i just finished. fifth. american whistleblower edward snowden remains stuck in the transit zone of a moscow airport as 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 spying agencies while slashing welfare spending. and deadly scenes of on rest egypt yes again is the opposition to mark the first anniversary of the president's inauguration with nationwide protests. welcome you watching r.t.

with me andrew. america's 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 with aussies to see catherine of joins us now live from outside the airport lucy what is the latest. well aside from the thunderstorm that's beginning to crack above us not much in terms of details regarding snowden's whereabouts or information we know that he suspected to be holed up in the transfer area of the sheremetyevo airport he did leave via flight from hong kong here to russia supposedly en route to cuba he was supposed to board that flight on monday that never ended up happening and so now he's stuck here at the share minute about transit so now the u.s.

has revoked his passport which certainly makes things more complicated it's unclear whether he'll be able to board. another flight or even buy a ticket without a valid passport we even though we did hear from the air afloat that's the airline that is supposed to be flying out those flights to havana cuba they said that snowden is not a booked on any of those flights for the next few days however there is speculation that perhaps he could actually board there is a flight that's leaving at two pm our correspondent is actually in the transit zone so let's see what she has for us as she's trying to figure out whether snowden is they are not every now yes lucy actually yes i am here i'm actually by the gate right now as far as i can tell nobody none of the people that i've found and that i've seen actually looks like snowden again we cannot rule out the fact that he could have changed his appearance i mean it only takes a couple of days to grow a beard and look completely different but still not withstanding that when i was

registering for my flight i was i was actually stuck a peek at the computer because i asked if snowden has registered and i guess like me the clerk at the registration didn't know who snowden was apparently there is the person out there who's not to be up with that with the news but i stuck in the computer and we indeed there was no edward snowden registered for this flight so that leaves us wonder exactly where and when that mr snowden is going to go because we've heard it loud and clear from both the president of russia that it was him as well as from from the minister of foreign affairs sergei lavrov who said that you know snowden is a free man he can remain here for as long as as say he wished his but it's really good if he leaves russia as soon as possible so really one of this used to be the only real place where he could go it doesn't seem like this could be the flight that he's going to leave on began of course i'm going to keep my eyes peeled until i get on that plane until we take off and just to make sure that those in india it

is not on the plane because there's always that last minute registration. keeping us up to date there i should note that there was one police officer who sort of joked around with reporters saying that if we're here staking out snowden we're probably going to be here for quite some time and it certainly raises questions whether we could potentially see a similar kind of situation to what we saw with julian a son to remains holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london a lot more questions than answers at this point what is the u.s. doing at the moment to try and get them. well they're certainly trying to go through the official diplomatic channels they have requested for russia to try to hand over edward snowden of course there is no official extradition treaty so they can't really do much except for ask according to comments made by president vladimir putin that does not look like that's going to be a course that russia is taking especially in light of the fact that he hasn't really crossed over into russian territory officially he does remain in the in the

transit zone there have been swaps of people of interest between both countries in the past but that does not look like a course that's going to be happening here there was a bit more of i suppose you can label it a harsh reaction by u.s. lawmakers at least one u.s. official he's the robert menendez is a senator chairman of the foreign relations committee he said on wednesday that if ecuador does grant asylum to mr snowden there is quote he will make sure quote there's no chance for renewal of trade pacts with the south american nation but of course that is one lawmaker and it's far from certain that that is something that would actually be an accident legislation but they're certainly trying to do all they can but not clear what they can actually do to him and in the meantime everybody is keeping our eyes peeled for mr snowden in a funky life and share a massive pool thank you. or russian human rights activists have lashed out against

washington's aggressive the shoes of the thirty year old whistleblower they've called on president putin to step in and help snowden with some insisting the former cia employee should remain in russia. has this report. 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 welcome to put his decision not to extradite the former and i say i am still outraged by washington st mint of the whistleblower the ask more school to take more than just a neutral stand. such as she says 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. doubts that in fact transgressions yet the more i think and 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 than of says he's ready to write a letter to putin urging him to keep snowden in russia. sprint 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 you did his active asylum pleas are still pending a decision from ecuador and venezuela snowden himself was still presumably sitting tight inside most 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 lexy russia ski r.t. reporting from moscow. so u.s. officials are seeking to prosecute snowden for what they call a serious breach of national security but gerald celente the publisher of the trends journal thinks that snowden's revelations only confirm what many had 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 as 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 meanwhile berlin officials have warned of drastic ramifications if it is confirmed that the british intelligence agency g c h q has been snooping on germany among other countries this comes off the edward snowden expose the u.k. surveillance activities along with that the u.s. meanwhile peace activists. from the code pink movement in berlin says the intrusive data gathering by governments threatens 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 after a comet is in stuttgart and. i think that's the reason that germany is more heavily monitored than any other european country that's what the reports 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. meanwhile the u.k. spy agencies are set to get a major financial boost that is according to britain's latest budget review which also unveiled over eleven billion pounds worth of spending cuts elsewhere artie's test has got the details but what's been widely reported as the biggest winner in this in this review of the budget is intelligence service that comprises of comprises of the m i five am i six and we can see a few which of course we know have been in the spotlight particularly that you'll

see a after edward snowden b. american who had made revelations on the extent of the kind of spying that c.h. crew has been doing on the iraqi citizens and ya know what they're going to see is a real term increase of more if there's 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 you in particular what does that mean i have to say that i don't think his revelations did have an effect is it just so happens at this time because constraints especially project are increases take a long time to work hard 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 remain constant but with a three percent increase and so first we have the rationale of security this issue of 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 how do we view this how was this justified. i am biased in my eyes rather having an association with the 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 three 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 and r.t. contributor afshin rattansi says the government is trying to make up excuses for this latest funding but. 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 of british barracks up and down the country being beheaded and for that matter for after the snowden allegations do we think that the united states is telling britain to beef up their way for them it's the g c h q budgets because as written is revealed britain is basically a spying outpost for the united states and yet the poorest in society are paying for this will mr obama may be telling osborne and david cameron to do just this before the security services. also ahead this hour with strings attached we investigate whether u.s. ally catulus multi-million dollar handouts to gaza supposedly rebuilding efforts

have gotten all teary emotive that more stories shorter. it was not only politically motivated in delivering a judgment but it was actually playing a very active role in influencing be banned from the ground that's quite a charge for any given court let alone the international criminal court don't you think. you review all this the very very black and white propositions like absolute . wealthy british soil. from time to.

market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to conjure reports. welcome back at least two people have been killed and hundreds injured in fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of egypt's president mohamed morsi rising broke out in the northern city of months as the leader was preparing for our national address marking his first year in power amid a way you've a fresh course for him to step down. brings us the latest. bun store is

a nile delta city this a few hours drive from the capital to have been bloody street battles between those in support of the president and those they against the president said egypt and police are desperately trying to contain the violence using tear gas they have been reports all birdshot but it is related weapons and fire bombs in this clash it started when the supporters all the missing brotherhood group which the president hails from decided to have a protest off the afternoon prize i went missing so i could fix reports said that the local residents attacked said that most of a good group all thugs who were against the islamist group president mohamed morsi in his speech did little to assuage fees he did admit that the year has been very tough for the presidency and that he himself had made mistakes although he failed to go into the details of these mistakes he also controversy once again praised the police in his speech at the police of the touristy brutal here in egypt we've seen

an increase in amount of violence from the security forces over the course of the last year resulting in many deaths people hearing the presidency praising the security forces is know something they're very pleased with what people are really worried is that if the buy in chicago think 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 we are set to meet in brussels and then the third to tackle the ever growing problem of youth unemployment almost a quarter of young people are out of work across the twenty seven nation dealt with the numbers it's unprecedented highs in the most indebted countries of greece and spain the details now from katie building. the last generation that is how everyone is referring to the five point six million unemployed young people in europe an overall use jobless rate of twenty three percent in greece and spain the situation is even worse with youth unemployment over fifty percent of all these numbers sound

pretty bad the consequences are even worse young people who have studied hard to achieve the best grades yet don't get to reap the benefits of such dedication left feeling resentful towards their countries which could 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 also seen as a negative by employers added to this the fact that these citizens are not able to contribution to the growth of their economies that's 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 well the e.u. leaders are planning to splash out six billion euros to tackle the escalating problem writes we can all relax e.u. 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 or 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 so good intentions but no policy in place yet to do with the situation and even if this money is finally found it may not be enough since it has recently turned out that south european states are not alone in their misery while overall unemployment may be lower in scandinavia young people make up the bulk of the unemployment rate so the more time mrs tate to come up with the cash to solve the problem more problems will be caused by the shattered dreams of the restless young. well one of the most died job situations is in greece where over half of adults under the age of twenty five are employed dr brodrick own president of the high institute in vienna says europe's rigid labor laws are of no help to athens. do 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 they 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 in europe are just 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. social media has been a key driving force for the recent public dissent across turkey but could that online activity backfire on the protestors facebook has played down that threat claiming it hasn't passed any user data to dorothy's despite government requests and that after one of turkey's 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 that find a story on the times of western texas which suffered a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in april is suing the facilities owner you can get the details on the looming legal battle on artie's website. following the chinese investment boom in africa america is having to play catch up barack obama has begun a top three countries there in a bid to strengthen ties obama was once high old a hero by many africans but he's seen popularity slide over u.s. aid cuts and controversial military operations are. as this report. 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. just over the last. few years that china has become the number one show. part of the african union africa is an extremely rich continent the chase 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 and east africa they have been huge finding. 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. israel has given the go ahead for

the construction of sixty nine new hands in units in east jerusalem city authorities claim is just part of a strategy to ease overcrowding in the area but the move could derail washington's efforts to revive peace negotiations between israelis and palestinians u.s. secretary of state john kerry is meeting leaders from both sides later today to try to claim the greenman to renew the talks which broke down three years ago more than half a million israelis now live on land that palestinians consider their own the ongoing settlement construction is deemed illegal under international law. now while life may be tough the 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 are 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 money. could cost up to 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 arabian 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 manly mostly to support the population in order to gain back their way i would say to quantify when you're serving missiles from their backyards into israel lawyers in this is radio civil rights organization devote their time to going off to states they came 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 as it was doing is they're broadcasting live from the places where the missiles were falling and that they were aiming to hizbollah so more accurately point out their missile for them and they called the marketeers freedom fighters so there was no doubt. no question that that is there was identified with

a cause of his but 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 the 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 anti

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. you with r.t. in coming next it's oksana boyko who asks who influences the so-called international community in worlds apart. 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.