you can't come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies. completely free from risk the bando expose washington's all seeing spy network justifies his actions saying he's willing to sacrifice his freedom in return for giving the public a choice on surveillance. the u.s. the only one pledging no mercy for those who speak out its goal friends are taking internet crackdowns to much greater levels we report on to this hour. threatens to destabilize the whole of north africa according to the u.n. even as international business vultures seek to get all the gold they can from the country's mines. had a storm over syria the sads military success spurs washington towards directly

arming the rebels while american troops jets and missiles gather nearby. all over again even if you just joined us this is our international it's kevin owen here in moscow tonight just after eleven pm moscow time now and the man who blew the whistle on an unparalleled u.s. surveillance webb has identified himself saying he expects to be made to suffer for his actions twenty nine year old former cia technical assistant edward snowden was until monday holed up in a hong kong hotel afraid to leave his room for fear of retribution but he says he has no regrets big motivated by an overriding need to expose just how vast washington spy web and become. even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched and recorded and the storage capability of these systems increases every

year consistently by orders of magnitude. to where it's getting to the point you don't have to have done anything wrong you simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody even by a wrong call and then they can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you've ever made every friend you've ever discussed something with and attack you on that basis to sort of derive suspicion from an innocent life and paint anyone in the context of a wrong door. while the united states criminal chases are ready to go with top officials calling for edward snowden to be prosecuted to the harshest extent of the law the whistleblower himself doesn't hold out much hope of escaping given his knowledge of how intelligence agencies operate i could be you know rendered by the cia i could have people come after me or any of their their third party partners you know they would they work closely with a number of other nations or you know they could pay off the triads you know any

any if their agents or assets we've we've got a cia station just up the road in the consulate here in hong kong i'm sure that they're going to be very busy for the next week. and that's that's a fear i'll live under for the rest of my life however long that happens to be you can't come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk because they're such powerful adversaries the no one can meaningfully oppose them. if they want to get you they'll get you in time from the woods the whistleblower himself or loudly say there will be plenty of hurdles should the u.s. seek snowden's extradition from hong kong but a treaty for such matters does exist between the two i spoke to vested jenna's tony goes on a bit earlier he told me it's time for some soul searching in washington right now . washington does have a choice it needs to search its conscience obama needs to search his conscience and decide easy going to back the rule of law because that's what this is really all

about the rule of law i mean we as ordinary citizens we have to obey the law if we break the speed limit we may get pulled over if we steal something we may go in front of a judge and go to jail and that's what needs to happen with the intelligence services we need to just remind our politicians and we need to have this coming from the top down from obama right down in the same here in britain from cameron we can't have him simply able to break the law and saying growing this basically crying wolf saying all national security national security let the police come in and actually do investigations detectives for example in the intelligence services otherwise we're in a very dangerous situation if a large powerful organizations are above the law this is such a huge story this week a big topic we're asking you to think to tell us what you think about it online it's the subject of our web voted r.t. dot com what do you think is going to happen to snowden but this has been going down throughout the course of the evening actually do you think it's going to face imprisonment like bradley manning thirty percent of you but it has been diminishing this is big story about the same you think it's hard to predict it's

a very complicated situation maybe some lessons have been learned from the way whistle blows if we dealt with before you're thinking thanks for letting us know about for. nearly quarter of you think he's going to get asylum in a sympathetic country a bit like a surge of twenty two percent a very gloomy thing is going to be assassinated. thanks for your thoughts r.t. dot com you can change the web open right now for you. now when it comes to getting heavy whistle blowers and free speech advocates the u.s. need look no further than its own gulf states several countries there with a woman in kuwait given eleven years in jail on monday for insulting the mirror on twitter that he got his can offer ports next and how the gulf gets tough for me internet. let's now take a look at the u.s. friends who are known to have somewhat suspicious methods of upholding democratic freedoms of their citizens the united arab emirates kuwait bahrain and saudi arabia now in saudi arabia local media reports that the authorities asked the mobile providers to find ways to monitor encrypted messaging and apps like viber skype and

whatsapp and said that if these applications could not be monitored then they would have to be blocked while last month senior saudi religious clerics declared those who use twitter are risking quote demonstration and lose both this world and their afterlife let's move on to qatar now seen by many as a regional media hub which openly supports radical freedom fighters in syria while it's now looking at punishing web sites and social media with a new internet coach under the new draft the of the audi's will be allowed to remove nums videos or posts even factual ones if they think the violate the sanctity of privacy now this brings us to the united arab emirates a country ruled by seven hereditary rulers were political parties are banned by law and their citizens can be jailed for tweeting like the recent case of a man who received ten months behind bars for describing the legal process around a group of civil society activists quote in bad faith now in kuwait this year alone

at least six journalists and dozens of activists have been arrested on charges that include insulting the mirror on twitter other widespread charges for criticism online from users are threatening national security and offending religion all on the web but the jail sentences are anything but virtual and sometimes stretch to two years behind bars despite being party to the international court and on civil and political rights now finally last but not least of rain six bloggers were given one year in prison each after they were found guilty of misusing the right of free expression and insulting the king even though apparently their angry tweets were merely criticism of the authorities. it was also questionable why the u.s. hasn't been all that forthcoming over human rights violations in the gulf states too despite jumping its own global democracy credentials more on that side of the story from r.t.

is made for national. addressing these gross human rights violations is problematic for the obama administration you see america has military bases throughout the gulf region which not coincidentally helped form a strategic envelope around iran additionally the us is in the midst of a major buildup of american military forces in the persian gulf more warships additional attack aircraft and most recently a laser weapon systems have been deployed to the region in two thousand and ten president obama struck a ten year sixty billion dollar weapons deal with saudi arabia and despite bahrain's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters the u.s. has reportedly continued to provide tens and tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons ammunition vehicle parts and communication equipment to the country now critics accuse the u.s. of conveniently turning a blind eye to human rights violations in the gulf region for its own interests and geo political purposes. when it comes to.

running. two hundred thirty. people toward murders. no repercussions with. so the bahraini government on that once we keep selling them all sorts of. you know to enforce their russian. tourists asylum in the united states most americans do not know we are supporting this all referred to as long as the gulf states continue standing under america's protective umbrella experts believe those nations will remain emboldened to violate human rights and democratic principles with impunity reporting from new york. r.t. . one activist from bahrain has managed to get asylum in britain caught back home sentenced to ali abdulemam to fifteen years in jail in his absence because he

managed to escape before the police came knocking on his door by our study wide fall and fall of the authorities about everything he could do it is upsetting the government unless you are supporting their legitimate said what they did is i issued their website that last for allowing the people of bahrain to. participate in exchange their ideas. brainstorming and things that form forward in the world towards the twenty one century. that's what we do doesn't want it in behind a door they don't want their people to be educated and to know they are right i went into hiding for two years and i was applying high level security to protect myself there was a shinin behind is very very strong you can see more than three hundred thousand on this city it's just because it's peaceful and because of this or the money no one is talking about it coming up ten nights of tear gassing in turkey as the country's

prime minister hit saturday anti-government protesters labeling their marauders who lack respect for islam we've got more money coming. right now though the syrian rebel national court calling on all foreign fighters no matter which side they support to leave the country it's after the syrian troops with the help of hezbollah fighters regain control of the town of cosette of the lebanese border the syrian soldiers advance is simply pushing rebel supporters to spur washington into action force leaders got this report now. bomb administration could decide this week whether or not to approve lethal aid for syrian rebels the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has postponed a mid east tour to participate in these talks now according to officials they were also the merits of the a list a likely move of sending a u.s. air power to enforce a no fly zone which of course would be a very controversial decision at the same time lady a falls in the u.s.

marines have been deployed along jordan's border with syria and this is according to israeli and iranian media this deployment is unrelated so we're being told with the joint military exercise that started on sunday now the united states has deployed if sixteen jets and missiles which can be used against planes and other missiles to jordan and according to washington it might keep him in the country off to these drills the action of course has raised concerns in the international community russia says the deployment is and i'm a construct of state that threatens to expand the conflict and many are questioning whether or not the u.s. is preparing to carry out an incursion in syria and if so this of course will only further worsen the situation there many complain and incite far more controversy we continue to hear reports of direct foreign involvement in fact we're just hearing reports now of three belgian citizens who were killed in syria fighting for rebel front now experts say that as many as two hundred belgians could be fighting in

syria right now they would have come in through the turkish border and belgian police have a really a waste of civil citizens who have returned to the country after fighting and being radicalized inside syria this is not the first time that we're hearing of foreigners fighting in syria we have heard of americans fighting there in the past all of this is happening in light of the moves made by the syrian president bashar assad's forces in fact we're hearing reports that assad's troops are poised on attack on the key city of homes which could cut off syria's. from the south of the country where we're also hearing that it's many as five thousand has been a fight has reportedly now inside syria helping the regime press on with its campaign after capturing the town of course saw the news border last week. were going into action direct action in syria would be a reckless move for the u.s. and their allies know that says r.t. contributor afshin rattansi is certainly offensive weapons as opposed to the

defense systems that are being placed there by the russians as part of that deal and if there was going to be a no fly zone the united states would have to destroy the defenses of the russia has supplied which of course would be in complete violation of the united nations security council because they don't have a resolution obama i mean they've been leaks of the past over the weekend suggesting certainly to c.b.s. news that obama was changing his mind and really was leaning towards the rebels from israel we're not getting that kind of view they're saying they take no sides in the conflict i think the zionist government there realizes very clearly what hezbollah can do. coming up very soon plan b. comes to greece quite literally up ahead the founder of a new poll who offered an alternative to greece tells us that r t what's at stake for the state as the troika inspectors arrive to push for more cuts.

be a pill popping to what degree has big pharma hijacking captured the western medical establishment what is the real aim of the pharmaceutical industry to make people healthy or to generate healthy profits for themselves and is there anything we can do to bring this under. some aren't good does not come easy. savaged by poverty a country torn apart. by you and. when the french troops leave one of the world's poorest nations to the next. sixty . watch our special coverage.

mali security. on a. separate groups in northern mali pose a serious threat says security across the region and african u.n. peacekeepers don't know the equipment they'll need when they deployed next month those damning conclusions from a u.n. report released monday but security is not the only concern from all these people refer to reports next on the fate of the global gold diggers ready to plunder the country's precious resources. little mina and attains herself while her entire family is at work her mom dad brothers and sisters are all miners and one of molly's many so-called traditional gold mines. make a hole the size of

a body with this and then we dig deeper and deeper. the industrial mines series investments from big foreign companies work with machinery although often referred to as government mines their role in fact private was only twenty percent of their revenue being paid into the country's coffers those who work in traditional mines don't have to pay the authorities but at the same time they don't get any help either they how is narrow and deep they dig until they strike gold or some of the mines here go down the depth of sixty metres they go and over fifteen or a twenty story building the tunnels are so cramped there is barely any room for movement here with no support structure it looks like nick loves it and it won't carry here or so mysterious that one. that was i was overseas you. can tell

this mine and tell me what it is and here work it on the ground for hours it wasn't really what i'm asking is that it here minutes bridge becomes difficult with a lot of oxygen. this is the hardest part of a very long process rocks are extracted before being pounded sifted and washed but if the team gets lucky their hours of back breaking work will produce some grains of gold the money raised by the say you move them be divided between all those who went down the peat sometimes as many as a thousand miners. are not happy as i work more hours than i get for having spent around five hours here we are dirty exhausted and terribly dehydrated people here usually work from ten to eleven hours per day every evening they're paid but not in cash they're given rocks taken from the mine this may contain gold if it doesn't just left empty handed this game of luck is for many mullins of their only way of getting paid but it seems their dreams of wealth in one of the poorest countries on

earth could be dashed as the government moves to ban traditional mines that it's on a huge scale with a lot of money the black market is growing there is no proper touch system and we don't get a penny from that. book at the moment but officials complain the traditional gold exploration is not about helping the poor to become more affluent but about exploding them to make the wealthy much richer than they were before molly's gold experts have more than tripled in the last decade yes mullins indeed seem not to be man the beneficiaries. but not all believe the authorities intentions will diminish poverty. by using the only care about big corporations so i don't want to come in and take over our country's mineral wealth and certainly i don't care about ordinary people that just got on the back of it is that this november and joint mollen suisse venture will start operating the country's first gold refinery with

a monthly capacity of half the country's any oil production it will require a huge increase in exploration at least seven chinese geological agencies have already arrived in the country with many more likely to follow skills at all where will these others change anything for the better for people for. the future of these people remains uncertain like their income and it's not clear whether they'll still have even they need their place under the african sun. or a fashion r.t. from mali. the folks on turkey for a couple of minutes now turkish prime minister radio one says he'll meet with the organizers of the ongoing protests that the congress deputy they demonstrations have no being going on for ten nights tear gas and water jets have been fired at them but the huge crowds have again been pouring into istanbul's taksim square

remain resolute they're continuing their call for the prime minister to resign but premier everyone's mind telling is tough stance at the same time warning demonstrators that his patience is wearing thin out he's going to get reports from the heat of the unrest. this is still going on people are saying they're not backing down they're going to continue to protest and it's not all fun and games protesters have come under fire from police and on karate this is the second day in a row that such such an event has happened in fact on cause one of those is that one of the turkish cities which has been under a lot of pressure when it comes to police reacting to the protests in fact it has been gassed or somehow the water cannons have been used some protesters almost every single day off the protests which have been going for more than a week at this point almost two weeks in istanbul the worrying trend here is that the prime minister don't want continues to talk about his supporters who are also getting ready to go to destry according to go on. their patience is running thin

and those who are siding with the prime minister are ready to take to the streets and express their points of view is that of course happens then all of alice are experts at predicting. extreme civil unrest in the country and all of them first are hoping that that will not be the case as it stands at this point people in istanbul show absolutely no determination to go anywhere they have been camping out here in taxi man and in gezi park for more than a week at this point their main to man and also to see the prime minister leave his post but the prime minister obviously has made it clear that he is not going anywhere. joe good who is up the protests in turkey and says probably is true and maybe moving in the right direction to bring an end to the clashes. it's indeed a good mood that. moves to. speak with the organizers and that's how only the while those may and actually the while and stemmed from the police in the beginning these people were not they were not bordering illegal lety

there were surveys conducted show that these were just ordinary people who were busy be concerned about their personal liberty and the way the country was going they were planning to carry on on less makes an apology so that's the first step and of course the give the park was an iconic issue so even though there are a lot of people who are not from the environmentalist spec around it still remains as an iconic issue on the agenda i'm just trying to get a full timeline of the events in turkey to r.t. dot com our web site what is there to the trouble of see elsewhere to look at these pictures will be caught up in this real twist of all of the magazine fronts when they catch sight of this tornado coming up them a rare phenomenon that side of the atlantic got small picture online also to a step up the space lot of a round we got a report it's got a new satellite monitoring station running saying it's now well on the way to

becoming a fully fledged cosmic research nation again when we get more on the dog. days after admitting it had miscalculated the devastating effect of austerity on greece the international monetary fund delegation is returning to athens the be joined by a you and european central bank chiefs who still demand the greek government fire four thousand more state employees in return for the bailout cash but the former leader of the senate's a party that now leads the opposition says the time is right for his new party it's called plan b. you know if one comes in the boat has a plan me and the boat going to sink. to find a plenty of this is exactly as you said rachel we look to to find it would be because the longer a. distraction for the goose. was twenty five.

loads the d.p. than before for the year we've. four five times the unemployment rate the week before who. hold you for without employment this is planning a new surprising show of optimism earlier on this week the french president declared the end of the eurozone crisis but france was the lands words are unlikely to sound convincing to many european still ensuring record high unemployment and painful belt tightening measures across the continent a test facility reports next even brussels at the heart of the e.u. is gut feel but unity is for those left without a livelihood. i'm forty seven and never seen a golf from no to both as for was nobody. nobody needs me you know how can i say i'm messing about. i don't see any future for us here we have to go back and back to their native rumania nico at the mill you ran into financial

trouble after getting a bank loan four years ago in order to repay the debt they thought they'd try their luck elsewhere a fruitless journey that took the italy to germany denmark and i'm sure done before finally ending up here in the e.u. capital brussels we can find anything. they tiny and people complains they don't have anything to work we try to go to germany. he is much tougher than you know it's an unpleasant situation that's quickly becoming the norm in the crisis stricken european union and the seventeen nations euro zone in april the jobless rate went up yet again to twelve point two percent compared to twelve point one percent didn't march that's nineteen million men and women in the whole e.u. twenty six point five million people are out of work the figures are even worse for

the other twenty five's as youth unemployment in some countries has gone through to reach. a greek any strange thing out there and young people are out of the job that there's just incredible labor mobility has to increase so that they can move from a high unemployment area to the open employment area like for example germany clearly that's easier said than done though for people like nicole and his wife what these latest unemployment figures show is something already known that europe is struggling to find ways to create jobs but what they don't show are the day to day lives of the twenty six and a half million unemployed your parents many. desperately finding ways to put an end to their struggles to end up thinking. yes yes if you compare the youngest group with the middle age group or with the oldest age group is not the youngest. the biggest problems is to middle age category was most

problems after forty forty five fewer chances of funny jokes is other really threatening me it's still you're almost gone for the life being unemployed until you're your pension and that is exactly why mika is now forced to think about woodturning cool to me when i want to go back home because the. i don't see anything here. is very hard to find a job and everybody look at you like don't we want a war like you are how can i say like a suspect you don't understand why we have id we are here for luggage a man who want to steal something don't go with luggage on the way it's they see the don't belong here this is for you to post abuse like a big family but it's nothing like that. i'm very sorry to say that but. does are still the r.t.e. brussels. when i come back cross talk whether america is just too drugged up to

take on the pharmaceutical giants. succeed eagle residents were thrown off of an airplane not for what they said but how they said it because they said it in another language russian in fact a paranoid and cowardly steward on the plane told them that they had to clear. just for speaking another language to be here yes of some group of people were to commit a terrorist act then speaking in a foreign language would be a good tactic i can't deny that and foreigners who come to america better get on the ball and learn to speak english adequately but there is a problem about fifty million tourists visit.