thank you my. thank you very much. the boiling pot racial emotions run high across america with massive protests in dozens of cities after the killer of a black teenager walks free. convicted bailed but on balance russian opposition activist alex saying of all the awaits his appeal against a five year prison term for stealing half a million dollars. egypt's begins reworking its constitution now for another week of deadly strife between the backers and the opponents of deposed in the midst of president mohamed morsi. and turkey led to israel use one of its military bases for a recent attack against syria that is according to an r.t. source but ankara firmly denies that claim.

thanks for tuning in this hour i'm lucy catherine when you're watching the weekly right here on our t.v. thousands have been gathering all week in cities across america this to protest the acquittal of george zimmerman it is after a court found him not guilty of murder when he shot dead the unarmed black teenager trayvon martin the ruling had set off nationwide debate on racial hatred as our washington correspondent can reports. same program seen 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 struck dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer dozens of people were arrested most of the arrests were made on charges of a lawful

a sampling in some places like the salmon or you know protest for in violence demonstrators who were rocks at passing cars 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 had trayvon martin being white he would have been alive 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 stores. that includes me. very very few african-american men who have never experience of walking across the street and hearing. on the doors of course. that happens to me at least before the sun and 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 if they're not proof reasonable doubt that the defendant are

fifteen self-defense and they're free to go so in this case you have a clash of different great civil rights entities guns and self-defense laws these people see a clash between the law and just a very recent example also in the state of florida a 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 but you see the basis of these people outrage. the demonstrators aren't willing to back down a stray bones parents are joined by celebrities in leading the movement that high profile backing has given out of momentum to rallies like this one that you're seeing right here in new york the u.s. attorney general is urging a review of self-defense laws while the justice department has relaunched a probe into the murder to see whether civil rights charges can be filed against mr zimmerman or she spoke to martin luther king jr's daughter bernice who told us that

the case exemplifies the rampant racial discrimination in the u.s. . the fact that had this been a white american a white young man i doubt very seriously george zimmerman would have reacted. so swiftly in this situation i think he probably would have thought about it twice a lot of things have changed in america so we can't say nothing has changed i just think we're still contending with just laws and more importantly laws that disproportionately affect african-americans and. good males. more than any other. group of people in america and so you know these kind of issues were very prevalent in my father's time oftentimes you would have all white juries in most times when there's a black victim in this case and what i mean by victim is the one who did. nine times out of him back in the sixty's or should i say ten times out of ten. that

person would have walked just as george zimmerman zimmerman walked in this particular situation of course there's plenty more on our t. dot com regarding the justice for trayvon campaign we've got some of the best pictures of the nationwide rallies video footage as well as social media reaction lined up for you. it was a fast moving week for the russian opposition activist an anti corruption blogger alex a in of all name sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement on thursday and then bailed out just a few hours later to the cheers of thousands of protesters denouncing the verdict has been following what's been called russia's most controversial trial in recent years. for more on these works are five and four years in prison included if it's a risk for setting up a dummy corporation and defrauding a state owned timber company to the tune of half a million dollars the judge insisted the verdict was not politically motivated but foreign media the blogger supporters and opposition activists declared otherwise

critical and a convert to the conviction means that he won't be able to stand for mayor of moscow says the embezzlement charges brought against him politically motivated an outspoken critic of the russian president vladimir putin has been sentenced to five years in prison one gets the feeling that people have already made up their minds before the case even started before the trial even started and they're not actually looking at the facts of the case or the way the trial was actually conducted but are simply following their own opinions which they formed in advance what kind of comments is that someone like mr valma should not be prosecuted on this kind of charge because he is a famous opposition personality now that seems to me to put things completely the wrong way round thousands of people in moscow's main years in a square a stone's throw from the kremlin indignant at the verdict calling it unfair and

immense police presence and if east of panic on social media for a while it looked like the situation could escalate. but there was a curveball from the prosecutor's office a request a friend of irony in of itself until their verdict comes into effect in their immediate arrest and 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 can not and does not influence the court decisions and that those convicted should carry out their punishment as prescribed by the judge and his blog novelist said that he was ready for a long term preliminary counseling and ordering books from the library and battling mosquitoes and his self but this spent less than. four hours in detention 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 not only spent the better part of the last few years

flirting with nationalistic movements as well as leading a popular blog exposing like scale corruption and trying to make a forum 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 run from moscow city mayor he can give as many interviews as he likes it's an absolute publicist a godsend for him it doesn't remove him from politics at all it's the absolute ideal solution for him in a sense that's been referred to a broad as russians mandela moment perhaps too bold a claim the b.b.c. has the state run their british broadcasting corporation cause it rushes mandela and they've been running stories all day just as previously you know bill keller the executive editor of the new york times used to lord this man you know novell me you already outlined his nationalist views here in this country we have laws against incitement you 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 alexina vilely 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 the democratic alternative party a year or two ago it received money from the ne d. the ne d. is the national endowment for democracy funded by the us congress that was the main organization funding the orange revolution in ukraine back in two thousand and four novell nice party received money from the american state as wiki leaks showed it not so long ago it even goes quite cute of central russian. we've got more on a whistle blowing waiting game in just a few moments right now. he is the world's most wanted man and edward snowden is holding out for russia's verdict on his temporary asylum plea an update is coming up for you just ahead. work is due to begin on amending egypt's constitution which was suspended by the

military when islamist president mohamed morsi was overthrown now this past week has seen ongoing violence amid nationwide street protests on saturday in the army had blocked a mass march by morsy supporters on the republican guard headquarters and now this is where the deposed leader is believed to be held a day earlier three people were killed in clashes between rival crowds of demonstrators in the city of sora deadly street fighting had picked up as a senior u.s. official visited egypt on monday for the first time since the military coup at least seven people were killed and hundreds of protesters detained in the capital by tuesday the country's interim president sworn in a new cabinet excluding members of morsi the muslim brotherhood the islamist movement rejecting the new ministers and its supporters are vowing to go ahead with mass protests egyptian journal unshowy han mina says that excluding the group won't do much to improve the country's political climate. i think is a fatal mistake excluding any political faction from the transitional political

process is a fatal mistake people were complaining the morsi was in one eyes in this state and now they doing exactly the same keeping the islamists sidelined hoping to push them back underground just a short while ago there was a very brutal crackdown on pro morsi protest is outside the parliament we're already hearing jihadi groups say they will launch. a home leave me to defend islam and this will have very serious implications. coming off the ox wings again on jobs and grew. yes after the break we were revealed how the government is planning to appeal is that strike a lender's by making thousands more unemployed.

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welcome back israel has allegedly used a turkish military base to launch a strike on syria now that information came from an r.t. source earlier this week ankara for its part strenuously denies any such involvement it is claimed to that israel's latest attack against syria took place on july the fifth targeting a russian made battery of anti-ship missiles our middle east correspondent paula sleeper has been following those developments. 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 object to 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 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 diet 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 as to why turkey would work with israel to launch an attack against syria policy r.t. on the israeli syrian border. right let's take a look at some of the previous alleged israeli raids on syrian territory which were of course only confirmed by anonymous sources in israel a military compound just outside of damascus was bombarded twice in january and in may rockets also struck a warehouse at the capital's international airport allegedly containing surface to surface missiles on all occasions the attacks were explained as operations to wipe

out iranian missiles thought to be bound for the group hezbollah in lebanon the story on it and middle east expert mark allman believes that israel's modems motives go far beyond blocking weapons from reaching that group israel has an interest in preventing hasbro getting the weapons but the broader context is not just syria but also we are wrong and i think that's what turkey is cotton or could place because turkey is a historical military ally of israel with a lot of cooperation between the turkish military in the israelis but it also is a low sleeze army country and it also borders iran and it could be a conduit for a potential strike into iran through its own aspace that would make it much more difficult to detect something coming from israel i would say the israelis worry that missiles sent from iran to hezbollah vos syria could be used as a revenge attack if they were to build speed much discussed preemptive strikes try and knock out iranian nuclear facilities with the by themselves or with the hope

the americans israel may find it quite useful for turkey to be thought to be an active ally in its operations against syria and potentially against iran so that even if the israelis have plans perhaps to strike a duran from a completely different direction the risk is that the turks a terror he will be held responsible and turkey could be drawn into a conflict that this is going to. destabilize inside turkey. greek workers were dealt a another blow on wednesday with the government approving more massive public sector layoffs to please its international lenders twenty five thousand civil servants face the axe in order to secure the next part of its bailout the measures were pushed through despite a general strike in huge rallies which had brought the services to a halt this week well under a bill passed by parliament at least four thousand state employees will lose their jobs by the end of this year and up to a thousand workers are being fired in greece every single day this according to

surveys by the hellenic statistical authority now since two thousand and nine unemployment in the country has skyrocketed from a little bit over nine percent to almost twenty seven percent today and recent economic output has plunged by almost one hundred billion euros artie's eager piskun all has been talking to protesters at athens. protected by law since the nineteenth century public workers are still considered to be the foundation of the greek economy but its creditors of the man who got 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 and when you suppose police public transport drivers and others have all 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 agrees we need teachers we need people in the health sector

schecter we need people. who got a bitch for everything past six years the greek economy has been in recession on the one that is that twenty seven percent but there are many of those who do work officially but haven't seen their salaries in months two hundred three graduates aren't able to find a job there's a right old drug addict and the third was including those with the fire station and decades worth of work experience but the general feeling on the street is the. only the government which is to blame for the situation we have people in the grown men in the private sector people in. the public sector for the for the first time show that we need to use a new policy. in greece but in the european union you clearly see in the euro zone a matter what happens next labor unions like your organisation say not going to back down until the troika and brussels sprouts really 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 eight. greeks. and of course you can head over to our to dot com for more on the stories that we're covering on air and also for you there you can find out how a world heritage listed marine park on the australian coast suddenly became the target for bombs dropped from u.s. fighter jets and the story behind it is a nazi themed they are the staff and guests dressed as german soldiers which is open for two years before sparking outrage. america's most wanted man edward snowden is awaiting russia's decision on whether to grant him temporary asylum now the ex cia employee who had exposed the u.s. global spying program as well as the secret surveillance operations of a number of european countries has been holed up in the transit zone of a moscow airport for over three weeks he needs the necessary paperwork from moscow in order to be able to travel to one of the latin american countries that have offered him asylum to be allowed to remain on russian territory the thirty year old

town to agree to stop any further leaks that could harm the united states where he is now wanted for espionage but jim kill up from the open rights group hope that snowden will find some way to continue his revelations. i hope but it doesn't mean that he has to not talk about what the united states have been up to broad policy to i mean he's been very careful now. to threaten individual peroration is not to expose particular agents or to make claims which would result in people safety being compromised rather he's been talking about the broad programs that we united states and you can have been dealing with he says he's got a lot of material and i certainly hope he has more to tell us it does seem that way it's completely changed the debate right now it is very important not to bait keeps happening i think a lot of things are happening in the wake of that there were at least two legal actions being launched in the u.k.

on the back of what he's revealed are expect will be more in the u.s. a big tech companies are challenging on the basis of their own free speech or not. it will be going on so there is a lot to happen whether or not he's got more material to give but i really would like to see whether he has got more to say and i hope he does. a german magazine claims the country's security services have been actively taking part in the united states global surveillance operations the report to the magazine alleges that both domestic and foreign intelligence services have been using one of the n.s.a.'s programs for their operations chancellor angela merkel denied any previous knowledge of the u.s. spy tactics saying that she first learned about them through the media edward snowden revealed weeks ago that washington's been keeping europe especially germany under close watch while snowden goes out of his way to avoid washington's prosecution in the weeks long trial of fellow was

a lower bradley manning is nearing its end the army private arrested back in may two thousand and ten admits to leaking thousands of classified military documents to wiki leaks but he insists that he did not aid the enemy which is the main charged against him that could land him in prison for life as wall has the details . 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 notch if convicted of that most serious charge manning could spend his life behind bars without the possibility of parole even if he is 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 the 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 marcel 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 organized by manning support network is set for july twenty seventh it's 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. turning now to some of today's top stories we begin in russia where two british citizens and one russian have died in. a helicopter accident in the north emergency services say the u.k. citizens were tourists who were in the region on a fishing trip the helicopter owned by a private company dropped them off at their destination and then it crashed after a failed to take off killing the three people on the ground it's believed the pilot had survived he had reportedly plans to cancel the flight due to bad weather. the capital of iraq has seen another round of bombings leaving over seventy people dead nearly two hundred injured over the weekend the latest attacks struck baghdad early on sunday following a string of sunset blasts targeting mainly shiite areas as locals emerged after the

day's ramadan fast nationwide attacks have claimed over five hundred lives this month alone as iraq struggles to contain the worst outbreak of severe in violence in six years. well belgium has a new king fifty three year old prince felipe has taken the throne after his father albert the second abdicated because of ill health thousands lined the streets to celebrate their new king which is seen as largely a ceremonial role because belgium is a constitutional monarchy the royals called for unity among their citizens the country's has been torn by a drawn out political instability and deep divisions between the flemish and french speaking population. the far right protests in central england in central england spiraled into full on clashes with the police two thousand supporters of the english defense league formed into the streets of the ethnically diverse city of birmingham to rally against what they say is britain's isn't the zation over a thousand officers were drafted in to control the march and time muslim feelings

have grown in the u.k. since soldier leave was butchered to death in london by suspected extremists in may . when years in about a half an hour do stay with us you are of course watching r 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 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 mutual 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 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 great to community 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 made in mexico to blow your neighbors it off well that's ok because it's a generic copy no no see. person would allow generic drug producers to have no liability for their product but that's just my opinion.

the crime is that of viola manville a seventy four year old woman found dead on the twenty ninth of november one thousand nine hundred eighty eight along this dirt track. dozens of suspects will be questioned and all will be released including frank sterling seen in this photograph. two years later detectives trained by reed reopen the case and are convinced frank is guilty. a few years earlier his brother had been sentenced to prison for raping viola manning and frank sterling is thought to have wanted revenge. the police are relentless and pressed sterling until he cracks the eleventh of july nine hundred ninety one and exhausted frank sterling admits to the murder.