in 2011 niger produced more uranium fueling the french economy. the french president has promised to do everything in his power to defend his country's interests in niger >> police in the united nations united kingdom have arrested two more people in connection with the killing of a british soldier. it's raising fears of a backlash against muslims. our correspondent has the very latest. >> as roads around the scene of the crime reopened on thursday, local people went by to lay flowers for drummer lee rig bi-. he had served in afghanistan in 2009. >> this was a senseless murder of a soldier who served the army faithfully in a varietyy of roles including operational tours in afghanistan and our thoughts today are with his family and loved ones. >> british military involvement in afghanistan an other muslim countries is the reason drummer rigby was attacked according to one of the two attackers. both were shot and killed by police. british intelligent sources both have been the subject of previous investigations. but when not thought to be high enoug

the deadly suicide bombings in niger apparently carried this in response to france's military actions in neighboring mali phase of a domino effect and violence spreading throughout former french colony. and britain sees a hike in islamophobia incidents in the wake of the harrowing murder of the british soldier we bring you the debate on whether blaming immigrants and muslims is justified. by the welcome you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now tens of thousands of activists are teaming up for a global day of action against biotech giant one son so they claim the corporation has established a seed monopoly from the u.s. to asia holding small farmers hostage to their product and forcing those who don't use it out of business the world wide protest has already kicked off an australia new zealand with more rallies expected throughout the day. reports. march against month santa was a global grassroots movement which is going to organize these worldwide protests taking place throughout the weekend all over the world we're talking about they're saying that this is going to spa

two deadly suicide bombings in niger apparently carried out by islamists in response to france's military actions in neighboring mali from phase of the domino effect and violence spreading throughout former french colony. and britons see a spike in islamophobia incidents in the wake of the firing of a british soldier bringing the debate on whether blaming immigrants and was lim's is justified. i welcome good to have you company watching our take coming from moscow. now tens of thousands of activists are teaming up for a global day of action against biotech giant monsanto they claim the corporation has established a seed monopoly keeping small farmers hostage to their product all of this under the protection of the u.s. government the firm has also come under increased scrutiny for the alleged health and environmental risks of its seeds and to see reports. march against month santo is a global grassroots movement which is going to organize these worldwide protests taking place throughout the weekend all over the world we're talking about they're saying that this is going to span over six c

bbc news, in the niger delta. >> let me bring you a couple other stories. a roadside bomb has killed three british soldiers in afghanistan. their armored vehicle was hit by the explosion during a routine patrol in helmand province on tuesday. their families have been informed. the attack came on the third day of what the taliban has called its spring offensive. it looks as though one of japan's most famous landmarks, mount fuji, could become a world heritage site. an influential cultural organization has told the japanese government that the snowcapped volcano could be registered as a place of special significance. now, this is what you might expect to look like after a couple rounds in the boxing ring. not a day in politics, but legislators in the venezuelan parliament have been left bruised and bloody after fighting broke out over the recent disputed presidential election. both opposition and pro- government lawmakers are accusing each other of starting a fight. now this report. box and now ballot the national assembly brawl. venezuela's bitterly conteste

this is the niger delta, before oil. we carefully weeded across across swampsd with birds providing a constant sound track. we came across a lake where people have been fishing for generations. they have set up a camp where they stayed for just three months every other year, and in this community, everyone has a role, whether it is leaving the fishing baskets or smoking the fish. it is all providing a vital income. money to doe this everything for them. >> after setting a trap earlier in the day, by late afternoon, it is time to bring in the catch which is shared by several families. but the fact that people come here every two years shows that they know about how to fish in a sustainable way, but they are also living under the fear of pollution. canlocal tells me they drink the water around here and there are plenty of fish, but he says if oil is discovered nearby, that could all change. he says in his 70 years, he has gained nothing whatsoever from nigeria's oil. this is a community that is still reaping the benefits o

those behind this side last that killed over twenty people in niger and they have described it as an attack against iran in revenge for its offensive against islamic militants in neighboring mali one of the two groups claiming responsibility for almost ten years explosions at an army base and a french run your a mine in nigeria is the movement for openness and you hard in west africa last year the al qaeda linked group seized control over the northern part of mali and brutally ruled the area for months before being driven out of mali by french led troops runs as president then hailed the operation success here in the capital the map of the french military we hope to have also grants to ask the optimist look at . hermine they destroyed all the major bases of the militants in mali north but this recent attack it's clear that the wrath remains serious and it shows that the militants are not defeated and the fight against them a spot from over although the battlefield has relocated following the recent loss armstrong said france would not interfere however the next day french troops took

well these latest attacks in niger also come in retaliation for french involvement in mali that shows a disturbing trend of islam is not disappearing but simply relocating from one country to another sparking fears they could carry out further attacks to make their point. explains. those behind this new suicide blast that killed over twenty people in niger and they have described it as an attack against france in revenge for its offensive against islamic militants in neighboring mali one of the two groups claiming responsibility for almost simultaneous explosions at an army base and a french run your reign in mind in nigeria is the movement for openness and you hard in west africa last year the al qaida group seized control of the northern part of mali and brutally ruled the area of a month people being driven out of mali by frank troops france's president then hailed the operation success here perhaps on the map as the french military would hope to have also craft to ask the optimist because. hermann they destroyed all the major bases of the militants in mali north but this recent at

received amnesty monday. >> when the militants were causing havoc in these creeks over the niger delta, oil production dropped significantly, but since the amnesty, it soared, and the government is getting more revenue from the oil, so it can afford to pay x militants, but some people are questioning the wisdom of paying people who took up arms, and they wonder what kind of message it sends out to the rest of the country. some of the people who laid down big. arms are now living this belongs to a former militant leader. this is not as gaudy, but it is relatively low injuries. it belongs to a general who says he brought 400 fighters out to the creeks under the amnesty. of the strongest. >> he was paid by the government to protect the pipelines. now he has struck a deal to provide security for the oil company. >> they will give me a major contract. by two or three years, you will see me in a big mansion like the ones you have been seeing. >> the nigerian government is buying peace, but the underlying grievances remains the right of poverty, lack of development, and pollution very good it

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he urged germany to do more to help resolve the conflict in mali, it borders on niger. angela merkel pledged continuing support for the region. germany along with other european countries is helping to train malian soldiers in an effort to strengthen the country. >> it is known as the oscar of politics. the prize went to lithuania's first female president. she increased spending on growth and employment. she has been credited with pulling lithuania out of economic crisis through a strict program of austria -- austerity. >> more than ever, europe needs political will to make responsibilities. no challenge can be faced without assuming responsibility. leaders and ordinary europeans. >> eu parliament president called her an extraordinary european. >> if we had more leaders in europe with this kind of courage, we would have far fewer problems in the you -- eu. it has been awarded to individuals and institutions outstanding services to european unity. eight people were killed and a fire at a clothing factory in bangladesh on thursday. the blaze broke out late at night, when

statement attributed to mokhtar belmokhtar says he was involved with the terror attacks this week in niger. suicide bombers launched attacks thursday on a uranium mine and a military camp. they killed at least 20 people. the news agency in mauritania says a man claimed responsibility of the report says the man claimed the attacks were the retaliation for killing of an islamist commander in mali. it says he's threatening more attacks. >>> local government leaders in japan are criticizing a nuclear research agency for being slow to report an accident. spokespersons for the government affiliated japan atomic energy association waited more than a day to report that four workers had suffered internal exposure. the accident happened on thursday morning. the researchers were firing a beam over gold to generate elementary particles. the device malfunctioned and the output of the beam rose 400 fold. the high temperatures vaporized the gold generating radiation. agency spokespersons say the worker the suffered internal exposure. they believe there's no risk to their health. workers have sealed off t

. >> niger's president has been in berlin for talks with chancellor angela merkel. he's appealing for help for his country, which the united nations ranks as the least developed in the world. >> problems have only been made worse by the country's neighbor. it has contributed several hundred troops to the fight, costing money they cannot afford. >> we will have an update on the situation in a moment, but first, this report on the niger's present as a visit to berlin. >> long-running drought conditions, party, and a lack of education, but meeting with and chancellor angela merkel, the crisis in mali was high on the agenda. merkel has pledged the support of berlin to try to end the fighting there.% >> the president has brought this up, and i have promised to support it. when there are elections in mali, it is vital we have territorial integrity in the whole of the country so that the process will be a successful one. germany, along with other european countries, is currently helping to train soldiers in an effort to stabilize the country. eu members are set to meet in

. >> from the african country of niger comes another nuclear alarm.ly's military intelligence agency informs the cia that it has the text of a contract between iraq and niger for saddam to purchase 500 metric tons of yellowcake, a form of uranium suitable for nuclear weapons. >> there were rather extensive written documents about the ways in which iraq was negotiating to buy very significant amounts of uranium ore. but the state department expressed how dubious they were about these documents and the likelihood that they were forged. >> at the time, no one from u.s. intelligence had actually laid eyes on the documents. and they will ultimately turn out to be forgeries. but when a dia report on the yellowcake claim is presented to dick cheney, he orders the cia to dig deeper. the agency sends to niger, a veteran diplomat with extensive experience in africa, former ambassador joseph wilson. >> i knew the foreign minister who was subsequently prime minister. i knew the minister of mines. it did not happen. it could not have happened. just because of the

as borders with cameron, chad, and knee-jerk,, are notoriously -- and niger are notoriously porous. -- byalso told by the map the army the militants are trying to move vehicles, among them with heavy weaponry mounted on the backs of them. that is a sign that the fighters are better resourced than many people thought. in the urban areas, it is very difficult to get any information because the curfew is in place 24 hours in some areas, and also all the communication on mobile phones has been cut off. no information is coming out by that means. there are concerns that civilians will be very vulnerable to abuses by the army as the soldiers try to root out the boko haram fighters living amongst the civilian population. >> police in iraq are now saying that for the six people have been killed, and many more injured, a series of car bombings. the attacks happened in predominately shia-muslim areas off the capital of baghdad and in the southern city of basra. elliott mccool is in baghdad for us. bring us up-to-date on the situation there now. >> as you say, the official toll still stands at 2

. >>> islamist suicide bombers have attacked two countries in niger. militants broke through defenses in a northern city of then they detonated a car packed with explosiv explosives. at least 19 people were killed. at the same time another group drove into a mine some 250 kilometers away. they said the militants killed one of their employees and wounded 14 others. an islamist group claimed responsibility for both attacks. the insurgents have retaliated with cross border attacks. >>> japanese personnel have been busy fixing up roads and helping out others far from home. now those with the self-defense forces will move further afield as part of peace keeping operations in south sudan. about 350 personnel from the ground self-defense force have been upgrading infrastructure they decided to expand operations into neighboring areas which are relatively stable. the japanese will step in. government officials are considering sending more peace keepers to the region to help maintain stability. >>> the nikkei took a nose dive. nothing as big as what tokyo suffe

a statement attributed to the man says he was involved with the terror attacks this week in niger. attacks were carried out on a mine. they were run by a french firm and a military camp. they killed at least 20 people. the news agency in mauritania reports a man issued a statement claiming responsibility. the report says the man claimed the attacks were retaliation for killing of an islamist leader. and it says he's threatening more attacks. >>> japanese officials will take part in free trade talks for the first time. they'll have limited information. government officials from 11 asia pacific countries wrapped up their latest tpp talks in peru. they agreed to meet again in malaysia from july 15th through 25th. this means that japanese officials will only be able to take part for the last three days. still, negotiators from other countries say they're glad the japanese will be involved. >> we're aware that japan would like to take part in the july round and we believe that that can be arranged. >> japanese negotiators will also have to work with limited information. they can't acces

niger, what do you make of it?, but frankly i think that's a flea in comparison to the four decades-plus promotion of the stereotype of black man as a thug by the entertainment industrial complex, by big hollywood. i think that is mickey miscellaneous in comparison to the signal sent to black america, all americans, when the president of the united states has as his bff an unrepentant former drug dealer named jay-z. >> sean: i don't like the ad. i think it's offensive. corporate execs think we want to reach the youngest generation. this is how we'll reach out to him. they hire a hip-hop artist, tyler the creator, members of his band. >> it is. >> sean: we'll do this ad, young will love it. they don't even know what they're doing. they think by hiring him -- >> but, sean, the commercial is the symptom. the disease is what i was talking about, which is big, who the entertainment industrial complex, large parts of the hip-hop industry promoting this image of young black men as thugs and young black women, and white wo

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they say many boko haram members have fled to the border between chad and niger. they said about 20 boko haram fighters were arrested in the last few hours as they attended the funeral of a boko haram commander. the information that is coming out about how successful the met -- the military offensive has been -- so far, the molise -- military have not released any types of graphic -- any graphics or videos of the fighting. >> a u.s. presidential initiative has collected more than $30 billion to fight the virus. the funding is being slashed. the $500 million earmarked for south africa has been have -- halved. >> the clinic was once a renowned hiv/aids treatment center. it had a first-rate reputation for providing quality healthcare to its patients. it was forced to close after funding cuts from an initiative were cut. patients like this have been transferred to government-funded healthcare facilities. >> the new place does not check my blood every month. the last time was in january. but the move is not as bad as i thought it would be. they give me all the medicati

. >> at least 20 people have died in a suicide attack in niger.ombs went off in agadez and arlit. an islamist group has claimed responsibility for them. it said it was avenging french intervention in neighboring mali. when you order take-out for dinner, you might not be happy if the food shows up four hours later. >> if you live in the gaza strip and you have a taste for american-style fast food, you might be prepared to wait. gaza has been under blockade -- people still depend on a network of tunnels to smuggle in goods from neighboring egypt. >> now a local businessman has started using the tunnels to bring in something many of us take for granted -- american fast food. >> fried chicken, burgers -- it turns out they cannot get enough of them through those tunnels. here is the story. >> the smuggling tunnels of the gaza strip -- a lifeline for the people of gaza. everything possible is brought through here, weapons, smart phones, car pots can -- car parts, even animals. a month ago, a new commodity was added to the list -- fast food, and it is in

. >> at least 20 people have died in a suicide attack in niger.ombs went off in agadez and arlit. an islamist group has claimed responsibility for them. it said it was avenging french intervention in neighboring mali. when you order take-out for dinner, you might not be happy if the food shows up four hours later. >> if you live in the gaza strip and you have a taste for american-style fast food, you might be prepared to wait. gaza has been under blockade -- people still depend on a network of tunnels to smuggle in goods from neighboring egypt. >> now a local businessman has started using the tunnels to bring in something many of us take for granted -- american fast food. >> fried chicken, burgers -- it turns out they cannot get enough of them through those tunnels. here is the story. >> the smuggling tunnels of the gaza strip -- a lifeline for the people of gaza. everything possible is brought through here, weapons, smart phones, car pots can -- car parts, even animals. a month ago, a new commodity was added to the list -- fast food, and it is in

battlefield has really catered for in the recent loss also on the set france would not interfere in niger however the next day french troops took part in operation to free hostages with images captured off of the attack on a further to half of those want the french intervention to really get a chain reaction that will give paris more travels and will bring more violence to the entire region. notional team from mali. and if she returns he dumps french military action will suppress extremism in the region especially given the natural riches that. there's no doubt that the french intervention will lot of changed anything but in particular. the idea that streams or al qaeda linked groups are just going to go away friend special forces are left for money into these yeah which usually we knew about because of course the yellowcake uranium saddam hussein deals is where all the world's uranium you know there's a big fight for whatever is happening in these areas there's a scramble for this uranium french company or a with my how strange with its revenues twenty eleven or about the g.d.p. of the e

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they're asking for nine permanent bases in afghanistan, opening up a drone brace in niger. within five years they will be able to launch armed drones off they value carriers. the president has authored cyber offensive kinetic strike so boots on the ground is yesterday's war but it's steupb kikinetic affects that affect local population. >> you're saying the definition of war is changing and therefore part of that includes how we ought to address terrorism. >> yes. >> but it's not just about terrorism. >> rose: karen first, then i'll come be to david. >> it's not just about terrorism. that's one of the things mica just pointed out by pointing to the cyber issue. the united states may be putting a certain bootsen the ground behind it but the new war, we don't know how we're going to define the enemy in the new war and that's one of the most disconcerting issues before the american public right now. that's what the debate over the authorization to use military force will be about and one of the reasons people are troubled by it is that the president tonight used the term "asso

about issues that we've seen in niger we look around can become apparent in mali where long after the money itself has been spent and gone it was back to where they spent properly or not what exactly it's all about for is a country with a history of corruption of the poor the other way how can you be sure the money is going to go to the right people. well that's a very difficult and tall order for the europeans who have actually made this pledge but it's because they're concerned they're worried but also it's also sense the signals that africans themselves cannot resolve their own problems which is why i support the african union efforts which which calls for stability helps governance and above all which is why the they've got troop numbers on the ground and they've got to start showing physically on the ground that they have the capacity and capabilities to help the modern people and good of course the the bomb is still then they're frequent in the country's north is it not premature to talk about rebuilding a country one is still so unstable. well it's not just mali being unstable