latest rally on saturday which have passed relatively peacefully and it all flared up last weekend when the

authorities refused to approve the parade route sparking five nights of rioting with the additional police drafted from across the united kingdom to keep things under control dozens were injured and over eighty arrests had been made christian science monitor is ireland correspondent jason walsh says that local authorities have been taken by surprise by the extent of the an arrest unrest there were nearly . six hundred. were nor. what i think no one was expecting were. going on. which is a bit of a. view on border. for the work. but with americans through i think you are. or were in the room with richard branson of rights anyone with the. rights to your order surely have a right to freedom of assembly mark some of them not want to see the.

story. you want more to most people want to know who you are more for. meanwhile over in england police are also called up in droves as far right protest spiraled into a full on clashes between the police and anti-fascist groups in birmingham at least fifteen people were arrested during the demonstration organized by the english defense league and their drive against what they call the islam is a shin of their country over a thousand police were called in to keep the peace but the authorities say that they can't ban these gatherings despite the surge in violence since the current horrific killing of a british soldier in london back in may. at least sixty five people have been killed in a string of coordinated bombings in and around iraq's capital another one hundred ninety people were injured as over thirteen bombs went off in baghdad the attacks

targeted mainly bustling shiite areas as locals emerged after their daily ramadan fast the ramadan attacks have so far claimed over five hundred lives. germany's there spiegel magazine claims that the country's security services have been equally helping the u.s. and its global surveillance operations that the publication alleges that the national security agency's x. keyscore program was used to collect a huge volume of all mine traffic coming out of germany but german chancellor angela merkel says earlier that she had only found out about the n.s.a. snooping practices through the media. and the man who blew the lid on those surveillance operations that word snowden is now awaiting russia's approval of his temporary asylum request the fugitive american intelligence leaker could then be granted refuge for one year for now though he remains stuck in the transit zone of a moscow airport where he's been now for over three weeks if snowden does get the paperwork to finally be able to leave the airport and enjoy most of the rights that

any russian citizen has it's unclear however how long he'll remain in the country to be allowed to stay in russia the former n.s.a. contractor had to agree not to release any more leaks that could harm u.s. interests but swedish pirate party member i mean and. believes that snowden was actually trying to strengthen democracy in his homeland. democracy is a form of governance but i think what you can tell from mr snowden's. expressed interest not just the election process right but he also believes in values like human rights to dignity and sanctity of a person's private lives and the importance of granting people a private life in order to use the participate in a democratic process so previously is one of the preconditions for us being able to . develop democratic human participate meaningfully in such a process and sue country's very best preserved always from the risk of not to me

be building up to democratic values very wrote and will snowden's been scrambling to avoid prosecution the trial of a fellow whistleblower is nearing its end in the united states now the closing arguments of the trial of bradley manning could come as soon as friday this is to remind our viewers he is of course facing life in prison the army private is accused of aiding the enemy and handing over thousands of classified military documents to the group wiki leaks for the details on the ongoing case here's our tease liz wall. private first class bradley manning faces several charges twenty one total the most serious of which is aiding the enemy the other charges range from computer fraud to theft of government property and asked be a knowledge if convicted of that most serious charge manning could spend his life behind bars without the possibility of parole even if he's not convicted of aiding the enemy the remaining charges amount to one hundred fifty four years behind bars

this week the judge could have dropped that aiding the enemy charge but she decided not to manning already spent some serious time in prison about three years before his trial even began now the trial is in its final stages we should hear closing arguments next week that it's up to the judge and this court martialled to decide the verdict now this comes at a time of great debate over whistleblowers in the country many see manning as a hero but his opponents see him as a traitor for exposing government secrets these secrets include iraq and afghanistan war logs and videos of air strikes one ton of obey detainee assessments and diplomatic cables many activists believe the outcome of manning's martial could set an example for future whistleblowers a glaring example for this is n.s.a. leaker edward snowden many points of manning's pretrial treatment and heavy handed charges as an example of what's to come for snowden should he set foot in the u.s. leading up to the trial and during the trial there have been several demonstrations

in support of manning the next major one being more of a nice guy manning support network is set for july twenty seventh and step the international day of action for bradley manning the group is calling for protests in several cities throughout the u.s. and abroad here in fort meade maryland live all our team. all the backing up with more news in about thirty minutes but do stay with our t.v. worlds apart is 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 indians 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 oh what a fantastic use of tax dollars but wait maybe i'm being too pessimistic perhaps it worked and 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 rain yes 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 my opinion. wealthy british style it's time to. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes a report on r t. hello

and welcome to worlds apart europe and america have been the most bits of the global economy for more than five decades but as they struggle to emerge from the crisis the question is what their rest of the world should assist down with their recovery or use that weakness to capture and get it had to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by host and calgary and the secretary general of the organization for economic cooperation and development mr grier thank you very much for your time what is your response to this question should the current weakness of the developed economies be treated as a global challenge or rather as a blessing in disguise it's obviously a challenge because what happens to europe or tuppence to the united states with top of the japan. is has consequences all over the world but the good news is we're getting stronger numbers from the united states we're getting somewhat strong.