while the u.s. steps up its drone war in yemen fears rise that the strikes may be playing into the hands of al qaida find more followers among the enemies of america's controversial anti terror strategy. thousands protest an experimental british tracking well with alarmed locals and activists say they're determined to prevent the environmentally devastating operation. and people brace to protect their homes from flooding in russia's far east as water levels break all time records artie's crude travels to the most devastated areas and brings you firsthand accounts of the disaster.

from our studio in a moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now it's good to have you with us this monday morning from the russian capital. well the obama administration is willing to step up drone strikes in yemen even further despite no precise intelligence on terrorist targets there that's according to a report from washington and this may be well sending chills down the spines of ordinary yemenis who are bearing the brunt of the man attacks by some estimates for every one terrorist taken out by a drone strike fifty three billion are killed more details now from r.t.c. corps can the recent research suggests that since two thousand and two was drone strikes in yemen have claimed the lives of over eight hundred seventy people ninety nine percent of those victims were killed under the obama administration thirty eight since late july alone washington claims most of them were suspected al qaeda terrorists but locals are painting

a different picture it's hard to verify the exact number of civilian deaths i would most reports are often contradictory and the bodies of those killed in drone strikes are sometimes too badly charred to be identified in september last year thirteen civilians were killed including women and children near the village of rada in eastern yemen u.s. officials were anonymously quoted as saying their intended target was completely missed and the incident was a mistake but no official acknowledgement or apology followed here's another example this time from two thousand and eleven conflicting reports blame a drone strike for the deaths of up to fifty people including around thirty civilians after a police station fell under militants control washington maintained its stance of not commenting on individual cases all these drone strikes in yemen at least seventy nine in total under president obama are done in the name of counterterrorism fighting al qaeda is offshoot on the arabian peninsula known as a q a p but there are suggestions that such attacks combined with civilian deaths to

destroy homes and crippling poverty are actually drawing people closer to a q a p something even president obama acknowledges this is not to say that the risks are not real. any u.s. military action in foreign lands risks creating more enemies and impacts public opinion overseas the very precision of drone strikes and the necessary secrecy often involved in such actions can end up shielding our government from the public scrutiny that a troop deployment invites could also lead a president and his team to view drone strikes as a cure all for terrorism the locals say as soon as the dust settles from drone attacks a q a p arrives on the scene rebuilding homes and offering to pay funeral costs turning the u.s. policy into an ideal recruitment tool and although the strikes are conducted with

the go ahead from the yemeni government every civilian death is likely to fuel resentment in the country meaning america may unintentionally be doing al qaeda us p.r. and recruitment on their behalf we spoke to rai by the end visor to yemen's prime minister who says that it's a clear cut fact that america's drone strategy isn't working otherwise its foreign phrase would be over by now. it does not simply come down to how many deaths have been caused by the drones we believe that if drone strikes were capable of putting an end to terrorism the u.s. would have already ended terrorism and both in pakistan and iran a successful strategy cannot rely on sheer military force alone because it is much more than the security threat the end the lying causes of terrorism or in the political social educational and most economic problems of our country we believe that bloodshed can only lead to move bloodshed the full drone strikes cannot be

a viable solution to this problem and well mark has drawn strategy is finding much approval at home with recent surveys suggesting that up to sixty five percent of u.s. citizens say yes to strikes abroad foreign policy expert robert nyman believes that that is mostly because washington refuses to lift the veil of secrecy. we should all be troubled about a secret war that's conducted according to secret law the obama administration refuses to disclose the legal memos purporting to explain why the policy is legal and constitutional american people aren't getting the information they would need to come to an informed decision about this policy and while you know we should hold the media to a high standard the government is making their job very difficult with the secrecy of the clamp down information the crackdown on whistleblowers the refusal to disclose basic information like who were fighting how many people have been killed

how many civilians have been killed what's a legal justification the obama administration is refusing to disclose any of this information and then makes it much harder for the media to do their jobs fell jailbreak in egypt thirty six muslim brotherhood prisoners are killed during an escape attempt this comes amid the chaos of the past week with casualties nearing a thousand people prompting the country's foreign backers to reconsider their military aid to cairo that story in just a few minutes. a sleepy village in the british countryside is turning into a battleground between fracking giants versus anxious locals and activists thousands of protesters have to send it on this area where drilling for gas has been halted on advice from the police citing america's tragic experiments with fracking residents fear the worst saying they're unconvinced by the government's assurances tests are silly it is there for us. well we're here we're in balcombe but this is

the site of where an oil and gas company quick drill is doing exploratory drilling you have the police over here trying to stop any possible protesters from getting in a clearly fracking is divisive a topic over here you've got residents debating it the issue many of them pointing out to what they see will be the consequences if big companies go in to their neighborhoods to their area and the consequences that impact on climate on their water we spoke with one of those residents and talk to her about what her fears are if fracking does indeed happen now ministers who many of whom my industry invested who are saying that there is no evidence of contamination and that they can regulate this safely and that this is been going on for decades none of which they are true on the kitchen very the willfully lying or they haven't done the research that there is ample evidence of desperate home that is done the seismic activity is triggered the water is contaminated and the bottom line is this industry this

technology is an extreme eco seiden technology that can all be regulated once you mess with the subjoined enjoy logy even the industry's own figures say that all the wells will leak in the end it is just insane that this is being allowed to go ahead instead of reinvesting in safe renewable energy technologies that will give us energy security will give us last employment and one hundred people it's quiet right now because they've stopped operations having taken the advice of the police and more protesters will be coming to this area and right over there this is quite a common a sight around here were residents gather to argue fracking or to discuss with police when police officers come over to where they are camped out for these things that might mean there is no doubt that if there's impact that will affect them then you're going to have as a player how how was your evacuation plan to relate to the u.k. government is looking to the example in north america in the united states where they say that the energy market has changed the bills have been lowered and this has in increase a self-sufficiency david cameron has said that that is this will also increase jobs

as well as lower bills but clearly the residents here who are here camping out are saying that the positives do not quite outweigh the negatives that they think fracking will bring to them. reporting from balcombe on tests are still you. know many people are in the dark over fracking and given the confusing nature of how it works that's no surprise here's a simple explanation first of all companies drill down to shell rock formations a kilometer or even more underground then they drill horizontally through it once that's been done engineers lower explosives into the hole and set them off to riddle it with cracks those cracks are then pumped full of pressurized water and a toxic cocktail of chemicals that tears matter apart isolating the gas and oil from the shale before extraction now what's the catch you might ask well remember all those toxics chemicals that they pumped in those can float right back up

straight into your drinking water your lakes your rivers what's worse fracking results in a tremendous amount of waste including radioactive water which then has to be dumped somewhere the toxic drill fluids also contaminate the ground slowly spreading through the earth near the drill site and to top that off a tremendous amount of highly potent greenhouse gases are released during the entire process doorframe the environmental impact of conventional oil and gas exploration so those are the dangers but why isn't the government worried as much as others and m.e.p. candidate for the u.k.'s green party believes it's because london is fully vested with big business. the links between of government and the fossil fuel industries are there for all to see and therefore you know it's got to be strong suspicions of vested interest is interest their work no big surprise until we get

a massive change in a change of government in this country the priorities are you trying to get me looking off of the parties in these become things campaign i'm always focused on going to be the savior corso a lot these days a lot of bodies industry. and that's before. the whole country starts to realize just how corrupt this government really is and i think people are just seeing through the thin tissue of lawyers and connections with these big industries and it's becoming clearer and clearer by the day and i think this government is headed hopefully for one hell of a bloody nose in the next election. coming up we've got a success story gone sour hungary and farmers say they're being marginalized by e.u. cult agricultural companies since joining the bloc what was once a big income source for the country is now restricted to local markets. egypt's government confirms its security forces have killed thirty six muslim brotherhood supporters that attempted to escape during

a prison transfer officials claim the prisoners took an officer hostage but suffocated when police used tear gas this as the death toll climbs to over eight hundred in less than a week of violent clashes between supporters of ousted islamist president morsi and those backing the military that took over power and chaos on the streets of egypt the e.u. now plans to review the aid it is providing to the country or join the army to restrain its use of force lawmakers in the u.s. have also called to cut military contracts so far egypt has been receiving heavy weapons jets and surveillance equipment to the tune of one point three billion dollars a year washington has also avoided calling the ousting of president morsi a coup which would mean they have to end the surprise of profit u.s. companies can't afford to lose the according to political scientists and activists sarah marusek. even if. they are listening they are.

already been giving. way to the works. and basically it's on their credit. i mean it's pretty orders. actually for years to come as well because the borders above and beyond. this means that if you need to go over me. and risk in our economy that's struggling it's not going. to marry. you don't egypt. it's very unlikely that. your. egypt. there are other things that. week. the muslim brotherhood may end up listed as a terrorist organization under egypt's new constitution according to reports the draft is expected to be announced on wednesday and may also include

a ban on all were just political parties paul those three are now reports the violence in the country has left some families scared for life. the tears are the same as is the heartache and tragedy to families for if it changed by the violence engulfing egypt. some said he died from two bullets one was in his heart the police killed him they were standing on top of the roofs they burned some of the bodies and they burned some people alive while the muslim brotherhood believes that the christians in egypt have a hand in what is going on this talk to to beat me with stones one of them hit me with an axe in my head they put the church on fire and threw molotov cocktails at it sophia sun up till belong to the muslim brotherhood he was just twenty three when he was killed by police on wednesday iman is a christian he was protecting them on a street when he says muslim brotherhood leaders stormed it bashing him on the head

with heavy sticks they're on opposite sides of the political divide but both families will forever carry the scars of this week's deadly violence. the violence started on wednesday when police moved in to break up protest camps set up by supporters of ousted president mohamed morsy hundreds were killed. dozens more died two days later when security forces laid siege to a mosque where protesters had taken refuge by sunday morning they'd cleared it out but the confusion remains the government has announced plans to outlaw the brotherhood it's arrested and detained hundreds of its leaders and supporters among them romney's brother has some whom he hasn't heard from for days now being worried i called them yesterday was the last call between. getting on him and he was in the house the national security hospital and he told me that he's alone and he's worried that the policy we've taken the army planned to do to do this plan to kill

this these people but the same charge is leveled at the brotherhood critics say that they as much as the police planned to kill this is one of the churches that was destroyed this week more than fifty churches were burned and looted around the country what was valuable was. taken what remains theo and uncertainty for egypt's future bashir might have shows me around what remains of his church he's placing his faith firmly in the police and the but i feel that the arrested in pursuing brotherhood leaders and starting an investigation and prosecution is a good sign in the street the muslim brotherhood is starting to have major losses announced in the state of emergency so all the police do have a chance. but a chance at washed many are asking as each hour brings with it more violence and uncertainty to a country seemingly on the path to civil war policy on. egypt.

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there's no relief in sight for the tens of thousands of people living in russia's far east battered by the worst flooding in more than a century water levels have already broken a historical record for the region are expected to reach the peak only by the middle of the week around thirty thousand people have already been evacuated by emergency services and authorities say this could just be the beginning artist paul scott is in the thick of events and talk to some of the victims. the scale is breathtaking as far as the eye can see floodwaters submerged swathes of eastern russia homes destroyed and livelihoods ruined and this is what the destruction looks like close up the water beneath me is three meters deep and all around you can just see rooftops and treetops sticking out from above the water we've even just come across one couple who were preparing their dinner on the roof some of the steadfast few who at the moment have refused to leave their homes this is the island of leyte the middle for most of the residents have been evacuated to safety

forced out by the deluge but some have simply refused to leave the furring instead to brave it out me to alexei for two weeks now he's been living in his attic with his brother slava and cats. we have to travel to dry land by boots to meet my wife who brings us food from the city and i have to stay here to try and save what i can there's no other place we can live. a little later on we spot a couple they need to reinforce their roof and get help from the emergency services that we're travelling with it's an attempt to keep out the worst floods in the region in over one hundred years not everyone is prepared to wait it out of the thirty thousand displaced many have found themselves in temporary accommodation centers that have been hastily assembled in places like schools thousands of troops and emergency crews continue to arrive in the area to help tackle the disaster.

russian prime minister dmitri medvedev has allocated three point two billion rubles to the clean up operation in order to get the region back on its feet and over the course of the weekend fifty tons of humanitarian aid arrived in the region as well including food life jackets and. in the meantime there are fears rescue workers could be confronted with a major health crisis medics are warning the rising waters could be a breeding ground for diseases. such as hepatitis and dysentery but for the time being local officials maintain they're getting all the support they need. we're receiving a lot of help from emergency crews some ten by moscow troops and rescue workers arrived with boats another equipment to give us a hand where the authorities handling of the crisis has been hailed as a success by president vladimir putin for people like alexei the hard work is just beginning. if the water recedes we will have a chance to rebuild our life here if not we don't have any other place to go we are

really desperate paul scott r.t. the alamo region let's not check some other headlines from around the world a u.n. team has arrived in syria to start a long anticipated investigation into the use of chemical weapons in the ongoing unrest there but the government and the rebels have traded accusations of the point military grade wesen a chemical strike near syria's largest city aleppo in march killed dozens of people prompting international condemnation. vanished fishermen have staged a protest over the placing of an artificial reef by to brawl to thirty boat sailed into the territories waters claiming the reef prevents them from fishing in the area to broker says they should be working there in the first place this is the latest in the political spot between the u.k. and spain over the rocks soften. north and south korea plan to resume reunions for families separated since the war in the one nine hundred fifty s.

the program was suspended three years ago after brown gang staged two military attacks that killed fifty in the south it's another sign of tension easing between the two countries which comes after the recent agreement to reopen a joint industrial park. what appeared of economic blessing at first has now turned sour for hungary the country's farmers claim their profits have dwindled since the country joined the european union as the market is flooded with cheap imported produce they now say they are ready to do anything to save themselves from bankruptcy as artie's. reports. at first glance it looks like a hungarian success story two decades ago this farma started his business with just four pigs nowadays he sells fifteen hundred every year and couple that with several hectares of some flour and melon fields you may think this is a lot but andres says it's only just enough to keep his business afloat he says he'd have been far more excess if his country stayed away from the european union

but now i can only sell my produce to local many markets transnational companies have flooded my country after a year session and they sell cheap meat imported from denmark and holland his production is cheaper but they feed their pigs with expired canned meat while we feed our pigs with corn and natural food for us the recession was a huge blow to. the poor production industries one of the examples of how an already ailing hungary an agricultural industry suffered an even greater decline after joining the e.u. and the numbers speak for themselves in the late one nine hundred eighty s. there were more than twelve million pigs in hungary primarily meant for export to other countries of the socialist bloc by two thousand and four when the country became a member of the european union there was only a half of it left now ten years later the figure stands at around three million while this particular cultural sector so dwindling numbers some others like sugar production even went bankrupt what was meant to be free market competition turned

sour when would have passed was told to play by the e.u. has rules. the only industry which felt a positive effect from the e.u. accession was local wine making with its famous the chi bottle selling well across the continent but the country's political elites say this is a poor consolation for a country which has exceptional agricultural conditions when you're miserable the shadow of the atlanta we have everything to be europe's most powerful agricultural nation we estimated that the ten million people of hungary can feed thirty million in europe but in the e.u. nobody want. what we produce at the same time we've lost all our eastern markets where we were the primary exporters in the one nine hundred eighty s. as a little boy we were told if the situation became so bad that at some point it couldn't get away and government had to act swiftly they failed lash out when the floodgates of cheap european farm produce were opened into hungary prices for our own milk poultry and meat crashed and tens of thousands of our farmers almost went bankrupt

we were forced to implement the tempest legislation in the whole of the e.u. to protect our own producers of it one of those measures was the introduction of a moratorium on purchases of agricultural land by foreign nationals i mean fierce huge transnational companies would swallow up everything for themselves with no benefit for the local community expires next year and it doesn't understand yet what that would mean for him and his colleagues but this time he wants to be prepared for a potential crisis and is forced to find new markets in the east ready to sell even to china if it means keeping the farm alive alexi russia fifty reporting from hungary who lost out and who gamed with the fracking revolution sweeping the world's energy thing a look at that and more next week up. world

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a lot of welcome to sophie and co i'm so thank shevardnadze and today we're looking at what's going on in the arab world including good. where the president has just been forced out of power. the egyptian revolution cycle has moved on and turned on itself morsi is forced from power by a popular crew as the people and the army celebrate unity. political islam says gyptian presidency lies in ruins drowned by the voices on top hear. how the arab spring zouaves broken on egypt what will be exposed if they roll back across the arab world where the arab spring is demands coerced. what chances do multi-faith societies have under political islam we speak to a woman of arabia

a princess of the east. our guest today is her royal highness saudi princess best not been saudi activist a writer and a businesswoman and she joins us live from london your world and it's great to have you on our show today thank you so fear it's nice to be on your show and on the russian t.v. for the first time so was that from the latest news we're witnessing a coup in egypt where military have taken power but how can the population and that's millions are celebrating is this really a military coup or the victory of the people. now i think it's actually both. the victory of the people is the really of the army itself because maybe it's very foreign to other people to know that the army and egypt.