for now here on r.t. one of the biggest cities in russia's far east is literally on the verge of drowning. it's being swamped by the worst flood it's ever seen and it will only take one more meter of water to ruin key infrastructures. in the region with the latest. in the region are cautiously optimistic that the worst has passed on the water levels are beginning to recede however that is not the case particularly in the city of how about oscar which is under threat of becoming just the administrative center of russia's far east and also the second largest city behind a lot of austar water levels that have already broken records are continuing to rise now russia's emergency services are heading east and we're going to join them . now from the skies the damage caused by the floods just plain old to see one point five million hectares of land submerged under water affecting around one hundred fifty communities in attention is now shifting east up until now it's being made her whole communities affected by t

r.t. good to get germany and staying with germany as we head into the r.t. world update now immigration tensions of turned into street violence left wing anti fascist activists clashed with police and berlin as the crowd protested against the national democratic party and the members of the n.d.p. recently staged their own rally outside an accommodation block for asylum seekers they oppose illegal immigration saying it's damaging german culture for the party founded back in the one nine hundred sixty s. has been for people accused of being a racist organisation. to american our school has been evacuated in georgia offer a gunman with an assault rifle fired shots as teachers helped everyone to safety and police stormed the building and i rest of the man after a short firefight it was december of last year that another gunman adam lanza killed twenty six people most of them under the age of seven and of course the sandy hook elementary school massacre about a new spot to shoot debate on american arms policies. or as promised one ought to be off to the break as

the united nations sells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this as well qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. the japanese government is forced to step in and help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant container recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. plus. london reaches for the scalpel as the u.k.'s national health service comes under scrutiny following a series of malpractise scandals. it is five pm in moscow you're watching our team with me marina joshie welcome to the program now the united nations has launched an investigation into the reported slaughter of kurdish civilians by al-qaeda affiliated groups in syria that comes from a comment made by the un to r.t. four hundred fifty kurds most of them women and children were allegedly killed in the north east of the country has the details. according to various reports at least four hundred fifty people have been killed by the on their front in no

stories that shaped the week here in r.t. u.s. russia ruckus barack obama cancels an upcoming meeting with vladimir putin and suggests relations need a time out after moscow granted temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden. claims the genocide could say they're being targeted to ethnic cleansing amid mounting reports of al-qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. moscow comes under pressure from the global gay community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist style law against homosexuals. and i welcome you watching r.t. with me andrey pharma. now relations between russia and the us suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with vladimir putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president oba

coming up on r.t. is ready for the world that's the question now exactly six months ago indeed before those are lympics pick off the winter olympics are a correspondent heads to the russian city that's poised to become the world's winter sports capital gives the brand new venues a once over forests he left no stone unturned. we speak your language or not at the end. we'll use programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn to angles the stories. you hear. the spanish find out more visit actuality that. japanese prime ministers want the government now to step in and try to help contain ongoing radiation leaks from the fukushima power plant tepco the company that runs a facility it was crippled back in the twenty eleven earthquake and following tsunami has been unable lately to prevent contaminated groundwater from breaching a barrier and then pouring into the ocean nuclear energy expert know congress to told us japan's energy sector is in the state of chaos right no

busy r.t. world update for you here on the program let's get straight to it now starting with egypt where at least six people have reportedly been killed in clashes between security forces and thousands of supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsy violence erupted near the presidential palace where demonstrators gathered to demand the ex leader's reinstatement it is a so far the biggest display of defiance towards the military backed government since hundreds died in a mass crackdown now more than two weeks ago. and i thousands of soldiers have been deployed on the streets of the colombian capital bogota in support of the police so after at least two people died in violent protests street riots have been escalating in colombia which is in the grip of a farming sector crisis and workers demanding subsidies and cheaper fuel and fertilizer as president santos open talks with protesters on tuesday but has so far failed to ease the tension. and thousands of people have been waiting for dengue

r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is all climbing groups they are poised to create a breakaway as monic state. london reaches for the scalpel as the case national health service comes under scrutiny following a series of malpractise scandals boss. were caught up in iraq but not look at them as humans are not to speak with. a former guard at one time of a prison revealed details of the mistreatment of detainees at the facility where the mass hunger strike there are expected to resume in full force. this is coming to light from the russian capital on marina joshing welcome to the program now the united nations has launched an investigation into the reported slaughter of kurdish civilians by al-qaeda affiliated groups in syria that comes from a comment made by the un to r.t. four hundred fifty kurds most of them women and children were allegedly killed in the north east of the country and we're going to lose co has the details.

hello again you with r.t. now hundreds of gay rights activists have staged protests in london and glasgow calling for russia to be stripped of the winter olympics in sochi because of what they say is an anti-gay policy backed by law however authorities in moscow say the bill which only bans the promotion of homosexuality to minors doesn't restrict freedom of expression the u.k.'s prime minister rejected the course to block the games but the gay community is keeping up the pressure around actor and gay activist stephen fry was joined who joined a london rally accuse the olympic committee of not trying to fight what he called russia's barbaric laws he also compared president putin's attitude towards minorities to hitler the olympic committee responded saying that sports should be available to all and the new law will not affect those attending the games and british journalist neil clark believes gay rights are a disk i for other political aims in nazi germany homosexuals really were discriminated against they we

out as the world athletics championship concludes in the russian capital r.t. takes a look at who's come away with the medals and also to that controversy that flared up at the event just a couple of stories right after this quick break. with . technology innovations all the developments from around russia we've. covered. you know 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 issue. with economic downturns in the final. days. and the rest. if you believe every week. i got another really big story brewing this week catastrophic flooding in russia's far east has put more than one hundred thousand people the risk of losing their homes and the worst such disaster in more than a century nearly twenty thousand people have already been evacuated to safety but that number is expected to rise shortly with heavy rains likely to last well into september the floods hit more than one hundred twenty villages with locals

stories that shaped the way here on r.t. u.s. russia barack obama cancels an upcoming meeting with vladimir putin and suggests relations need a time out so after moscow granted temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden . claims of genocide could say they're being targeted for ethnic cleansing in made mounting reports of al-qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. moscow comes under pressure from the global gay community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist style law against homosexuals. and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrey. now relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with blood amid putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details.

r.t. the us is reading for a possible missile strike on syria and reports say preparations are already under way the pentagon is moving its naval forces closer ensuring president obama has military options available and he's met with his advisors to consider action following an alleged chemical attack which is being blamed on syria's government destroyers currently now in the mediterranean and there are reports that a fourth is on its way all of them carrying up to three hundred cruise missiles which is more than enough to act rapidly if obama wants to order a strike there's also the nato maritime group in the region which includes four more ships and if we take a look at the mainland the u.s. and its western allies military presence around syria then that is also significant . is following america's military maneuvers. well it appears that the u.s. is no longer just using words to address the ongoing syrian crisis plans of possible military action are now being deliberated now despite the

and just last week a freelance reporter by the name of james could achieve he brought r.t. certainly into the spotlight to me with great star one has to say and he certainly did. tell you if you want to do a twitter follower bump for him but to get to the point this by the way is our third panel on carrots in russia but that's beyond the point kirchick came on to our tea to let us know what he thinks about our coverage or lack thereof of gay rights in russia and this is what happened you know being here on a kremlin funded propaganda network i'm going to wear my gay pride suspenders and going to speak out about bradley manning plus time because i don't i'm not really interested in talking about bradley manning a mission talking about being a riff environment of homophobia in russia right now and to let the russian gay people know that they have their friends and allies are i think those are just about done. i only go on that station with the russians so i don't want to waste too much time my critic we did invite him to speak tonight he denied saying that he said in intervie

officials and reaction from observers it's all just a click away at r.t. dot com. now it's been two years since a wave of riots and looting swept across the u.k. with fears rising that conditions are ripe for a repeat of the violence and with the government on in the steerage drive thousands of young people have fallen into long term joblessness and the seeds were sown long before the unrest in two thousand and eleven as youth unemployment has been rising steadily since two thousand and two with the recent figures standing at almost a million it means that one of five brits aged sixteen to twenty four. work and the number of those not study is also on the rise according to the universities and colleges admissions service applications from english students are their lowest in four years this as a choice in fees tripled in two thousand and twelve r.t. sara first no matter how young brit who took part in the riots two years ago to find out a fan of things changed. everyone. wanted to one up on the police just what it was i mean charlie at his council house it's been a

state rice said not to go and he's now a r.t. moscow. now for my foster but to our hunger strike and the muslim holy month of ramadan has come to an end but the hunger strike carries on now entering its seventh month. he spent nearly two years ago. he thinks the only right thing to do is let people start a new outside captivity. but several countries where the individuals can and should be returned to most of them in fact the overwhelming majority of them know being charged they're not going to be designated for trial by military commission or anything else they should be returned home if they had been convicted they would have served now the equivalent almost of a twenty five year sentence a life sentence and so the answer is that there's simply not enough will in the united states of america not in the amongst the american people sadly and certainly not among american politicians to do the right thing which is to release these men return them back home and let them live the rest of their lives with their families like the most like lik

this is r.t. the us navy is expanding its presence in the mediterranean with a fourth cruise missile armed warship the move the response to the escalating conflict in syria and meanwhile in washington at the defense department is set to assess america's options over the crisis that's despite a statement by barack obama that the u.s. must be wary in involvement in further costly interventions tensions have been running high following accusations by the syrian opposition that assad's forces gassed hundreds of people near damascus on wednesday the analysts. believe the possibility of the u.s. intervening in syria is now turning into an imminent reality. judging from the statements that have been made certainly in the house of representatives in congress there is a general sentiment towards some form of intervention which might come in the form of a tactical strike in the use of cruise missiles although there is still reservationist to the extent that such an intervention will take at this point it wi

at r.t. dot com also there is time to make a wish hundreds of feuding stars dart across the sky over the next couple of nights you can head to party dot com to read about that and the huge meteor shower. the hunger strike at guantanamo bay prison has entered a seventh month with the inmates still struggling to change their situation the detainees protesting over indefinite detention mistreatment also complain of invasive body cheese which sometimes includes sexual assault sorry holbrooke's a former guantanamo guard told us how his former day job led him to quit and convert to islam. we were told not to interact with them not to look at them as humans not to talk with them not to speak with them have nothing to do with them unless it was absolutely necessary important to work we were told to be very aggressive in searching growing and i don't think any of us as guards felt comfortable doing that as a result of such we didn't do that there were certain rules that we were given that many of us j

this is the week here on r.t. welcome by candor let's go to russia now where extreme flooding continues to devastate the far east experts say levels have not yet peaked and may continue to rise until the second or third of september that's another whole week for a region which is already more than seven meters underwater and this is where it all began look here there are more re will burst its banks after weeks of unrelenting downpours covering an area the size of france and germany combined and it has been a federal emergency for nearly three weeks now with more torrential rain feeding the rising flood waters these three regions have been the worst affected up to eighty five thousand livelihoods are under threat in the region alone three dozen towns about three thousand inhabitants there are already under water and as you can see here the regional capital capital a city of over half a million lives on there are more where it means the river and their rescuers volunteers and soldiers are fighting to fortify a room

at r.t. dot com we outline a courtroom battle between washington and tehran tonight with the rand preparing to sue the united states for masterminding the month you could see three to the top of the country democratically elected leadership is going to hold a clicks if you want to check it out so why not do so please also there is well more about mark's multi-million dollar deals assigned a record number of participants involved this year is leading russian foreign aerospace companies present the cutting edge plays out that annual huge macs as show just outside of moscow got some great pictures. will use in brief now egyptian police have arrested a senior muslim brotherhood official limiter widening crackdown on the movement's leadership. the head of the brotherhood's freedom and justice party is accused of inciting violence and terrorism has been on the run after security forces violently dispersed the cairo citizens but protesters demanded the reinstatement of ousted president morsi. hundre

during questioning talks to r.t. about the suspicious circumstances behind his son's death and his plans to hold the agency accountable. the u.s. secretary of state heads to brazil to face demands for an explanation as to why washington is spying on the whole of latin america mostly targeting commercial secrets. and russia's interior ministry says these sort she winter olympics will be safe and comfortable for the gay community and everyone else following fury over a new law banning homosexual propaganda. and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow. now the father of a chechen man shot dead while being questioned by the f.b.i. in his home has traveled to the u.s. to demand someone be held accountable here but he family insist he was unarmed while being interrogated about his links with the men accused of carrying out the boston marathon bombings there are allegations he was shot in the back of the head artes and this is the grieving father who wants justice for his son. a quaint residential neighbo

and r.t. has spoken to the advisor to egypt's interim president his view on where the current turmoil is going to take the country he claims there was just a matter of time before society there rejects the idea still being promoted by the muslim brotherhood. and when the muslim brotherhood exists as an idea as a group and as an organization i believe such clandestine organizations can't exist in the twenty first century in the same shape they were created one hundred years ago such organizations are the products of their era they are based on ideas that don't exist anymore the social ideology of the past this means that such organizer . nations the muslim brotherhood included have lost their place among humanity the muslim brotherhood has lost a lot and has put itself in a position i had warned about in the past this happened because this movement went from a legal struggle against the state to an open confrontation with the whole of society those who opposed to society get rejected by it soon

field and r.t. orlando florida. analyses coming to you live from moscow it seems dark clouds are gathering over relations between the u.k. and spain london is considering unprecedented legal action over madrid's lengthy checks at the border into the british territory of gibraltar and downing street claims their politically motivated and royal navy ships are also expected to drop by the strait although is claimed to be just on shuttled exercises but is prompting one spanish general to call for their access to the rock to be blocked. investigates the story. it all started with really wants to protect its interests mainly fishing interests as this whole spat this whole story was sparked by gibraltar is building an artificial reef which spain claims is destroying fishing in the area and therefore it had imposed a border checks on those going to one from a gibraltar a british held territory and therefore causing a lot of delays and right now the rhetoric is escalating between britain and spain over the matter britain is

welcome back to watching r.t. live from moscow i hated race to become moscow's new mayor is in full throttle with a major adversaries now officially exchanging political blows in the media ballfield and with less than a month left before polling day campaigning has already seen its share of scandals arches and he's now a takes a closer look at the frontrunners. and they're on the last leg of the campaign has officially begun in the first election for moscow's mayor in ten years there are six candidates over seven million registered voters and a lot of promises being made it's not easy to please a city of an estimated fourteen million people there are major problems huge projects and the seemingly never ending fight against corruption incumbents are good sabean and his team in office for two years are confident the city streets speak for themselves. so ben and completely change the city is priorities have been public space fighting traffic development of public transportation and to take medicine and education to n

the un tells r.t. it's investigating the horrifying reports of radical militants killing hundreds of kurdish civilians in syria coddling groups push to expand their control to set up an islamic state. it's black wednesday at britain's state funded hospitals as new staff arrivals coincide with rising patient death rates meanwhile as major medical gaps at an h s facilities leave hundred suffering we examine the problems and. we were told not to interact with them not to look at them as humans talk but not to speak with them. we talk to former guantanamo guard about he's disturbing day job at the tortillas jail which led him to quit and convert to islam. it is three pm in moscow are you watching r t with me maria joshua welcome to the program now the united nations is launching an investigation into disturbing reports of civilians being massacred in syria and that's according to common from the un to r.t. and iranian news channel said four hundred fifty kurds were killed by al qaida linked rebels and the

the latest world news live on r.t. i'm rory sushi it's a pleasure to have you with us today the german government's increasingly on the defensive over its cooperation with america's national security agency has now been forced to publicly deny accusations by a german newspaper which claimed that many of the country's computers work as a back door for the us security organization and all comes in the aftermath of edward snowden's revelations that germany is in fact the top european target for the n.s.a. now the overseas surveillance which self-help to facilitate apparently targets around half a billion german data connections every single month and this includes phone calls emails mobile text messages and web chats all the data ends up being stored right in the n.s.a.'s headquarters near washington d.c. and tens of millions of german connections are tracked and recorded every day and that number actually doubles during busy holidays. are now reports on exactly how deep the surveillance runs. should the average person be

but for the meantime here on r.t. no hero to some a traitor to others private bradley manning will hear its fate on wednesday when a u.s. judge decides what sentence he deserves for spilling the hordes of secret government data to wiki leaks there's no doubt he will be locked up the key question though is for how long a details now from our lives waller she reports from outside the courthouse in maryland. well the judge is now deliberating bradley manning subtends the judge colonel denise len says she'll deliver the sentence wednesday morning manning faces a maximum of ninety years after he was found guilty of most of the charges against him including asperger knowledge in the closing arguments of the sentencing hearing the prosecution requested that manning spend no less than sixty years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the web site wiki leaks they say and doing so manning betrayed the trust of the united states and of his fellow soldiers national security at risk and her diploma

thank you for sharing your sunday with us here on r.t. you just in time for the weekly with me rule research. private bradley manning was this week found guilty of america's biggest leak of restricted information with almost all charges in his court martial standing though he was cleared of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy he still faces more than one hundred and thirty years in prison let's take a look now here and see how it all folded bradley manning deployed to iraq back in two thousand and nine he soon exposed the collateral murder video of civilians being killed by u.s. troops but after a series of online chats with the haka manning was turned into the government and arrested more revelations fall. lowed exposing iraq and afghanistan a war logs along with a diplomatic cables all published by wiki leaks it was then in march two thousand and eleven manning was accused of aiding the enemy and the charge that could have kept him behind bars for life i was waiting for his court martial the un described manning's prison treatme

r.t. dot com. the doors at u.s. embassies and some consulates across nineteen countries of the middle east and africa will remain shut for another few days they have suspended work because of what's been described by some lawmakers in washington as the biggest terrorist threat since nine eleven reports have suggested an intercepted phone message between senior al qaeda operatives could have raised the alarm however no specific details of the threat of surface r.t. contributor afshin return to things washington's been using the alert for motives other than protecting americans. this is enough to rush off a temporary asylum to edward snowden along came a terror threat based on presumably national security agency u.s. national security agency bugging of a phone call between al-qaeda leaders our here and the al qaeda in yemen leader. after all what better time to explain to the american people that edward snowden must be a traitor because what the n.s.a. is doing is monitoring phone calls to protect us personnel the med

welcome back this is r.t. now prominent british actor stephen fry has caused quite a stir when he's called to boycott the sorts of winter games it's after russian legislators agreed a ban on promoting homosexuality to children are tastefully boyko separates the myths from their reality and the media frenzy. stephen fry's open letter said that russia is making scapegoats out of gay people just as hitler did the jews which is why he's called for a boycott of the upcoming winter olympics set to take place in the russian town of sochi next february now the boycott idea is gathering at lightning pace with clemente says on both sides of the story weighing in some observers have pointed out that the legislation passed in russia isn't unprecedented in fact the u.k. itself had a similar law were in place until very recently the united kingdom had something called section twenty eight in place until two thousand and three which was almost exactly the same is the recent law passed in russia which said that homosexuality

r.t. the united nations has launched an investigation into the reported slaughter of kurdish civilians by al qaida affiliated groups in syria that comes from a common made by the u.n. to r t four hundred fifty kurds most of them women and children were allegedly killed in the north east of the country has the details. according to various reports at least four hundred fifty people have been killed by the on their front in north eastern syria reports say that at least one hundred twenty of those are children now we have requested information from the united nations in regards to the situation we have received and their response according to the united nations they their team is in the region investigating these reports which haven't been confirmed as a few odds and issued this in fact to be confirmed to be true then the united nations are saying that this amounts to a war crime and that probably provide some sort of stimulation to the international community to act quicker when it comes to

breaking news this hour an r.t. whistleblower and former army private bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years in prison after he was found guilty of handing america's secrets to wiki leaks. former egyptian president hosni mubarak will be set free after a court ordered his release despite a pending retrial over his involvement in mass killings during the two thousand and eleven revolution. massacre or mass hysteria rebel claims that syria's government launched a major chemical attack near damascus denied by officials and locals accusations coincide with the arrival of u.n. investigators our top stories this hour. international news and comments live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just turned nine pm this is r.t. so to our breaking news this hour whistleblower bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars the former army private who leaked thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks we'll also be dishonorably discharged producer andrew blake was in the c

this is r.t. coming to life from the russian capital marina joshing welcome to the program how the u.s. and british drive to launch a military operation against syria has come up against new hurdles both abroad and at home and westminster parliament is meeting right now and prime minister cameron is up against kept ical m.p.'s trying to get their approval for action let's now take a listen to what happens these weapons must not be used and president assad has in my view crossed that line and there should be consequences this was the first significant use of chemical weapons this century and taken together with the previous fourteen small scale attacks is the only instance of regular and indiscriminate use of chemical weapons by a state against its own people for at least one hundred years interfering in another country's affairs should don't be undertaken except in the most exceptional circumstances it must be as my own little friend just said a humanitarian catastrophe and it must be a last resor

even more stories for you online and here what you can find on r.t. dot com right now braces haven and you know c. minus trying to turn a small town in the u.s. state of north dakota into white supremacy a stronghold find out how he's going about it on r.t. dot com. and bonding with bitcoin supporters of the emerging digital currency brought their cyber wallets to a special event in berlin log on to r.t. dot com and find out what happened. there retrial of egypt's ex-president hosni mubarak has been adjourned until september he appeared in court today facing charges of alleged complicity in the killings of protesters during the uprising which ousted him two years ago the former leader was let out of jail earlier this week and placed under house arrest in a military hospital his release has added to tensions in the country with many saying it as part of a reversal of gains one during the twenty eleven revolution egypt has been in during an unprecedented wave of deadly protests since the military ousted islam is president mohamed morsi resumed brotherho

deal and r.t. orlando florida. well look now at some other international news making headlines this hour in the u.k. hundreds of campaigners of stage an anti fracking protest energy firm started drilling in west sussex earlier this month that were suspended from demonstrations opponents fear the company would resort to fracking to access the gas held in shanghai rock just to say the technique causes environmental damage and can even trigger small scale earthquakes. the. north and south korea plan to resume reunions for families separated since the war of nineteen fifties the program suspended three years ago out of hong on stage two or three attacks that were left in the south is another sign of tension easing between the two countries which comes off the recent agreement to reopen a joint industrial park. and reports recently leaked to the newspaper der spiegel have revealed that greece may soon need a third bailout german opposition parties immediately accuse chancellor angela merkel of not telling the truth abou

joining us on r.t. the kaiser report that's next. the u.s. government project arrow marty has been in place for twenty years this project was designed to break the media monopoly of cuban television by putting u.s. government propaganda up to t.v. screens this injection of american t.v. works with a blimp and a c one thirty military plane working in tandem you know this would actually be a major achievement in the history of technology if it actually worked this program which over the years has built up a billion taxpayer dollars simply does not work but continues to exist despite the cuban government completely blocking the transmission the official logic of continuing the program is that it would send a bad message to the cuban government if they stopped brilliance and action but the big question is who gives the u.s. government the right to propagandize cuba is just because they have a different lifestyle doesn't mean it is wrong and the u.s. government does has the right to destroy it and even if cubans on mass actually do hate their syst

welcome back this is r.t. now it's been two and a half years since the arab spring erupted but the optimism that swept the region baghdad has been brutally crushed street riots are raging in egypt militias are slain civilians in libya and most recently the countries that have fared the best tunisia seems to be descending back into anti-government turmoil but what were people hoping for our disease and now investigates. the arab spring captivated the world just over two swords years ago changed democracy and new elected governments were promised in the three countries that began this wave of revolution but what prevailed is nothing short of chaos almost full circles in tunisia and egypt and in neighboring libya a situation some described as much worse than before regime change we don't hear anything about libya in the western press or western television channels what we know is different groups vying for supremacy people are desperate to try and put a cover all of what has been created by the libyan disaster in

well r.t. contacted the guantanamo can part of the assault accusations by the inmates we got an answer a facility representative said they were unwilling to comment on such claims regardless of how i would pick kilis an absurd they might get. mollies held its first election since last year's coup but the opening round of the presidential vote produced no winner in the race will now go to a runoff whoever heads the west african country next will face a tough task of returning pace to a nation that scene and islamist uprising and french intervention in the past year artie's marie ivanovna traveled across the country to see whether people there feel the fighting is really. here and then over the country the walls and billboards tell the story of the conflict when m.l.a. took over this part of the country on every road sign they wrote welcome to free as i was somewhere you can still read it then the painted their symbols there is no god except in arabic like letters in a white circle the modern fla

and i hear it r.t. we did send a request of the kuantan m o camp after the assault accusations were carried on the inmates so we did get an answer to our message a facility rep saying they were unwilling to comment on such claims regardless of how ridiculous and absurd they may get. mali has held its first election since last year's coup but the opening round of the presidential vote produced no winner and the race will now go to a runoff or whoever heads the west african country next door will face a tough task of returning peace to a nation that seen an islamist uprising and french military intervention in the past year parties where if a national travels across the country to see whether people there feel the fighting is really over here in the north of the country the walls and billboards tell the story of the conflict when i am in no way took over this part of the country on every road sign there wrote welcome to free as i was somewhere you can still read it then the mugello painted their symbols t

this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program. kurds in syria are calling out for international help to prevent a genocide against their people that follows reports of mass murderers and kidnappings of civilians by rebel forces. has the details the kurdish democratic union has officially turned to the international community asking them to pay close attention and to rescue them from the fighting that is happening in this region and essentially asking the likes of the un to save kurds who are being among the syrians who are killed on the basis of their regional and secretary and identity among them they're saying a lot of women children and the elderly in this statement because they are saying that these practices are fully alike with ethnic cleansing and genocide and of course they're accusing the cell a few groups in the groups such as the a loser front operating in this region now russia for a for a very long time was telling the world essentially to pay closer attention to what's happening in this region and. has just reiterate

i think it's for joining us here on r.t. now what is the feeling within israel about the possibility of a military strike in syria by the u.s. and its allies. afternoon i think there's a slight. and it's growing with the time we don't know exactly if and when such a marriage can lead to weston attack will occur but we can see certainly some. levels of anxiety in the last twenty four hours. all three main leaders that prime minister benjamin netanyahu and minister of defense. and the head of the commander of chief of staff benny gantz have all. warned syria not to do anything so from that. three major people major leaders warning syria you can understand that something's going on in the reasons i see from a syrian reaction towards israel well you know apart from the feel a desire to how are the people of israel reacting to all this i mean is there are support for the military action what are they saying so far. well i think israel first of all officially israel has been very wise. not to take sides in this civil war in syria

this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital joshua welcome to the program amid mounting disturbing reports of civilian kurds targeted by militants in syria the ass nigga is crying for help the kurdish democratic union party has filed an appeal to the e.u. about their plight the u.n. is also investigating the allegations of acid and cleansing our days are following the situation in the region. the kurdish democratic union has officially turned to the international community asking them to pay close attention and to rescue them from the fighting that is happening in this region and essentially asking the likes of the un to help to save kurds who are being among the syrians who are killed on the basis of their regional and secretary and identity among them they are saying a lot of women children and the elderly and the in this statement the kurds are saying that these practices are fully alike with ethnic cleansing and genocide and of course when they are talking about those who are comm

watching r.t. coming to life from the russian capital i'm marina joshie today we take a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news well age of seeing its deadliest violence since the twenty you haven't revolution with more than eight hundred people killed across the country over the past week supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi and the authorities blame each other for provoking the carnage the situation escalated after security forces broke up and said government sit ins and islamist riders retail you know by setting fire to official buildings and attacking christian churches are just beltran has been witnessing the mayhem in cairo at first hand. well the tensions are palpable here in the capital cairo as today marks the start of what the morsy supporters have called departure the coup week which is that we could long series of protests and rallies in the capital and across the country particularly yesterday we had this twenty four hour standoff between morsy suppor

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm or even joshua welcome to the program as washington tries drumming up support for possible intervention in syria its closest ally the u.k. has ruled out military action but a huge blow by parliament which rejected his plan to support the u.s. if it chooses war the motion filed mounting allegations of a mass chemical attack near damascus largely being blamed on us his government argues sara for us followed the crucial session in london. defeated and humiliated that's how the prime minister is being portrayed today after that major political blow with parliament voting against military action it means that the prime minister's decision essentially to recall parliament to bring this nation against possible military action in syria has backfired spectacularly now i'm not standing here and saying those some piece or some pieces of intelligence that i've seen all the gypsy in the world won't see that convinces me that i'm right and anyone who disagrees with me

this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program while we begin it with breaking news how barack obama has canceled a one to one with russia's president vladimir putin that was scheduled for next month the white house claims the decision was prompted by moscow granting temporary refuge to the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden well let's now bring in our correspondent your piskun often has more on this igor what sort of reaction can we now expect from moscow well since the speculation about president obama canceling his one on one meeting with vladimir putin somewhere around the upcoming g twenty summit in st petersburg began on the scene as russia granted temporary asylum to edward snowden the new it's unlikely that it's going to be a surprise to officials in moscow but it's also very clear that it's going to be greeted with applause because moscow is stance on this whole situ. around mr snowden it was very clear from the beginning first of all

just cast your vote right now at r.t. dot com. the meantime here on the program on r t britain has asked the new york times to get rid of copies of documents leaked by whistleblower edward snowden and that's another u.s. newspaper revealed from one of the top secret files just how much america spends on surveillance of the so-called black budget has never been shown to the public that is until now let's give you some ideas here on r.t. of how all the cash really stacks up with a classified data showing ultimately the u.s. has splashed out more than fifty two billion bucks on intelligence gathering this year alone the cia getting the lion share of it all fourteen billion dollars that is a lot more than the n.s.a. or any other agency and the national reconnaissance office and the geo special and general defense intelligence programs also came near the very top of the money league and together they got nineteen point six billion dollars to operate imaging satellites draw maps and assess a foreign military plans and resources as well

this is r.t. coming to life from the russian capital i'm marina josh and welcome to the program whereas for several inmates a guantanamo bay prison who are on hunger strike have filed a fresh appeal for u.s. judges to intervene and stop force feeding the facility the painful practice slammed internationally a store tour has continued to rock remedy and with a mass hunger strike now in its seventh month meanwhile the un's chief proper terror on torture has told r.t. is being denied full access to the detainees. unfortunately i was not allowed to visit. my database at least not in the terms that i have to apply under the rules that i am subject to i did get invited by the pentagon but on conditions that i couldn't accept because conditions was that i would see only the parts of the prison that they wanted to show me and specifically that they could not. i have to do the job of meeting. with inmates they claim that they can only give me the same terms that they give united states and i just dados for

the week's main headlines on r.t. private bradley manning faces more than one hundred thirty years in prison after being found guilty of the biggest leak in u.s. history. while fellow whistleblower edward snowden breaks his cover spending his first days in russian territory after receiving long awaited paperwork allowing him to leave the moscow airport and live and work in the country. meanwhile the surveillance scandal snowballs in the u.k. snowden's latest revelations show how leading telecom companies and their clients data is of british intelligence which is funded by america's controversial spy agency. and different held without charges. excuses guards of carrying out procedures that amounted to sexual abuse critics say the invasive searches are used to break the resolve of inmates. and i welcome it's good to have you company you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrew farm. now an american judge has found private bradley manning guilty of almost all charges against him the former intellige

or go to r.t. dot com from egypt timeline and much more of what's happening in the country they'll find first hand accounts of the dramatic events past videos and images of the unrest. of unease now around one hundred thousand people are faced with abandoning their homes ahead of what could be the worst flooding to hit russia's far east in a century seventeen thousand have already been evacuated safely after waters caused by heavy downpours in july devastated huge swathes of land comes amid reports of the local population are taking boat patrols against looters stealing from vacant houses the situation is likely to worsen as waters are expected to reach their peak next week three large regions with hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland have already been swamped our preliminary estimates say up to sixty million dollars worth of damage has been caused and salties paul scott reports the authorities fear that a nearby dam become overwhelmed by the flood waters. the flood stretch from east to we

joining us here on r.t. good to see you today thanks for coming on the program ultimately there were already clashes in the capital over sixty localized protests around the country police to the teeth many people already calling this a severe form of crackdown on your thoughts. actually today is very important and this is. to be of issue a little of the government of life and for them this in the unfortunately. this is all new money for so much of the media. they wanted to move ahead with the movement and profitability two thousand and eleven we knew it would use for me to just say to the international community we are here for democracy. and you are ignoring us well ali aujali hello i'm sorry jumpy but how is it after two and a half years of clashes and violence why are the authorities not ready to let the people freely express their political concerns so the money interests in the region that will bend the democracy to more then the national interest with the juiciest the country is the the conflict in syr

activists sorry spoken ditto to r.t. about exactly what human rights violations are driving people on to the streets despite the fear of the rest. and trying to be human right and to know that we really have issues related to our. political and civil rights and freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. this is mean and that causes a lot of people. in action where you god forbid a few years of trying to acquire him i'm going to say all of this. would you ban by the government and what could we have seen is that there is who are more. equal. or. have at least and now that who are we kind of momentum or are we were some reports. well let's discuss this further with pepe escobar correspondent for the asia times who joins me now live from hong kong thank you very much for coming on to the program this morning there have been protests since twenty eleven in saudi arabia there have been many arrests since then too but there hasn't been much global media coverage of this why do you think that's the case. well we should go t