the war on shale protesters around the world unite against the drilling technique known as fracking urging the governments not to sacrifice the environment for the sake of short term profits. the cereal up to the deadly tug of war between the government and opposition forces are t. gets access to a rebel stronghold. plus america's a man killing machines are on the radar as a senior u.n. official urges washington to reveal and rein in its probe program. leaving ten pm saturday evening here in moscow when i was kevin owen you're watching on t.v. now our top story global frak days on saturday marks

a worldwide protest uniting all activists who want to put an end to shale gas extraction for activists is the co-author urging the governments to stand up to the oil and gas lobby there's been plenty of action so far let's take a school run in london a group called young friends of the earth are sending a message to the people in charge to stop and think about the generation of the picture he sussex meantime there activists have been demanding that authorities change their ways of thinking about the environment and move on to renewable energy sources the u.k. prime minister sees things differently though he's become a vigorous advocate of fracking is laura smith reports. it's going to make household energy bills cheap he says it will create loads of job c. and uses 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 drive to sell it to the british people north

and south it's a tough sell as he's found out from environmental groups and local people worried about. when down the u.k. in both the locals and campaign is barricaded to propose during the night but who not and they now vowed to move back to wherever for drill a crackling energy goes next. and they've got the experience of americans to back them up one hundred times more fracking well a year in the us than in the whole of europe and environmental impacts are showing campaign is talking gas and dangerous chemicals leaking out from underground contaminated water with the air quality and even earthquakes linked to cracking and

they've been seen here in the u.k. tremont put forward by drilling. yes but 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. leaving the picture from canada to rallies over the past week the result of the clashes with police and severing the rest in new brunswick province right schools from pepper spray and battles to force but hundreds of protesters who were tallied with petrol bombs at least forty been arrested. so then why exactly our environment is so concerned about this particular form of oil and gas production let's take a look at the news wall and find the engineers need to drill deep deep into the shell rock formation jet water to crack it open and extract the oil and gas then

you need to run the well to do that should be chemicals combined with sand and millions of gallons of water but much of it with traces of radioactive substances seeps back to the surface with the potential to get into lakes rivers. not to mention the fluids can contaminate the soil too and that's one of the issues worrying the environmentalists combined with the fact that highly potent greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere causing air pollution early mccullagh minute joshie talk to environmental campaigner vanessa vi and who says fracking has moved beyond the point of regulation though. 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 is 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 i'm 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 weren't sought it because we've continued to get fossil fuels out of the ground with increasingly dangerous techniques we have two groups here 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 know 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 whistleblowing are saying this cannot be regulated it's not environmentalist it's regular people it's native people on the ground it's people in rural pennsylvania rural australia upper 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 what this short term political ambition and industry corporate interest is trying to force on us. so what if a frightening site was in your neighborhood well seventy four percent of europeans say they'd certainly be concerned indeed in one village in romania locals are getting a say in whether the us or major chevron can prosper shell gas under their homes there's a going to be a referendum in late november well for more on the from now the company suspended drilling following mass protests both on the site and in the capital bucharest. met the people standing up to the corporation. front government saying to start exploratory training for shale gas in the area protesters from. the local villages in opposition to the deal now have it in him is this one up of lots they didn't come to us to explain what they 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 farm anymore and raise our animals and if we can't do this what are we supposed to do. the median government says brace shale gas in order to achieve energy independence but that's something that local villages here say that they don't want to pay for with their safety here's my report on the bustle waging between chevron and the people that just want to open their doors to fracking locals in this remote region of remaining i have been saddled with an on going to guest u.s. energy giant chevron is due to begin drilling for shale gas those opal agriculture is our lives they come to grow in our soil for sure all will die because we've seen on what they have done in other places when they grew up on monday morning many residents here fear that the process of fracking could release chemicals into the

soil and contaminate the water actually. i'm so afraid of these kind of guess exploitation people see they will be big problems for our animals because the water will be affected and the sun 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's have been camped out here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giant chevron and the remaining government which has given them the green light to start exploratory drilling and not feel david that without any public consultation problem. gives you just people and too real. this. feeling of puking because they didn't ask us we didn't matter to them the sense of betrayal is acknowledged by most protestors chevron was forced to leave the area last week unable to get

past the locals human chain around the site but it's only a matter of time before they return when many they can 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 our sea 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 here was not when we hope to stop them even if it means paying with our lives if you want to send the army we will die if it is speeded for us to die so let it be called who won't give up until the outflow franking in romania oik a r t three gestate romania a little snapshot there of people power in progress really neutral but these things of course unless it's in your or my backyard that r.t.

dog called were providing regular updates on the day of protests against the world as the gay momentum around the globe attracted at there the bits that green or where it's happening dozens of countries are involved people taking to the streets across the americas across europe in africa and australia to form a story breast check out a website or to go cons. but . right. now the news today a suicide bomb has claimed the lives of sixteen syrian soldiers to damascus is being blamed on an al qaeda affiliate instead of militant meanwhile the opposition factions have been pleading with the west for military and financial aid riff nationals were the few journalist who's been reporting from syria she spoke to members of the free syrian army inside rebel held territory. and i usually we cross

the syrian lebanese border every day many times and what her son is a soldier for the free syrian army off limits for we take injured people to lebanon hospitals we get ammunition from there we bring mojahedin in and out if fighters want to go to see their families our 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 bringing weapons on 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 taken the capital remains the ultimate go for all the forces fighting president assad in the digital. the security belt that the regime created around damascus is huge and too

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 watch operations here and there to relieve the pressure on the regime last month's attack on the village of malala 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 homes 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 islamists 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 what 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. my 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 lula. the fighters seized control of the heights around the village while we were filming it was still held by them and. it was the basis you see the prices hundreds of thousands of tourists used to just take a look at this national these days does this to me this is where you see these trees that house them. 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 but 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 boom 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. if they strike with just ten rockets the regime of bashar al assad will fall by itself but america changed track after 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 i think it was 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. with army forces struggling to come

back to find terry's hayden in the mountains and militants helpless in the face of government tanks artillery and. the country's at a deadly impasse is neither song prepared to blink first or tease maria for notion of reports from fragmented syrian rebel held territory. syria on the rebel. the north sea and still lead the program as well a nearly anonymous firm with a broad reach. ever heard of serco circle line when you're away. on the ground yet really learned about a british blue chip government services company that few britons have ever heard of been investigating the massive fraud of mismanagement but stuart a lot more to just after the break. disagree. but i believe america is exceptional.

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america's deadly drone strikes are essentially above the law a must become transparent and accountable that's according to the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism washington so far refused to disclose details on where it's on monday aerial strikes occur and how many civilians are killed because of the journalist of four pakistani air force officer sultan m how he says drug war first playing into the hands of terrorists. the united states apparently is hiding fact it has not come clean and i hope that the united nations which has not only done it but it's the head of the said this general was only a month back and he made it pretty clear that the use of the drones. is totally

contravention to international law and has suffered for probably most in the region because not only because of terrorism but because of terrorism bid which became enhanced or going to the drone strikes and previous or achieved 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 drone attacks have caused collateral damage and the collector of that image in turn has given a mock rise to the number of terrorist because they have been able to recruit some of the villagers of the people who have been slain in these attacks innocently and that is how the terrorism in pakistan has spread. senior afghan officials including tribal elders say they'll vote next month for what role u.s. troops will be allowed to play in the country the nato led combat mission was set to be wrapped up by the end of twenty fourteen but the u.s. nonetheless wants to keep some boots on the ground a draft bilateral pact between washington and kabul could give american troops

immunity from local laws but that part of the deals being heavily contested right now in afghanistan and as most foreign forces prepared to withdraw they'll be turning their backs on a resurgent taliban six civilians were killed in the group's latest assault with militants targeted an international convoy on friday governments known to increasing pressure to strike a peace deal with the insurgents presidential elections are said to be held in april i asked one candidate why the outgoing cause administration seems unable to contain the violence. i'm afraid the increase has been very very evident in the past few months mr karzai is not living in afghanistan that will be remembered as a stable afghanistan and afghanistan that our government has public support a government that has been able to attack bigger problems that people are suffering from which is poverty lack of jobs corruption lack of rule of law there big be some some some achievements but these achievements of not been because of this

government these are for your students have been because of the mass inertia of the presence of the international community and the global push towards her freedom of speech women's rights or some technological advances in the communication area or in the in the media area these are not a government made achievements the various events that were here because of the presence of the international community this government has not produced anything that is sustainable or tangible. online from his soul his latest is great pictures and some quirky stuff too like this who rules the road in germany well seems a self made king told police that he did when he was pulled over for speeding he produced a driving license if you do yourself as head of state you'll find plenty more facts about the self-styled. dot com also on the website to london's weapon in its war against illegal migration tens of thousands of people have received text messages telling him to leave the u.k.

but it turns out some of the recipients of far from being illegal immigrants. are. a giant firmus involved in operating britain's health care schools transport other services to security of massive fraud and mismanagement but for such a large company with its finger in so many pies it's hardly known if i buy an around the country as a tease tester a seller found. for bicycles for rent to health services prison speed cameras ambulances 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. know what about. have you ever heard of the confiscate the computer be. never had never heard of serco. and on the ground you know 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 powerful of areas of the company operates and the company is currently making headlines as is being investigated for fraud mismanagement and a long list of complaints on the quality of the service it provides are they competent to have their expertise. they really effectively manage the service and i think. it's becoming clear though that coombe 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 that practices. publicity 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 a 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 well is because the pace and scale of reform is causing significant problems in the rush to develop public service markets avoidable areas. often been made and design an oversight and what we would urge the government is to slow down learn quickly 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 there is still yard wonder. at some size world news headlines and briefing next a small plane transporting skydivers is crashed on takeoff and the local authorities say there were ten passengers in a pilot on board at the time all are believed to have been killed reports say the wing of the plane could have been damaged leading to the accident. the suicide

bombers killed thirteen people and injured many others in a town in central somalia the explosion went off in a restaurant this popular ethiopian and somali troops the jihadist group which is spearheading an insurgency in the area said it carried out the attack the terrorist network was also behind last month's deadly mall siege in neighboring kenya. french president francois lives announced that the roma schoolgirl whose deportation sparked a massive public outcry is allowed to return to france if she wants to but without her family the fifteen year olds rejected the offer students blocked entrances to schools and help marches in paris and its suburbs in a support of the last few days she was detained by police and sent back to kosovo with her family because officials said they are being denied the asylum those seeking in france the instant calls for the french interior minister to resign. scuffles here between protesters and police in central rome is tens of thousands

rallied against the twenty fourteen budget in veiled by italy's government earlier this week it's based on morris territory therefore it's become a focus of mortars content italian civil servants including transport staff went on strike on friday causing disruption in rome and across the rest of the country. in canada this train carrying all the gases derailed eighty kilometers west of edmonton and at least one of the rail cars came off the track and exploded a state of emergency has been declared in the area amid fears of more explosions local residents have been moved to safety won't be able to return to the homes for at least twenty four hours he thought is a saying. keep abreast of all our stories twenty four seven on our website www dot com up next goes great programs like that for tonight a self-confessed economic hit man tells me about in how rich countries plunder the poor the late edition of breaking the set.

you know as i look more and more into it i find that there were a lot of myths and exaggerations about what happened in russia during the soviet era however one really bad rumor seems to be true if you were an outspoken advocate against the soviet status quo then you could be considered insane and be locked away until the psychiatrist convinced you that khrushchev was brilliant scary stuff but sadly famous grammy award winning singer lauryn hill might be living the life of a soviet does that right now she was convicted of failing to pay five hundred thousand dollars in taxes but strangely according to the international business times she was ordered to undergo psychiatric counseling because she believes in conspiracy theories related to the music industry who wrote in her own tumblr account that the music industry is manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex. this is a strong accusation from hill but is actually irrelevant if it is true or not you

see punishments are supposed to fit the crime and the crime of tax evasion should not have a punishment of mandatory counseling or as more paranoid types like me like to call it reprogramming over usually trivial this celebrity case actually sets a dangerous legal precedent but that's just my opinion. going into the behind numbers we have more than two thousand political prisoners i'm behind right now of course if you look at the system what the bahamian government is trying to do is they're trying to label many of these prisoners as terrorists. ladies and gentlemen welcome to everyone's favorite game show revolted that

door today the only security million dollar question is who's going to replace general tone as head of the d h s folks the stakes are high it's a position that oversees two hundred forty thousand employees including fema ice the t.s.a. and the coast guard so who is the lucky winner john it looks give the audience some clues is a physics old male who's that informally pretty in the pentagon and he's friends of barry zero has also helped lay the groundwork for ending don't ask don't tell news so far not to mention he's actually said america's war on terror should come to an end and he even believes one of our country's top priority should be restructuring the u.s. immigration system. lots of good stuff here folks but wait there's more what's behind closed door number two here's a hint it's full of skeletons first starters he actually had that destiny to say

that stanch pacifist m.l.k. would have supported us wars in iraq and afghanistan. next up he's also sadomasochist. oh wait what's that you say sorry that's dick cheney my mistake but we're not too far off guys this guy does get off on torture so you personally travel to quantico were chelsea manning was held and approved all the horrible treatment she incurred this guy also helped draft the drone king's drone policy. know the words indefinite detention an extra judicial killings definitely aren't part of this guy's vernacular so without further ado there is no way mr jenner. yes is no rick helli no saint either so it looks like the american people lose again with more of the same let's go break the set.