clashes in turkey police once again crackdown on a rallying cry. square we have the latest from correspondent who was hit by a water cannon reporting from the capital of the country. the u.s. threatens hong kong that relations could suffer if it does not act quickly to send edward snowden back to the states after the n.s.a. whistleblower was charged with spying. and a collection of washington led foreign states still wants more aid to the syrian rebels despite u.n. doubts that america is right about assad's forces using chemical weapons.

from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. now turkish police are again cracking down on thousands of demonstrators in the country's two largest cities they've used tear gas and water cannons to force the crowds out of istanbul's taksim square the focal point of the ongoing anti-government unrest now while the capital ankara is witnessing a sporadic clashes as well arty's dumbarton who was himself caught up in the violence has the latest there i am in the turkish capital tension is now rising in response to what has happened in tax him swear of course all of this going back three weeks three groups of people that gathered in tax he was where. thousands 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 the police tactics they used have 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 gung 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 tool for a terrier on the other side of the government saying that there are extremist elements within the president does that they have somehow been helped from outside by foreign influences perhaps and that they caused a lot of damage so

a lot of mutual recrimination going on with the tension growing especially when larger crowds gather each scene. unfortunately the possibility for bloody clashes between police and protesters r t is tom barton reporting from caro now we are of course closely following the unrest in turkey on air and online as well had to argue dot com for instant updates and a live pictures from taksim square. washington is pressuring china to extradite a whistleblower edward snowden who is in hiding in hong kong the u.s. says the failure of beijing to act quickly would complicate relations that is after prosecutors filed criminal charges against noting accusing him of espionage he

leaked classified documents which first revealed that the globe spanning high tech ease dropping network ran by the n.s.a. to use going to church account 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 is 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 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. another famous whistleblower julian a song has published a statement in support of snowden which was also full of criticism of president barack obama the week leaks founder believes obama's promises of hope and change have been broken he also hit out at the u.s. president for a lack transparency of. unsee and persecuting whistleblowers while playing judge and jury and executioner all over the world joe political analyst and founder of stop imperialism dot com eric draitser thinks snowden will cause the white house even more headaches 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 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. while the u.s. authorities are tracking down edward snowden another spy scandal has broken out at home chinese dissident chang chang received a whole pile of high tech gifts when he arrived in the u.s. last year but little did he know the new gadgets were loaded with bugs a report on these allegations is coming up a little later in the program. revelations about global surveillance programs has put a u.k. spy agency in the spotlight now g c h q has been collecting and storing huge amounts of sensitive personal data from online and telephone traffic and sharing it with its american allies are to use test arsole a looks at the latest leak. 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 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. as a national security agency or the n.s.a. if you look at the documents it snowden had provided the titles of some of the main components were mastering the internet or global telecom exploitation clearly there's no doubt as to what the objectives of these programs were having put them in the place and also the fact that the technology exists right now and that there

have been in place for the last eighteen months is really a terrifying thought for 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 the people that access to the. database were about eight hundred fifty thousand and a city 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 expose of the british spy agencies that data collection has been cause for a heated debate make sure you join the. conversation on our facebook page some of those who are already joining in accusing the u.s. and u.k. of covering up what users call illegal and unjust wars others see the global spying

revelations as proof society is turning more or welly in certain users call government snooping organized crime on a global scale but many more are not at all surprised by the revelations that governments are collecting people's data in mass take part in the debate and share your thoughts the address is facebook dot com forward slash r t news. at a meeting in qatar the foreign backers of the syrian opposition announced

a plan to urgently step up aid for the rebels in the country but the so-called friends of syria did not immediately specify whether weapons would be a part of the your system the gathering comes just a week after the white house announced plans to provide the opposition with armaments tar the us secretary of state condemned president assad for accepting the assistance of foreign fighters from iran and lebanon kerry also reiterated that the regime crossed president obama's red line when it allegedly used chemical weapons since then the u.n. has cast doubt on claims that it was certainly damascus that was behind the use of poison gas. as more. united nations experts say that they do not. put forward by the united states and 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. the soil samples it is inconclusive and that they would have to say 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 doubt in the west has supplied. 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 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 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 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 dope was the point that the russian president makes that we do not know who composes the opposition and way of 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. political blogger karl charles says that flooding the country with weapons will only intensify the

conflict and cause more and more deaths. i think it was a really on wise move on there have been enough. police you wouldn't believe the senate goes with that in 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 end the conflict sort of their ongoing grab those other artists to not clear who they are or what their aims political aims would be if they do take power in syria so you've got to eat without exaggeration in a recipe for disaster then begin to think sure is every step of isolation is going to be followed by escalation from the other side there isn't going to be a magic moment when all of the sides supporting this syrian regime are going to saying yes if you're going so intent on doing this you don't have an intervening in syria whether we're going to come out of this you ation i mean it's a very serious risk inflaming the conflict further than inside of there and intensifying it's not going to you and by putting golan on the fire by sending in

more weapons still to come out later in the program there is no end to the violence in brazil as the country continues to be engulfed in massive protests despite president rousseff promising reforms one that after a short break here on our team. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for likely you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom our market is

a big. welcome back you're watching. brazil has seen another round of mass protests with police clashing with demonstrators in the southeastern city of belo horizonte reports that a number of people have been injured during the both violence this comes just a day after president dilma rousseff addressed the nation pledging government

reforms this was not enough to calm protests as though who remain disappointed with her economic policy and the high cost of staging the world cup. explains. 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 paolo after car crashed through a barricade and the driver fled 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 to torch cars and pulled

down cause in real crowds marched against corruption police brutality poor public services and excessive spending on the world cup their banners call 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. if you missed something on air you can always catch up on the headlines and all of our other stories online here's a quick look at what else we have for you waiting there right now. scientists in washington state fear that an underground tank containing waste from nuclear

weapons is leaking after detecting high radioactive levels in the soil there the full details on our website plus. just imagine having a nice dinner with your family. out of the blue a. restaurant table these breathtaking pictures were caught by c.c.t.v. in australia you can visit our you tube channel for another luckily everyone survived without any. that's all just a click away at our. chinese dissident chang chang has allegedly been spied on after america granted him asylum electronic equipment he received as a gift on arrival in the u.s. was bugged with tracking devices he got the parcel from the activist group china aid which denies responsibility and has asked the f.b.i. to investigate. more. just a few weeks following revelations about america's prism spying program on another

surveillance story is on folding this one surrounding chinese activist chen guangcheng the blind decided to move to the u.s. last may with his family after reportedly escaping a dramatic house arrest in china treated as a hero and symbol of democracy chen received a fellowship at n.y.u. new york university he also received an apartment in greenwich village and many tech gadgets that were donated by his supporters but now wall corning to warders a smartphone an i pod that chen received upon arriving to new york was loaded with even spying 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. . now a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour at least fourteen people have been killed by a suicide bomb in the iraqi capital baghdad the explosives went off in a mosque wounding twenty five people during evening prayers another nine people

died in separate attacks across the country earlier in the day there has been a surge recently in sectarian attacks and the past month has been the bloodiest in the last five years. india's air force has stepped up rescue efforts as at least a thousand people die in flash flooding sparked by monsoon rains thousands of people remain missing including many pilgrims visiting local frind air force has dropped food and medicine to those cut off by landslides in the mountainous region while roads and bridges have been washed away or made impassable by debris. we're now seeing that video provided by our team is new video agency ruptly of hundreds as hundreds rally in support of same sex marriages in berlin they're waving the rainbow colored flags the sign of their movement this is an annual march attended by millions of people to show tolerance for gay couples weddings and

relations german society were made to split over the issue while president obama in a recent speech at the city's brandenburg gate stressed the importance of providing sexual minorities with basic human rights. pakistan's new government faces a lot of challenges terror attacks drone strikes and sectarian strife while issues like a huge shortfall in energy are usually left on the sidelines. 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 to be affecting the number of people you can employ you must provide jobs and job creation can you have been 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 leave 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 single best thing which has happened to box on the last sixty four a few 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 qana parts 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 a geopolitical look at the forces that are opposed to it it's not just the united states it's opposed to it it's also saudi arabia it's also the you know it's also got that. new prime minister is you know point out the at least historically has been i don't see the year on pakistan by plane going through it remains to be seen whether the pipeline will be sidelined by geo politics 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.e. pakistan. after the break max kaiser talks about the financial side of the protests

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welcome to the kaiser report on max kaiser you know the u.k. banking standards commission says that bankers behaving badly should possibly one day maybe out 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 wave 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 of pepper spray to the face this year the global insurrection against banker occupation has.