n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden charged with espionage in the u.s. washington seeking help to get him from hong kong where he's in hiding. leaks from snowden pile up with the latest revelation showing the u.k. is been tapping phone calls and internet traffic around the world to secretly collect and store vast amounts of data. u.n. skepticism over washington's claims that syria's government used chemical weapons doesn't stop the u.s. secretary of state pushing for coordinated military help for the rebels fighting assad. six pm in moscow why mattress a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s.

government's filed criminal charges against edward snowden the man who told the world about the scope of america's global surveillance network washington now wants help from hong kong officials because snowden's been hiding in the in the chinese territory since gun revealing his revelations about the n.s.a. artie's guy 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 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 prosecutors are two months to file an indictment and try to bring snowden to the u.s. for trial the whistleblower himself can challenge the extradition request in a hong kong court political commentator said. snowden has the upper hand though over information leakers because his actions garnered plenty of public support. 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 hard 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 release 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 has 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 eighth 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 with the f.b.i. busy hunting whistleblower on the run snowden it's now got a spying plot to investigate as well chinese dissident chen guangcheng has gotten a whole pile of high tech gifts when he arrived in the u.s. allies in europe but needed little did he know his new gadgets were loaded with

bugs a report on the allegations still to come. revelations about the global surveillance for grammas has the u.k. spy agency in the spotlight now it's been amassing in the storing huge amounts of sensitive personal data from online and phone traffic and sharing it with u.s. partners are these tests are silly a look at the latest leaks from n.s.a. whistleblower snowden. certainly a new twist senate reveals a vast and compassing program operation in place by b g c h q 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 that 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. is a national security agency or the n.s.a. if you look at the document that 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 private citizens because this kind of vast and compassing 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 they say 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. the n.s.a. nor the u.k. . have so far commented on the report all they have said previously is their work are strictly legal authorized and proportionate but there is a growing feeling that the very concept of privacy is under threat as dr katherine albrecht spokesperson for the alternative search engine start page explains. i think if we start going down this road of saying that it anyplace people are where there is privacy and 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 in 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 options 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 on line 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 backdoor 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 they expose a of the british spy agencies data collection has been a cause for heated debate made sure you join the conversation on our facebook page made sure you on there you'll find some already accusing the u.s. and the u.k. of conducting what they call illegal and unjust wars others see these global spying revelations as another step towards a george orwell one thousand nine hundred four society certain others consider the

surveillance an organized crime on a global scale and many more aren't surprised by any of it at all you can take part in this debate and share your thoughts the address facebook dot com slash our teenagers of course we're also putting out an online poll on our website our t. dot com about the revelations and you can click on line and take part in that poll as well here's how the numbers are stacking up so far in this opinion gathering about this and say surveillance so far seventy one percent the overwhelming majority saying these surveillance methods unacceptable twenty percent saying they offer no opinion because. they don't want to be tracked by the agencies. in giving their own information about this seven percent saying only if they're really looking for terrorists and finding them all of these agencies are justified in this surveillance this massive surveillance effort two percent saying it is the right thing to do and i'm ok with it because i have nothing to hide but what do you think log on to r t dot com and cast your own vote.

the u.s. secretary of state says the u.s. will increase political and military support to the syrian opposition john kerry speaking at the friends of syria group which is meeting in you said president assad has escalated the conflict by seeking help from iran and lebanese fighters kerry didn't address the fact that qatar has been supporting syria's rebels and pledging to continue to do so as a military commander and on friday claimed opposition fighters have gotten weapons that could change the balance of power meanwhile the un has rejected washington's

claims that syria's government used chemical weapons saying it wasn't convinced you accusations were followed by u.s. decision to provide weapons to the rebels or his policy or has. united nations experts say that they do not. 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 tissue and soil samples it is inconclusive and that they would have to send their own investigators to conduct a personal investigation inside syria this is what the u.n. had to say. about weapons. so you are casting serious ground in the west has supplied the u.n. to. be us the british the french. why what they say is

verifiable they have they haven't but it's important to note that based on these unsubstantiated claims involve the united states britain and france and that aside used chemical weapons last week the american president barack obama or did the cia to start supplying weapons to the syrian rebels he said to quote him that the damascus regime had crossed a red line sit by washington 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 further it destabilize the situation on the ground. so i can barely understand why one would supply arms to the rebel groups in syria when we don't even know who those groups consist of if washington acknowledges one of the key bodies' of the opposition forces refer and as a terrorist organization officially and admits its links to al qaida how can they then

debate that same opposition where would those weapons and up to the point that the russian president makes that we do not know who composes the opposition and way these weapons will end up 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 paula see our team on these weighty syrian border. the u.s. has left about seven hundred troops in jordan after a training exercise president obama said it was done at the request of jordan's government political analyst omar walk half says they should think twice though if they're going to arm the fighters in syria. i think the west is not really learning about the consequences of arming people this is why you know means you know an attempt to end a bloody struggle in syria in fact it's going to do quite the opposite this has been going all along you know since the early eighty's you don't want to start

because the objectives of arming those people have got nothing to do with the revolt chickies it used to get rid of a government that doesn't obey what the west or the united states says still ahead this hour the voice of the streets in brazil becomes too loud to ignore the government pledging new reforms and more changes an attempt to end days of violence have been gulf the country all the details still to come.

more news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. thanks for staying with us here with me matt très a fourteen minutes past the hour now brazil's president dilma rousseff has

announced a slew of reforms in a televised address to the nation the number of people protesting over her economic policy in the high cost of staging the world cup swelling to more than a million her speech which broke a week of near silence proposed to reform public transportation and use all the realities for education in a sign that she's listening to the voices on the streets artie's ignacio you reports from brazil. reports of a second day in massive protests all over brasil adding more anger and violence to their ongoing rallies the first victim an eighteen years old demonstrator died in the state of south bound after car crashed through a barricade and the drive in 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 house turned into a violent mass demonstrations and police crackdown police used tear gas paper spray

and rubber bullets some of the protesters threw stones torched cars and who's down loved those 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 gathered 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 creating fast across the nation demonstrators promised in the next days there will be more protests brazil's economy has grown considerably in the last decade or rising to six than

a list of the largest economies in the world but journalist and blogger marie circe every says the protest isn't about money but instead the inability of government to deal with failed policies. would compare for much of the situation in chile a few years ago in chile is we're protesting against the high price for education that has a massive middle class which brazil has just gotten after fifty years of successful achievements of big achievements what was it like driving forty million people out of poverty and of the things 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 but in better health it is not exactly a boby economy because brazil's pretty much living through full employment and it's not terribly compared to comparing two countries i would say the protests in brazil a kook 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 yellow in green flags flame tear gas and police brutality watch the full portrait of brazil's on a rest on our youtube channel click there right now for all the videos that we've lined up for you. max kaiser in fisi herbert think the crisis in brazil is not just about isolated problems but part of the wharf and sheep game being played by global bankers take a list. of the u.k. banking standards commission says that bankers behaving badly should possibly one day maybe in the far distant future perhaps face jail for reckless misconduct in the meantime that same state today right now it treats those protesting the ongoing crime way of those same bankers behaving badly like this in oakland pepper spray any stumble pepper spray in

brazil. no court no charges just summary execution of pepper spray to the face this year the global insurrection against banker occupation has spread to east. kaiser report coming up in the fall a little later sixteen thirty g.m.t. so stay tuned with us for that world renowned chinese dissident chen guangcheng is allegedly been spied on electronic equipment he got as a gift on arrival in the u.s. was bugged with tracking devices he got them from activist group china aid which denies responsibility and has asked the f.b.i. to take a look into the matter are he's going to porton has more from new york. 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 corning to reuters a smartphone an i pod that chen received upon arriving to new york was loaded with it in 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 hidden password protected software that backed up all the contents on his i pad

and or i phone and that allowed the contents 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 allegedly spying 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. . take a look quick look at some other stories making global headlines this hour tens of thousands of workers from across italy went on strike in rome against austerity measures and high unemployment carrying flags and placards they urged reforms benefiting the young changes to safeguard workers forced into retirement without a pension e.u.

country suffering its longest recession since records began and has seen many similar protests of late. thirty one people arrested during anti-government protests in turkey's two major cities ancora the capital and istanbul it brings the total number detained for rioting to fifty five most of them charged with damaging public property meanwhile the turkish capital has been rattled by a fresh wave of unrest with police using water cannons and tear gas against crowds the popular an arrest has been going on for more than three weeks and has claimed so far five lives. in canada's oil capital calgary troops were deployed to cope with the worst flooding the city's seen in decades at least three people killed as many as one hundred thousand have been evacuated. with rain fell in the city six hours rivers flooded the city's roads and bridges causing traffic gridlock the area's loyal fields and pipelines so far not affected. pakistan's new government facing

a lot of challenges terror attacks drone strikes and sectarian strife issues like a big shortfall in energy usually pushed to the sidelines. explains how authorities are struggling to even deal with keeping on the lights. 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 you have than 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 lead drivers queuing up at the pump for hours the power crisis has also played a major role in helping industrial take to. 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 dollars 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 same. best thing which has happened to box on the last sixty five years supports existence 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 guest recess 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 islam abroad 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 but 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 posed 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 sort of that new prime minister is you know quite pulled out the at least historically has been i don't see the it on pakistan by 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 caffein of pakistan if you know something on air you can always catch up on our headlines and much more online here's a quick look at what's a click away right now just imagine having a quiet dinner with your family when suddenly out of the blue. a car crashes into your restaurant table there's a breathtaking video captured by c.c.t.v.

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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 dot 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 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.

one estimate this vehicle was peck's because usually all policemen undergo control there are police officers that are connected to a legal activities. whether there might be traces or someone might have taken drugs there was a smell left over a lot but it's we have to investigate under a lot any possibility that he might be.