from pirates to russia reduces the controversial charges against thirty greenpeace activists who tried to board an oil rig in the. new spy claims the u.s. could be snooping on. washington should. eavesdropping network immediately we go live to. italy loses patience for the uncontrolled flow of illegal migrants by the arab spring. countries share the burden the country's economy is bearing. the outcome of the friends of syria meeting we talked to a former pentagon official to assess whether the geneva peace talks might be under threat stories.

from a studio this is. a day a russian court has dropped the charges against a group of thirty greenpeace activists who attempted to board a drilling rig in the arctic last month. outline the details to me. the latest information is of course the charges have been reduced so instead of piracy we now have hooliganism and this carries the maximum sentence of seven years instead of fifteen which is what of course if they weren't be charged with piracy this is what they would they would be facing and we're talking about thirty activists here from eighteen different countries and there's been a lot of speculation as to what would happen putin for this whole case he has

always said well i don't see why they should be charged with piracy in fact he was supporting a different decision and we even had eleven nobel prize winners riding to vladimir putin urging him to drop the charges and now just to take it back in fact as to as to what happened over a month ago these thirty activists they tried to abort arctic sunrise because they claim they were protesting the drilling activities in the arctic now investigators have something completely different to say they said in fact they ignored security warnings they breached the five hundred meter safety zone for the for the arctic sunrise and also they said that they pose the real threat and danger to staff and crew members on board that vessel and these are charges which of these are activities which are normally punishable by law which is what they were trying to do but again perhaps not with piracy charges of course greenpeace are saying they were doing nothing wrong nevertheless these hooliganism charges carry

a sentence possibly of up to seven years even if that happens that's not going to soften the international reaction to this is it because there has been a bit of a diplomatic fallout over this of course yes of course we heard a lot about it and in fact the head off greenpeace if you can remember yourself even said will take me in exchange for all of these activists on willing to go in there behind bars and serve their time if that's what it takes but again what they were trying to do most of these protests were about was about the piracy charges this is what they were focused on on. and if we just take that aside well now it's an ism charges which let's not forget i said this carries a maximum sentence of seven years but they could get away with just fines and we're talking fines for resisting line for summons for of course posing a threat to staff members which is what criminologist and investigators have said from day one which is something that they did and in fact we can see it from the footage when they tried to board about bass or there were some illegal activities

involved well they've been detained for quite some time now but the court will obviously be hearing the case so this could go on for a few more weeks perhaps yes of course until we hear in fact what it is that they will get the verdict the sentencing and how they perceive what they get seven years behind bars or perhaps a fine of perhaps three thousand roubles. already has been following the story since it's very beginning and you can head online for lots more information on this including the anger of the russian media against the arrest of a russian photographer who was with the group log on to our t.v. dot com for that and more. there are claims that the u.s. could be spying on germany's leader that's according to local media reports it's the second time in just a few days that washington's been left red faced over its controversial spying program let's cross over in berlin for more on this so peter the story of america's global spy network seems to know no end doesn't it one of the latest

claims that. well it just keeps on coming when it comes to who the us allegedly spying on now the latest allegations surround the personal mobile telephone of german chancellor angela merkel there were allegations made that the united states were or had hacked into and was spying on her personal communications now these allegations were taken seriously enough by the german security services the b n d under german chancellor angela merkel herself to pronto to put a phone call in to president barack obama directly now a spokesperson for angela merkel has said that if it turned out that this had gone on it would be totally unacceptable and she's demanding an explanation to these allegations from the u.s. now for the white house what we've heard is a statement saying that the united states is not and would not spy on the german chancellor's communications notably from that statement did not say whether

they had done in the past but if you look at the record and what's been coming out about the united states of spying program we can see why the german chancellor would be taking this very seriously we've seen allegations of an extensive spying campaign taking place in brazil also like asians that over seventy million phone calls were listened to in france so you can see exactly why should be wanting to look into this and why should be wanting to nip it in the book called this totally unacceptable if it had taken place of course a number of countries now are allegedly being spied on by the u.s. are any though actually taking any action. well yes what we've seen if you look at here in germany we see must protests on the streets against the the n.s.a. spying program privacy taking very sick taken very seriously here in germany those protests have drawn some quite large crowds we've also seen telecommunications companies looking to try and sure things up with their own customers deutsche

telekom announced just recently that they would only use internal german servers for german to german e-mail communications to try and cut off any kind of outside access to information it was being to being bandied around with in germany to try and stop all trying to assure its customers that it was going to stop the n.s.a. from from getting a hold of their information now we've also seen political action taken the european parliament has suspended the swift agreement with the united states and that was an agreement that would share banking data it was supposed to try and tackle terrorism to try and stop transfers from one bank account to another that were being used to fund terrorism around the world now it emerges that the n.s.a. may have been using not to spy on european citizens personal data so that's been suspended there is fallout heading the united states is where you as these allegations mount up that they're watching just about everybody's every move. live

in berlin thanks very much indeed for that update. italy's demand in the e.u. takes emergency action on the migrant crisis that has hit the country rome wants an overhaul of europe's asylum policies as well as for other bloc members to take responsibility tens of thousands of flooded italy many fleeing from conflicts and revolutions that have shaken the middle east and north africa many make the perilous journey on dangerously overcrowded boats and never be kit well the latest disasters for more than five hundred drown italy's prime minister has warned his european colleagues this tragedy would not be the last. well here's a detailed look at the. routes asylum seekers are taking many syrians travel towards greece via turkey and the majority of north african migrants head to the italian island of lampedusa in sicily algeria morocco nationals go either to france or spain and france is among the most popular destinations alongside germany and the u.k.

but it's italy and greece that bear the brunt because as according to laws asylum seekers entering without authorization are obliged to remain in the country they first arrive in already as you go to because of reports on those who prefer a life in limbo to the chaos of home. they want to buy the food from every opiate of sudan than traveled to libya and finally reach sicily after what must have been the most nerve wrecking ball right off their lives these three women are hiding their faces from the cameras and now they're risking being sent back when we were at sea now the boat with refugees sank into a three hundred people died but we were lucky and in sicily we managed to void get it registered it's illegal between need to go further north there is nothing for us here under e.u. regulation all newcomers must seek asylum in the country where they are right and under italian law anyone of voiding registration is sent home but nowadays more and more newcomers are ready to take their chances don't register to try to go to northern states where there are more opportunities probably when you arrive here

they give you the very minimum there is no jobs no school and you sleep in the street for six months italy is one of the worst european states in this regard youth unemployment has exceeded forty percent while the economy is in the worst recession since the second world war international obligations and plain human principles can't allow italy to turn away a refugee since for many is the only chance for survival but the situation has now reached a point when this duty has become too heavy for it to handle on its own the e.u. has pledged italy would receive an additional thirty million euro or just over forty million dollars to deal with the refugee crisis but how will this help to distribute the more evenly throughout the union and integrate them into the economy is not clear they have been so on ideas so far they cherry they may be some positive. and i see embodies a lot of. good hope but no concrete ideas and as governments and international

organizations brainstorm the solution one thing is certain the flow of refugees is only going to continue the work is going on r.t. italy. well earlier we talked to philip klein he's a member of the european parliament about how the e.u. can address the worsening migrant crisis and he says while the laws must be tightened the e.u. should also help the regions where the refugees are coming from. i think we have to see to it that many of these people people that are really a real refugees that they should be held in their region that would be the most ideal situation because it's just not possible for the e.u. to accept all the refugees coming from syria from sudan from all these countries that have serious problems we can just not have them all coming through the european union what we should do is help these countries help these regions to

to to to accept refugees there to help the refugees there so that they can go back to their own country as soon as possible as soon as the problems are being under control. are to live here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day still to come this hour on the program the day of the tragedy. is right here at about two pm local time that a blast read through past twenty nine. six dead dozens in hospital r.t. reconstructs the timeline of the volgograd bombing attack and looks at the new face of modern terrorism. plus americans demand police are held to account for their excessive use of force as crowds take to the streets nationwide in protest all that and more later in the program. first an agreement reached at the so-called friends of syria meeting is jeopardizing efforts to hold the geneva two peace talks

now that's the warning from russia's foreign ministry eleven countries making up the group and representatives of the syrian opposition met in london on tuesday and although they endorsed the idea of peace talks moscow says some clauses contradict those intentions the document adopted at the meeting clearly states that assad should have no future role in syria it adds that the government alone bears responsibility for the conflict and reiterate. there's no doubt the regime was behind deadly chemical attack moscow says such wording aims to provoke damascus into backing out of the conference the pentagon official michael maloof told me earlier that potentially the most dangerous thing that came out of that conference was the decision to boost weapons supplies to the syrian rebels the question is going to be what do you do with the how are we going to deal with the extremists and the united states cannot be caught in the position of giving arms to the moderate so-called moderates when in fact most of those weapons would go to the opposition they just take them away it know the out the extremists already control

about seven of the eleven palestinian camps already and. in syria and they're using them as a base of operations and they're intimidating the moderates in the moderates of course are can't stand up against the more extreme elements and they just don't have the the capability in the fight and the fighting fighting power to do that. with more news after the break including a look at the turmoil intern is there as thousands demand the resignation of the country's government we get live expert analysis.

well into the. thirty five. billion euros to the beach one million degrees with. peace go to france we travel in search of the sun. we've got the future. serious last chance is the dates for the geneva conference are being arranged the assad regime may sit across from an empty chair syria's rebel oppositions on the ground are hopelessly divided the syrian political opposition in exile is divorced from the brutality on the battlefield so what can you point to achieve.

these continues here in r.t. thousands are taken to the streets in tunisia demanding the resignation of the islamic led government amid talks with the opposition in september the country's prime minister said his cabinet would resign following months of unrest to discuss the situation in the birthplace of the arab spring i'm now joined from birmingham by defense consultant who specializes in african affairs the government has started talks with the opposition's new elections are coming so why are the people angry there in tunisia. the unemployment youth unemployment has been a problem even when ben ali fell. so they haven't resolved this problem and they've promised to do this to bring in social reforms as well as create jobs and totally failed to do this for the prime minister he spoke to r.t. and he claims his government is actually doing a very good job let's have a listen to what he had to say. having little be led since the

beginning of the revolution in twenty eleven when we were done with the despotism of the heads of state our country started to focus its efforts on democracy after a lengthy dialogue we had successful and legitimate official elections current constitutional institutions will be temporary until we accept the new constitution and hold elections under it at the same time since the revolution so far we're solving social and economic problems we managed to achieve some progress in this however these problems have become more complex and require more time upbeat response there requires more time what's there to disagree with well the arab spring has obviously failed i mean it's been an arab nightmare really they haven't resolved anything. been strengthened by arms flowing out of libya into the region and we've seen molly's been sucked into this as well a lot of terrorists coming out of libya have been carrying out operations in

tunisia and the prime minister has promised to step down which is probably something he doesn't intend to keep a promise he doesn't intend to keep. the youth have had enough. years of ben ali's misrule and now these people are delivering the same but what if the prime minister does actually step down though in what could be the consequences for the country then well the it's not sure that the opposition will. deliver any better because of the problems are deep deep rooted inside to need here but the first thing they have to do is look at the unemployment situation the youth there's a growing youth numbers and if they address these issues then they continue to have problems for years to come. consultant also an expert on africa could we draw

any parallels of what's happening in egypt to the moment the domestic security situation clearly yet to tell us then what are the parallels here absolutely this is the same situation again the arab spring which has been killed as a great success story the only countries that are in really required reforms was libya but egypt is exactly the same situation youth unemployment and. the government's failing to deliver so yes absolutely it's the same situation as in egypt and it requires a much stronger government come in. this government is unable to deliver on it of course in egypt any any opposition there for example the muslim brotherhood is being swept away in effect intern is here at least do you have hope that there could be some sort of political transition there some sort of agreement just briefly bearing in mind there are talks or supposedly talks between the opposition the government just briefly is there any cause for optimism. unless they come up

with a change in the constitution and bring a new reforms then i'm afraid that we're going to see a continuation of the problems and riots and killings in the street but especially with arms flowing in from libya i don't see a solution in the long in the short term great to talk to you thank you for your defense consultant expert on african affairs live from the u.k. thank you thank you nationwide protests against police brutality have been held across the u.s. activists are calling for an end to impunity for officers accused of abuse human rights groups claim often shielded by the so-called war on terror and started checking the reports from one of the rallies. in new york and dozens of other cities across the west a national day of protest to stop police brutality repression and the criminalization of a generation this is a time when it's the eighteenth time these people gather for the simple message

this is not a judge to be how they treat us they shoot us like animals and that's completely unwarranted is literally on warranted when something breaks through like trayvon martin. lee graham or sean bell it gets treated in the media like this is a isolated incident something that rarely happens and then more often it's not reported at all organizers have been documented cases of what they call the stole lives project they say just over the last two decades thousands of killings have taken place by the hands of police officers they say the majority of these cases have been under reported or brushed aside hundreds every year were killed by the police that the majority of them were unarmed and not involved in any criminal activity when they were killed and also the majority of them were young and either black or latino the mass media is a very good propaganda saw

a lot of people under the impression that people are being stopped and frisked who are being gunned somehow criminal one of the major concerns for these protesters seems to be the lack of accountability when it comes to gun violence police brutality and even killings that occur under the hands of law enforcement they see the justice system continues to neglect these cases of violence thus not doing anything to improve the system and bring about real change you have to go through hell and high water just to get a conviction of the officer and what he's convicted for doesn't meet the crime to he's accuse anyone so if not he and found guilty even if he's convicted he gets out on good behavior after serving minimal time activists and families of victims called police brutality in the u.s. a pandemic they say considering the unite. states lectures the rest of the world on human rights it's time that it begin to follow its own example by not just words but deeds. and police brutality is the subject of today's breaking the

set with abby martin and you may find some of the following images graphic here's a preview of the full program you can watch right now on our website. according to national prominence just as a reference service forty three percent of cops are green always following the rules is not compatible with getting the job done according to the bureau of justice statistics between four hundred and five hundred innocent people are murdered by law enforcement officers every year. you can see that right now at all dot com a roadside service has been held for the victims of monday's suicide bus bombing in the russian city of volgograd six people were killed while doctors are still fighting for the lives of those critically hurt in the blast lindsey france has

been reconstructing the events all that fateful day october twenty first started just like any other monday here and people woke up with places to go and things to get that heavily using bus stations just like this. but for several people needing bus number twenty nine they could never have foreseen how quickly their lives would change when they took that ride. the route ran without incident from morning till afternoon until one person got on board thirty year old why you don't see all of that is when things took a tragic turn and it starts to the very honorable it was on her way home from classes at the university laughing and talking with the other students crucially it was in the middle of the bus which say trade life was the roof of our troops when the boss hid everything around me when flying and from that moment i don't remember anything on the recall being thrown onto her window then suddenly finding myself on the street and in a panic i realised something had happened to my hands i was covered in blood it was

right here at about two pm local time that a blast ripped through bus twenty nine filled with about forty people first responders thought it was perhaps a malfunction of the buses fuel systems but aside from the shop they felt they asked themselves if this was a gas explosion was the fire. and that that was the safety record that everybody in the blast was touching their faces and heads asking what happened what happened there was a lot of blood on them and a lot of flesh everywhere i was very afraid i got out of my car and i saw the head lying there i mean my friend took a young boy and his father to the hospital the remnant of an explosive device told the shrapnel t.n.t. and a grenade the accident site became a crime scene while edgy hottest from republic of dagestan became the central focus of the investigation and then the story took another twist the attack wasn't meant

for volgograd at all as the all of a had apparently taken a detour. she had purchased a ticket to moscow and boarded an intercity boss that passed through volgograd when the bus was almost at the city limits i see all of our gateau and went back to downtown belgrade right now investigators are trying to find out whether this move had been planned in advance or are altered the plan along the way looking for a place packed with as many people as possible also under suspicion are three men believed to have helped in the plot to attack the russian capital two from dagestan wanted for twin terror attacks there in two thousand and twelve were said to be waiting for her in moscow on his way there was an aussie all of us has been to meet her circle of an ethnic russian convert to islam missing since two thousand and twelve some reports suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the attack which may have caused

a last minute change in her deadly plans authorities will be keen to find her husband in the hope he may have the answers lindsey frantz r.t. invoker grad now for some of the global headlines in our world update is how the greek far right golden dawn party will be stripped of state funding assault in the country's parliament overwhelmingly passed a bill suspending payments to parties involved in criminal activities recently the leaders of the far right group were charged in connection with the killing of an anti fascist musician the death sparked violent protests across greece the movement denies the accusations. police in madrid have broken down barricades blocking the entrance to one of the city's universities scores of students have been protesting against the rising cost of education and the toughest budget cuts the system is around thirty thousand students have been priced out of universities due to high fees. also in our world update this iraq has been hit by a fresh wave of violence after several blasts were reported in and around baghdad

explosions targeting markets and a commercial district in the morning rush hour left sixteen dead and around twenty injured incident follows yesterday's attacks on police checkpoints that killed over twenty officers more than six thousand people have lost their lives in violence across the country this year alone. so that brings up today for the moment i'll be back with more with the news team in just over half an hour from now the meantime cross-talk debates helped to bring syria's deadly conflict to an end that's coming your way after the break. when term i save money to hire a hitman to shoot me dead from the next building through the open window. i searched through the internet typing things like i'm looking for you i'm waiting for you i wrote i'm waiting for you i'm looking for you i didn't care at all what

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or sixty five those who come in. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limp torch relay. on r t r two dot com. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle syria's last chance as the dates for the geneva conference are being arranged there is every reason to believe the assad regime may sit across from an empty chair syria's rebel oppositions on the ground are hopelessly divided the syrian political opposition in exile is divorced from the brutality on the battlefield so what can geneva two.