back with our says it can grant asylum to be on the run whistleblower edward snowden while he's not on its soil the n.s.a. leaker remains holed up in a moscow airport. on the heels of snowden's revelations over britain's huge phone and online tapping it turns out the u.k. police are secretly monitoring social networks on a daily basis. egypt's military bracing itself for mass rallies with the opposition or readying to take to the streets to vent its anger and president morsi who is about to mark his first year in the top job. a.t.m. in moscow i met

a good to have you with us here on r t our top story ecuador says there are obstacles in granting asylum to whistleblower edward snowden the development was revealed in a press conference by the country's government in the ecuadorian capital snowden himself remains somewhere in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport artie's lucy caffein of has the latest. he got to russia because originally he was supposed to fly to havana cuba presumably on the way to ecuador that's how he was able to get to russia on a transfer flight he doesn't actually have a bit of these in order to russia and he ran into a few problems number one is that the united states has cancelled his passport so because he missed that original flight to cuba he has to book another one party do that without a passport good question the second problem force is there is now issues with ecuador in order to apply for asylum here reportedly needs to be an ecuadorian soil and actually we did hear from other secretary of political affairs abedi tola about this issue at a press conference earlier on thursday and here's what she had to say the call

during government has not authorized and has sort of safe passage documents allowing mr snowden to come to a country we also have not considered snowden's asylum request because he's not an ecuadorian territory as the more it quiets. so what does that mean he can't get to ecuador because right now he doesn't have documents to fly there and he also can't get to for example the ecuadorian embassy in moscow this is what julian assange did with the after an embassy in london because he doesn't have a visa to be in russia and the russian officials haven't indicated that they're willing to help him to do so so he's essentially stuck in limbo for the forseeable future now we did speak to air a flow that's the airline that's operating those flights to have been a cuba they said that he is not on any of the passenger lists for the coming few days noting reportedly did check into a capsule hotel at the transfer area here at the sheremetyevo airport this is one of those you know temporary little hotels we can get a room with a bathroom to stay he reportedly remained there for about four hours and then left with

a group of men unclear where he left to but to the best of our knowledge at this point he remains inside that transit zone in that airport so far the u.s. has been using traditional diplomatic channels to try to get him back and the americans can't actually ask russia to extradite him because there is no extradition treaty between the two countries they can ask the russians. for example expel snowden but president vladimir putin here and russia said that he is not willing to do that at this moment but we did also hear president obama speak at a press conference in senegal he said that he has not personally spoken to for example the chinese president or president putin about the snowden case sort of trying to downplay now taking a softer stance on this issue he said quote i'm not going to have the case of a suspect who we've been trying to extradite suddenly be elevated to the point where i've got to start doing wheeling and dealing and trading on a whole host of other issues but so far the administration seems to be still determined to try to get snowden but not to the point of ruffling too many diplomatic feathers with the countries that it deals with at this point in human

rights activists want the government to let snowden stay in the country they have echoed the thoughts of their foreign colleagues at amnesty international saying the thirteen year old hasn't committed any crime by exposing the vast global surveillance by the us or he's like sarah show ski explains while 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 will come to put his decision not to extradite the former and i say am still outraged by washington street window 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. touts but in fact transgressions. 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 to you come on of says he's ready to write a letter to putin urging him to keep snowden in russia. spring to find 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 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 extra dieting snowden now would be like shooting oneself in the foot. reporting from moscow. it appears the u.k. is certainly a sweeping surveillance is going beyond the g c h q phone and online eavesdropping special police units reportedly been scanning what british citizens are posting online and social networks despite the fact that all facebook and twitter users are actually choosing to make their data public that it was a spark major concerns over privacy r.t. sara firth explains from london. we know when we when we post something on facebook there is it's well known of the possibility of course that that's going to be seen you're putting out there in the public sphere but i think these revelations really causing concern because of the state of the intelligence gathering this is twenty four hours a day seven days a week your facebook twitter you tube and it's a little known unit in the metropolitan police known as succulent it's social media

intelligence and they've been working as a lead to the team of around seventeen offices combing through this information recently we've been looking at the rise for example of the number of arrests the police have been making on the back of what people have put on their twitter accounts but of course now you've got this in the context of the revelations over prism and that's really blowing the debate wide open about intelligence gathering in the u.k. and the u.s. and about exactly what privacy means in the digital age well to talk more to us about this i'm doing by big brother what is deputy director and the. other thank you very much for joining us i thought every time that we speak of this sort of black mirror esque reality i mean it really does seeing the stuff of fiction is becoming part of daily life in that what we're putting out there is being constantly monitored i think also they could very importantly prison of course

you've got information being gathered that should be hidden from the world the team is private but of course the sock meant this is stuff we're putting in a public forum so why is this a problem surely this is exactly what the police should be doing when not saying that because shouldn't take place what we're saying is that is it necessary is a proportionate is actually in the public interest and if so then there needs to be a framework there to see consistency throughout all of the police forces you know the huge storm at the moment the u.s. and u.k. . intelligence gathering after the revelations about. minutes being described as prisons a little is that that well i think for a lot of people it will be about i mean when you come down to the very small nuances of a it's you know it's all private information and what we perceive to be private and you know we all know the digital world is an encryption and that we know it isn't actually as private as we'd like it to be and so we do feel like i'm in a state basis there should be some safeguards in place for people to go around in

and complete freedom unless we do something wrong in the same should be put forward in terms of social media cover that to go to get about the information about. that certainly going to be a cause the further discussion about this still rage is of course on the back of the revelations that prism despite the cost cutting drive being in full swing the e.u. is trying to mobilize billions to tackle youth unemployment it's now at the top of the agenda for europe's leaders and there's about a verdict a catastrophe and saving a generation more on that still to come. but first egypt's military has brought in troop reinforcements near major cities the country's seen clashes between supporters and opponents of the president mohamed morsi with a major protests expected for sunday two people were killed and hundreds injured in the street fighting as the islamist the islamist leader was preparing for a national address marking his first year in power there's a bit of fresh wave of calls for president morsi to step down as archy's bill true

reports from cairo. bun 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 he and police are desperately trying to contain the violence using tear gas they have been reports of birdshot but it is related weapons and fire bombs and they splash it started when no support since all the missing brotherhood group which the president hails from decided to have a protest off the afternoon press i'm witnessing so exciting conflicts reports said that i did look cool residents attacked said the most of a good group all folks who are against the islamist group the 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 a controversy once again praised the police in his speech and 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 here in the presidency praising the security forces is not something the very pleased with what people have really worried is that if the by if you don't think this is going to be that it will only get worse in the in the meet up to the anniversary protests and continue with the deaths on the horizon and staying in the middle east after this short break we investigate whether cotter's multi-million dollar handouts to gaza for rebuilding efforts have ulterior motives and we reveal more about israel's controversial go ahead to build more housing on disputed lands stay tune for all the. wealthy british style. sometimes that's right for.

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thanks for staying with us thirteen minutes past the hour the soaring number of jobless youth have put e.u. leaders on high alert fearing a generation could end up without ever gaining any unemployment or any employment they have just struck a deal on a much debated seven year budget summit in brussels and are set to focus on fighting a plan to help get the youngsters jobs artie's katie pilbeam takes a look. the last generation that is how everyone is referring to the five point six million unemployed young people in europe and 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 puts pressure on the whole financial system so what is being done to avoid total mayhem on the streets and the shuttering of young people. 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. 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 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 . the six billion euros the e.u. is going to spend on training the youth is not work is not enough to fix the worrying trend is dr barbara coleman president of the hate institute in vienna says she says europe's rigid labor laws need a major overhaul 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 gotten wrong in this country they know that they that the system needs to change

definitely that structural reforms need to be made and that 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. if you miss something on the air you can always catch up on the headlines and much more on our web site r.t. dot com is what's a click away right now swallowed by flames a huge blaze in kazakstan goals an eight story building after a massive gas tanker blast check out the fire breathing video on our you tube channel. another click away on line despair over guantanamo bay literally knowing no limits after a protester was arrested after she climbed over a white house fence more details on our website. with u.s. president barack obama on a weeklong visit to africa there's

a controversy over the goals of his trip obama was once hailed as a hero by many africans but that popularity has a little bit over military operations and cuts to aid with the tour being touted as an attempt to strengthen ties artie's guy on reports that 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 a new drone basis popping up on the african continent in countries whose governments we see aid from the u.s. 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 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. counterterrorist this sense 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 washington sees what's going on but doesn't really change their calculations i spoke with the editor of pan african newswire a by your 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 not nothing in regard to their foreign policy if there is no real strategic interest for the united states. of course maintaining

a relationship with all these different african states and at the same time to edge out the people's republic of china which is. sort of the amount of influence are in 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 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 produce 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 finding of all of 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 leave you said government in washington i'm going to check out. turn now to some other stories making global headlines this hour beginning with brazil where a fresh wave of violence once again spilled into the streets protesters clashing with riot police near a stadium hosting a confederations cup football match violence was sparked after tens of thousands tried to march to the ground or blocked by security forces who opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas the country's been engulfed by the largest anti-government protests in decades calling for better social services. the

condition of former south african leader nelson mandela is reported to have considerably improved overnight change comes after a warning yesterday that the health of the ninety four year old was extremely critical current president jacob zuma even counseled a trip abroad the country's first black president has been in the hospital fighting a recurring lung infection for almost three weeks thousands of supporters of the anti-apartheid icon have been gathering outside his hospital lighting candles and saying prayers. hundreds of protesters clashed with police over right in the chilean capital santiago police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse the rioting crowds more than one hundred people were arrested protesters calling for educational reforms has experienced a resurgence in student protests 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 to ease overcrowding in the area but the plan could washington's push to revive peace talks between palestine and israel and make things tough for u.s.

secretary of state john kerry he's meeting 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 call their territory the ongoing settlement construction deemed illegal under international law well palestinians face off against israel they have found a friend and kotter the tiny gulf state lavishing millions of dollars on rebuilding the territory while encouraging the ruling hamas group to emerge from international isolation but as our policy reports it's not all as selfless as it seems. israel destroys and qatar rebuilds that's the message in gaza where streets damaged by israeli tanks are now being repaved with qatari money. contrast out to twenty one projects at 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 well you know it took quantifying observing missiles from their backyards input 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 doctors there was doing is they're broadcasting live from the places where the risk they were falling and being that they were aiming the hizbollah so more accurately point out their missile for them they called the marketeers freedom fighters so there was no doubt. no question that that is there was identified with the cause of this 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 backed 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 date a 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 white under the noses but with the us keeping quiet prime minister netanyahu doesn't really have anyone to complain to policy r.t. tel aviv. next a billion year old joke max kaiser stays here or talk all about it or report next.

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.

welcome to the kaiser report on max kaiser l o l. r o f l m a o ha ha ha ha yes the banks are officially in it for the locals and oh i how you. there have got the laws banks are is rolling around on the floor laughing their behinds off yes the same from which they are plucking the bailout figures you taxpaying schmucks give and give and give them and when the laws banks are said they needed seven billion and then you gave it to them and no questions asked they then try outro trone shows you for seventy billion more seven hundred billion seven trillion seventy trillion l l o. yes the banks as we've been saying of course for years i've been trolling us they're having a big laugh and the proof is now in the audio putting inside anglo the secret

recordings these are the hash tag anglo takes max and these are tapes that reveal the lives and deception that led to the bank bailout of anglo irish bank in ireland this is an exclusive from the irish independent they were given the tapes back from during the time when anglo-irish was bailed out and the tapes that you're about to hear is between john a senior executive at anglo irish who had just returned from a meeting with the central bank of ireland and another senior manager peter fitzgerald and peter fitzgerald asks john breaux where did you get the seven billion euro figure that you presented to the central bank that we need immediately and here's his answer. you know. that it. could actually be boys. you know your strategy here is.

to try to pitch. for money you know you're you're you're you're you're. you know overly obvious. right i want to thank you joy. you really like. well the great thing about being a banker myself x. banker is that i talk to these guys all the time and this is what i try to tell people is what they say behind the scenes they're laughing at people they're laughing at the irish people angle irish bankers through friends of friends they would say this to myself and others that they're pulling numbers out of their as they say they're gaming the system they're making a monkey out of the government they are disrespecting the entire rule of law and they're laughing about it nights alister people in ireland and a lot of people say yes they're upset about it but a lot of people say no we.