i don't think. ecuador ditches a key trade agreement with the united states and a hardline response to washington's warning against granting asylum to whistleblower edward snowden who remain 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 is secretly monitoring social networks on a daily basis. and more violence and destruction is fade in egypt as the country braces itself for mass walk by both cry and anti-government protesters amid deepening divisions between the opposition and the ruling elite.

and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow. now ecuador has abandoned a key u.s. trade agreement so you thought what he calls blackmail by washington over america's most wanted man edward snowden. remains stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport paul scott has the latest all masons involved and they continuing snowden saugor are walking a political and diplomatic tightrope at the moment particularly as you mention that could go on the united states relations between those two countries seem particularly strained at the moment now earlier this week one u.s. official claimed that a preferential trade agreement between the two countries could be in jeopardy if ecuador to grant political asylum to edward snowden or if they were to help edward snowden saying quote a country should not be rewarded for bad behavior however ecuador's response to

this has been quite defiance they preempted any move by the united states and have withdrawn themselves from the trade agreement saying that ecuador does not accept any pressure or threats from anyone nor does it trade with principles also admit them to most entire interest however important those may be a clearly defined response from ecuador basically refusing to be blackmailed now also rather interestingly and i think rather tongue in cheek as well they offered the united states twenty three million dollars in order to improve their human rights record now all of this of course comes between strained relations between america and china and washington could barely hide their anger after hong kong allowed edward snowden to leave the country the chinese authorities saying that the extradition request wasn't within the legal framework and of course washington is trying to put the pressure on russia as well saying that moscow should hand edward snowden over despite the fact that there is no extradition agreement or extradition

deal between the two countries for their part russia simply saying that he does. come under their jurisdiction because he hasn't yet stepped foot across the border you have to ask if he really did intend spending this long in transit in a moscow airport now the u.s. has begun talks with hong kong over extradition proceedings on saturday six days ago now it seems that he fled hong kong it could have been in a hurry did he leave in a panic without much of a plot or did he have a plan and it simply gone wrong along the way now we are led to believe of course that this is still in transit here that shows a matter of thought he doesn't have a valid visa to enter russia and his passport has been invalidated and revoked meaning it's very difficult for him to leave the country as well now to claim he had this refugee document granted by the ecuadorian government but ecuador now saying that that is invalid so it does seem as if he stuck in limbo at the moment which surely cannot have been part of his master plan well the thirty year old

former cia employee has a handful of options when it comes to seeking refuge he left hong kong remember from moscow on sunday sparking a wave of media speculation over his next movements without valid documents it is believed snowden was planning to pass through moscow on his way to have vanished in cuba the last stop ahead of his final destination ecuador however the lack of necessary paperwork has grounded him in sheremetyevo in the meantime venezuela has said it would be likely to grant the n.s.a. leaker asylum if it receives such a request and icelandic officials have held an official talks on sheltering snowden so we could conceivably see him ending up in any of these countries like iraq an attorney. and wiki leaks says washington shouldn't expect the states to comply with its demands when it comes to the whistleblower. at the hand of the fact 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 really just beat us up with the big stick we don't care about your trade preferences so it gives me more hope that ed snowden may be able to make a ecuador i know that it's time for every country to speak up that this is not just about american citizens and all our email being looked at in all our phone calls but he was combined with u.k. which is getting into all the fiber optics 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 at the stasi operating 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 are not so sensitive having the sensitivity that all countries ought to have and that they remember you can always find the latest updates and videos and that

expert analysis on this story at a website at outtake. meanwhile the u.k. is dealing with a surveillance scandal of its own as its in the that a special police unit has been spying on putting citizens social network pages on a daily basis if the reports on high right scrapes are reacting to the latest invasion of online privacy. but 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 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 soccer meant its 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 prism 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 deputy 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 prison of course you've got information being gathered the should be hidden from the world the scene is private but of course the sort 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. minutes being described as prisons and little brother is it that back well i think for a lot of people it will be that bad i mean when we come down to the very 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 is in encryption and so that we

know it isn't actually as private as we'd like it to be and so we do feel like on a day to day 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 police haven't actually got back to us yet about the information about. it certainly going to be a cause for further discussion of the storage is of course on the back of those revelations over prism. of r.t. the deputy director of the freedom association told r.t. about the risks that such sweeping surveillance poses in the u.k. with the 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. and we've plenty more to come over the next few minutes including germany's renewable trouble the country's green revolution is taking a heavy toll on taxpayers who are stuck with an escalating bill to subsidize an electricity source that may never generate enough power plus was britain's involvement in military campaigns abroad affected the safety of citizens at home

will be exploring that issue just after a quick bright. street unrest has returned to cities after several deaths in clashes between pro-government protesters and the president's opponents this week both sides have to bring out huge crowds in the coming days gyptian politics is in deadlock with the opposition brushing aside leader mohamed morsi as latest proposals for a compromise are to spell true 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 morsy in power the country is worried is ogilvy further violence after several days of clashes in the government it's between rival 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 islamist parties in support of the president including the mizzen

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 so just comes and meets a growing security crisis across the country we've already seen several people die and hundreds injured in clashes across the governorate in the days leading up to the protest and we're seeing an increase of civilians on. to bring those weapons to protest which is led many to call for the army to step in and secure the nation the military for their part is that 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 it is speech on wednesday kind of me is in freefall there are it

was sitting bread and water shortages again and also bread prices and rising rights groups for their part saying that they have witnessed an increase in the abuses in addition to torture being 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. and author and journalist tatic al he believes egypt is divided between those who seek an evolution towards democracy and those who are still in the mindset of the old regime. i think it goes without saying and morsi himself especially admitted that he was disappointed people as far as those people who helped to bring mubarak down no concern or a sizable section of them he's changed absolutely nothing since he's come to these protests or to show that the democratic figleaves is not enough so what will happen on sunday i think will be quite decisive it's not the case to use the restroom

support it's just said to be going to create very very sharply divided between those who want some meaningful change and the government which is maintaining continue to do with the previous regime and in some instances getting worse coming up after a quick break britain faces tough questions over the role of its military. download

. location. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. just a month ago the brutal murder of a soldier in london which the killers blamed on the u.k.'s foreign military campaigns prompted some in britain to question whether foreign wars do my country

a safer place that the bytes been reignited by the recent u.k. budget review which brought sweeping cuts to welfare but left the army 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 that's right so we have all the feeds the problems and the strategies like the chilling message an indication of what drove the attack but the politicians say it's nonsense it's people need to read this to the region it is i believe you say equally to tell you to eat meat between this media and produce for you all to see all the actions of british forces who are risking their lives in a good for the sake of freedom but there are those who took part in those military campaigns fast hand who disagree jerry says he was disillusioned by the reality of what fighting for freedom in the name of britain safety and volved compared to some

of the excesses in afghanistan and iraq. which is a very serious called cost of college the lie but it's absolutely true and we're very lucky that they've already been so few attacks while that's one of the banners we went to afghanistan on there was peace peacekeeping and in the 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 are back home and more we know what exactly is going on over there while we see. some of the media reports from the u.k. or the u.k. politicians there are speeches in parliament it's 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 war the wars in afghanistan iraq and the project and have

a look at the projects in the middle east is very longstanding he predicts not eleven in the their public policy documents which side that hopefully because they want to keep. doing these things there are plans for syria iran is on the is on the horizon as well they need to keep growing up this kind of audiological and continue to attempt to dealing with the killing killings law they say from 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 u.k. soil makes for frightening reading since the religion track the number of people who believe that a clash of the civilizations between white britons 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 for on the. floor calling them out to extremists or terrorists but to what if you speak to most of them they're sympathetic to the message of the attacker but not. to 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 savage attack in which merely serves as an example that it may be doing the exact opposite. london. on our website right now leaks

from the top ranks we've got a report online saying a us four star general who was in charge of an alleged american cyber strike on a number. nuclear site is now in trouble he's being probed for spilling the beans on the operation also at r.t. dot com for you also those steps to smooth the relations with belgrade drive ethnic albanians in push dina to the limits we tell you exactly what happened online. is going to. get you to see.

the u.s. president is on his first trip to africa since two thousand and nine and the drive to revitalize relations and trade with the continent barack obama's visit comes amid booming chinese investment in the resource rich region obama's 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 some controversial african governments as also discontent while obama has promised to do more to help the african people some observers say washington is driven only by political self interests. you're not going to college the working group growth and they need cash they believe that to solve all materials in africa housing pointed out that. they are also concerned about the influence the long term in the last few years they have influenced the last five years it's been very much a part of chinese who have taken. control of the our consulates very good in the

nation. and the chinese on the russians to live life. only the american side and the americans are also feeling the strain strain because africa has been able to choose series on investors are very changeable lives only best of all at the same time he expresses. obama's trip was very much of a signal of concern by the americans that they are losing the losing influence on your corporate profits. that it was not the point you. couldn't out some other stories making headlines this hour in syria early for 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 has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. and the series of bomb blasts claimed

at least twenty two lives in several cities across iraq through 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 is r t s p to all of the 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 taxpayer 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 are big passed on to their i mean to a single mother living in berlin struggling to make ends meet she's been left shocks after huge rises in energy prices bill after bill after bill happened on my . one day i saw it almost doubled it wasn't possible for me to be we don't watch much t.v. and then use washing machine once in a while so i can understand why this deal can be so expensive for two people. she's clear who she blames for the price rises and the effect it's had on her life so in

some by street fight side to responsibility for these lies with the government and the power companies they are why it is so expensive i would love to take a trip with my son not playing golf or anywhere just somewhere nearby to the countryside but i just can't afford it. 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 need for reliable energy in the world it's too expensive and most of it is intermittent that is we don't know what to do with the science in china and as a lawyer there's also a case that economic interests outweigh the environmental right now germany saw slow growth in the first quarter of twenty thirty according to the cologne

institute for economic research its energy costs for industry forty percent higher than those in neighbors friends 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 it's 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 peter all of a jeremy. combat with more news in half an hour's time before that we've got cross talk with me to the back.

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 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.

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