cia whistleblower edward snowden is charged with espionage in the u.s. washington is now seeking help to get him from hong kong where he's in hiding. the leaks from snowden with the latest revelation showing the u.k. has been tapping phone calls and internet traffic around the world to secretly collect and store huge amounts of data. u.n. skepticism about washington's claim 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 a top story.

international news and comments live from our studio center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the u.s. government has 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 has been hiding in the chinese territory since the revelations about the national security agency but he's got to has the details. what 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 you reveal 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. me will publish the speech in which he severely criticizes president obama for his handling of whistleblowers the wiki leaks founder believes that obama ultimately betrayed his promises of hope and change he also criticizes the u.s. president for going after whistleblowers and lacking transparency or playing george jury and executioner by doing whatever he wants across the world wolf for more

about the fate of snowden let's talk to eric draitser he's a geo political analyst and founder of the web site stop imperialism dot com eric also in the statement you said look there should be no end to spying and the changing of policies do you think the u.s. and the u.k. will really listen to what he has to say. well of course not that would be that's a cruel it's a cruel joke because as we know the united states the u.k. and the other powers in the west have spent billions upon billions of dollars creating the into structure of a surveillance state as you well know the united kingdom is perhaps the most surveilled country anywhere in the world and citizens of that country understand that anywhere they go their movements are track their movements are seen we see the same thing happening in the united states particularly in the large cities like new york chicago and elsewhere this has become normalized so the notion that somehow the interim credible revelations from snowden about the n.s.a. are actually going to change anything the only way that could happen is with

a real social movement in this country where people unite around the issue of privacy and civil liberties but what is the problem about this particular type of surveillance if you're on a social network or if you shop online you're being snooped on anyway. yes except that what this is is not only is it happening in secret and there's no way to really combat it if you're the victim of it but it is an entirely coordinated surveillance grid so that anything that you do aside from social media purchases you make phone calls you make who you know who's in your email contacts and so forth all of that goes to create what could be called a profile so essentially nothing you can do even if it's outside of the surveillance system is secret anymore and beyond that what we see is that this is all taking place outside of a legal framework you noted in the introduction there that the question of espionage has been raised when nobody can actually demonstrate that edward snowden provided material support or aid and comfort to an enemy of the united states

unless of course the authorities in the us consider us citizens to be enemies of the state but they're equal this is about surely keeping us safe from terrorist attacks so the security services are going to do something how many. well essentially the argument goes that because we want to prevent the destruction of our open society and our democratic way of life we should therefore allow for the destruction of our democratic society an open way of life it is a circular argument and it makes no sense rather what we should be asking is why is such rampant criminality taking place in the united states all the way up the chain of command literally into the white house why is it that such a cohesive system has been created and the dialogue that comes out of that the discourse after the revelations of snowden is not about the legality it's not about the privacy issues it's about snowden it's about glenn greenwald it's about leakers

and whistleblower this is misdirection and a distortion of the reality of the situation the reality is that the united states and the u.k. and its various partners have evolved into surveillance states and it's not a very great leap into a full blown cashless police state just very briefly funnily we sold plenty of and we all seem to have diplomatic tension over the case what about china will they hand this man over to washington to avoid any diplomatic problems. well it's an also bill to say i mean diplomatic problems could arise but we also know that glenn greenwald along with snowden have not released all the information it's entirely possible that they're holding something back to use as leverage particularly in that situation and i would also just like to add that those people who are demonizing snowden who are finding conspiracy theories within this they are the ones who are in fact tacitly supporting the police state the n.s.a. and the government eric thanks a lot good to hear comments are great so that live here on r.t. thank you thank you well the f.b.i.

busy hunting whistleblower on the run edward snowden it's now going to spying plot to investigate as well chinese dissident chang one chang received a whole pile of high tech gifts when he arrived in the u.s. yeah little did he know his new gadgets were loaded with bugs reported on these allegations is coming up a little later here on r.t. . well revelations about global surveillance programs has the u.k. spy agency in the spotlight now it's been collecting and storing huge amounts of sensitive personal data from online and telephone traffic and sharing it with its american partners testis it looks at the latest leak from an essay whistleblower edward snowden. certainly a new twist and it reveals a vast and compassing program operation in place by the view 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. as a national security agency or at 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 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 one 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 the 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 the g c h q have been even worse than the u.s. in their spying efforts here. as recently there were expose of the british spy agency data connection has been calls for heated debate make sure you join the cause. sation on our facebook page some of those already there accuse a u.s. and u.k. of conducting what they call illegal and unjust wars others see global spying revelations another step towards an orwellian society certain users consider the surveillance organized crime on a global scale but many more are tools surprised by any of it take part in the

debate right now share your thoughts address is facebook dot com slash r t news and also we're hearing what you have to say about this on our web site r t v dot com on our home page there we have an online poll what do you think about this collection of on line data the majority say these methods are totally unacceptable sending it seventy two percent. nineteen percent say not particularly bothered because they believe they're being snooped on anyway and even logging on and responding to this web site they're being tracked and then we can see that seven percent believe that this is really necessary because if it is in the name of security in protecting us from terrorism then it's totally valid and the very small minority two percent think this is absolutely no problem if you've got nothing to hide then why not collect your online data both of your thoughts are to dot com good to hear from me so open now.

it's. the friends of syria group. have defended the efforts to rebels and the u.s. secretary of state said america will increase political and military support to the syrian opposition john kerry said president assad has escalated the conflict by seeking help from iran and lebanese forces he didn't address the fact that carter has been supporting syria's rebels and pledged to continue doing so the f.s.a. military command on friday claimed opposition fighters have received weapons that can change the balance of power meanwhile the un has rejected claims that the syrian government used chemical weapons saying it wasn't

a convinced these accusations were followed by a u.s. decision to provide weapons to the rebels. this report. the 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 would have to send their own investigators to conduct a personal investigation inside syria this is what the u.n. had to say we cannot. we cannot. we cannot. so you are casting serious ground into work the west coast of florida. the u.n. . the u.s. the british the french supplied what they say is verifiable proof 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 ordered 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 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 qaeda 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 the israeli syrian border. meanwhile the u.s. is left around seven hundred troops in jordan after a training exercise said it was done at the request of the jordanian government the political analyst says that they should think twice if they go into. syria to. i think the west is not really learning about the consequences of arming people this is by no means an attempt to end of 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 in afghanistan because the objectives of arming those people have

got nothing to do with the remote check it's used to get rid of a government that doesn't obey what the west or the united states says. and now let's cross the aisle to the turkish city of. live pictures from the square and the latest government protests here that rallies began three weeks ago late attorney feel but police brutality and tear gas you can see right now that the square is again by huge crowds and people are angry at what they call the authoritarian policies of prime minister erdogan and he called the protesters thugs and said he would not be manipulated today alone thirty one people have been arrested in ankara and istanbul and it brings the total number detained for writing to fifty five most of them charged with damaging public property live pictures there from istanbul here on alt. just ahead this hour the voice of the streets in brazil becomes too loud to ignore the government promises new reforms and more

changes in an attempt to end the days of violence which engulfed the nation all the details coming up stay with us altie in moscow. wealthy british style. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything.

welcome to the big picture. brazil's president dilma rousseff has announced a slew of reforms in a televised address to the nation and there were people protesting about her economic policy and the high cost of staging the world cup swell to over one million a speech which broke a week of near silence proposed to reform public transport and use all the oil royalties for education however this wasn't enough to calm protests and there are

calls on social media for more rallies in twenty major cities ignacio juba reports now from brazil. reports of a second day in massive protests all over brasil are being more anger and violence to their ongoing rallies the first victim an eighteen years old demonstrator died in the state of south bound after a 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 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 put down loved 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 creating fast across the nation demonstrators promised in the next days there will be more protests. yellow and green flags flaying tear gas and police brutality you can watch the full portrait of brazil's unrest on you tube channel ten there right now and watch all the videos we've lined up for you. the world renowned chinese dissident chen guangcheng has

allegedly been spied on electronic equipment he received as a gift on arrival in the u.s. were bugged with tracking devices he got them from activist group china aid which to knowledge responsibility and asked the f.b.i. to investigate what is more important 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 blind dissident moved 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 the greenwich village and many tech gadgets that were donated by his supporters but now according to reuters 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 hidden cost 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. . perhaps twenty two minutes past the hour now a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world tens of thousands of workers from across italy when to strike in rome against austerity measures. and high unemployment wielding flags and placards they urged reforms benefiting the young and changes to safeguard workers forced into retirement without a pension the country is suffering its longest recession since records began and has seen many similar protests of late. and cannabis oil capital calgary troops have been deployed to cope with the worst flooding the city has seen in decades at least three people have been killed while as many as one hundred thousand been evacuated after a year's worth of rain fell in just thirty six hours rivers flooded the city's roads and bridges causing traffic gridlock areas all fields and pipelines have so far not been affected. pakistan's new government faces

a lot of ugly challenges terror attacks drone strikes and sectarian strife issues like a huge shortfall in energy are usually left on the sidelines ortiz loose a couple of explains how authorities are struggling to deal even with that. 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 day 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 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 years of his 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 islamic law with same sions 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 us 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 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 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 caffein of r t pakistan to bring it up to date with a member but with a new team with more from just over half enough now the meantime off to the break mexico is a talks about the financial side all of those protests in brazil stay with us for that if you can.

you know what's worse than across europe. a corporate crash who sucks at being corrupt a scumbag bureaucrat in veronese russia just couldn't help himself and put some very hefty charges for services contracts for road repair and construction in just three years he was able to take enough of a percentage off of these contracts though investigators raided his house he had the equivalent of over three million dollars in russian money all over his home news not mail dot ru claims he had entire laundry hamper 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 my. welcome to the kaiser report max kaiser you know the u.k. banking standards commission says that bankers behaving badly possibly one day maybe in the far distant future perhaps face jail for reckless misconduct in the meantime that same state today right now treats those protesting the ongoing crime way of those same bankers behaving badly like this in oakland pepper spray and he stumble pepper spray in brazil

pepper spray no court no charges just summary execution pepper sprayed in the face. this year the global insurrection against beggar occupation has spread to east. stacey max indeed as we are in the city of london when you see all these protests going on around the world whether it's been an athens or cairo or now istanbul in brazil you see lines of riot police perimeter fences and pepper spray and tear gas why are the bankers able to show up at work every single day without a gas mask on without pepto bismo all over their face and trying to protect themselves from the tear gas but the crimes of the bankers over the past five years in particular have resulted in the mouse wealth confiscation sometimes outright as is the case.