ask awaiting u.s. drone assault in yemen she is furious crowds come out in protest of the deadly attacks as it's claimed a strategy is actually playing into al qaida is hands. down the ambush on police trucks in egypt's sinai peninsula and a failed jailbreak by muslim brotherhood supporters sans the number killed in the country's turmoil since wednesday to almost a thousand. also the journalist who revealed the n.s.a. surveillance scandal to the world accuses the british government of intimidation and bullying after his partner is detained for nine hours at his or airport under and the terrorism laws are. digging in to stop the drilling hundreds turn out the real plans by an energy giant to go fracking for fuel under

the english countryside which claims its corrupt and environmentally destructive. this is already coming to life from the russian capital i'm marina josh and welcome to the program now thousands of yemenis have gathered in the capital to protest deadly u.s. drone attacks that have killed at least forty people in the last three weeks but there outcry may be falling on deaf ears the white house is planning to accelerate the drone strikes in yemen even further despite no for size intelligence on terrorist targets there according to washington report more on the story from our. 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 miss 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 militant 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 that 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. it could also lead a president and his team to view drone strikes as a cure all for terrorism and locals say as soon as the dust settles from drawn

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 all kind us p.r. and recruitment on their behalf. as well as sending chills down the spines of yemeni citizens the prospect of seeing war on man drones in their skies has even pushed some to join al qaida as ranks advisor to yemen's prime minister told us that americans reliance on sheer force to fight terrorism is a dead and. them 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 us would have already ended terrorism and both in pakistan and in the rob a successful strategy cannot rely on sheer military force alone because it is much

more than a security threat the end the line cause of terrorism or in the political social education. a country we believe that bloodshed can only lead to more bloodshed there full drone strikes cannot be a viable solution to this problem. while american citizens seem to be in favor of using drones to kill suspected militants abroad a recent survey suggests sixty five percent say yes to the policy but when it comes to using drones to hunt alleged terrorists at home it's a very different story polls show a less than a third support their use foreign policy expert robert naiman believes that public opinion of would shift if washington lifted 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 why you know we should hold the media to a high standard the government is making their job very difficult with the secrecy of the clampdown in information to crack down on willful blowers the refusal to disclose basic information like who were fighting how many people have been killed how many civilians have been killed what's the 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. and fresh violence in egypt twenty five police officers have been killed by the islamic militants in the volatile sinai peninsula the attack came a day after dozens of detained muslim brotherhood supporters died during an attempt to break out it means the number of people killed in recent clashes between loyalists of the ousted president morsy and security forces has risen to almost

a thousand artie's vulture reports from cairo. two very bloody incidences that took place sunday and of course today the first incident yesterday was apparently a botched prison break out or state media reported to us on sunday thirty six thirty six prisoners who had been picked up during the ramses square crisis on friday when morsy supporters and security forces were engaged in bloody street battles were basically in a police truck being moved from a security directorate to prison pending fifteen days in jail pending investigations now according to state media they were attacked this police truck was attacked by armed groups the police responded with tear gas a officer was an allegedly kidnapped and in the in the meantime these prisoners were basically suffocated to death however the muslim brotherhood have a different story they say the prisoners were in fact killed by the police forces and more and more than thirty six were actually dead now the second incident

happened in sinai this very very difficult area of egypt's what the related reports are saying are actually conflicting one source talking to a.p. said that armed gunmen attacked two police cars with weapons and basically mowed down these police officers during an ambush of the source is a saying that's a rocket propelled grenade was fired at the police and that's what led to their death this is basically the single biggest death toll in sinai in the last few years so it's a significant event as that particular area continues to heat up dozens of churches christian businesses and homes torched run sacked and raided by a supposed is the most supporters of ousted leader mohamed morsi i spoke to one christian family down south where most of this violence actually occurring in the area he told me that a local islamist family had actually threatened and demanded extortion money to protect her business so what we're looking at here is really serious crackdown on the christian christian communities to the point where some of the senior members

of the church is suggesting that they don't have public appearances christians in. sauza feeling that they have to stay at home meanwhile churches are going up in flames almost every single day what the people are actually saying is security forces are not helping the situation they're not responding to calls for help so that to actual citizens themselves about to for human cordons around these churches to protect them from the bloody onslaughts i say really this is a kind of culture of impunity contributing to this crisis which is the story that we're going to be watching as it develops in the coming days while to discuss how egypt's turmoil is affecting the country's relations with europe and the rest of the world i'm joined now live from brussels by a diplomat for the egyptian mission to the european union thank you very much mr mosley for joining us here on r.t. to discuss the situation in your country well europe might be reconsidering its relations with egypt what exactly does that mean. i think. there are so many wise voices in brussels here that do

understand and see the situation in egypt as it is however we have spoken to our friends in the e.u. we do have a strong message to the e.u. to condemn the violence and terrorist activities in egypt categorically and unconditionally this message has not been very clear and very strong to us and to the egyptian people after their second revolution the second issue we would like the e.u. to review is that position regarding the violent activities especially the acts of vandalism. the churches mosques the christians and cults in egypt quite disappointed in the. e.u.

has come dented on one hand however it was not very strong and they did not call. to bring the perpetrators to justice but on the contrary they did invite them to mr marsland forgive me for interrupting you just want to clarification here when you say that you should condemn violence what exactly do you mean i mean what side who are you calling the perpetrators. it is very clear the activity is the place that had been taking place in sinai in the last six months and even the year where terrorist activities one incident where six soldiers will kill another one is a terrorist activity where sixteen soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack and unfortunately we expect to be used on them this besides if it is going to go directly so in other words you are expecting a you to take more decisive steps is that correct. that's very correct so why do

you think the e.u. is not taking a decisive step. i hope after this meeting something will come out of the you in the right direction. well we are hearing that germany might stop arms supplies to egypt and the u.s. might follow suit so how would that affect the situation in your country. when it comes to national security and national security is decided in. the most important responsibility of a government is the public order and national security but you know how there is almost there is no public order or national security at the moment. this is why the government is working on it i do not see any sanctions here or there can be looked at in a positive way not only from the government but from the people themselves but look

i mean the country is now being governed under an emergency law that gives the gives the state draconian powers we have seen so much violence and you know the number is just escalating to sawzall people killed over the week. we've been to marriage and see laws have you seen or heard of any other arrests. under these laws to the wrong people know that people are being below sometimes people who are you know innocent civilians on armed innocent civilians we've seen footage of that. when when an armed innocent civilians together with armed and none innocent civilians casualties happen i'm terribly sorry for any loss of life any loss of a single life especially innocent one is a disaster is a tragedy. but how others describe one's way should i mean how would you best describe what's happening in egypt now the impression is created that this is

a chaos was no sort of and. at all. i think this is quite an exaggerated image of what top what's happening in egypt there is a political process on the one hand the constitution committee drafting because the situation has been it's where there will be consultation with the with another committee of fifty people on official consultation so that role is. on the other hand when it comes to the security. forces are taking all necessary measures to restore public order with the added to that the political process is on the table all parties who want to join the political process to bring. join the crack they are quite welcome to do so however those who committed crimes they will be brought to justice well mr miles

i am fortunately what we are seeing now is that you know high hopes that people had earlier are overwhelmed by political failure konami crisis and you know just lack of security money it was like a diplomat from the egyptian mission to the european union. the journalist who broke the n.s.a. snooping scandal has accused the british authorities of attacking press freedoms after his partner was detained at heathrow airport for nine hours reporter glenn greenwald claims the lengthy questioning was linked to his writing on edward snowden's revelations a stance backed up by amnesty international which has a branch at the incident on warranted revenge are just brings the details from london. well it's been a reaction of outrage really and glenn greenwald's called it a profound attack on press freedoms on the news gathering process he said that detaining his partner for nine hours while denying him

a lawyer seizing large amounts of his personal possessions was clearly intended to intimidate those reporting on the n.s.a. scandal on the g.c. h.q. scandals you also mention that not even the mafia stoops as low as targeting family members greenwald's partner is a twenty eight year old brazilian citizen david miranda and he had been to berlin where he was visiting another guardian journalist who was also working on the n.s.a. scandal with glenn greenwald now miranda was returning from berlin to brazil on transferring through london's heathrow airport and that's where the british police stopped him detained him and told him that he would be questioned undiscovered jewel seven of the terrorism act it's extremely rare for the police to question anybody for that maximum allocated time of nine hours but miranda was eventually released he was allowed to continue his journey back to brazil but not before the

police confiscated all of his electronic equipment including his mobile phone his laptop memory sticks a camera d.v.d.'s and even games consoles this was however something that glenn greenwald's had predicted would happen although he had assumed that it would be the u.s. government that would take this sort of action let's take a listen now to what he said there are certainly. reason to think about what the u.s. government might want to do in terms of publishing the specifically for the journalism we're doing but it's not anything that's going to constrain me or deterred me or really we're going to continue reporting we've been doing it's not just glenn greenwald international have called miranda's detainment on the fall and in excuse . from the general public there's been almost a sense of surprise at the very brazen way in which the police use this anti terror annoyed to question and detain miranda for such a long time so a lot of people waiting now for some moments is from the british government

including the guardian's lawyers i still have for you this hour are to get inside the delusion far east of russia. where heavy rains and floods have forced eons of thousands of people to abandon their homes i'll go respond to meet some of those who couldn't get out that are much more ahead here in our teeth. technology innovation. developments around russia. the future covered. wealthy british style it's time to retire from. the. markets and.

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its safety for people and the environment. now the protests in the southern english village of bell come to disrupt the company's drilling plans are being supported by activists in london two for campaigners glued their hands together walking the entrance to a p.r. company for the firm behind the fracking others stuck themselves to a glass door and recount the tester so he explains what stoking the strong reaction . will wear here when balkan but this is the site of where an oil and gas company could drill is doing exploratory drilling you have the police over here trying to stop any possible protesters from getting in a clearly fracking is a divisive a topic over here you've got residents debating at 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 the climate on the water we spoke with one of those residents and talk to her about what her fears are

if fracking doesn't do happen now ministers who many of whom are 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 that runs are true on the kitchen there read the willfully lying all they haven't done the research 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 sudden technology it cannot be regulated once you mess with the subterranean geology 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 is 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 where residents gather to argue fracking or to disk. with police when police officers come over to where they are camped out there anything that. might mean. if there's impact it will affect them that you're going to do if there's a blow out how was your evacuation plan to religion 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 increased 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 i'm tests are cilia on our website right now it seems the x. files truth is out there the u.s. opens up to shatter the theories that you have folks pyramids have been taking place in

a super secret military base in the bottom so how to calm and check out what's really going on in area fifty one. also online russian security services aimed to bring down an underground computer network whose anonymity is serving as a magnet for criminals. in russia's foreign east thousands of people have been forced to abandon their homes after the worst flooding in over a century emergency services say around thirty thousand people have been affected by the disaster and most are now being housed in shelters artist paul scott is there and has talked to some of the victims. the scale is breathtaking as far as the eye can see floodwaters submerge swathes of eastern russia homes destroyed and livelihoods ruined 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 are 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 prefer instead to brave it out if you meet 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 traveling 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 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 sent in by moscow troops and rescue workers arrived with boats another equipment to give us a hand. lou the authorities handling of the crisis has been praised up to now the worst could still lay ahead with more rain expected in the next few days one of the main areas of concern to the hydroelectric power stations which is straining against a critical mass of water threatening to send millions more tons down into the already devastated region. the move region and a quick look now at some other stories from around the world starting with germany

where a man has taken several people hostage in a civic building in the southern city of it began just hours before chancellor merkel was due in the area but her visits now been cancelled police have cordoned off the building and are reportedly in contact with a man who said to be armed but his motives are not yet clear. here flooding caused by torrential rain in china's northeast has now claimed at least ninety one lives over one hundred people still missing more than eight hundred thousand residents in several provinces have been evacuated to safety more downpours are expected in the coming week adding to what is already the worst flooding in decades and which is affecting nearly eight million people. british warship him as westminster has docked in gibraltar amid the escalating round with spain over the rock sovereignty the well navy says the visit was long planned but comes just a day after a spanish fishermen staged

a protest over gibraltar installing an artificial reef thirty trawlers sailed into the territories waters near cruise claiming the reef prevents them from fishing in the area but gibraltar says they shouldn't be working there in the first place. well next in our team some of the dodgy and disturbing tactics that us police have been filmed using to interrogate suspects. you know people in moscow say they're like whoa websites and facebook groups about the childfree lifestyle which i didn't believe until i saw the cover for the aug twelfth copy of time magazine yes child free is no real thing sadly basically these

are people who have started a cool trend of not having children and using their time and resources completely for themselves you know if you don't want to have kids that is your business and i really couldn't change your mind even if i wanted to but there are people all over the internet who are just swimming in their own self-satisfaction like pigs in slop because they are part of the no kids trend the sickening part about this trend or should i say it mentality is that these people glow in the door themselves for being too selfish to give their time and money to a child oh i'm the center of the universe and i'm proud of it. this is an extremely antisocial and destructive mentality to adore yourself for contributing nothing to anyone else nothing to society and nothing to the future but wait let me put it this way if your life is shopping wearing ironic t. shirts starbucks and texting on your i phone about your stupid feelings that maybe is for the greater good the church childfree but that's just my opinion.

the video might be shocking but it's simply a ploy used by us police offices. filming with their own cameras they inform this woman called dalia that her husband's just being killed they want to gauge her reactions as they suspect she may have hired a hitman to murder a spouse. like a. character . in fact no killing has taken place and the police have made up the story to try and confuse duniya what they want is her confession and a few hours later she will be charged with attempted murder in this case it was the cross-examination of dalia that led.