r.t. dot com. now israel's commitment to a two state solution to achieve peace for the palestinians is in serious doubt recent comments from some senior israeli cabinet members suggest the ruling coalition staunchly opposed is the idea the country's deputy defense minister danny down on said moves to promote it will be buried in parliament the statement was later echoed by the israeli trade minister and it declare the two state option it's a dead end also called for a swift annexation of territories in the west bank well this could cast a shadow on international efforts to bring israel and palestine in the geisha eighteen table u.s. secretary of state john kerry is planning his fifth trip to the region to try to bring the two sides together the war of words means little to schools of suffering palestinians whose homes are being surrounded by walls of thick concrete honestly reports. the walls might be coming down in the race to the world but here in israel they're going up there's one along the cou

r.t. dot com. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. brazil is seeing its worst protest in over a decade sparked by high taxes corruption and the extravagant cost of the upcoming football world cup artie's ignacio reports now on the unrest. brazil is still under pressure due to the unprecedented public protests which have been taking place all over the country for the past ten days conflicts more to support the cell bhalo where there have been recent by human rights as the demonstrators try to take over the local government's main building where they faced off with the police the brazilian government said it will deploy the national public security force in five cities hosting the fifa football tournament in an effort to contain the on going protests in the city of four to listen at least two people have been injured near a city and were riot police attempted to prevent them from

r.t. dot com. greece is maintaining the am radio channels have been pulled off air after the government decided to suspend all state run broadcasts to cut budget costs or two and a half hours and employees have lost their jobs while the authorities slam the company as a haven of waste the broadcaster is largely state funded with every greek household paying a favorite darkness of whether they know large crowds joined in a protest against the decision is calling for a nationwide strike georgia to call is a professor of constitutional law things athens is using this scandal to distract public attention from the government's economic fails. the majority of the. decision of going to be made soon as a blow to democracy of course to the independent source of news for our society in my opinion it's a clear act of very very soon the government is facing a period of its economic policy. guided by this attempt to distract the political appearance from towards another goal as you know we are living now in our

r.t. dot com. the force feeding of prisoners that the prison has led some doctors to call on the facilities medical staff not to treat detainees and to allow them to go on hunger strike the world medical association has declared force feeding is not ethically acceptable and believes that those starving themselves need to have their just to see addressed. as this report thank you way and the world medical association demand access for independent doctors to want to do paintings more than one hundred fifty doctors including from the u.s. have signed an open letter to grow obama urging them to allow one hundred more detainees access to independent medical examinations and advice here's what they write it is clear that the detainees do not trust their military doctors they have very good reason for this is you should know from the current protocols of the joint task force guantanamo which those doctors are ordered to follow the orders they receive or alternately your orders as their commander in chief

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r.t. dot com. this is part of the. world. here. four hundred people have been detained in the eurozone financial capital after clashes broke out there a second day of anti austerity protests frankfurt's home to the european central bank an institution that's increasingly drawn the ire of protesters peter all of us there for r.t. . what had been a peaceful protest is turned into a series of ongoing scuffles between riot police and demonstrators here in frankfurt as part of the twenty third team bookkeeper. we seen paint throwing the police here we see the police return with pepper spray just right now what we see as protesters try and break through police lines that have been holding them in this area for around three and a half hours now only started after during a march that was supposed to go to the center of frank good police they demanded that demonstrators removal masks that they were wearing and they refused apparently paint was throwing around several hundred riot police moved in and forcibly moved but the demonstration in s

r.t. dot com as well. days after admitting he had miscalculated the devastating effects of austerity on greece the international monetary fund delegations returning to athens they'll be joining by the will be joined by the e.u. and european central bank chiefs still demand the greek government five four thousand more state employees in return for bailout cash but the former leader of the slits a party that now leads the opposition says the time is ripe for his new party plan b. you know one come in the boat has a plan me and the boat use going to sink. to find the plumbing. vectors of racial we look to to find we because a long way. destruction for greece. was twenty five. loaded gun before for the year we've. four five times the unemployment rate the week before. holy you for without knowing when to this is planning at it this week in a surprising show what to miss in the french president declared the end of the eurozone crisis but france where lots of words are unlikely to sound convincing to europeans e

r.t. dot com. forward a political analyst and former euro m.p. says the revelations of british and u.s. surveillance at the g twenty four years ago sound familiar at the end of the nine hundred ninety s. he raised the issue of a secret u.s. project targeting e.u. citizens called the shillong believes the u.k. has long been america's tool for harvesting information. certainly in the past we we've learned that two military friendships in military are if we deserve to be irish peace process and some spots throughout britain with france or by britain's position of new york and union absolutely to be expected there are going to be military with the g. twenty in g.h. events to use economies such operation why the stunning use of j.c.h. can sometimes even get to see what it downloads for the americans some of the similar material downloaded from satellites i actually just fed directly to fort meade in the united states and we get so little bits of it back so we're working as a connoisseur contractors' cle

r.t. dot com.and of the hungry india is about to get a brand new nuclear facility to help ease the country's crippling power shortages but it's faced a few hurdles with construction repeatedly delayed over safety concerns from locals balancing their worries and the knees in the is rapidly growing economy hasn't been easy as murray for national reports. the few has been loaded and the first customers will soon get the first energy from the could nuclear plant a joint indian and russian venture and it seems the moment of the station thought to be the biggest in both india and the world couldn't have come at a better time defeats it a little in that there is a huge energy deficit in this particular part of the country in the tamil nadu province and across all of india industries are suffering there already quain for energy they need of course to fish and it will help with things there. the government estimates that the country's power supply is about ten percent behind what it actually needs last summ

dot com accuses the u.s. government for what he calls the largest massacre of data in the history of the internet you can find out about that and many more stories at r.t. dot com. the shaky peace process in afghanistan is under threat with president karzai suspending talks with the u.s. on a new security deal the move comes in reaction to washington's u.-turn decision to enter direct negotiations with the taliban the first discussions are due later today the militant organizations new office and cats are but only hours after saying it's ready. for talks with washington the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on american ad bags the latest in a string of attacks meanwhile afghan forces have taken over control of the country's security and paving the way for a complete u.s. pullout in twenty four to the con helen and a cold mist at the online journal foreign policy in focus is skeptical about the peace talks. there's a war going on we haven't declared cease fire and if we're not going to declare a cease fire why should the towel declare a fix our country is more unstable than it's ever been. d.n.a. that states is in a position where in t

r.t. dot com and leaving your vote there. now when it comes to getting heavy with whistleblowers and free speech advocates the u.s. need to look no further than its own gulf allies several countries there have cracked down with a woman and kuwait given eleven years in jail on monday for insulting the emir on twitter our visa group is going off reports on how the gulf gets tough on the internet. let's now take a look at the u.s. friends who are known to have somewhat suspicious methods of upholding democratic freedoms of their citizens could tour the united arab emirates kuwait rain and saudi arabia in saudi arabia local media reports that the authorities asked the mobile providers to find ways to monitor encrypted messaging and apps like viber skype and whatsapp and said that if these applications could not be monitored then they would have to be blocked while last month senior saudi religious clerics declared those who use twitter are risking quote demonstration and lose both this world and their afterlife let's move on to q

r.t. dot com to clear up the change in gender roles. and another click away online assert cast a comment or terror plot file and threats over a computer game could land this teenager in jail for eighty years even though he did say he was just joking had to calm and find out why american authorities have become so humorless. this week saw the first piece of the jigsaw of russia's new navy taking to the seas the stern of mr all class helicopter carrier built in russia's st petersburg shipyard is now awaiting its trip to france where the whole ship will be fully assembled artie's maria was at the milestone launch for moscow and pears. to me it was. one of those that find the ground according to the deal signed two years ago this shipyard in st petersburg will play a vital role in the fabrication of by vessels this section built here will soon had two fronts for completion before making the return journey to enter the service in russia's navy although there's no champagne available to celebrate here today because a bottle of it was just sma

r.t. dot com talk about tonight the u.n. experts revealing the ugly truth of israeli army tactics including using palestinian children as human shields is disturbing story we've got the details lined up for you r.t. dot com was just another click away as well talking about singapore still choking in the huge amount of smaug there with levels of air pollution is said to be endangering the health of thousands that say it's going to go on for a long time to head to r.t. dot com for more pictures more videos of the eighty's that's obscuring that city stay right now. as the u.s. army rushes to complete its pullout from afghanistan parts of the country already turning into huge junkyards the pentagon is now destroying u.s. vehicles other valuable military equipment there despite the wall ready of an cost american taxpayers more than six hundred thirty billion dollars author and activist david swanson told me this massive disposal of arms and waste in afghanistan will not go raise an eyebrow in washington. that's that you know small

r.t. dot com to where the west should make compromises. well iran's new leader and his promises of nuclear transparency don't seem to have convincing israel that the alleged threat will be lifted anytime soon prime minister netanyahu has said the president elect will have no say in the country's nuclear policies israel's elite is well prepared in case of a possible attack with an expensive and impenetrable hideout at their disposal policy a little said what the rest of the country thinks about it. when the missiles come israel's leaders will be here deep underground somewhere on the road between jerusalem and tel aviv about a decade ago news broke that the government was building a bunker here in the hills of jerusalem to the tune of some two hundred million dollars criticism at the time was that the country had survived for fifty years without one and could for another fifty but back then the threat of a nuclear iran was nowhere near where israel's prime minister netanyahu claims it is today. i am not exaggerating when i say the threats a

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r.t. dot com. what happened to the arab spring dream does egypt's first freely elected president bring any change fear poverty economic failure and violence remain to egypt's attempts to escape chaos leave it wallowing even deeper. egypt a year in chaos. the american government is reportedly targeting a retired army general accused of spilling classified information about a covert cyber attack james cartwright was once the second highest ranking officer in the u.s. military and he's now suspected of revealing details on the stuxnet virus that temporarily shut down iran's nuclear sites three years ago are just vanished you can have the details in two thousand and ten when the u.s. carried out this cyber attack against iran general cartwright was vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and he was reported to be one of the crucial players in this cyber attack he resigned in two thousand and eleven and he's now apparently being investigated as the niekerk of that story as you remember at the niek ab

r.t. dot com. arsons have been demonstrating at her square in cairo demanding president mohamed mursi steps down crowds are gearing up for a massive un to mercy rally on sunday which will mark the islamist leader's one year anniversary in office earlier there were reports of deadly riots between supporters and opponents of course the country clashes have already killed several egyptians and an american national in alexandria auntie's both true reports. the worst clashes were in egypt's coastal city of alexandria where we saw two people dead including one u.s. citizen the u.s. embassy for their part have removed all non-essential staff in the that this could be a targeted attack in addition president of pharma came out calling for dialogue between opposition forces and the president saying we must have a united stand the marines the u.s. marines reportedly have come up with a contingency plan should the violence continue against u.s. citizens so to me i saw in protests people ripping posters of u.s.

r.t. dot com. the friends of syria group of nations meeting have defended the efforts to rebels and the u.s. secular state said america will increase political and military support to the syrian opposition john kerry is said the president sat has escalated the conflict by seeking help from iran and lebanese forces he didn't address the fact that qatar has been supporting syria's rebels and pledged to continue doing so the free syrian army military command on friday claimed opposition fighters have received weapons that can change the balance of power meanwhile the un has rejected washington's claims the syrian government used chemical weapons saying it wasn't at all convinced these accusations were followed by a u.s. decision to provide weapons to the rebels. reports. united nations experts say that they do not confirm the cames put forward by the united states britain and france that the damascus regime used chemical weapons against the syrian rebels they said that despite the fact that these thre

r.t. dot com we are certainly checking your pulse getting your reaction to this so we do get involved at r.t. dot com. for now it is a weekend of unrest in a german financial capital frankfurt where police used battens and pepper spray against thousands of anti austerity demonstrators several people have been injured in clashes around four hundred detained protesters have been blocking the e.u.'s main financial institution for two days now this report from frankfurt and our correspondent peter all of. a planned march that was supposed to go right through the middle of all germany spine until capital only really lasted five hundred meters before police intervened splitting the demonstration in several different parts now the police have told us that this is because they asked people to remove the mosques who were marching in the green put on c austerity and the fascist campaign is they refused to do that then paint was thrown police responded with with pepper spray this will keep my front twenty c. demonstrations were mostly peaceful but that all changed on saturday now this then ended up wit

r.t. dot com also check out the best videos our you tube channel but the countries are swept up in the biggest wave of protests in living memory. live from moscow this is r.t. and one hundred and fifty four years the amount of time whistleblower bradley manning could be spending behind bars as espionage trial begins later today in america this after his arrest in two thousand and ten which saw him charged with aiding the enemy after release thousands of classified documents online details now to watch. it was a video that shocked the world footage of a u.s. apache helicopter killing twelve iraqi civilians including two journalists collateral murder the cold blooded brutality of the occupation captured on film it was leaked by a young american soldier army private bradley manning the video was uploaded to wiki leaks but it would prove to be just the tip of the iceberg the former army intelligence analyst leaked more than seven hundred thousand documents containing classified information to that whistle blowing web site they included reports of torture abuse higher than acknowledge civilian casu

r.t. dot com you can still make your voice heard on the big story now let me take through some other world making headlines tonight fourteen people have been killed fifteen injured in a gun battle at the u.n. office in the somali capital mogadishu the victims include insurgents u.n. employees and civilian women reports a suicide bomber detonated himself while driving past the compound then gunman stormed that facility al qaeda linked militant group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the assault. floods have killed at least a hundred thirteen displaced thousands from their homes in northern india the army's leading rescue operations and is also helping thousands of stranded pilgrims travels being canceled across the region over fears of further rains and landslides to read pause are usual for the region but this time they fit the north of the country in a much heavier scale than usual. turkish police have detained dozens of people across the country to try and end the ongoing anti-government protests there security forces use water cannon overnight to disperse the dead. strait has ma

r.t. dot com you can have your voice. turkish police have detained dozens of people across the country to try and end the ongoing anti-government protests security forces use water cannon overnight to disperse the demonstrators many no staging a silent standing man protest for the guy we saw standing there it's a new form of resistance spreading throughout turkey in fact tom barton reports from ankara because the other day is really just here the tickets capital ankara the streets having become synonymous at least a little seemingly police tester's. to this fight at least close by least close here and it still feels that many cash is going. to the son. of god because the. police action is coming up little one it seems at least for a week removes all those elections i want to see why. it's nice to have sixty six decades they could do well if he is planning to make it seem. like he's the subtleties take it badly it certainly look he has a lot of sick popular certainly beyond. these protests to show that a true has become. t

r.t. dot com. two suicide blasts have rocked of the syrian capital damascus killing at least fourteen people and wounding thirty one more explosions targeted a police station in the heavy heart of the capital with reports that one man blew himself up inside the building the attacks come after the syrian army richards the strategic town of the stuff from other rebels last week and wants some see as a turning point in the war regime forces now plan to recapture aleppo in the north and the rebel held districts of homs. there are judges in washington over the recent gains by us troops who are now backed by hezbollah fighters that you as a could approve are sending weapons to the rebels as any as this week with a no fly zone also among the options that's despite an international peace conference on syria planned for july foreign minister sergei lavrov has been outlining russia's position on the latest developments as archie's tone barton explains. lever all spoke of double standards when it comes to the

r.t. dot com right now the world's fastest growing economic giant goes to extremes to reclaim a future china introduces at the simple. for those dead to break the nation's environmental protection rules also online. dot com accuses the u.s. government for what he calls the largest massacre of data in the history of the internet find out what that is a bag of said party. israel's commitment to a two state solution to achieve peace with the palestinians is in serious doubt recent comments from some senior israeli cabinet members suggest the ruling coalition staunchly oppose the idea the country's deputy defense minister danny then on said moves to promote it will be buried in parliament the statement was later echoed by the israeli trade minister naftali bennett he declared the two state option had hit a dead end and also called for a swift annexation of territories in the west bank this could cast a shadow on international efforts to bring israel palestine to the negotiating table u.s. secretary of state john kerry is planning his fifth trip to the region to try to bring the two sides togethe

r.t. dot com and happy your voice. let's take a look at some other global news making headlines at this hour on our t.v. fourteen people have been killed and fifteen injured in a gun battle at u.n. offices in the somali capital mogadishu the victims included insurgents the u.n. employees and civilian women reporters say a suicide bomber detonated himself while driving past the compound then gunmen stormed the facility al qaeda linked militant group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the assault. turkish police have detained dozens of people across the country to try and end the ongoing n.t. government protest security forces use water cannon over night to dispose of demonstrators mania now staging a silent as standing men protests with a new form of resistance spreading throughout turkey from wanton reports from on car but culture here you know the days when you just hear the turkish capital ankara the streets having to come sit in jordan nightly study your team leap police and protesters keep them really tense

r.t. dot com for the full timeline of events analysis and the latest updates. iranians have voted to replace outgoing a hard line president mahmoud ahmadinejad with a pro reformist moderate hasan rowhani took more than fifty percent of the vote after promising among other things to open dialogue with the west but artie's marouf in ocean reports that some of the most sensitive issues could be out of his reach. people have taken to the streets of tehran to celebrate the victory all of us on the money and that is there right now. that's hot his victory has provoked mixed feelings among iranians misspoken so this is known as a reformist and carries the hope of many specially in terms of greater freedoms boy around and still runs diplomatic isolation the country has been under the top sanctions for years now over its controversial nuclear program during his campaign rouhani has promised to prepare the civil rights structure response the economy and the relations with the west his good sides have let him use us many times making remarks that cost the country credibil

r.t. dot com and cast your vote. sigrid lumber tour. was to build a canoe most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything. to teach the creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. thanks for staying with us twenty one minutes past the hour the presidential palace in kabul afghanistan has come under attack from militants while reporters were waiting for a press conference with president karzai you know sought reportedly pitched heavily armed taliban fighters against presidential bodyguards and u.s. troops and left plumes of smoke visible across the capital skyline journalist courtney body has the latest for us from kabul. the scene lasted just over an hour and while no civilian casualties have been reported and the afghan forces did manage to get the attack under control relatively quickly the fact that it did happen at the presidential palace they used id cards and vehicle id cards that are what the nato and i saw forces use reportedly and the fact that they were even able to breach that gate what i saw from the outside of the gate and it's more

r.t. dot com. well government surveillance was among the key she's touched upon by president putin within the past few as during a q. and a session here at the center and i. looked around that was there because then you might have to come to them it is no secret that surveillance is widely used by modern intelligence services such methods are vital to counter terrorism but in russia for example you cannot simply wiretap a phone conversation without a court order so this is how it should be done in a civilized society where technical equipment used to help fight terrorism so that surveillance needs to be conducted within the legal framework of which regulates the activity of the security services so it isn't an option for you but it can present and also touched upon the syrian crisis when talking to journalists he says the situation in syria is being aggravated by foreign influence. do you think your the entire region has descended into conflict and uncertainty and now syria on top of all that. it's

r.t. dot com to let us know what she think. but it's not just the infringement of people's privacy that is put washington under fire support for several gulf states where a crackdown on internet freedom has reached new heights resulting in a rest and bans is also causing deep concern which is you've got a piece going to explain. let's now take a look at the us friends who are known to have somewhat suspicious methods of upholding the democratic freedoms of their citizens qatar the united arab emirates kuwait bahrain and saudi arabia in saudi arabia local media has reported that the authorities are asked mobile providers to find ways to monitor encrypted messaging and apps like viber skype and whatsapp and if these up locations could not be monitored they would then be blocked while last month senior saudi religious clerics declared those who use twitter are risking their mission end quote lose both this world and their afterlife let's move on to qatar and are seen by many as a regional media hub a state which openly supports ra

r.t. dot com. with an approaching presidential election in iran friday world powers hope they'll be some signs of athol for tehran's disputed nuclear program washington and the e.u. suspect that program is aimed at covertly making weapons iran insists that insists they need it for power generation and medical purposes russia's president vladimir putin tells our team he has no doubt though that the state is it here in the international commitments. yes it is. the issue itself is complicated but not for russia russia has delivered on all of its international commitments you know that russia has constructed the nuclear plant in iran we've delivered on all of our terms and conditions and we're willing to go on cooperating they insist on enriching uranium themselves within their international mandates we don't see anything wrong with that as long as they keep in line with international law they should be entitled to pursue their program. you can catch president putin's full interview with r.t. later tod

r.t. dot com. greece's main t.v. and radio channels have been pulled off air after the government decided to suspend all state run broadcast to cut budget costs all two and a half hours and employees have lost their jobs while the authorities slam the company as a haven of waste the broadcaster is largely state funded with every green kind of cell paying a fee regardless of whether they own a t.v. not large crowds joined in a protest against the decision calling the move a blow to democracy in new york is that it is a social and political experts i mean it is the gene police greyscale is too far in trying to please international law. this. bunch we are witnessing is a very authoritarian parent from the part of the greek government that decision to shut down the phone network or the greek public broadcasting system or to crudes a public television and public radio on multiple stations i'm satellite television . network or. other broadcast sinnott this is an example of the attempts from the part of the greek government

r.t. dot com. that lee roth's between supporters and opponents of president mercier escalating in egypt clashes have already killed several egyptians and american national in the alexandria thousands are now running at tahrir square in cairo and demanding is mostly the steps down true reports the worst clashes were in egypt's coastal city of alexandria where we saw two people dead including one u.s. citizen the u.s. embassy for their part have removed all non-essential staff see that this could be a targeted attack in addition president of bomber came out calling for dialogue between opposition forces and the president saying we must have a united stance the marines the u.s. marines are politically have come up with a contingency plan should the violence continue against u.s. citizens certainly are in store in protest people ripping posters of u.s. bus tickets acquire dissent saying the mission brotherhood or the president tales from is definitely following a u.s. agenda civilian grassroots campaig

r.t. dot com. today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. during operation throughout the day. smiles and a warm handshake sigh expected in california later in the day with the u.s. and chinese leaders meet for their first summit of behind the diplomacy has a range of prickly subjects between the team with washington accusing beijing of launching a cyber war against it and as you know what there are reports of the u.s. has come to measures go well beyond being purely defensive. after months of muscle flexing comes the handshaking u.s. president barack obama and chinese president xi jinping will likely play nice for the cameras but behind the closed california mansion doors of this first bilateral summit a tense talk over a cyber espionage hacking and rules of virtual engagement think of it as well as the jumble of biological weapons convention so one can make those sorts of weapons most countries agree not to do so or to use the. same thing is true of cyber everyone's going to be asked nations or knowledgeable we can agree perhaps not to att

r.t. dot com. and. thirdly riots between supporters and opponents of president merci are escalating in egypt clashes have already killed several egyptians on the american national and xandra thousands are now arriving at tahrir square in cairo demanding the islamist leader steps down true reports. the worst clashes were in egypt's coastal city of alexandria where we saw two people dead including one u.s. citizen the u.s. embassy for their part have removed all non-essential staff in fee that this could be a targeted attack in addition president of bomber came out calling for dialogue between opposition forces and the president saying we must have a united stand the marines the u.s. marines reportedly have come up with a contingency plan should the violence continue against u.s. citizens so to me i saw in protests people ripping posters of u.s. bus tickets acquirer and dissent saying the mission brotherhood the president tales from is definitely following a u.s. agenda civilian grassroots campaign called

r.t. dot com. thanks for staying with us twelve minutes past the hour edward snowden the man who exposed the extent of the u.s. secret global surveillance program or aims at an unknown hong kong location awaiting washington's next expected move against him he willingly revealed his identity after leaking documents showing the u.s. national security agency has been keeping tabs on both americans and foreigners hundreds of people marched outside the u.s. consulate in hong kong to show their support for the whistleblower activist said they were outraged by the level of spying the obama administration is conducting amounting to tens of thousands of packing operations worldwide are to spring a fortnight it takes over. last weekend the u.s. president and his chinese counterpart met for a private bilateral summit focused on cyber attacks and virtual espionage washington blaming beijing for being an online outlaw today the tables have turned courtesy of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden revealed n.s.a. l

r.t. dot com to find out why u.s. authorities are keeping him gagged. and another click away online and say cheese the f.b.i. may have your picture on its facial recognition database the u.s. government agency is now being sued for collecting the photographs fingerprints and iris scans for millions of americans again those details for you at r.t. dot com. technology innovation. developments around russia. the future covered. dozens of people have been arrested in st petersburg as authorities move to subdue a confrontation between protesters and gay rights activists police in russia's northern count all separate of the two a bible groups voted to prevent crashes officials said they had been contacted by locals to stop the gay rights rally they complained violated the russian law on what legislators describe as the promotion of quote nontraditional sexual relations both gay rights and nationalist activists refused to leave the premises were arrested. one of germany's main broadcasters has found itself in quite an embarrassing situation it is being accused

r.t. dot com. what happened to the arab spring dream days egypt's first freely elected president bring any change fear poverty economic failure and violence remain egypt's attempt to escape chaos leaves blowing deeper. egypt. chaos. you have these uses it's also a tissue crime i would even say authoritarian mouth hands like spying and persecution and restrictions and definite detentions being on the rise how do you explain these paradox one thing we do know about them pi is this stuff they will collapse without exception the street is brutally sealed dockside. i would rather as questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find life though larry king now right here on r.t. question more. welcome back here with our team president obama has pledged seven billion dollars to fix frequent power blackouts in sub-saharan africa the big promise comes as the u.s. leaders tours the african continent to boost ties however obama's trips been tainted by pr

r.t. dot com. some other news in brief now this hour at least twenty two people have died following a gunfight at the u.n. compound in somalia the attackers detonated a car bomb at the entrance and then stormed the compound the victims include insurgents u.n. employees and civilians the al qaeda linked rebel group. has claimed responsibility . syrian troops alongside lebanon's hezbollah are reportedly fighting rebels in a damascus suburb which is home to a major issue a shrine protecting the. mosque is seen as crucial for president sad who is backed by shia muslims the fighting in the area is part of a wider offensive aimed at recapturing the suburbs of the country's capital. now the shaky peace process in afghanistan is under threat with president karzai suspending talks with the u.s. on a new security deal the move comes in reaction to washington's u. turn decision to enter direct negotiations with the taliban first discussions are due later today at the militant organizations new office in qatar

r.t. dot com. all there was a surprise announcement from russia's first couple on thursday president putin and his wife linda are to divorce after nearly thirty years of marriage and in their first joint public appearance in more than a year a couple told russian t.v. why they're calling it a day. so much due to the sort of waters here in the region is my job and all my activities mean i'm an absolutely public figure some people enjoy this and some don't lose some people that there's simply an incompatible with such a lifestyle that my wife has done a nine year shift by my side basically the decision was mutual. tradition. cygnus a club like that of most said it was in fact unusual decision a marriage is over because we barely see each other his job keeps him completely busy our children have grown up they live their own lives now we all do things i really don't like being in the spotlight all the constant travelling is difficult for me forth we simply don't see each other it's an absolute. well i

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r.t. dot com log on there kasturba. and we'll read the results every hour. what's happened to the arab spring dream. first freely elected president change fear poverty economic failure and violence remain egypt's attempt to escape curiosity lead where we are. egypt a year retail. the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to grow fueled by fresh exposures from edward snowden now revelations of the european union offices being the target of u.s. snooping has set alarm bells ringing across the blog with its leaders demanding an explanation from washington will germany's justice minister has slammed the united states for quote cold war tactics indicating that a free trade pact with the u.s. could now be in jeopardy as a result meanwhile the head of the e.u. parliament describe the situation as a huge scandal although calling for more information from its washington ally the belgian prime minister however said that there needs to be an immediate stop to the n.s.a. surveillance program while look sumburgh foreign minister said that the united states should watch its own

r.t. dot com for live updates a timeline of the protests and the most dramatic footage. the stakes are high at the court martial of bradley manning accused of leaking sensitive military data to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks the soldiers charged with aiding the enemy and if found guilty faces life in jail artie's a marine up what now explores all the u.s. government's attempts to silence those who feel they have to speak out. the military court martial against private first class bradley manning begins at a complicated time for the obama administration u.s. journalists have been spied on an unprecedented number of whistleblowers have been imprisoned and access to the truth many say grows increasingly harder by the day we have a severe problem with transparency and secrecy in this country that's for sure our problem is a cult of secrecy extreme levels of dystopian secrecy washington classified ninety two million documents in the year two thousand and eleven that's the last count we have to put things in perspective what bradley manning leaked is less than one per

r.t. dot com for intern updates and live pictures from text in square. the u.s. government has filed criminal charges against edward snowden the man who told the world about the scope of america's global surveillance network washington now wants help from hong kong officials because snowden's been hiding in the chinese territory since unleashing the revelations about the national security agency that he's going to china has the details. word snowden has been charged with espionage theft and conversion of government property now the u.s. justice department has also reportedly asked hong kong to address that word snowden the united states has an extradition treaty with hong kong and snowden could fight extradition if he's arrested there but the treaty has an exception for political offenses so snowden's defense team in hong kong may potentially invoke that part of the extradition treaty edward snowden's revelations as we all know have shed unprecedented light on the u.s. government's massive spying program he revealed that even if you're not doing anything wrong yo