satellite bugging fake internet cafe's in a blanket surveillance of diplomats are exposed by neely showing even former russian president medvedev was targeted by american and british agents. israelis in the occupied golan heights fear a dramatic military escalation on their doorstep as america moves to arm the syrian rebels and iran reportedly pledges troops to help president assad. in syria push his money matters into the background as world leaders gather for the g eight summit in northern ireland shielded from protests by colossal ring of steel.

good morning you're watching r.t. with me andrew farmer. now global leaders and even close allies were all spied on by british and american intelligence according to n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden he's leaked new documents showing that the g twenty summit in two thousand and nine was a surveillance playground with u.k. and u.s. agents attempting to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time to meet. r.t. contributor afshin returns he says it was an attempt to gain the upper hand. i think that kind of blanket surveillance we're talking about fake internet cafes eventually being set up blackberries routinely monitored that surveillance is being used and of course with their on the rage and presuming they were trying to make those talks amenable to washington and british interests these kinds of revelations show that when governments such as britain and the united states come close to worrying they will use this to try and persuade different officials of different

governments to sway them for many years written knew or some british people realized that the national security agency was basically using the united kingdom and the largest spying outfit of the united states is here in britain but who runs the spying who or where is the sovereignty and perhaps british people will realise that they are living in a state where their media and all institutions surrounding them all industrial aspects to civic society are under a kind of surveillance state that is not being covered in the news the problem is the mainstream media will try and prove this and say everyone knows this everyone know it everyone knew this all world leaders and all delegates at that summit in twenty nine know that they are being surveilled then why the british or american authorities do this here in london we mark hong kong has launched an official investigation into the extent of united states cyber attacks against its citizens

alleged to number in the thousands in the us dozens of lawsuits are being filed against the government surveillance practices they washington is trying to downplay their reach when it comes to telephone calls nobody is listening to your telephone calls. that's not what this program is about. lawmakers themselves contradicting president obama earlier allege that thousands of n.s.a. analysts could listen to any phone call without a warrant but other government sources say official authorized is required it's also emerged that the scope of the surveillance operation and the help it received may have been underestimated is a washington correspondent gani. what edward snowden revealed could be just the tip of the iceberg we're learning that in addition to internet giants thousands of u.s. technology finance and manufacturing companies that include software and hardware

producers banks internet security providers satellite telecommunications companies thousands are working closely with u.s. national security agencies according to the people familiar with the exchange the cooperation of some of the company says helped the u.s. government infiltrate computers worldwide so this certainly adds to edward snowden's account note and said he believed that the n.s.a. has carried out more than one thousand hacking operations globally snowden said he was releasing the information to demonstrate quote the posse of the u.s. government when it claims that it does not target civilian infrastructure unlike its adversaries he also said quote we hack network backbones like huge internet routers basically that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands. of people computers without having to hack every single one in these sources who speak on the condition of anonymity say u.s. companies help intelligence agencies do exactly that and they say it's not subject

to any oversight now it's all done of course on the national security but there are some very obvious discrepancies here robert muller director of the f.b.i. for example he said the massive surveillance program that the u.s. has now could have prevented nine eleven then what about the fort hood shooting in two thousand and nine the perpetrator of that one needle molly costs on had been exchanging e-mails with anwar locky for a period of time or time alonso are now i have multiple warnings over several years radical content on his you tube web page. one may ask the question then why this massive collection of information when all of that was missed while the unwavering support of many u.s. government surveillance program is raising questions among experts in the public having pieced together a commons from his from officials own this offseason see come from off explains what's in it for the. this story certainly raises more questions than it answers as

my colleague reported earlier we know now that thousands of companies have been sharing sensitive information with the u.s. government in exchange for various benefits now this raises concerns about the extent of the private sector collaboration with the u.s. government not to mention questions about what exactly those benefits were now the details may be murky at this point but let's go over exactly what information we have now companies who did hand over data to the government got a big thank you that's according to michael hayden who used to head the cia as well as the national security agency which runs of course the prism program and mr hayden told bloomberg this if i were the director and had a relationship with a company who was doing things that were not just directed by law but were also valuable to the defense of the republic i would go out of my way to thank them and give them a sense as to why this is necessary and useful all right well what kind of thank you exactly are we talking about here well again not

a lot of details but anonymous sources did tell bloomberg that leaders of the companies who handed over data to the government were showered with attention and information by government agencies in fact in some instances that meant quick warnings about the threats that could affect their bottom line for example serious internet attacks and who's behind them of course this exchange of information is supposed to be voluntary and while at this point we don't exactly have evidence that this is not the case but while most of the companies seem to have participated simply because the government asked them for help one former c.e.o. paints a slightly different picture in two thousand and one when some telecom giants allegedly were asked to participate in an n.s.a. information sharing program one company qwest initially refused to play ball in according to court documents filed by its then c.e.o. joseph not cio as a result of that decision the company was denied lucrative n.s.a. contracts he believed to be worth fifty to one hundred million dollars retaliation

he says for refusing to partake in the government spy program. so to sum it up companies that share data earned government goodwill information about threats possible classified information and of course there's concern that those who did not play along could could have been left out of lucrative government contracts course we don't have more information on this but that's person i see the point the lack of transparency about this data swap is a major concern now it's done in the name of security but at what cost and to whom this account for not reporting for our team in moscow. my with our team we've got plenty more coming up this hour including germany's playing for change the country's homegrown. are turning their back on europe's largest economy for being hostile to healthy business it's. around is reportedly gearing up to send thousands of troops to syria to beef up government forces against the rebel forces also went as far as proposing

a new military for the israeli occupied golan heights and coupled with american intentions to the syrian opposition israelis living in the area fear they're in for some big trouble. reports iran just got that much closer amid reports that tehran is sending some four thousand a rainy and revolutionary guard to help the syrian president bashar assad israelis living here in the golan heights are worried because now for the first time at least officially iran is on the border the reason you want war. in reunion worn. finisher. in to do it. like syria this is an israeli bunker on the israeli syrian border less than a kilometer from here is connecticut that has been the scene of fierce fighting between assad's forces and rebel fighters with the american decision recently to

arm the rebels one of the groups that will be most directly affected are israelis living here in the golan heights any increase in hostilities in the area will impact on their lives you know to be. jewish. to understand virtue. you need to fight for your place in the last few minutes i've heard three explosions the united nations chief banking moon is warning of that the ongoing military activities in this area have the potential to escalate tensions between israel and syria and jeopardize the longstanding peace treaty between both countries and this is one of the questions that israelis are asking if assad was to be buses that were placed in be interested in maintaining the cease fire israel and fortunately seeing. arms and weapons they're going to be used against in as

a threat from iran. in this board needs to be friended so these functors have been here for years but for decades there's been a sense of tranquility and predictability now all of that in situ change with america's decision to arm the rebels. probably it's good for them and it's good for america otherwise they wouldn't do it maybe it's for the purpose of helping themselves and it's not about if it's good for israel or not there is fear we were three of the rockets will hit us and it's already hard to. find that attracts tourists but many fear it will soon attract folgers and become active once again policy r.t. on the israeli syrian border. well syrian troops have been advancing in recent weeks while the leader of the opposition's free syrian army says it's in need of weapons so let's have a closer look at how the balance of power is teetering at this stage amid reports

that iranian squads could join president assad's forces it's lebanon's hezbollah are which openly admits being engaged on the government's side the rebels are being backed by al-qaeda linked jihad this is the newsroom front as well as possibly mercenaries from the gulf states and the opposition enjoys widespread diplomatic support in the west and the prospect of lethal arms supplies from the u.s. and some european allies despite warnings of dire consequences. even the most optimistic analysis of the rebels would have to admit there are a variety of people not only fighting said but also fighting each other the whole idea that we can be confident that we supply even if we give them to people we train will stay in those hands of those hands when turned against ours it seems to me to be extreme and i in practice i'm afraid the risk that the sort of people who would actually break use of these weapons may initially be probably against assad but we've seen from afghanistan over the last thirty years to the present day we

can see from the chaos in libya american diplomats and british talk it's very nice to think we really do control these people on the ground. in northern ireland which is security walled off from any protests but. still cooking up a storm such as these activists getting a head start trying to attract attention to global hunger and poverty that story is coming up shortly.

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gathering for the g. eight summit in northern ireland after the u.s. approved arms supplies to the rebels the question is whether its european allies will follow suit on. looks at what is its stake at the high level gathering. host david cameron had planned to discuss issues such as global tax avoidance and sustainable economic growth but it looks like rising tensions over the escalating crisis in syria are going to eclipse that formal engender and are going to be dominating the talks last week the usa france and the u.k. claimed that the syrian government had used chemical weapons in the usa has now pledged military support to the syrian opposition the u.k. hasn't gone that far yet but speaking off the talks with blood admit putin in downing street yesterday prime minister david cameron reiterated his schools for bashar al assad to step down and said that the u.k. would be continuing to provide normally filleted and training to moderate elements

of the syrian opposition now the russian government has questioned claims that the syrian government has used chemical weapons and a lot of minutes and yesterday spoke about how dangerous he thinks it might be to all in the syrian opposition at the same time both leaders have stressed that they have a common goal and that is a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the syrian crisis they say that they're going to push. the summit to try and edge closer towards organizing a peace summit for both sides of the syrian conflict in order to get them around the negotiating table to hammer out a pause to peace but the anti's opt so much over the past week it looks like it's going to be tough talking in northern ireland the summit is going to be held at the very remote. goal for sort where a fifteen million pound ring of steel has been a wreck did in order to god against protesters and to provide security for the

likes of us president barack obama russian president vladimir putin and on the various david cameron now extra police have also been drafted in from the u.k. mainland to help bolster security that this is one of the biggest security operations that northern ireland has ever seen. and cyber explosions own surrounding the g. eight summit some familiar faces loomed large these protesters who don't join headmaster outside belfast city hall called on the world's richest nations to address global hunger and poverty for them it's the world's poorest countries who desperately need leaders attention katie pilbeam so what's cooking at the meeting and whether any wish list will get answered. the fight against all still zones is excel or a say the host of the g. eight event david cameron insists it is a means of helping the poor and writing injustice ben air is editor in chief of

business in new york magazine if this is where list. because it means you have to police the entire world the thing about the system is necessarily international that means any country one tiny little country who chooses not to abide by this can do you know offer is. as i say convenient services for people trying to hide money. means that the whole thing becomes a mockery there's no way of controlling it so you can work towards it you can it will take time and probably it's a good idea you've got several countries like cyprus obvious example but luxembourg still switzerland before who are offering these services as a business it becomes a big part of their economy and it's very difficult for a small country like somebody to tell them they can't do it because they have no other way of making money so it sounds like mr cameron and his fellow supporters

have a tough task ahead convince in these tax haven countries to give up their economic military hits. we have got plenty more stories online including how a british man took a knife into a mosque in northern england stabbing four people one of them a police officer before being bundled unceremoniously into a police vehicle plus. in the us larry is reporting record sales and the deadly shootings is americans react to the president's push for stricter weapons controls you can find all this. money used today. these are the images the world has seen from the streets of canada. operations rule the day.

now a few years germany seen a steady flow of immigrants from crisis wrecked countries like greece and spain but its own citizens especially successful entrepreneurs are heading for the exit leaving europe's largest economy to capitalize on their business opportunities expects. packing up for a new life elsewhere yes and his family are joining a growing number of germans seeking a future away from home. for germany is a nice place right now the future looks really dark so we're getting out that's why his software business and plan tire company are for sale and he setting up a new business in canada away from what they see is short sighted policies by german and european politicians have a good one all they're doing is taking the debt higher and higher and by breaking their own rules it's something the family has been planning for a long time after one and a half years their paperwork is now in the final stages as well as his family yes

is also moving almost two million euros worth of business to canada people of always move to new countries in search of opportunities but last year saw over one hundred thirty thousand jet off from germany the most in a generation an increasing number of making the move to to concerns over where the country's economic. among the most popular destinations were switzerland the united states australia and canada away from the e.u. and the bureaucracy of brussels. does the feeling. we're going to see intrapreneur muslim europe it's one hundred times easier to shut it down to business here than create one i still raise it to belong to you for the last year on the side of the job creators. dr roth is a lawyer in bavaria heading to new zealand he sees the current system in europe

it's almost comical the team get bored look at the ten commandments there are probably around five hundred no words here then i think the relations on something small like production can you you know it's over ten thousand words most of the nonsense this will leave you are a bit like a non-republican had so many laws no one can follow them. with dissatisfaction in the e.u. on. germany runs the risk of seeing more and more of its job creators taking off to find new opportunities elsewhere these are all over r.t. for a. quick look now at some other news from around the world dozens of activists donned orange jumpsuits in a flash mob in northern ireland to call on the u.s. to close guantanamo bay human rights group amnesty organized the stunt ahead of the g eight summit in belfast saying keeping the prison open is clearly a breach of international law more than one hundred one time when mates are on hunger strike over their indefinite detention over forty of which are being

painfully force fed in a procedure that is being labeled as torture. turkish riot police are struggling to keep the samples tanks in square clear protesters with another night of street skirmishes two of the country's major unions have also called a one day nationwide strike against the government crackdown on demonstrators on sunday prime minister rally tens of thousands of supporters in central bull in a show of strength even as the central square is being cleared and wiki leaks edited juden the sound has made ecuador's foreign minister head of the diplomats meeting with the british foreign secretary the two are expected to discuss the whistleblowers fate was granted asylum at the ecuadorian embassy in london last june britain said it won't let him leave the country. violence has erupted for a second day in the brazilian capital is police surrounded on protesters calling for more government spending on health transport and education they say too much

money is being wasted on sporting events with football's world cup to be held in brazil next year officers fired tear gas to disperse the six hundred strong crowd that had gathered that had gathered in front of the national football stadium in brasilia. next we head north for a look at every day life in one of the world's coldest regions. you know what's worse than a crap bureaucrat who sucks at being corrupt a scumbag bureaucrat in veronese russia just couldn't help himself and put some very hefty charges for services contracts for road repair and construction in just three years he was able to take enough of a percentage off of these contracts though investigators raided his house he had

the equivalent of over three million dollars in russian money all over his home news not mail dot ru claims he had entire laundry hampers and twenty five kilogram sugar sacks filled to the brim with blocks first off when someone is this flagrant that means that he thought rather comfortable and not getting caught so there are plenty more of these guys out there but second this is an absolute slap in the face to russia taxpayers who are hungry for new roads i think for instance it's a flagrant in your face obvious crush corruption russia might need to reconsider that moratorium on the death penalty but that's just i mean. this isn't your old ricci you know this car is being specially modified it's about to undergo one of the toughest call for journeys in russia and everything needs to be perfect. this car is in you kusa one of the most extreme places on the planet

you don't want to break down the pit out here but this whole jack is used to host the car up as. well plus with a shovel without one they would let you compete in the race because the conditions can be pretty extreme. you'll probably need it but. and once the new tires are on and the motors finally to this car is off to the races. ladies and gentlemen start your engines. is home to the mammoth driving club and when these boys and girls get together they get a rather special sendoff. yeah maybe the size of india but it's below freezing here for at least seven months of the year and less than

a million people are spread out over its three million square kilometers of space it's a vast wilderness but it's enough for a driver's paradise but it might be one very first rally but we're not doing anything because of delirium a going to one of the world's most inhospitable places along one of its most infamous roads the pole of cold along the road of bones. we were heading to. the coldest inhabited place on the planet this small frozen town once recorded a temperature of minus seventy one point two degrees celsius we had a thousand kilometers to go and three days to do it. we started off in convoy across the frozen lake my copilot valarie has been making this journey for five

years. the most important thing is to be on time. and speed driving well it doesn't really matter very much. as you are arriving ahead of time . as well as for being behind your allotted time we have to follow the legend if it says fifty kilometers an hour we keep to the speed limit of fifty. because of the treacherous conditions the main aim of the rally is to arrive in one piece and from the first to the last your speed is mona's that. we had around four hundred kilometers to cover and it wasn't long before we started to. dance with plenty of time to kill. me through the navigation. which direction to. to go straight ahead. two hundred.

one hundred. sixty five. five hundred. spaces as far as the eye can see it's tempting to put your foot down. to be just. fourteen twenty seven thirty car number twenty the helmets are ok. i can see the first ten racers their helmets and lights are fine.