marks exactly a year of refuge in ecuador's london embassy varying he'll stay there for many more for fear of being shipped off to the u.s. over espionage. president obama gets a lukewarm reception in berlin he's met with protests against washington's exposed global surveillance programs of which germany was among the worst affected. and the u.s. gives the go ahead to page talks with the taliban as insurgents rockets claim more victims among american troops in war torn afghanistan. international news and commentary watching r.t.

with me and three farm. editor julian assange says he'll remain in the ecuadorian embassy in london even if the sex crime allegations against him dropped he fears being snatched extradited to the united states especially since washington are needed to sold on whistleblowers wherever they are sarah firth reports on the signs of struggle and his now year long confinement. well it's been one year since julian a son's first walks up of the ecuadorian embassy here in knightsbridge in london now the wiki leaks founder had sought asylum after the u.k. supreme court refused to really pin his appeal against extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning over allegations by two women a sexual offenses allegations which he denies but it's been one year if the end any nearer in sight and does julian a son still it's all been worth it when you very rarely get to glyn's exactly what

goes on behind these doors we've been able to speak to julian assange himself to find out how he's feeling one year old. every day that we've rebuilt principles we truly. considered this when i was in solitary confinement in prison here for. my. course it is worth one mustn't of course. throw away your ability to act very important to keep your ability to act in various ways and i have kept my ability to act in the organization preserves its ability to act. but i'm very comfortable and happy with what we have accomplished and i'm sure history. and just imagine a very very well and. the other day until the sun. behind me with foreign minister visiting him ahead of his meeting with his u.k.

counterpart william hague. to the press conference held by acquittals foreign minister. the ecuadorian government will continue to ensure that truly in keep receiving the protection we're giving him under asylum in our country protecting his life his personal integrity and particularly his freedom of expression. continues but the wiki leaks founder hasn't he's made numerous appearances throughout the world's media and of course continue to make sure that his message to support the whistle blows continue to be heard and perhaps even providing inspiration for some of the most high profile. in fact speaking recently about the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden julian assange. indeed many of you to describe.

and you can get up to speed. on what led to it all so you don't comb has the background as well as. expert analysis. but. blockaded by britain i am here today because i cannot be. a year of asylum while shooting a son who waits his fate at the ecuadorian embassy to other prominent whistleblowers face the full force of the u.s. government yes you can report on washington's far reaching attempts to keep its affairs private while watching everyone else america is split on edward snowden traitor hero mix in between but regardless of what anyone thinks about snowden his revelations have shed unprecedented light on the u.s. government's massive spying program even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched and recorded former n.s.a. employee william binney was prosecuted as a traitor when he blew the whistle on the government's sweeping collection of data

and communications it's setting up a tele tarion state. when the government has that much information they can do those things they can use the i.r.s. to intimidate people or anything else they can send the f.b.i. . what they did to me and some others bradley manning too is being prosecuted as a traitor although it's so here's your logs that the public learned about the. collateral murder was committed in iraq the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all previous administrations combined but it was a lower say it's not government persecution that they fear the greatest fear that i have regarding the outcome. for america of these disclosures is that nothing will change the administration is not trying to convince the american people that government secrets programs are a trade off they have to make in the name of national security they always have the same stories about you know manning is known you know psychological stories what is

wrong with these people cause them to do this i mean the real question is what is wrong with everyone else from who doesn't see what they can see but whistleblowers are not the only targets magnitude there is an obligation both moral but also legal i believe against a reporter that was the chairman of the house committee on cutting teligent and terrorism peter king calling to punish the journalist who exposed the government's surveillance programs in its hunt for meeks the obama administration has already targeted its it's trying to set the precedent communicating with the media is the same as communicating with the enemy and that's a death penalty offense the administration doesn't have to go after each other or he certainly is an upgrade in the environment here but will that fear stop information from coming out here is that what snowden answered that by. kone in response is simply build a better whistleblower. in washington i'm going to take on. thomas drake who's

a former n.s.a. senior executive told r.t. what he had to endure. and mismanagement of the agency. we're all whistleblowers we're all for freedom of information we fundamentally object to secrets that are not necessary we funnel jacks to those who would want to rule over us or control us in secret i became a target of the surveillance system in two thousand and six i was placed on a criminal investigation for having blown the whistle on the secret surveillance programs billions and billions of dollars in fraud and waste and abuse at n.s.a. all of that combined put me on the target on a target list as a primary target after that blockbuster article was published in the new york times in december two thousand and five revealing for the first time the existence of the so-called warrantless wiretapping program which caused quite

a stir i knew then that it was inevitable because of the very small number of people and if they even knew about the secret surveillance programs i knew as a matter of of when not if. on our website you can read about the possible escape routes the edward snowden who remains holed up in hong kong awaiting washington's against him. president obama's reception in the gym in capital where he's on a twenty four hour could have been warmer demonstrators in what they felt about the revelations of washington's widespread surveillance program of which germany was among the top targets. went to take a look. five years ago when barack obama came here to believe he was welcomed with a regal reception treated as the the great new hope that's a future well five years old and five years of wallace whistleblower is called

economic strife as well. overseas a very different reception we've seen demonstrations outside. the eavesdropping that's been going on. securely the use of prison here in germany germany was one of the country's worst affected by the snooping into of phone calls and e-mails the country appeared is already on the map of nations that have been investigated this is prompted a lot of people to come out under the slogan yes we scan it a parody of barack obama's election promise of yes we can when he came to power those years go nuts talk to me a little bit more about just why the reaction has been very different i told by many. parts of the free bradley manning network thank you very much for talking to me why is it a different reception to president obama since leaving this time i think this is in the second term we expected a greater transparency and the fact that he had said that he would go against the

wiretapping and surveillance of americans isn't exactly the opposite and i think it's a scandal because it's a taboo in the german society surveillance generally after their experience with totalitarianism and yeah i think it's really important i'm glad that this is now have a global scale and just not the american citizens that seem to be targeted actually all of us in the middle. term sample yeah it's not just data protection it's an issue for demonstrates is what else is the. are you wanting to bring to the u.s. president to show that you know what he's doing i just think that these attacks of on free and free speech on the fourth amendment on the press and the attacks that we've had on the press exchange rising and these people and these posterous aiding the enemy when the protections of sources and so forth and that no longer have no longer whistleblower protections and us i think this is an operation yeah i think these are the things that we should be bringing to light and say no it's just not acceptable. to one of the members of the free bradley manning network talking to me

about why people are out demonstrating in wanting to show the u.s. president that their own copy they're calling it yes we are. i want him to stop reading their emails and stop listening to their phone calls. and your i trip started it b g eight summit in northern ireland with world leaders seemingly to be deadlocked over syria's ongoing civil war we've got the details on that in a couple of minutes. dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have healthy guinea pigs in the regular society they're not able to use prisoners i mean will they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. to deadly pills to get in the subway he was killed. he didn't

pass away they let him get. his pharmacy really about helping people. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. welcome back as expects the g eight talks in northern ireland were dominated by

clash over syria's ongoing civil war despite a show of unity at the end. of the summit venue. the final outcome hailed a success in the deadlock of the syria yet for some of the summits participants it was a better experience than for the elders it had been billed as a game of seven against one but the final joint statement made by all the leaders at the. perhaps an indication that russia's stance isn't that easy to ignore the focal point of the outcome a peace conference to bring together both sides of the syrian conflict and get them around the negotiating table as soon as possible but what that joint statement didn't include was a call for bashar al assad to step down something that david cameron and barack obama have been very vocal about neither was there mention of the so-called red line that barack obama has talked of last week when he claimed that the u.s.

had evidence about the syrian government's use of chemical weapons and that they had made the decision to arm the syrian opposition however what did become clear that russia isn't the only country that isn't convinced by the usas claims that the syrian government had used chemical weapons lattimer putin said that all the g eight leaders wanted to see more proof as well the russian leader also reiterated that russia's arms shipments to syria that have caused so much concern in the west are entirely legal but we provide supplies in line with a fictional contract to the legitimate government of president assad you know when the possible weapons supplies to syrian rebels by european countries the british people recently witnessed an outrageous tragedy when a soldier was butchered in broad daylight in the streets of london many in the syrian opposition not all of them of course criminals like the ones that conducted that violent killing do europeans want to supply arms to do these people what will

happen to these weapons. these arms and you could end up back in europe that's why we call in our partners to think twice before they take this extremely dangerous step but at the same time on another edge of the result david cameron had a few quick questions to answer about why the leaders final statement didn't contain any of his usual anti assad wrecked. eric what we don't want to happen in syria is for the regime to go in for chaos still fall that is what happened in iraq and no one wants to repeat one thing that everyone agrees on is that the any way to solve the syrian crisis is through diplomacy and peace talks but that's exactly what this is being talks about more talks and with a date for geneva two penciled into the talent or leaders leaving a lot heard might well be wondering what exactly they've achieved party boy k r c

northern ireland as world leaders debate a diplomatic solution the co-founder of the organization syrian you says the rebel fighters are not up for talks this opposition is now infested with al-qaeda the not the syrian national council is almost at this integrating we don't really know statements from them essentially what is keeping the insurgency going is the is the funds coming from qatar and saudi arabia be insurgents coming from turkey syria is very different to how it was six months ago now syria is the top world's destination for jihad is an essentially turned into a hub for extremism so the fact on the ground there are no real legitimate rebel forces the moderate free syrian army has now been exposed as a facade to the muslim brotherhood and there on the rebel movement on the ground who would negotiate because the majority of them are radical extremists and many of them are now fighting for an islamic state their part way is not just to change the regime in syria but to actually fight for regional islamic state is turned into

a very complex proxy war and this would ultimately limit any attempt that russia or iran or trying of any states who seek a real political solution have in terms of actually finding a real negotiation settlement to the crisis. four american troops have been killed in what's being reported as a mortar attack on the u.s. military's bagram air base in afghanistan is struck on the day that nato officially handed over security responsibility to afghan authorities the latest move ahead of a full truth for the draw at the end of next year but is insurgents take more soldiers' lives washington is setting at peace talks with the taliban they will take place on the day in the group's first overseas office which has been. a prisoner exchange prisoner exchanges are up for discussion but the first few weeks are expected to be a case of both sides sounding each other out and pushing forward their agenda bill for more on this we're now joined by our teeth pulled scott paul this is a change of change isn't it from washington certainly barack obama has described

the prospect of talks with the taliban as an important first step towards reconciliation which is in contrast to this statement in two thousand and nine when the president a cleric that it's impossible for us all for pakistan to have impunity with folks who kill women and children well over sixteen thousand civilians are estimated to have lost their lives in a five year period from two thousand and seven to two thousand and twelve but this didn't stop obama changing his mind saying last year that we are pursuing a negotiated peace in coordination with the afghan government and with the taliban we made it clear they can be a part of this future but it's not just the president who has had a change of heart over dealings with the taliban four years ago then secretary of state hillary clinton said the taliban poses a mortal threat to the security of our country and of the entire world however before leaving office last year she also decided that talking to the taliban was

the way forward saying we're committed to afghan reconciliation our only goal is to open the door for the afghans to sit down with the other afghans so that they could work out their future for their country the taliban have their own. choice to make but the united states is prepared to work with all afghans so despite the war being waged to read afghanistan of the taliban a peaceful withdrawal now seems to be the main objective of the us regime but what kind of country is nato leaving behind well at the moment it's an extremely poor country over forty percent of the population are thought to be living below the poverty line and with such a high rate of poverty the illicit production and sale of opium has become a major problem afghanistan sells more of the stuff than any other country in the world and the booming black market these are accusations of vast corruption estimates suggest afghans paid two point five billion dollars in bribes last year the equivalent of almost one quarter of the country's entire economy the question

for america now is whether the six hundred thirty five billion dollars it spent on the afghan war so far has been worth it thanks paul well stephen xena's a professor of politics and international studies at san francisco city says the plan talks are likely to fail and more violence will follow. the spying the large scale presence of foreign forces through nato despite the heavy bombing the taliban this continue to fight in resisted many of them are fighting the same reason that their fathers fought the soviets and same reason their great great grandfathers fought the british show that they have issues with foreigners in their land the foreign presence actually provokes an even greater reaction we've seen many cases where we're fighting has continued even to peace talks began and unfortunately given how are the two sides are given how extreme and reactionary the

taliban is in their politics and in tactics and given the strong imperative the united states and its allies have for human control the situation clearly any kind of negotiated solution is a long long time away and unfortunately many people are going to die in the interim . he plans more for you online including the cargo space ship that recently delta the i assess may have had something else on board apart from fuel porter and equipment the space station may have suffered possible bacteria contamination head to our website at r.t. dot com for the details on that also that you will find this both in mexico has sent locals within twenty five kilometers fleeing to safety the fiery footage and the story that article. a town in southern russia is in a state of emergency right now after a series of large explosions and a major blaze at an ammunition depo it happened in chapel yes some injuries are

reported and the area has been evacuated earlier a phenomena gave us the latest. more than fifteen hundred people rescuers and fire man have been trying to fight the blaze overnight but they haven't succeeded so far good news though is that there are no more explosions and it may look like the worst is behind but the thing with this particular incident is that you cannot no one can guarantee that it will not happen again because as you know it happened at this site where weapons have been stored and no one can say for sure how many to repeat is have been stored there have been at the site when the incident happened and we've been hearing different reports from six thousand pieces to thirteen million these are of course two completely different pictures and as we understand it there have been some injuries but we're not quite sure of the details of those yet but the whole area has been evacuated that is correct at the moment is it it is and the major concern remains whether there were people at the scene at the moment

when explosion happened there are reports that they could be from three to eight people trapped at this side and given especially since the side of these kind of incidents it's not for the first time that we see sounds like that happened in russia. over the last three years dozens of incidents like this happened in different parts of russia claiming lives of both military personnel and civilians well given the date of course a major concern of of emergency ministry but of course it's just impossible right now to get in the area because of the fire and because of the potential danger that there could be still unexploded shells left there that could explode at any moment well it's like i mean you can do little in this situation. in turkey police have detained dozens of people to try and end the ongoing anti-government protests the crackdown has been widely condemned for its violence intensity and even roy control methods are not quite what they saying so they need reports nothing like some cold

water in the heat of the moment to ease tension or so you'd think in turkey however when water is being used to quell street riots it can prove to be a health risk these water cannons have appearance in almost every single protest of the last two weeks in turkey and the water is supposed to have a somewhat cooling effect on the crowds but lately the protesters have noticed something different about the stream it's not just its bright orange color but the after effect that the water leaves on people who come in contact with it. i felt water on my back on my right arm but first i don't get any feeling i just got wet and then it started to burning and i asked my friends what should i do they said take off your clothes and i did a couple and i saw that my skin had turned red and it was itching and it started to burn a common thread and it was itching and it started to burn ditches from the internet allegedly shows something called janick sabine put into the water tanks of the can

and the manufacturer is based in istanbul but when we got to their office we found a vast array of area fresheners and no one who would talk to us about the substance on camera the manufactures website claims it's not harmful to people or the environment but turkey's association of medics disagrees of course that is not acceptable and even the go no if you stumble at methods that something was added to those water cannons and he described it well yes a drug is being added but is that a chemical and nobody knows what that means but a chemical is being got its effects from the chemicals may last for several hours to couple of days doctors however remain worried the combination of pepper spray and tear gas as a means to control the crowd may have a long term effect some people's health. forgot that it was the culprit in the first effect of what i experienced in the park is a psychological effect i'm not able to sleep or to drink also i have many injuries

from police violence i still feel down sometimes i have a headache and i feel like i'm not a healthy person anymore on top of that medics question the legal aspect of chemicals used by the government during civil unrest some how many countries including pretty are still considering tear gas. is not constrained as a chemical weapon but in one nine hundred sixty nine these two gases and similar gases are regarded as chemical weapons and now we have to start anew compering to prevent the use of tear gases in turkey but until such you complain comes into effect people in turkey are left wondering just which chemicals will they be showered with every time they hit the streets in protest in istanbul. i'm back with more news in half an hour but in a couple of minutes we take a look at the victims suffering in the night of science.

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