american whistleblower edward snowden remains stuck in the transit zone of a moscow airport and russian human rights activists urge president putin to help the fugitive. despite the blow to british intelligence from snowden's leaks the u.k. financial chief announces a funding boost for the country's spying agencies while slashing welfare spending. and america's lackluster support for africa and the military stampede in the region overshadow barack obama's visit to his father's native continent.

watching r.t. this morning with me and very far. most wanted man edward snowden remains stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport he's believed to have been there since sunday the national security agency leaker has asked for political asylum from ecuador but the south american country says it could take months to process the request artie's paul scott has the details. we're led to believe that edward snowden remains in transit in the airport terminal building behind me in some kind of limbo it seems now as soon as he landed from hong kong on sunday rumors emerged almost immediately that he was having problems with his paperwork the suggestion being that he either had an invalid russian visa or no russian visa toll which means he was unable to cross the border into russian territory we also know that america has revoked his passport which makes it doubly difficult for him to exit the country now we do know that the issue of his possible being revived can be

overlooked wiki leaks are claiming that he does have something that's been granted by the ecuadorian government called a refugee documented on stage which wiki leaks claim should give him basically a safe haven towards ecuador although at this moment the ecuadorian government haven't confirmed whether or not they have indeed issued him out documents but we're expecting him to fly to have in cuba on monday that was expected to be his next point on his way to quito to ecuador on to political asylum but as we well know he wasn't on monday's flight tough the world's press well but it was not it wasn't there are suggestions and rumors that he could be on today's flight out to show them at a fair for which leaves at two o'clock this afternoon or five crossed auntie's arena will be on board just in case edward snowden is that america desperately keen to try and get hold of them out he has been charged under the espionage act and faces a hefty jail sentence if he is returned to the united states if he is tried and if

he is found guilty defense secretary chuck hagel has gone as far to say that his actions in exposing the n.s.a. surveillance operation has jeopardized u.s. security some are saying his actions i was as bad as treason by washington could barely hide their anger at the chinese authorities of course for letting edward snowden leave hong kong that trying to put the pressure on russia the russians to hand him over. by the fact there is no extradition agreement between the two countries and one american official has also come out suggesting that in fact we do is to grant him political asylum when economic ties between the two countries could be severely affected so america really trying to put the pressure on the rest of the world to try and get them out over russia appear to be playing it very much by the book suggesting as i say vladimir putin saying there is no way extradition agreement between the united states and between russia so there is the absolutely no responsibility for them to handle but rather me put him saying he has committed

no crime in russia and he is a free man and of course this is all academic really at the moment because he remains in transit and hasn't stepped foot in russia proper as it were so he doesn't come under russian jurisdiction at the moment so any talk of an extradition deal between the two countries is academic one footnote to this we are expecting ecuador to be his final target destination that venezuela's president has come out and said that they would likely grant him asylum if he were to appeal for it in venezuela so a further twist ecuador isn't necessarily edward snowden's only option at the moment. meanwhile russian human rights activists have lashed adams against washington's aggressive pursuit of the fish here old whistleblower. he spoke to some of them. well the world decides where the edward snowden is hero or villain russia's human rights activists have clearly made their minds up it's not too often they see eye to eye with russia's president but they welcomed porters decision not

to extradite the former n.s.a. employee still outraged by washington st mint of the whistleblower the ask more school to take more than just a neutral stand. such as it supported us in the current situation russia has to do everything in its power to aid snowden he cites for those exact principles that the u.s. touts but in fact transgressive yet the more i think i think russia should now act according to the law to not let the man be led like a lamb to slaughter. the head of russia's anti-corruption committee went even further to you come on of says he's ready to write a letter to putin urging him to keep snowden in russia. despite the fact that he has no passport let him go to those countries that are willing to accept him we cannot act like a weak country that understands exactly what's going on but at the same time says no stay away from this. edward snowden has never asked for political asylum in russia but with heavy support coming from the human rights camp you couldn't rule

out a positive response from the kremlin if he did his active asylum pleas are still pending a decision from ecuador and venezuela snowden himself is still presumably sitting tight inside more schools airport which leaves a lot of space for more twists and turns to this saga former officers of security services describe the man as snowden as a gift to the intelligence they usually use for an exchange between countries but with such strong reaction coming from russia's human rights activists many agree that x. to dieting snowden now would be like shooting oneself in the foot alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from moscow gerald celente publisher of the trends june or things that snowden's revelations have confirmed what many have suspected for years. he has the proof for a lot of people speculated and what the whistleblowers talked about so now they can't hide from the truth anymore so what they do is there's

a leading into this they tried to change the narrative what did this guy tell us snowden that we already know that they're building a two billion dollar facility in bluffdale you or the giant city sized national security agency facility in fort meade maryland it's a business the business of america used to be business but now it's cyber war and war well snowden's revelations also involve the british intelligence agency g c h q which has been collecting private data from around the world with germany believed to be among the most watched countries in officials warn that if the reports are confirmed the ramifications would be severe meanwhile peace activists from the code pink movement in berlin says the u.s. and u.k. spying activities threaten more than just privacy i think the larger

concern is keeping. some political control over germany because the united states has very important military assets in germany the bases here are the most important in all of europe for the u.s. efforts in formerly in iraq or presently to some degree in afghanistan africa africa calm it is the card and. i think that's the reason that germany is more heavily monitored than any other european country that's what the report say and of course that goes back to the fact that during the entire occupation really up till the early ninety's in any case u.s. military intelligence felt that they had a right to spy on in any german especially in berlin. and the u.k. spy agencies are set to get a major financial boost that's according to britain's latest budget review which one failed over eleven billion pounds worth of spending cuts artie's presser is

still has the details. but what's been widely reported as the biggest winner in this in this review of the budget is intelligence service that composes of comprises of the m i five yes my six mpg c.s.u. which of course we know have been in the spotlight particularly the g c h q after edward snowden to be an american who had made revelations on the extent of the kind of spying that the j.c.h. crew have been doing on the iraqi citizens and ya know what they're going to see is a real term increase of more than three percent of the rationale behind it according to all but one is that there is still a continuing threat of terrorism well let's get more on this from the intelligence analysts glenmore treanor harvey thank you very much for joining us now first of all in light of edward snowden's revelations it just happened a few days ago and we see an increase in the budget of the in particular what does

that mean i have to say that i don't think his revelations did have an effect it just so happens at this time because constraints and especially budgetary increases take a long time to work out but the thing is of course is that the spotlight is on british intelligence as a result of edward snowden so revelations the whole world is concentrating on what we are doing so it does seem a little odd to the general public it would not have been surprising if they had just kept the budget as it were that would have been understandable but a three percent increase and so first we have the rationale of security this issue is terrorism on the other hand you have the backlash from the revelations of snowden and you have austerity cuts in other sectors which really affect the british people so how do we view this how was this justified. i am biased in my

arms rather having an association with your services. yes i think it is i'm surprised that the extent when you're talking about the g.d.p. of britain increasing by one percent a year to have a thirty percent increase this is quite extraordinary but it will be seen i'm sure media comment to say that in the light of snowden's revelations that this is a british government saying. we're not concerned about that we are going to go ahead we're not embarrassed. contributes afshin rattansi says the government is trying to make up excuses for this latest funding based that's presumably why the british government is spinning it and saying look if we don't do all of this you'll see more british soldiers a british barracks up and down the country are being beheaded and for that matter so after the snowden allegations do we think that the united states is telling britain to beef up their way six g c h q budgets because as stoughton is revealed

britain is basically a spying outpost for the united states and yet the poorest of society have paid for this well mr obama may be telling all its board and david cameron to do just this before the security services. also ahead this hour with strings attached we investigate whether u.s. ally qatar's multi-million dollar fund that supposedly for rebuilding efforts have been all teary emotive that is coming up also. to convene in brussels where you think joblessness on the agenda will bring you more on that quick. it was not only politically motivated in delivering a judgment but it was actually playing a very active role in influencing the band from the ground that's quite a charge for any given court let alone the international criminal court don't you

think. when you review all this the very very black and white propositions like absolute indictment. speak your language anything about the war nobody. will use programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you. a little tune to bangalore stories. here. that teach spanish more and more visit.

welcome back now following the chinese investment boom in africa america is having to play catch up has begun a total of three african countries in a bid to strengthen ties but many locals are frustrated over the stashing of u.s. aid along with washington's controversial military operations began each again reports. right now africa is in the center of america's so-called war on terror we hear about new drone basis popping up on the african continent in countries whose governments we see aid from the us in one form or another we hear about the u.s. army in training security forces in a number of states in africa then we learn how some of those forces commit most horrible atrocities and get the us doesn't stop to take a second look at who they empower just a few most recent examples say you when we poor found us train troops in congo guilty of mass rape and other trustees human rights watch released

a report documenting the abuse rape and torture of at least one thousand somali refugees by u.s. backed kenyan police forces this follows a report by the open society justice initiative that connected u.s. counterterrorism and influence to systematic human rights abuses in kenya and uganda then you have secretary of state john kerry himself expressing quote deep concern around human rights abuses committed by the nigerian military a major u.s. counterterror partner his statement says gross human rights violations committed by nigerian security forces only escalate the violence and fuel extremism in washington sees what's going on but does it really change their calculations i spoke with the editor of pan african newswire by you know me as they may say that they are there to enhance the african states national security capacity but we know from the history of the united states that they do nothing i regard their foreign

policy if there's no real strategic interest for the united states. or maintaining a relationship with different states at the same time to edge out the people's republic of china which is pretty considerable amount. in africa just over the last. few years that china has become the number one. creating partner of the african union africa is an extremely rich continent the case for terrorists may not be the only reason the u.s. wants to have as much presence as possible there take a listen to what mr as he was said about that many of the countries in west africa a large or produces for example nigeria here which is the largest u.s. importer. of oil into the united states from africa in east africa they have been a huge finding of all that natural gas all along the eastern coast

of africa from somalia all the way down to tanzania so this in my opinion explains why we have this escalation of u.s. military intervention on the after tax net so backlash in the form of extremism on the one end of the scale and tangible benefits on the other that could be the dilemma that the u.s. is weighing in africa now but as we've seen reports about gross human rights violations haven't stopped us from partnering up with quantock league you said governments in washington i'm going to check up. social media has been a key driving force for the recent public dissent across turkey but could that online activity backfire on there protestors facebook has played down that threat claiming it hasn't passed any user data to the despite government requests that's after one of to ministers said ankara had been working closely with the social

networking site you can read more about this story at r.t. dot com and also there you will find the town of west in texas which suffered a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in april is suing the facilities owner you can get all the details on the looming legal battle at artie's website. at least two people have been killed and hundreds injured in fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of egypt's president mohamed morsi writing broke out in the northern city of manslaughter as the leader was preparing for a national address marking his first year in power amid a wave of fresh calls for him to step down or to spell true brings us the latest. bond store is a nile delta city this a few hours drive from the capital could have been bloody street battles between those in support of the president and those the against the president said the egyptian police are desperately trying to contain the violence using tear gas that

have been reports all birdshot but it's related weapons and fire bombs in this clash it started when the supporters of the missing brotherhood group which the president hails from decided to have a protest off the afternoon prize i witnessing say psychics reports said that i did look cool residents attacked said the most of a good group all thugs who were against the islamist group president mohamed morsi and his speech did little to assuage fears he did admit that the year has been very tough for the presidency and that he himself had made mistakes but he failed to go into the details of these mistakes he also controversy once again praised the police in his speech at the police to tory's the brutal here in egypt we've seen i think three said amount of violence from the security forces over the course of the last year resulting in many deaths to people hearing the presidency praising the security forces is not something they're very pleased with or people are really worried is that if the buy in to go through this is going to be that it will only get worse in the in the lead up to the anniversary protests and continue with the

deaths on the horizon in mali ulead is set to meet in brussels and then the effort to tackle the ever growing problem of youth unemployment almost a quarter of young people are active work across the twenty seven nation broke with the numbers hitting on precedented highs in the most indebted countries and greece and spain let's bring in katie pilbeam at this point and katie i'm going to talk this through the number of days question i'm looking at c. five point six million young people without a job so let's talk about it the last generation was how everyone is referring to the five point six million unemployed young people in europe which means the overall use the. the jobless rate is twenty three percent in greece and spain the situation is even worse with youth unemployment over fifty percent and while these numbers sound pretty bad the consequences are even was young people who have studied hard to achieve the best grades and yet don't get to reap the benefits of

such dedication are left feeling resentful towards their countries which can ultimately result in social unrest especially as these energetic young people are not so afraid of tear gas and stun grenades that they will not voice their discontent on the streets also the employment gap on a resume is often seen as a negative by employers added to this the fact that these citizens are not able to contribute to the growth of their economies but pressure on the whole financial system so what is being done to avoid total mayhem on the streets and the shattering of young people's ambition or the e.u. leaders all planning to splash out six billion euros to tackle the escalating problem right so we can all relax is on to it but while the european financial crisis is still in full swing the question is where exactly is this cash coming from while leaders agreed back in february that they would set aside the money from

the twenty fourteen twenty twenty budget for the youth guarantee projects but this is yet to be approved by the european parliament no one anonymous official said or not overwhelmingly optimistic when he asked if it would be discussed today so good intentions but no policy in place yet to deal with the situation and even if this money is finally found it may not be enough since it has recently turned out that the south european states are nor alone in their misery all over unemployment may be slow in scandinavia for example sweden's jobless rate is eight point seven percent well below the average of eleven. young people make up the bulk of the unemployment rate so the more time e.u. mrs tate to come up with the cash to solve the problem the more problems will be caused by the shock to dreams of the restless young so pretty.

dismal situation the moment all round is isn't it thank you casey thanks. well dr bravo comb president of the high institute in vienna says europe's rigid labor laws are making the job or situation worse you have to do something with these young kids that are on the street for example in greece they understand that things have been have gone wrong in this country they know that that the system needs to change definitely that structural reforms need to be made and they need to take their fate in their own hands the labor laws that we have seen your purchase not flexible at all and they really do not support employment as a matter of fact they are against employment if no measures are taken no right measures are taken that really work out it could get diverse. quickly now to other

news making headlines this hour around the world in brazil street battles have flared up between protesters and police near a stadium hosting a confederations cup football match the clashes began after tens of thousands tried to march to the ground but were blocked by security forces who opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas the country is in the grip of the largest anti-government protests in decades demanding better social services. at a new gene court has freed three european members of the activist group the men who were jailed for staging a topless protest the first of its kind in the arab world they were arrested while performing their stand side a court room in the capital china's in may calling for the release of each new member of their group the three had been sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of public indecency and threatening public order. the israeli government has given the go ahead for the construction of sixty nine new housing

units in east jerusalem the move could derail washington's efforts to revive peace negotiations between israelis and palestinians u.s. secretary of state john kerry's meeting leaders from both sides later today to try to clinch an agreement to renew the talks which broke down three years ago well in half a million israelis now live on land that palestinians consider their own mewing settlement construction deemed illegal under international law. that while life may be tough for palestinians in gaza they are starting to get a helping hand cattle is pouring millions of dollars into rebuilding the territory while encouraging the ruling hamas group to emerge from international isolation artie's paula slater investigates what exactly such warm ties based on. israel destroys and qatar rebuilds that's the message in gaza where streets damaged by israeli tanks are now being repaved with khatami many. contrast out in twenty

one projects of the same time so there are a lot of new jobs it's simple mathematics give people food homes and cash and they'll support you no matter what. israel is worried by the growing relationship between cantarell and hamas israel is concerned because it is strengthening hamas and hamas is getting more military and political power projects like this are part of the four hundred million dollars pledged by the emir of qatar last october it was the biggest injection of reconstruction aid for gaza after parts of it were devastated during the last wars with israel for years the tiny away been gulf nation has supported the palestinians but observers took note when she hunted been highly felt tiny chose to visit gaza and not the palestinian leadership in the west bank he was also the first head of state to visit the strip since hamas branded terrorists by israel took over six years ago the manning mostly to support the

population in order to gain back their loyalty to continue serving. including israel lawyers in this is radio civil rights organization devote their time to going off to states they claim to sponsor terrorism qatar is right up there five years ago after the last israel lebanon war they bought a civil lawsuit against the qatari funded al-jazeera channel what those there was doing is they're broadcasting live from the places where the missile were falling and being that they were aiming the hizbollah so more accurately point out their missiles for them and they called the marketeers freedom fighters so there was no doubt no question that that as there was identified with a cause or has been for such a small country qatar yield significant financial and political global count it was

qatari reels that financed and promoted to the islamist opposition forces that overthrew moamar gaddafi in libya that the muslim brotherhood in egypt and is now bankrolling the free syrian army in syria. we see that cats are trying to control the region we saw this in libya and egypt and of course in syria qatar has goals qatar is part of a plan that wants to change the arab world but not towards democracy in the arab profits because cats are itself is not a democracy and people there have no freedom. and from the sidelines the u.s. calmly watches keeping mum because of its vested interest in qatar that outdated military base oil and defense cooperation it's not that the israelis are unaware of what is happening across the border they know full well qatar is financing and israel activities right under their noses but with the us keeping quiet prime

minister netanyahu doesn't really have anyone to complain to policy r.t. tel aviv. is approaching help us nine here in moscow and up next here on r.t. is oksana boyko. with well it's a pun. i love life but there is a lot of sick stuff going on on this planet for example according to bloomberg a hospital in chicago has been accused by the f.b.i. of cutting the throats of patients for big bags of cash a tracheotomy is a procedure to get air directly into the windpipe of someone who can't breathe by cutting a hole into it an f.b.i. affidavit based on tape recording says that the hospital knowingly and purposely

sedated patients to the point that they couldn't breathe properly and would need tracheotomy and as you know in the u.s. health care system nothing comes cheap trick out of his own days cost about one hundred sixty thousand dollars a pop this alleged conspiracy between doctors and management is not the first of its kind at this hospital an administrator and five doctors have already been charged for medicare fraud for giving and receiving kickbacks not only is having a hole punched in your neck for money disgusting but it may also be lethal because patients at that hospital in chicago are three times more likely to die than patients at other hospitals from tracheotomies throughout the state now how did the f.b.i. find out about this with three employees ratted out the hospital and worked with the f.b.i. to make a lot of incriminating voice recordings these people risk their jobs and possibly much more to do what was right and i salute them reading out evil is no wrong deed but that's just my opinion.