dot com. now activists across dozens of countries have held rallies to call for the permanent boycott of genetically modified food with biotech giant monsanto the main target of their anger hundreds of cities across the world from australia to europe were involved demonstrators claim crops produced by the company could be harmful to humans even resulting in death some of the biggest rallies took place in the u.s. where people also accuse the multi-national company of aggressive lobbying and suppressing food safety and he now is in washington for arctic. many cities across the u.s. took part in this second organize march against the agricultural giant monsanto protesters rallying against the company's use of genetically modified organisms and trying to raise awareness about its corporate practices some protesters told us that even though the government is shutdown months onto a lobbyist are hard at work here in washington many concerts by actually came up to activists what we were standing ther

now on r.t. dot com we are reporting on how the n.s.a. gets its hands on your friends list on social networks along with other personal contact data and don't forget to check out our twitter feed for the latest updates on the story. well after the two weeks of government paralysis u.s. senators say they're close to restoring state functions and authorizing more borrowing you've got two days left to do so or risk a fold that would likely trigger a global crisis and on top of that now it tells us the public mood is getting ugly . this self-inflicted shutdown is causing panic around the world as washington scrambles to avoid default the global economy is at risk of being thrust back into recession well at home millions will have to cut their losses either way deal or no deal businesses that were unable to work at full capacity public sector contracts which will see delays and payment and unemployment which is already on the rise due to the shutdown but possibly the most ironic thing about this government shutdown now in its third week is tha

vineyard in france's border region to online r.t. dot com. the annual key suburbs of asia pacific leaders of barley has just spoke about economics is year i guess unsurprisingly syria's once again become the focus of russia u.s. talks on the sidelines of the gathering with both the russian president and foreign minister praising the progress made on the elimination of the chemical weapons there how to support scotsman following the summit for. had been hyped that russian president vladimir putin and u.s. president barack obama would have been able to discuss the topic of syria on the fringes of this the economic summit apec here in bali however president obama's enforced absence today with the financial problems and continuing shutdown in the united states put paid to that however president vladimir putin saying that his absence would be a hinderance to the ongoing cooperation between the two nations today in a press conference is saying i believe that there is no need to hold meetings only for the sake of meeting him a person was not the onl

check out this story on r.t. dot com about a range from orbit a european science satellite expected to fall back to earth after two and a half years of certainly working overtime though it will split into more than fifty pieces during re-entry where the debris ends up without anyone's guess. just turning twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow in his latest official statement on n.s.a. spying in france the u.s. has labeled allegations that it logged millions of phone calls a lie but that doesn't stop the newspaper le monde from. this one about how america got the diplomatic upper hand by bugging computers at the united nations more than half a billion dollars reportedly used to keep the so-called genie spy program running a genie being the sibling of the notorious prism project it allegedly saw millions of machines fire walls and routers all getting infected and dominique de villepin who served as the country's prime as well as interior and foreign minister he says once again the u.s. has simply crossed the l

dot com. well imports are surging in china making the biggest energy importer on the planet you can see here beijing's increased oil purchases steadily in recent years finally produced in the u.s. just last month the rapid growth of industry to infrastructure has created new sociable demands of fuel from of looks of the benefits only implications of china's ongoing ambitions. yet again china is number one this time surpassing the united states as the world's biggest importer of oil what's more according to u.s. government findings china is expected to remain the top global gas guzzler well into the next year part of that reason is china's economy is growing as well as rising auto sales that has increased demand as a result china has used more oil than it can actually produce having to turn to outside sources in order to fill that gap americans still consume more oil per person but china is slowly catching up on the one hand it is a sign of progress the economic boom has raised incomes and boos

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dot com. i should add was snowden be considered a hero for revealing how you were surveillance programs operated one of the most prominent figures in the technology world thinks so or to use the world the parser done with apple co-founder steve wozniak who explained his views on the m a c leader and his revelations. i believe he's a hero i believe he's coming directly from his heart that he feels some goodness that he wants to be truthful to the american people that he believes in and loves his country america so strong with and that's all true and that he took a very drastic step and made a sacrifice and i wish that i look around he certainly fit in my life that i could do a quick call to his make the sacrifice i would do it i don't have knowledge information to expose you know on our. government bad activities that they do secretly because nobody would really think it's the right thing so i'm i'm very. i'm very glad that he exists among us ians a hero and i wish that somebody five in the sam

march against monsanto a look at the drugs on r g r g dot com and i look at what a website r.t. dot com has for you today this one has a lot of people clicking on it intelligence reaction brazil is determined to act against n.s.a. snooping into houses sum it up all cross border spying and the laws of the internet that story and the background on why brazil is so upset is all online big. brother walking dead at a higher man tries to prove he's alive and well two decades after he was thought to have passed away but according to future declare him alive despite him being at the hearing this story is the subject of one of our many cartoons go and see the whole collection at r.t. dot com. right. first. and i think you're. on our reporters would. like to welcome back to our t.v. now the u.s. is reluctant to admit how many civilians have died in the cia led drone war in pakistan but one u.k. nonprofit group is digging for the truth the bureau of investigative journalism is seeking to name all the victims of u.s. strikes in the region in the hope they could put a human face on what's ha

all disaster a little more about that as well i don't r.t. dot com. dutch police say first break in an apartment block that houses russian embassy staff in the hague was most likely an ordinary burglary as they put it the instance added though to frictions between the two countries spot the recent attacks on both russian and dutch diplomats starting to see catherine off brings us the details. well it's hard to say whether this is a case of diplomatic tit for tat or just pure coincidence but an apartment housing russian diplomats in the hague was apparently broken into late thursday we do have more details from the russian foreign ministry spokesman let's take a quick listen employees from the russian embassy in the netherlands came back from work on the seventeenth of october to their apartments located in the housing block out sort of embassies territory they discovered traces of unlawful entry into one of the flats the employee who lives there from the embassies administrative technical stuff is currently on holiday so now the big question of course

motion section on r.t. dot com. the birds may be watching you and that's not paranoia a new surveillance drone dressed up as an avian predator and with the same fly performance is being marketed to armies across the globe are just their first went to check it out. is it a bird is it a plane well actually if you guessed. you'd be almost right this is one of the newest trains on the market is this company maxim's defense unit x l this behind the creation of this unmanned aerial vehicle o u a v but this is a drone with a difference is being designed to look like a native birds now it's already in operation as a bird strike avoidance system but expo say that they want to expand its uses as a surveillance drone could also eight firefighters all be used in drug trafficking operations the known as shepherd milk was showcased at this year's international in london the average price is one hundred thousand euros and giving a whole new meaning to bird's eye view the company claim it's so well camouflaged compared to standard

dot com. the elimination of chemical weapons was recognized by this year's nobel peace prize the international watchdog that's currently monitoring the destruction of syria's stockpiles receive the award c w experts are working inside syria at the moment as part of a binding un resolution brokered by russia and the us political analyst mark macaulay describes the main challenges facing the group. in a war zone some of the chemical weapons may be in rebel held territory. how do you access to rebels who say they don't have it. we'll have to verify that would be very tricky because a little negotiate with rebels and how many rebel groups are the dozens of them but this is a very very difficult decision for them because previously globalisation always operated if you like. peaceful this is the first time the really got involved the middle of a civil war and it's really a challenge for them they may in fact put one hundred people in the. hopes that they are secure and that they actually get on with

done to our teeth dot com. welcome back this is r.t. the sounds of muslims in moscow have been celebrating one of the holiest days in their calendar it alot on no one in russia ask obama by wrong marks the and of the annual pilgrimage to mecca however is this year it wasn't an easy celebration in the capital following sunday's brutal and drastic clashes are just going to church again as more. assenting of moscow's main mosque right behind me thousands of muslims began the celebration of this holiday with a prayer here called bombaiyer on literally means the feast of the sec refused it commemorates abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son ishmael to show his face to all on this day muslims kill a sheep or go to and give the means to the poor and shared among family and neighbors as you can imagine many did not like the sight of animals being killed in their backyard so moscow's already have designated special locations farms where muslims could practice the ritual of a second feis russia is home to around twenty million muslims so a hu

dot com. you're back with us on r.t. then nobel peace prize winning group in charge of destroying syria's chemical arsenal says damascus officials are called prating and are giving them access to whatever they want to see now the same can be said about being allowed into some rebel held territories the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says the inspectors are being held bagged by ongoing fighting and have renewed calls for all sides to call parade now meanwhile a car bomb in the northwest has killed at least twenty seven people and wounded many others powerful blast came a day after twin car bomb struck the syrian capital one of the a hotel where the international come across weapons inspectors will stay in the explosions that interrupted a lot of iraqi t.v. brokaw's from damascus let's take a look at that video that's emerged online video. of our blog but it's. not. a term a lot of cosette on a search of another cassette imo while he called us worrying. because a lot. nicer is largest oppo

budget crisis so how to r.t. dot com for our regular updates. right see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporters. as uprising a lines forming in the middle east between israel and saudi arabia as reports say the countries are negotiating a union against iran despite sharing common rivals there is no official diplomatic relations between the states and the two clash when it comes to saudi arabia support of the palestinians has the details. there's an unexpected union forming right now in the region between israel and saudi arabia unexpected because on the one hand while the two shape common rivals in egypt and syria saudi arabia particularly recently has been pouring millions of dollars of aid into palestinian projects both in gaza and in the west bank the potential impact of such an unlikely union cannot be overestimated israel brings to the party excellent propaganda skills saudi arabia on the other hand is able to tap into vast reservoir of petro dollars israel too has unparalleled influence over american foreign policy and the result of these two coun

dot com. welcome back this is r.t. as a human cost of the spiraling syrian conflict amounts civilians are being increasingly caught up in the fighting and some are now facing no other choice than to your list in the military and head to the front line artie's bosley or met one syrian mother who's taken the safety of her children into her own hands miriam is getting ready for work like women around the world she enjoys putting on makeup before heading to the office but miriam's job is a little different to most the twenty three year old is heading to the syrian frontline it gives me great satisfaction being able to defend my country against terrorists who want to destroy it. it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six years old. i signed up because of them i'm not afraid any move because i've stopped worrying we're in a state of war but every day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians kille

dot com to cost your vote. well you are on the website to see how before amy is up for the tightening the screws on antigovernment descendants. invasion section has dramatic video of a police crackdown with soy quality demonstrators tear gas trying to get their voices heard. we've got the story of a toy a somali pirate leader who was captured after falling for the trick by the belgian police find out more. welcome back the son free and available to everyone since the dawn of time not any more spain's are planning to tax it to help plug its you wanting energy debt as a surfer it reports. there's an argument hotting up in spain right now the country still mired in financial difficulty the government's come up with a rather unusual proposal calling for attacks on solar energy with some spanish cities enjoying an average of three thousand hours of sun each year the nation's been one of the leading providers of solar energy the trouble is they're pretty thing so much that production capacity now exceeds the market b

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dot com. plus video surveillance backfires on police in the us as an officer is caught on camera shooting a mentally handicapped man who showed no signs of aggression we got that shocking video and the full details on the story over on our website party dot com. right now see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporter's. instrument. that has been exactly a decade since the name how khodorkovsky first grabbed the global media's attention russia's then richest man was arrested on charges of fraud and tax evasion and has remained behind bars ever since with almost a year to go before his release the former oil magnate still divides public opinion as are now explains. he was the richest man in russia and one of the wealthiest in the world while his or company us at one point was the waters in the suddenly in two thousand and three me felt that of course he was arrested and then found guilty of fraud and sentenced to nine years then in a separate criminal case against him along with hi

dot com. merkel has been his spied on by the n.s.a. for over a decade that's according to the leaks published by germany's dispirit magazine the surveillance goes back even before merkel became the country's leader and this week it's been revealed the thirty five world leaders have also been closely monitored by america's national security agency europe has voiced its anger complaining that its trust in washington is now undermined from a french a prime minister dominique de villepin od says that if the u.s. continues to strive for world dominance could lead to. it. we knew that. some practices were existed but the search and overall system this came as a surprise for everybody in fact what we are seeing today is the incredible privileges of the u.s. administration or the control of the world system we knew that the u.s. for controlling the financial system through the banking dominance of some big banks through the dollar currency reserve currency but controlling internet controlling the info

dot com we have in depth coverage of the grand spectacle in athens. the olympic torch is on its big journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand to one. in a record setting trip by land air. and others face. a live torch relay special coverage on our. americas a national surveillance agency is in an apparent crusade against any online privacy according to another fresh revelation from edward snowden's leaks the n.s.a. has repeatedly targeted a web service that is often used by journalists and businessmen to make their internet communications anonymous meanwhile several tech giants including google and microsoft are currently suing the u.s. for the right to disclose the scale of their cooperation with the agency artie's lucie county office more. in the wake of the u.s. national security agency scandal much of the tech industry has been critical of government snooping some companies named as partners in the n.s.a.'s prism prog

dot com there are more first hand reports from guantanamo bay prison also for you at r.t. dot com for this hour a toxic. japanese government plans to take up with the cleanup of the fukushima nuclear disaster away from the progs operator that means the expenses could al fall on the shoulders of taxpayers. i'm glad i'm here put in place for rock obama as forbes most influential man of the year i'll be at the praise comes with a liberal dose of ready made it dictator cliches. are to live from moscow this is our to step aside because abby martin breaking the set is coming your way next. the office of civil rights in the city of seattle washington has told city employees that certain terms may not be used in official emails and discussion scoring to google fox news these terms would be brown bag and citizen ninety nine percent of americans when they hear the expression brown bag think of taking a nice healthy lunch you know in a brown paper bag to work with themselves but in politically correct insanity land these words are obvious reminder of the days when a person's skin col

and our two dot com. i know i look at what our website r.t. dot com has for you today this one has a lot of people clicking on it and others reaction resilin is determined to act against n.s.a. snooping planning to harry's a summit about cross the border spying and the laws off the internet that story and the background on why brazil is so upset is online for you. and the walking dead and ohio man tries to prove he's alive and well two decades after he was thought to have passed away but a court refused to declare him alive despite him being at the hearing the story is the subject of one of our many called jews go and see the whole collection. and i think. on our reporters. on to the facts of the u.s. trying to now the u.s. is reluctant to admit how many civilians have died in the cia led drone war in pakistan but one u.k. numb profit group is digging for the truth the bureau of investigative journalism seeking to name all the victims of u.s. strikes in the region in the hope we could put a human face on what's happening artie's playboy co has

flame on the latest stage of the torch relay more on the sporting symbols r.t. dot com. the number of european muslims joining the ranks of islamist militants in syria is growing every month now norway has launched a hunt for two teenage sisters who were allegedly gone to the war torn country to fight the regime alongside rebel forces. looks at the dangerous trend. the two sisters age sixteen and nineteen left a message for their family saying that they were going to syria because they believe that muslims in the country were being attacked from all directions now the family who haven't been named are cooperating with the authorities to try and track these two young women down now they've been it's reported that they are for all of somali descent that they came to norway in the year two thousand they weren't particularly religious that impacted over the last few weeks they've been arguments between the the older sister and the mother of the family over the older sisters want to wear the niqab so norwegian authorities looking into this to try and track down these two wome

dot com. activists across the world are preparing to rally against genetically modified food giant monsanto hundreds of cities and more than fifty countries are expected to take part in saturday's march demanding a permanent boycott of what they call franken foods and. this international protest m a brought around two million people together they blame the g.m. john for polluting the environment and falsifying safety reports the company insists it's playing a key role in feeding the world's rapidly growing population with jeffrey smith who's written extensively about the dangers of g.m. foods begs to differ. when you look at the animal feeding studies of genetically engineered foods the american academy of environmental medicine they said there's gastrointestinal problems immune system problems excel aerated aging organ damage reproductive disorders there's massive infant mortality multiple massive tumors early death there are so many things that are going wrong with the animals that are being

dot com. oil imports are surging in china making the biggest energy importer on the planet as you can see here beijing's increase its all purchases steadily in recent years finally than outpacing the u.s. last month the rapid growth of industry infrastructures created an insatiable demand for fuel. enough looks at the benefits and the implications of china's ambitions. yet again china is number one this time surpassing the united states as the world's biggest importer of oil what's more according to u.s. government findings china is expected to remain the top global gas guzzler well into the next year part of that reason is china's economy is growing as well as rising auto sales that has increased demand as a result of china's use more oil than it can actually produce having to turn to outside sources in order to fill that gap americans still consume more oil per person but china is slowly catching up on the one hand it is a sign of progress the economic boom has raised incomes and to china's

dot com. chancellor angela merkel has been spied on by the n.s.a. for over a decade and that's according to the leaks published by germany's difficult magazine the surveillance goes back even before merkel became the country's leader and this week has been revealed that thirty five world leaders have also been closely monitored by an american national security agency europe has voiced its anger complaining that its trust in washington is now undermined former french prime minister dominic of a pound says that if the u.s. continues to strive for world dog. anon's it could lead to conflict. we knew that. some practices were existed but the search and overall system this came as a surprise for everybody in fact what we are seeing today is the incredible privileges of the us administration or the control of the world system we knew that the us were controlling the financial system through the banking dominance of some big banks through the dollar currency reserve currency but controlling internet

dot com. now after the break an attack on a dutch diplomat in moscow strange relations even further between the two countries . a bizarre story of a violent deception and intrigue as a dutch official is attacked here in moscow we'll bring you the twists and turns of the deepening diplomatic spat between the netherlands and russia. and an explosion in syria kills over twenty civilians the latest in a string of bombings and kidnappings our correspondent reports from the war torn nation. wealthy british study all. the time to explain the findings will. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports. on the new mom and a lot of these new college face i think you know. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher. welcome back this is r.t. now at least twenty one people including women and children have been killed in southern syria after a minibus there

dot com. this week the olympic torch began its long journey from moscow to sochi and the twenty fourteen winter games the flame embarked on a four month relay covering more than sixty five thousand kilometers across russia and also space it was lit last sunday in greece before traveling by plane to russia . and the flame was met by a group of bikers who were on hand to escort it to the kremlin. and then president putin looked ahead to the games by hosting the ceremony to start the torch relay after visiting nearly three thousand cities and towns across the country be limping symbol is expected in sochi on the seventh of february to open up the games and you can enjoy the highlights and see the reports from the relay ceremony over at our website at r.t. dot com. after the break we've got all the latest economic news from around the world in venture capital with eighty people. millions around the globe struggle with hunger. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can they'r

r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital marina josh it welcome to the program at least a fifty one people have been killed and hundreds injured in aged one celebration of a national holiday turned to bloodshed opponents and the supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi clashed in cairo and across the country edge of has been in turmoil since the army ousted the president in july and rounded up members of the muslim brotherhood are more. a few kilometers away from where i'm standing here in the giza district and in other locations across the capital there were very bloody scenes very fierce street battles erupted between security forces and supporters of the ousted muslim brotherhood leader mohamed morsi on the fortieth anniversary of the one hundred seventy three arab israeli war this and we also had wyvil protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square and some people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of them for their sisi to be president

dot com. this week the olympic torch began its long journey from moscow to sochi on the twenty fourth day in the winter games the flame embarked on a four month relay covering more than sixty five thousand kilometers across russia and space it was late last sunday in greece before traveling by plane to russia the flame was made by a group of bikers who were on hand to ask ordered for the kremlin president person looks ahead to the games by hosting this ceremony to start the torch relay after visiting nearly three thousand cities and towns across the country the olympic symbol is expected in sultry on the seventh of february to open up the games and you can enjoy the highlights and see reports from the relay ceremony overhead how web site r.t. dot com. right after the break. next time nobody could find out. thanks about the n.s.a. scandal. i recently read headlines all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia mode that china has just bought five percent of ukraine now they're writin

dot com. soaring rental costs are putting a strain on working londoners and being blamed for the rise in homelessness in the british capital but charities come up now with a novel solution to the problem of first investigate. when addressing the issue of the political housing one london charities being thinking outside the box but when it comes to the solution in sight that counts meet the my i pad shipping container doubles as a low cost. renting in london is particularly expensive and once again we've seen rents hit record highs so we're going to go take a look inside and see what this is all about. oh how are you doing thank you very much for having us yes this is my palace yeah this is the my. desk here inside the my pants been designed to provide these who need it most with the food of all independent living and just seventy five pounds a week the my pads certainly cheap by london standards i think it's difficult for everybody right now to get. comfortable accommodation and a good price f

and over on our website freedom came too late at r.t. dot com we've got the story of one man who served or forty years in jail for a crime he didn't commit and died just hours after his release. full time food had battered china's southern provinces forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and its past and bringing public transport to hold had tower a mole in motion section for stunning video and that. the. president of afghanistan has slammed the occupation by nato on its twelfth anniversary accusing allied troops of making the nation suffer and failing to uphold security the criticism comes at a crucial moment for the country seeking to hold its first democratic transition of power during next year's presidential election the taliban overthrown by the u.s. led forces over a decade ago recently promised to disrupt the vote after nato pulls out all aspects of security will be in the hands of the afghan army meaning they would have to deal with high risk militant areas that's now nearly a half a country with elections around the corner

dot com also online today for a. school boy from canada pleads guilty to hacking government websites and passing the data to anonymous in exchange for video games learn more about a twelve year old prodigy on our team dot com. well you're watching live from moscow and more news will be coming your way shortly don't go away. two years after the force ouster of khadafi by nato forces libya stands at the abyss the lack of a strong central government weak rule of law and the endless violence in a country awash with weapons has resulted in libya facing failed state status activists the presence of islamic militants can things get any worse in libya. speech or language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six fifty i p interviews intriguing stories are you. trying. to find out more visit our big t.v. dog called. welcome back this is r.t. now as the human cost of the spiraling syrian conflict mounts civilians are being increasingly caught up in the fighting some are no

dot com for the details there plus. japanese companies invented a carbon wetsuit that can protect against radiation and growing fears of radioactive water leaking into the sea from the fukushima nuclear plant or on a website. a huge firm that's involved in operating britain's health care schools transport and other services stands accused of massive fraud and mismanagement but for such a large company with fingers in so many pies it's hardly known by anyone in the country artie's test takes a look. for bicycles for rent to health services prisons speed cameras ambulances and even the government's work programme for the jobless chances are they're operated by global private companies that you may have never even heard of have you ever heard of the companies. should know what about. have you ever heard of the confiscate the companies be. never have you ever heard of serco. on the ground you know one of the biggest companies providing public service is a thanks to outsource government contractors a company called serco ope

dot com later today. i read across study has concluded that europe's spiraling down to mass unemployment and inequality that's wiles' in i favor due to illegal immigrants and political and social unrest are ripening and the zone where one hundred twenty million people are now living in all very close to poverty the report also claims the e.u. is tackling on the debt crisis will be felt for decades it says all these factors are combining to create a europe whose future is more shaky and at any time after world war two chris clark from the nottingham business school in the u.k. says governments don't realise the scale of the new main disaster i think. at the moment what you're seeing is european financial leaders the commission the governments all telling us how they've solved the problems when they haven't actually done anything at all in the last couple of years to sort out any of their problems and you know i do agree with the red cross that they are facing a catastrophe in europe and i think back to ask

dot com. miss him are you just mentioned the geneva conventions and the geneva conventions make it pretty clear that. they were primarily designed to protect people quite not part of the conflict or no longer part of the conflicts while the geneva convention clearly give protection to civilians or to combatants they do not leave combatants without any protection. the same protection as civility can go in there when the woman is a woman the woman didn't seek according to did she need a convention have the same right to medical treatment as civilians have. already been shunned down in the united states government now verges on another crisis although this one could go global washington has seventy two hours left to raise the debt ceiling or else face a default but lawmakers are refusing to budge holding any possible deal hostage to their own interests or he's an isa now explain to us just how serious the consequences could be. well there's been no headway over the weekend between democrats and r

dot com. welcome back this is our team after all living through the dark days of apartheid some south africans are now worried that history could be about to repeat itself but this time it's the white population who have the most to fear they believe a new racial divide is starting to emerge as our teams policy or no reports. cooney movie is preparing for genocide against his people his plans are in place his community is ready to flee but we've been planning for eight years it started simple the idea was to give people an option we've divided the country into twenty seven provinces and divided those further into groups each group has its own plans . since one thousand nine hundred four when south africa elected its first black government with nelson mandela to home into power more than three thousand white farmers are said to have been murdered relatives claim finding and prosecuting the culprits has never become a priority of the south african police. when south africa's president jacob zuma

dot com. they have america's national security agency credited with a major expansion of the organization's covert surveillance operations is due to quit early next year army general keith alexander who is the emissaries longest serving chief has come under intense pressure since whistleblower adults noted revealed the vast scale of government snooping artie's marine aboard i as the details the man who has made indiscriminate global surveillance and data gathering part of the fabric of america is leaving his position general keith alexander director of the national security agency is reportedly stepping down from his reign within the next six months it would be hard to deny that this unexpected exodus would be happening if not for whistleblower edward snowden general alexander's eight year tenure at the n.s.a. came under a worldwide criticism earlier this year after snowden a former n.s.a. contractor. revealed details about the n.s.a.'s global gathering of telephone e-mail and social media dat

and you can catch the full version of that discussion right now on our website r.t. dot com. libya's prime minister has appeared in public following his brief kidnapping by government contract a gunman in tripoli and he's done describe the kidnap as part of the political games in the country but gave no details of the operation or his abduction we get expert opinion and analysis from london shortly but first artie's true has been assessing the many conflicting reports surrounding the seizure. he is just being released after he was taken this morning from the corinthia hotel in tripoli by armed gunmen there are conflicting reports rebels have come forward and claim that they were behind the attack which was a retaliation they said first supposed to be an involvement in a u.s. special forces raid which took libyan al-qaeda suspects and. libby was implemented in bombing u.s. embassies embassies back in one thousand nine hundred ninety however there are also reports that he may have been taken because he was actually going to be arrested by government function within the ministry

dot com. now more news from around the world a blast at a sweet factory in northern mexico has killed one person and left at least forty others injured with manny people still missing it's thought that a boiler exploded on the second floor of the building causing the floor to collapse three hundred people were inside during the incident and rescue teams are searching for survivors. police and students clashed in the spanish capital madrid and thursday night after a day of mass demonstrations across the country several people were said to be arrested and injured and that's after thousands poor it into the streets protesting against austerity cuts higher university fees and education reforms over half of young people in spain are jobless as a cash strapped government has cut public spending across the board. german police have arrested a thirty six year old man who barricaded himself inside a fast food cafe with twelve other people the suspect who is of kurdish origin cold police saying he would

the full story is on r.t. dot com. also online ad with snowden that says that there's no way russia china got any n.s.a. documents that in that he flew to moscow and had. police sign vests to getting a break in at the apartment block which houses the russian embassy stuff in the hague the incident is adding to the friction developing between moscow and the netherlands after both russia and diplomats came under attack in recent weeks now more on this from oddities of joining us live lucy you've been looking into these incidents can you explain to our what's actually happening of course hi there to have you well it's hard to say whether this is a case of diplomatic tit for tat or just pure coincidence but here's what we know so far an apartment housing that russian diplomats in the hague was apparently broken into burglarized on thursday night not an official diplomatic residence but it is managed by the russian embassy now the dutch foreign ministry said it regrets the incident there's apparently an investigation underw

dot com or you. russia investigators have filed formal charges against those who took part in an greenpeace protest in which they stormed an oil drilling platform in the arctic last month so far five competitors have been charged with piracy which could leave them in prison land land them in prison i should say for over a decade. the details. investigative committee began filing official charges against activists and they are being accused of piracy guilty then they could face up to fifteen years behind bars to see that their actions didn't only threaten the lives of the oil rigs workers but the environment as well greenpeace denies all the i.q. stations claiming that it was a peaceful protest to just remind you on the eighteenth of september google the organization's activists tried docking to rig in the russian north several tried climbing on board who they were arrested by the federal security service and then all thirteen were brought to the northern city of more than once where most of them rema

dot com. also while your day a blunder in the u.s. state department electronic communication systems open up external access to a highly sensitive information check out our report on that online. with almost all ballots counted from sunday's presidential election in georgia the ruling party candidate georgie mug of ale ashley has emerged at the kill without with a sixty percent of the spring and the decade long rule of a miss. his party's candidate trailed a distant second murry for national explores the controversial legacy of the outgoing leader. people he believes he told us that the presidential vote was a less about welcome in the future but more about saying goodbye to the country's past because really is banned from running for president again and these are his last days at the helm of the country he was a once popular leader off the rose revolution the first color revolution which saw power change in the post soviet republics but others who we spoke to here in believe they accuse him of building a new three terran regime with

scandal log on to our website at r.t. dot com for the latest updates videos and expert analysis. america's spine practices are not the only is he on the minds of the european leaders gathered in brussels for the summit but as a flow of illegal immigrants is said to be discussed two weeks after hundreds of people have drowned while trying to cross the mediterranean dollar bill went to discover how those who are hardly welcome build a new life away from home. we have feed we are not anymore we have feeling we all want to be jobless homeless and thousands of kilometers from home this is the reality for refugees who were forced to flee violence in libya and twenty eleven there is no option not even allowed to work in germany since i've been to germany i just slip and it's what i do they arrived in europe through its early however the italian authorities told them they couldn't stay and sent them packing with five hundred euros and give me some money i should go bank and collect the money i have the right to go anywhere what i want to go soy just to leave it like yeah to live it to li

dot com. allegations of abuse force feeding and a two hundred day hunger strike the guantanamo bay prison is rarely out of the news now has been granted special access deep inside the infamous u.s. jail here's an associate with a first hand look right across the fence. after a few months of people work to get cleared to visit the base the trip to get. from the big apple to fort lauderdale in florida and from there a short hour and a half flight one largely kept under wraps. boards. the minute we land were greeted by escorts who stay with us every step of our trip the special guantanamo joint task force media team. one of them sergeant rebecca wood far from the stereotypical face you might imagine working at a place like this controversial military base as we soon learned the first of many surprises this is a really big break for me in my career from a military resume the people i work with every day day they share the same idea like they're all very proud to be here she joined the u.s. militar

on r.t. dot com we have a report that says the reason edward snowden managed to get hold of highly sensitive classified data is because the n.s.a. failed to install software his former workplace the spying agency overlooked it's in hawaii also. this is called a drunk vehicle would be like if machines could enjoy a tipple or two this video from a highway in china may give you an idea the eye opening footage and scoring thousands of hits online and you tube can check it out that in motion section on our website it's. laws for several detainees at guantanamo bay a fresh appeal to put an end to the painful force feeding of hunger strikers at the facility of captives still refusing food but being strapped into chairs and chub fed daily by the u.s. military and the hunger strike began in february and since subsided to less than two dozen protesters against indefinite detention marty has now again rare access to the prison and here's the first in a series of reports by and started. after a few month

and free blog video for your media project a free media oh god r.t. dot com. whenever you see the president talk about exceptionalism. what he's trying to say is the rules of civil behavior. doesn't apply to. wiki leaks founder julian assange talks exclusively to u.s. exceptionalism and his vision for the future of the freedom of information. one hundred twenty million europeans live in or on the brink of poverty the red cross raises the alarm suggesting a stir to policies of pushing the e.u. into de decline. in the u.k. activist seek to name all the victims of u.s. drone strikes in pakistan. to bring return that the people still manage to return to flight but that people won't move the statistics were told to x. rays from the bureau investigative journalism for looking beyond just the casualty figures caused by will be cause for signal strikes. international news and comment line from moscow this is a party with me franks for joining us. american exceptionalism is merely an excuse washington uses to break the law at home and abroad that's what julian assange

america ties log on to our website r.t. dot com to vote in our latest our web call but so far the most popular opinion seems to be that the e.u. will introduce a highly encrypted communication for all top officials to protect countries against us snooping and over a quarter of you believe that president obama will apologize to angela merkel and offer to spot on david cameron is slightly fewer think european governments will restrict access to private data raising the cost for you with businesses in the e.u. in the us and. in the minority in visions a germany offering snowden and a son just saw him in return for launching a cyber counter attack against the u.s. go to our two dot com to have your say and while you're online get the latest updates on this story and many others. including reports that tens of millions of phone calls in spain were intercepted and stored by the n.s.a. last year read up on of the spread of the american spy web on our website also while you're there online. schoolboy from canada plead guilty to hik