a cia agent carrying one hundred thousand euros in cash is caught red handed allegedly trying to recruit a russian intelligence officer morse code is now declared him persona non grata and says the incident has dealt a blow to the country's relations. shock and confusion at the associated press to reporters for the news this fighting selves targeted and a massive u.s. government surveillance operation. president putin says he's against any actions that could worsen the civil war in syria that warning comes as israel's prime minister visits russia is country was accused of polling sites near damascus this month. and a video appeared to show a syrian rebel in the heart of a dead soldier prompts human rights watch to condemn inhumane acts and revenge

killings in the country's civil war. online on screen international news and comments live from studio center here in moscow. two weeks a map and a stash of money to lure russian agents to defect the federal security service says it has caught a cia spy on a recruitment mission auntie's tom barton has been delving into the scandal. russia's foreign ministry says that ryan fogle has been declared persona non grata that he will have to leave russia and that such a discovery makes positive relations between russia and the u.s. more difficult according to the f.s.b. one of russia's security agency's ryan fogle is not in fact the third political

secretary at the u.s. embassy in moscow he is in fact according to the f.s.b. a cia agent they claim that they caught him in the act of trying to recruit a russian special service agent they say a counterterrorism agent working in the north caucuses to work for the cia their supply had r.t. with video showing what they say is the astonishment of one of the unnamed f.s.b. officers after ryan fogel's detention. but first was shocked that something like that could happen if this be has been actively cooperating with the u.s. working on intercepting threats to its national security the f.b.i. chief has also visited moscow recently while barack obama and vladimir putin have reached an agreement that the country's secret services should work together and with all that in the background this u.s. diplomat has committed a major state crime against russia do you have any questions regarding what's being

demonstrated you would know. must be said we do not know if ryan fogle was given an opportunity to answer to that question directed to him by the f.s.b. f.s.b. of also released footage saying what they show is articles technical equipment and other things found. as part of this to tension among them written instructions to the agent that he was trying to co-opt also a large amount of money in cash and beyond that perhaps a little more strangely to wigs that they say he used to try and disguise his appearance also a map of moscow and a compass the u.s. ambassador in moscow has been summoned over the incident however it is not the first spying case of spying scandal that there's been in recent years between the

u.s. and russia in october two thousand and twelve seven men were charged in the u.s. for illegally smuggling high tech components destined for the russian army in october two thousand and eleven a couple in germany were put on trial for trying to spy for russia and in june two thousand and ten and the chapman was one of ten arrested in the u.s. as part of a russian spy ring. and they're on to another spying scandal this one involving journalists to one hundred reporters and editors at the associated press have been targeted in a massive u.s. government surveillance operation against the news service a.p. is calling the monitoring network created by the justice department itself unprecedented in size and scope and a gross violation of privacy of he's got to carry has been tracking the investigation. the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p.

reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers if you believe more than one hundred of its journalists may have been caught up in this surveillance week the boss called it a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how news organizations operate the justice department acknowledged having spied on a.p. journalists but would not say why it sought the records they cited an ongoing investigation a peace process and said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation now the guess is that the investigation had to do with a.p. is reporting on a cia operation in yemen last year and the government's possible hundred fleet the administration's unprecedented leaks has had an enormous chilling effect on investigative journalism a number of journalists with major news organizations here told me that isn't it's never been as hard for them to do their job as it is now because sources that they had previously communicated with now either don't return their calls or say out

front that they'd rather not talk they can go to jail the obama. has brought up more cases against whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined now as the news of emerged that the justice department has secretly cast this wife's a veil is that journalists looking for we still don't know what the white house says it knows nothing about this and refers to the justice department and the justice department having acknowledged the phone taps came up with what some saw as as an orwellian response they said that they value the freedom of the press in that they're seeking to strike the right balance between the public interest in the free flow of information and the public interest in the fair and effective administration of our criminal laws that's according to their statement well it's not clear what is behind dozens of a.p. joining their store their sources have committed to be caught up in this kind of a surveillance sweep but this is sending a chilling effect far beyond the associated press. to all journalists that their records can be intercepted and sifted through like this and also made some wish us

authorities had to use some of that surveillance bigger to keep an eye on someone like tom of the boston bomber after all those red flags well or could it be that you're in this sort of seen as more dangerous to national security these days. let's get more on this now with investigative journalist and historian tony goldwyn joining me live in the u.k. attorneys thought that american investigators were looking for a potentially dangerous government leak so wasn't this justified in terms of national security. well let's have a look at what this was all about it looks as if due to the timing of this two months of telephone information they've taken this is two whole months over twenty phone lines to do with actually what is effectively war crimes by the cia over in yemen i mean the cia's view the american military's view is that you know that there are all sorts of crimes going on by the yemenis and the associated press have

been exposing the actually what's been going on here in reality is exposed so should the press are exposing war crimes by people in their own country what we've got here squaring up is the american military industrial complex led in this case by eric holder i mean he is the u.s. attorney general but he is a some kind of devil's advocate if you look at remember the film is that kind of lawyer he's the first ever in american history to be held in contempt of congress so he is certainly not god he's hands clean on the other side is the tradition of a free press and the effect of this massive trawl effectively a fishing operation through months of associated press is telephone lines is it has a horrific chilling effect on journalism it also means that individuals who. are people with stories cannot know can no longer trust the journalists so if they go with confidential information to those journalists and have confidential phone conversations they are not no longer guaranteed those journalists can keep those

conversations secret because the justice department is coming and on a massive trawl along these whole two months one can understand it maybe if it's a small investigation over a couple of days or a particular phone line possibly but this is a phishing operation and it is an appalling attack really on the freedom of the press in america by a government in the u.s. which is out of control and you say trust in journalism here is being compromised but of course you should know that is there in the u.k. can journalists really be trusted bearing in mind the recent phone hacking scandal . well i think that journalists are constantly fighting back i don't think the situation in britain is quite as difficult as it is over in the u.s. at the moment i mean they're going to the line it seems with kind of operations like this and what effectively is going on is eric holder is is a puppy dog he's not really sticking up for the american people is not doing his job what he's doing is the job of the american military industrial complex which is

very frightened about actually being exposed by people like a associated press for the things they're doing but yes i mean we we do have problems here in britain but it's not quite as bad as in the u.s. journalists and lawyers have to really watch out for governments that snoop on their information and have to stop it stone dead but tony hasn't had a press not managed to put the bomb administrator in a very embarrassing situation by exposing this surveillance web so this is ultimately perhaps a victory for the press there now. well of course this does have to be exposed but like i say there's nothing is going to stop this chilling effect which is making it very difficult for journalists and their sources but journalist to keep their sources private in this kind of situation where the justice department gets its hands on all these phone calls that's almost almost impossible and of course this is all driven by the avarice as i said the military industrial complex who have their eyes on the middle east oil and the yemeni oil this is nothing to do with

trying to stop terrorism or anything like that this is just those who are trying to stop the u.s. taking over oil deposits in the middle east. affectively covering up for that actually what is illegal activity but also just another point here is it not exposing the incompetence within government agencies if they're worried about information being leaked by journalists shouldn't they be focusing on finding the source of that leak with their own ranks rather than targeting the messenger just briefly. well you're absolutely right of course they should never be targeting the messenger what's happening is the message is coming up with bad news and those in authority in the u.s. don't like it i mean it's a similar situation in a way here we have a secret courts being brought in here in britain and ultimately this is the rise of effectively a kind of police state where the government thinks it can do what it wants what we're seeing is erosion of some of the basic civil liberties that we've said for the last thirty forty years this is what we hold dear we're saying that all these terrible al-qaeda etc trying to take those civil liberties away well our current

taking away our own governments or taking them away really interesting get your point tony thank you very much for your thoughts tony goldwyn investigative journalist and historian live in the u.k. thank you ok thanks bill. president putin has urged world powers to avoid any steps that could escalate the civil war in syria is statement came after talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu whose visit to russia follows a series of israeli air strikes against syria more details from our to europe is going of who's following the talks in the black sea resort of sochi. leaders of both countries seem very united in the idea that any more violence in syria will lead not only to severe calm consequences in the country itself but in the entire region pledging not to rock the boat and to continue working together in the search for peace in the meantime the need for. shortly after air strikes in syria allegedly conducted by israel which haven't been officially admitted but it's

a live hasn't officially rejected them either israel is really unsatisfied and critical of moscow for supplying the s. three hundred air defense systems to damascus under arms deals which were signed a few years back before the conflict in the country started but if the arms shipments are not violating any international agreements the same really can't be said about one state is striking another state soren territory most western countries have clearly taken the side of the opposition pretty much since the beginning of the conflict but now they're talking about the need for a joint conference which would include the rebels and syria enough. for throughout the entire time also stressing that not all these rebels are opposition areas many of them are bandits or even terrorists and this is constantly proven by linked in

the web including the latest shocking video which clearly depicts a syrian rebel fighter cutting the heart of a dead syrian soldier out of his chest eating it on camera promising to do the same again and calling all the others to follow his example. and into the devastating conflict in syria something most people across the border in israel eagerly awaiting results reports many believe that government is actually intensifying the syrian civil. it's a new offer and stand here so that they have to think one or two as we have to think one hundred times a day what to do with. armed men that have been given the green light to fire into israel retaliated by damascus for tell of its attack last week israeli officials have still not gone on record admitting they carried out two airstrikes in forty eight hours but most people here are certain they did and damascus is certain of it

it didn't mince its words calling israel's actions a declaration of war the criticism echoes in israel as well arab citizens took to the streets to protest and while divided over their support of a side they were clear on one thing israel's actions are wrong jobber sol is a twenty four year old university student despite being some two hundred fifty kilometers from syria his heart is with its people. israel gives itself permission to attack other countries but does not accept any other country doing the same to what this strike cannot be legitimate in israel should be judged in international courts. but far from being judged israeli support the actions of the government would be very frank i don't think that if we would have to do. for you we would've. remember even. i think. it's a very small element on

a very long. problematic relations between israel and syria but it might just catch up with the israelis assad says his borders are open for palestinians wishing to take military action against the jewish state a sure sign some say that tel aviv has shot itself in the foot. never had a. tactic no official israeli policy is to prevent. progs for of all most unfair. i wonder if this is logical policy i doubt it very much and some in israel fear the violence one stop at the border after they finish from killing this very will go ahead the high for another and to do that to deliver quality journalism as what was once israel's most peaceful border threatens to become its newest

battlefront policy r.t. television. a massive cob lost his three libya's second largest city which has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks what up to the break we explore why there's no sign of stability returning to the country almost two years after the full of colonel gadhafi. wealthy british style sign. on life. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report

on. hunger strike despair pushed to the limits. pulled against nearly one hundred kuantan of the detainees are screaming for justice. where is the end for. these continues here naughty several people have been killed and dozens injured in a cup loss that ripped through a crowded street in libya's second largest city benghazi this comes amid a frantic pullout of foreign embassies stuff from the country due to the recent rise in violence eric dennis

a director of the french center for intelligent studies believes the situation is escalating out of control. gibeah is now a truck mounted in very dangerous country and no one can control the situation. and it's a lot the logical result of what up to during the so-called revolution remember the traditional concept was enough to get ization we have a former member of the kid if you redeem jed the least for a western democracy that's monarchies so as soon as the forward they begin to divide in their lives into five each other so this is the logical result of. social revolution and i don't think any group will accept to give back into place and because when you leave you understand that every tribe group serial child or family knows that we've got weapons they have no chance to survive in this very intrigued gate and violent and complex situation as libya is today. well later this hour r.t. syria firth reports on

a new project set to plug an area rural england in to the world wide web. i mean are we going to be telling you how one local community. happening following for that by quite literally taking matters into their own hands. and start a company but first a russian soyuz capsule has safely delivered a three man crew back to earth from the international space station canadian come on to chris hadfield returns from orbit with newfound celebrity status having recorded the first ever music clip in space which has gone viral on you tube attracting over six million hits has also posted a series of videos showing how everyday items behave in zero gravity or to sean thomas explains. the crew of. zero seven am has returned to earth safely landing in kazakhstan at just after six thirty in the morning moscow time and this is an incredibly experienced crew with russian cosmonaut. this is his

second flight chris hadfield from canada this is his third spaceflight and thomas marshburn the united states astronaut this is his second between them seven space flights with this incredibly experienced crew now it's always a great moment here at mission control when that capsule lands and they can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that they have accomplished a mission and done something pretty special now on this particular mission just a couple of days ago showing that nothing is ever routine when it comes to space travel thomas marshburn had to do an emergency spacewalk to help fix what was detected a coolant leak at the international space station that was a last minute decision that they decided to send him out just days before you're scheduled to depart the international space station chris hadfield from canada has actually in particular gotten a lot of media attention he is arguably the most savvy social media astronaut in the history of space travel having almost nine hundred thousand

twitter followers now one of the things that he became known for is conducting in experiments in space connecting to regular people one of the experiments was showing people what it's like to cry in space what happens to tears with no gravity i mean they can't fall down so he simulated the conditions in space and produced a dramatic video one other thing he produced the video what happens when you bring out a wash towel in space and shows what happens to the water and all sorts of interesting things with the surface tension and where does the water go if it doesn't actually fall to the ground chris hadfield is also in the process or has just completed recording the first commercial album in spaces so these are some of the things that they've accomplished on this particular mission but as of now the crew so is zero seven back on earth safely and everyone that can know that a job was well done and mission accomplished. meanwhile back inside the earth's atmosphere remote controlled passenger jets could soon become a reality

a prototype has made its first successful flight more on that's on our website of the moment plus. a new sars like virus first detected in saudi arabia is rapidly spreading around the world you can get all the details on our t.v. dot com. having an internet connection is crucial in a world where basic transactions are increasingly done online the british government has announced that its citizens will be expected to use the web to manage their welfare payments a tough call for one connected rural areas sarah ferguson to one community in northern england that's preparing itself for the future by plugging itself in. the rolling hills and dales of the english countryside but what lancashire in the north of england has in secluded beauty it lacks in most income that despite major provided the tivo putting a feast in profits local communities like these haven't felt the benefit and have

had to dig deep into their own pockets and land to try to get connected we have on camera a bt executive. power which is one of the highlights the hard choice over in addition is that surveying english area i'd say to just look at this forces here for fear i should it is just not economically viable for them to come out right away early to connect up the free for the project called gold band to the rural north all beyond the short might be in the early stages still but it could be set to make this quiet local setting a global internet hotspots they have are fading into the ground the fiber optic cable that provides be in for that connection now all of it has taken years and passable planning and as you can see behind me a lot of hard work on the ball and to vote for the best part about this is that once it's all up and running this area is going to how much faster internet

connection then the payout rates it's unlikely bt will be daunted by this local competition yet but the project is attracting high level attention. to government a's he's actually now seriously looking at can this be an example as i said for other areas and hopefully now they've actually seen a bill or not the funding in the ground regime to allow smaller groups like this to access the major forms that we're rolling out across the country back in the field and it's all hands on deck as volunteers look to get the community here connected now as you can see here people who've never met each other before by themselves working in some cold field projects are there for her artsy lancashire in the north of england. talking of some international news in briefly this hour in afghanistan three u.s. soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in the southern in the whole the soldiers who are serving

among nato forces in the country were on patrol in the area when the blast ripped through their vehicle this comes just a day after three georgian soldiers were killed in a car bomb in the nearby helmand province. the chinese navy is flex its muscles conducting military exercises near what it calls the non sheraton's positions of the west coast of the philippines in the south china sea then as the spratly islands in the philippines countries that circle the south china sea of make claims and some of the nearly thirty thousand islands that make up the archipelago. a boat with at least one hundred people on board has capsized off the west coast of miramar many of those are feared dead the passengers are all from a minority muslim community in russia state were fleeing ahead of a cycle and that's expected over the next few days the u.n. has called for them to be evacuated from the region as many live in ram shackle camps in vulnerable low lying areas. that's it for the moment i'll be back

with the news team with morphine about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime next ca's a look at the human cost behind the cheap goods sold by global retailers stay with us of that that's coming your way after this short break. the illusion of safety trumping your right seems to be the main political theme of post nine eleven america unnoticed pushing the keep you safe at any cost more than new york billionaire mayor michael bloomberg who recently had to defend his stop and frisk strategy after giving a speech to police brass stop and frisk is the practice of just being able to search anyone in new york at any time for any reason with your hands this practice has been in place since two thousand and two but thankfully was finally recently

found to be unconstitutional by a federal judge you know the fourth amendment all the talk about no unlawful search and seizure seems pretty clear to me why did this take so long to figure out bloomberg despite that silly constitution thing stands firm with this policy to occur and if you end street stops looking for guns they will be more guns on the street and more people will be killed it's just that sample well to that i would say if you stop nazi style first kings of random innocent people there will be more freedom on the streets it's just that simple but that's just my opinion. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser chickens without their brains could be mass produced for human consumption so-called experts say that removing parts of

their brain would be a more humane and stress free way to treat the animals which are subjected to life without natural light and packed into fecal filled cages on factory farms catering to consumers interested only in the lowest price possible on their tumor filled chicken wing ready meal to further reduce costs spend suggested that the chickens have their feet removed to make room in the fecal filled cages the brainless footless chicken may be the food of the future but as the consumer of today stacey yes max that was a real headline from last year food of the future mass produced chickens without brains and these are philosophers and architects who are looking at more humane ways to raise these factory farm chickens which currently live in complete darkness which is very stressful for them packed into cages and they figure that you know if they remove the.