gulag of our times. official data says october was the bloodiest month in iraq since two thousand and eight all the country's pm asked for u.s. assistance to battle the insurgency. the peace process in pakistan gets the u.s. drone treatment unmanned strike killed the leader of the pakistani taliban who was prepared to negotiate. it was almost like the symbolic overwatch of the populace it makes you paranoid. as a vast new n.s.a. complex in utah is besieged by protesters critics brand a new senate bill designed to deter curtail snooping as a way to actually legalize the ball data collection of millions of americans.

from our headquarters in moscow you're watching archie with me and he said no way this sounded good to have you with us our top story october has become the bloodiest month in iraq in five years data from the country's interior defense and health ministries puts the death toll at nine hundred and sixty four people that's almost ninety percent of civilians eight hundred and fifty five according to the government that number hasn't been this high since april two thousand and eight when more than a thousand were killed well the numbers don't quite correspond with the findings of the u.n. which puts july as the bloodiest this year but whatever the figures it's clear the country is facing an increasing security problem no surprise then that the iraqi prime minister is in washington d.c. asking for help or he's going to camp reports. we know that the rocky leadership has made a request for u.s.

assistance in the fight against terror we don't know the details of that request the leaders wouldn't elaborate on that the iraqi prime minister called al qaida a scourge for iraq and the middle east the iraqi prime minister has arrived in washington in the month that turned out to be the deadliest in the last five years for those who are following the news it's becoming such a rip the deadliest month in iraq for this many years said we we hear it all the time the fact is that following the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three terrorism has skyrocketed in iraq to six carry on a war that broke out as a result of the invasion has created a great environment for terrorists the iraqi prime minister says it's getting worse because he says as a result of the so-called arab revolutions there is a power vacuum in the region which extremist forces take advantage of his pacifically spoke about syria and the situation there of course even though iraq snorri all mali he knows what the u.s. invasion has led to in his country he can't be too critical of washington because after all in a way it's thanks to the u.s.

that he's now in power political analyst juan de laos says the level of violence has recently spiked across the entire middle east. the prime minister of iraq when he made that call i think what he means by it is providing intelligence. support because he fears that the spillover from syria is affecting the level of violence in iraq and the level of violence in iraq assault has increased because of that but the reality is the politics of iraq is broken and the violence is is a result of that is not only because iraqi army is weak it's just because the. iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional that hasn't worked for the last ten years so. i don't think what's going on in iraq is going to be a risk to the global sort of risk but obviously it's going to be rich to oil markets in the around the world is going to be a risk to the region as the middle east iran and what's going on in syria i mean

this could turn sort of this ball from syria into iraq and then it can you never know what is going to stop was not get some further analysts from high fives on ghana she's a kurdish iraqi marvelous former prisoner of saddam hussein's regime she's also contributed to the guardian newspaper thank you so much for joining us i guess you must have been first of all greatly relieved back in two thousand and three when the intervention began and u.s. forces effectively won your freedom. can you repeat the question please i can hear you very well were you relieved back in two thousand and three when the invasion began and the u.s. forces affectively one your freedom. oh no that's told no i mean we understood from the beginning many iraqis did that including myself that this is not really really liberation as it's been claimed this is invasion and there is

a difference between opposing saddam's regime and the okee paying off your own country. so ten years on what's your assessment of the security situation right now . well it's absolutely total because it is affecting daily life from morning until night every single hour of the day people are feeling unsafe to do anything whoever goes they don't know i mean doesn't know whether they come back safely or not. distrust of the regime. terrorists mostly targeting innocent people or other. other forces so it's a huge decline in the security and the feeling of safety driving people mother to on a human level that's right these latest figures put ninety percent of the casualties

as civilian casualties the prime minister has asked the u.s. for help what could he mean by about what kind of help a second intervention. well this is asking for more to be supplied by more weapons by more advanced technology in order to what he calls to fight al qaida but what he is not mentioning really is it's not just al qaida was active in iraq terrorist acts is part and parcel of the regime itself there are about six other organizations or militias which there are a thousand to the. political process and the regime itself are acting in very violent way against iraqi civilians there are a method the army militia. brigade there is

a sizable house and i can go on and on and continue counting many others so asking for extra weapons is in fact is adding to the crime the crimes of the u.s. says the equation. patient in two thousand and three committed against iraqi people until now the weapons of a mobile for the regime molecule regime has been used in a bigger way against the civilians themselves when they are demonstrating when they are in visuals and we've seen that clearly an epidural and her wages north of baghdad where there was a vigil come and it was attacked by the security forces fifty one people were killed they were demonstrators. and many others like it three times that figure where women did and as we know in iraq because of the lack of health service many of the wounded usually you will end up dead aside from lack of weapons as you say

or at least to the prime minister will claim why can't the government cope with this on its own. well the government does not represent the people i mean the government is quite busy squabbling among the alliance is formed off alliance of some political parties most of them got militias and they are very busy fighting each other so this entire fighting is causing a lot of the. core undoes violence against the civilians it's not the lack of weapons that is the trust of the people it's the real intention of the work of the regime itself and the many political parties there in order to ensure the security of the people the only civil guard for any government in the world to reduce terrorism whatever it is is that is to build the trust with their own people

and their money with all this money she has they felt tremendously and the suspect . gone are kurdish iraqi novelist and former prisoner of saddam hussein's regime live with us on the line from london thank you very much for your time. well the pakistani taliban has vowed to avenge the death of its leader who was killed in a u.s. drone strike and pakistani officials say that the assassination has derailed peace talks with the militants hears islam about british journalists and you'll rashid with the latest. security has gone and there is a lot of security in major cities off pakistan in the heart. because of course so far the statements from the government have been very grim and leaders have been saying this is bin and not there at them to sabotage the peace talks between

pakistan's government and the taliban interior minister of pakistan he has stated that only david for yesterday in the march was talking about peace talks and they were almost underway right now yes today's event of another drone strike that killed. the country is again a conflict as to what should be the next step what to expect from the taliban as far as the government by stance government is concerned the strike strongly condemned this attack and they are expecting to. continue with the start but so far it seems. so far it's at a dead end and it's difficult to see right now steve what would be the next step because. there would be a bloody retaliate shoot from the taliban and the security is heightened in the i'm everyone is just in anticipation as to what will be the next move. u.s.

and pakistani officials recently praise the way bilateral relations were developing but this latest drone strike will likely tarnish that trend that's according to peace activists nor mir. this is an absolute defiance of. on behalf of the u.s. government of what no washer we've had explicitly stated was necessary for poc son to take the matter into its own hands and this just seems to be a slap on the face to say your peace talks really do not mean anything to us and it seems to be the us stating that it wants absolutely nothing to do with the pakistani government's stance on this so we see a regression in terms of in terms of where we could be heading. taking a bite of the problem europe's on high alert over a recent rabies outbreak in france amid fears it could spill over the border. protection as. we put ourselves at risk coming up we take a look into how the u.k.

safaris are handling disease prevention with vets arguing they're taking their eyes off the. torch is on its epic journey to suck. one hundred twenty three days. through to some other cities and. really fourteen thousand people or sixty thousand killings. in a record setting trip. there. are numbers face. torch relay. on our t.v. . his lover into an amazon. that had been my dream for so long. but he couldn't hold on to the research. teacher and now she runs her own factory

threw down a challenge to man there's no alcohol no smoking and even coffee is forbidden they worship the sun. will he ever be able to win back. his woman. welcome back you're watching our t.v. live from moscow the u.s. senate committee has passed a bill to rein in the n.s.a. following the revelations of leaker edward snowden the document was aimed at scaling down the amount of records the intelligence agency will be able to obtain yet critics say the measure will do quite the opposite. senator feinstein's bill is an effort to codified the n.s.a.'s bulk collection of americans telephone records which is in fact on shaky legal footing right now and there's another program

that's being legalized in this bill which has not gotten as much attention as it really should which is the back door searches of international communications and so what has been happening is that the n.s.a. is allowed under the files and then its act to go collect huge amounts of communications of people who are suspected to be foreigners overseas without any individual warrant because they are foreigners overseas what ends up happening is the n.s.a. scoops a lot of communications between people overseas and americans and also ends up scooping a lot of purely domestic communications of americans into that as well these are all communications americans communications that the n.s.a. would need an individualized order court order or warrant to look at under ordinary circumstances. another sign of the ever growing reach of the national security agency is the brand new you talk to her but it's called the eye of a crowd of persistent protesters were taken over part of

a local highway to demonstrate their outrage at surveillance practices or jasmine a fortnight has more. known for its desert wind. and picturesque mountains utah has long been home to the nation's largest population of mormon's t.j. it's also home to america's soon to be biggest spy complex they put it inside of the middle of an army base so you care about be protesting the army to protest the n.s.a. . dan garfield learned his lesson on independence day when police prohibited more than one hundred restore the fourth activists from protesting in front of the n.s.a.'s one point five billion dollar data center. shortly thereafter the group thought of a way to claim a two mile long stake right next to the n.s.a. they keep on trying to kick us out for being here why don't we just adopt a highway we think of and we can clean up in the coming weeks

a big sign will be placed right here that says restore the fourth you tom and for each day that employees report to work at the data center they will pass by this sign reminded of the public distrust of the n.s.a. and its ever expanding surveillance programs r t four members will be required to clean the highway at least three times a year but many activists like lorraine a potter plan on being outside the data center much more often armed with an anti n.s.a. picket sign they believe that it is their place. to take in harvest all of our information the fourth amendment to the us constitution guarantees the right to be secure from unreasonable search and seizure. r t four was born into a nationwide grassroots movement after whistleblower edward snowden revealed how the n.s.a. spies on its own citizens as well as foreigners world leaders and even the vatican we're never going to be able to reverse this if we don't speak up if we don't say

something if we don't get people aware of what's being done so what's being done inside the utah data center according to reports the surveillance complex will be filled with servers routers and computer intelligence experts working to intercept capture and analyze vast quantities of the world's communication. or other after buildings back there if the secrets inside the data center are heavily protected by fences the national guard and countless warning signs that overlooks the whole valley. kind of is almost like a symbolic overwatch of the populace that makes you paranoid. r.t. you top. some go are taking measures into their own hands in a bid to beat the n.s.a. by creating an innovative news by proof platform both of them in the president and

co-founder of silent circle explains how his company aims to curb e-mail surveillance through the encryption of data. we're trying to restore the privacy that we feel that has been lost by a pervasive surveillance email is intercepted by intelligence agencies all around the world and we've discovered through the snowden revelations that. our own government is spying on its own citizens who it's turned all americans into foreigners as if we were. you know intelligence targets we can't make everything surveillance proof but what we can do is try to reduce the amount of exposure of e-mail metadata that's the data that says what the man who is from who we've stew at the time and these days the method data in the mail header is is really important for being able to surveil a society and see who's talking to who in the meantime the controversy continues

over the people who allowed those revelations to be revealed to the world it's come to light the reason the partner of journalist glenn greenwald was held at heathrow airport in the summer was because the british authorities claimed he was involved in terrorism and that's vietnam's now the statement was disclosed during a court hearing earlier david miranda filed a legal action against the british government seeking the return of his possessions and a review of the legality of his detention and nine hour questioning among the things confiscated were material supplied by edward snowden it's the authorities that could endanger people's lives if released greenwald lamba the claims in an e-mail to reuters news agency he said the government with absolutely and explicitly equating terrorism with journalism. now the country is targeted the most by the n.s.a. snooping activities are seeking ways to put a bridle on u.s. surveillance germany and brazil submitted

a resolution to the un general assembly hoping to create international oversight mechanisms that would prevent their governments from being spied on. but the chinese confusion between switzerland and sweden the countries consulates have come up with a funny solution to explain which is which head to our website find out the details . ukraine's gearing up to sign a landmark partnership deal with the european union at the end of november it would guarantee the former soviet republic free trade access to the blocs markets but is the country's car industry ready to take up the task or to select investigates. entering the association agreement with the e.u. is being sold to the public as a step forward and while indeed the country's farmers might enjoy better export deals with a projected four hundred million euros annual profit the machinery bosses are not so happy the country's factories might simply not be able to afford modernizing to e.u. standards that would cost almost

a staggering one hundred thirty billion euros and that would repeat the fate of the industrial giants who have already been caught in that trap hungary's bus factory it was the leader in public bus production throughout nineteen seventies europe producing more than fourteen thousand buses a year in two thousand and seven it shut down having failed to compete on the european market it's now reopened only to export small shipments of buses to latin american countries and repair all their models in the one nine hundred seventy s. poland's lightweight delivery buses were exported to over one hundred countries all over the world but in two thousand new sim orders and f. a c. factories both vanished from the face of the earth after being purchased by dell and g.m. respectively lot to be as rough buses were well known in the year in the soviet union those were probably the most widespread public transport vehicles on the country's roads but in the one nine hundred ninety s. the company failed to meet standards and lost the eastern market as well riga was so keen on your integration that it blocked roughs last ditch attempt to save itself through a merger with

a russian gas company in one thousand nine hundred the car factory was officially declared bankrupt there are more examples of such failures in central and eastern europe all united by one issue failure to survive in the european market as things stand it's hard to imagine which industrial enterprises in ukraine would be able to avoid the same fate. so news in brief now starting with the shooting at los angeles international airport. on him coming up that elevator and run by about ten feet away from me with this guy who did. you just grab the rifle like like he knew how to write it just you don't believe it's really it's like seeing something on t.v. but we say the gunman who opened fire on friday sent a suicide text message to his father prior to the incident soon after twenty three year old paul c. and cea stormed into a crowded terminal killed the security agent and wounded several other people the shooter was overpowered by the incident set off panic and

a stampede parts of the world sixth busiest airport were evacuated and over seven hundred domestic flights disrupted it all the details and updates on this story at our t.v. dot com. an explosion at a chinese fireworks factory has killed eleven of its employees and injured seventeen more to businessman have reportedly been arrested over the blast that reduced the building to a pile of rubble most of the victims were said to be women assembling fuses for firecrackers and the cause of the blast is not yet clear but chinese factories are notorious for their work safety conditions. more than one hundred firefighters have battled a major blaze at a scrap metal yard in the east of london science believed to contain hazardous gas cylinders it started just hours before firefighters were due to walk out in the strike over salaries and changes to pension conditions. france has issued a rabies alert after a kitten died of the disease rabies was thought to have been eliminated from the

country back in two thousand and one it can be fatal to humans if not treated france's warning has raised concerns across europe forcing health officials to elaborate ways to prevent further outbreaks there's artie's polly boyko reports vets in the u.k. claim the government's underestimating the threat. nowadays it's respawn and his dog can travel to the u.k. can you imagine the price of every friendly animal you meet imagine rabies in britain back when this public information video was made westminster's fear of rabies was so high that any animal coming into the country had to enjoy six months in quarantine first rabies is a killer we must keep rabies out but the rules were relaxed last year when britain was forced to join the european union's pet travel scheme. it's really like the razor system these drugs have come a lot from brazil them by the way vietnam in thailand they all need to be

quarantined upon entry to the u.k. but pets coming in from europe and some other countries are exempt all they need is a pet possible and a microchip. since the scheme started there has been seven hundred fifty one cases of rabies in animals in romania and three hundred ninety five in poland the latest case of the disease was in holland there was no longer the requirement for a blood test on a six month wait which means that joe could be vaccination be within the u.k. within three weeks which bears no resemblance to the integration period easy's actually those who work with animals say that angry at the government's failure to challenge the e.u. directive and safeguard the u.k. and saudi we gear up again and everything europe seems to say we seem to have to we're not protecting ourselves to say to a sudden the slot sights and sounds we've put ourselves at risk this pictures owners take her in and out of the u.k. on a regular basis this is what her e.u.

pet possible looks like but campaign to say that meso easy to forge the number of dogs being smuggled into the u.k. illegally has increased by four hundred percent since the rules were relaxed. the dog can be brought into the country going to a hot mix in the park with other dogs is that there was a carrier they make stalls policy known to other animals then you've got it out right travel are called for it cools absolute devastation the department for environment food in rural affairs says the risk of a dog with rabies entering the u.k. is still extremely low but animal charities disagree several have already said that they're stocking up on rabies vaccines in order to protect the stock. r.t. london's going to special report coming up here next on our today after a short break.

the office of civil rights in the city of seattle washington has told city employees that certain terms may not be used in official emails and discussion scoring to google fox news these terms would be brown bag and citizen ninety nine percent of americans when they hear the expression brown bag think of taking a nice healthy lunch you know in a brown paper bag to work with themselves but in politically correct insanity land these words are obvious reminder of the days when a person's skin color was compared to a brown paper bag to determine race well if any were even remotely linked to an incident of racism needs to be banned then we've got to get rid of the word blanket because they give the native americans disease till blankets to kill them i and they block their land with beads so we've got to get rid of that word to remember the separate drinking fountains and segregated buses based on race in america yes so we can't say those words anymore either or we might just possibly remember

something bad which could lead to the ultimate horror of the modern western world unpleasant thoughts we see a lot of western countries the term citizen becoming offensive because it makes resident foreigners legal or illegal feel like second class people well compared to actual citizens legally you kind of are if you're offended that you are not treated as a citizen of seattle why not assimilate become a citizen the united states join the team but that's just my opinion. we have a media that is corrupted by power mostly by corporate out of the know

to go after your fellow was just a little tiny part of a big investment there when the two main. goals a company with deep deep pockets are sure they're hiring very bass. i think of being a little bit naive if you think that you can take a. big interstate and expect to move away without some sort of funny to us. it was beyond belief i want to bring it back to be done through a participant in a film festival. i think the goal succeeded and games a long time down about the credibility of the story. as a swedish filmmaker and journalist i almost took the right to freedom of speech for granted.