tv News Weekly RT July 6, 2014 4:44pm-5:01pm EDT
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hello again you without international in its hunt for lucrative shale gas reserves u.s. energy firm chevron a started to live in northeast romania and that the government claims the technology is safe the public is still uneasy about the controversial industry they give her skin off that some of the locals who might have to bear the consequences of the drilling. this family gets everything from their farm it's their home and
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business at the same time since whatever extra they managed to produce they sell that's why having chevron develop shell gas just a few miles away is to say the least causing concern is and we know what they did in other countries using this technique we're really worried it will contaminate the water and the air our food comes from the soil we're afraid for our animals all plants and ourselves wherever these people go they plant death. last december the small romanian village made global headlines when its residents tried stopping the u.s. energy giant from coming here the protests and it in clashes with the police and arrests while officials gave the green light to start the operation. despite the fierce opposition from the local starting from the sixth of may chevron began the drilling the company says it's going to continue until the target is reached approximately at around two and a half miles below the surface of the drilling goes on twenty four hours a day seven days a week since in this industry time is money fracking or hydraulic fracturing is
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a way of developing underground deposits of natural gas by pumping a high pressure mix of water sand and chemicals into the ground this cracks deep layers of rock to let the gas out chevron has signed a deal with the romanian government to exploit its shell gas for the next thirty years the company also gets to decide what to do with it well the state gets royalties of between three and a half and thirteen percent. so this is exactly the same technology as those used in the united states the latest generation fracking techniques show very good results in terms of safety for the environment but in fact it's because of the us that the adverse effects that fracking is believed to have on the environment became global you know these include flame that will tap water contaminated soil and pieces of illnesses among both humans and animals that's why it caused the wave of protests across the globe and is either banned or under a moratorium in several countries including russia germany and france. back in
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the locals claim they won't back down saying it's not only their lives they're fighting for but the next generation of romanians as well it's going off. also this week japan's ruling parties agreed to lift a self-imposed ban on overseas military operations for the first time since the second world war the decision to change the constitution provoked a wave of protests the video to show you in fact contains a very graphic see. oh man even went as far as you can see you setting yourself alight in protest he's currently in hospital the latest rally outside the province's office in tokyo trying to run ten thousand people it led to clashes with police the protesters criticized the government for failing to hold a referendum on expanding japan's military ambitions defense list say the change may affect the balance of power in the region is japan could help potentially fighting overseas at the moment the u.s.
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is deploying more troops to the area around eighty thousand military personnel at more than forty bases across the asia pacific while some experts don't see this new shift japan is particularly serious others warn it could have grave consequences in a potential future conflict. further. impact more it would be united states you know. they're worried. they want their characters. this move by the japanese prime minister to essentially change the constitution by c.e.o. we have two very powerful countries china japan and japan is has a military alliance with the united states so if circe any kind of dust up between japan and china then we're talking back to nuclear powers butting heads and i'm
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a little surprised that people are not maybe more concerned about this situation and they are they have to have two thirds majority from both houses and then it will become a referendum for the people what ali has done has circumvented all of that and declared that his resolution can't just reinterpret the constitution and that's a very dangerous power even if you agree with what he's doing the process by which he's doing it has completely gone. making headlines run the world right now two separate attacks on neighboring coastal districts in kenya have killed more than twenty people during the first assault government stormed a police station. released dozens of detainees at the same time some of them linked to previous terror attacks and in the second incident heavily armed militants raided a trading center in the village of hindi the islamist group al-shabaab says it was behind both attacks bad weather to tell you about here rain the storm is
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a battered eastern china into sunday it's caused landslides and cut off into sections at least one person has been confirmed dead that number could rise as rescue teams are still assessing the affected areas earlier in the week heavy downpours submerged streets and caused traffic chaos in the north and south of the country. before engineers are believed to have been kidnapped in libya amid the deteriorating security situation in the country or saturday night security forces and armed militias engaged in street battles in tripoli one soldier was reportedly killed fighting between pro-government forces and various armed groups has been on the rise since the downfall of colonel gadhafi in twenty eleven. britain's biggest ever warship go to all seal of approval in scotland this last week named after her majesty the queen elizabeth is the first of two naval vessels being built at a cost of over ten billion dollars but with the yes no referendum on scottish independence living opinions are divided about the future. bases currently there we
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looked at the possible implications with two military experts should scotland separate the remains of the u.k. will still have defense forces all i would say is that if you have a single unit tree force and you split it into two parts then it inevitably costs money to set up the other part with all the admin and things like that but it ends up less efficient so there will be less money effectively and we already don't spend enough on defense assuming that an independent scotland supplication to join nato was successful then. and we expect the rest of the nato organization to come to their aid and vice versa i think when we talk about defense and independence go to the all roads eventually lead to tried and now the government has said it would seek the speediest and safest removal of trident from scottish territory however there are huge implications in that because there appears to be no where the trident fleet plus its warheads could go in the u.k.
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in the short to medium term and to move it would be hugely expensive and disruptive would keep you posted up to an after september now how to spot a potential terrorist good question partly it's easy for america's national security agency all it takes is to start using online privacy tools like this one you get on the n.s.a. blacklist the cities you visit this german based network it's used to hide the ip address of your device and even if you just curious about how it all works it's best to probably not to even search for it online because that puts you on the agency's radar for whistle blowers and those who help keep their identities hidden the n.s.a.'s gone beyond redemption here that. we've seen for the revelations that they're literally spying on every country that they can with the exception of for. in my opinion the n.s.a. is a great the agency if i as an individual had undertaken the same actions i would be thrown into prison for thirty years any attempt to reform. my opinion is like
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bailing out the ship that's already suck they did have a process that does limits what n.s.a. looks at and can take in and store in its database so you can take a look at the the storage facilities they're building and get an idea of how much they're taking in like a million square foot storage facility in bluffdale utah and other stories that they've had existing all along at fort meade as well as other facilities around the world broadcasting around the world from all th q. here in moscow thank you for your company your statements away from more of the week's world news in today's headlines they seize. the national. system so we need. the same push and secure. your party is it. is that no one is with big they deserve answers from.
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our. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise others to do so. i will never do harm to any. doctors of the dogs are to. see the seriousness of the tried to. the same people are going to be
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this is what we do we kill people and break. we can see something as simple as people playing soccer game you can see individual players and if you see the ball. you can almost see is facial expression you can see he is now open and crying. maybe cursed. or maybe he asked. for forgiveness for. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or in. rise of the islamic state or isis in the middle east is said to reorder political realities in the region the west feel colonial agenda for the arab world is coming to an end it would seem the arab spring has been replaced with a jihadi summer. that america's military might and its foreign policy exist
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separately from want to know that the us is a formidable military power but sadly its weak foreign policy was that is why i'm not inclined to suspect the obama administration of pursuing some secret plan directed against. terrorism the nature of terrorism is becoming increasingly internationalized a local governments which may be the case in afghanistan i very limited and belittle to curtail that increasingly globalized threat what how do you really strike a balance here the father has got has by not fighting brooks who was quoted in the post if we all start for i did book two of them a lot of them were they would be peaceful if you tried to help them militarily. because the example of this big success.
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this is the weekly from r t international tonight the ukrainian army raises entire villages in its bid to reclaim anti-government strongholds in the restive east of the country sending the civilian death toll soaring. was it the e.u. we report on those unwillingly courting kill civilians the elderly and even children written off as collateral. headlining to the south of the jihad this leader of the recently proclaimed islamic caliphate proudly makes his first public appearance as ruthless managed to continue their advance in iraq and syria seizing control of the boss.
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