relations cold war snowden ecuador quits a trade pact with the us labeling it as washington's an instrument of blackmail over the political asylum bit of that as a whistleblower. and it appears there is more to the u.k.'s phone now winds moving than snowden has been telling us it turns out a special police unit has been secretly scouring social networks. by deepens in egypt supporters and opponents of president morsi to hold a massive rally is fueling fears of street violence as a country's leader is preparing to mark his first year in office.

this is already coming to life in moscow six pm here on marina joshie welcome to the program now add word snowden has become the reason why ecuador has abandoned an agreement with its largest trading partner tito's pulled out of a preferential trade pact with the u.s. because it says washington's blackmailing it over its possible asylum over offer rather for the acts cia employee the whistleblower meanwhile is still believed to be stuck in a transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport the details from marty's false cop . 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 ecuador to grant political asylum to edward snowden or again they want to help edward snowden all of ecuador's response to this has been quite

defiant they preempted any move by the united states and have withdrawn themselves from the trade agreement saying that ecuador does not accept any pressure or threats from anyone now also rather interestingly and i think rather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 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 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 shadowmancer the airport he doesn't have a valid visa to enter russia and his passport has been invalidated and revived 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 and now saying that that isn't valid so it does seem as if he's stuck in limbo at the moment which surely cannot have been part of his master plan. now snowden has become the subject of a diplomatic rift between cuba and washington but ecuador isn't the only potential escape destination for the whistleblower but now take a look at where else he could and out so snowden left russia left for russia

rather from hong kong and manny expected moscow to be only a stopover and it was believed that the thirty year old would head to cuba and then ecuador but the whistle blower never turned up on that abana bound flight and as well as prison they go dura said he's countries willing to consider giving safe haven to the man who expose u.s. intelligence and snowden earlier described iceland as a place which shares his values government officials are considering his asylum they are to michael ratner an attorney for joy of santa weeklies believes more countries should speak up against washington's actions at the hands of we're going to the small country of nine million people breaking its trade preferences saying this is not the old latin america they used to have read 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 a comeback with your i know that it's time for every country to speak up if this is not just about american citizens and our email 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 it particularly what it's in germany was concerned 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 the story make sure you log on to our com because we've got the latest on the word snowden and we're tracking the reaction his situation is causing on social media that's all just a quick away for you on r.t. dot com.

meanwhile there's been war of revelations over the u.k.'s blanket online surveillance a special police unit has reportedly been monitoring analyzing what british citizens are posting online in social networks the spy the fact all facebook and twitter users are actually choosing to make their data public the news has sparked major concerns among privacy groups r.t. sarah ferguson explains. but we know when we 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 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 well to 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 can very importantly prison of course you've got information being gathered the should be hidden from the world the team 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 the shouldn't take place what we're saying is that is it necessary proportionate is not 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 prism suck minutes 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 you 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 things that we know it isn't actually as private as we'd like it to be in so we do feel like on a day to day basis there should be some safeguards in place for people to go around in in complete freedom unless we do something wrong in the same should be put forward in terms of social media the macleish haven't actually got back to us yet about the information about. that certainly going to be a cause for further discussion as this storm rages of course on the back of the revelations over prism. and still to come here in our team the tariff rather haunting the u.k. on the heels of the bull murder of the british government set to spam millions to boost intelligence and security but stay silent on its military operations in muslim states. ages bracing itself for more on the rest with the most recent violence already leaving several dead president morsy supporters are

staging demonstrations or have a massive opposition rally on sunday marking his first year in office gyptian politics is currently in deadlock with the opposition refusing the islamic leaders call for compromise. as 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 already did i will be voting for i didn't saw for several days rushes in the governor's between rival groups demonstrating either in support of the president or against him or against protest is cool food by the islamic my it's a which is a coalition of islam is parties in support of the president including the misson but it'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 amid a growing security crisis across the country we've already seen several people die and hundreds injured in clashes across the governorates in the days leading up to the protests we're seeing an increase of civilians bringing 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 is that 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 his speech on wednesday to me is in freefall there are it worsening bread and water shortages again and also bread prices and horizon rights groups for their part say. witnessed and i've increased in abuses in addition to 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. the first year in office of the egyptian mirror was marred by ongoing political unrest middle east expert and author tariq ali believes the spy the revolt that brought morsi to power the country is still deeply divided i see it goes without saying and morsi himself is partially it makes it it that he's disappointed people 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 come to these protests up 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 the rest of support it's just said to the country is very very sharply divided between those who won some meaningful change and the government which is maintaining continue to

do with the previous regime and in some instances getting worse. while later we report on another a bloody act of violence in syria as graphic footage of beheadings appears on the web after the break we question whether or the killers are the ones the west may well be arming.

download the. application so choose your life stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you could watch your t.v. any time anyway. welcome back this is our t.v. another act of brutal violence reportedly by syrian rebels has appeared on the web on very five video shows the beheading of three supposed government supporters the title of the food to suggest an orthodox christian bishop was among the victims

although other claims say he had been shot dead in an assault on a monastery policy years report contains graphic images. most disturbing and brutal footage has appeared online and what you see is a group of men with what looks to be a kitchen knife in their hands decapitating one by one three men on the ground it's all happening on a small hill and in the distance there is a group of women and children looking on all of this is happening to the cries of akbar god is great to be three men purported to be supporters of the syrian president bashar assad now at the same time the video appears under the heading of free syrian army cannibals decapitate an orthodox christian bishop it's not clear whether or not the bishop is one of the three men but what we do know is that a syrian bishop was killed while trying to protect religious sisters franciscan monastery in the north of syria this video appears some six weeks off to similar brutal footage was also captured online and at that time there was the leader of

a syrian rebel group known as the four look brigade showed biting into the heart of a did a syrian soldier with all of this highlights the brutality of the syrian opposition and the extremist elements inside it it comes often meetings of the friends of syria in which the united states pledged support to say end of weapons to some of this in the u.k. and france indicating that they will maal over this although indicating they support for such measures all of this lens a very warring somare and that is why countries like russia have indicated their outrage of weapons being sent to syria saying that it only perpetuates the conflict and benefits at the hands of extremist elements there. now the growing threat of terrorism is appearing at the top of the agenda of the u.k. government as the intelligence agencies and armed forces come out as winners in the spending review 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 as artie's fully boyko now reports and finding out there are amounting down 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 in total gridlock that's what we need to see the problems that he describes like the chilling message an indication of what drove the attack but the politicians say it's nonsense it's because you told police to leave the region to these police 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's safety and volved compared to some of the excesses in afghanistan and iraq. which is a very serious called kind of charge the lie but it's absolutely true and we're very lucky to have already been so few attacks like this one of the banners we went to afghanistan under 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 re 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 wars the wars in afghanistan iraq and the project and have a look there's a project in the middle east is very longstanding it 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 horizon as well they need to keep throwing up this kind of audiological barrier and continue to attempt 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. allies and 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 that the list of terror plots for oiled by m i five on you case soil makes for frightening reading since the religion tag 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 for on the. extremist terrorist but so 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 be it it 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. well arty's online team have lined up the best stories and pictures for you today so let's taste of just a handful of what they have gone there today. marks the international day against drug abuse by burning around a hundred tons of narcotics officials and guests watched but didn't inhale at the ceremony in tehran the videos available to watch on our you tube channel. and another click away online for you want your future child to be a whiz kid despite your own lack of skills and talent well the u.k. is considering whether to allow the creation of babies using d.n.a. from three people on r.t. dot com to learn more on why some fear of the consequences of a designer baby market. now the u.s.

president may be enjoying a warm welcome from officials on his african tour but there has been more criticism than open arms from locals trade unions and civil society activists were rallying outside parliament in cape town ahead of the u.s. president's arrival demonstrators came out to blast a whole range of the obama administration's politics from crackdowns on whistleblowers to drone warfare millions of africans feel let down by washington's policies usa and to the continent has been slashed since obama took office while america's military activities have also stoked discontent and while bamma has promised to do more to help the african people some believe washington is driven only by jubal of the interests. of the economy of the working group growth and they need cash they believe accessible materials to get housing the bottom line is that . they're also concerned about the influence they don't something the last few years they have been through in the last few years it's been very much about the

chinese who have taken. control of the our very good. nation of india. and the chinese and russians alike and how we make life easy for me the american side of the americans are also feeling the strain strain because our africa has been able to choose the most serious of investors are there change suppliers and the best of all at the same time the expression here and so are i'm afraid obama's trip is very much of a signal of concern by the americans that are there they're losing turgeon the losing influence on the outcome because it's as far as we can leave that implicitly or you also. less than a decade has left for germany to keep its promise to say a permanent goodbye to nuclear energy but the ambitious shift towards renewables will burn a deep hole in taxpayers' pockets are despite all reports on the weeds germans may fire along the path to a green future a wind of change is sweeping through germany energy production the cost of change

is wrestling 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 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 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 shouldn't blame is for the price rises and the effect it's had on her life so in somebody 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 answer is great now remember 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 summit in china it went as well or there's also a case that i can make interests outweigh the environmental right now jenny soul of slow growth in the 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 visa 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 peter all of a jeremy. have now said r.t. abby martin was breaking the set stay with us.

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.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the left. i mean the camera and sat down i believe that i'm still a little really messed up. in the old story so closely because it's. the worst you're going to. lie down to for the. radio guy and for minestrone. what we're about to give you've never seen anything like this until a. little. later on i'm abby martin and this is going to set well it's been a little over one week since the tragic death of journalist michael hastings early treats from wiki leaks and biggie was the state of the f.b.i. was investigating him.