tv [untitled] June 27, 2013 8:00am-8:31am EDT
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missing the fly in another plane from russia to cuba has left without the one on the run whistleblower edward snowden who's still lingering in a moscow airport. while snowden's revelations of the u.k.'s huge phone and online tapping hasn't pulled the government off boosting the spying budget the spy tough in the us territory. an egyptian military is bracing itself for mass rallies with the opposition preparing to take to the streets to van its anger at president morsi who's about to mark his first year in the top job.
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for pm in moscow you're watching r.t.m. or you josh welcome to the program now one of america's most wanted man at work snowden remains somewhere in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport but the hide and seek game of trying to find the man who leaked u.s. national security secrets has yielded no results we've got he's losing often of outside the airport to tell us more either lucy so what do we know about snowden's whereabouts of the moment. well as you've mentioned so far the only information that he still presumably remains trapped or stuck in that transit zone now we know that edward snowden had originally left hong kong on a tickets that would have taken him to from banda cuba via moscow that's how he was able to get to rochelle though he hasn't been able to actually leave the transit zone since the united states have cancelled his passport so he's effectively in no man's land at the moment the speculation had been since he missed the original flight that he was scheduled to go on to go to have an acute buy that he could have
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booked a different flight to go there now the airline operating those flights arab clode had said that he's not. scheduled on any of the flights but of course our reporters have been inside the transit zone trying to figure out whether perhaps you could surprise us and go so let's play you a little bit of though there are the information that our correspondent or read a delusional was able to read when she had done that research inside the south of the transit zone. i was actually snuck a peek at the computer because i asked of snowden has registered and i guess lucky me the clerk at the registration didn't know who snowden was apparently there is a person out there who's not keeping up with it with the news but i stuck a peek in the computer and there was no edward snowden registered for this flight so that leaves us wonder exactly where and when mr snowden is going to go. so there you go the only information that we've had is a few days ago president vladimir putin had indicated that snowden was indeed inside that transit zone as far as we know that's. at future the question now is
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whether that he might find himself in a similar situation to for example the former founder of wiki leaks julian assange has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london to date the big question of course that everyone is asking is whether snowden will find himself in a similar situation although mr putin did indicate that it would be preferable for snowden to go now what is the united states of course trying to do about this situation the u.s. has been using diplomatic channels to try to get snowden back there have been talks with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry sort of softening the tone saying that the united states does not want to start a confrontation over this now president obama did speak to reporters in senegal and he said quote there will not be any wheeling and dealing and trading to get edward snowden extradited back when it comes due to russia of course there is no extradition treaty so the best the united states could do is ask for russia to expel him from the country mr putin did not indicate that this is a course that russia's willing to go on at the moment and of course the other big
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question is what mr snowden can do he doesn't have a u.s. passport anymore the americans will vote that there's questions even if he goes through cuba whether cuba will participate because of put some theoretical warming up to the times between cuba and the united states now as for the response from washington which is rather typical of the lawmakers have been a bit more harsh than the administration itself one lawmaker had criticized president obama urging him to play hardball with mr putin another lawmaker who's actually the head of the senate foreign relations committee committee robert menendez has threatened or suggested at least the option of potentially hampering trade ties between the united states and ecuador saying affectionately x. as actively that he could offer some legislation perhaps that could hurt those ties but again those are just lawmakers on the hill no indication from the administration itself that that is going to be the course they're going to go back to you marina where it was a thanks very much in. n.d.s.
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for the subway and we of course continue to monitor a situation around here and as we speak appledore interior minister all say serrano is out giving a press conference to comment on snowden's asylum case let's now listen in. the government of a court or is has publicly acknowledged. to me. in the article one hundred fifty five. code. you.
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have to keep in the transparency we have with human rights. the council of police approved the new code regulations. for surveillance technical. which is published. in the code six seven eight. and it stipulates that. the court order is. fundamental requests for approving this kind of activity is. the only correct legal surveillance. with the exclusive objectives of. fighting against criminalizing. it is important to mention that in our country. we do not have. enough technical means
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to fight. crime. we have to ask. mother friendly. for help and these actions. are taken to protect citizens. in a corridor there is no surveillance for political purposes. and surveillance has always been used for criminal investigations. the use of these tools. has helped for example resolve one hundred percent of the kidnapping cases that we've had in this country. we have nothing to hide. and that's why we invite the media
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national international media. that there has been even one single case of a citizen that has been spied on by the government. interior minister called dora who say serrano he was speaking at a news conference. the russian human rights activists wants the government to let snowden stay in the country and they've told the thoughts of their foreign colleagues amnesty international saying that thirty year old has not committed any crime by exposing the basque lobel surveillance by the u.s. i just explained. 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 putin's
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decision not to extradite the former ana say employee still outraged by washington st mint of the whistleblower the ask more school to take more than just a neutral stand. in the current situation russia has to do everything in its power to aid snowden he fights for those exact principles that the u.s. doubts that in fact transgressive yet the right 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 kilgobbin 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
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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 is still presumably sitting tight inside most schools a report which leaves a lot of space for more twists and turns to this song former officers of security services describe the snowden as a gift to the intelligence they're usually used for in the exchange between countries but with such strong reaction coming from russia's human rights activists many agree that extraditing snowden now would be like shooting oneself in the foot . reporting from moscow well snowden's revelations also show a light on the u.k. running similar global spying programs and sharing information with the u.s. and this has drawn sharp criticism from officials in berlin who have warned of a drastic round for occasions if it is confirmed germany has been a major target of the british g c h q intelligence agency peace activist.
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says this use us use of this intrusive data gathering means it's pursuing political goals to. i think the larger concern is keeping. some political control over germany because the united states has very important military assets in germany so the bases here are the most important in all of europe for the us efforts in formerly in iraq or presently to some degree in afghanistan africa africa calm it isn't stood guard 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
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a right to spy on him and the german especially in berlin meanwhile it appears the revelations over the u.k.'s massive snooping activities have failed to embarrass the british government is actually planning to poor more cash into intelligence services and the latest public spending review is promising them another one hundred million pounds annually from twenty fifteen while the government struggling to cut the national deficit m i six m i five and you will get a three point four percent budget rise increase the u.k. intelligence agencies have one is more than any other department including the health service and education the treasury had george osborne explained on the front line and need a boost to their resources are to contribute to the attempt to justify the move by referring to the terror threats convincing. all this extra money for m i five six and g c h q when previously the government said they were causing it they're trying
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to spin this as something to do with the willage attack here in south london when a british soldier was beheaded seemingly but that in a terrorist incident but as we know and as we've covered on this channel that itself was an m i five operation in the sense that the s.a.'s recording with m i five because this man had been in kenya in the somalian border why are they doing this right now and how all of that while they're cutting what the science research budget pollution controls flood controls closing down libraries hurting the dispossessed the people with fragile lives they want to put all this money into the intelligence agencies and also i should add they're also increasing the aid foreign aid budget which so many farias and strange operations also occur in the name of foreign aid to help other countries. now despite the cost cutting drive being in full swing that he was trying to mobilize billions to tackle use
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unemployment. it's now at the top of the agenda for you were absolute or is and is about averting a catastrophe and saving a generation more on that shortly here on r t don't go away. it was not only politically motivated in delivering the 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. were you review all this the very black and white propositions like absolute indictment. download you to the cation you so choose your life stream quality and
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enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't sit well with your mobile device so you can watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. welcome back here with r t now its military has brought in troop reinforcements near major egyptian cities the country seen clashes between supporters and opponents of the president with a major protest expected on sunday two people were killed and hundreds injured in street fighting as islam is leader was preparing for
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a national address marking his first year in power and that's amid a wave of fresh calls for president morsi to step down as artist beltran now reports. store is a nile delta city this a few hours drive from the capital to have been put on the street battles between those in support of the president and those the against the president said the addiction police are desperately trying to contain the violence using tear gas they have been reports all for bird shot but it is related weapons and fire bombs in this clash it started when the supporters of the mr brotherhood group of which the president hails from decided to have a protest off the afternoon press i'm witnessing so exciting conflicts reports said that so are the local residents attacked said the most of a good group all thugs who are against the islamist group president mohamed morsi and 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
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police in his speech at the police to tory's the 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 here in the presidency praising the security forces is not something the very pleased with what people are really worried is that if the by and she's going through this is going in the week that it will only get worse in the in the lead up to the anniversary protests and continue with the deaths on the horizon of you miss something an area you can always catch up on our headlines and much more online here's a quick look at what's there for you today. followed by flames a huge blaze in count of stand goals and eight story building after a massive gas tanker blast so check out this fire breathing video on our own you tube channel. and another quick away on line despair over guantanamo bay literally knows no limits that's after and give no protester was
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arrested after she climbed over a white house fence for more details go to call. the soaring number of jobless use have put e.u. leaders on high alert fearing a whole generation good and up without ever gaining employment they've just struck a deal on a much debated seven year budget at a summit in brussels and are set to focus on finding a plan to help the youngsters get a job. looks at the situation the last generation that is how everyone is referring to the five point six million unemployed young people in europe and overall use gilbert's rate of twenty three percent in greece and spain the situation is even worse way that youth unemployment over fifty percent while these numbers sound pretty about 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
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feeling resentful towards that culture is which could ultimately result in social unrest especially as these energetic young people are so afraid of tear gas and stun grenades that they will not voice that 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 able to come to be to the growth of their on the rise that's pressure on the home financial system so what is being done to avoid total mayhem on the streets on the shuttering of young people. well the e.u. leaders are planning to splash out six billion euros to tackle the escalating problem. right so we can all relax is on to us but while the european financial crisis is still in full swing the question is where exactly is this cash coming from. 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
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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 i'm not alone in that 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. and the six billion euros the e.u. is planning to span on training the use is not enough to fix the warring trend as dr barbara cole president of the institute in vienna explains she says europe's rigid labor laws need a major overhaul you have to do something with these young kids on the street for example in greece they understand that things have been have gone wrong in this country they know that. the system needs to change definitely that structural
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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. 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. now with the u.s. president on a weeklong visit to africa there's conversely over the goals of his trip brock obama was once hailed a hero by matty africans but that popularity has slid away over military operations and cuts to eight where the two were hailed as an attempt to strengthen ties. for its some see it as an effort to counter chinese influence on the continent. right now africa is in the center of america's so-called war on terror we hear about new
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drone basis popping up on the african continent in countries whose governments we see from the u.s. in one form or another we hear about the u.s. army and 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 u.s. doesn't stop to take a second look at who they empower just a few most recent examples say you when we poor found u.s. trained troops in congo guilty of mass rape and other atrocities 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.
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counterterror partner his statement says gross human rights violations committed by nigerian security forces only escalate the violence and fuel extremism washington sees what's going on but does it really change their calculations i spoke with the editor of pan african newswire. where they may say that they are there to with the african states national security. of the united states that they do not. regard to their. foreign policy if there's no real strategic interest for the united states they want to go of course maintain relations with all these different african states and at the same time to edge out the people's republic of china which is very sort of them out. you know africa just over the last few years that china has become the number one trading partner of the african union in africa is an extremely rich continent the chase for terrorists may not be
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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 oil producer for example nigeria which is the largest u.s. importer. of oil into the united states from africa in east africa they have been a huge findings 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
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violations haven't stopped us from partnering up with quantum leap use of government in washington i'm going to check out. now also go to my other stories from around the world starting with brazil where a fresh wave of protests once again spilled into the streets aspart asters clash was riot police near a stadium hosting a confederations cup football match the violence was sparked after tans of thousands tried to march to the ground but were blocked by security forces opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas the country has been engulfed by the largest anti-government protests in decades demanding better social services. tunisian kuharich has freed three pm members of the activist group famine who were jailed for staging a topless protests the first of its kind in the arab world they were arrested while performing their stand outside a courtroom in the capital tunis in may calling for the release of
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a tunisian member of their group the three have been sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted of public indecency and threatening public order. the condition of a former south african leader nelson mandela is reported to be truly critical after his health considerably deteriorated in recent days president zuma has canceled a trip abroad in the wake of the news meanwhile the granddaughter of the ninety four year old says he remains in a stable condition the country's first black president has been in hospital fighting a recurring lung infection for almost three weeks thousands of supporters of the anti-apartheid i can have been gathering outside lighting candles and praying. hundreds of protesters clashed with police overnight in the chilean capital of santiago police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the rioting crowds and more than one hundred people have been arrested the protesters were demanding
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changes in educational reforms chile has experienced a recent resurgence in student protest over soaring cost on affordable loans and poorly trained teachers. israel has approved the construction of sixty nine new housing units in east jerusalem authorities say the move is simply to ease overcrowding in the area by the plan could ward washington's push to revive peace talks between palestine and israel and make things difficult for u.s. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with leaders from both sides later today in an attempt to renew negotiations which broke down three years ago more than half a million israelis now live on land that palestinians consider their territory the ongoing settlement construction is deemed illegal under international law. and coming your way exxon boy who asks who and florence's the so-called international community and world apart.
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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 tracheotomies and as you know in the u.s. health care system nothing comes cheap trick out of his own days cost about one
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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.
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hello and welcome to one of the far more tribunals i'm trying to provide justice and that's it we can fling as close to deter future want but we really believe that we've been told the international community usually intervening in one of the dying can be posted more just to be what it claims to be impartial and we are political consideration to discuss that i'm joined by sir geoffrey knight a british lawyer prosecutor paul but on the loss of each of the hague and for our cases before the international criminal court. jeffrey thank you very much for your time isn't it true that all tribunals are to some extent delivering victor's justice yes. historically they delivered a form of victor's justice starting in the first world war second world war.
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