it was michelle like me at school and now. it's someone totally different someone i don't know who. says it can grant asylum to the on the run whistleblower edward snowden while he's not on its soil the n.s.a. leaker remains holed up at 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 secretly monitoring social networks on a daily basis. egypt's military bracing itself for mass rallies with the opposition readying to take to the streets to vent their anger at president morsi was about to mark his first year in the top job. nine pm in moscow i matras 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 revealed in a press conference by the country's government in the ecuadorian capital quito snowden himself remain somewhere in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport to see caffein off 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 a 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's now issues with ecuador in order to apply for asylum here portly needs to be an ecuadorian soil and actually we did hear from the secretary of political affairs abedi told about this issue at a press conference earlier thursday and here's what she had to say the call during government has not authorized and is sort of safe passage document allowing mr

snowden to come to our country we also have not considered snowden's asylum request because he is not an ecuadorian territory as the law requires us. 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 them 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 an a q but they said that he is not on any of the passenger lists for the coming few days conan 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 to 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. well

here's an interesting thing take a look at this document here that has caused some initial confusion over snowden's status this was a piece of paper that was issued by a person in the bureaucracy of the ecuadorian government and it granted to allow snowden the ability to go into the country but it turns out that this document was issued by a government employee without any real government oversight in the matter and it has no legal power so and as we understand now snowden has to be in the country in ecuador in order to apply for asylum there so this piece of paper that appeared to be a significant document basically turned out to be worthless after all of that but there are human rights organizations russian ones which say that they would support russians snowden rather staying on the russian soil throughout this ordeal. alexei or chef he has more on that. 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 ana say employee still outraged by washington st mint of the whistleblower the ask more school to take more than just a neutral stand. such as a good citizen 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 he and i think russia should now act according to the law but to not let the man be led like a lamb to slaughter. the head of russia's anti-corruption committee went even further to come on of says he's ready to write a letter to putin urging him to keep snowden in russia is it. 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 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 airport which leaves a lot of space for more twists and turns to this saga former officers of security services describe this 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 acts to dieting snowden now would be like shooting oneself in the foot. reporting from moscow it appears the u.k. is sweeping surveillance is going beyond the g.c. fall into line eavesdropping a special police units reportedly been scanning reporter citizens are posting lie and social networks despite the fact that all facebook and twitter users are

actually choosing to make their data public anyway the news has sparked major concerns among privacy groups r.t. sara for. 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 it 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

prison 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 we'll talk more to us about this i'm joined by big brother what is he directs and the. other thank you very much for joining us i thought every time that we speak this sort of black mirror esque reality i mean it really does seeing the stuff of fiction is becoming part of daily life and 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 should be hidden from the world the scene is private but of course assortment 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 the 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 huge storm at the moment the u.s. and u.k. . intelligence gathering often the revelations about. being described as prisons a little is it that bad well i think for a lot of people it will be that i mean when you come down to the very small nuances of a it's you know it's all private information of what we perceive to be private and you know we all know the digital world is and christian and things that we know it isn't actually as private as we'd like it to be in 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 then the same should be put forward in terms of social media cover that to go to get about the information about. the certainly going to be the further discussion about this still rage is of course on the back of the revelations that prism despite their cost cutting

drive being in full swing the e.u. is trying to mobilize billions arkell youth unemployment is now at the top of the agenda for europe's leaders and is about verging a catastrophe and saving a generation more shortly. but first egypt's military has brought in troop reinforcements for major egyptian the cities the country seen clashes between supporters and opponents of the president with a major protest expected sunday two people killed hundreds injured in street fighting as the islamist leader was writing for a national address marking his first year in power this amid a fresh wave of calls for president morsi to step down as are true reports on the story is a nile delta city this a few hours drive from the capital have been bloody street battles between support for the president and against the president and police are desperately trying to contain the violence using tear gas have been reports. but it is related weapons and fire bombs. it started when it's

a point in the midst of brotherhood which the president. decides to protest off price. conflicts group. it's said that i did look cool residents attacked said the most of a good group all folks 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 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 to tory speak to 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 to people hearing the presidency praising the security forces is not something the very pleased with 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 coming up after a short break here on our team we take

a look at 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 statement. 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 be international criminal court don't you think so. you obviously very very black and white propositions like absolute. choose your language clearly make it with oh if you're going to stay still so much . to choose good it's good consents to. choose

to give us the degree to. choose the stories that impact your. choose the access to. fourteen minutes past the hour the soaring number of jobless youth has put the e.u. leaders on high alert fearing a whole generation can end up without ever gaining employment they 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 jobs artie's katie pilbeam takes a look. 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 a 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 more 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 some. 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 project 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 on the loan 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 . six billion euros the e.u.

is playing to spend on training the youth is in war isn't enough to fix the worrying trend is dr barbara cole president of a hike in student vienna explains 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 them point if no measures are taken no right measures are taken that really work out it could get. if you miss something on earth you can always catch up on our headlines and more online years a look at what's there for you right now swallowed by flames

a huge blaze in extending over an eight story building after a massive gas tanker blast check out the fire breathing video on our you tube channel plus. despair over guantanamo bay literally knowing no limits after an answer you get no protester is arrested after she climbed over a white house fence for more details you can find that. with the u.s. president on a weeklong visit to africa there's controversy over the goals of the trip barack obama was once hailed as a hero by many africans about popularity has slid some over military operations and cuts to aid with the door being touted as an attempt to strengthen ties artie's guy in a cheeky 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 base is 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 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 us train troops in congo guilty of mass rape another 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 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 very sort of them out. in africa just over the last few years that china has become the number one trading 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 oil producers 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 african continent 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 quantum leap use of government. in washington i'm going to check on. turning now to some other stories making global headlines this hour beginning with brazil where

a fresh wave of violence once again spilled onto the streets as protesters clashed with riot police near a stadium hosting a confederations cup football match violence sparked after tens of thousands tried to march to the ground with the vote but were blocked by security forces opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas countries been engulfed by the largest anti-government protests in decades demanding better social services. the condition of former south african leader nelson mandela reported to have considerably improved overnight the change comes after a warning yesterday that the health of the ninety four year old was critical current president jacob zuma even canceled a trip abroad the country's first black president has been in a hospital fighting a recurring lung infection for almost three weeks thousands of supporters of the anti-apartheid icon have been gathering outside the hospital lighting candles and saying prayers. hundreds of protesters clashed with police overnight in the chilean capital santiago police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse rioting crowds

more than one hundred people arrested protesters calling for education reforms experience a resurgence in student protests over soaring costs and affordable loans and poorly trained teachers. a tunisian court has freed three european members of the activist group femen who were jailed for staging a topless protest first of its kind in the arab world they were arrested about performing their stunt outside a courtroom in the capital tunis in may calling for the release of an easy member of their group three had been said to four years in prison after being convicted of public indecency and threatening public order. israel's approve the construction of sixty nine new housing units in east jerusalem authorities say the movie's to ease overcrowding in the area but the plan could washington's hopes to revive peace talks between palestine and israel making things tough for u.s. secretary of state john kerry he said to meet leaders from both sides today in an attempt to renew negotiations that broke down three years ago more than half a million israelis now live on land palestinians consider their territory the

ongoing settlement construction is deemed illegal under international law. while palestinians face off against israel they have found it ally and carter at the county to the tiny gulf state is lobbying and millions of dollars on rebuilding the territory while encouraging the ruling group hamas to emerge from international isolation but his policy reports it's not all as selfless as it seems israel destroys and could tom 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 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 would devastate it 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 manning mostly to support the population in order to gain back their only ality to quantify serving me so one of 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 missiles were falling and i bet they were aiming the hizbollah out so more accurately points out their missile for them because the marketeers freedom fighters so there was no doubt no question at that as it was identified with the cause of hizbullah 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. the muslim brotherhood in egypt and is now banqueting the free syrian army in syria. we see that cat tars 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. commie watch is keeping mum because of its basted interests in qatar that date a military base oil and defense cooperation it's not that the israelis aren't aware of what is happening across the border they know full well qatar is financing and israel activities white under their noses but with the us keeping quiet prime minister netanyahu doesn't really have anyone to complain to for the c r t tel aviv . coming up parties x. on a boy who influences the so-called international community worlds apart 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 and 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 and 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. on the welcome to one of the far more tribunals i encounter to provide tax cuts and that's this week inflation i'd love to deter future one time but i think i really

believe that with the international community usually intervening in one of the side can be postmortems to be when it claims to be impartial and we political considerations multiply that time by sir geoffrey nice british lawyer out prosecute somebody on the loss of each of the hague and cases before the international criminal court sir geoffrey thank you very much for your time isn't that all tribunals 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. japan and in germany. when the modern tribunals came about yugoslavia and it was said that they were there to try all sides so that would not be victor's justice on the permanent international criminal court is specifically instructed to

look at conflicts in the wronged so that all sides might be prosecuted. unhappily it's not always the case that the tribunals have been able to prosecute all sides the yugoslavia tribunal did attempt to prosecute all sides but the rwanda tribunal failed and there are many people who think that the cases of the international criminal court in africa failed to look at all now i'm sure you encounter that in your legal practice and i saw it in the years of covering conflicts that war can turn pretty ordinary nonviolent people into mass murderers and the nature of that transformation is very very complex so i would argue if the war environment itself ignoring these fact and judging these people by the norms of peace time doesn't do justice doesn't he your question reaches the heart of a problem.