the war on shale protesters around the world unite against the drilling technique known as fracking urging their governments not to sacrifice the environment for the sake of short term profits. and with syria locked in a deadly tug of war between the government and opposition forces are to gets access to the rebel stronghold plus. ever heard of serco should weigh in on the ground you know it's a blue chip government services company that few britons have ever heard of which is being investigated for massive fraud and mismanagement.

this is already coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program global frag down days on saturday marks a worldwide protests uniting all activists who want to put an and to shale gas extraction for activists as they are color urging their governments to stand up to the oil and gas lobby however in britain the authorities say sees things very differently prime minister has become a vigorous advocate of the risky technique as laura smith now reports. it's going to make household energy bills. he says it will create loads of job c. infuses we'll pay you if you let us do it in your area u.k. prime minister david cameron has got behind for king in a big way almost evangelical in his drawing to sell it to the british people north and south it's a tough sell lead as he's found out from environmental groups to cool people

worried about the countryside the goal is often down the u.k. in bold. new cool one campaign is barricaded to propose during the two months and they now vowed to move back to wherever. the prepping energy goes next. and they've got the experience of americans to back them up one hundred times more will for you to us than in the whole of europe and environmental in all showing campaign is gaffes and dangerous chemicals leaking out from under ground contaminated wolf despite the air quality and even earthquakes linked to cracking and they've been seen here in the u.k. with the board by drilling block who did what the government decided that didn't

justify a ban on the technique according to cameron it would be a big mistake to rule fracking out on environmental grounds in the choice between boosting the economy and saving the environment the british prime minister has come down firmly on the side of the economy. meanwhile over in counter rallies over the past week have resulted in clashes with police and several arrests in the new brunswick province riot squads used pepper spray and batons to. force back a crowd of hundreds of protesters here it's really needed was a path well by demonstrators block roads and said cars and fire at least forty people were arrested. so why exactly are environmentalist so concerned about this particular form of oil and gas extraction well here's how it works. the engineers need to drill down about a kilometer into the shale rock formations and inject water to correct them open

and extract oil and gas to rot a well you need millions of gallons of water combined with sand and camels and much of this water loaded with radioactive substances returns to the surface with the potential to get into wakes and rivers not to mention the poisonous floyd can contaminate the soil and then comes air pollution as a highly potent greenhouse gases are released in the atmosphere why would you know talk to. she's an anti fracking campaigner from britain i don't frak free group but as thanks so much for joining us here on r.t. well let's take a look at the situation from different angles here i mean technically speaking there are you know few problems reported with the leakage for example in the u.s. as research research shows so my question here is i mean aren't activists blowing the dangers out of proportion here. not at all these are not blown out of

proportion if you look at the list of the harm from pennsylvania there are more than sixteen hundred families and these are just the ones who dared to speak out about the neurological problems the cancers the asmer the livestock deaths spontaneous abortions in cattle it cetera this is not overblown this could become one of the biggest environmental movements if not the biggest environmental movement on the planet it's not just environmentalist it's ordinary people all over the planet who can see that this industry is and must be stopped our politicians you mentioned david cameron being evangelical it's a political mania many of our british ministers are personally deeply invested in this industry and they are lying they are saying that there's no evidence of contamination and no evidence of harm there is ample evidence they're saying it'll bring down energy bills it will not even bloomberg have said that they're saying it will be an employment panacea the employment is short term small numbers moves on and these very dangerous toys and take out. and are pushing for the deals they are

but technically speaking i mean does britain have what it takes to actually pursue a fracking i mean technological technology and rigs and cetera i mean is a country equipped enough. no absolutely not and jessica who is an oil and gas industry consultant of thirty years standing in canada she says we have the best regulations in the world they do not work the company she worked for frack the land contaminated her water so badly she can't even flush the toilet she's now suing the canadian government i'm here in solidarity with the people in so-called new brunswick make more people who are being accused of being violent throwing molotov cocktails it's possible there's an unprovoked element there we don't know with the people in romania today yesterday who are being cleared from the roads the farmers by the police with the people in my community i live four miles from borkum i've had to jump over a fence to get out of the way of the police it has been absolutely appalling the way our police force who are supposed to protect life and property are being made by our government to force through corporate eco side we're not fringe

environmental nutters eco freaks we are a regular person who lives nearby who's looked at the uninvested research and i do not trust this it is not a bridging feel we should have kicked our addiction to fossil fuels decades ago now if you solar panels and wind few wind turbines won't sort it because we've continued to get fossil fuels out of the ground with increasingly dangerous techniques this industry fracking is regulated it cannot you cannot legislate what goes on underground and ok obviously. we have two groups here you know environmentalist on the one side and politicians on the other but how can you reconcile these two groups i mean can they meet each other halfway somehow. no not if they want to go ahead with the extreme fossil fuel industry it is unregulated will the uninvested experts. and those who used to be in the industry who have turned around and now whistle blowing are saying this cannot be regulated it's not

environmentalist it's regular people it's nine hundred people on the ground it's people in rural pennsylvania rural australia up a middle class middle middle england it's people across the world remaining in france germany are saying no because they're looking at the truth not of what this short term political ambition there are also interviewed for and sensing the world over why is it the politicians are not listening. just what are the reasons i just said short term political ambition and corporate game. was. an actress from fred burton an island for a curry group thank you so much for sharing your views with us here on a party. now what if fracking site was riot in your neighborhood well saudi four percent of europeans say that certainly be concerned but in one remaining village locals get to decide whether they want the u.s. and you john chevron to explore shale gas under their homes there is going to be

a referendum in late november for now the company has suspended drilling following mass protest both on the site and in the remaining capital arguably boy go mad those fighting the attitude giant. us oil giant chevron. government's blessing to start explorer treats. the area protesters from. the local villages in opposition to the deal more of an enormous political floats if they didn't come to us to be want to do or how it will affect us that's why we're protesting. is dangerous because they will poison our water and we won't be able to form any more and raise our animals and if we can do this what are we supposed to do. maybe and government says that they need to embrace shale gas in order to achieve energy independence but that's something that local villages to say that they don't want to pay for with their safety here's my report on the

bustle waging between chevron and the local people that just want to open their doors to fracking locals in this remote region of or mania have been saddled with an ongoing guest us and the church giant chevron is due to begin drilling for shale gas bills opal agriculture is our lives become can grow in our soil for sure all will die because we've seen him in what they have done in other places when they grew up many residents here fear that the process of fracking could release chemicals into the soil and contaminate the water. i'm so afraid of these kind of guess exploitation people say they will be big problems for our animals because the water will be affected and this one and the food for animals and for us and our children as well we have children and grandchildren what should we do these locals and environmentalist have been camped out here braving the elements in order

to stand up to us oil giant chevron and the romanian government which has given them the green light to start exploratory drilling in that field over that without any public consultation problem. gives you just people and two real. feeling go stooging because they didn't ask us we didn't matter to them the sense of betrayal is echoed by most protest as chevron were forced to leave the area last week on able to get past the locals human chain around the site but it's only a matter of time before they retire and when they come with guess they don't have any future because the children present the future the old people in the village told us that they can die but they say it's important for us to have a future chevron told us see that they have all the required permits to begin drilling and plan to return to the site and begin fracking safely assume as they

can something that's less than reassuring for the growing number of people gathering head result was not when we hope to stop them even if it means paying with our lives if we want to send the army we will die if it is speeders for us to die so let it be who won't give up until the outflow frankly and remain you want to see you just stay romania while on air and online here in r.t. we're following a day of protests as they gain momentum and was now a take a look at the situation at this point out we have as we see the twenty three twenty six where other countries are expected to take part with thousands of people taking to the streets across north america and europe as well as in africa and australia more along with opinions from experts and activists are still to come here in r.t. to stay with us for that.

a car bomb has struck an army intelligence building and the city are smiley one hundred thirty kilometers east of cairo according to local media reports one person died from the blast and ten others were injured they also say several buildings within the army compound have collapsed and there have been reports of another car bomb near the complex that failed to explode of course we'll be keeping it up to date was the story as we get more information so stay with us for that a suicide bombing has claimed the lives of sixteen syrian soldiers near damascus as being blamed on al qaeda affiliated militants meanwhile other opposition factions have been pleading with the west for military and financial aid are just marries a national is one of the few journalists who has been reporting from syria and she

spoke to members of the free syrian army inside rebel held territory. we crossed the syrian lebanese border every day many times of what has son is a soldier for the free syrian army not just in this field we take injured people to lebanon hospitals we get i mean issued from there we bring mujahideen in and out if i just want to go to see their families cell is a safe haven. our cell is a mostly sunni lebanese village on the syrian border. along this road which appeared here in the first days of the conflict in two thousand and eleven it's possible to reach all of syria's main battlefields bring in weapons or militants and many have done in those two and a half years. damascus has repeatedly called on foreign nations to stop supporting what it calls terrorists in syria but with these calls apparently ignored taking the capital remains the ultimate go for all the forces fighting president assad in

the digital has authority the security bill that the regime created around damascus is huge and to targeted we need many fighters in advanced weapons and to be honest we don't have those kinds of weapons but what we can do is launch operations here and there to relieve the pressure on the regime last months attack on the village of mahler here in the southwest of the country could be part of that strategy this ancient mostly christian settlement lies in a valley surrounded by mountains on the way from homs to damascus it's loyal to the syrian authorities but surrounded by f.s.a. held villages it is practically the only obstacle to venton fighters from two large syrian battlegrounds uniting. in more than a month of clashes between limits and opposition fighters on one side and governmental forces on the other dozens were killed according to government sources and the siege continued while we filmed at the scene but you can see over there is

a village we can see actually the villages south of what we can see is the hotel saffir that the militants have been holding for weeks now so right now we are on the other side of the clashes a door. from here to the hotel is territory held by the rebels after safai hotel it's the regime this is the highway to damascus but we cannot reach it because of my own rula. the fighters seized control of the heights around the village while we were filming it was still held by them. is this the basis you think the prize is hundreds of thousands it's just used you just take a look at this national these days does this do you mean this is where you see these caves that house them find the soldiers of the syrian army when we were in mali alongside the army there were snipers in these very caves in the mountains around

the village stopping us from getting out when i was stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here. but while f.s.a. soldiers can hold their opponents they seem unable to make their own advances a bomb have mount an f.s.a. fighter was injured in an order he says they need more money and american military aid washington has conceded a limited assault on syrian military bases over august's chemical attack ghazi imo if they strike with just ten rockets the regime of bashar al assad will fall by itself. but america changed track up to moscow pushed washington to agree on a peaceful way forward pulled its warships spec from mediterranean and put its tomahawks on hold it didn't please everyone. but sing us all of them are liars the americans the arabs all of them i don't know how i can express it better and

we're not hoping for anything from them but this. was army forces struggling to combat fighters hayden in the mountains and militants helpless in the face of government tanks artillery and nation the country's at a deadly impasse is neither side prepared to blink first marty's morea for reports from fragmented syrian rebel held territories. syria rebel group. too. now more news stories coming up including a u.n. probe into america's deadly drone strikes the details just ahead for you here on r.t. . rights . that. you. take for the young girls

cammo for the future harder. between two and three hundred million guns state so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the pass' that is the law and you know i mean this teaches them a lot of response ability to see the gun debate through the eyes of children if we can't do it for our children for our future what is the time to be the savior.

welcome back you're watching our team america's deadly drone strikes are essentially above the law and must become transparent and accountable and that's according to the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism washington has so far refused to disclose details on where its on manned aerial strikes occur and how many civilians are killed let's get some reaction and inside from journalist and former pakistani air force officer assault on thank you so much mr hali for joining us here today r.t. to talk about this so you want us calling for action now but your country has been targeted by u.s. drones for years describe to us the situation on the ground how bad is it really. well thank you for asking because the situation is really bad and pakistan has suffered or probably most in the region because not only because of terrorism but because of. became enhanced or into the drone strikes and previous regimes in

pakistan have been accused of actually providing a tacit approval i'm not sure that that is true or not but the fact remains that to draw backs have caused collateral damage and the collector of damage in turn has given a mock rise to the number of terrorists because they have been able to recruit some of the relatives of the people who have been slain in these attacks you know centrally and that is how the terrorism in pakistan has spread we have a new regime here which is nearly about to three and a half months old but this sort of which is headed by prime minister nawaz sharif he is headed towards the united states for his first meeting but president obama at an official level building is the. minister and he is carrying the aspirations of the people because in pakistan there is so much anger that in all these political conference was held in which every single political party not only participated but

the endorsed the fact that the drone attacks are causing maximum terrorism and they have empowered the government. the united states of america that it must go down and buy it and i said oh yes it will recharge it is anything above that reaction in a little later but let me first ask you this i mean since you mention collateral damage washington is saying that precision drone strikes are i'm sorry if you repeat the question yes absolutely since you mention collateral damage i mean washington is saying that precision drone strikes are meant to cause you know small collateral damage you know actually last down the conventional warfare but obviously the situation on the ground is different to what extent do you agree or disagree with what washington is saying. no i know i'm sorry i don't agree with that because the united states potentially is hiding fact it has not come clean and . i hope that the united nations which has not only done it but its

own head the chairman of the said this general was only a month back and he made it if it clear that the use of the drums for aggression is totally contravention to international law and not that important you just mentioned about bed i must send it to carries the same facts and figures and it is ironic that a little girl like malala yousafzai the teenager who valls targeted by the taliban recently wrecked president obama on exactly the same day when she was to be avoided the nobel peace prize but she did not get that avoid and she was made meeting mr obama who is a nobel prize for peace which is actually i don't because because he has caused most more damage motivate him and has killed more people which he yet if he gets the nobel prize is very very ironic and malala yousafzai told him very clearly that mr president the drone attacks must stop because there has causing. don so i think

the united states of america it is time for them to come clean and they have to take a sponsibility because not only you must be also doing that to a professor christophe the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing and somebody exact you sions has come out with the fact that this particular use of technical. difficulty the use of drones is a misuse of technology and it is international policing so it has to come through and if it doesn't i'm afraid that as the villain continue on mr ali thank you so much for bringing us the situation from the ground in describing to us how things really are in your country that was journalist and former pakistani air force officer sultan and. to other stories now a giant firm that's involved in operating britain's health care schools transport and other services is accused of massive fraud and mismanagement but for such

a large company with its fingers in so many pies it's hardly known by anyone in the country as he says are still in our reports. for bicycles for rent to health services prison speed cameras and lenses and even the government's work programme for the jobless chances are they're operated by global private companies that you may have never even heard of have you ever heard of the companies. should know better about. have you ever heard of the compass group to compete. never had never heard of serco. on the ground yet now one of the biggest companies providing public service is a thanks to outsource government contractors a company called serco operating various services for the transport for london electronic tagging a president for the ministry of justice and some out of hours general practice services for the national health service now these are just full of areas of the

company operates and the company is currently making headlines as is being investigated for fraud mismanagement of the long list of complaints on the quality of the service it provides are they competent to have their expertise. and they really effectively manage the service and i think. it's becoming clear that. serco for its part has said that the situation is being dealt with we will embed quickly and effectively any changes needed into the way we do business and we expect to emerge stronger as a result the practices. publicity of two different things the u.k. government is set to continue on its massive outsourcing drive the n.h.s. or the health service for instance isn't working on its single one big it's a contract to date inviting bids valued between seven hundred million and one point one billion pounds one of the reasons that these public markets often is because

the pace and scale of reform is causing significant problems in the rush to develop public service market is avoidable areas. often been made and design in this site and what we would the government is to slow down learn from mistakes and correct them out of the system before another mistake grabs the headline but there doesn't seem to be any slowing down on the part of the government and for those in the private sector it's simply business as usual just sort of silly r t. now take a look at some other stories from around the world a suicide bomber has killed thirteen people and injured many others and a town in central somalia the explosion went off in a restaurant popular with it's the opium and somali troops areas currently in the grip of an insurgency by islamist forces the group behind last month's deadly mall siege in neighboring kenya. and the land appeals court has ordered the two

year political ban for it was former prime minister silvio berlusconi following his tax fraud conviction however the decision will not come into effect until a separate vote in the senate that's expected next month the corrida had to determine the length of the ban after a ruling by italy's supreme druggist the santa votes to expel berlusconi he could spend a year under house arrest or community service. coming up a look at a small current county in kentucky where firearms are part of everyday life even for children my first rifle is next here on r.t. . switzerland will soon vote if they should start giving out thousands of dollars in cash to every adult citizen in the country you heard me right there's a grassroots campaign that is trying to get the government to give out to every

adult citizen two thousand five hundred swiss francs approximately two thousand eight hundred dollars per month the motivation for the project is that many in switzerland fear that the financial crisis has caused wealth inequality to skyrocket you know i'm not an expert at swiss culture so maybe people there are different but if they gave out thousands of free dollars per month anywhere i've lived you would see the majority of people going into early retirement and not working at all and sort of like how they tell people not to feed the bears at parks because then the bears lose their instincts and will go hunt because getting a sandwich thrown at them is a lot easier i mean why go through the effort of auditing when the sandwich just magically appears handouts often creates law according to reuters some people are proposing a much better law for switzerland limiting executive pay to being twelve times higher than that of the lowest paid employee although this plan is making headlines it seems like a much better idea because it doesn't to motivate people to be productive and yet it would create almost utopia like levels of wealthy quality also if the bosses salary is.