escalating u.s. drone assault in yemen sees furious crowds come out in protest of the deadly attacks as claimed strategies actually playing into a car at his hands. a deadly ambush on police drugs 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 in a city surveillance counter world accuses the british government of intimidation and bullying after his partner is detained for nine hours at heathrow airport under anti-terrorism laws. and digging in to stop the drilling hundreds turn out to stop an energy giant fracking for fuel under the english countryside claiming it's deeply damaging to the environment.

this is actually coming to light from the russian capital on marina joshua welcome to the program sounds 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 they are crying 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 a washington report more on the story from our office going off. 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 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 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 terrorists and locals say as soon as the dust settles from drone attacks a q a p arrives on the scene and 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 well kind of pure and recruitment on their behalf well roger nobody an advisor to yemen's prime minister told us that america's reliance on sheer force to fight terrorism is a dead and. 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 iran 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 educational and most economic problems of our country we believe that bloodshed can only lead to more bloodshed the full drone strikes cannot be

a viable solution to this problem american citizens seem to be in favor of using drones to kill suspected militants abroad recent surveys suggest 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 supported their use foreign policy expert robert naiman believes that public opinion 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 while you know should hold the media to a high standard the government is making their job very difficult with the secrecy

of the clampdown and 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. the journalist who broke the n.s.a. snooping scandal has accused the british authorities of attacking press freedoms after his partner was attained at heathrow airport for nine hours reporter glenn greenwald claims the lengthy questioning was lengths to his writing edward snowden's revelations a stance backed up by amnesty international which has branded the incident unwarranted 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 bird lynn 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 monks in rome 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 me 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 to report as we've been doing it's not just glenn greenwald international have called miranda's detainment on the full and inexcusable. in the general public there's been almost a sense of surprise at the very brazen way in which the police use this anti terror law to question and detain miranda for such a long time so

a lot of people waiting now for some on says from the british government including the guardian's lawyers. and we got more reaction to the incident in his or airport which reporter glenn greenwald branded as intimidation tactics over on our website and there is a lively discussion in the comments section their way in with your opinion at r.t. . in 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 attempted break out it means the number of people killed in recent clashes between loyalists of the ousted president morsi and security forces has risen to almost a thousand 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 small state media reporting it was on sunday thirty six thirty six prisoners who had been picked up during the ramses square crisis on friday when most of the 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 and office there was a ledge of the 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 that 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 they 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 a game. all the sources are saying that's a rocket propelled grenade was fired at the police and that's what led to 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 socked in raided by supposed islamist 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 the 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 churches suggesting that they don't have public appearances christians. so is it fitting 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 actual citizens themselves about to for human cordons around these churches to protect them from the bloody on so it's a 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 also had for you our t. gets inside the blues far east of russia were heavy rains and floods have forced hands of thousands of people to abandon their homes a corresponding needs some of those who couldn't get out. plus its currency could oss for bitcoins we reported on germany becoming the first country to officially recognize the virtual money as legal tender it's all ahead here on our.

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call them back you're a whiz are these campaigners have glued their hands together blocking the entrance to a p.r. company that's not a marketing stunt it's actually need to highlight and disrupt plans by one of its fuel company clients to drill near a quiet english village where they're not the only ones who are angry more than a thousand protesters gathered in the bell calm to battle the corporate goliath that's primed to dig out the area by fracking for cheap gas it's a technology already booming over in the united states despite deep concerns about its safety for people and the environment and that's exactly what activists fear the most just as our explains. why we're here when balcombe 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 to clear the fracking is a divisive a topic over here you've got residents debating 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 does indeed happen now ministers who many of you 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 they're either willfully lying or they haven't done the research and 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 this up to enjoy the g.e.

even the industry's own figures say that all the wells will leak in the end it is just insane. why 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 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 there making. their way to marriage you know if this impacts it will affect them that you're going to defend the growing how how was your evacuation plan for village 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 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 or cilia. and now for those of you still wondering what fracking is and why residents want to prevent their drilling in their neighborhood here's how it works well first off an idjit company is drill all the way down until they find a shale rock layer and that's a kilometer or more underground and then they dig across filling a well with explosives and setting them off to create cracks within the layer and those gaps are then pumped full of pressurized water full of toxic chemicals that releases the gas and oil from the shale before it's then extracted well what's the big deal you might ask first off the toxic chemicals which are pumped into the ground could end up in the water table and possibly into drinking water plus since the technology includes fluids and tremendous amount of radioactive waste is

produced which then has to be dumped somewhere despite many studies. saying that fracking does no harm to groundwater drill side residents claim the chemicals do contaminate the soil and to top it off a tremendous amount of highly potent greenhouse gases are released when the first gases are released wharfie the environmental impact of conventional oil and gas exploration but those worries aren't enough to hold back the british government which is encouraging companies instead and it was a european parliament candidate for the u.k.'s green party believes it's because leaders enjoy flirting with big business between. government and the fossil fuel industries their fuel to city and therefore you know there's got to be strong suspicions of vested interests is interests there were no big surprise until we get a massive challenge of trying to govern in this country the policies of the chinese are going to look at all for the parties in these big companies and i was focused

on what's going to be the same across a lot of these toys and there is a threat of bodies industry. and that's before. the whole country starts to realise just how corrupt this government really is the thing people are just seeing through the thin tissue of lawyers and the connections with these big industries and it's becoming clearer and clearer got it i think this government is headed hopefully for one hell of a bloody nose come the next election on just a very latest that we're hearing according to the guardian the police have already started making arrests there were protesters have gathered. to rally against fracking in the village about malcolm in the u.k. will be bringing of course more on this as we get it. and on our website today it seems that x. files truth is out there the u.s. opens up to shatter the theories that you are full experiments have been taking

place in a super secret military base in nevada so hard for our t. dot com and check out what's really going on in area fifty one. also online russian security services aim to bring down an underground computer network whose anonymity is serving as a magnet for criminals. in russia's far 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 most are now being housed in shelters god 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 lady merrill 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 with me to let's say 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 but. 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.

further upstream along the arm or a river in china's northeast severe flooding caused by torrential rain has now claimed at least ninety one lives over one hundred others are still missing while more than eight hundred thousand residents in several provinces have been evacuated to safety more downpours are expected in the coming weeks adding to what is already the worst flooding in decades and which is affecting nearly eight million people. in other world news this hour a man has taken several people hostage in a civic building in the southern german city of angle 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 is said to be armed but his motives are not yet clear. thirty seven people have been killed in eastern india when an express train hit a group of hindu pilgrims who were crossing the tracks at the station the driver

was pulled from the train by an angry mob and severely beaten while two carriages were set on fire the train was not scheduled to stop at the station. british warship h.m.s. westminster has docked in gibraltar amid the escalating raúl with spain over the rock sovereignty there while navy says the visit was long planned but comes just a day after spanish fishermen staged a protest over gibraltar installing of artificial reef thirty trawlers sailed into the territories waters near cruise claiming the reef prevents them from fishing in the area but gibraltar says the shouldn't be working there in the first place. while bitcoin is slowly joining the big league of currencies germany has become the first country to accept the digital money as legal tender recognised in law and for tax purposes katie pilgrim from artie's venture capital program explained more to me a little later earlier. the father this illegal is great for the image of the big coin

the very fact that people haven't got to worry about breaking a law they can buy their goods and services for your freedom it's great for the transparency for the trust worthy of the coins as we know since its introduction four years ago has not been short of controversy about to show and that's because it has accusations of money laundering drug smuggling and that's because it doesn't have any satiation with the central bank or central government and maybe this is something that makes it even more appealing exam now than they were because gripped you know the. we are also currency manipulation and debt is well that's what makes it so are there in the people in that intervention for some government. as well as that like i say there's also the negative connotations that come with that as well because you don't have the regulation that's a problem said by making it legal is a step towards that but you know what it might take some educating actually because of another many people know about it you know how they can get it because it's not really easy to get out of the process of getting big mining and it's also through

some you know mathematical sort of cold stuff where you can really get a you know it's really as you probably limited intangible form which is confusing and it's rather. virtual but really for me i see this is what is rubber stamp of approval is what he's saying where it's legal and also germany is the so-called powerhouse of europe's of germany's going to use it they're saying it's ok why can't the rest of us follow suit my fall suit and it's the first e.u. country that's using it indeed it very fast so is significant say the least and it's been a fairly interesting moment as well we have to remember because china said it was illegal at the end of july they found the currency bought first week of august we had a court in texas same it that it was legal and time now for the sports update from k partridge to go away. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from

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and the welcome to the all t. sport show another action packed hall for an hour of sport from russia under around the world with me. and here's a snippet of what's to come. superstars you saying gold makes the gold number right to become the most successful athlete in well championship history as russia finished top of the medal table in their first home is that. plus a white in the dr russian box that alex on the seventh can is set for the fight of his life as he prepares to take on the bloodied me a pitch go for bout heavyweight showdown here in moscow. and goldeneye russia as well as past skating champions unveiled their new program as the jew otago top honors at the country's maiden winter olympics in sochi. but

let's start with athletics after russia finished top of the medal table at the first time world champion. it's here in moscow with pole vault superstar that isn't by a climbing one of seven goals for the host nation the thirty one year old missed out on a new world record but still cleared for me to eighty nine to claim her third world title and lights up the illusion of the stadium america's jenny pursuit took silva and cuban yet asli silver the bronze. praise it was perfect but yes it was done there needs to be if they won their night because i didn't come through it's a big gamble to be given that but it's like you know in the future when it's a going to become a monk to get a bit pregnant then the. third baby and then to try to come back when they get into sport. who want isn't viable still eyes another world record or before retiring at the end of the season a couple of russian box top already to.