i. think. this is r t tonight the journalist who revealed the n.s.a. surveillance scandal to the world accuses the british government of intimidation and bullying after his partners detained for nine hours at heathrow airport on terrorism the. escalating u.s. drone assaults and yemen sees furious crowds come out in protest of the deadly attacks as it's claimed the strategy's actually playing into. a deadly ambush police trucks in egypt's sinai peninsula and a failed jailbreak by muslim brotherhood supporters sense the number killed in the country since wednesday to almost a foul was. beginning to stop the drilling police make arrests of hundreds turn out to stop an energy giant fracking for fuel under the english countryside deeply damaging to the environment.

over again even as kevin owen it's a night out see good to have you company our top story then the german lose to broke the n.s.a. snooping scandals accuse 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 about edward snowden's revelations stance backed up by amnesty international which has branded the incident unwarranted revenge. as the details and 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 might some 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 us and me specifically for the journalism we're doing but it's not a meeting that's going to constrain me or deterred me or to be in any way 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 the around for such a long time so a lot of people waiting now for some all the answers from the british government

including the guardian's lawyers. later in the program be discussing this for instance with amnesty international's war policy director who's brown to the u.k. authorities actions as unlawful and inexcusable is coming up. thousands of yemenis have gathered in the capital there to protest deadly u.s. drone attacks that have killed at least forty people in the last three weeks but there may be falling on deaf ears the white house is playing to exhilarate the drone strikes in yemen even further despite no precise intelligence about terrorist targets there according to a washington report more on the story from r.t.c. got pissed 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 drawn attacks arrived 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 is pure and recruitment on their behalf roger but is an advisor to yemen's prime minister who told us that america's reliance on sheer force to fight terrorism is a dead end when. it does not simply come down to how many deaths have been caused by the drones and we believe that if drone strikes were capable of putting an end to terrorism the u.s. would have already and the terrorism of pakistan and of the rod a successful strategy cannot rely on sheer military force alone because it is much more than a security threat the underlying causes of terrorism are in the political social educational and most economic problems of our country we believe that bloodshed can only lead to more bloodshed therefore drone strikes cannot be a viable solution to this problem and. well 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 handle ledge terrorists at home it's a different story polls as you can see there show less than a third supporting the u.s. foreign policy expert robert nyman 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 we 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 the obama administration is refusing to disclose any of this information and then makes it much harder for the media to do their jobs. in fresh violence in egypt twenty four police officers because i've been killed by the islamic militants in the volatile sinai peninsula the attack came a day off to dozens of detained muslim brotherhood supporters died during attempted breakout and therefore 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 now at his belt true 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 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 that more and more than thirty six were actually dead now the second incident happened in sinai this very very difficult area of egypt 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 that

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 runtime and raided by 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 an area called me and 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 churches suggesting that they don't have public appearances christians. sauza feeling that they have to stay at home meanwhile charges 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 the actual citizens themselves about to form a human cordon around these churches to protect them from the body 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. absolutely bell true reporting have forests the chaos in egypt threatening to fight neighboring israel to one of the leading protest movements called tom wrote it already in the egyptian government the council piece of colds with israel saw more than thirty years ago former israeli diplomat you're a messenger it's a possibility but still insists egypt under the military is better for the region than muslim brotherhood rule military regime in arab countries as bad it is and it is bad it's non-democratic it's dictatorial but it's much much much better then a regime which is terrorist inclined the muslim brotherhood has an agenda which transcends egypt it transcends in fact even the muslim world it's a terror organization which has few elements which are always also civilian in

nature military click on the other hand has an agenda limited to egypt and therefore for the sake of regional stability for the sake of the world at large and for the sake of israel i believe it's much better to have a military regime rather than a muslim brotherhood regime in egypt. so i had a few thoughts he gets inside the deluge far east of russia where those heavy rains and floods of tens of thousands of people about in their homes of course want to meet some of those who couldn't get that. world. science technology innovation all the lease developments from around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british scientists think it's

time to explicitly go back to. the. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on our to. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on our team reporting from the world talks about six of the p.r.p. interviews intriguing story are you. trying. to find out more visit our big. dog called. again police have arrested a number of protesters including the green party's m.p.

who's gathered in a quiet corner of britain's countryside to battle a corporate goliath that's primed to dig up the area by fracking for cheap gas there's no standoff indeed between offices in the campaign as well the drilling firm itself says it condemns the activists illegal actions the protests in the village of balcombe to disrupt the company's drilling plans were supported by activists in london to campaign is glued their hands together blocking the entrance to a p.r. company for quadrille of the firm behind the fracking tests or a senator explains what's stoking the strong reaction. over here when balkan but this is the site of where an oil and gas company quadrille 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 the issue many of them pointing out to what they see will be the consequences if big companies go in there and. aber hoods to their area and the consequences that impact on climate on the water we

spoke with one of those residents and talk to her about what her fears are if fracking doesn't happen now ministers who many of whom my industry invested through 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 means are true on the kitchen very the willfully lying or 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 seiden 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 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 there they feel that they think there's a way to know if there's impact that will affect them that you're going to do if there's a bowing out how once you're not you ation patronage 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 bel can't. well if you still that wondered why residents want to prevent the drilling in their neighborhood here's

how it affects the environment very basically first off the toxic chemicals which are pumped into the grow up into the water table it's a big worry and possibly that into drinking water plus since the technology includes fluids at times a tremendous amount i'm not quite sure of radioactive waste is produced as a byproduct which then got to be dumped somewhere of course another problem despite many studies saying that fracking does no harm to ground water drill site residents claim the chemicals do contaminate the soil and then to top it off a tremendous amount of highly potent greenhouse gases are released from the ground during the process as well to often be an environmental impact of conventional oil and gas exploration. so plenty of controversy there but on the flip side fracking has proven itself to be a way of accessing cheaper energy and creating much needed jobs environmental is joining thomas told us that's exactly what makes the authorities flirt with big business in the thing that will really stop this is being able to make the case

that it doesn't meet our future energy needs it is incredibly damaging for the environment and for the people who live in those communities and it will certainly increase our emissions one of the things that we think has been really missing from this whole debate is a government stepping up to the plate this is a government who said it was going to be the greenest government ever it's quite clear in the u.k. context and indeed in the european context that the profits are more than likely to go to shareholders and to organizations like quadrille or. think the basic issue for us is that you cannot replicate what's happening in the united states is what's happening over here. we got plenty more opinions about fracking over the website they're also asking whether fracking to extract shale gas should be used in populated areas i'm sure you've got some views on it why not let us know r.t. dot com. and russia's far east thousands of people are being forced to abandon their homes after the worst flooding in over a century them urgency services say around thirty thousand people have been affected by the disaster most are now being housed in shelters artie's paul scott's

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 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 bloody meroka most of the residents have been evacuated to safety forced out by the deluge but some have simply refused to leave referring instead to brave it out to 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. 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. although 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 on to the already devastated region pull scott r.t. the animal region. a story tied in with it heartwarming story actually from the flooded region these bears firm selves trapped in a cage powerless to escape the rapidly rising waters luckily for them rescuers arrived and lifted them to safety by helicopter. to world news further upstream along the river valley in china's northeast severe flooding that has caused by torrential rain has claimed at least ninety one lives over one hundred others are still missing or more than eight hundred thousand residents in several provinces have been evacuated to safety. more downpours are expected in the coming week what

the was already the worst flooding in decades and which is already affecting nearly eight million people. all of the hostages who were being held by a man at a town hall in bavaria have been freed according to german police the man is reportedly injured earlier he set free the first of three people taken hostage remains unclear what his motives were the drama began just hours before chancellor merkel you were in the area but it was it was cancelled. thirty seven people being killed in eastern india after an express train hit a group of hindu pilgrims were crossing the tracks of the station the driver was pulled from the train by an angry mob and severely beat while two carriages were set alight the train was not charging to stop the station. but our top story no reporter glenn greenwald who broke the n.s.a. snooping scandal says he will not be silenced by what he called intimidation tactics by british authorities his partner was detained at heathrow airport in

question for nine hours under anti terror laws instant through confirmation from amnesty international so let's talk now to see you director of international law and policy widney brown joining us on the line from lynn i believe hi there would need thanks for being with us why has the incident provoked such a strong reaction from your good selves first of all. well the first thing is that the u.k. authorities abused their power in a specific law that seemed terrorism suspects to detain glenn greenwald's partner they kept him for nine hours and during that time if you refused to answer a question he would have been charged with a crime plus they confiscated a lot of his belongings since it's all about intimidation tell us a little more about this seven of the terrorism act two thousand. is it because it's big us all because it's open to being abuse what's the issue here it's absolutely open to being abused begin to team you at the airport or any other port they can keep you for nine hours without having to get permission from

a judge to teen you you're not entitled to legal representation and you cannot you cannot refuse to speak in a way that would allow you to not incriminate yourself for example they can search you they can strip search you and they can seize all your property so it's huge use of it and in this so it's open to abuse particularly around profiling but in this case targeted someone that it's laughable to think that he has any connection to terrorism where it seems clear that they saw all his name on the manifest and said how do we intimidate klem greenwald. and that. they must have thought there should have been a reason to pull him and surely. well there's no apparent reason to guidance in terms of how the loss was be implemented as you must have a reason to believe that the person is associated with terrorists or engaged in acts of terrorism but how do we know they didn't. there's just simply no credible

reason to believe that david miranda has any connection to any terrorist organization any interest in terrorism he's a brazilian national the only reason they went after him be is because of his relationship going crema incidentally did they get an apology. as far as we know he did not they kept them until the last minute after nine hours they would have had to get approval for. the judge he was like he was even continued on to brazil were saying that his position should be returned they should apologize and they should investigate who ordered him to be detained under schedule something. it's been a grown dog here we saw a similar thing did we with julian assange just sort of see it. yes how concerned are you this appears to be increasing this kind of thing that we think what we need to realize is governments when there are unlawful behavior is revealed cannot turn around and intimidate the people who are brave enough to reveal their information it's critically important that we have independent media and they can take out

individual journalists and they should be trying to scare other journalists from doing their job could have been questioning them about for now i our next question doesn't it. i heard an interview with glenn in which he said they never once brought up anything about terrorism all they wanted to know was about the documents that snowden had given to glenn greenwald. was this more than intimidation do you think well being held for nine hours in doing that if you refuse to answer a question you can be charged with a crime that is intimidation or to feel be of further repercussions of any shape or form of mr greenwald no if he continues to publish some of the revelations from snowden what do you think well unfortunately we live in the era in which governments seem to be going after your journalists this is not happy just in places that you might expect it for instance russia doesn't have the greatest reputation on this front but also in the united states where for instance a reporter from new york times is possibly facing time in prison for refusing to disclose the name of his sources so i just think now this is out of this is being

publicized we'll see less of it. i would hope that the u.k. authorities realize that they should never have done this and if they do this there will be a strong response and that response will be condemnation would be brown thanks for your time with the brothers of international law and policy for a means to gnash international thank you you thank. coming up programs continue its cross talk just after the break. 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 childfree 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 see mentality is that these people glow in adore 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.