with my you know the old guard look at the global financial headlines. watch. a turkish court slump screw people tears would have to prison sentences as crowds of change blows with police saying the trial is nothing more than a witch hunt. iran's new president says he wants to build bridges with the west but is the feeling mutual the u.k. snaps his inauguration as america pushes for tougher sanctions. and american and e.u. acts or is called for a boycott of the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi over a new gay propaganda war in russia we're distracted by just like.

this is all to see coming to live from moscow. let's go to our main story now clashes have erupted in turkey during the long anticipated raising of a verdict for almost three hundred people accused of plotting to overthrow the government high ranking senior army officers annoys academics and journalists are among those in the dark they have been awaiting their ruling for five years the court has already convicted at least fifty people why are questioning only twenty one of the defendants and media have criticized the trial calling it a witch hunt. has the details now from istanbul for. if heard the verdicts for main suspects in the case for example the retired former chief of staff has received a life in prison as well as you can say that the majority of the top four of the former top military brass which are on trial in the case all of them have received either life sentences or sentences up to hundreds of years old so the head of the

workers' party is also looking at one hundred seventeen years in prison as well just to give you a comparison one of the people who was on trial was a known mafia lord who has received ten years in prison where is a known journalist who happens to be an opposition activist as well has received twenty nine years in prison already people in turkey are calling this trial but they're saying that this it's important says that it does look like at this point the old talk of democratic ideals in the country can be buried pretty much with these sentences and of course because of its importance around four thousand people have taken their time to go to the court which is outside of the main city of istanbul they got in there by buses and they were dispersed at this point it looks like they were disbursed at least twice with water cannons and tear gas as well as we've have. some information that rubber bullets were flying as well turkish

authorities have employed unprecedented security measures they have memory and thousands of police in the place when we tried to get there it was impossible for us to pass because right only eve all the sentencing of the verdict the authorities have said that only journalists with turkish media passes will be allowed in there by essentially ruling out the presence of any foreign media if you look at the people who are on trial these are mostly people who are known for their staunch opposition to the prime minister and the ruling party they are the ones who are saying that they're to wander along with the people already are strained turkey off the path that was set forth by ataturk oldest. a century ago and they're going towards the democratic ideals and kind of going along the western way they're taking the country in the complete opposite direction swaying it towards islam islam is the country's not becoming a secular and to see any more you have to understand this is also happening against a backdrop of protests which have happened started in turkey two months ago and

they're essentially still continuing and there's almost weekly sort of clashes between the protesters and the police the protesters are saying that again. long with these policies is basically defeating democracy in the country and they do not want to see that happening and yet there is a very brutal dispersal of them taking place on an almost weekly basis and water cannons tear gas rubber bullets all of that is happening and this trial a lot of people are saying the proverbial straw that may just break the camel's back and bring turkey towards the brink if not a civil war the entire protest which the country could find itself develop. freelance journalist as good or great sayings the government is overreacting. chances of a military. military. coup like in the ninety s.

which is called. yes there was. talk of the free market economy for example you could have shut down the whole country in one thousand nine hundred eighty but you know i don't believe. there's a direct threat or for that when this case started or there was another case which was under the sledgehammer. it was they were different but like i said the military was deciding to. talk politics they were directly in walt. coming up here on the program this is very ill and scandal deepens in germany fresh revelation suggests the country is feeding massive amounts of data to the n.s.a. sparking outrage from the public and embarrassing politicians.

the arrow biting sanctions on iran should be buried in the past as the message from the country's new president hassan rouhani was elected on the platform promising dialogue with the west in the attempt to and the country's isolation over its nuclear energy program but it's transpires not everyone there is enthusiastic about the reconciliation drive. and now reports. iran's new president hassan rouhani is widely seen as a moderate politician particularly significant detail where western leaders are concerned after years of string diplomatic tensions in what is seen as an attempt to ease of that isolation the government had sent out invitations to e.u. countries including britain would tend to be a swearing in ceremony. excluding the u.s. and now the position was that only diplomats would attend but the u.k. had not said. given by the british foreign office is that we does not have an

embassy in tehran but this has been criticised by members of the opposition labor party here particularly of the shadow foreign minister douglas alexander not called this misjudgment as well as a missed opportunity adding about diplomacy involves meeting with people would you disagree now in light of the steps up for that to run appears to be taking it moving this invitation to european leaders as well as appointing a foreign minister with relations with washington as some are reading it's really wanting to rebuild those relations with the us and europe well we spoke with labor m.p. barrie gardiner for more on this the u.k. foreign minister william hague he had said we will respond in good faith to positive action by iran and improve relations on a step by step basis without remark shouldn't this invitation to attend the president's inauguration in iran have been accepted i think it would have been

a very good opportunity to say look he starts with almost a clean sheet as far as we're concerned we want to take him as we find him and it would have been a good opportunity therefore to go to have informal discussions are around the inauguration. and to do some sounding out to how he was going to behave in office so i think it's an opportunity missed i hope that there are back channel conversations going on that are beginning to try and work out a new relationship with walter's alter or a new president at the end of the day in this very careful dance between tehran and western leaders every action and non-action will certainly play a part in that equation on where relations are really headed reporting from london i'm tests are still. the number one priority. now is to loosen the grip of sanctions have on the country and that's the see won't. effects they've had so far

they call me husband a severe blow with swathes of punitive measures from the sunday you tanisha iran's oil exports trade and banking sector in twenty twelve alone iran is thought to have lost at least fifty billion dollars in oil revenues these financial burdens have seen the price of essential such as bread milk and meat skyrocket the country's medical institutions are also sounding the alarm saying the measures prevent millions of people from accessing vital drugs is the reporter the last six million iranians suffering from multiple sclerosis have a phobia and counsel it could not get proper medicine and local journalists to exxon came vonnie says that it's too optimistic to expect much change from the new leadership immediately. we have seen a very high rates of inflation something like forty percent based on official feet yours but according to the consumer price index order c.p.i.

the figure is far more than doubts and one of the economic advisers of president was already has said that iranians should not blame rouhani if the prices are. you know up to over and over. then we have the unemployment rate of twenty eight point three percent which is another problem the administration these banks see you know that if you was national congress you have fallen over fifty percent since last year so altogether i should say that the expectations are very high from president rouhani but you could not revive the economy as fast as many your ring is expected. although the white house says it will become a willing partner should iran choose to engage on the nuclear issue quite the opposite signals are coming from american lawmakers just days before on its integration they passed a bill which would see iran's oil exports slashed by another one million barrels

per day and from the national iranian american council says america is not interested in cooperation that the fact that they would vote for a new sanctions before the new iranian president who has been saying positive things and who is going to himself face so many obstacles for the house of representatives to go forward with this vote demonstrates that this is a chamber dominated by politics instead of pragmatism and is dominated by ideology instead of. an actual desire to resolve the problems that the lay before the united states now the reason that they went forward with this vote was because of immense political pressure from processions groups and neo conservative and hawkish organizations that are more interested in seeing a war with iran than seeing a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear standoff. iran has a well documented rocky relationship with the west but also doesn't see eye to eye

with some influential states and its own region tensions with saudi arabia came into focus after an incident involving the plane of the sudanese president which was heading for ten ron but it was barred from entering the gulf kingdoms a space independent research and writing. explains how saudi arabia might be benefiting from the conflicts in the region. historically saudi arabia has been iran's rifle more importantly than that and it's aside from the fact the saudi arabia serves the united states and israel and carries that through or does in the region and it saudi riff should there ever be peace with the wind. coming from the west it would really stretch in saudi arabia feels very secure for as long as they can be of service to the united states side eurabia benefits from war and conflict in the region so there's no reason for them to change and this is smart

enough to know that down the line is to be there that they're not going to be accepted no matter how hard they work for israel and america no matter how much they've been how will they carry out their orders and work with them they will not be one of and eventually. their time to come to. it injured hundreds triggering panic and now scientists say they are still wrong and that plays that play into russia's urals maybe the same family that could be flying towards asked long that after this there shall write. the.

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this is aussie coming to you live from moscow welcome back famous russian vodka could soon be hard to find a new you know because of production troubles actually it sent some bar owners in the u.s. and europe have called for a boy called outraged by a new law banning gay propaganda to minors the legislation is being criticized as profoundly discriminatory but supporters of the nor say it upholds the views of the majority of russians they cited the latest survey by the independent organization levada center almost a horde of those who took part in the boat saying that homosexuality is a bad habit or a perversion while some even believe it could be a result of a mental trauma or an illness and only twelve percent believe that homosexuality is just a normal sexual orientation while some people remain undecided the figures of the same survey conducted in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight are almost identical suggesting the new or hasn't led to an increase in and to gauge sentiment

sentiment here in russia artes and he's in the investigates. but there is. no stone lee no sochi. dumping russian vodka and calls to boycott the olympic games the l g b t community in the west is furious with the passing of a new russian law banning gay propaganda to minors a detail almost never mentioned lot of here putin signed a law and some very strict anti-gay measures these laws absolutely obscure they're not clear in what they mean of course it will not have a white ranging gretzky's of being applied everywhere and to everyone and members of the gay community have been attacked and arrested you cannot say that there is massive suppression or messi of attacks against gay people in the streets and that wherever you say that you're gay you will be killed or beaten russian gay activists are taking their case to the european court of human rights and say the law is

meant to target specific individuals but see the picture of gay life in russia from abroad is warped these pictures being shown and being portrayed just because this little became a symbol of protest against their suppression of l.g.b. community in russia supporters of the law argue it represents the russian majority . something if there is a large number of people who believe the lawyers to solve thirty years ago there was criminal punishment for being there to take examples from some states in the us the relationship is much improved and stricter and this propaganda law course of this one. it's important to remember this law is about gay propaganda to minors and it will be enforced with fines not criminal punishment russia is still a very traditional conservative country and it wants to hold on to that. this is one of moscow's many gay clubs yes it's in

a discreet location but it holds three thousand people is. typed on the weekends and it's full of foreigners it's owners outdoes not to film on the inside to protect the privacy of its clients but reassure us business is booming there is a happy driving excitable you know wonderful gay community which is how great martin mandrels is british openly gay and living in russia for eight years he opposes the law but won't be dumping his russia is dominated by the church in general far more than the u.k. i think if you compare america for example you can't look at some friends of the sons of these and new york and then look at the middle part of texas and that's what russia is especially moscow you've got the old meets the new and you've got soviet mindset he's with this couple this with excise and western lifestyle homosexuality is illegal in over seventy countries across the globe so martin asked

why russia why do the western media why do people and the west never mention cuts off the world cup is coming up they're going crazy about saatchi and lympics i was in such a last week filming there's a gay community there is a great day seaman salty but the west has a big in its baltic regarding russia politically. say russia got together and he's now a r.t. moscow and less now have a new cold together defunct some myths about the gay propaganda law here in russia statement number one being gay is a crime in russia now which is falls a crime is promoting nontraditional sexual relations to children nontraditional is defined here as ones that can produce children second can you be arrested under this new law yes you can if police suspect to a gay propaganda to children said you can get a prison sentence for that which is not true individuals can be made to pay

a fine of up to fifteen hundred dollars while the maximum penalty for guys asian is a say six thousand if you are a foreigner you can be deported or detained for up to fifteen day. no shoulder to cry on. cue robo is the first robot heading into space and scientists think he could help lonely astronauts through trying times of isolation so go online from all these years of this little guy. on played by twits the social media company twitter has introduced a new button that allows users to report online abuse as soon as it happens all the details on r.t. dot com all. right. were struck. and i think the true.

orders were to. be in the. german intelligence sharing in large swathes of telecommunications states or would be to us according to latest revelations published and magazine documents provided by whistleblower edward snowden show that the degree of surveillance cooperation between berkeley and washington is higher than officials would like to admit and only raise here with wall. what the these internal communications that have been leaked by edward snowden show is a rather cozy relationship between the national security agency and the german foreign intelligence agency the b. n. d. now a lot of these documents in the latest article in the. deal with a monitoring station that was based in the various what we've seen that's come out

from these documents of just how much data was being collected and then passed on to their american allies american partners in this system it's quite outstanding really in december of last year alone there were five hundred million pieces of metal data collected from this from this monitoring station there does seem quite evident from the said these cables that have come out these are internal memos in the fact of just how much data was being collated and. distributed between the two agencies that this certainly was a very close relationship you couple out with one of these leaked documents from a couple of weeks ago where which referred to the head of the b n d as both showing an eagerness and desire to help the n.s.a. and it certainly seems that the two agencies were working incredibly closely indeed now in response to this we've seen demonstrations on the streets of berlin as well

as many other cities around. the country people saying well just. coming up people coming out in support of edward snowden in support of bradley manning basically saying that they must stop and if germany was involved if it turns out that the b. and b. were involved in spying on its own people that they must be brought to book for that now we have seen something of an attempt at face saving from the german government so we have an election coming up here in the end of september and of course this is all absolute golden information to the opposition leaders if you hear them campaigning they're saying well. you really want to trust those guys that they help the americans it seems look into your into your private details but in terms of the german people world there is shock and outrage at times of just how much they were spied on and how much their country seems to have helped that spying take place and anger over government surveillance was also felt across the pond

thousands of people have lost across the us against the n.s.a. surveillance organized operations as part of the nine hundred eighty four day dozens of us it is saw demonstrations that also doubled up in support of whistleblowers ever snowden and bradley manning the rallies well organized by a grassroots movement called restore the fourth that calls for an end. warrantless communications by the fourth amendment of the us constitution protect citizens from unlawful search and seizure. mass protests continue across tunisia as profound and islam as government supporters take to the streets please try to disperse a crowd that tried to block the governor's residence in the town of goo's it on monday the rallies were triggered by they murder a secular politician mohamed brahmi at the end of last month. a bomb explosion on

a parked passenger train in northeastern pakistan has injured fourteen people three are in critical condition local officials say the device ripped through the washroom in one of the carriages no group has claimed responsibility for that act. the mehan sparked by a massive litter riots that smashed into russia's year olds could well happen again to remember this. they spaced well and potentially devastating as it was her tools unnoticed and now scientists may not have been flying all solo first sold but was part of a group of asteroids that still pose a threat to us oh she's leans across explains it may be hard to believe that an eleven thousand ton eighteen meter across meteor made its way to earth undetected

but that's exactly what happened which is why scientists are leaving no stone unturned even in space now to figure out how the chelyabinsk meteorite made it to earth scientists ran billions of orbital simulations and came up with the apollo asteroid family that may sound a bit intimidating because it is it's a two hundred metre wide cluster of rocks that according to scientists broke up around forty thousand years ago now it's still at large it's our it's orbiting around the sun now to find out if it is actually the parent cluster of the chelyabinsk meteorite scientists would need to then to send a tool to the asteroid and take a core sample that's not going to happen any time soon and the cost is extreme although if this cluster of meteorites any one of those fragments does show itself to be on a collision course with earth you can bet that action of some sort will be taken until then this cluster of asteroids is still under observation to make sure that

something like chelyabinsk does not happen any time soon. stay with us for all the sports news coming up after the break. while revolutions in the middle east sure get a great deal of coverage what you don't mix a lot of sense revolutions or exciting t.v. peaceful protests or nice but footage of molotov cocktails flying and crazed crowds of local middle easterners really grab attention so there's a logical natural reason why some protest movements get a lot of coverage in the mainstream media well others kind of adult please forgive me for being conspiratorial but there is one revolution going down which does have

all the exciting visuals of the arab spring but just doesn't get any of the mainstream coverage in fact unarmed people in this country recently stormed the parliament trapping ministers and lawmakers with that they held them down for eight hours demanding the government reside until police with shields smash their way through creating a narrow corridor through which the officials could escape now that sounds like exciting and visual news but why did you hear about it all over the mainstream press that's because it didn't happen in libya or egypt or any other exotic country but in good old boag area right in the e.u. where u.s. and e.u. interests are best served by the status quo being maintained there is no need to hype up an intervention or kinetic action in bulgaria the only time you ever hear about the need for a crackdown in bulgaria is when a government there actually started working in bulgaria own interests and not the us use desires but that's just my opinion.

hello welcome to the r t sports show another action packed tough hour of russian and global sport coming up with me partridge and here are the top stories. worlds apart two top had tough fleets poland is seen by over and you saying bolt will be going for gold at the world athletics championships in moscow next week. while rockies rockets and german to ring colleagues rockenfield claims and historic victory at the d t m series comes to russia for the first time. and the beach boys of russia win the home leg of the euro beach soccer league before preparing to defend their world cup crown into heat next month.