freeboard video for your media project c.e.o. don carty dot com. relations cool over snowden ecuador quits the trade pact with the us labeling as washington's instrument of blackmail over the political asylum bit of the annus a whistleblower. out of here if there is more to the your case phone and online snooping than snowden has been telling us it turns out a special police unit has been secretly scanning social networks. and draw and divide deepens in agent supporters and opponents of president morsi are gearing up for a massive rallies fueling fears of street violence as the country's leader is preparing to mark his first year in office.

it is four pm in moscow you're watching joshie welcome to the program edward snowden has become the reason why ecuador has abandoned an agreement with its largest trading partner he knows pulled out of a preferential trade pacts with the u.s. because it says washington's blackmailing it over its possible asylum offer for the x. cia employee the whistleblower meanwhile is still believed to be stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport but he tales from artie's paul scott. all nations involved in the continuing snowden saugor are walking a political and diplomatic tightrope taking really i could go on the united states now earlier this week one u.s. official claimed that preferential trade agreement between the two countries could be in jeopardy if. to grant political asylum to edward snowden or again they want

to help edward snowden all of those response to this has been quite defiant preempted any move by the united states and have withdrawn themselves from the trade agreement saying that it could or does not accept any pressure or threats from anyone now also rather interestingly and i think rather tongue in cheek as well they offer 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 was 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 doesn't 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. began 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 plan or did he have a plan and it simply gone wrong along the way now we are led to believe of course that he's still in transit here that shot a matter of what he doesn't have a valid visa to enter russia on his passport has been invalidated in revived meaning it's very difficult for him to leave the country as well now wiki leaks to claim he had this refugee die. cumin granted by the ecuadorian government but ecuador i'm now saying the vote is invalid so it does seem as if he's stuck in limbo at the moment which surely being part of his. so snowden has become the subject of a diplomatic rift between quito and washington but ecuador isn't the only potential escapists a nation for the whistleblower let's take

a look at where else he could and. so snowden left for russia from hong kong and many expected moscow to be only a stopover it was believed that the thirty year old would had to cuba and then ecuador but the whistleblower never turned up on that of am bound flight venezuela's president nicolas maduro said he is countries willing to consider giving safe haven to the man who exposed u.s. intelligence and snowden earlier described iceland as a place which shares his values government officials are considering is asylum there too michael ratner an attorney for julian assange and wiki leaks believes more countries should speak up against washington's actions. to hand it to ecuador the small country of nine million people breaking its trade preferences saying this is not the old latin america they used to have re just beat us up with a big stick we don't care about your trade preferences so it gives me more hope

that ed snowden may be able to make it to ecuador i know that it's time for every country to speak up if this is not just about american citizens and all our e-mail being looked at in all our phone calls but the us combined with the 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 that and germany to its credit has spoken up of course germany had 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 and 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. well for more on this story make sure you log on to our website r t dot com as we've got the latest on edward snowden and we're tracking the reaction his situation is causing on social media that's all just a click away for you on r.t. dot com.

meanwhile there has been more revelations over the u.k.'s blanket online surveillance a special police unit has reportedly been monitoring and analyzing what british citizens are posting online and social networks despite the fact all facebook and twitter users are actually choosing to make their data public the news has sparked major concerns among privacy groups argue sarah ferguson explains. 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 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 prism 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 of 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 it that bad well i think for a lot of people it will be about i mean when we come down the small nuances of 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 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 in the same should be put forward in terms of social media to go back to a step about the information about. the certainly going to be a cause the further discussion doubts that still rage is of course on the back of the revelations of prism now still to come the terror threat haunting the u.k. on the heels of the brutal voyage murder of the british government to spam millions to boost intelligence and security but it stays silent on its military operations and a muslim states. it gives bracing itself for war on rest with the most recent violence already leaving several dad president morsi

supporters are promising demonstrations ahead of a massive opposition rally on sunday marking his first year in office egyptian politics is currently in doubt log with the opposition refusing the islamic leaders call for a compromise has the details. 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 that there will be further violence after several days of clashes in the governorates 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 kurdish an all of islamist 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 so he just comes and moves really 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 armed and bring those weapons to protest which has led many to call for the army to step in and secure the nation the military for their party said they do not want to get involved in politics but they will step in if there is an 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 the speech on wednesday in front of me is in freefall there are it was sitting breads and mortar shortages again and also bread prices and horizon rights groups for their part saying that they have witnessed and i've increased 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. now the first year in office of the egyptian leader was marred by and going political unrest middle east expert and author tariq ali believes despite the revolt that brought morsi to power the country still deeply divided. i think it goes without saying and morsi himself as partially admitted it that he's disappointed as far as those people who helped to bring mubarak down of them center or a sizable section of them he's changed absolutely nothing since he's come to and these protests are 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 that he is bereft of support it's just that the country is very very sharply divided between those

wants some meaningful change and the government which is maintaining continue to do with the previous regime and in some instances getting worse and still ahead back to his roots president obama tours south africa aiming to expand u.s. and gauge mint on the continent but there are more questions as to what's behind the trip and we'll report on this later here on r.t. . you know sometimes you see a story so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you. welcome to the big picture. whistleblowers in principle we are told every society needs them to expose the

excesses of those in power the reality is very different though if you're someone like bradley manning or edward snowden you literally take your life in your own hands the message is clear obey and be silent or face dire consequences. what happened to the arab spring dream the. first freely elected president bring any change fear poverty economic failure and filings remain to egypt attempts to escape chaos leave us wallowing even deeper. egypt. it's so.

welcome back you're watching r.t. now the growing threat of terrorism is appearing at the top of the agenda of the u.k. government as intelligence agencies and armed forces come out as winners in the spending review it comes just over a month since the brutal machete murder of a british soldier in london which the killers said was revenge for the u.k.'s military campaigns and as artie's bullyboy go been finding out there are mounting

downs over whether the war on terror is actually making brits safe. they're accused of hacking a soldier to death on the streets of london and now preparing to stand trial and told it would be not easy but we feel that these people have been to describe the site 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 get religion to be sort of policing save it for the. twenty to eighty leaks between this media you could use for you to see all the actions that would be sure to the cities 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 call 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 really are in contact with our friends friends and family or back home and the 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 it pre-dates not

a level to me there are public policy documents which side that hopefully 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 from the real world our mission in afghanistan does remain vital to our national security we're there to prevent that country from being a safe haven to al qaida from where they might plan attacks only u.k. allies and i think you have to be particularly stupid as a prime minister. 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 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. road calling them out to extremists or terrorists. 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. artie's online team have lined up the best stories and pictures for you so let's taste just

a handful of what they've got there today. iran marks the international day against drug abuse by burning around a hundred turns of narcotics officials and gassed watched but didn't inhale at the ceremony in tehran and can see the purple haze for yourself on our you tube channel . and another click away online for you today when you were a future child to be a whiz kid despite your own lack of skills and talent well the u.k.'s considering whether to allow the creation of babies using d.n.a. from three people on our team dot com so learn more on why some fear the consequences of the so-called designer baby market. while u.s. president tours africa and a push to boost trade with the continent china's investment in the resource rich region is booming the president'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 has also stoked discontent and while bamma has promised to do more to help the african people some believe washington is driven only by geopolitical interests. the american economy is the working group growth and they need cash that they need accessible materials to get housing a lot of that. they're also concerned about the influence the long term effects the last few years they have been through in the last five years it's been very much about the chinese who have taken. control of. the nation. and the chinese and the russians a lot of. these americans are the americans are also feeling the strain because strange. as a. result investors are big change bill maher is on the best of.

the expression you are so well i'm afraid of obama's trip was very much of a signal of concern by the americans that it is their church you that is using influence on your profits as opposed to. the more you. look at some other stories from around the world and brazil there is no end in sight to the continuing anti-government protests thousands of people staged adamle in the center of rio de janeiro angered about corruption and their habitats burden in florida it's a nearly ninety people were arrested after police clashed with riders outside the stadium were that italy spain confederation cup match was about to kick off mass our rate dropped more than two weeks ago over high spending on next year's football world cup while social services and health care remain severely underfunded. an american former four star general is being probed over allegedly leaking classified information about

a hacking campaign three years ago aimed against iran's nuclear program last july an article in the new york times confirmed that a top secret operation affected iranian computer networks and took out hundreds of centrifuges purifying the country's iranian stocks the report also exposed details that israel took part in a cyber attack by developing a computer worm which helped was a disruption now the retired general in question is suspected of passing the sensitive data to the newspaper. in syria at least four people have been killed in a suicide bombing in an old christian quarter of the capital damascus blast struck near a greek orthodox church several shops were also damaged in the explosion and no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. less than a decade is left for germany to keep its promise to say

a product permanent good bye to nuclear energy but the ambitious shift towards renewables will burn a deep hole in taxpayers' pockets are despair our reports on the wheels germans may find a long the pass to green future a wind of change is sweeping through german energy production the cost of the changes 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 is set the and vicious 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 as 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. 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 bill 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. 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 went down to 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 gravely are really if you will just cannot support the majority of the need for reliable energy in the world it's too expensive and most of it is intermarriage that is we don't know what to do with the sovereignty china or the wind is blowing there's also a case that economic interests outweigh the environmental right now germany saw slow growth in the third 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 in the netherlands. 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. and next more on the battle of whistleblowers worth of governments is a really worth it and that's what people of l. and his guests are in the baiting and crossed out after the break. secret laboratory to mccurdy was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care only on the.

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hello and welcome to cross talk all things are considered. whistleblowers in prince but we are told every since. he needs them to expose the excesses of those in power the reality is very different though if you're someone like bradley manning or edward snowden you literally take your life in your own hands the message is clear obey and be silent or face dire consequences. to cross-talk whistleblowers i'm joined by elizabeth team in washington she is the co-director of the liberty international security program at the brennan center for justice also in washington we have michael kahn he is president of the national whistleblower center and.