[indiscernible] >> thousands of protesters converge on the u.s. congress demanding new laws to end the mass spying by the national security agency. >> another day and more damaging revelations, that the u.k. community had -- to occasion headquarters reveal that the links that gchq went to to keep their spying program secret. >> a moment of real history --

the first time that the olympic flame was ever lit at the north pole. >> and we follow the 2014 talks with spectacular images of that journey in this half-hour. ♪ >> hello, and a very bit -- a very good morning. it is just after 1 a.m. here in moscow. a developing story, crowds flood capitol hill in washington dc, venting their fury against the nsa and their sweeping surveillance practices. this is the largest rally of its kind in u.s. history. >> people gathered here on the anniversary of the signing of the patriot act 12 years ago.

they say that this was the day that, in the name of fighting terror, their rights were taken away from them. they are against the trade-off between security and liberty, security and privacy, and they say this is a false trade. the people say they are tired of the lies that the government has been telling to cover their mass spying. the director of national intelligence, james clyburn, said no when asked if they were spying on millions of americans. edward snowden proved that this was a lie. within the month they spied on more than 124 billion phone calls, worldwide. that means every single people worldwide is facing the chance of being caught up in the dragnet. the people demand meaningful surveillance law reform, with more than it 500,000 signatures

they came here to demand the senate reassessed these programs. the senate judiciary committee will hold hearings, and they want to make sure that their voices are heard. congress is divided into those who demand a drastic overhaul of the spying programs and those who suggest a bit more oversight. one of the day's biggest stories -- this was not really possible because so far, any like that is shed on those watchers was through the whistleblowers. >> the nsa has been under fire for its overseas activities. revelations that it has been eased -- eavesdropping on allies including german chancellor angela merkel. we begin with the reports that barack obama said to angela merkel he had no idea what was going on. richard becker doubts the claim.

>> the united states and the united states and their relationship with other countries is based on the notion of american exceptionalism. and there is an american exceptionalism, that no other country in the world spies on everyone else, feeling free to intervene with other countries and the fact that this has come to light shows the real nature of the relationships, and even among the allies they are in competition with each other, not to mention the kind of relationship that is carried out against those countries that the united states considers to be its enemies. >> in america, american international -- american internet service companies are feeling this, cryptoseal has closed down. they were used by edward snowden.

they close down after refusing to cooperate with the national security administration. we spoke to chairman ryan lackey about his decision to close down. >> this was after the new lavabit case, wanting to use the id order to try to provide a return of these keys and we primitively shut down the service. it was too risky to operate. you could face jail or prison, for running a security service for people and i have no interest in going to prison. >> british intelligence has been working to keep their surveillance practices secret in the face of public anger and legal challenges if the details came out. these were leaked by edward snowden and the guardian newspaper. their worst fears begin to come true. >> this shows the long fight that gchq had against making the

evidence admissible against commercial trials. this details that their main concerns were agency practices -- and the skate -- scope of them would lead to a damaging public debate. ironically that debate is already taking place in the united kingdom at the moment, on the back of those edward snowden revelations. for the first time in a few weeks, we will see the heads of mi-5 and mi-6 giving evidence in public. this will be broadcast by the satellite link, although there will be a short delay. perhaps we will see that they will we'll out some of the media friendly people, and the documents also reveal they have a list of people that they could rely on for handling, but the guardian newspaper is not

pulling punches today. they say the revelations -- are once again calling into question the lack of effective legal protections, calling this a breach of trust by the u.k. government on the grandest scale. >> as the gchq story broke, david cameron signed the accord against u.s. spying. they spoke on how the prime minister has been backed into a corner. >> angela merkel has to say that she is outraged, but when the initial disclosures came out -- that we were all being surveyed, this was slightly less indignant. i think david cameron has to show that he is concerned about the issues and also has two knowledge that gchq and the

intelligence agency of germany have been close allies, doing the dirty work for the nsa. >> this means more updates keep coming, on the u.k. intelligence agency website. the olympic torch has reached the north pole for the first time as part of the ambitious 2014 relay. germany and france joined on board a nuclear icebreaker. >> just in case you did not actually -- you may think that this is just before the dawn or just before the sunset, but actually we are here in the middle of the day. this is 12:30 in the afternoon but the -- the farther north we go the less daylight we are getting. >> as you can see, the icebreaker is proving her worth right now.

>> you can see that everything is rather busy and exciting. we are all on the bridge for the final approach. and there is the olympic flame, looking to make its way to the fourth poll -- north pole. >> it is not often you get to what -- witness a moment of real intensity but this is the first time the olympic flame has been lit at the north pole.

and i am here to see this. >> james brown was there. the story journey continues as uropean leaders deal with more mundane matters. stifling red tape at a private summit in belgium, failing to curb the rest of the flock to stop excessive regulation. >> david cameron is in brussels this week to demand the return of power from the european union, and he has a new weapon in his armory. a report from a think tank shows a net beneficiary of all of brussels rules and regulations are actually costing the u.k. taxpayer 27 billion pounds per year. they have looked at the most expensive regulations, like

rules on working hours, foods and other things and found that at least in 24 cases, the costs outweigh the benefits, even according to the government's own figures, meaning that they are knowingly spending taxpayer money for no return. the report also found the benefits of the regulations have been overstated. and this is around 95% of the expected benefits have failed to materialize. but this study covers the top 100 loss. others have shown that this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> we anticipate that this is at least 90 billion pounds in regulation a loan, this does not include the bailout funds, this is just a red tape. obviously if great britain left the european union those

costs would not just disappear, but at least it would be british regulations for british people. as it stands, many see david cameron's proposals for the european summit as his first step in trying to change the balance of power in brussels, ahead of the referendum he has promised to grant for the british people. >> next, who cashes in on the expanding waistlines of americans? >> they created these chemical concoctions -- concoctions that are very salty. >> we take a closer look into why people get hooked on these foods and why efforts to fight this trend are failing so far.

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♪ >> rt, coming up to 30 minutes past 1:00 in the morning in moscow. an afghan soldier was killed after turning his gun on soldiers. this is the fourth such type of thing to happen this month. we now talk to -- about what he believes are behind this attack. >> there is merely a show filled among the afghans over the last 10 years or 20 years of occupation. and now most of this is being done -- as about 100,000 foreign troops are protected by

contractors. there is the feeling in afghanistan both in the army and the police, and the civilian population that the americans and other troops are actually protecting themselves, getting ready to get out. >> turkey is under fire for considering a $13 million contract with china, for a missile shield. the u.s. says this may undermine defense -- u.s. defense system. we have more on what is motivating turkey to look towards china. >> american weapons systems -- are under -- the americans control the entire system, whereas china is often used --

to provide turkey control of the entire system. >> the united states has launched technical discussions with turkey on the potential impact of the plan. why does ankara want more leverage in their relationship with washington? >> the americans have to make the concession that turkey is taking part in the protection process, and until now it has always offset its nuclear weapons and now there is a new way of thinking, that turkey wants to be part of the entire process. >> tensions are running high within nato with their bid for membership, the european union is not seeing any progress. and kara -- ankara is feeling

frustration. >> always the bridesmaid but never the bride. the frustration with the european union could best be described as -- >> this is like an endless love affair, the europeans do not want turkey to go away but does not want them in the house. >> the talks began in 2005 but they still say turkey is not ready. with the u.s. -- the u.n. debt crisis raging, turkey is much less tempting. >> a further enlargement of the european union, this may cause much more trouble. and more problems for the european union. >> turkish authorities are still keen on joining the u.n. family.

the prime minister, erdogan, threatened to turn away if turkey is not a member or for -- before 2023. many believe in a fast-growing power that will not profit from joining a political and economic zone in deep trouble. >> it is clear that these countries -- the united states and the european union, we don't know when and how they will overcome their economic crisis. they are not doing well and they did everything, and they don't have any strategy now. >> but they believe that economic prosperity -- these groups can operate freely, and last year, turkey was accused of jailing more journalists than any other country in the world. >> there was no policy in the

europeans don't really want turkey. dan turkey is comfortable with that because they don't want the european union. this is strategic for turkey, for their democracy, their secular democracy, for a number of communities of nations. >> and the political seesaw goes up and down, and more people are becoming disenchanted with the idea. >> as the european minister of turkey once said, membership is like a pregnancy, you are or you aren't. turkey is definitely not. and it seems to want less and less. >> reporting from turkey. >> on top of the earthquake warning and the synonymy warning, the fukushima nuclear plant is getting more unwelcome

attention. cleanup work has found major blunders in the operations and has found worse connections. and from high hopes to disappointment, the much- anticipated biotic on wikileaks founder julian assange -- why it is panned by the critics. the u.s. obesity rate affects more than one in three adults these days, many say this is the result of the tricks that food companies use to get consumers addicted to their products. >> this is the richest country on earth, where banks can't fail and waistlines can stop expanding. >> the waistlines in america are growing, half of all americans could be obese and less than 20 years. >> sugar reach rinks and wider

waistlines go hand-in-hand. >> with 40% of children overweight and -- food has become a drug, marketed by an industry focused on addiction. >> they have created these chemical concoctions that are very sweet, very fatty and very salty. >> scientists and food industry whistleblowers say that big food companies engine near processed foods with ingredients that pique the taste buds while tricking the brain that you are still hungry. in a country where diabetes and high blood pressure and heart disease are becoming all too common among millions of children and adolescents, why don't the food corporations create healthier recipes? >> i would say this is greed. they put money above public health.

>> another major product is marketing. in the u.s., there is no regulation of food and rank advertisements, even targeting children. last year, beyonce inked an endorsement deal with pepsi, after a report that showed 25,000 obesity related deaths in 2010 were linked to the over consumption of soda and other sugary drinks. >> in france there is a warning label on food, like we have on cigarettes. they put the warning label on processed foods that says, this food may be harmful for your help. >> european countries require the labeling of chemically altered food, in the u.s. companies like coca-cola battled to prevent gmo labeling.

>> it is difficult to get the right labels on the packaging. the industrial food producers do not want to label what is really going into the food supply. >> this grocery chain has 339 stores and they announced they will start labeling all gmo foods in the next five years. this will be the only u.s. store to require food labeling. when it comes to soda, regulation is off-limits. michael bloomberg lost his fight, recently, to limit the extra-large serving sizes of sweet beverages in an effort to fight obesity. >> bloomberg is not around. >> and soda lovers -- consume a -- an alarming amount of high fructose corn syrup. not sure if mrs. palin knows

about the medical warnings that if the health trend continues at the current pace, over half of all americans will be obese by 2030. >> a greenpeace activist has taken his campaign to new heights. in protest against the detention by rush of 30 members of his organization. he unfurled a banner before firefighters took him down to hours later. last month, a greenpeace team tried to board an oil drilling platform. russia has reduced the charges from piracy. and protesters at this bus station after a peaceful march against high ticket prices turned ugly. tear gas was used after they overturned cash machines and set vehicles on fire. the brazilians have been

protesting throughout the country since june, over the massive spendings for the 2014 world cup. >> in berlin, several hundred people have taken part of this unauthorized demonstration at the brandenburg gate, following germany's prosecution of asylum seekers that was organized online. around 300 migrants were in the city seeking residency and the right to work. iranian media reports that the authorities have hanged 16 rebels over the killing of border troops. 17 soldiers died in fighting near pakistan and they were ambushed in the mountains outside of the town of sad about -- sadabhad.

this is on a drug route to europe, two. america's surveillance addiction gets the treatment next on rt. >> new zealand is boldly going where no government has gone before and decided to create a regulatory body -- by two oversee recreational drugs. they have temporarily given approval to 50 substances that are banned in most other countries. they are trying to take a more scientific approach and determine which substances are dangerous to the viewer. i argue that the war on drugs is wasting lives and money on an internal futile battle. but the only option people give

is to legalize all drugs. when something is legal, this is said to be ok. is this really ok to spend your life in this state, or for the whole town to go on a crystal meth rampage? people is -- people use drugs to escape reality. they want to do this because in modern times, this is a pointless, existence to work in an office job so we can scrape by and get cheap plastic junk at walmart. people will fill empty lives with something through a needle, but this is just my opinion.

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