well the irony is has made a name for himself as a blogger who was exposing various large scale corruption scandals he has actually very active in using social. just on media he's an avid twitter use their live journal writer and has actually. physically gained more than millions of followers that you can take with you so he's rather popular among those who are using the internet actively also he was quite active in the opposition movement and the opposition media the person they're sort of a figurehead because they have been accused of being disunited so divided house became one of those for at helm of the opposition but is not definitely not the only leader of the opposition also according to various studies. the popularity of course is the rather large in large cities like mosul in st petersburg and of course on the internet but in the in regions for example with here and here of i think virtually unknown people haven't started figuring out who he is until the trial actually got underway and the people became interested. so nobody has become popular through the exposition of these of th

a prominent blogger he's also the poster boy for the russian opposition who have tried to to i. unite around some sort of a figurehead divided he has served in one way or another as such but he is definitely not the only leader of the opposition whichever means rather disunited he is here with several with the with a group of supporters they are camping out by the court house at the very moment of course their their endeavors have been somewhat hampered by the tarantula downpour that we've had and curable throughout the night and in the early morning hours but we're still waiting of course for the verdict off the judge everything depends on the final sentence ruling which is yet to be heard the verdict itself is more than one hundred pages long so it could take up to several hours for the judge to finish reading it or i will read it as you just mentioned the sentences being read out at this point and you really briefly mentioned what his defense could possibly do but what other options lie on the table for an evolving there. well he can't i mean he even though he did arrive to c

streets in central moscow to protest against a five year jail sentence for russian anti corruption blogger alexina valmy has been found guilty of investment. aiding the enemy sticks as a military judge sift through whistleblower bradley manning's charges which could potentially condemn the private life behind bars with no parole. exploiting the conflict chaos al qaida reportedly announces plans to create its own state in syria using land captured by the opposition and seizing its money and weapons. and the money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we report to this hour on how one think tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. just after ten pm now here in moscow when it was kevin zero in ok our top story then russian anti corruption blogger election of ali's been hunted five years in jail today for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise he was a mediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs our correspondents are across there so we're hoping to go to cure for a bit later a co-sponsor is there that's where

owen here tonight is to say just past eight pm now on our top story this russian anti corruption blogger alexina valmy has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his state enterprise he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs you go piskun office in central moscow with reaction to the ruling no hi there we go what's going on where you are i can see the crowds are gathered what what is the state of play down there right now. where we're at miners a square right now this is one of the busiest places in the central moscow traffic wise this is the peak of the evening rush hour right now with heavy traffic on. the street. mine isn't a square itself was previously cleared by the police and blocked for all pedestrians and attempts to prevent the an authorized rally from taking place in support of and against the verdict of the five years jail sentence that the opposition blogger received earlier on thursday but as a result scores of people and his supporters gathered on the corners on the sidewalks around the int

half a million dollars worth of fraud and embezzlement sues russian anti-corruption blogger alexei navalny gets five years behind bars but an appeal is expected imminently. exploiting the conflict chaos al-qaeda reportedly announces plans to create its own state in syria using land captured by the opposition seizing its money and weapons . and the seems to be money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. report on how one thing tank plans a road map awarded i had a full head pardon me of a proposed referendum. thanks for joining me this hour i'm lucy cough and when you're watching our team well on to our top story right now russian anti-corruption blogger alex a not only has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state prize he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock and handcuffs let's cross not live now to our correspondent who is outside of the courthouse and pissed off who is a awaiting reaction in central moscow now irina we'll start with you i do assume that feelings must have run pide both inside and outsi

moscow this evening in protest against the five year jail sentence for a russian anti corruption blogger alexina valmy he's been found guilty of embezzlement and we'll update you on but to. also ahead nothing on the table for syria america's top general reveals that he's presented options for a military intervention to the white house and the president is considering whether to use the. lose money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we've got a report coming up on how one think tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. rather good evening for just joining us is kevin owen here live with. the saving of moscow and i'll top story military judges refused to drop the most serious charge facing whistleblower bradley manning that of aiding the enemy found guilty the former private accused of leaking classified information to wiki leaks could face life in jail without parole let's cross to well he was at today's hearing how their lives you can hear it's a big blow here isn't it for a defense team. that is right today the judge did not dismiss that charge the charge o

russian anti-corruption blogger only seen avali is sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement but could walk free pending appeal after prosecutors asked for his temporary release and a surprise move. that. damned there on israel's settlement expansion plans new cooperation guidelines make the occupied territories an eligible for future funding. is certainly coming to light from the russian capital eight am here on marina joshie welcome to the program prospects are looking bleak for the u.s. army was a lower bradley manning a military judge has refused to drop the charge against him of aiding the enemy that means the army private who turned over thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks could spend the rest of his live behind bars with no chance of parole his wall has been following the case. today did not dismiss that charge that charge of aiding in the enemy that is the most serious charge that bradley manning faces and so as of now the possibility of life without parole is a very real possibility for bradley manning the court examined all the evidence all the testimony tha

russian anti-corruption blogger ali sina vali sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement but can walk free pending appeal after prosecutors asked for his temporary release and a surprise move. and of the eight you puts a dampener on israel's settlement expansion plans new cooperation guidelines make the occupied territories knowledgeable for future funding. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program. now prospects are looking bleak for the u.s. military whistleblower bradley manning a judge has refused to drop the charge against him aiding the enemy that means the army private who turned over thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks could spend the rest of us live behind bars was no chance of parole has been following the case it is the most serious charge of the private first class faces so that means he still faces the possibility of life without parole now the court took a look at the testimony and evidence we've heard so far throughout this case and found that there is enough evidence to move forward with this char

the russian anti-corruption blogger alexina vonnie could get a last minute reprieve a day after being sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement the court is considering granting a temporary release pending and he's appealed you're looking at live pictures right now. and a life sentence looms for u.s. army private bradley manning after a judge uphold a charge that he aided the enemy in leaking classified documents but washington faces an uphill struggle and its war on whistleblowers. and the e.u. puts a dampener on israel's settlement expansion plans new cooperation guidelines make the occupied territories ineligible for future funding. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie now we've seen a volley of russian anti-corruption campaign or convicted yesterday of defrauding a state company is back in court prosecutors who earlier succeeded in having him sentenced to five years in jail are now asking that the volley be released pending appeal the judges are expected to announce their decision any minute now while i'm now joined live to talk about t

breaking news here in r t a russian anti-corruption blogger only seen a volley walks free at least temporarily has been released with travel restrictions banning he's appealed the day after being sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement. a life sentence looms for u.s. army private bradley manning after a judge uphold the charge that he aided the enemy in leaking classified documents but washington faces an uphill struggle in its war on whistleblowers. and the e.u. put down there on israel's settlement expansion plans as new cooperation guidelines blog the occupied territories from future funding. as one pm of the russian capital you're watching r t will begin with breaking news this hour and a corruption blogger volley and he was killed a phantom both sentenced yesterday to jail time have been released at least temporarily they are now subject to travel bans while they are appeals are in process i'm now joined live. outside the court in here of and under a farmer in central moscow well hello welcome to both of you a first we go to. you've been following this case from the very beginnin

in the center of the city to protest against a five year jail sentence for russian anti corruption blogger alexina valmy has been found guilty of embezzlement blood coming back coming up. also aiding the enemy still says a military judge sifts through whistleblower bradley manning's charges which could potentially condemn the private to life behind bars with no parole. exploiting the conflict chaos al qaeda reportedly announces plans to create its own state in syria using land captured by the opposition and seizing its money and weapons. and seems there's money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. a report coming up this hour on how one think tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. very good evening chief just joined us as i say just after nine pm now my name's kevin i mean this is. well our main story tonight russian anti corruption blogger alexina vollies been one hundred five years in jail today for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs he got his

he a blogger. he is now a member of our profession and we ought to stop those people who suggest that he is guilty of some kind of crime for soliciting news or encouraging people to talk to him what is what the government tried to say about james rosen. >> eric: i don't know if greenwald is fair and honest? >> what do you mean fair? he has a point of view and he is open about it. i think the problem is journalists who have an agenda, that a reader or viewer is not aware of. >> we don't know that greenwald is fair but we leave it to sort that out. history will judge whether he is accurate or not. in the meantime, in the interests of all journalists to protect their right to free speech even though as we agree that snowden is looking less and less glamorous and more and more like a dupe for the russians. >> eric: they talk about him being a hero or trader? >> i think -- or traitor. >> on greenwald it's much more interesting to me. when you look at the rosen case the idea that an american journalist w

he's a blogger. he is now a member of our profession and we ought to stop those people who suggest that he's guilty of some kind of crime for soliciting news or encouraging people to talk to him which is what the government tried to say about james rosen, pox news reporter. >> how do we know he's being pair and hon snes. >> what do you mean fair he has a point of view and he's open about it. i think the problem is journalists who have an agenda that are -- a reader or viewer is mott aware of. >> we don't know that -- greenwald is fair but leave it to the first amendment and battle of ideas on sort that out. history will judge whether greenwald has been accurate or not but in the meantime, it is in the interest of all journalists and all americans to protect his right to free speech. even as we agree that snowden was looking less and less glamorous. >> they talk about him being a hero, talk about him being a traitor. what's your feeling? >> well, on snowden i think she a traitor. i don't think it is m

of course is a man who is a very well known blogger who has made a name for himself with social media. zero his exposure of several high ranking corruption scandals he's extremely popular on sites like twitter and live journal in russia and especially in large cities likes most going st petersburg and regions however he is a not such a well known figure not extrude nogs rather notorious if i live course is also the poster boy for the russian opposition. one of the figureheads of the entire opposition movement which has been dwindling in russia recently but he did manage to bring. quite a number of supporters who are here and care of alongside protesting outside the courthouse of course as well he's also planning to run for the post of moscow's mayor that is. to take place in september of this year there have been some reservations among his supporters that this trial will essentially stop the violent political. ambitions but at this point it doesn't look like that will be the case he is on the ballot and will not be removed from the ballot no matter the outcome of this trial so this i

breaking news here in our a russian anti-corruption blogger only seen a volley walks free at least temporarily has been released with travel restrictions pending his appeal a day after being sentenced to five years in jail for investment. a life sentence looms for u.s. army private bradley manning after a judge up holds a charge that he aided the enemy in leaking classified documents by washington faces an uphill struggle in its war on whistleblowers. and the e.u. puts a damper on israel's settlement expansion plans new cooperation guidelines to make the occupied territories an eligible for future funding. this interview coming to you live from moscow i'm maria joshie welcome to the program now we begin with breaking news this hour anti-corruption blogger alex in a volley and his cold a fan of both sentenced yesterday to jail time have been released at least temporarily and they are now subject to travel bans while they are appeals are in process i'm now joined life by going to go who's outside the court in kiro. farmer who is in central moscow for us well first off you've been following the h

russian anti-corruption blogger all excited of all new walks free at least temporarily has been released with travel restrictions pending his appeal a day after being sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement. a life sentence looms for u.s. army private bradley manning after a judge of hold a charge that he aided the enemy and releasing classified documents but washington faces an uphill battle for its efforts to crack down on leaks. and the e.u. puts a damper on israel's settlement expansion plans as new cooperation guidelines and block the occupied territories from future funding. thanks for joining in this hour we've got live news and analysis for you i do see catherine of and of course you're watching our t.v. we begin with our breaking news story anti-corruption blogger alexei navalny along with his codefendant both sentenced yesterday to jail time have been released at least temporarily and they're now subject to travel bans while their appeals are in process. who has been following the court hearing and cure of andrew farmer in central moscow have been keeping us up to date

have a million dollars' worth of fraud and embezzlement sees russian anti-corruption blogger alex and not only get five years behind bars but an appeal is expected in minutely . exploiting the conflict chaos reportedly announces plans to create its own state in syria using land captured by the opposition and seizing its money and weapons. and there's cash to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we report on how one thing tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. thanks for joining me this hour we've got world news and analysis live for you from our moscow headquarters in of course you're watching our team well on to our top story now russian anti-corruption blogger alexei navalny has been handed a five year jail sentence for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise and he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs in a moment. on the reaction to the ruling in central moscow but first our reporting from outside the courthouse. also the day they came is a hard break to supporters the man who has posit

a little more freedom for not only this russian opposition blogger it's released which travel restrictions before his appeal is heard as a day after being handcuffed in court. u.s. whistleblower bradley manning faces the very real prospect of a life behind bars after a judge refuses to drop the charge against him of aiding the enemy. israel reels over an imminent e.u. financial blockade effectively cutting off settlements built on palestinian land from any sort of your opinion funding. and of economic desperation wasn't enough for believe spain crowds have poured into the streets over the revelations of mass corruption at the top of the ruling party. thanks for joining me in this hour we've got news and analysis live from view for you from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy catherine of and of course you're watching our. corruption blogger alex and of only has been released at least for now this is after he's been handcuffed in court and taken to preliminary detention of only was sentenced to five years prison for embezzlement but prosecutors had insistent that he should not be kept locked u

half a million dollars worth of fraud and embezzlement says russian anti-corruption blogger alex and of only get five years behind bars but an appeal is expected soon. the judge presiding over whistleblower bradley manning has refused to drop the charge of aiding the enemy the most serious claim against a soldier which could see him jailed for life. and exploiting the conflict chaos reportedly announces plans to create its own state in syria using land captured by the opposition and seizing its money and weapons. and there's more money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we were poured on how one thing tank plans a road map ward ahead of a proposed referendum. thanks for joining me this hour i'm lucy catherine if we've got live news and analysis for you you're watching our one to our top story russian anti-corruption blogger alex a of only has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs. is in central moscow with reaction to the ruling

a little more freedom for in of all me the russian opposition blogger is released with travel restrictions before his appeal is heard a day after being handcuffed in court. u.s. whistleblower bradley manning faces the very real prospect of a life behind bars after age judge refuses to drop the charge against him of aiding the enemy. israel reels over an imminent easy you financial blockade effectively cutting off settlements built on palestinian land from any sort of european union funding. and is of economic desperation wasn't enough for beleaguered spain the crowds have poured into the streets over elevations revelations of mass corruption at the top of the ruling party. so good to have you with us this evening i'm lucy calf and of course you're watching our t.v. well moving on to our top story anti-corruption blogger alexei navalny has been released at least for now this after he had been handcuffed in court and taking to preliminary detention not only was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement but prosecutors have insisted that he shouldn't be locked up until his appeal has

>> one blogger says an international company hijacked his dream. how he got an apology 24 hours after going public. >>> and the latest on the violence that erupted in egypt. >> one country steps up and another to offer accuse the cia leakerasylasylum. the story coming up. >>> edward snowden has a couple countries offering asylum, the problem is how to get to them. ve venezuela is one. right now he's at the airport and has been there for two weeks. it looks like iceland is now not an option. today the parliament voted to postpone debate on the issue until the fall. >>> the other big story overseas, clashes in egypt turn deadly at the capital in cairo. >> that countries' health men industry say 40 are dead and 250 wounded. it results from the ousting of president mohamed morsi. they were confronted by morsi opponents. then came the army, which forced morsi out on wednesday and soldiers controlled it by opening fire. the u.s. department is condemning the violence. >>> the protest over poor public services escalated into violence today. demonstrators t

it was good to have you with us here on the program today the anticorruption blogger alexina valmy has been released at least for now of this after he had been handcuffed in court and taken to preliminary detention in a valley were sentenced to five years prison for embezzlement prosecutors insisted he shouldn't be locked up until his appeal has been heard these are going to go has this report from just outside the courthouse. well diversification has made an appeal to the court following yesterday's verdict guilty to both of ali and his codefendant but if instead of on charges of the best moments in the amount of roughly sixteen million rubles that's about half a million dollars they were often taken into custody in court right after the verdict was read and it took the judge brown three hours to read the hundred page document but the prosecution has later filed an appeal saying that this measure of preliminary confinement was too strict in this particular case and has asked and officers have to be released from custody which is exactly what happened after a short a court hearing agai

prepares to choose its next mayor out of forty candidates the ruling party's acting mayor an opposition blogger to iraq the front man a few minutes we'll look at who's in the run in the running and what awaits the winner. plus losing it spark in britain millions of pounds worth of electricity is being stolen from the grid to grow illegal drugs and it's consumers who are footing the bill stay with us. a transition road map for egypt's proposed by the interim leader has failed with both the muslim brotherhood and liberal opposition figures saying no to the motion now the plan had hoped for constitutional amendments and parliamentary elections by twenty fourteen the army though is standing behind the interim government warning against any attempts to disrupt the transition the country is struggling to get back on its feet after its second coom in two years time leading to the ousting of islamist president mohamed morsi it's been aggravated most recently by deadly street clashes all across egypt which have led to a major blow to the country's tourism industry as well as the wider economy more detai

it was also a fast moving week for a russian opposition activist an anti corruption blogger alexina vali sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement on thursday bailed out a few hours later to the cheers of thousands of protesters denouncing the verdict against him artie's arena has been following what's been called one of russia's most controversial trials in yours. former workers are five and four years in prison alexina vining to that if it's a risk for setting up a dummy corporation and defrauding a state owned timber company to the tune of half a million dollars the judge insisted the verdict was not politically motivated but foreign media the blogger supporters and opposition activists declared otherwise critical and a convert to the conviction means that he won't be able to stand for mayor of moscow says the embezzlement charges brought against him politically motivated an outspoken critic of the russian president vladimir putin has been sentenced to five years in prison one gets the feeling that people have already made up their minds before the case even started before th

choose its next mayor out of forty candidates from other ruling parties acting mayor to an opposition blogger to iran banned from man in a few minutes we'll look at who is in the running and what awaits the winner. with the military getting control of troops what does the future hold for egypt is this country's experiment with democracy a thing of the past what signal this is to send to islam and parties in the region it will want to contribute ation among egyptians ever be redeemed. do we speak your language as i think about the will or not a day in. programs or documentaries in spanish more matters to you. it will turn it into angles stories. here. i'll teach spanish to find out more visit. welcome back to what you are tina in the u.s. two leading democrats have called for the force feeding of guantanamo bay prisoners to be stopped with the parties whip labeling the procedure inhumane and adds more pressure on president obama to end the practice after a u.s. federal court can damage as painful. humiliating and degrading that as prisons already say force feeding will take place only at night

half a million dollars worth of fraud and embezzlement sees russian anti-corruption blogger alex in a ball may get five years behind bars but an appeal is expected imminently. exploiting the conflict chaos reportedly announces plans to create its own state in syria using land captured by the opposition and seizing its money and weapons. and there's money to be made up by getting britain out of the e.u. we report on how one thing tank plans a roadmap award ahead of a proposed referendum. thanks for tuning in this evening i'm here watching. well and our top story now russian anti-corruption blogger alex a not only has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a standard rise now he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs. in central moscow with reaction to the ruling. let us know what are you hearing from the volley supporters who certainly has a large following at least here in moscow what are we expecting in terms of how they'll respond to the verdict. or the news about no one is verdict exploded. people a

larry summers or current fed vice chairman janet yellen so earlier i spoke with gonzalo lira economic blogger and founder of the strategic planning group about who he expects will take the reins out of the fed in the next year. you know on as of attention being very concerned about the well i am mapping fence dual mandate which is price stability and full employment janet yellen historically throughout her career since way back in ninety five she's been very concerned about employment and she is considered one of the dumps and so far us on the music that is she has a reputation for being in favor of continuing cutie. but at this point in time not the federal reserve board is very much divided on the quantitative easing now it is not that larry summers is and type q.b. . you know that he's against you read he has a proposition. also larry summers is not personally popular with either obama or many people is a mystery and there are a lot of it will point directly into the. numbers is a terrible match made catastrophic bets when he was president or are are going down in the last several billions

more high tech features into everyday life opposition activist and blogger. currently on trial for allegedly prioritizes the fight against corruption and introducing younger faces into local authorities this eccentric candidate. better known the spider a former heavy metal front man has promised to hand a new sun over the russian capital and build a new imperial moscow each political party has its own contender forward but regardless of who wins and it's still an open race with no clear front runner everyone agrees that this job will be no walk in the park. moscow is often called a country within a country so whoever takes the rain here may have to be more than just a talented manager so after years of practically nonexistent elections the russian capital braces itself for an employee said gently heated political battle and that campaign is gaining intensity with every day. reporting from moscow. up next as a look at the economic plight of the african state of gonna stay with us. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the futu

well know viney as you have said he's a very prominent blogger as well as an opposition figure he has actually made a name for himself us through exposing several corruption schemes through his blogging effectivity is of course to sell the irony is that he is being now tried for corruption and the running himself insists that insist that this is a political case but if you look at some details for example the fact that his those who are working with him in his antiproton anti-corruption program are saying that they will not seize their their excessive ities that no matter what the verdict and divide this case will be as well as the fact that not finding himself is also running out for of moscow's mayor elections which are to take place in september these these things these signs actually point to the fact that this could be just a criminal case also to stuff a little more with the issue of the divine is that possibility to run for mayor a lot of people are saying died today if he is found guilty she will not be able to do so however according to according to according to law she will

choose its next mayor out of forty candidates from the ruling party's acting mayor to an opposition blogger to a rock band front man in just a few minutes we'll look at who's in the running and what awaits the winner. will be. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got this huge you're covered. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew. was a big. download you. so choose your life stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television well it just doesn't go well with your mobile device you can watch your t.v. any time and you were. welcome back well in the united states two leading democrats have called for the force feeding them obey prisoners to be stopped with the party's whip labeling the procedure as inhumane and adds more pressure on president obama to end the practice after a u.s. federal court condemned it as quote painful humiliating and degrading that says prison authorities say for

these other top stories a fast moving week for russian opposition activists and ending corruption blogger alexina vali said this to five years in prison for embezzlement on thursday then bailed out a few hours later to the cheers of thousands of protesters denouncing the verdict. has been following what's been called one of russia's most controversial trials in yours. if you're a former worker five and four years in prison alexina vining to that it's a risk for setting up a dummy corporation and defrauding a state owned timber company to the tune of half a million dollars the judge insisted the verdict was not politically motivated but foreign media the blogger supporters and opposition activists declared otherwise critical and a convert to the conviction means that he won't be able to stand for mayor of moscow says some of the charges brought against him politically motivated an outspoken critic of the russian president vladimir putin has been sentenced to five years in prison one gets the feeling that people have already made up their minds before the case even started before the trial

anti-corruption activist aleksei in of all me have flooded a moscow train station to welcome the blogger as you returned home from the court hearings in central russia he was released on appeal after being handed five years jail for embezzlement once he arrived in a volley had pledged to continue his campaign to become mayor of moscow his prison sentence was announced the day after he officially registered as a candidate for the september race of all he was found guilty of defrauding a state owned timber company of about half a million bucks and was taken immediately into custody but prosecutors then insisted that he should be subject only to a travel ban until his appeal is heard. of course not only is jail term and benighted condemnation on the streets in some of russia's key cities as well as on the internet or on that r t dot com where you can also find images of the rally which took place right here in central moscow. it's a small sigh of relief for pensioners and people with disabilities in troy two with the bankruptcy saying their benefits are safe at least for the next six months

platform for alex a not vaal name this time at a moscow train station where the russian anti-government blogger were turned to tell supporters he'll still run for mayor while the peeling his five year jail term for embezzlement that story is coming up ahead also for you arms to the teeth and perfectly framed now israel's military is resorting to using wanted posters to intimidate palestinian children with no stones in protest israeli settlements. well britain's addiction to surveillance is shattering records with it estimated that there is now one camera for every eleven people their privacy groups are furious saying that george orwell's one thousand nine hundred four was never intended to be an instruction manual are cilia takes a look. if you ever feel like you're being watched perhaps even feel singled out no matter how huge the crowd. chances are it may not just be paranoia. the british security industry association estimates that there are between four point one and five point nine million a close circuit television or c.c.t.v. cameras in the u.k. one in every fifteen or one in every eleve

services all right john markham an ash french journalist and blogger thanks very much for sharing your views with us here on r.t. . the fate of the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden may be decided today in moscow where venezuelan president nicolas maduro is attending a gas summit the leader of the world's most oil rich nation has hinted that if snowden requested he could be given asylum by caracas artie's a corpus going off has a story. edward snowden has already asked ecuador for political asylum and they're currently reviewing the request but there's speculation that the question is still far from having been decided so the second or so already granted political asylum to julian assange and it seems this whole studio album edward snowden is creating even more problems for relations between ecuador and the united states. we q leaks of reports that the n.s.a. may have started intercepting ecuadorian government telecommunications out to the full story would know them and apparently the country is under a lot of pressure right now from washington but when it comes to venezuela it's o

choose its next mayor out of forty candidates from the ruling party's acting mayor to an opposition blogger to a rock band front man in just a few minutes we'll look at who's in the running and what awaits the winner. with the military getting control of troops who would use the future of egypt is this country's experiment with democracy a thing of the past what signal does this to send to islam and parties in the region and we want to contribute a shoemaker gypsies ever be redeemed. do we speak your language as i mean some of the will or not of the. program some documentary some spanish more matters to you. a little eternity of angola's stories. here. the spanish find out more visit actually died. in the u.s. two leading democrats have called for the force feeding of guantanamo bay prisoners to be stopped with the party's whip labeling the procedure as inhumane now it adds more pressure on president obama to end a practice after a u.s. federal court condemned it as quote painful humiliating and degrading that as prison authorities say the force feeding will take place only at night during

million dollars the judge insisted the verdict was not politically motivated but foreign media the blogger supporters and opposition activists declared otherwise critical and a convert to the conviction means that he won't be able to stand for mayor of moscow says the embezzlement charges brought against him politically motivated an outspoken critic of the russian president vladimir putin has been sentenced to five years in prison one gets the feeling that people have already made up their minds before the case even started before the trial even started and they're not actually looking at the facts of the case or of the way the trial was actually conducted but are simply following their own opinions which they formed in advance what kind of comments is that someone like mr valma should not be prosecuted on this kind of charge because he is a famous opposition personality now that seems to me to put things completely the wrong way round thousands of people in moscow's main years in a square a stone's throw from the kremlin indignant at the verdict calling it unfair and immense police presen

whether or not it's going to be a suspended sentence or an actual one and of course is a very popular blogger in russia he is especially popular in large cities like moscow and st petersburg and of course in the social media such as twitter and live journal he's extremely adept at using these social media for his advantage but as has been shown by studies and even by people here on the street he's not so well known in russia's regions he's just a person that a lot of people here have not even heard about until the trial has actually commenced here some months ago so this is a situation that we're looking at right now and of course we're still waiting for the judge to was to finish reading the. at this point absolutely well while we were talking to you and getting your obviates were in fact looking at live pictures from the courthouse there and you can in fact just could see the volume there for now thank you so much for this and as he says we continue to wait for the sentence to be announced we can have someone else in the studio now with. host of crosstalk well peter as we are waiting let's

civilians die in a bloody turmoil well let's discuss what's been happening in iraq with middle east blogger karl who's joining us live from london carl thank you so much for joining us here in r t well as we can see the prison cells had all the hallmarks of a thoroughly planned armed operation so in your opinion what does that say about the strength of al qaeda in iraq. i think this is an indication of the resurgence of al qaida and jihadi groups in general in the levant and you cannot this from whatever is happening in syria but also it points to the fragility of the order the americans left in place the political order in iraq in order for them to withdraw and kind of a responsibility from the afters of their occupation and what we were being told for years is that the iraq finally has a stable political order and the sunni tribes were recruited into this fight to contain those you how do you threaten al qaida but unfortunately what we're seeing now against the backdrop of a wider regional conflict and sectarian growing sectarian tensions is the resurgence of those groups. affiliated grou

apart from a handful of bloggers and activists the major media networks left the gulf coast. but something wasn't adding up five days after carol browner was on the today show matthew simmons was found dead in his hot up. according to the autopsy the cause of death was drowning. symons death might have been just a freak accident the timing of events a coincidence. in one thousand nine hundred nine the exxon valdez oil tanker carrying fifty three million gallons of crude oil ran aground in prince william sound spilling oil into christine alaskan waters. exxon developed its own proprietary chemical compound to disperse the oil. they called it corrects it corrects it contain another chemical capable of breaking apart the oil into small droplets that would sink below the sand and water that chemical was to talk c f and a known side effect to become a coal was damage to red blood cells. left local residents were left with albie choose fisheries and long term health problems. for the next twenty years dr riki on track that helped of local residents and tested the alaskan water and