mass protests erupt in a more than one hundred cities across america after the killer of an unarmed black teenager walks free from court on grounds of self-defense. convicted and it bailed a prominent russian opposition activist alexian no bonnie is sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement but is free to pending an appeal. and want to hand it washing the other an r t source says israel used a turkish military base to carry out an air strike on syria allegations that have been denied by un cars. and reports emerged that emerge in that germany's rather intelligence service is eagerly helping the n.s.a.

in its surveillance that's despite berlin's much touted outrage over america's spying program. casting that live from our studios in moscow and recapping the week's top stories this is r t with the weekly. now thousands have been gathering all week in cities across america to protest against the acquittal of george zimmerman this after a jury found him not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager trayvon martin the ruling set off a nationwide debate on racial hatred as our washington correspondent and comments. 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 struck dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer dozens of people were arrested most of the arrests were made on charges of a lawful the families some places like the salmon and you know protests for and violence demonstrators the rocks the passing cars many many americans were following to zimmerman's 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 store that includes me. very very few african-american men who have never experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of course. that happens to me at least before i was the son of 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 after taking self-defense and they are free to go so in this case you have a clash of different issues great civil rights vigilantes guns in self-defense lost these people see a clash between the law and just states 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 walked free so you see the faces of these people outraged. the protests against the courts a ruling have been gaining steam and attracting high profile names to the cause it has brought additional spotlight and momentum to the rallies like this one in new york now the u.s. attorney general is urging a review of state self-defense laws while the justice department has really

launched a probe into the murder to see if racial profiling played a role in the crime to martin luther king jr daughter bernice who told us the case illustrates a lingering racial discrimination in the u.s. the fact bad had this been a white american a white young man and i doubt very seriously george zimmerman would have reacted so 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 african-american 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 is a black victim in this case and when i mean by victim is the one who did. nine times out of ten back in the sixty's or should i say ten times out of ten. that person would have walked this is george zimmerman zimmerman walked in this particular situation well there's plenty more to dot com regarding the justice for trayvon campaign we've got some of the best pictures of the nationwide rallies video footage and a social media reaction lined up for you there all that just a click away at our website or to dot com. russian anti-corruption campaigner and opposition activist alexina vall me was sentenced on thursday for five years in prison for stealing half a million dollars but a day later he was freed on bail much to the delight of his supporters after prosecutors insisted on his release before his appeal is heard it in english guy has been following the case. former workers are five and four years in prison alexina vining to that if it's a risperdal t.

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 decreed otherwise critic 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 of the way the trial was actually conducted but are simply following their own opinions which they informed in advance what kind of comments it 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 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 a request a friend of i me enough to serve 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 decisions and that those convicted should carry out their punishment as prescribed by the judge and his blog novelis said that he was ready for a long term preliminary confinement ordering books from the library and battling mosquitoes and his self but he spent less than. for 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 now where he spent the better part of the last few years flirting with nationalistic movements as well as leading the popular blog exposing the hoax scale corruption and trying to make a for a 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 us many interviews as he likes it's an absolute public city godsend 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 abroad as russia's mandela moment perhaps too bold to claim the b.b.c. has the state run where british broadcasting corporation calls it russia's 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 it. 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.e.p. the n.e.t.'s the national endowment for democracy funded by the u.s. congress that was the main organization funding the orange revolution in ukraine back in two thousand and four novell nice party received money then from the american state as wiki leaks showed not so long ago it even goes quite central russian. still to come this hour in germany reports emerge accusing the country's intelligence of working hand in hand with american surveillance programs . alleges the n.s.a.

provided its sister service in berlin with software to aid in the collection of private data of ordinary germans have more on that later in the program. israel has reportedly used a turkish military base for a recent attack on syria that's according to an r.t. source who provided the information earlier this week on car a strongly denies the allegations condemning even the mention of it by the media the alleged air strike on syrian city of latakia took place in early july and is a believed to have targeted a russian made battery of anti-ship missiles our middle east correspondent policy or has been following developments there was a lot of talk and uncertainty in the region this week after all sources revealed that we have information that is well launched a strike on syria from turkey now the reports object 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 ignored an attack against syria

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has neither denied nor come through and these allegations he simply says that israel's policy is not to allow the transfer of dangerous weapons to hezbollah and other so-called terrorist organizations and that this is a policy that the country will not deviate from this and not 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 north to such attacks he also said that the allegations were aimed at destroying turkey's power and taishan what is interesting is that relations between turkey and israel are at an all time you know they deteriorated on. to the fertility back in may two thousand and ten in which nine 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 to pull that incident and what is happening now is that real questions are being asked about peace and security ob that apology there are also questions being asked as to why would turkey ally itself with its arch enemy in the region israel 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. on the israeli syrian border. well let's try to previous israeli air raids on syrian territory which have not been confirmed by officials in israel a military compound just outside damascus was bombarded twice in january and then again 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 hezbollah in lebanon journalist manual oxon writer who has extensively covered the civil war in syria says israel took a side in the conflict long before the strikes. i don't think that this is a huge change for all the general situation because. what's supporting in the past the so-called rebels in this what the media claim it is the civil war isn't the reality it's a long time a proxy war we have right now militants from more than twenty five nations fighting in syria against the syrian government and of course east river was supporting the rebels they were they were they fall and arms and weaponry made from. the reference site and turkey also is supporting a strong way the rebels on syrian soil meanwhile britain's prime minister david

cameron appears to be softening his rhetoric on the syrian conflict in a b.b.c. interview he said he still fully supports the opposition but admitted that there's too much extremism among the rebels it signals quite a change from november two thousand and eleven about half a year after the syrian conflict erupted back then that mr cameron called on the international community to engage more closely with the syrian rebels he upped his appeals for more aid in the following years saying the syrian regime must feel. under pressure rather and defeated fast forward a year and to the rhetoric slightly changes he was still vehemently anti assad and not so sure anymore that arms shipments were the only way forward this brings us up to the present with the syrian government advancing on the rebel militias the official position failing to unite and mr cameron describing the situation as a stalemate political analyst policy explained earlier what could have been behind the u.k.

leader's shifting position. situation is complicated at home he will have difficulty getting. approval because there is quite a lot of uneasiness week after iraq with this coalition partners the liberal democrats are on remarks or on supporting we have been very comical opinion is not supported brock does being realized in the west that no matter. how much there are surance that from western governments that. only the good guys will get help in terms of arms supplies but that's not the case on the ground and saudi arabia is very worried about the rise of islamic fundamentalism in syria because jordan and some of their quite close a minute the united states and britain indirectly by

a turkey are helping the syrian rebels that has not stopped. well we are heading into a short break right now but don't worry we'll be back with more bad news for greek workers. athens bends over backwards to please its international lenders at the cost of tens of thousands of public sector jobs where the full story in just a couple of minutes. apple for example much of its manufacturing is done on in the united states so i don't see why the american senators would be so concerned about it paying or not paying taxes because ultimately it's not going to get any share of that and that's happening already and of course we're talking here about how do you share the taxes provided there are taxes the problem today there's nothing to share because we have grieved with these rigi where these companies don't pay tax.

to the. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we. covered. i. was. live from moscow this is r t glad to have you back with us germany's foremost a news magazine claims the country's security services have been working hand in hand with the n.s.a.

to spy on ordinary citizens their spiegel alleges software provided by the n.s.a. was used by both domestic and foreign intelligence agencies the latest revelations that run contrary to angle of merkel's outrage over the revelations she has denied any previous knowledge of the u.s. spying snowden revealed weeks ago that washington is keeping europe and especially germany under close watch but news that german intelligence is a willing participant is a bound to send shock waves through the country says and on a whistleblower and former m i five agent. we have a situation in germany where because of their historic experiences with the stop in world war two in the stasi in east germany they put in place a very strong castalia constitution to protect people from invasion that pretty pink spied on and this is what the germans have for decades taken for granted they have certain legal protections and we've seen this time and again when other european like lots of try to impose on germany where you know things like facial

recognition data over google face facebook have been banned in germany and yet the b.m.d. and even intelligence agencies in germany have been doing this sort of spine so i think the hypocrisy it's quite astounding and it's a great deal of anger and questions right to how much the german government you know that what was going on. and you can always head to online if for more stories and the latest updates here's a taste of what we have lined up for you right now things got a little shaky in new zealand a six point five magnitude earthquake rattled quite a few residents in a remote archipelago but fortunately no one was seriously hurt and you can find the full video on our you tube channel plus. australia's great barrier reef and that's after american warplanes mistakenly dropped an unarmed bomb on the world heritage site go to our web site r t dot com to find out how the pilots got it wrong. greek workers

were dealt another blow on wednesday with the government approving more massive public sector cuts in order to get the economy afloat on bailout cash injections athens laid off a twenty five thousand civil servants the measures were pushed through despite a general strike and huge rallies which brought services to a halt under a bill passed by parliament at least 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 day according to surveys by the hela nick statistical authority since two thousand and nine unemployment has skyrocketed from a little over nine percent to almost twenty seven percent and a greece's economic output has plunged by almost one hundred billion euros artes you go to has been talking to protesters in athens. 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 greece is not going to get its latest financial aid package worth over six billion euros so doctors teachers security guards when you spoke police public transport drivers and others have all gone on strike and gathered at the country's problem and a nap and to fight for their jobs it's just the beginning they have in mind to destroy every public service in greece you need teachers we need people in the health section sector we need people for the. garbage funny 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 to handle three graduates are able to find a job there's a rise of drug addicts and the firm was including those with a pride patient and decades worth of work experience but the general feeling on the

street is not only the government which is to blame for the situation we have people in the private sector people on the ground with no independent in the public sector for the for the first time so that we is needed is a new policy you policy not only in greece but new policy in the european union a new policy in the eurozone no matter what happens next labor unions like you have organization saying i'm not going to back down until the troika and brussels especially realize it's not only about adding or subtracting numbers but about the real lives for real people you've got to start off our feet athens greece the court martial of the wiki leaks source u.s. army private bradley manning is edging towards a conclusion manning who has pled guilty to leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents faces life in prison without parole on charges of aiding the enemy was

a blow strongly denies this most serious charge against him saying he only wanted to increase public awareness artie's 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 thousands 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 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 martial 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 secrets including iraq and afghanistan war logs and videos of air strikes one ton of obaid detainee assessments and diplomatic cables many activists believe the outcome of manning's marcel. whistleblower is a glaring example for this is n.s.a. leaker edward snowden many points of manning's pretrial treatment and a 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 except 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.

to british tourists on a fishing holiday and their interpreter have been killed in a helicopter accident in northern russia the helicopter dropped the three people off but suddenly overturned during a takeoff crashing into the group on the ground the pilot of the french made chopper survived an investigation into what caused the accident is now under way. time for a look at some of the other news headlines from around the world making headlines this hour one. metropolitan paris has witnessed a second night of violence linked to the ban on full face islamic unveils twenty cars were torched and four people detained while on saturday night a mob of about two hundred fifty people clashed with police who responded by firing . a protester up to after the arrest of a man who tried to strangle an officer cautioning his wife for wearing a burka. baghdad has seen another round of bombings leaving over

seventy people dead and nearly two hundred injured over the weekend the latest attacks struck the iraqi capital early on sunday following a string of sunset blasts targeting mainly shia areas as locals emerged after the days of ramadan fast nationwide attacks have claimed over five hundred lives this month alone as the country struggles to contain the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in six years. at least seven people have been hurt after a huge oil pipeline exploded near mexico city those injured were mostly police and firefighters responding to the resulting fire the blast is believed to have been triggered by an illegal attempt to tap the pipe for fuel. well after the break go investigates if the weaknesses in the e.u. and u.s. economies could prove to be a blessing for developing countries. i've

talked to many times about the absurd things going on all around us like kids being thrown out of school because they have a gun that shoots bubbles or various people getting punished for their two. facebook posts it's all really abstract it's hard to truly get angry over until you see the results or played a stupid video game just carter sarcastically said to someone who called him crazy oh yeah i'm real messed up in the head i'm going to go shoot a bunch of kids at school l.o.l. j.k. and for this bit of sarcasm he spent quite some time awaiting trial in a texas prison not only that according to his father he was being attacked brutally on many occasions leading to bowl to pull concussions and black eyes and in the end he had to be thrown into solitary confinement for his own good you see this is the

ugly reality of those who follow the bad side of political correctness you know i don't talk about these stories just for fun the main thing that like to say is that it wasn't for some anonymous coward in canada turning him into the authorities for doing absolutely nothing this young man would not have to live with the memory and possible injuries from numerous assaults to the anonymous canadian who turned him in i sarcastically wish you a horrible fate but you probably get me arrested for it so just say that it's people like you who allow tyranny to exist but that's just my opinion. hello and welcome to worlds apart europe and america have been the locomotives of the global economy for more than five decades but as they struggle to emerge from

the crisis the question is whether the 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 and joined by host and calgary and the secretary general of the organization for economic cooperation and development mr greer 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 what 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 stronger numbers from europe is still flat or negative and we're getting very very strong numbers from.