it was. a key trade agreement with the united states in the hardline response to washington's warning against granting asylum to whistleblower edward snowden remains stranded in a moscow airport. and on the heels of snowden's revelations about britain's massive snooping operations it turns out that u.k. police are secretly monitoring social networks on a daily basis. and more violence and destruction is feed in egypt as the country braces itself for mass walkouts by both pro and anti-government protesters deepening divisions between your position and the ruling elite.

hello good morning watching r.t. come in she live from moscow with me andrey far. requital has abandoned a key u.s. trade agreement to thwart what it calls blackmail by washington over america's most wanted man edward snowden tito has also warned that its decision on whether to grant the whistleblower political asylum could take months snowden remain stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport r.t.c. caffein off as the story. the saga of edward snowden continues as far as we know he still remains in the transit area here at the airport he did not aboard the two pm thursday flights to cuba as was suspected he might although the company operating those flies air flow had confirmed that he was actually not scheduled on any of the flights in the coming days you flew here to russia on a transit flight that was supposed to get him to cuba that is because there are no

direct flights to ecuador where he's presumably trying to seek asylum he missed that original flight that he was supposed to board and as a result and that of getting stuck in the transit area now why is that the united states had to revoke his passport of course without a valid passport you can't buy another ticket and it remains unclear how he might be able to do that in order to get out of this area and of course without a passport he also can't get a russian now there's another wrinkle in this whole scenario which is what ecuador is trying to do ecuador and officials held a press conference about this and according to secretary of political affairs better tola here's how she explained the situation take a look because during the government has not authorized any sort of safe passage document allowing mr snowden to come to the country we also have not considered snowden's asylum request because he's not an ecuadorian territory as the law requires. the united states has been trying to use various traditional diplomatic channels in order to pressure different countries to get him back for example the

united states cannot officially ask russia to extradite snowden because there is no extradition treaty between the two countries they can however ask the russians to expel him but based on comments from russian president vladimir putin there is no indication that russia is willing to do that at the moment couldn't stances this effectively look stone in this here the sooner that he gets on his way the bat. to sort of balance the u.s. pressure and actually hand him over and all of this comes as president barack obama was on a press tour where he spoke to reporters and essentially summed up the situation it seems in fact the united states is in some ways softening its tone broccoli bomber had said that he has not spoken directly to either the chinese president or the russian president about the matter saying that traditional diplomatic channels for example the secretary of state would be a better way to approach the issue he also said quote i'm not going to have one case of a suspect who we've been trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point

where i've got to start doing wheeling and dealing and trading on a host whole host of other issues and what that basically means is that the obama administration isn't willing to take this search for snowden which is in fact quite serious and quite strong to the point of ruffling seriously the feathers of the countries that it does business with for example russia and china what has been something of a media frenzy ever since edward snowden revelations about the u.s. global spying network but what is the truth and what is the hype well that's been the subject of discussion between. scott and i've across to you who've been closely watching the snowden saga unfold earlier. on the story with my colleague. where i am looking at this i think this leaves us with one of two options when the u.s. began extradition proceedings against snowden with the hong kong authorities either he led he fled in a hurry and didn't really have a plan or he had

a plan and something's gone wrong because i do not think he intended to spend as long as he has done in a short amount of his transit my theory is a little bit different to paul's theory i think this was a this is looking like it was far better planned that it would just been taking on a joyride and he's going to wake up one day we're going to wake up and he's going to be on t.v. giving a press presser somewhere in the world saying and here i am so you don't think he's going out no i don't think he is the definitely was a true despite the fact that the president is saying is that this information that he has all he knows that he's not on russian soil he say basically i don't want to get involved in this all i know is that this man is not in my country he's in the he's in it he's in transition he's a little better and the sooner he leaves the better leverage points to the fact that he certainly was here and probably still is sure to have a dence i think you could tell a lot of recruiting of course you could check yourself into a flight from anywhere in the world using your computer this man this is his job

this is what he does it we day he works with computers in fact he's been quoted many times saying that if he had to be imprisoned and he didn't have his computer he'd be a miserable person i think he's playing a really clever game and whoever is behind this is making us really look like the idiots i want to go to ivor. talk to us a little bit about how it's gone from the message to the messenger the national story being the prism program is spying on the planet and now everyone's kind of chasing snowden sort of stories become about yeah and i think if you look at the way the media has been responding to the story over the since the rise in leaks and then when snowden was located in moscow or in hong kong and fled i think there was the story then was really about how senior u.s. politicians were dealing with these extraordinary revelations that the message. got lost. michael ratner an attorney for the jena songe and wiki leaks says washington

shouldn't expect other countries to be to me comply with its demands when it comes to the whistleblower of the handicapped we're going small country of nine million people breaking its trade preferences saying this is not the old latin america they used to have where you just beat us up with the big stick we don't care about your trade purposes so it gives me more hope that it's you know i may be able to make a good one i know that it's time for every country to speak up if this is not just about american citizens and all our email being looked at in all our phone calls but he was combined with the u.k. which is getting into all the fiberoptics and that's really a particularly what i think germany was concerned by going after all of them and germany to its credit has spoken up of course germany had the stasi operated in east germany and i think it's very very concerned that ten percent of their population was under heavy surveillance from the stasi now it's one hundred percent

on perhaps that is one of the reasons that has made germany so sensitive on this issue or not so sensitive having the sensitivity that all countries ought to have i remember you can always find all the latest updates in the videos and that expert analysis on this story on our website at www dot com. the u.k. is facing a new surveyed in scandal as it appears that a special police seen it has been spying on but it british citizens social network pages on a daily basis although many facebook or twitter he use is intentionally making that data public the revelations have sparked an avalanche of criticism from previously grapes. brings us the details. 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 scope 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 stockmen to 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 right 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. in 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 director 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 prism of course you've got information being at the should be hidden from the world the team is private but of course commitment 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 huge storm at the moment the u.s. and u.k. . intelligence gathering after the revelations about prison. being described as

prisons and little brother is that back well i think for a lot of people it will be that bad i mean when we come down the small nuances of it it's you know it's our private information and what we perceive to be private and you know we all know the digital world and christian and things that we know it isn't actually as private as we'd like it to be and so we do feel like on a daily basis there should be some safeguards in place for a spear to go around in in complete freedom unless we do something wrong in the same should be put forward in terms of social media haven't actually got back to us get about the information about. the certainly going to be a cause for further discussion as this storm rages of course on the back of the revelations over prism. of our t.v. deputy director of the freedom association told r.t. about the risks of such sweeping surveillance poses in the u.k.

parliamentary oversight of how that information is gleaned and how that information is stored the second concern is with the sheer scope of the of this of this surveillance the sheer amount of data that is being gathered on the sheer number of people and if you talk about risks of the government protecting us from those risks then let's talk about the risks that the government puts us in by gleed me cleaning this much information about us so there are two specific risks that i can think of first of all is false positives so when you gather so much information the modern era is also considerable and if you were if you were to take a more narrow and targeted approach you could diminish that risk the second risk and it's a very important risk is the loss of data at the risk of inadvertent loss or theft of data and we've seen a fair few examples of this over the last few weeks or years to make it a very serious concern indeed who's protecting us from those. coming up germany's renewable troubles the country's green revolution is taking a heavy toll

a long time i was stuck with escalating with an escalating bail to subsidize an electricity source that may never generate enough power that story in a couple in the.

street on rest has returned to egypt city after several deaths in clashes between private government protesters and the president's opponents this week both sides have to bring out huge crowds in the coming days politics is in deadlock with the opposition brushing aside leader mohamed morsi is the latest proposals for a compromise. is following the developments in cairo. egypt is stealing itself ahead of the first of two rival protest groups marking the first anniversary of president mohamed morsi in power the country is worried as i will be further violence on to several. between language groups demonstrating either in support of

the president or against him friday's protest is called for by the islamic alliance which is a coalition of islam was parties in support of the president including the misson brotherhood's freedom and justice party this is preempting a nationwide protests expected on sunday organized by coalition forces and grassroots campaign who collected at least eighteen million signatures calling for the president to step down they say enough is enough nothing has changed in the last year since he took office and he's not fit to govern the country protests comes amidst a growing security crisis across the country we've already seen several people die and hundreds injured in clashes across the government in the days leading up to the protest we're seeing an increase of civilians arms and bring those weapons to protests which is led many to call for the army to step in and secure the nation the military for their part to said they do not want to get involved in politics

but they will step in if there is increasing violence on the streets there's been many problems in egypt over the course of the last year the president mohamed morsi himself admitted in his speech on wednesday in front of me is in freefall there are it was sitting bread and water shortages again and also bread prices and horizon rights groups for their part saying that they have witnessed an increase in abuses in addition to and torture being in demick in the police force as well as a crackdown on basic rights and freedoms this people are saying is a make or break moment for the president. author and journalist headache alley believes egypt is divided between days and seek an evolution towards democracy and they say they are still in the mindset of the old regime. i think it goes without saying and morsi himself is partially make it that he's disappointed because as far as those people who helped to bring mubarak down of them center or

a sizeable section of them he's changed absolutely nothing since he's gone too far and these protests are to show that the democratic fig leaf is not enough so what will happen on sunday i think will be quite decisive it's not the case that he is bereft of support it's just that the country is very very sharply divided between those who want some meaningful change and the government which is maintaining continue to be with the previous regime and in some instances getting worse. now imagine chinese war machines invading. california. dozens of american troops. to find out why washington. president.

drive. to the let me tell you exactly what happened. just over a month ago. in london which the killings blamed on the u.k.'s foreign military prompted some in britain to question whether. the country a safer place. in. the recent budget review which broad sweeping cuts to welfare but left the unaffected. went to investigate.

they're accused of hacking a soldier to death on the streets of london and now preparing to stand trial in total agreement but we don't even see the problems that you describe this is the chilling message an indication of what drove the attack but the politicians say it's nonsense it's because you told me to read the speech to each of these police saying he would. tell you to eat meat between his media and you could use for you to see all the actions you would be sure for the students who are risking their lives it's good for the sake of freedom but there are those who took part in those military campaigns fast hand who disagreed gerry says he was disillusioned by the reality of what fighting for freedom in the name of britain safety involved compared to some of the excesses in afghanistan and iraq. which is

a very serious called kind of charge to lie but it's absolutely true and we're very lucky that they've already been so few attacks why they said one of the banners we went to afghanistan on there was peace peacekeeping and in our peacekeeping operation we ran out of explosive artillery ammunition that gulf between how the war is presented and the bleak reality is all too evident for many in britain's vast muslim community we are in contact with our friends friends and family or back home in reno what exactly is going on over there while we see. some of the media reports from the u.k. or do people additions there are speeches in parliament is not reflecting the realities for afghanistan the war and yet there's been almost no public or political discussion about the western wars that drove the attack in which is because they obviously want to prosecute the wars the wars in afghanistan or iraq in the project and have a look there's a project in the middle east is very longstanding it predicts not eleven to be

there are public policy documents which side that. because they want to keep. doing these things there are plans for syria iran is on the horizon as well they need to keep throwing up this kind of audiological barrier and continue to attempt dealing with the killing killings the real world our mission in afghanistan does remain vital to our national security was to prevent that country from being a safe haven to al qaida from where they might plan attacks only u.k. so i think you have to be particularly stupid as a prime minister not to see if you invade other people's countries and you're like do you care about but the list of terror plots for oiled by m i five on you case soil makes for frightening reading since the religion attack a number of people who believe that a clash of the civilizations between white persons and muslims is inevitable has gone out to almost two thirds of the population far right movements such as the english defense league have been using the incident to fan the flames and

islamophobia in the u.k. creating tensions that make it harder for ordinary british muslims to speak out about u.k. foreign policy many muslims are afraid. to extremist terrorists but if you speak to most of them they're sympathetic to the message of the attacker but not. his actions because they are against any kind of terrorism any kind of terrorist. here or in any other country including afghanistan iraq or anywhere else the war on terror has always been sold as keeping britain safe but to those who object to the ukase involvement overseas the savage attack and well it merely serves as an example that it may be doing the exact opposite. london. the u.s. president is on his first trip to africa since two thousand and nine in

a drive to revitalize relations and trade with the continent his visit comes amid the chinese investment in the resource rich region obama has received a warm welcome from officials but millions of africans feel let down by washington's policies u.s. aid to the continent has been slashed since obama took office while america's military activities and support for controversial african governments has also stoked discontent as promised to do more to help the african people some observers say washington is driven only by geopolitical self interest. the american economy is not working growth they need cash they believe actually strong materials in africa housing a constant supply of that but they're also concerned about the influence the long term effects the last few years they have been through in the last ten years it's been very much a part of chinese who have taken. total control of the consonance very good in the nation. and the chinese and russians alike and how we make life easier for the

americans are the americans are also feeling the strain strain because africa has been able to choose series of investors are big change suppliers and investors all at the same time the express. i'm afraid obama's trip is very much of a signal a concern by the americans that they're losing the losing influence on the argument that it's supposed we can leave that implicitly or you know. some more international news in brief sound in syria at least four people have been killed in a suicide bombing in an old christian quarter of the capital damascus the blast struck near a greek orthodox church several shops ruled so damaged in the explosion no one is claimed responsibility for the attack so far. a series of bomb blasts have claimed at least twenty two lives in several cities across iraq two of the explosions struck the capital baghdad killing eight they tore through cafes where fans had

gathered to watch a football match the country has seen a sharp spike in terrorist attacks this year with last month becoming the deadliest since two thousand and seven germany's plans to piney green energy seem to be suffering a setback the government's push to expand renewable power sources is being bankrolled by the taxpayer and as artie's peter all of our reports many are questioning whether that money is being wisely spent. a wind of change is sweeping through german energy production the cost of that change is ruffling more than a few feathers. it's an acceptable to give energy producers don't expect handouts the government has decided that renewables will get this money all driven by climate change hysteria. the german government has set the and bishes target of producing eighty percent of the country's power from renewable sources over the next forty years heavily subsidizing wind and solar environment minister peter

says that's going to cost germany around one trillion euro despite the vast amounts of cash being spent in subsidies to keep things like this spending consumers say the benefits all big passed on to them i mean to a single mother living in berlin struggling to make ends meet she's been left shocked after huge rises in energy prices bill after bill after bill happened on my . page one day i saw it almost doubled it wasn't possible for me to be we don't force much t.v. and use washing machine once in a while so i can understand why this bill can be so expensive for two people he said. she's clear who she blames for the price rises and the effect it's had on her life so in somebody fifty five side activity response ability for these lies with the government and the power companies they are why it is so expensive i would love to take it to put my son not flying off anywhere just somewhere nearby to the

countryside but i just can't afford it. in germany received huge praise from environmentalists when i found the country would stop using nuclear power by twenty twenty two however that decision has seen new coal fired power plants having to be built to take up the slack be honest answers rarely are really if you will just cannot support the majority. me her real life in the world it's true expensive and most of it is intimidating that is we don't know what to do with the summit in china where does the oil there's also a case that economic interests outweigh the environmental right now jim the soul of slow growth in the quarter of twenty thirty according to the cologne institute for economic research its energy costs for industry a forty percent higher than those in neighbors france the netherlands is from the a to be the nation our industry is suffering aluminum production the car industry are

losing competitiveness the big companies may decide that is just too expensive and look to relocate. with elections in the old some rising power prices could become an issue as chancellor merkel refuses to let the sun go down on her renewable revolution whatever the cost these are all over germany. i'm back with more news for you in about half an hour's time next though it's abby martin and this.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i've got so many i mean i have my hands down i know that i'm seeing the same thing really messed up. and we're all very so personally. it's. worst sugarless a little flat out sort of a. radio guy and for sale minutes from a quick profit what close to have you ever seen anything like this i'm told. everyone i'm abby martin and this version is set all been a little over one week since the tragic death of journalist michael hastings early treats from wiki leaks and vigorously sit in the f.b.i. was investigating him because of the big story he was working on but now we're learning more information about that fire.