fresh clashes in texan square police have used water cannons to disperse running crowds rest as lasted more than three weeks and shows no sign of ending. 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. 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 assad on top stories this hour.

international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is the twenty four hours a day turkish police have again crackdown on thousands of demonstrators in istanbul they've used water cannons to force the crowds out of texas square the flashpoint in symbol of the ongoing government unrest let's get more now from tom barton he's joining us live on the phone so more of what's going on there what's been happening the last three weeks what's the situation. hi there bill yes well from where i am in the turkish capital the tension is now rising in response to what has just happened in tax and square of course all of this going back three three weeks the groups of people that are gathered in taxes where. i wasn't of people gathering they're doing that as a memorial to at least four people who have so far been killed in these three weeks

of clashes. between police and protesters that's just ranged against the prime minister. and he's a k. party and the government seen by protesters as two off or a terrier and the police as to brutal and their crackdowns in on the other side of the government saying that there are extremist elements within the critter does that they have somehow been helped from an outside by foreign influences perhaps and that they've caused a lot of damage and they don't present a lot of the turkish purpose talk just briefly what do you think could happen now in touch in square because because we're seeing life footage of the scenes there it's getting pretty tense how do you see it developing. well judging from what has happened in the past three weeks and in the past few days that i've seen here in

ankara the police tactics. that they use. have been to charge crowds with water cannon which has happened in tacks in square and has been happening night after night here in the capital where protests have also been ongoing and also take gas a lot of criticism at the beginning of this that the police fired far too much take us into into the crowds i interviewed one young man the other day who was hit in the fêtes by a tear gas grenade breaking his nose and and shooting wouldn't splint is into his eye from a nearby a wooden board that's just one example just last night when i was reporting from a street a police force a cannon drove up behind me as i was speaking into the camera and shot me in the back with a water cannon so a lot of this feeding into the accusations protests is that police are trigger

happy gung ho and far too brutal in their crackdowns there have been dozens of buses burnt have has been damage to shops as well and a lot of that pinned on certain groups within the protesters as well so a lot of mutual recrimination going on with tension growing especially when larger crowds gather each scene is unfortunately the possibility for bloody clashes between police and protesters or to talk about life in ankara thanks very much indeed for that update well we're closely following the unrest in turkey on air and online as we're looking at a party or call for instant updates a live pictures from texas in the square. u.s. government has filed criminal charges against edward snowden the moment 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 unleashing the revolutions about the national security agency which

is going to cohen has more details for. 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 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 julian assertions meanwhile published a 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's also criticized the u.s. president for going off to whistle blows and lacking transparency while playing judge jury and executioner by doing whatever he wants across the world china has meanwhile stayed silent on the issue of extraditing edward snowden to the u.s. geopolitical analyst and founder of stop imperialism dot com eric draitser thinks that snowden has got more leaks up his sleeve. diplomatic problems could arise but we also know that glenn greenwald along with snowden have not released all of 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 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 cool piece of 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 mr direction 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 with the f.b.i.

busy hunting whistleblower on the run it would snowden it's got a spying plot to investigate as well chinese dissident chen guangcheng received a whole pile of high tech gifts when he arrived in the u.s. last year but little did he know his new gadgets were loaded with bugs a report on these allegations is coming out a little later. revelations about global surveillance programs has the u.k. spy agency in the spotlight right 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 such a silly looks at the latest leak. certainly a new twist and it reveals a vast and compassing program operation in place by the 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 us is 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 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 brought up 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. artie's totally there in the expose of the british spy agencies data collection has been cause for you to debate make sure you join the conversation on our facebook page of the moment some of those already there accuse the u.s. and u.k. of conducting what they call illegal and just wars others see that these global spying revelations as another step towards all society certain users consider the

surveillance to be organized crime on a global scale lots of opinions lots of the bait and many more are told surprised by any of these revelations about the collecting of masses of data so do take part in this debate and share your thoughts the address is facebook dot com ford slash r t news also at the moment to what we're getting your opinion on our home page on our online poll at our dot com and these are the results so far and what you think about this collection of on line data the majority not at all happy saying this is totally unacceptable this form of surveillance meanwhile seventeen percent of opinion that they're not bothered really because we're all ready being snooped on and we can see that this stage seven percent think that this is totally justified as long as terrorists are being targeted and this is all in the name of keeping us safe and finally two percent so what's a problem if you've got nothing to hide why worry about it dot com good to hear

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he continues here in r.t. the friends of syria group of nations meeting in qatar have defended their 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 is escalating the conflict by seeking help from iran and lebanese fighters not address though the fact that qatar has been supporting the syria's rebels and pledged to continue doing so the free syrian army military command on friday claimed opposition forces have received weapons that can change the balance of power meanwhile the un has rejected washington's claims the syrian government used chemical weapons saying it wasn't at

all convinced these accusations were followed by a u.s. decision to provide weapons to the rebels or. reports. the united nations experts say that they do not confirm 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 say what those weapons were that we cannot say what the agents were about weapons we can see who used them and they were even delivered. concrete so you are casting serious doubt into work the west has supplied the u.n. . the u.s. the british the french they've supplied what they say is

a verifiable. they have they haven't but it's important to note that based on these unsubstantiated claims involving united states britain and france 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 for a bit stabilize 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 or for 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 where 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 policy our team on the israeli syrian border. who writes extensively about the middle east in his blog says the u.s. is making a grave mistake but. the sad faces. it was a radio and wise move and there have been and. probably stay within policy circles within both britain and the u.s. warning of such moves and but i think the group collectively didn't pay attention to these kind of warnings about the possibility of going to eating the conflict for their hiring rebels there are so not clear who they are or what their aims political aims would be if they do take power in syria so you've got

a very without exaggeration or recipe for disaster that we can think sherry's every step of escalation is going to be followed by a situation from the other side there isn't going to be a magic moment when all the sides supporting the syrian regime are going to say well yes if you're going so intent on arming the syrian rebel intervening in syria well we're going to walk out of this tuition and it's a very serious risk inflaming the conflict further and further and intensifying it's not going to win by putting all in on the fire by sending in more weapons. just remind you if you missed something or nay you can always catch up on the headlines and much more online here's a quick look at what we've got for you at the moment just imagine having a nice dinner with your family when out of the blue a cost smashes at your restaurant table these breathtaking pictures recalled by c.c.t.v. in australia is it on you tube channel for another look everyone survived their supper without any injuries. and

a medieval relic of reagan's old town which currently houses the latvian president is engulfed in flames for more pictures and the best stories of the. brazil's president dilma rousseff has announced a slew of reforms in a televised address to the nation a number of people protesting about her economic policy in the high cost of staging the world cup over one million her speech which broke a week of near silence proposed to reform public transport and use all the oil royalties for education whether this was enough to competence does and iraq calls on social media for more rallies in twenty major cities. reports now from brazil. reports of a second day in massive protests all over brasil are 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 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 demonstration and police crackdown police used tear gas paper spray and rubber bullets some of the protesters threw stones torched cars and pulled down 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 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. brazil's economy is growing considerably in the last decade rising to six in the list of the largest economies in the world as one journalist in the program reaches what is he believes that the protest is not about money but the inability of the government to deal with failed policies i would compare very much to the situation in chile a few years ago in chile as we're protesting against high prices for education there has a massive middle class which brazil has just gotten after. fifty years of success or achievements of big achievements for resilin draggy forty million people out of poverty and other 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 better and better health it is not exactly above the economy because brazil is pretty much living through full employment it's not doing terribly compared to european countries i would say the protests in brazil they cook for a very long but then when they happen lots of vicious 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 and green flags flames tear gas and police brutality you can watch the full portrait of brazil's unrest or not you tube channel you can head there right now watch all the videos we've lined up for you there. chinese dissident ching ching has allegedly been spied on electronic equipment he received as a gift on a rival in the u.s. was bugged with tracking devices he got it from activist group china aid which denies responsibility and is also the f.b.i.

to investigate. 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 dissidents 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 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 and i pod that chen received upon arriving to new york was loaded with even 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 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 was 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. . now a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world at least fourteen people have been killed by a suicide bomb in the iraqi capital baghdad the explosives went off in

a shia mosque wounding twenty five people during evening prayers another nine people died in separate attacks across the country earlier in the day there's been a surge in sectarian attacks in the past month has been the bloodiest for the country in five years. tens of thousands of workers from across italy went on 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 e.u. country is suffering its longest recession since records began in the sea many similar protests of late. unfun in a world update this hour these are pictures from the city poznan in poland where around fifty thousand chinese lanterns were released into the night sky it was an attempt to break the world record which is currently held in the philippines part of a fifteen thousand and since we let go looks like it has been one truly beaten all

the kurdish fighters expressed some concern that the risk of forest. that take the pictures there from poland well after the break mexico as it talks about the financial side of those protests in brazil and i'll be back with more news with the team this is the hoff and. i know they tracked approval ratings of the presidents of various countries by did know they still research the approval ratings of former presidents twice i gallup poll that says that george w. bush as would slowly growing in his approval numbers since leaving office in fact his numbers have increased by seventeen percent among independents and even his in theory rival democratic voters have given him fourteen percentage points of popularity i think this may be due to the fact that obama's magic has worn off and

people are getting fed up with things but a longing for the bush days is insane if you are one of the people who has recently decided that bush is awesome and please tell me how he differs from obama true obama could pronounce ninety nine percent of the words on a teleprompter in front of him but. both presidents have led expensive wars with questionable objectives bush gave us the patriot act and obama continued it with the n.d.a. both of them seem to like their drones and massive government spending and expansion i don't know i don't think that just because obama's was flawed that somehow makes bush's brain into some sort of triumph ok my opinion. couldn't take three. three. three. three. three. three vote.

for your media project c.e.o. don carty dot com. welcome to the kaiser report mags kaiser you know the u.k. banking standards commission says that bankers behaving badly could 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 any stumble all pepper spray in brazil

pepper spray no court no charges just summary execution pepper sprayed in the face this year the global insurrection against banker i could patient has spread to. stacy. 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 athens or cairo or now it's tumble 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 in cyprus or enough global resulting in.