and we love it everyone loves his homeland right but you know we didn't expect to live through five years of such peace and quiet. there's no war. life we are to new center attack and russian and u.s. foreign policy and defense heads meet in washington amid a deepening political route which sees both sides pointing the finger of blame. kurdish activists send out a plea to world powers urging them to prevent ethnic cleansing in syria we talk to an eyewitness of the brutal attacks by al-qaeda linked groups. and the fountain of hope that's run dry later we look at the roots of the arab spring that flourished on the promise of democracy but which is failing to bring the stability and prosperity any died for.

anything is ten pm now here in moscow my name is kevin zero in this is r t international first following the fallout over moscow granting asylum to edward snowden russian and american defense chiefs and diplomats are sitting down for talks the meeting also comes amid tensions sparked by barack obama calling off a summit with legitimate putin as washington cited the lack of progress in relations moscow in terms of cues the americans are being unwilling to negotiate on an equal footing and he's going to teach accounts been following today's meeting. we saw a very diplomatic opening by the two u.s. secretary send it to russian ministers before john kerry asked cameras to leave the most interesting stuff is of course going on behind those closed doors john kerry said opening statement probably gave the best hint as to the atmosphere of the discussions he has where people use the words collisions disagreements but also

made this reference surgery lavrov and i are old hockey players and we both know that diplomacy like cauchy can sometimes result in the occasional collusion. so we're candid very candid about the areas in which we agree but also there is that which we disagree there have been all too many collisions lately in the relations between the two countries as john kerry said quote not just over the snowden case both minister lavrov and secretary kerry talked about syria both moscow and washington are trying to mediate a summit in geneva where they would bring all sides of the syrian conflict together to map out a political solution lots of challenges there the opposition says they will not sit down with those who have blood on their hands the idea of the summit is about bringing all hands to the negotiating table to try to finally stop the bloodshed

and save syria from becoming an al qaeda haven so similar concerns on both sides but very strong disagreements on what to do and how to do it of course the officials are going to specify their disagreements behind closed doors they touched upon missile defense the lack of progress on which president obama has cited as one of the reasons he has canceled his bilateral meeting with president putin both said they're going to work together to make progress well on that russia has said before and yet you know that the reason there is no progress is because the u.s. which uses to see russia as an equal partner in the european missile defense project russia said many times that he wants to participate in the european missile defense but as an equal stakeholder washington is very far from accepting that kind of a joint venture but as a lover of say the two countries have an obligation to at least work together you have to you when i first met john kerry in his current rule we set an agenda

for relations and he said that all countries a very special responsibility and the great things depend on us so we have to work together in a mature when that is exactly what we've been trying to do and we'll count on these efforts to be mutual the hope is that the u.s. and russian officials will at least not let disagreements and scandals completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries can actually make on the economy on of ghana and on counterterrorism efforts. only teaching can i washed and correspondent there will us is willing other willing to back down and make any concessions to moscow on kids a national issues according to geo political analyst f. william angle to washington is determined to encircle russia with its missile defense which is an often strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable

in terms of what the us is trying to put into power in syria similar to what they tried in egypt and failed that is a muslim brotherhood controlled regime that would allow qatar to control pipeline flows in to europe and not iran so among other things so this is there is not a basis of agreement on these fundamental questions lowden is as i say is not the issue the issue is this fundamental disagreement and washington is not prepared to change its agenda and openly and honestly negotiate to resolve these differences therefore obama is using this childish maneuver of capsule in the meeting because of snowden supposedly well teams across the at least of them is in washington for you where that high level meeting between russian and u.s. officials is ongoing right now i hopefully later the program maybe later this hour will probably next i'll be going live to a media conference on the outcome of the talks that. kurds who try

to report attacks by radical islamists in syria are in danger of being abducted or killed that's what an eyewitness to an assault has told. the kurdish minority northeastern series reportedly been injuring horrific attacks by al qaeda linked groups for around three weeks now a correspondent in the region really brings you what's come to light so far. our ticket is getting new details horrifying details from the eyewitnesses who happened to be in the area those details are extremely hard to come by because of the essential information and physical blockade which has been put up against the rest of the world by the extremists who are permeating the kurdish areas and towns in the northeastern syrian provinces now while we do get to manage to speak to. what is happening in this region we hear truly. this was during the holy month of ramadan the people were preparing food the

militant started shooting everyone who came out onto the streets. should young men and started with knives. we tried to tell them we were also muslim. money. then they started losing. people they struggled with. my nephew was killed by me and my brother. we were lucky to escape to a refugee camp united nations investigators are on the ground right now trying to piece together whether earlier reports of some four hundred people being killed in cold blood are indeed true the un has said that if indeed those reports have any basis in reality that this amounts to a war crime nevertheless this is doesn't seem to get any better even though it does get more coverage at this point the problem is like i said it's a lack of communication it's the lack of opportunity for people who are inside the kurdish towns and villages to reach out to the world because they are essentially

fearful to come out on the street where extremist groups are roaming the cities and towns and of course the reporters or any other journalists type people who are trying to get into the areas again they cannot get through because of the extremely dangerous situation so of course the situation doesn't seem to get any better and. something bad's able to pass the walls he is definitely becoming more and more alarmed about so many of the world must quote defend the kurds from massacre and ethnic cleansing and quote that's the plea from kurdish campaigners right now who is seeking urgent protection from the international community the peace in kurdistan activists are asking the united nations as well as the u.s. and the e.u. to act now to stop what they call brutal massacres but also demanding that western powers stop sending weapons to groups in syria that use them then to attack civilians and commit war crimes the statement also calls for a probe into turkey's role in food in the conflict in the kurdish areas of syria

kurdish politician mohammad ali thinks the support the syrian rebels are receiving from abroad is the main cause of his people's plight. all of this is happening because the rebels have been on from abroad by countries that do not want democracy and peace and syria turkey and the gulf monarchies are arming these terrorists meanwhile western countries are turning a blind eye to all the rigged norrin the atrocities being committed against the kurds were calling on the west to stop supporting the rebels and to assist us otherwise these extremist forces could eventually turn against their backers. while washington is still wavering over whether or not to provide lethal aid to the rebel forces in syria the director of the institute for policy studies phyllis bennis told me it's clear where these weapons would eventually end up. despite all of the assurances of the various representatives of the free syrian army or the national

syrian council who say well we'll make sure they don't get in their hands because we'll keep receipts i'm sorry but receipts aren't going to make it when one force has the capacity militarily to overcome the other force they can't make that kind of a guarantee that they won't fall into those hands it's been true for quite a while that the most powerful militarily of the opposition forces have been the islamist forces allied consciously of their own choice with al-qaeda certainly there will be challenges for the west if there is another permanent stronghold of al qaeda someplace like syria and the danger of al qaeda or other unaccountable forces who have no commitment to international law getting control of weapons of mass destruction that may exist inside inside syria such as chemical weapons that would be disastrous. live from moscow this is oxy with me kevin zero in the south coming up after the break and limp a colleague jackie gay rights come to the forefront of some twenty four t.v.

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on our reporters' twitter. instagram. to be in the know. it's been two and a half years since the arab spring erupted but the optimism that swept the region back then has been brutally crushed since street riots are raging in egypt militias the slaying civilians in libya and most recently the country that is fed the best till now relatively speaking anyway seems to be descending back into anti-government turmoil but what were the people hoping for a he's innocent now investigates. the arab spring captivated the world just over two swords years ago changed democracy and new elected governments were promised in

the three countries that began this wave of revolution but what prevailed is nothing short of chaos almost full circles in tunisia and egypt and in neighboring libya a situation some described as much worse than before regime change we don't hear anything about libya in the western press or western television channels what we know is different groups vying for supremacy people are desperate to try and put a cover all of what has been created by the libyan disaster in the fall of gadhafi trends have formed take tunisia we all remember mohamed bouazizi the fruit vendor who set himself on fire in december twenty ten his death sparked mass protests followed by the president fleeing in mid january twentieth eleven now again the death of an opposition leader sparked protests in july twenty third teen they haven't let down still this week tens of thousands are on the street demanding the

resignation of the government in egypt similar to two thousand and eleven and mass protest mubarak he's out twenty thirteen mass protests morsy is also out and violence reigns with the help of the military. the fact that morsi violated human rights does not justify overthrowing him and especially if together with the overthrow we get more violations of human rights rather unless you are an investigator on torture one man does there he told r g the most worried he is it's about countries like libya where the organization is denied access but are aware of atrocities far worse than under gadhafi very troublesome because we hear about clandestine detention centers. detention centers that are run by militias that are not accountable to anybody so many experts including mendez

expects positive change in the arab world it's just not clear at what cost and how long it could take. egypt's military backed government meantime is facing an uphill struggle to contain protesters and restore stability but there's another looming problem of too but the post ramadan face now over food is in short supply all across this most populous arab nation which of column is its weakest in eighty years is that isabel true with that side of the story. at a cairo hospital food bank volunteers offload banks of provisions to prepare a traditional ramadan dinner for many like most of our words a hospital worker tonight's donated meal is the largest one you'll get this week i earn about fifty dollars a month and we are six people to the maximum i can do is buy beans two for a few sounds so i can eat we want justice i work a whole day and make practically nothing when i'm leaving but if i don't this tiny salary my family will meet the poorest suffering in egypt as policymakers and the

media are distracted by the deepening political crisis food banks like this one who tried to cover the whole country are stretched to their limits explains coordinator of thought. the party line is so high food is the most important thing. will provide hundreds of food baskets full of fries and basic food stuff so that they can feed families for a month in some places will go to utterly destroyed every time we visit it gets worse even provide livestock so that they can feed themselves for a while with the country in turmoil food distribution centers like these a plug in the gaps amid an escalating crisis food insecurity has risen significantly in the last few years according to the world food program resulting in a rise in stunting anemia amongst children due to malnutrition over a quarter of the population is under the poverty line and they're the ones being hardest hit with the continued civil unrest and dwindling foreign exchange reserves and they say the situation will only get worse as egypt is unable to import much

needed wheat for the bread millions depend on government subsidized bread that sells for about one cents a loaf however critics say egypt's food subsidies are wasteful and don't filter down. to those who truly need it it's basically subsidizing items at a very cheap prices and i bring it to the mainstream populations with a very high calorie intake very slow nutritional value close to nineteen percent of the poorest people are not getting any use of the subsidy and we know that twenty percent of the subsidy goes to the richest strata of the society and i guess if there's a number of active service subsidies egypt is facing its worst economic crisis since the one nine hundred thirty s. and food prices have doubled since two thousand and twelve making nutritious food inaccessible to many in the world that there are high prices everywhere to meet his vegetables are too expensive for me with few functioning state institutions and a new interim government focused on developing political events these issues will continue to go unresolved and for the moment the most fundamental will be left

starving tree for r t cairo. online from us spoiling the plug on privacy and encrypted mail service favored by fugitive n.s.a. leaker edward snowden forced out of business we're reporting on how the company's own is blocky is all face the wrath of the u.s. government someone from also made a very long way away from us orbiting jupiter and for one freezing moon out there saying it could in the very distant future of mankind's best chance at survival belong with the trouble of r.t. dot com if you want to find out more about that and in sweden too we're reporting the i.t.n. energy ministers father yourself on the wrong side of our own laws to the best of us the of politicians being known for his stiff anti piracy stance but it's not going to have to explain why she herself crossed the line on copyright. calls to boycott sochi twenty fourteen are growing louder and causing quite a stir in the global media they were prompted by russian will make his decision to

ban the promotion of homosexuality to children well british actor stephen fry has gone as far as branding the law fascist in drawing an analogy to nazi germany his artist bully boy to separate the fact from the fiction amid this ongoing media frenzy. stephen fry's open letter said that russia is making scapegoats out of gay people just as hitler did the jews which is why he's called for a boycott of the upcoming winter olympics set to take place in the russian town of sochi next february not a boycott sort she idea is gathering at lightning pace with commentators on both sides of the story weighing in some of the service of pointed out that the legislation passed in russia isn't unprecedented in fact the u.k. itself had a similar law were in place until very recently the united kingdom had something called section twenty eight in place until two thousand and three which was almost exactly the same is the recent law passed in russia which said that homosexuality

should not be promoted in schools or to minors so much for keeping sports and politics separate which is exactly the message that the international olympic committee gave to r.t. boycotting sochi twenty fourteen would only serve to deprive the country's athletes from fulfilling their dreams of competing at an olympic games something they've dedicated a great portion of their lives to accomplish history has shown that boycotts do not solve anything but simply punish olympic athletes those campaigning for gay rights also doubting whether stephen fry's proposed boycott is the right path to go down the only people who will suffer because of this because it is the sportsman who are participating in these in these competitions that's why i'm against the best solution and in this case is to go and protest during the olympic games concerns surrounding the new gay propaganda war in russia has even led to worries that gay athletes could be arrested when they arrive in sochi for the games to which russian or thirty's the fire of five but the new law doesn't outlaw homosexuality and that

those attending and participating in the games will be safe despite the assurances in this former olympic host city the talk of boycott shows no sign of abating. ok artsy london well meantime we received the very latest statement from the international committee response to our request it says the olympic authorities have reiterated this that sports should be available to all regardless of race sex or sexual orientation the i.o.c. confirms that the russian government at its highest level is assured the committee that the law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors will not in any way affect those attending or taking part of the sochi twenty fourteen winter games it went on to say rich world affairs sure there's no clock thinks the gay rights issue is being deliberately overhyped in the media in nazi germany homosexuals really were discriminated against they were putting to concentration camps and killed in large numbers and of course this is not happening in russia today if it was i'd be

the first person said we go to russia all together it's not happening what's happened in russia is we got a new law which bans the promotion of homosexuality to under eighteen's now i'm not saying i support that law i oppose all anti-gay laws wherever they're passed in the world but why stephen fry focusing on russia there are about eighty countries in the world moving to where homosexuality is actually illegal one of them is a country called qatar where the world cup is going to be helping twenty twenty two you go to prison for five years if you're homosexual it's political i think there's because i said there's eighty country about eighty countries now war you have worse records on gay rights than russia so i think it shows double standards here it shows this kind of russia phobia i think among the western elite that they look down at russia they patronize that the this idea that russia people are more homophobic they're racist it's nonsense it's not true. we'll do some brief pakistan's restive city of least nine people died in a shootout government fire a crowd of worshipers that live in a mosque marks a bloody start to the ied festival which culminates the holy fasting month of

ramadan on thursday thirty eight people were killed in the same city in a suicide bomb blast of a funeral the region's played by sectarian violence mostly targeting pakistan's shia minority. patton is marking the sixty eighth anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki together with hiroshima the attacks by america killed over two hundred thousand people and prompted japan to surrender in the second world war during a ceremony nagasaki mayor criticised the country's authorities for what he called a lack of effort in nuclear disarmament opposition to atomic powers also heightened the fukushima disaster in twenty eleven. united kingdom is sending three warships to the british overseas territory of gibraltar the middle worsening diplomatic spat with spain london says it's a routine visit but it comes after gibraltar's chief minister asked for the deployment to stop the spanish incursions into the rock territorial waters of dread reacted by saying it will take quote all necessary measures to protect its interests in gibraltar the centuries old conflict reignited in late july when

british boats created a makeshift concrete reef spaying responded with a long delays at the border. and indefinite curfews been imposed in a town in india administered kashmir the restriction comes after muslims and hindus clash there journeyed celebrations police said respond with tear gas and warning shots of the spurs the crowds added another incident police confronted thousands of anti india protesters in the city of st ago dozens of people have been injured on both sides kashmir is divided between india and pakistan with both sides vying for control. here moscow is cracking down on illegal job seekers coming from abroad they'll be tougher punishment for those who exceed a permit over a one month stay in the country as well as for businesses called hiring them two of the five million migrant workers now in russia an estimated three million are illegal and that's a situation which authorities are struggling to get under control is r.t.c.

corpuscle. i mean absolutely they came here thinking it's the road to opportunity but instead in many found themselves on their way back home we were working and then all of a sudden police rushed in and detained us. over one thousand illegal workers were arrested this week alone so many in fact that a temporary camp had to be set up to house those awaiting deportation several human rights organizations have criticized the conditions the migrants are kept in only the basic necessities are provided meals the toilets and showers. do which comes of course this isn't a summer camp or your vacation getaway but we do have to remember all these people have violated the law but some n.g.o.s claim these conditions are still better than the ones most of the workers experienced during their so-called employment i think it's like the reality is this people lived as slaves almost none of them got paid they work for food independent public movements have also been trying to help

authorities get the situation under control for instance this is one of the basements they raided home to over a dozen workers many without documents and their employer. how can we find out who's in charge here our boss yes not here right now can we call them i don't have the number. workers are usually hired by contractors which service buildings and apartment blocks clean streets and look after other infrastructure. because of high rent prices in the city it's cheaper for contractors to house them in basements even though it's illegal we've gone through around fifty in the last six months around five hundred migrants have been passed over to the police most were fined and some were deported to. according to migration officials there are around three million illegal migrant workers in russia but independent studies show much higher figures but clearly for companies hiring migrants is a much less of

a hassle than hiring russian citizens or entitled to social benefits while illegal workers have no support at all it's not only about cleaning streets servicing buildings or working at markets construction alone is a major source of jobs with some projects creating hundreds or perhaps even thousands of new places most of which also usually end up being taken by migrant workers the lack of transparency is found in all spheres of business and experts say it's now undermining the whole system just some entrepreneurs hire strictly legal migrants and invest in african amounts of money and while those who hire illegal ones don't how can they compete from the fines for breaking russian migration and labor laws will be substantially increased companies will have to be up to thirty thousand dollars for each illegal worker they hired for them saving cash this way has never been so expensive you got this going on moscow first mention within the next ninety minutes or so are expected across live hopefully to

a news conference with the russian foreign defense ministers there in washington for talks with the us counterparts the media course come against a backdrop of fresh tension over some key issues big time coming up next for the next thirty minutes or so on r.t. sophie shevardnadze grills a former n.s.a. and cia chief coming up next. everyone respects a promise written in stone promises written on the internet well they're a bit more flexible and a lot easier to erase obama made a lot of promises as a candidate on his site change dot gov including some about protecting whistleblowers and obama said that we need to empower federal employees as watchdogs and that he would strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste fraud and abuse of authority and government but strangely and possibly coincidentally two days after the first revelation of government

spying by stoughton these promises of the change dot gov site were taken down if this is not just some odd coincidence and they consciously chose to hide obama's campaign promises that this is political cowardice at its worst and what is even worse is that they didn't think that this would get exposed almost immediately if you try to conduct some sort of medieval book burning to destroy information on the internet then you are only going to get burnt yourself but that's just my opinion. well with. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we are going to the future are covered.