a texas school slops group launches would have two prison sentences as crimes exchanged blows with police saying the trial is nothing more than a witch hunt. new president says he wants to build bridges with the west is defeating neutral the u.k. eight snubs he's on the ration as america pushes for tougher sanctions. and america and its call for a boycott of the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi over a new gay propaganda law in russia will decide the richest nation. this is coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. clashes have

erupted in turkey during the dissipated reading of the verdict for almost three hundred people accused of plotting to overthrow the government high ranking senior only officers lawyers academics and jews are among those in the dock they've been awaiting the ruling full five is the court has a writ convicted at least fifty people while acquitting only twenty one of the defendants actually have criticized the trial calling it a witch hunt. has details now from a stumble if heard the verdict 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 also 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 you know in the 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 a story trial but they're saying that this it's important says that it does look like at this point all 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 seen darr marie and thousands of police in the place when we tried to get there it

was impossible for us to pass because right only either. the sentencing of the verdict authorities have said that only journalists with turkish media passes will be allowed in there thereby 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 area one along with the people already are under strain turkey off the path that was set forth by ataturk was the century go 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 is 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 about 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 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 that 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. and let's now get more on this controversial trial from professor mark owen and modern historian and international relations bill can't you know about stick mr on the thank you for joining us here at r.t. twenty one people have been acquitted right doesn't mean that the final outcome won't be as great as activists predicts it. will be public absolute

sort of outcome but i think the problem is that such as the polarization of turkish society that need to political groups at the moment that really be very very heavy sentences to be possible things are going to attract the attention of the critics of the government and it's very difficult to see that the people who who doubt the judgments and the evidence that's been presented already get to be satisfied by this i think quite on the contrary the situation's going to get more tense but turkish armed forces are the second in nato in the nato blog so why would the man at the helm of the army who got his life sentence today want to overthrow the government through an internet campaign what do you think. general bust bush who himself said originally that is bizarre of course chief of the general staff if you want to talk in eyes of coup he was in a much better position to do it in charge of the armed forces than with this rather write to our group of journalists on the world figures and retired army officers so

that's always been one of the problems with the the possibility accessions and even the prime minister erdogan originally said that he couldn't really believe that general bush would be. the central party may not change his mind but i think more the problem for the government is that they feel under pressure from the street protests that began in istanbul over the park they also feel a pressure internationally because of the fall of president morsi of egypt who they saw very much as the process areas of new. egyptian version of their own justice and development party and. they see the pressure in tunisia and so i think if we talk about conspiracy theories and debates on the one hand you have the charge that there's a deep state military intelligence perseveres against the prime minister but the prime ministers supporters certainly seem to feel that there's a deep plot against them organized by secularist forces not just in turkey. but we know that turkey has suffered several military crees doesn't this. doesn't this

give the government reason to warre to be cautious approach prophecy of course the history of military coups down to nine hundred eighty would mean that it's not implausible that such thing would happen and in one thousand nine hundred seventy was a so-called soft coup when the first islamist prime minister of japan was forced from power on the other hand. since two thousand and two their party seemed to be growing in support and strength including from the international community which in the past for instance had rather tolerated military coups if we mean us government now however the last few months we've seen this dramatic shift in the middle east which is why i think they feel particularly vulnerable they see the muslim brothers in egypt who they see very much as the sister party pushed out of power they feel that the americans and europeans are tolerated that i think in the ankara in government circles of activity circle say fear that although this particular case

got going some years ago now the threat from what they perceive as the secularist military alliance against them could have indorsement from outside whether that's the case of course is a different thing but we find in turkey if we were a conspiracy theories and deep suspicions have pools ability to both sides of the political spectrum and how have the trial this trial affected the country's armed forces. well this is a big question that if they all forces had really had a court determined to overthrow the government surely something would have happened nothing has happened so far the armed forces would remain decide. she walked around those the question is what will happen if the one who renewed street protests wants ramadan this past month of august has passed on the government come up the pressure on the streets there are a good removes a march in turkey last week all the splits inside even the police force between police units who are very loyal to the government and all those who feel the

government is being too heavy handed with protesters so we could be seeing a claim boof crisis with parts of the state that in the past will figure this is a good. beginning perhaps to be voted on secular versus religious on party political about but of course be very dangerous because oh right professor mark almond modern historian at international relations university professor thank you very much indeed for your time thank you. and coming up later these surveillance candle deepens in germany fresh revelations suggest that come from intelligence is feeding massive amounts of data to the n.s.a. sparking outrage from the public and i'm embarrassing politicians that's ahead for you. the arrow biting sanctions on iran should be buried in the past that's the message from the country's new president hassan rouhani was elected on a. platform promising dialogue with the west an attempt to end the country's

isolation of its nuclear and ensure program but it transpires not everyone has to be reconciliation dr. reports. iran's new president hassan rouhani is widely seen as a moderate politician a particularly significant detail where western leaders are concerned after years of strain diplomatic tensions in what is seen as an attempt by tehran to ease of that isolation the government had sent out invitations to countries including britain would tend to be a swearing in. ceremony. excluding the u.s. and israel now the position was that only tehran a base of diplomats would attend but the u.k. had not sent anyone at all the reasoning given by the british foreign office is that it does not have an embassy in tehran but this has been criticized by members of the opposition labor party here particularly the shadow foreign minister douglas

alexander who had called this a misjudgment as well as a missed opportunity adding that diplomacy involves meeting with people would you disagree now in light of the steps of forward 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 be a good opportunity for to go to have informal discussions 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. a new president at the end of the day and 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 tusshar sylvia. the number one priority for rouhani now is to loosen the grip sanctions have on the country and let's now see what if perhaps they've had so far they call me husband a severe blow with swayed so punitive measures from the us the huge targeting 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 and days been reported that last year's six million rains suffering from multiple sclerosis fear and cancer could not get proper medicine local journalist. this is 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. according to the consumer price index or to c.p.i. the figure is far more than that and one of the economic advisers of president was has said that the iranians should not blame rouhani if the prices are. over

and november. then we have dione the employment rate of twenty eight point three percent which is another problem the administration he's saying see. you know that year was national car and see how it's fallen over fifty percent since last your soul to get there i should say that the expectations are very high from president rouhani but you could not revive the economy as fast as many ring is expanding. the white house says it will become a willing partner should iran choose to engage in the nuclear issue quite the opposite signals are coming from american only it is just days before on his inauguration they passed a bill which would say 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 and 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. lay before the united states now the reason that they went forward with this vote was because of immense political pressure from pro sanctions 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 or that sudanese president which

was heading for toronto was barred from entering the gulf kingdoms as space independent research and writers sariah alric explains how saudi arabia might be benefiting from the conflicts in the region historically saudi arabia has been iran's rival more importantly than that and if aside from the fact that saudi arabia serves the united states and israel and carries that through or does in the region. saudi riff should there ever be peace with the wind. coming from the west it would really threaten saudi arabia react feels very secure for as long as they can be of service to the united states saudi arabia benefits from the 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 steve who charge and how will they carry out do or do this and work with them they will

not be one of them and eventually. their turn will come to. a injured hundreds triggering panic now scientists say the asteroid that blaze its way into russia's year olds may be part of an orbiting family that could be flying towards us more on that after the short break to stay. in your. face if you. could have you with us here on our t.v.

today i roll researcher. right. first street. and i think you're. going to. be. you're watching aussies good to have you with us let's move on now russia. soon be hard to find in new york and not because of production troubles oxer his son some

bar owners in the us and europe have called for a boy called outraged by new no banning gay propaganda to mine it's the legislation is being criticized as pro. discriminatory but supporters of the law say it up holds the views of the majority of russians so they cite the latest survey by an independent research organization levada center almost a whole for those who took part in the vote thing 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 and the figures of the same survey conducted in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight are almost identical suggesting the new law hasn't led to an increase in and to gay sentiment in russia while she's an isa now investigates. but there is. no stoli 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 wide 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 are 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 a protest against the suppression of l.g.b. community in russia supporters of the law argue it represents the russian majority . if there is a large number of people who believe the law is too soft thirty years ago there was criminal punishment for being here to take examples from some states in the us or the relationship is much improved and strict to these propaganda law was 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 what do you want to call 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 asked us not to film on the inside to

protect the privacy of its clients but we're sure our business is booming or is a happy the rising excitable you know wonderful gay community which is happy 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 she's with this couple this with exciting 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 in the west never mention cats or the world cup is coming up going crazy about saatchi and this is the olympics i was

in such you last week filming there's a gay community there is a great day seem in such a but the west has a big and it's on it regarding russia politically. russia. and he's in no way r.t. moscow. let's have a load of the facts and myths about the gay propaganda law here in russia statement number one being gay is a crime in russia now and this is falls a crime is promoting normal traditional sexual relations to children and nontraditional is defined here as ones that come produce children second one can you be arrested under this new law yes you can and if police suspect suspect gay propaganda to children and the said one you can get a prison sentence for that and this is not true individuals can be made to pay a fine of up to fifteen hundred dollars while the maximum penalty for guys ation is thirty thousand if you are a foreigner you can be deported or detained for up to fifteen days.

now a shoulder to cry on cue robert was the first robot heading into space and scientists think they could help along the astronauts through trying times in isolation on live from all the tears of the little guy. and plagued by twits these social media company twitter has introduced a new button that allows users to report online abuse as soon as it happens the details now in our. german intelligence is sharing in large swathes of telecommunications data with the u.s. according to latest revelations published in magazine documents provided by whistleblower edward snowden showed that the degree of surveillance corporation between bergen and washington is higher than officials would like to admit piece on of our brings us this story from the german capital. what the these internal communications that have been leaked by edward snowden show is

a rather cozy relationship between the national security agency the german foreign intelligence agency the b. n. d. now a lot of these documents in the latest article in. deal with a monitoring station it 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 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 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 they need it 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 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 helped 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. over government surveillance was also felt across the pond thousands of people have marched across the us against the n.s.a. surveillance operations as part of the nine hundred eighty four day dozens of u.s. cities demonstrations that also doubled up in support for whistleblowers edward snowden and bradley manning rallies were organized by a grassroots movement called restore the falls that holds for an end of warrantless communications spy force amendment of the us constitution protects its citizens from unlawful search and seizure. the powerful car bomb that has killed at least six people under wounded more than thirty in the southern philippines city of a bar so the device went off during rush hour leaving victims bloodied and causing

damage to nearby buildings is thought and local officials may have been the target of that religious tension is on the increase and the mixed muslim catholic city was previous bombings having been carried out by a local militant muslim group. the mayhem sparked by a massive mishi all that smashed into russia's ules could well happen again but there is. this space for huge and potentially devastating as it was hostile towards earth and noticed in our scientists age may not have been flying so as first thought it was part of a group of asteroids that still pose a threat to us obviously indifference explain. 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 media right 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 parents 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 the cost is extreme although if this cluster of meteorites any one of those fragments show itself to be on a collision course with earth you can bet that action of some sort will be taken until then this.