one activist from bahrain has managed to get asylum in britain caught back home sentenced to ali abdulemam to fifteen years in jail in his absence because he managed to escape before the police came knocking on his door by our study wide fall and fall of the authorities about everything he could do it is upsetting the government unless you are supporting their legitimate said what they did is i issued their website that last for allowing the people of bahrain to. participate in exchange their ideas. brainstorming and things that form forward in the world towards the twenty one century. that's what we do doesn't want it in behind a door they don't want their people to be educated and to know they are right i went into hiding for two years and i was applying high level security to protect myself there was a shinin behind is very very strong you can see more than three hundred thousand on this city it's just because it's peaceful and because of this or the money no one is talking about it coming up ten nights of tear gassing in turkey as the country's prime minister hit saturday anti-governme

methods of upholding the democratic freedoms of their citizens qatar the united arab emirates kuwait bahrain and saudi arabia in saudi arabia local media has reported that the authorities asked mobile providers to find ways to monitor encrypted messaging and apps like viber skype and whatsapp and said that if these applications could not be monitored they would then be blocked while last month senior saudi religious clerics declared those who use twitter are risking damnation end quote lose both this world and their afterlife let's move on to torah now seen by many as a regional media hub a state which openly supports radical freedom fighters in syria it's now looking at punishing websites and social media with a new internet called under the new draft of the authorities will be allowed to remove news videos or post even factual ones if they think the violate the sanctity of privacy this brings us to the united arab emirates a country ruled by seven hereditary rulers were political parties are banned by a law their citizens can be jailed for tweeting like the recent piece of a man who receiv

last for allowing the people of bahrain to. participate in the exchange their ideas and brainstorming and things. form for them to move towards the twenty one century. that's what we do doesn't want one it in bahrain they don't they don't want their people to be educated and to know they are right i went into hiding for two years and i was applying high level security to protect myself the opposition in behind is very very strong you can see more than three hundred thousand on this it's just because it's peaceful and because of the saudi arabia money no one is talking about it turned knights of tear gassing in turkey as the country's problems to hit south sudan to protest is labeling the warders who lack respect for it as coming up. next the syrian rebel national coordination boards calling on all foreign fighters no matter which side they support to leave the country that's after syrian troops with the help of hezbollah fighters regain control of the town of qusayr near the lebanese border the syrian soldiers advances seem to

. >> i came here all the way from bahrain to germany to make my country proud, to represent bahrain. >> jenson remains the fitness celebrity freak. >> finally, two different worlds met in rome today when a contingent of harley-davidson enthusiasts attended a mass in st. peter's square. pope francis rode his rather more sedate vehicle to greet the and inspect their gleaming machines. the american company is celebrating its 110th anniversary. stay with us. >> parts of north and east germany continued to battle flooding this week. thousands of people were forced to evacuate after a dike burst in the state of saxony. chancellor angela merkel visited some of the worst affected areas and promised aid to flood victims and paid tribute to the thousands of volunteer workers. >> we can take pride in our country and how people have stuck together in such a difficult hour. >> emergency crews set up sandbags to protect homes, with residents in areas further north, hoping that flood defenses would hold. water levels started to fall over the course of the week, but the levees were still .eeling the

that's worth more than twenty million bucks america also sells tear gas to countries like egypt and bahrain. portnoy reports on who's cashing in on all the rivers of tears. for six days the world has seen video and images of turkish police cracking down on thousands of anti-government protesters and anon activists of all ages have been targeted indiscriminately with tear gas and pepper spray critics say that behind closed doors the united states has long played a major long role in aiding the police brutality that is currently unfolding in turkey he according to reports turkey has bought twenty one million dollars worth of tear gas and pepper spray in the past twelve years and the united states is listed as a main provider c. the us is one of the world's largest manufacturers and exporters of tear gas and whether sold or given tear gas shipments from the united states to anywhere in the world must be approved by the u.s. government the three big american tear gas manufacturers nonlethal technologies defense technology and combined systems inc have reportedly exported tear gas to dozens of n

last for allowing the people of bahrain to. participate in the exchange their ideas and brainstorming and think tank platform for them to move towards the twenty one century. that's what the region doesn't want one it in bahrain they don't they don't want their people to be educated and to know they are right i went into hiding for two years and i was applying high live in security to protect myself the opposition and behind is very very strong you can see more than three hundred thousand on this theory that it's just because it's peaceful and because of this or the money no one is talking about it. tonight set to gassing in turkey we talk about coming up with the country's prime minister his. protest is laden with a role the lack respect for islam itself the break. i told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports so i'm likely to put the no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point to say. to carry out a call is all you're talking no. thank you no more w

have reportedly exported tear gas to dozens of nations rocked by widespread protests including egypt bahrain tunisia and yemen and now as the uprisings in turkey grow more dangerous by the day dozens of activists have taken to the streets in new york city rallying across from the turkish consulates to condemn what they call the government's brutal and deplorable use of tear gas against its own citizens they are not zeus for protesting are and are pro cycling are humans they are not no use for destroying our human who's just askin for their freedoms freedom of speech the problem is that they're using food that expired since two thousand for their pictures of it there's evidence of that is a problem every day they're using gershon worse worse and worse chemicals american activists also know what it feels like to be targeted with so-called crowd control technology tear gas. canisters were widely used against protesters participating in the occupy wall street movement and experts say that the corporations manufacturing those technologies are profiting at home and abroad by assisting governments

president obama struck a ten year sixty billion dollar weapons deal with saudi arabia and despite bahrain's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters the u.s. has reportedly continued to provide tens and tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons ammunition vehicle parts and communication equipment to the country now critics accuse the u.s. of conveniently turning a blind eye to human rights violations in the gulf region for its own interests and geo political purposes. when it comes to. police who has been running. thirty years there is. jails people toward murders. no repercussions only. so the bahraini government are not meant in them all sorts of. you know to enforce their brushing. who is it's silent in the united states most americans do not know we are supporting this all referred to as long as the gulf states continue standing under america's protective umbrella experts believe those nations will remain emboldened to violate human rights and democratic principles with impunity reporting from new york. r.t. . coming up later in the program a rosy as to made the french president

in the king even though apparently their angry tweets were merely criticism of the authorities in bahrain. and that was corpus can offer reporting well there is also a question over why the u.s. hasn't been all that forthcoming over human rights violations and the gulf states despite championing its only global democracy credentials or that side of the story from artie's marina. addressing these gross human rights violations is problematic for the obama administration you see america has military bases throughout the gulf region which not coincidentally helped form a strategic envelope around iran additionally the us is in the midst of a major buildup of american military forces in the persian gulf more warships additional attack aircraft and most recently a laser weapon system have been deployed to the region in two thousand and ten president obama struck a ten year sixty billion dollar weapons deal with saudi arabia and despite bahrain's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters the u.s. has reportedly continued to provide tens and tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons ammunit

but he has been criticized for ignoring anti-government .rotests in bahrain and he is suspected of subservience to syria. his government has not exactly displayed exemplary management skills over the construction of a hydro power power dam that could threaten egypt's water supply. morsi attended the united nations general assembly, but did not meet barack obama in washington and he skipped a regional tour in march. >> morsi wants to be seen as an appendage of the united states, but in severing ties with syria recently, he allied himself with washington, it kind of turbulence that has been affecting democratic transition in egypt. cut -- >> kevin read has returned as the australian prime minister, forcing juliette out of -- julia gillard her crew. >> of the former australian prime minister as leader once more. , the truththe smiles is the australian politics is brutal. kevin read toppled julia girouard from leadership on wednesday, largely seen as revenge for what happened three years ago. gillard was gracious, but said her tenure was never easy, especially because she was australia's first fema

. >> in north bahrain fell for the morning and this is video from highway 101 in san rafael the hadder hit area. look at these clouds. sky 7 captured the gray cloud cover dropping rain and mist. >> today the supreme court will headache a decision on two key issues concerning same-sex marriage. california's proposition 8 the ban on bay marriage and the federal defense of marriage act. we go to san francisco city hall. >> the countdown is on. tomorrow, the fate of prop 8 is known. battle for marriage equality began here nine years ago and will likely end here. many couples will gather to hear of the supreme court ruling. >> the waiting is almost over for shawn and his partner, mike. they will know tomorrow if they have a right to marry. >> i feel excited and confident knowing the supreme court will do the right thing the. >> the decision will be his attorney. there are three possible outcomes. the prop 8 could be uphold, struck down, or be invalidated if the court says it has in legal standing over an appeals court ruling calling prop 8 unconstitutional. >> to me it is much more importan

. >> there's a big gulf corporation council meeting in bahrain this week. to what extent do you think will syria dominate that meeting? and are we likely to see a more coherent gcc plan of action on syria emerge at this meeting now that if you like saudi arabia appears to have woken up and is making its voice heard? >> there's already a coherent plan. they want more partners. maybe they want the egyptians to become more active with them at that front. the turks are also very active at that front. so there is nothing new will happen out of that meeting tomorrow. but the continuation of the plan that was developed in the last few days. >> good to speak with you. >> turkey's prime minister has refused to back down to develop a park in istanbul. riot police have fired tear gas and water canons as turks faced more protests against their movements. live to istanbul. what's this protest really all about? is it about the park or is there something more political going on here? >> when it started about five ys ago, it was about those trees to turn into a shopping ba

a seventeen year old boy is been sentenced to a year in jail in bahrain for insulting the king of the gulf states the punishment comes after comments sorry i'll show from a down the social media website he denies any links to the twitter account from where the post made it's not the first time are any authority is a crackdown on critics of the morning rights activist and the rajab is having a three year sentence for inciting protests through online tweets. two police officers have been killed and up to seventeen injured in clashes with militants in russia's north caucasus republic of chechnya one of the police officers died at the scene while the other was pronounced dead as he was being transferred to hospital according to the interior ministry that crashes occurred in the public's sudden shock to a region during a police antiterrorism operation security forces in the region are on high alert ahead of the twenty fourteen winter olympics due to take place in the resort city of sochi situated close to the north caucasus. coming up technology updates discoveries in a. russian medical sc

a click away at our t dot com including this questionable confession a young man tells police in bahrain he was a hired assassin but only after being tortured into owning up to it according to human rights activists. and the cause of a plane crash that killed yuri gagarin the first man in space revealed to the public for the first time walked on to r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. the news today. these are the images. from the streets of canada. before asians rule the day. cia was a blow or a word snowden has reportedly been stopped from flying to the u.k. with airlines ordered to keep him from boarding and on who lifted the lid on the u.s. secret service is being pursued by washington which wants to prosecute him for his latest revelation he told a hong kong newspaper the u.s. reportedly repeatedly hacks into chinese computer networks he claims the u.s. has been hitting hundreds of targets in hong kong in mainland china since zero nine is particularly sensitive because washington is constantly accused beijing of being behind a series of cyber attacks on its government de

to selling tear gas and other crowd control munitions to places rocked by protests such as idjit bahrainand tunisia. while despite a violent protest turkey's ruling party has rejected all coals for snap election prime minister who won a state in a combative stance dismissing the demonstrations as the opposition's attempt to topple the government accusing the protesters of looting and vandalism foreign policy expert barbara slaven a senior fellow at the atlantic council says the wants position is damaging turkey's image as a model of islamic democracy. so far i don't think he's doing a very good job and this is a huge blow to him personally to his image and also to the turkish model which he has been touting around the middle east as something that arab countries should emulate he wants to change the constitution to create a sort of imperial presidency and then run for two terms as president this kind of behavior is alienating people who are religious as well as those who are secular so i think he's taking a big a big risk by deepening divide among turks and he really should i think quit

and the seventeen year old boy has been turned synced to a year in jail in bahrain for insulting the king of the gulf state punishment comes off a common saudi oil sharing from a donor social media website denies any links to the twitter account in the post made the first time already authorities of cracked down on critics of the monarchy human rights activist rebel rajab is having a three year sentence for inciting protests through online tweets. now at two police officers have been killed and up to seventeen injured in clashes with militants in russia's north caucasus republic of chechnya when the police officers dart at the scene while the other was pronounced dead as he was being transferred to hospital according to the interior ministry the clashes occurred in the republic southern tory region during a police antiterrorism operation security forces in the region or high alert ahead of the twenty fourteen olympics if you take place in the resort city of sochi situated close to the north caucasus. well coming up a technology update discussions of a sensitive ational in the russian

a seventeen year old boy has been sentenced to a year in jail in bahrain for insulting the king of the gulf state the punishment comes after comments from made on the social media web site denies any links to the twitter account from when the posts were made the first time already offloads is a crackdown on critics of the monocle rights activist rajab is serving a three year sentence for inciting protests through online tweets. two police officers have been killed and up to seventeen injured in clashes with militants in russia's north caucasus republic of chechnya one of the police officers died at the scene while the other was pronounced dead as he was being transferred to hospital according to the interior ministry the crashes occurred in the republic's southern should only region your police patrol and terrorism operation the security forces in the region are on high alert ahead of the twenty fourteen winter olympics to take place in the results city of sochi situated close to the north caucasus. next kinds exposes accounting tricks to banks new form of financial fraud in the kaiser

a seventeen year old boy is been sentenced to a year in jail in bahrain for insulting the king of the gulf state the punishment comes after comments from made on a social media website he denies any links to the twitter account from where the posts were made the first time bahraini authorities of cracking down on critics of the more likely the rights activist nabil rajab is serving a three year sentence for inciting protests through online tweets. two police officers have been killed and up to seventeen have been injured in clashes with militants in russia's and of caucuses republic of chechnya earlier reports that indicated that fifteen security officers were wounded while chasing an armed gang of the police officers died at the scene while the other passed away as he was being transferred to a hospital according to the interior ministry the crossfire occurred in the public's southern region and police patrols carrying out an antiterrorism operation really forces in the region are on high alert ahead of the twenty fourteen of the big games due to take place in a resort city of sochi

as seventeen year old boy has been sentenced to a year in jail in bahrain this for insulting the king of the gulf state the punishment comes after comments show fall made on a social media website now the boy denies any links to the twitter account from where the posts were allegedly made this isn't the first time before any authorities have cracked down on critics of the monarchy human rights activists in the bill job is serving a three year sentence for supposedly inciting protests through online tweets. dozens of people have been sickened to due to a nitrogen leak at a manufacturing plant operated by the intel corporation in the american state of arizona folks there reportedly suffered breathing difficulties as well as all. and at least eleven people have been taking to a local hospital now according to an intel spokesperson there is no ongoing danger in the area. several hundred trade unionists in athens have staged a peaceful demonstration against severe austerity measures and planned job cuts they're angry over a government plan to close some state agencies and to fire employees

dot com including questionable confession the young man tells the police in bahrain he was a hired assassin but only after being tortured into owning up according to human rights activists. and the course of the plane crash that killed a year ago guerin the first man in space is revealed to the public for the first time welcome to r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. today violent games played out. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joint operations room. say a whistleblower edward snowden has reportedly been stopped from flying to the u.k. with the airline's awarded to keep him from boarding the man who lifted the lid on america's secret surveillance activities is being pursued by washington which once a to prosecute him for his latest revelation he told a hong kong newspaper that a us repeatedly hacks into chinese computer networks now he claims that the us has been hitting hundreds of targets in hong kong and in mainland china since two thousand and nine this is particularly sensitive because washington has constantly accused beijing of

for them to move towards the twenty one century that's what doesn't want one it in bahrain they don't they don't want their people to be educated and to know they are right i went into hiding for two years and i was applying high living securities to protect myself and behind is very very strong you can see more than three hundred thousand on this it's just because it's peaceful and because of this or the money no one is talking about to ten nights of gassing in turkey as a country singer hits out of government for task force labeling them marauders who lack respect for islam and that's coming up here in r t. a roadside bomb has struck lebanon's main beirut to damascus highway damaging some vehicles and came shortly after syrian troops with the help of has fighters regain control of the town of qusayr near the lebanese border the syrian soldiers advances seem to be pushing rebel supporters to spur washington into action supposedly are now reports. bomb administration could decide this week whether or not to approve lethal aid for syrian rebels the u.s. secretary of state john kerry ha

march into places like lebanon, destabilizing jordan and iraq and gulf states like saudi arabia and bahrainw, the united states of america has got to be present in this. no other country has the potential even to change the dynamics on the ground and to take the initiative in the region. >> pelley: former secretary of state in the bush administration condoleezza rice, thanks for being with us. >> pleasure to be with you. >> pelley: coming up next, a car is a lot faster than the airplane that took flight today. we'll show you in a minute. xúxú [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. need a little kick? foour neighbors.... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more.. low and no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know... exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calori

stories also on the line of dot com including this questionable confession a young man tells police in bahrainhe was a hired hit men but only after allegedly being tortured into saying it according to human rights activists plus. the cause of the plane crash that killed in the first man in space revealed to the public for the first time on r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. today violence is once again. these are the images the world seen from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule today. burning out of some other stories making international headlines violent clashes have erupted in brazil's largest city is people took to the streets on mosques angry at a public transport price hike police using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd detaining at least forty demonstrators more than one thousand activists also protested in the country's capital. two people dead after a ferry sank off the philippines fifty four others and their crew pulled from the water by rescuers reports say the ferry could have been unbalanced by two buses and a truck aboard the coast guard

dot com including this question of old fashion a young man tells police in bahrain he was a hired hit man but only after being tortured into saying it according to a human rights group. because of the plane crash that killed yuri gagarin the first man in space revealed to the public for the first time clip at r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. turning now to some other world headlines violent clashes erupt in brazil's largest city as people take to the streets. angry at a public transport price hike police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds detaining at least forty demonstrators more than a thousand activists also protested in the country's capital. two people dead after a ferry sank off the philippines fifty four others and crew pulled from the water by rescuers reports say the ferry could have been on balance by two buses and a truck that were aboard the coast guard scanning the area searching for people not on the passenger list but who likely world on the vessel. colorado wildfires have destroyed nearly three hundred eighty homes and killed two t