it is a dangerous for. national security extremism the world reacts to the guilty verdict handed down to us whistleblower bradley manning still facing over one hundred years in prison despite being acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. still no solution in sight to the u.s. a nine month deadline to end the israeli palestinian conflict has restarted talks give a glimmer of hope. and to all for all on the u.s. secretary of state's plans to visit pakistan this week are shrouded in mystery amid growing anger at american drone strikes.

thanks so much for tuning in i'm lucy catherine of and of course you're watching our. top story now the u.s. army was lower bradley manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy but he could still suspend spend more than a century behind bars now the judge had convicted him on twenty out of twenty two counts which could see manning in prison for up to one hundred and thirty six years sentencing will begin later on wednesday but it could be weeks before manning actually learns his fate. has been following the proceedings from the courtroom. after three years of pretrial detainment and two months of testimony the court martial of private first class bradley manning is finally wrapping up in fort meade maryland starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private manning acted in an off of the battlefield what kind of experience he had as an

army intelligence analyst however not all of those testimonies will be heard by members of the public or the press in fact or more than a dozen of the testimonies that will be entered in the court will be done so under seal those are all classified witnesses whose testimonies could harm national security if they were released earlier this year we've heard from many himself how he did it and why he did it he admitted guilt in releasing more than two hundred fifty thousand state department diplomatic cables guantanamo bay detainee assessment reaves iraq war logs afghan war logs and a number of other classified materials according to private manning himself when he went to the web site wiki leaks he did so in order to expose the rest of the world to the atrocities that he saw while serving in iraq private manning was held in pretrial detention up until earlier this year having spent more than one thousand one hundred days in military custody now that the trial approaches a conclusion however manning's fate will for once be a little bit less undecided once the judge decides how many years he will have to

spend in prison they'll finally have an answer. now we've been talking about the verdicts but i want to take a closer look at how the charges against bradley manning actually break down let's examine the issue here at the twenty five year old was acquitted of the most serious charge that of aiding the enemy that was leveled against him that carried a potential life sentence but the army private was convicted on fifteen counts of espionage and theft of government property and there was also a computer fraud charge. along with similar infractions manning the committed while he was serving in the military so if you add all of this up manning could face a total of one hundred thirty six years behind bars if he gets the full maximum sentence now for a closer look at how the white house has used the espionage act in its war against whistleblowers here's our teams going to check out the espionage act was never intended to punish whistleblowers it's a nine hundred seventeen statute for spies but the obama administration has already

charged eight whistleblowers with espionage and here's doing a song with the man who gave media pot form to bradley manning's revelations here's what he said about about the verdict this is the first. conviction against was in the united states it is a dangerous precedent an example of national security extremism is a shortsighted judgment that cannot be tolerated and it must be reversed it can never be taken very true information to the public is it's beyond and yet yet even in the face of those very serious charges whistleblowers keep coming forward with revelations about the government's wrongdoings as they see that bradley manning is example didn't stop edward snowden for example from doing what he did and the question now is to what lengths will the government go to stop the whistleblowers of the future the prosecution did not provide evidence that were even claimed that a single person came home as

a result of brevity mammy's disclosure is the only victim. was the u.s. government's priority but the abuse of this man. was never the way to restore roe. is it with a sense of discovery. of course we don't want to underestimate the fact that the military judge ruled that manning was not guilty of aiding the enemy but the obama administration's treatment of whistleblowers in general has already done a great disservice to investigative journalism especially to journalists who cover matters of national security many of them say their sources have dried out people in the government are afraid to speak out in the wake of bradley manning's leaks to the government came up with the so-called insider threat program under which government employees with clearances are basically encouraged and instructed to

snitch on each other on top of that journalists learn that they can be targeted as accomplices crime for seeking classified information and publishing it as is the case with julian assange remember julian us all it is not a whistleblower he has provided media platform for whistleblowers and on the list and then most recently that was the fox news reporter who was investigated as an accomplice of a crime for having sought classified information so all of this is certainly sending a chilling message to the journalistic community here in the united nations said manning might have been tortured while awaiting trial in solitary confinement for nearly a year but wiki leaks spokesman kristen robinson says the prospect for such harsh treatment won't deter future whistleblowers. we have seen that despite the way that bradley manning was treated being tortured in prison in isolation in solitary confinement for almost a year it has not stopped whistleblowers and there are still brave people who act

on their conscience and to with the public interest in mind we have seen though a new era beginning and an expansion of the limits of journalism an era that began in earnest of course prior to two thousand and ten and with the we can use revolution in two thousand and ten and the world saw a new opportunity and a chance for information getting old by seeing the mainstream media who often. lapdogs of the administrations instead of being the what storks they should be but the general counsel at the national whistleblowing center doesn't agree with that assessment that the government agencies are now on an active lookout for what the lower. over reaction to the bradley manning case has been just to clamp down on all types of whistle blowing and that that's unfortunate there have been some advance moments in the law in the non national security or

intelligence area but that's being drug war if by the overreaction to this and also there's been an attack on the media there has been a chilling effect in the united states on whistleblowers as a result of the government's overreaction to this case and that has been throughout the federal government not just in the intelligence community but all government agencies have been faced with a crackdown on whistleblowers because the obama administration sent out a warning to all agencies to be on the lookout for leakers and to identify the leakers before they happen in response to the manning case. the case sparked a concern among lawmakers some of whom have called on the u.s. to free the whistleblower now m.e.p. is from france sweden spain portugal ireland and germany sent a letter to president obama and the defense secretary they say that manning is not a traitor and that he had the best interest in both his country pardon me in mind

of the lawmakers but also expressed concern over the u.s. war on the whistleblowers saying that it harms democracy both in the u.s. and in europe manning has suffered too much so as the letter by spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement their message is clear manning should be freed as soon as possible and that's also the view of some americans as artie's marina portnoy found out. union square has been something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analyst now manning has been found guilty of downloading and releasing confidential u.s. documents that subsequently disclosed illegal activity and crimes on the part of washington manning faces up to one hundred thirty six years in prison instead of telling you how the public is reacting to this news we're handing our microphone

directly over to the citizens bradley manning didn't commit any crimes would be like is if you shot me and the camera man said hey i've got this footage of this crime and he. you know put it out there for justice and instead of trying you they try him and it doesn't make any sense it whether it's mr manning or snowden. i think they're doing a good thing because the american people are basically enslaved and they're you know they're told what to do by the media and they follow orders it would appear to me that the manning verdict would be sending a message to edward snowden i'm sure he's listening to news in better hands in russia than manning receiver. abide by whatever we do i want to just salute bradley manning we were in support of you if you look at the apache helicopter video which probably the most famous one. it's important for the

american public at least you know what is actually going on in the war i think something needs to be done as part of from a legal standpoint needs to be changed because like the american public needs to know about things like that now although manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy charges he may be punished for the rest of his life for presenting the american public with the truth reporting from new york for an up or nine our take. so do you agree with the voices and the opinions you just heard in new york while we're giving you a chance to weigh in yourself let us know what you think about the manning verdict and whether the court was correct let's take a look at how the numbers break down so far seventy seven percent trunk giant chunk of you believe that the court decision was wrong that private manning is actually a hero fifteen percent in the purple right there believe that he deserves a suspended sentence of just a few several years now four percent of you believe that manning should go to jail for twenty years in the same percentage so that he deserves the death penalty or life in prison so it's not too late to weigh in log on to our to dot com and cast

your ballot if you haven't done so already now manning sentence hearing is set to begin to thirteen thirty g.m.t. of course do make sure to turn into our team who will of course keep you up to date on all the latest from those proceedings in fort meade maryland. for me this is. a feel good to.

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i. israeli and palestinian negotiators have agreed that that relaunched peace talks

will shift from washington back to the region in about two weeks time but there's no compromise on the horizon just yet the two sides still have major disagreements on a number of issues like borders and security and washington says the goal is to reach a final status agreement within nine months they're aiming for a two state solution or under which israel would coexist peacefully alongside a new palestinian state but the two sides will have to tackle a number of burning issues israeli settlement expansion the status of jerusalem and the fate of refugees the palestinians also want israel to return landed seized in one nine hundred sixty seven policy or has the story of how one arab minority as fighting part in call rights in israel. each weekend is reduced flock to this truce village on the top of mount carmel the shops of busy the restaurants food and the office flow as freely as the wine degrees very good restaurants here in the area it's very welcoming you like to be a lot of food out of the drinks you know i think it's great to make you feel really comfortable to twelve thousand inhabitants of

a sphere village have opened their doors to tourists it's a way of bringing in cash while preserving the traditional druze lifestyle. kamel above owns a popular cafe that would not be out of place in tel aviv or any other israeli jewish city. the people who come here usually look for something with center something they can only find within the drews community what they don't look for and don't see is something just as authentic a community floundering on to a lack of basic necessities to do so in arabic speaking people who follow an offshoot of islam they hold a distinct place in israeli society as the only major non jewish community whose majority of members are drafted into the israeli army. told has lived here for twenty years his home still has no electricity and only three years ago did he get running water i served in the army my kids will serve as well will live in israel but we don't receive what is really is are getting what i don't know why we don't

ask for special privileges just electricity to send our villages have always received less funding than jewish areas resulting in poor quality of education in arab schools and weak infrastructure and social services. our relationship with the jewish communities around us is perfectly fine no problem but our relationship with israel establishment is different we plan for degrees people are not with a group of people we have difficulties on many levels first of all getting budgets approved for planning and then the planning itself and. most of these raids who visit here are bolivia's to the problems and even those who know prefer to look the other way i haven't heard this i myself don't know about it i read that there was some problems regarding some of the just feel i but. israel government really tried to. yeah i heard about it and the problem. a lot of problems. sewage and. trouble building the

limited space in building but it's not only about turning the other cheek and choosing not to see there are israelis i've spoken to here feel nothing about adding racist slurs about arabs and then eating in a restaurant. but getting them to admit it on camera is almost impossible. i mean the problem is not so my son or i know the language and they don't understand mine and i served in the military i understand them but they sometimes come with certain prejudices about the druze and we surprise them by how like we don't know the phone. not enough and like it seems to stop them living in very different worlds pull a c.r.t. is few a village in northern israel lots more for you on our website r t dot com including footage of an italian village that faces the force of mother nature as a creature nato rips through a province in the long resulting in millions of euros worth of damage video online

also there. you can meet the man. its planes and his own custom made jet packs that video and more are to dot com. first. and i think you're. going to. be. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is set to visit pakistan this week but the meeting with the new countries country's new government is shrouded in uncertainty now one of the main issues is the cia drone strikes that continue to be carried out on pakistani soil now some have claimed that rather than destroying militant groups

the unmanned attacks actually feed the extremists ranks earlier my colleague kevin owen spoke to us foreign policy analyst fred brand for men about how kerry is a visit and drone politics are affecting the region. he himself just two years ago when he was the head of the senate foreign relations committee it correctly said that afghanistan is a sideshow into the main event which is pakistan so he understands the importance of having good relations with pakistan and the first step to doing that is to end the drone strikes mediately because they've turned eighty percent of the population against the united states they strengthen the pakistan taliban they've made it impossible for the us to cooperate with the pakistani government and safe and it's nuclear weapons if you touch on it just now i just want you to elaborate on it a bit more you said how much the population i guess naturally are against it more and more than i guess it's driving

a maybe into the hands of terrorists the pakistani taliban were far weaker in two thousand and three than they are today as a result of our drone strikes of we've put tens of thousands of people into the pakistani taliban and strengthen them and the pakistani government has not shown itself particularly capable of controlling them several dozen u.s. national security experts have said and very clear terms that these drone strikes are not harming the pakistani taliban but actually helping them recruit members this is a strategic catastrophe without power alone american history. and it's time for a brief world update crowds have gathered in london protests against new public spending this time the government wants to slash the legal aid budget now they want solicitors to get a fixed fee rather than payment for the work they've got him it's fair defense lawyers will start pushing guilty pleas at any cost to save both their time and money. at least nine people have been killed in bomb attacks on mosques in baghdad

this comes as an al qaeda linked group claims responsibility for the series of deadly blasts which left sixty dead across iraq on monday the country's interior ministry says iraq is now in an open war that will surgeons who want to bring down the government. more civilians are dying in afghanistan that's according to a un report which says over thirteen hundred people were killed so far this year women and children are especially affected the number of child casualties is up by thirty percent the report comes as nato forces prepare to leave the country to come to go up to ninety thousand soldiers may be needed on the ground past twenty four. when it comes to banking bigger isn't always better while the e.u. is struggling to beef up its ailing financial institutions europe's smallest banks have been doing pretty well some run by just one member of staff peter all over

travel to a small german village to meet one such banker. it's not all big city banks with bailouts bonuses and big shots in rural germany this small town has all its financial needs taken care of by just one man. here we only concentrate on people from gams failed if you live ten kilometers away sorry you can't be a customer in fact the furthest away one of our customers lives is about seven hundred meters. what with only nine hundred customers peter believes he can offer something that big banks can't. and he has to personally people get a personal service here and i know everyone who comes in the course i do or they are my neighbors so this means there is a big trust and the are just a number or part of a money making machine and in war when our t. stopped by at this one month bank we found that the man in charge wasn't alone the regulators were going through the books like they do in every other european bank

and my people have to once a year someone counts for four weeks i think it's a bit too long but hey that's the way it is even as we live more and more of our daily lives online in small towns like this one still a place for the face to face because a bank sometimes i need to go to the city banks are all run by machines don't even get me started on the internet the concept we have here we are all members not customers. it's hardly the most modern of operations opened at the end of the nineteenth century some of the equipment looks like it isn't much younger now wouldn't mind forking out my predecessor had a quite specific grip you can see here over forty years he wore the pain away all the modern stuff doesn't look right here if it works why buy new. so how long. even the youngest in town

a catered for having their own individual money boxes to me. they aren't sheepish about saving they even gets a lesson every now and again to make sure that they know that not everybody should be trusted to not see it ok who wants to count your teacher's money being needy. he. thought that right. on with twenty sure learned of a bridge or how k. you got me. make everyone give me a lollipop kush. due to the cost of running them small rural banks of all but disappeared for most of germany but the people of the town of misspelled want to hang on to this is for many more years to come these are all of the south west germany. up next a trip to nigeria to look at the life of a local militant delta boy stay with us.

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