fresh clashes in turkey police once again crackdown on rallying crowds and. we have the latest from our correspondent who is. reporting from the country. 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 the u.s. secretary of state pushing for coordinated military help for the rebels fighting assad our top stories this hour.

international news and comment live from studio center here in moscow this is the twenty four hours a day turkish police are again cracking down on thousands of demonstrators in the country's two largest cities they've used water cannon to force the crowds out of. the focal points of the ongoing anti-government unrest while the capital ankara has witnessing sporadic clashes. who was himself caught up in the violence as the latest. 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 weeks three groups of people that gathered in tax him square. thousands of people gathering there doing that as a memorial to at least four people who have so far been killed in these three weeks of clashes the police tactics they used. 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 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 gun ho and far too brutal it's just ranged against prime minister. and he's a k. party and the government seen by protesters as two off or a terrier on the other side of government saying that there are extremist elements within the critter does that they have somehow been helped from outside by foreign influences perhaps and that they've caused a lot of damage or so

a lot of mutual recrimination going on with tension growing especially when larger crowds gather you've seen is unfortunately the possibility for bloody clashes between police and protesters and we're closely following the unrest in turkey on air and online as well you can head to r.t. dot com for instant updates and live pictures from techs and square. the u.s. government has filed criminal charges against the man who told the world about the scope of america's global surveillance network washington wants help from hong kong officials because snowden has been hiding in the chinese territory since unleashing revelations about the national security agency or to go to the details 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 arrest edward 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 were. have shed unprecedented light on the u.s. government's massive spying program here reveal 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. during the songes meanwhile published

a speech in which he severely criticizes president obama for his handling of whistleblowers we can believe that obama ultimately to trade his promises of hope and change he also criticizes the u.s. president going off to whistle blows and lacking transparency while playing judge jury and executioner by doing whatever he wants across the world which honors meanwhile states on and on the issue of extraditing edward snowden to the u.s. to political analyst and founder of stop imperialism dot com eric draitser he thinks that snowden's 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 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 whistleblowers 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. with the f.b.i. busy hunting the whistleblower on the run edward snowden it's now going to spying

plot to investigate as well chinese dissident chang chang received a whole pile of high tech gives when he arrived in the u.s. last year but little video no his new gadgets are loaded with bugs i report on these allegations is coming up a little later here on. revelations about global surveillance programs has put 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 buddies to syria looks now at the latest leak. certainly a new twist senate 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 even 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 documents at snowden have 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 encompassing 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. the exposing of the british spy agency's data collection has been cause for heated debate as you can imagine but you can make sure that you can join the conversation on our facebook page at the moment some of those already there accuse the u.s. and the u.k. of conducting what they call unjust and illegal wars others see that these global spying revelations are another step towards an orwellian society and certain users

can sort of a surveillance to be organized crime on a global scale but many more are told surprised by any of those revelations about the collecting of masses of personal data or to take part in this debate if you can and share your thoughts the address is facebook dot com forward slash r t news and also on our home page on our website r.t. dot com we have an online poll at the moment asking you what you think about what is happening and what the consequences are of this surveillance some we can see that seventy three percent a majority think that these methods are totally unacceptable just under twenty percent seventeen percent there so we don't really have an opinion and i'm more worried by the fact that we're being snooped anyway and that even responding to these answers on the website you're being tracked less than ten percent seven percent there think that they really are justified as long as it is targeted at catching at terrorists and a small amount of people feel that data collection is not

a problem well if you've got nothing to hide why should it be that's what you say this hour log on to r.t. dot com tell us what you think. 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 would 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 fighters he did not address though the fact that council has been supporting syria's rebels and pledged to continue doing so

the free syrian army military command on friday claimed opposition fighters have received weapons that can change the balance of power meanwhile the un has rejected washington's claims that the syrian government used chemical weapons saying it wasn't a tall convinced all these accusations were followed by u.s. decision to provide weapons to the rebels. reports on 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 the what the weapons were that we cannot say what the agents were you know about weapons we can see who used them and we cannot say how

they were even delivered we cannot say anything concrete so you are casting serious ground into what the west has supplied the u.n. . the u.s. the british the french they supply what 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 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 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 keyboard keys 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. waving his weapon as well and that is a point that is waving closer and 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 are taking on his way the syrian border. and culture who writes extensively about the middle east and his blog says the u.s. is making a grave mistake by arming assad fighters saying it was already on wise move and there have been enough. police within policy circles within both britain and the us who are earning of such moves and but i think the group connected me didn't

pay attention to these kind of warnings about the possibility of going to eating the conflicts are there arming rebels though there are certain not clear who they are or what their aims political aims would be if they do take power in syria so you've got repeat without exaggeration a recipe for disaster the bigger picture is every step of it's going to shoot it's 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 just saying well yes you're going so intent on arming this you double 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 its magnitude by putting all in on the fire by sending in more weapons. well still ahead this hour here naughty the voice of the streets in brazil becomes too low to ignore the government promises new reforms or more changes in an attempt to end the

days of violence which in golf the nation all the details coming up plus all the stories. 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 realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture.

these continues here knotty brazil's president dilma rousseff is announce a slew of reforms in the televised address to the nation the number of people protesting about her economic policy in the high cost of staging the world cup swelled to over one million a speech which broke a week of near silence proposed to reform public transport and use all oil royalties for education however this wasn't enough to competence does and there are calls on social media for more rallies in twenty major cities now or is ignited juba reports 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 power after a car crashed through a barricade and the driver prayed at least sixty people have been injured brazil is witnessing historic rallies taking place across the country and some estimates say from one ad 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 demonstration and police crackdown police used tear gas paper spray and rubber bullets some of the protesters threw stones torched cars and pulled down course 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 breathing 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 rising to six in the list of the largest economies in the world that's why journalist and blogger mary says what they see believes that the protest is not about money but the inability of the government to deal with failed policies i would compare for much of the situation in chile a few years ago in chile as were protesting against the high price for education that has a massive middle class which brazil has just got and. fifty years of success or

achievement of big achievements for recently dragged forty million people out of poverty and other things i would say that this is the first revolt of the middle class a classic middle class in a certain way. 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 and 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 well if you missed something you can always catch up on the headlines and much more here's a quick look at what we got there for you at the moment just a couple of examples imagine having a nice dinner with your family wouldn't out of the blue it costs much as into your restaurant table it's breathtaking pictures were caught by c.c.t.v.

in australia you can visit these you tube channel for another look like everybody survived without any severe injury. but people really can tell which currently has the president is in in flames more on that and more pictures and the best stories go to dot com. world renowned chinese dissident chang ching has allegedly been spied on electronic equipment he received as a gift on arrival in the u.s. was bugged with tracking devices he got it from activist group china aid which to knowledge 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 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 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 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. . 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 exposed this went over to share more squinting twenty five people during evening prayers another nine 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. and tens of

thousands of workers from across italy went on strike it gets austerity measures and high unemployment will be flagged the reforms benefiting the young and changes to safeguard workers forced into retirement without a pension the e.u. countries suffering its longest recession since records began in the sea many similar protests of late. and also in a world out there these are pictures from the city all poznan component around four thousand chinese lanterns were released into the months it was an attempt to break the world record which is currently held in the philippines where over fifteen thousand lanterns were let go but it looks like it has been well and truly great merrill though has expressed some concern the risk of forest fires. spectacular things there from poland in the night sky well let to bring it up with

a more news in just over half an hour from now with a team up next i analysis all n.s.a. leaks protests in brazil and plenty more in breaking the set that's next on r.t. . mission free accreditation free transport charges free. range month free risk free studio time free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free video done to r.t. dot com. a highway bill sown the bones of its maker it's the wind through one of the wildest and most beautiful regions of russia a place that's home to less than a million people and the keepers of the great frosts. join me james brown as i

travel to the coldest inhabited place in the world. and meet some of the toughest people i'm told to use timers on the planet so. just make sure that you keep your eyes on the road runner. race to the poll of polls only on three. download the official publication to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television all it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you could watch on t.v. anytime anywhere.

they were ready to do anything for their country to be to try out it is to love the country more than yourself if you joined the military for any other reason that you're probably not going to have a good day they were tools in the hands of the state now they live remembering the past which is impossible to get rid of. the war. but however good people do get hurt. and i've heard good people empty silent. a lot. but would prefer not to be sometimes i feel like. i should have died over there. because. i saw some people who retired. air is cheaper than therapy.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous. i miss the town i know that i've seen the same thing really messed up. in the old fairy saw personally apologize to use a second. worst we're going to find out six of the day my favorite guy and pull out of jail minutes from a kick off is what you watch closely or about to do because you've never seen anything. i'm told. the guy is welcome to bring that of fat cat bankers who made headlines again for all the wrong reasons again see five former bank of american ploys recently came forward in federal court to say that they were instructed to mislead customers who

were on the verge of foreclosure they said that they were ordered to give bad advice and to stall applications for loan modifications of course b. of a is the ny that claim up and down but forgive me if i have trouble believing them after all bank of america is the worst of the worst when it comes to helping people keep a roof over their heads number of robust robo signers controversy where b. of a employees sign a false affidavit is to speed up the foreclosure process yeah one former employee to recent terror loans even admitted that workers were encouraged to deceive borrowers about their loans statuses she told c.n.n. b c quote a collector who placed an order your account at a foreclosure in a given month received a five hundred dollar bonus if you have a also gave employees a gift cards to retail stores as a reward for placing accounts into foreclosure b. of a collectors and other employees who did not meet their quotas or subjective term nation let me repeat that bank workers were fired if they didn't push enough families out into the streets that bank of.