i. don't like. cold smiles and handshakes at the g. eight is the u.s. and russia admit they are not on the saying. syria but pledged to move towards a diplomatic solution. plus a somewhat icy atmosphere at the summit after the revelations that british and american intelligence spied on g twenty members back in two thousand and nine. and there are more u.s. surveillance leaks to come as a page by whistleblower edward snowden in an online q. and a where he also said that he is only to be declared a traitor by washington. and

i welcome you watching r.t. with me andrey. syria's unending bloodshed is once again proving to fracture relations between moscow and washington at the g eight summit in northern ireland putin and barack obama had to admit they don't really see eye to eye on the matter but agreed that peace talks should take place more from artie's. the gathering in. the g.a.o. has been criticized in the past for being a bit of a talking shop and it seemed to have lived up to its name but sadly appeared to and barack obama reiterated that they want to see a peaceful solution to the crisis in syria they aim to get both sides in the conflict around the negotiating table in geneva but of course at the same time we know that they come from very different positions we know that last week the usaid pledged to provide military assistance to the syrian opposition lattimer putin on

the other hand is against this he says that providing more weapons to the syrian opposition can only increase the bloodshed already taking place in syria so of course syria looked like it would be the main headline of this summit but rather unexpectedly these revelations of the spy scandal taking place back in two thousand and nine at the g twenty summit that britain hosted have come out we know from the documents that edward snowden has revealed is that the british security agency was spying on foreign dignitaries at the last g twenty summit that the u.k. also hosted back in two thousand and nine so not setting a great precedent as host of a summit we had even reports that they set up fake internet cafes in order to intercept the e-mails of the whole delegations foreign dignitaries and even tapping into the phone calls of the then president of russia dmitry medvedev so definitely

tensions raised and at the same time it's all happening against the backdrop of protests with a number of anti globalist trade. you know human rights campaigners marching through the streets demanding that these world leaders address issues such as world poverty and a world hunger but a lot of people saying that the protests have been largely contained because perhaps the police presence has been a way of intimidating the protesters and keeping them a bay. well on paper the g eight summit is supposed to be a chance to discuss a number of vital social political and economic issues me want to know if you think it cheats anything so we're asking you to vote on our web site at the moment and these are the results so far the lion's share of you believe that fifty seven percent believe that high level talks. will have no break for it through around

a third of you believe that the talks reveal the nation's agendas and then the rest of us split four percent believe it will help draw political roadmaps in the remained that thirty percent believe that it could catalyze global solution so that's how you're voting at the moment but you can't change those figures all you have to do is go to r.t. dot com. now glim ford a political analyst and former u.n. peace says the revelations of british and u.s. surveillance at the g twenty four years ago sound familiar at the end of the nine hundred ninety s. he raised the issue of a secret u.s. project targeting e.u. citizens called echelon believes the u.k. has long been america's tool for harvesting information. in the past we we've learned that through military friendships the more we are if we deserve to be irish peace process and some of these spots through our group with france or by the brits position of the european union absolutely to be expected there but there are going

to be military with the g. twenty in ga defense to support a sucker truckie operation why the stunning use of j.c.h. who sometimes doesn't even get to see what it downloads for the americans some of the some of the material downloaded from satellites i actually just fed directly to fort meade in the united states and we get sort of bits of it back so we're working as a connoisseur contractors' cleaning up after us and of course it will give the green light to the rest of the world to do the same thing why one should try you know or or anybody else be insured next time member has complained that maybe it's always been a cracking under the information for him or it's again on the positive industrial scale where the chinese are actually it is crux is the best there ever. it is a taxing time v.g.a. to host david cameron the british prime minister wants the other world leaders to join him in nabbing tax evaders am plugging the link some later we will tell you

why it is such a big deal plus israel's bunker mentality details of why top politicians get to go underground at great cost of serious conflict reaches its borders. former n.s.a. contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden is hitting back at washington and the onslaught from the lawmakers gunning for him feeling questions online snowden promised more leaks to come under i did those defending the global surveillance web that he exposed our correspondent reporting follow the q. and a. snowden referred to washington's war on whistleblowers as a draft clooney and campaign he believes will ultimately escalate the scale school and skill involved in future government leaks in short snowden believes that u.s. president barack obama is actually building better whistleblowers by targeting and punishing all those that aim to expose government wrongdoing as for the website

that served as a strong platform for whistleblowers snowden referred to wiki leaks as a legitimate journalistic outlets on the topic of obama snowden accuse the president of entering the white house and slamming the door on many campaign promises such as in vesta gating systemic violations of law instead snowden says the u.s. commander in chief is deepening and expanding several abusive programs that began under the bush administration or the former booz allen hamilton employees says the u.s. government destroyed his possibility for a fair trial at home by openly declaring him guilty of treason and his acts as criminal unconstitutional and unforgivable snowden now reportedly hiding out in hong kong claim to you know any u.s. operations against legitimate military targets he says his leaks pointed out where the n.s.a. has hot civilian infrastructure such as hospitals universities and private businesses covert operations that snowden claims is aggressively criminal and

dangerous now even if the u.s. government ultimately catches and in prisons him snowden believes that he will not prevent more people like him from coming forward reporting from new york marine up work our team here recently in the n.s.a. may be running not just the prism spying system but a whole series of secret programs designed to try the public find it out see america political commentators some science believes strange is of it son. over the weekend the washington post kind of published an article showing up not just as their prism but we have nuclear on and we have marina. we have maine where there's all these major programs prison is by far provides the most intelligence for the president but it takes you know there's about five million people now with security clearance and that's going to be a problem moving forward when now that the secrets of started to come out others are feeling more involved to tell secrets too so it's going to be

a matter of not just how bast the surveillance system is but which which countries in which governments can keep their secrets safe with this with all the security clearances out there. now all hope is lost to some of the guantanamo bay detainees later on r.t. we were pulled from the official list of inmates who most likely never leave because the u.s. considers them too dangerous to release but denies them a trial. syrian rebels have killed sixty government soldiers near the city of aleppo and one of the deadliest single strikes a suicide bomber detonated a truck reportedly filled with six tons of explosives in a bid to reverse the tide of the conflicts assad troops have made a strong push in recent weeks and rebel leaders say they are in dire need of support they've already got al qaeda linked militants and foreign mercenaries fighting on their side and are now set to start getting weapons from the west meanwhile government forces have the backing of lebanon's hezbollah and may seem

get a four thousand strong reinforcement from iran the british national party's nick griffin was part of a european fact finding delegation and has just returned from damascus he told us that any third party involvement only aggravates the conflicts. when cameron the americans say that we should arm the rebels what they're saying is that a lot of people are being killed in a war so the solution is to send more guns like it's madness unfortunately the americans the british the french and especially the saudis are playing this with a strike but their interest isn't in sorting out the syrian problem it's overthrowing the assad regime which is rid of the last secular intolerant regime in the whole of the middle east and replacing it with extremism the vast majority of rebels are liberal democrats who respect america and western value of their jihadists you know the first invasion of syria by foreign forces is the fact that at least forty thousand of the so-called syrian rebels are in fact jihadist

terrorists from north africa central asia and even western europe there's an estimated six hundred western european born jihadi is fighting against the syrian government right now a serious conflict looms large over the israeli occupied golan heights where the border is already troubled by fighting the prospect of having a war on its doorstep is a worry for israel though not perhaps for the country's elite who have been revealed to have an expensive and impenetrable hyde act poor leslie looks at what the rest of the country thinks about it. and when the missiles come israel's leaders will be here deep underground somewhere on the road between jerusalem and tel aviv about a decade ago news broke that the government was building a bunker here in the hills of jerusalem to the tune of some two hundred million dollars criticism at the time was that the country had survived for fifty years without one and could for another fifty but back then the threat of a nuclear iran was nowhere near israel's prime minister netanyahu claims it is

today. i am not exaggerating when i say the threats are greater than ever it is quite possible they are the greatest since the declaration of independence and even since the harsh times during the first decades of this country. no one seen the bunker and it's been very little media coverage of it all that's known is that it can withstand an earthquake biological war or atomic attack its remit to have living quarters and command facilities able to accommodate several hundred people it's. important that we have such an installation so as to make sure the government is really in shape and can actually operate under any circumstances but gideon spiro doesn't buy the hype he's one of only a handful of israeli anti nuke activists who've been calling on the government to disarm nuclear.

but the whole country. which means that while netanyahu rants and raves he can do so knowing full well he has a hideout to sit out the nuclear winter should it come but it's not so simple for the person in the street in case of an extreme situation of a nuclear attack or a severe attack on israel and they're all protected afterwards who are going to be ruling who's going to be left around for them to govern on is the question is if every citizen can have a bank or cannot have a bank and that's exactly what we he doesn't have a shelter nice home and has to rely on this public bunker which is almost always locked it's always simple people on the street that pay the price of wars and not you know the generals who lead us into them there's very little you can do i mean the instructions given by the army to israelis are staying home in a room that does not look towards the east that's the best they can do. but it's

well known that many of israel's bomb shelters are run down and addicted about twenty percent of the population doesn't even have access to one we still have a problem with those that were constructed in the eighty's and seventy's etc etc some of them being strengthened right snow by a special project to enable us to be more protected but that hasn't stopped netanyahu turning up his rhetoric in recent weeks the irony is that should war begin the man who called for it will be safe in a bunker while his fellow citizens will be left to face it head on policy r.t. in the hills of jerusalem. north korea's offer to take part in peace talks is falling on deaf ears in the u.s. coming up in the next couple of minutes we'll report on how washington is demanding coming yang's technique arise ation as the starting point but critics suspect america is not really that cain on easing the tension on the peninsula also europe's gas guzzlers handed by high fuel prices and inefficient makes his drivers

that are looking for cheap a waste to get from a to pay back after a quick break. i would rather as precious as for people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can find life you know larry king now right here on r.t. question more. mission free cretaceous free in-store charges free. range month free.

free stuff. freeboard video for your media project reveal god our t.v. dot com. hello again the u.s. government has released a list of forty six current guantanamo bay prisoners who can forget about freedom officials say they can be prosecuted even though some of them were recommended for trial but they can't be released either because the government considers them too dangerous to be let out a lead shaikh mohammed who's already on trial for masterminding the nine eleven attacks is one of those on the list which consists of mostly afghan and yemeni

nationals it is a blow to the campaign to get the jail shut down activists had been boosted by the appointment of a veteran lawyer as an m. boyd to push for the closure of the camp over one hundred of guantanamo detainees have been on hunger strike for months now over their indefinite detention and deepen our call is an attorney for one of the maids she told us that sometimes lawyers are powerless to defend their clients. there is evidence against many men that has been deemed classified and that attorneys for the man have never seen and may never see and they will not be able to challenge the detention of the man or the evidence that's held against them and so some of the men who u.s. has deemed. to be are able to be indefinitely detained we will ever be able to see the evidence that they used to support that claim what the

administration is saying at the camp. is that they are searching for contraband that may apparently be stored in the general area of the men and keep in mind these are men who are in solitary come by night now as of may they are in a cell alone for twenty two hours and contraband that they could possibly store is limited to what the guards provide them so it's literally nothing that could possibly be hidden and this area by these men who are in solitary cells for twenty two hours a day that's going to look at on our website seeing clue during the latest on wiki leaks whistleblower she says he's prepared to spend the next five years in the confines of the ecuadorian embassy in london after high level talks to break the asylum impasse. and a bloody weekend of shootings across chicago and the worst violence so far this year even as the city desperately tries to shed its deadly reputation you can get

all the details on these stories plus a lot more. now britain is trying to rally of the g. eight countries to share financial information to crack down on tax avoiders but it's thought some of these suggestions go a bit too far for some of the leaders to help because the list has been published naming and shaming some of those jumping through loopholes artie's sean thomas discussed this with our business present. well the international consortium of investigative journalists has come out with all these details and exposed people that are using tax havens from thirty countries literally hundreds of thousands of people have been exposed right now and this is all for a timely considering these are the people that exposed politicians rogue nations that religious leaders oligarchs and we know that david cameron is using the g eight to really put tax evasion at the forefront and get international support for his laws that he wants to enforce he needs everybody to jump on the same ship so

that everybody else that wants to avoid tax can go to another country and get away with it so taxes are all important because these are tough economic times in the u.k. yeah exactly we know that britain is dealing with stagnate growth at the moment it has been since the financial crisis but there's a bit of criticism going on because britain actually created the tax haven and is actually in charge of ten crown dependences an isle of man olive wives and there's a lot to talk about and he's got to get those countries on board he's held the fact that he has already done that but nothing has been put on it all of this is here said than done as in all things with politics right this is actually a tough task it is a tough task just because it's so secretive but that secrecy is coming to a light at the moment because of exposé is like this is making mr cameron's job that much easier and i got expert analysis on this ben areas he's the editor in chief of business new york magazine i said to him how realistic is it that we could have a tax haven free world. because it means you don't have to police

the entire world think about the system is necessary international. any country one tiny little country who chooses not to abide by this. as. i say convenience services for people trying to hide money. means that the whole thing becomes a mockery there's no way of controlling it. you can work towards it you can it will take time and probably it's a good idea but you've got several countries like people cyprus obvious example but look some big still switzerland before who are offering these services as a business it becomes a big part of their economy and it's very difficult country right luxembourg to tell them they can't do it because they have no other way with making money so i think that one thing that can be avoided at the g eight summit is the topic of tax evasion well a world away from the g. eight offshore issues motorists in europe have no choice but to keep pumping their

hard earned cash into preparing their cars but as tests are still reports the costs of getting a back can be greater than the car dealers claim and expenses seen add up. when i went to the store that told me that's a very economy car it's only five point seven liter. on you know one hundred kilometer. and i never. i never make that consumption i always make more and in a time of crisis when every penny counts the difference doesn't go unnoticed i pay more because i use less or more feel that i'm an expert. car ads in the e.u. advertised expected a fuel consumption of their car models whatever recently published report shows a discrepancy of up to twenty five percent on actual fuel consumption of motorists on the road the study by the international council on clean transportation notes

the disparity between real world carbon emissions and what drivers get accounts for an average of three hundred euros more per year but there's three main reasons for the discrepancy the first is that the test is very out of date over thirty years old the second reason is there was lots of loopholes that they can introduce preferred main reason as they do the tests but the lights are switched off the air conditioning is all heating would be zero so it's not being driven like a proper co taken together the end result leaves motorists across europe choking on the cost of their fumes many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet one trend that's taking shape as a steady continues to bite is more people opting for two wheels rather than for the european cycling federation claims that sales of bicycles across the continent now outnumber cars by two to one italians for one have already been actively making the

switch thanks to a sturdy but there's a financial incentive as well the more money people have the more they can spend which did lets the economy the fuel the people of boeing for their cars is a big part. all of their disposable income so if we can reduce the costs to consumers of filling up their call by having more fuel efficient cars then that puts money in people's pockets which is exactly what our good costumers had believed they were buying into to begin with the lie to me it's. it's it's not for us are still your r t brussels. a quick look now at some other news turkey's protesters have returned to tax him square despite police efforts to clear the plaza the demonstrators now have the support of labor unions that's despite the government's threat to bring in the army to tackle the unrest the country's been engulfed in for two weeks the key demand is the prime minister to step down it is his biggest challenge to his leadership during his ten years in office and the

powerful blast on a convoy carrying an afghan m.p. has left at least three people dead in cobol on the day nato hands over security to national afghan forces police say the attack happened to the west of the capital near the national parliament security responsibilities have now been formally transferred and is a significant milestone towards the full withdrawal of coalition troops planned for the end of next year america is skeptical over north korea's proposal to launch high level talks between them to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula the obama administration says it wants actions not words asia specialist him bill says america is unwilling to negotiate because it won't benefit from peace in the region . the preconditions are there so that the negotiations won't get off the ground and one way or two if you don't want to have negotiations then the simplest way to

do that no negotiation soldiers way is to demand preconditions of the other side of the excess so that i think that's what the american doing. then the question of course is why are they doing that why don't. you know that that's the difficult one and i think basically a number of reasons but the main reason is is china wants tension on the korean peninsula as part of the containment of china so they're very loath to information go show sions which when do you choose the situation. more news in about half an hour's time up next they're here and prime interest which sifts through a wealth of information to give you the financial facts even.

you know what's worse than a corrupt bureaucrat a crook bureaucrat who sucks at being corrupt or 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 hughes 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 sex filled to the brim with box first off when someone is this flagrant that means that he felt rather comfortable and not getting caught so there are plenty more of these guys out there but second this is an absolute slept 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 my. good afternoon and welcome to prime interest i'm parian boring broadcasting out of washington d.c. and here's the prime story for today. the fed is getting it wrong that's the charge the level of by john health the wrath of the wall street journal he korea correctly states that the fed have over estimated how fast the economy when grow and every year it's tense the financial crisis the implication is that. fed might not wind down q we asked in this thought and that's not the only indictment from the def you j. they serve a survey to forty economists on why wong term interest rates recently spiked twenty six of them said as chairman bernanke and cohen is tapering to og the survey also found that recent hands of scaling down at the eighty five billion dollars per

month q.e. program has kept a few market participants the averages survey grade for communication on a scale of one to one hundred sixty two nearly half a by most academic standards and the latest housing data released this morning by the national association of home builders was the strongest sense two thousand and two and the first time it's been positive as two thousand and six that's when the last housing bubble was in full effect the bottom line home prices are getting more expensive and so are mortgages thanks to rising interest rates so you soon as wednesday when the fed attempts to reconcile all of this. and here is what's and your prime interest.