the u.s. charges whistleblower edward snowden with espionage after he revealed to all that the u.s. had people around the world. it turns out british intelligence has trumped even washington in the art of snooping as is revealed a u.k. surveillance up reportedly extends even further than the u.s. one. u.n. experts say they're not convinced the syrian government used chemical weapons putting a damper on washington's urge to arm rebel forces. two pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s.

has filed criminal charges against edward snowden the man who exposed the world to the extent of the secret global surveillance network run by the n.s.a. reports say washington will now try to extradite the thirty year old from hong kong where the former cia employee turned whistleblower has been sheltering ever since exposing the american spy apparatus. has more. edward snowden has been charged with espionage theft and conversion of government property now the u.s. justice department has also reportedly asked hong kong to address that word snowden the united states has an extradition treaty with hong kong and snowden could fight extradition if he's arrested there but the treaty has an exception for political offenses so snowden's defense team in hong kong may potentially invoke that part of the extradition treaty edward snowden's revelations as we all know have shed unprecedented light on the u.s. government's massive spying program he revealed that even if you're not doing

anything wrong you're being watched and recorded and the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all previous administrations combined but edward snowden. says it's not government persecution that he fears he said the greatest fear that i have regarding these revelations is that nothing will change political commentator sam sachs thing snowden has the upper hand in the scandal because he managed to win over public support before having to face the government for his actions. this is what snowden was expecting i mean he went to hong kong he's been very vocal that is he's fully expecting the government to come down harsh on him like they've come down on all whistleblowers over the last few years but snowden has a leg up on a lot of these whistleblowers and that's the fact that he released these documents he made himself public he went out he made his case for why he released these documents so this is going to be played out in the public eye on like say what happened to bradley manning who was picked up never had

a chance to defend himself in the public eye and he's just been sitting in prison that's going to probably complicate the government's case against note is that we know why he did this and there's a lot of support behind him doing this this is the time that a whistleblower has been charge by the obama administration under the espionage act the government so far has been unable whether it's thomas drake john kiriakou or right now with the bradley manning trial show how any of these leaks have resulted in espionage or have hurt americans the national security of of the united states. snowden appears to have some escape routes lined up for him one includes being whisked away from hong kong aboard a private jet read that story on our t. dot com and we have the latest updates a timeline of events expert analysis on this story waiting for you on our web site . all of this after edward snowden also revealed british intelligence has its own spying operation reportedly more advanced than the u.s.

one artie's tests are cilia reports from london. certainly a new twists and it reveals a vast and compassing program operation in place by the few here in the u.k. it shows that they have been a collecting and storing vast quantities of information ranging from facebook posts to phone calls as well as internet even internet histories basically they have had access to fiber optic cables like carry the world's phone calls if you remember you can the n.s.a. said that they did not record phone calls but according to these latest revelations by edward snowden that up to six hundred million quote unquote telephone events last year were recorded a day by you can imagine the vast amount of data that they are now able to tap into to store and to analyze and share with the u.s. as a national security agency or the n.s.a. if you look at the documents it snowden had provided the titles of some of the main components were mastering the internet or global telecom exploitation clearly

there's no doubt as to what the objectives of these programs were having put them in the place and also the fact that the technology exists right now and that there have been in place for the last eighteen months is really a terrifying thought for. kind of vast and compassing a kind of technology does not distinguish between innocent private citizens and targeted suspects and that has more of the concern of course of security versus infringement of privacy and also there's another point to be made here that the guardian believes that reported that about to people what access to the. database were about eight hundred fifty thousand and it's a employees and private contractors with a top security clearance that's a lot of people with access to private information of u.k. citizens and beyond and also according to edward snowden. have been even worse than the u.s. in their spying efforts here. dr katherine albrecht a spokesperson for the alternative search engine start page says governments

obsession with surveillance may bring about an end to privacy as we know it i think if we start going down this road of saying that is it any place people are where there is privacy they need to be watched by the government then we get to the point where we will not have private hotel rooms we will not even have private bedrooms or private showers in our own homes and eventually you know we're going to have nostril cams looking up our noses so i think it's some point we've got to say just like the founding fathers of the united states said in the in the bill of rights no you can't go rifling through a law abiding citizens privacy just because on the off chance someone might commit a crime down the road truly what if if law enforcement wants to find people who are doing bad things it's not looking for the people who are going online looking things up it's really to people who are doing bad actions and i think that mindset that everyone needs to be watched is how we've gotten into the trouble that we're in right now with the n.s.a. creating back doors so that they can watch three hundred million americans and

literally hundreds of millions or billions of people around the world to see what they're searching for when they go onto the search engines even an impeccable human rights record can become useless when someone wants to know what you're up to that's what china's famous dissident chen guangcheng learned in the u.s. after some of his apple items were found to contain devices allegedly used for spying details still to come. but first washington's claims assad's government use chemical weapons has been undermined by the u.n. which says it isn't convinced details from artie's middle east correspondent policy or. united nations experts say that they do not concern the claims put forward by the united states britain and france that the damascus regime used chemical weapons against the syrian rebels they said that despite the fact that these three countries collected evidence on the ground such as blood tissue and soil samples it is inconclusive and that they will have to send their own investigators to conduct a personal investigation inside syria this is what the u.n. had to say they were. worried that we cannot see what the agents were you know

about weapons we can't use them and we cannot say how they were even delivered. concrete story you are casting serious ground into work the west coast supplying the u.n. . would be us the british the french supplied would they say is verifiable proof they have they haven't but it's important to note that based on these unsubstantiated claims by the united states britain and france that assad used chemical weapons last week the american president barack obama ordered the cia to stop supplying weapons to the syrian rebels he says to quote him that the damascus regime have crossed a red line system by washington today saturday there will be a high level meeting of the core group of eleven foreign ministers who make up the so-called friends of soviet in doha it comes a week after the countries met in ankara and at that meeting the free syrian army

of children for military aid calling for heavy weapons what will come out of today's meeting at least mantissa paid is a reassessment of the situation on the ground and a discussion on what kind of weapons to supply of the syrian rebels and when she do so now the russian president vladimir putin has reiterated that any supply of weapons to the syrian rebels is in violation of international law and he has warned that it will only for a bit destabilize the situation on the ground. thank you really understand. why one would supplying arms to the unlawful rebel groups in syria when we don't even know who those groups consists. of washington acknowledges one of the key bodies of the opposition forces are for and as a terrorist organization officially and admits its links to al qaida but how can they then debate that same opposition where would those weapons and you go up with . the point that the russian president makes that we do not know who composes the

opposition and waving his weapons well and that is a point that is raising concern in the international community for twenty seven months this conflict has been going on and at this stage it seems to be showing no signs of letting up. on the israeli syrian border. as the worst was over providing weapons to syria's opposition political analysts are what cost thinks they should think twice before making a decision i think the worst is not really learning about the consequences of arming people this is by no means an attempt to end a bloody stories here in fact it's going to do quite the opposite this has been going all along you know since the early eighty's you know afghanistan because the the objectives of arming those people have got nothing to do with the remark was it used to get rid of a government that doesn't obey what the west or the united states says. and still to come quelling the rage as nationwide protests continue brazil's government

promises to hastily usher in new reforms in attempts to calm the tension all the details still ahead.

thanks for staying with us here with me matt très a twelve minutes past the hour now brazil's president dilma rousseff has a valid to bring in new reforms to calm public anger that's been a raging across brazil for days and brought more than a million people onto the streets at least two activists died in clashes in what is the largest public unrest the country's seen for two decades. reports from brazil. reports of a second day in massive protests all over brasil are the more anger and violence to

their ongoing rallies the first victim an eighteen years old demonstrator died in the state of south follow after a car crashed through a barricade and the driver the flames at least sixty people have been injured brazil is witnessing historic rallies taking place across the country and some estimates say from one to two million people flooded the streets of more than one hundred cities what started as a rally over transport first fast turned into a violent mass demonstrations and police crackdown police used tear gas pepper spray and rubber bullets some of the protesters threw stones torched cars and pulled down love and pose in real crowds marched against corruption police brutality poor public services and excessive spending on the world cup their banners called for change saying like stop corruption and government failure to understand education will lead to revolution crowds could gather in the capital

brasilia try to torch the building of the foreign ministry where also met with a harsh police response brazilian authorities agreed to make a step forward and drop they are moved over but first increase but protesters claim it's too little too late with protests fevers breathing fast across the nation demonstrators promised in the next days there will be more protests journalist and blogger marie say oh sorry says the inability of the government to deal with the enormous social inequality is fueling the protests. i would compare very much to the situation in chile a few years ago in chile as we're protesting against the high prices for education that chile has a massive middle class which brazil has just gotten after fifty years of successful achievement of big achievements for brazil it dragged forty million people out of poverty and other things well i would say that this is the first revolt of the middle class of a classic middle class in

a certain way for decades and people are wondering if they could get better services and they could get better education better and better health it is not exactly above the economy because brazil's pretty much living through full employment and it's not doing that terribly compared to comparing to european countries i would say the protests in brazil they cook for a very long but then when they happen lots of issues and this is the biggest one in all of time in a long long time so most of the issues brought about now are basically discontent with how government works. are cheesy you tube channels caught in focus some of the images of brazil's protests you can head there right now to see pictures from the cities in the grip of the protests. is.

the. f.b.i. has reportedly been asked to investigate whether china's famous civil rights activist was spied on in the u.s. this after some personal items belonging to chen guangcheng were found to be bugged with tracking devices. as more. just a few weeks following revelations about america's prism spying program on another surveillance story is on folding this one surrounding chinese activist chen guangcheng the blind decided to move to the u.s. last may with his family after reportedly escaping a dramatic house arrest in china treated as a hero and symbol of democracy chen received a fellowship at n.y.u.

new york university he also received an apartment in greenwich village and many tech gadgets that were donated by his supporters right now while courting the two warders a smartphone an i pod that chen received upon arriving to new york was loaded with it in the spine software allegedly used to spy on the self-taught lawyer and why you technicians inspected the electronics reportedly finding software that allowed a third party to secretly connect to a g.p.s. that was able to track him according to reports also there's been published reports indicating that there was a hit in password protected software that backed up all the contents on his i pad and or i phone and that allowed be content to be remotely access to buy a server according to reports at least three other electronic devices given to china also included suspicious software but it is not clear who is responsible for

the alleged spy software however what chen supporters say is clear is that a man who gained international recognition for standing up for human rights in china comes to america where he allegedly finds himself living under a veil of surveillance reporting from new york. r.t. . turning now to some other stories making global headlines iraq hit by another terror attack three civilians and one police officer killed in the north of the country after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a police patrol the blast also left six people wounded al qaeda and other militant groups have stepped up their strength in the region where similar attacks have been on the rise in recent months. for these capital has seen yet another night of anti-government protests with police using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds a popular unrest has been going on for more than three weeks and has already claimed five lives and left thousands injured police are people rather say they're

angry at what they call the authoritarian policies of prime minister ariel sharon who slammed the protesters as thugs saying he will you manipulate. and counted as oil capital calgary troops have been deployed to cope with the worst flooding the city's seen in decades at least three people killed as well as many as one hundred thousand evacuated after rain fell in just thirty six hours rivers flooded the city's roads and bridges caused traffic gridlock the area's oilfields and pipelines have so far not been effective. in cairo supporters of president mohamed morsi took to the streets on mosques to mock the opposition calling for his removal this ahead of plan of rallies against the leader that will mark the first anniversary of his inauguration morsi debut year in office has been blighted by political instability and economic problems his government's policies of often provoked some protests some of which have turned deadly. terror

attacks drone strikes in vicious sectarian strife pakistan's newly elected government faces a lot of challenges but amid the outbreaks of violence many other issues such as an immense lack of energy are left on the sidelines but even when the government starts looking for answers to the shortfall it stumbles upon a whole host of hurdles. business is far from booming at this textile mill in pakistan several times each day the machines come to a halt there's simply not enough power to keep them running forcing them to sit idle for up to fourteen hours a day the mill has resorted to burning wood to keep up production but for a factory employing four thousand people it's an unsustainable solution this is to be affecting the number of people you can employ you must provide jobs and job creation can be had when if you have energy and energy is personally what pakistan lacks the country of almost one hundred eighty million people has been plagued by power cuts that have grown longer and more frequent in recent years about two thirds of pakistan's energy comes from oil and gas but there's not enough fuel to

go around most cars here are run a natural gas but widespread shortages often with drivers queuing up at the pump for hours the power crisis has also played a major role in helping industrial take you in the washer we defeat the ruling party in the recent election. it's a tragedy that a country with atomic weapons is deprived of electricity and has no electricity for even twenty hours a day how can a country develop in such a situation so called load shedding means people and businesses can't function those who can afford it turn to a battery run electricity by using a device called u.p.s. it's enough to keep a few lights and ceiling fans on but just barely across pakistan countless people are struggling to get by because of the energy crisis businesses large and small are desperate for an increase in energy supply in hard hit areas like this one the geopolitics of where pakistan turns to in order to get those supplies is hardly a top concern q iran the islamic republic has plenty of natural gas reserves which

pakistan is eager to consume and after nearly twenty years the two countries inaugurated a gas pipeline that would let pakistan do just that the project aims to bring a million cubic feet of gas to pakistan each day from iran's offshore south park's field in the persian gulf. this is the single best thing which has happened to box on the last sixty five to six systems it will be a major step towards providing cost effective solution and a solution which will allow pakistan to be actually connected to the global energy . but there are serious doubts about how pakistan could finance the one point five billion dollars needed to build its portion of the pipeline and there's another hurdle washington has threatened to slap islamic law with sanctions over the project if this deal is finalized for a proposed iran pakistan pipeline it would raise serious concerns under our around sanctions act we've made that absolutely clear to our pakistani counterparts the

americans are pushing for a rival plan for u.s. backed pipeline from turkmenistan instead the u.s. opposition isn't the only hurdle realistically i don't think that's ever going to happen because if you look at the geopolitical you look at the forces that are opposed to it it's not just the united states that's opposed to it it's also saudi arabia it's also the it's also got that also that new prime minister is you know why he pulls out the at least historically has been i don't see the it on pakistan pipeline going through it remains to be seen whether the pipeline will be sidelined by geopolitics but for the people here there's little choice but to put up with the inconvenience and wait in line to see catherine of pakistan. the global business elite of gathered in st petersburg for the city's annual international economic forum the meeting is already seen some groundbreaking deals

being made including president putin signing off on an oil contract with china worth hundreds of billions of dollars artie's kavi pilbeam is in russia's northern capital with more. the two hundred seventy really and dollar deal has been struck really supposed all expectations here in st petersburg between at rustan's and china that equates to three hundred thousand barrels a day that's on top of the three hundred thousand that is already delivered to china about three hundred sixteen tons it's a huge deal and it's a huge deal for a number of reasons we know that the eurozone at the moment is doing with a sovereign debt crisis the demand has gone down from there and europe has made no secret of the fact that they want to diversify. their demand as to where they get that oil from so this has to play into this as well but as far as china is concerned it is a popular move i've been turning to the business elite here and they say it's all about russia moving from now on you've only got to look at a map to see that it makes sense for these two countries to be dealing with each

other to be striking out these multi billion dollar deals also for rough stuff that as a company it was great on the balance sheet we know that they acquired team kate be paid as a whole slate. and they are still paying the bills for that but i've got to tell you it's not all about china ross nafta been drumming up her plenty of deals here today they've been speaking to an eight exxon and also that's all as well so it will certainly head of the company has been a busy mt. i want to talk about show gas because putin approached this topic in his hand when he was a bit defiant towards the fact that many people are saying that russia's let through the. resolution revolution i should say he said the main reasons why it's not in the energy well is simply because it's costly it's more costly to produce the natural gas and as well as that is also environmental concerns as well to do with the fracking process that is needed to get the shale gas and the fact that it

can contaminate the water so far as producing was concerned he was defiant towards the so-called gas boom. after the break the government against the cartels as we explore the drug war in mexico that's left tens of thousands dead stay with us here on our team. because. you know what's worse than a crop bureaucrat a crook bureaucrat who sucks at being corrupt a scumbag bureaucrat in veronese russia just couldn't help himself and puts a 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 blocks 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. me and they need welcome to. here you can feel it.

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