so what if bahrain is totally sunni? what will change? i want to ask -- >> briefly. >> the issue of identity. can you, can we separate the interim problems of identity -- internal problems of identity from the foreign policy of u.s. government when it comes to bahrain? >> okay, thank you. yes. you were next. >> thank you. a unelected member of the egyptian parliament presenting the freedom and justice party and a spokesperson for the foreign relations committee. living in egypt during all these past three years, i don't agree with the characterization that morsi failed or had to rule by decree. it is very important to conceptualize the -- [inaudible] in which the freedom and justice party government. he ruled with the national party government. very recently, the interior minister stated that we dud not listen to anything from morsi even when he insisted on getting information, we would give him wrong information. and the military controlled more than 50% of the economy, they controlled gas, electric companies, so they were really able to

two years of isolation in jail bahrain's key human rights activist shares details of these ordeal with r.t. after serving his term for taking part in protest against the mt monarchy plus. i do. believe the european union i want europe to leave the european union and to e.u. parties rock the blocs parliamentary election more than doubling their seats with french and british euro skeptics boasting the biggest wins. which marquee to national life from moscow with memory and joshing on the ukrainian army has launched an air assault on the international airport near the city of donetsk the heart of the proton m a revolt against the airport was stormed by local self-defense forces overnight all roads leading to it are now blocked by the military and there are reports of one person killed in fighting at a railway station nearby well of these are the latest images we're getting from our video agency ruptly t.v. and you can see how copters opening fire there and self defense forces say people are being evacuated from the area they're also getting reports of a depot on fire near the runway and o

bahrain's most prominent human rights defender has been released from prison after serving a two year jail sentence no bail or job says he was held in dire conditions and subjected to abuse including being placed in solitary confinement with a dead animal and kept almost naked after his release on saturday he was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and paid a visit to his mother's grave which job says he's shocked at how much the right situation in bahrain has worsened during his time in prison but he insists he will continue to struggle against the discrimination not to give you a better idea of what he's been through let's take a look at what's happened to him over the last few years now in the build a job was a founder of the bahrain center for human rights back in two thousand and two and over the next nine years he carried on with his rights work more or less openly and freely but his real problems began with the bahraini uprising when he began speaking out against the brutal crackdown on protesters in march two thousand and eleven dozens of armed men broke into his home detained

issue related to bahrain for the past two years so i'm not aware of what is happening outside. that's why i'm not speaking much since i come outside i said i need to have time i'm not like other prisoners who are mixing with each other each imprison has around three to four hundred prisoners but my prison i had two or three people who don't speak my language who are far away from me in terms of the charges and. the law and now after two years i have made a lot of things that awful lot of things in jail in the past two years when i came out also even those books that i have made over what i have with all were taken from me in the last moment before i come on but i know after all this is the cost of this struggle and this part over the world. and i'm planning to continue my struggle no matter how much is the course knowing all the countries that have been freedom and democracy today there was once some time before people have faced such circumstances and the cause has to be maybe some people specific people have to be a discourse to achieve democracy justice and human rights and

also coming up on the program two years of isolation in jail bahrain's key human rights activist shares details of his ordeal with r.t. after serving his term for taking part in protests against the monarchy plus. britain to leave the european union i want to leave the european union. and to e.u. parties rock the blocks parliamentary election more than doubling their seats with french and british skeptics boasting the biggest wins.

all sidelining tonight two years of isolation in jail but now bahrain's king he will rights activists shares details of his ordeal with us sort out after serving his term for taking part in protests against the monarchy. plus. one britain believe the european union i want europe to leave the european union and the e.u. parties rock the blocks parliamentary election more than doubling their seats with french should british euro skeptic boasting the biggest win. pretty good evening it's internationals and i could have your company right our top story that i was just mentioned three civilians we're hearing now tonight have reportedly been killed in the eastern ukrainian city of slovyansk one of the main targets of kiev's military operation in the region. these are the latest pictures on your screens there from the scene of the getting from marty's video agency ruptly local self-defense forces said the army opened fire on a residential areas you can see you can see the tail of the mortar shell there was believed to be the one that went off the damage the mortar shelling the martys roof an

two years of isolation in jail bahrain's key human rights activist shares details of his ordeal with r.t. after serving his term for taking part in protests against the monarchy plus. i just want to leave the european union i want europe to leave the european union. and to e.u. parties rock the blocks parliamentary election more than doubling their seats with french and british euro skeptics boasting the biggest wins. sweet dreams come true for ukrainian confectionery tycoon counter person and go who is emerging as victor in the presidential race while pledging to boost the military operation in proton amee eastern regions. it is four pm and moscow you're watching our national armory. bahraini human rights activists in a bill ridge ob is back in the battle for democracy in his country after having served a two year prison term for taking part in mass protests he says the situation in bahrain today is worse than when he went to prison after spending more than six hundred days in jail the forty nine year old campaigner as told for the release of all political prisoners during his trial

headlining to the swarming two years of isolation in jail bahrain's key human rights activist shares details of his will deal with us after serving his term for taking part in protests against the monarchy plus. britain to leave the european union i want europe to leave the european union and see you parties rock the blocks parliamentary election more than doubling the seats with french and british euro skeptics boasting the biggest wins. for good morning says r.t. international here in moscow my name is kevin owen and breaking news coming in grim news coming in this morning from ukraine to start wearing a truck carrying injured self-defense fighters is reportedly been a hit from a grenade launcher outside donetsk in eastern ukraine we think it's killed up to thirty five people the wounded are being transported from the city's airport which had earlier come under an army air assault this latest information is coming from the so-called people's governor of the region vies facebook page. in the area for our troops. no less than half a kilometer away from donetsk c.t. airports you can s

s list and this is true of countries like bahrain and egypt last year the gulf kingdom received more than fifty seven million dollars worth of military hardware and equipment and egypt where nearly seven hundred people were sentenced to death last week spent over ninety million dollars on weapons all in all the u.k. sold over six billion dollars worth of arms in two thousand and thirteen around half of that went to countries labeled as human rights abuses artie's tariff has more. well own still is to be awarded billions of pounds worth of contracts by the british government now taking place today if the feds join the annual shareholder meeting that we've seen anger amongst campaign is the company selling fighter jets to repressive regimes such as saudi arabia and bahrain and last year we saw that annual shareholder meeting disrupted by the campaign against trade and you can expect that they've got a few more surprises in store for the shareholders today as we found out when we spoke to them we want to make our presence known we want to ask him the tough questions right so we we want

sin a significant increase of spy you can see all since the uprising similarly bahrain isn't on force despite actually before the foreign affairs committee has recommended that it should be and we think that's bardsley influenced by arms sales to bahrain. i don't mind for you killing two birds with one stone you want to spy agency it was an elaborate way to recruit code breakers to find out what it is on our team dot com also there with millions of dollars to spare the us defense department has been splashing taxpayers' money on military projects like this it's apparently advanced technology even though it looks like something from the early days of aviation take a look out there retro style hardware up on our website. millions of afghan women have their say last month of the country's presidential election but while there are signs of greater freedom tribal rules licensing otter killing of women are still widely regarded as carrying greater validity a country's actual laws are losing often of reports. thirty years ago it would have been unthinkable to see afghan women doing anything

also coming up on the program two years of isolation in jail bahrain's key human rights activist shares details of his ordeal with r.t. after serving his term for taking part in protests against the monarchy plus. britain to leave the european union i want to leave the european union. and to e.u. parties rock the blocks parliamentary election more than doubling their seats with french and british skeptics boasting the biggest wins. you're watching from in the world welcome to moscow and r.t. international i'm you know neal we start with our breaking news story the ukraine military is broadening its offensive in the countryside on a large number of fatalities including civilians have been reported. these are the images from one of the main targets of the operation the eastern city of the net it has been the stronghold of the government to stand for months but this is the first time it's witnessing full scale fighting on the streets the chaotic situation makes it impossible to verify casualty figures but in ukraine in military source claims up to one hundred self-defense fighters have bee

the acting president of the bahrain center for human rights when the bill was in jail describes how the regime deals with pro-reform dissent. but giorgio said well no he writes the founders are either in prison or are been forced into exile we're looking at a situation where just a few days ago a fourteen year old boy was shot dead by police but you know that another protester was killed a few months ago his floody has been held by the government for more than thirty days now he hasn't been briefed yet. for you whether we're talking about you know midnight house raids arbitrary arrests arrests of children systematic torture it's all still happening into it in a sense it's gotten worse and so although in a deal has been released after serving a sentence i might add it's not like they let some out earlier or you know poor uncle pardon no he actually served the full length of this unjust sentence and so i would regard it as being progress but it's definitely nice to have him back in the field. now we've been closely following the your dale open a bill or a job so you can read more on his a

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prizing similarly bahrain is an. before the foreign affairs committee is recommendation that it should be and we think it's bardsley influenced by arms sales to bahrain. fine for you killing two birds with one. u.s. spy agency has chosen an elaborate way to recruit codebreakers find out what it is an r.t. dot com. also there was millions of dollars to spare the u.s. defense department has been lashing taxpayers' money on military projects like this it might not look at but this is apparently advanced technology take a look at the retro style hardware on our website. now the era of bank secrecy is all but over after forty seven countries signed up to automatically share bank data it's seen as a major step towards cracking down global tax evasion which cost economies trillions of dollars i was looking at the reasons. repercussions with market strategist. partners mike thanks very much for joining us here on r.t. international well what does it mean for the whole world banking sector. good afternoon from london well it

mike's dad steve oppressive regimes such as saudi arabia and bahrain you'll soon see that the difference he did through the city government's new listings when it comes the festival the countries of concern that the pie and ice it and i've even compare that to them it's the government's own lives on the expos. ms keech call satan and or misses the point the government talks very tough and human rights but when it comes to interior of the company is also very happy to harm human rights abusers. i actually went to pieces and testing of a government must assume the countries that aren't on it. because the chips with the apartment and sixty ft people were just sentenced to death isn't on the west and thousands of us in a significant increase in spike in arms deals with the uprising. similarly party has accomplished this by actually before that imported beers with his recommendation that should be and we think that's largely influenced by armed skills to bargain. following key killing two birds with one stone the us spy agencies chosen an elaborate way to code breakers if you wanna find out w

while this is true of countries like egypt and bahrain last year the golf the kingdom received more than fifty seven million dollars worth of military hardware and equipment and a gift for hundreds of people were sentenced to death last week. spent a wet nineteen million dollars on weapons all in on the uk sold over six billion dollars worth of arts in twenty thirteen around half of that wins two countries labeled as human rights abusers. i see surfers investigates. well if you know if any of the house let the contract by the british government had taken place today is the best nba its annual shareholders meeting really seen amongst campaign is that the company citing mike's dad steve oppressive regimes such as saudi arabia and bahrain. loves to eight weeks all that and you shall hold of me and this is what it's like the campaign began on taking you can expect that they thought that he will supply kids in school. the ba he said quoted today as we thought that was late to the many who want to make our presence and we went asking tough questions right away he wanted to homeschool. we wante

welcome back to watching our to international bahrain's most prominent human rights activist vows to continue his fight even though he's only just has been released from more than six hundred days incarceration in a bill her job was detained for taking part in protests and also for an anti monarchy jibe he posted on twitter our team has been hearing a bail story and the over job is getting reacquainted with a life away from isolation and abuse for the back story is i was kept in isolation away from the thousands of for the president i was mostly with people that i don't go to them with i have seen at least six people being told by police i was beating once and i had a back injury repeatedly arrested and assaulted for joining anti-government protests he was initially jailed for posting a critical tweet against the prime minister then sentenced to two years in prison for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations as you know we've been ignored by the international community because bahrain is would they go and so bought it go for the rich part of the world which has a knock off influe

what's the conflict between the saudis and the emirates and the bahrain. i mean, they worry that the policies of qatar, the country, are large. they even suggest qatar's fighting above its weight so to speak. >> let me tell you in a very frank way. to think if your weight is a hundred kilo or 200 kilo or 50 kilo, you have the right to think and to act according to what you think. so the weight of the country -- >> rose: you'd rather define yourself than have someone else define you and your role. >> exactly. so the weight of the country is yes we expect the big countries around us. we always always, and i know the same administration at the moment i think they always look to have a good relation with their neighborhoods especially with saudi arabia. that's no doubt about this. this is the principal in the relation or in the policy of qatar. the problem is the way how to think. we are, we should be more used to have different opinion in the region and to discuss it and to try to reach a solution. that's not the habit in the region. and what they say about t

also two years of isolation in jail bahrain's leading human rights activist. to continue his fight for civil freedoms in the gulf nation after serving time for taking part in protests against the monarchy plus. i just want to leave i want to leave the. party the blocks parliamentary election more than doubling their seats with french british skeptics boasting the biggest wins. more on the stories over on our website www dot com our debate show cross talk now looks at what's on the horizon for ukraine you're watching international. hello and welcome to crossfire we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle from tragedy to farce or merely an attempt to legitimize the current political realities this is how many see ukraine's presidential election after all this country already had an elected head of state can this election win millions that not even participate begin to tackle ukraine's enormous problems. to cross not through a presidential election in ukraine i'm joined by my guest in washington he's director of the rice institute for sort of being studies

bahrain's most prominent human rights activists vows to continue his fight even though he's only just been released from more than six hundred days incarceration the baler job was detained for taking part in protests and also for an anti monarchy jibe he posted on twitter r.t. has been hearing the story below her job is getting briefed queen to it with a life away from isolation and abuse for the past two years i was kept in isolation away from the so with you that this is i was mostly with people that i don't go to i've seen six people being killed by police i was beating once and i had back in june repeatedly arrested and assaulted for joining anti-government protests he was initially jailed for posting a critical tweet against the prime minister then sentenced to two years in prison for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations i was you know you can go to that motion because. it's so deep but if you go through. if you want to know which. each country in different. based in the financial background all your existence older audience states that would not have a big if we did it wa

pro-democracy demonstrations as you know we have been ignored by the international community because bahrain is unsold the body to go for a new bridge part of the world which has influence in the west hating each country in different the minute based on be a financial background or all your existence older audience states that would not have a big debate it over there was then countries. emerging from prison on saturdays her job was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and then visited his mother's grave he lost five family members while he was locked up never given a chance to say goodbye despite the heartache and government intimidation ridge aab that aus to carry on now is to focus on what's exactly happening outside you said jane and unfortunately i see the situation as watson and do the institution the most important complicated and this is going to be a gap between getting put it together the opposition and the government has become one of them want to i'm fortunate to be seeing more violence being in the street by the police and reacted by the people and that's the cause. r.t. . let's h

because this is symbolic that bahrain this bahrain is in the persian gulf and it's where the american fleet is and that is the the best buy which america supports saudi arabia and the united . and all those countries of course ultimately support the expansion of zionist israel which is what it's about but america soon as bahrain the center of the naval power of the usa makes an agreement with russia america is panicking they're realizing that this is a sign of the times and after all the bluster of the americans people are just going to go on a roadway and the more the americans try to sanction the more they go they go on making agreements like this so the americans have panicking because they recognize that power is on the wane and this symbolizes that waning power and with the west constantly stepping out of the sanctions rhetoric and new players now apparently emerging in the game could we see a redrawing of the geopolitical money here. i didn't quite hear the last sentence could you say your last sentence again could we see what. drury we should when it's come up. oh yes it's at t

what is the conflict between the saudi's, the emirates, bahrain? ofy worry that the policies qatar, the country, are large. they even say it is fighting above its weight. >> let me tell you in a very frank way. weight is 100our kilo, 200 kilo, 50 kilo, you have the right to think and to act according to what you think. >> he would rather define yourself than have someone else define you. >> yes, we respect the big countries around us. they always look to have a good relation with their neighbors, especially with saudi arabia. this is a principal in the relation are in the policy of qatar. the problem is that we have to that we should be more used to having different opinion in the region, to discuss it and try to reach a solution. that is not the habit in the region. what they say about the islamists, i will tell you one thing. we did not bring the islamists to egypt, to libya. if you go now to where you want to go, iraq, you know that 20 years ago, they were not having the same road. >> i don't mean to interrupt, but clearly you supported the musl

now in other news a key human rights activist has been released from prison and bahrain to build a job spend two years behind bars for taking part to mass protests the government also accused him of encouraging illegal gatherings before his imprisonment in july two thousand and twelve jobs have been detained and released several times on want to cation for tweeting something critical of bahrain's prime minister after his release on saturday he was welcomed by supporters and paid a visit to his mother's grave activists say at least one hundred people have died and government protests in the past three years in the gulf state which is also home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. thailand's army is cracking down heavily on anti couldn't streeter's in bangkok the military overthrew the caretaker government and seized power on thursday and saturday it dissolved the senate and assumed all law making powers angry people are still taking to the streets of the capital this by the ban on criticizing the coup and holding gatherings of more than five people. hundreds of brazilians covered their faces

bahrain the pen is not her father's a fishy eyed as she is not an enemy. i don't know whether that's any consolation or not. is there a particular -- not a parade in the middle of paris by thousands of people. i mean the old saying let's slit the throats of jews. i need exact dates and hard facts about that. it's news to me that they were parading it in front of nazis in the middle of france. yesterday. there was of parade yesterday saying get the jews out of france? okay well i missed it. anybody else know about this? honestly it's news to me and it's a big surprise. where was the parade exactly? i'm generally asking for information. this was a neo-nazi organization? [inaudible] in paris. though i still don't think -- the third reich is not impending in paris but truthfully this is what happens. i'm surprised i did read "the new york times" page today and it seemed to be really weird that this event has gone missing from the press. anybody else read this? this gentleman seems to be the only one that knows about it. i'm not saying it didn't happen. i expec

several nations have banned the film including qatar, bahrain and indonesia. >>> rock 'n' roll legend chuck berry has received the nobel prize of music. i didn't know that existed, but it does. along with the honor of the music prize, the 87-year-old musician takes home a cash prize of $150,000. not bad at all. >>> james smith responded to growing controversy over an instagram photo that shows her 13-year-old daughter willow in a bed with a shirtless 20-year-old former hannah montana star. upon riving at l.a.x., she had this to say to "access hollywood". >> here's the deal. there was nothing sexual about that picture or that situation. you guys are projecting your trash on to it and you're acting like -- and that's not cool. >>> fans of haley cuoco may want to look away. this is why. this star instagramed this photo of her getting covered in chimp-like hair. thankfully it is only part of an act. she was getting all monkeyed out for tonight's episode is what she wrote on her instagram. >> that's like a thriller type video. >> makes me itch looking at it. you know that that can't feel g

amongst campaign is the company sending fighter jets to repressive regimes such as saudi arabia and bahrain and last year we saw that annual shareholder meeting just what to buy the campaign against trade and you can expect that they've got a few more surprises in store that the shareholders today as we found out when we spoke to them want to make our presence known we want to ask him the tough questions right so we we want to put him on the spot and we want to him to norbit in our a number of people with serious concerns about human rights violations and their regular basis by weapons systems i want to the disparity between the sort of governments in listings when it comes to first of all of the countries concerned that they've highlighted and you then compare that to the list of governments and lists on the exports and there's a huge. well this is a point the government talks very tough when human rights but when it comes to for government is also very happy to arm human rights abusers and actually one of the things that's interesting about the government was to some of the countries on t

offenders list to name but two this is true of countries like egypt and bahrain last year indeed the gulf kingdom received more than fifty seven million dollars worth of military hardware and equipment and egypt where hundreds of people were sentenced to death last week spent over ninety million dollars on weapons all in all the u.k. sold over six billion dollars worth of arms in twenty thirteen around half of that went to countries labeled his human rights abuses is out sisera of. well still it's been awarded billions of pounds worth of contracts by the british government now taking place today is the first join the annual shareholder meeting that we've seen anger amongst campaign is for the company selling fighter jets to repressive regimes such as saudi arabia and i wanted to see the disparity between the sort of governments on listings when it comes to first of all of the countries concerned that they've highlighted and then compare that to the list of governments and lists on the exports and there's a huge call say well this is a point the government talks very tough on human ri

forms freedom house recently released a report called freedom on the net the annual report showed that bahrain china and russia are among the global leaders in pain commentaries to promote the government's agenda. and when. egyptian court has postponed until the fifteenth of may the terrorism related trial of the aisle to steer a journalist peter christ at an award winning former bbc reporter who comment on the axiom in the corner of the current era chief for a two zero english and produced by muhammad. all three of their forgeries were detained in iran the twenty ninth of december and charges relating to terrorism which i'll be denied in town to steer his side are absurd. well egyptian officials and journalists read suspicion of operating without a proper accreditation the journalists for the guitar based television network had been accused of turning the egyptian government's reputation manipulating footage in aiding terrorists prosecutors at a concert in korea during previous sessions did not seem to show any footage of aiding or abetting terrorists. video evidence to back to that of course

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forms freedom house recently released a report called freedom on the net the annual report showed that bahrain china and russia are among the global leaders in pain commentaries to promote the government's agenda. on the way. saudi arabia's acting health minister. this won't be enough to get placed in contact with camels especially cyclones in the wake of an outbreak of the potentially deadly virus it means to restrict received write posts and nine this can cause fever you money and kidney failure aids kills around that its offer is about three hundred and forty five people have died from it since it was identified to use to carry the virus which has been found in baths as well is believed to be spread via animal reservoir is full from person to person transmission in hospitals. but among the pungent animal pens in riyadh scalpel market stretching several miles along the highway out of the sixty ft radius and as a camel what is said to be given the advice information and warnings almost like of which officials. camouflage is displayed in the meat section of myself the supermarkets alongside cu

i think it is much more difficult and countries such as bahrain and syria where you have a relatively small minority that sees the democratization as an existential threat because the election could mean that they are overwhelmed by the majority. and the sunni government doesn't see what they can live with come a, sostructurally there are cass that are much more vulnerable to the assertion. i think the kind of authoritarianism that we have in egypt is anything worse than we had before. but you also have to have the opportunities i see in tunisia and i still remain not completely pessimistic lets put it that way. and in libya i can't be overly pessimistic because once you do not deal with the issue early on you have a path situation so there's a variety of outcomes and i would close by saying the following. you know, in the wake of the revolts in tunisia and egypt there was a surge and they write out the mechanics. and you and all of those other guys you were wrong and it's not a question of whether they were wrong or right but we have to put aside the expectations and that the context

we have the headquarters of the fifth fleet in bahrain. we have centcom in qatar. >> you have a military presence in the region. >> huge. persian gulf and the most advanced tactical platforms -- navy or air force -- are right there. those are sovereign nations. the united states cannot get outcomes.ctate we want to continue to try and have as much influence. elect morsi, it's up to them. we just stand by? >> we don't stand by but we cannot control a nation of 90 million people. >> i don't think anyone expect us to control. they expect us to have influence because, as you just said, we have influence in the region. nationinfluence with any has limitations to it. if a nation, as we have talked in their interest, this is the thing they have to do or enough people in that nation, we can try to influence it. we can try to do but we can to adjust based on values, principles, standards, the rule of law. we do it all the time whether it is egypt or somewhere else, but we try to use every influence we can working with our partners. >> within the re

. >> but certainly not the way people think about it in bahrain is different than the way people think about in copenhagen. >> [indiscernible] >> right. see, i do not think there was a notion of the commons in by -- in bahrain, but there were protests and they sought the closest they had to commons in staging it there. it did not work partially because it was not the same sort of enclosed space. it was much too easily taken back from them. there really aren't in many of the gulf states spaces where you can congregate. and that is on purpose. yes? >> thanks for a great talk. i was really interested in your idea about how the spaces were misused. none of these were designed for protest. i do not know that architects will ever be hired by the protesters, by the people, right? it seems like it will always be this sense of misinterpretation or misuse that is really essential. anyway, i just wanted to mention something. i was part of occupy oakland, the most militant of the occupy movements, but also the most innovative. people only heard about our riots. that was one of only three branches

. >> protesters in bahrain attacked a police station with petrol bombs. the violence broke out on tuesday in the shia muslim village. no one was heard, but villages in a nearby shopping center damaged. >> attacks intensified since the start of a shia-led uprising in 2011. >>> former egyptian army chief abdul fatah al-sisi says if elected president bad muslim brotherhood will cease to exist, and he made the remarks in his first tv interview. he told an egyptian network, that he supports a law to clamp down on process. >> translation: mr brahim and his request was not granted. i talk about a country in danger. people need to stand by us. anyone thinking otherwise wants to ruin egypt. >> this could be a view point, not about destroying egypt. >> translation: the right for progress will be granted. as for permitting the country to fold - no. >>> we have obtained images. abdullah al-shami, an al jazeera reporter. he's been on a hunger strike for 106 days, and had drunk water since march 16th. taken before his arrest the picture shows him in normal health. the

now that saudi arabia isolated itself in yemen with the muslim brotherhood, in iraq and syria, in bahrain, iran and so on, and inside saudi arabia, they are having trouble because of the age of the king, and the issue of succession, they may want to thing of a new policy towards iran. >>> professor, thank you for talking to us live from tehran. >> thank you. >>> a senior military commander and nine soldiers have been killed in yemen. the attack was by al qaeda. the government started a large-scale operation against the fighters two weeks ago. let's get the latest by talking to our correspondent. bring us up to date, hashem ahelbarra, with the operation in which several yemenis soldiers were killed? >> well, al qaeda fighters launched a surprise attack against government troops at a time when the army was preparing a major offensive against militant groups in hasan. they came under fire, returned fire. 10 soldiers were killed. we have been talking to a senior army commander who said a dozen al qaeda fighters were killed in the attack. the air force is not taking part in the operation. the

let's taken to a former ambassador to bahrain. minute by minute decisions. how too you make these decisions and there's more than one level of evacuating. right? >> yes. i think we're past the general level, which is authorized departure in which you reduce your personnel to essential staff. given the security situation in libya, they're probably looking at an evacuation of everybody. and that decision is going to be made by the ambassador in consultation with the state department and the defense department, and the calculations going to be how serious is the threat, and how effectively can we protect our personnel? so it's assessing what the situation on the ground is, are they targeting americans or are americans at risk of getting caught in the cross fire? i think they're going to try to stay until the last possible minute and that would mean they're going to leave when the bulls eye focuses on them and not the cross-fire between libyan factions. >> we have c130s, 250 marines, choppers, all stationed right now in sicily, ready to just jump over the pond t

we have the headquarters of the fifth fleet in bahrain. sitcom headquarters in qatar. >> charlie: we have a military presence in the region. >> huge, plus in the persian gulf, plus the most advanced tactical platforms whether navy or air force in the area, egypt and syria. those are sovereign nations, charlie. the united states can't dictate outcomes of what the people of egypt want or decide or anywhere else. we want to continue to try to have as much influence -- >> charlie: so it's up to them if they elect morsi, if they throw him out, it's up to them, and we just stand by? >> we don't just stand by, but we can't control. you can't control a nation of 90 million people. >> charlie: i don't think anybody expects that, but they expect us to have influence because, as you just said, we have influence in the region and consequences. >> we have influence, but any influence with any nation has limitations to it. if a nation, as we have already talked about, thinks in their interest, this is the thing that they've got to do or enough people in

bahrain's most prominent human rights activists opposed to continue his fight even though as we've just been released from more than six hundred days incarceration now bill roggio has decided to take him for taking part in protests and also for ninety morning post on twitter artie's been hearing over the story. at the over job is getting brief quaint it with a life away from isolation and abuse for the past two years i was kept in isolation away from the thousands of political prisoners i was mostly with people that i don't go with i have seen at least six people being tortured by police i was beating ones i now have back injured repeatedly arrested and assaulted for joining anti-government protests he was initially jailed for posting a critical tweet against the prime minister then sentenced to two years in prison for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations as you know we have been ignored by the international community because bahrain is when they go and saudi bodies go for the rich part of the world which has a knock off influence in the west trading in each country in different

in the waters under hear the james and the forecasts were bahrain the next few days? care >>: thursday and friday morning look outside their montand camera you see a lot of cloud cover here in the silicon systems are coming our way. the clocker lisa years from montana's isolated for the higher elevation that lower visibility is good maybe just a few parley skies here and there around the bay. take a look into mergers or not you're seeing mostly in the '50s with temperatures slowly warming up the snaping quickly with a slowly warming up. 40 percent say rosa. everybody else and low '50's eventually will the ties that look more like this was 69 san jose in the low '70's in the east bay and in the north bay. it's a lot othe closet andf claudia and apart will have a sunny afternoon in the-build back and. and then around the clock for around 6:00 that night as one would expect to see some sprinkles. as can be a light rain event is around 9:00 p.m.. and then as we head into the overnight hours friday's concerted break up and go away so you're probably wake up friday morning

eight key human rights activist has been released from prison in bahrain not be rajab spent two years behind bars for taking part in mosque protests the government also accused him of encouraging illegal gatherings before his imprisonment in july twenty twentieth's their job had been detained and released several times on one occasion for tweeting something critical of bahrain's prime minister after his release on saturday he was welcomed by supporters and paid a visit to his mother's grave activists say at least eight hundred people have died in government protests in the past three years in the gulf state which is also home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. thailand's army is cracking down heavily on demonstrators in bangkok the military overthrew the curtis government and seized power on thursday on solver day it dissolved the senate on assumed all lawmaking powers i'm greek people are still taking she the streets of the capital despite the ban on criticizing the coup and holding gatherings of more than five p. . five. hundred seven percent cover their faces and dressed in black in t

and bahrain is facing some tough some tough world some tough words rather than a human rights watch and when i say action issues damning indictment of the country's interests the system learn why all of. your friends post a photo for the trade you can't. call it different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. your ex-girlfriend still looking poetry. norrish. we post only what really matters. to your facebook u. street. rushing into ministry action is not always a solution to the problem and to may end up a costly mistake president obama made the statement during his latest foreign policy speech however as god had to trick our reports it seems the white house couldn't be further from giving up its policy of intervention. president obama's message to the world the us is the one indispensable nation on earth and must intervene wherever it can america must always lead on the world stage if we don't. know one well it's well. the united states well use military force unilaterally if necessary when our core interests demand that. making some wonder whether the u.s. recognizes

. >> but certainly not the way people think about it in bahrain is different than the way people think about in copenhagen. >> [indiscernible] >> right. see, i do not think there was a notion of the commons in by rain, but there were protests closest theyht the had to commons in stages there. it was not the same sort of enclosed space. it was much too easily taken back from them. there really aren't in many of the golf spaces places where women can congregate, and that is on purpose. great talk.ks for a i was really interested in your idea about how the spaces were misused. none of these were designed for protest. i do not know that architects will ever be hired by the protesters, by the people, right? it seems like it will always be this sense of misinterpretation or misuse that is really essential. anyway, i just wanted to mention something. i was part of occupy oakland, the most militant of the occupy movements, but also the most innovative. people only heard about our riots. there were three branches going on. there were the mainstream liberals who thought we just need to tweak our