egypt to sands into deadly political strife with street battles between pro and anti regime mobs leaving three people dead including a u.s. national. as washington's hunt for whistleblower edward snowden goes on a four star u.s. general is under investigation for allegedly disclosing a cyber attack against iran's nuclear program. and the german state t.v. channel stows controversy by allegedly paid guests to criticize russia over the case of the tour use punk protest group pussy riot.

as three pm in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie welcome to the program deadly riots on golfing egypt a year on from president mohamed morsi is an occupation rival rallies by his supporters and opponents have been asking laying into all out street violence over the past week three people were killed on friday including a u.s. student in alexandria washington has reacted by allowing its non-essential staff to leave the troubled country until conditions improve our true reports. tension is rising across the country in the lead up to the anniversary of president mohamed morsi his inauguration on sunday fierce clashes raging between supporters and opponents of president morsi in the coastal city of alexandria where u.s. citizen legislator stabbed to death we don't know yet whether this was a targeted attack on the u.s. citizen and gyptian also succumbed to his injuries from bird shots in these brutal civilian on civilian clashes the latest death we had is from port so i eat. during

an explosion meanwhile the islamists the supporters of the president and saying that he was legitimately democratically elected and that therefore he should only be removed from office in the form of an elections they have mass protest in cairo . opposition forces gathered on the hariri mr brotherhood releasing a lot of dissent recently there's been a number of their offices have been torched and fire bombed by protesters who are really angry at the group egypt is witnessing a security vacuum and an increase in violent clashes on the streets particularly during protests many citizens are reaching out to private security firms to secure their homes i spoke to some of those people affected by the ongoing violence in the shadow of the brick. building. is preparing for the expected violence between supporters and opponents of the egyptian president on sunday some a says he has

already fortified his small shop just of cairo's tahrir square with sheets of. we're still got them in my kiosk has been robbed and destroyed a few times in previous clown shoes i'm going to vacate my shop and as i'm afraid of what is going to happen in the violence i don't want to lose everything. with the police taking a back seat those who can afford it are reaching out to private security firms like this one general manager a former high ranking police officer but we add to what it says his come. he is preparing for the worst as protesters demand the resignation of missing brotherhood president mohamed morsi the manner that went on june thirtieth there may be violence between the opposition forces and the islamists so we're sending more people to the places were guarding we're giving our staff and clients special training and information how they can secure their premises and how they deal with clashes. companies like these are plugging the gaps amid

a deepening security crisis across the country lynchings are on the rise the latest brutal mob killing happened just a few days ago near the capital civilians are increasingly armed and protests are becoming more violent as citizens bring guns to clashes leaving many to fear for their deaths analysts say the breakdown of security is because citizens no longer fear the police who have been accused of being reluctant to provide security they also blame the government which has failed to confront the interior ministry they are responsible for the bigger they're full of law and order if they don't take the necessary steps to fix it they may want to they may wish to but if they're not actually solving it the buck stops at their door it will find a very difficult to get the ministry of interior it's a reform of the police services to reform. precisely because inside the police force inside the ministry of interior there are so many people that are really quite opposed to the muslim brotherhood instead of promising change president morsi

played with fire in his wednesday speech to the nation praising the police and thanking them for their work with violence on the horizon many will be forced to attend egypt's new thriving private security industry to protect their own homes and businesses though true. well for some analysis on the unrest gripping edge of let's go to dr sides of deck but with sociologist at the american university in cairo thank you so much mr sadek for talking to us about this so as we can see the society is highly polarized one year on morsi is real action and the opposition is waiting for the president for the case on the one hand but let's look at their actions i mean on the other on the other hand are indeed the one stirring stirring up the atmosphere there in. not at all as you know the egyptian organized opposition is very weak it cannot mobilize the state has been mobilized

by a put this movement called rebel among other because they were able to could lick since april. almost fifteen to twenty million signatures requesting an early presidential elections because he felt that the president one is is not the only thing the objectives of the revolution two he was consolidating his own group at the expense of the national interests of the country and also defend that if if the da if he remained silent until he is four years egypt would become like somalia or sudan there are a lot of fears that egypt will be there gyptian evolution is going to be hijacked like what happened in the reagan revolution islamists who want the society to sleep and stay put and do not intervene and lives and do what they want the whole spring

is about calling into account the government and now they feel they have to account the president because of the one you need to deliver what people expect well i understand that a lot of this can tear and followed a certain constitutional issues there in the present and indeed has offered all political groups in the country a say in and then the new constitution and it seems like the opposition now rejected this offer why is that. too little too late you know any president when defeatist mounting. a second revolution they have to option is are the mic concessions all the increase the level of will push and this is the most he is giving very very little. concessions and you cannot trust that this will be delivered and at the simple time he can lock your.

doors of oppression the music theory or the defense choice turning in secret militias and referred to it as we have never seen in any country in the world that the president isn't saving when no one must hugging them in public welcoming them have you ever seen president obama receiving the leaders of the k.k.k. on the left here in the light up and i mean is it looking at the political context there in egypt and what's happening in the streets right now you see on the one hand president morsi did mad that he made mistakes so what would you read into that i mean would that sort of come across as a sign that he's ready to compromise in effect listen to what the opposition wants him to do perhaps make something. yeah yeah he admitted that but he didn't carry it through for example people have been demanding the second of this current

government he didn't do anything he also demanded the second of the public prosecutor because he was still much closer to the museum again this interest of the people to feel that he was not new to them and so that's why they were calling for his second he did not to do anything it is one thing that you admit that you have mr it's another if you convicted he did not predict anything well and very briefly if you care the u.s. is allowing some of its diplomatic staff to leave the country in the wake of the latest violence so does that mean that washington is starting to reconsider its support for morsi i think a longer go or maybe a seven or eight months of well off though he managed to get the. cease fire he began to reconsider the position when the phone to. his. very declaring about it and that's why obama refused to meet him despite the attempts by

two hours of the book to move to irene's for a summit meeting was. what the americans are doing now is just a moment like any country in the world when they feel the security. of the citizen and so they want to do also is this so that's as far as it goes it really leads to the end. of the most but right off the if i think oh please ok with that was dr side so that political sociologist from the american embassy in cairo thank you so much for talking to us about this here on r.t. . well as more of the demonstrations and walkouts are announced for the upcoming days and egypt our team is always on alert to bring you the latest developments on air and of course online at r.t. dot com. what happened to the arab spring dream to egypt's first freely elected president bring any change fear poverty economic failure and violence remain to egypt's attempts to escape chaos leaving what we keep our.

egypt a year in chaos. the american government is reportedly targeting a retired army general accused of spilling classified information about a covert cyber attack james cartwright was once the second highest ranking officer in the u.s. military he's now suspected of revealing details on the stuxnet at virus that temporarily shut down iran's nuclear sites three years ago are just going to check out has the details. in two thousand and ten when the u.s. carried out this cyber attack against iran general cartwright was vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and he was reported to be one of the crucial players in this cyber attack he resigned in two thousand and eleven and he is now apparently being investigated as the leaker of that story as you remember the niek about the obama administration having carried out this cyber attack against the wind came before the election last year and the timing raise a lot of questions by them because president obama all but bragged about that

operation as he ran for reelection as you remember everybody kind of assumed that it was one of those authorized because the administration seemed formation all the time to further its own goals but the timing of this particular about the general being investigated is also very interesting he hasn't been charged with any crimes and yet again from an unnamed source that he's being investigated and this is happening at a time when the hunt for edward snowden is in full swing is the administration trying to make a point here trying to sort of say that they are targeting even the sources of those leaks that they liked it really is not clear at this point not clear whether it's their way of trying to fight the perception that the administration gets all the wants and targets only those whose meek's embarrass the government. r.t. caught up with former pentagon official michael maloof to get his view on the stuxnet probe and he thinks the case has become

a source of embarrassment for washington. i don't buy into the argument that it was a planned leak by the administration to lead us to let the world know that we had stocks in it i think from the us perspective it probably was a very serious it was very serious damage although it was almost an open secret that stuxnet came from the israelis in the united states but having someone actually had it in a high position may confirm that i think just reinforces the fact that the united states itself is engaged in cyber warfare. and it really has very little room to complain about other countries that are engaged in cyber warfare the united states was caught involved in in cyber warfare at a time when it too is a gate when it's when it's complained about others hacking into into u.s. systems and more news updates coming up in just over a minute's time this. download

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your mobile device if you could watch your t.v. any time anyway. welcome back to watching r t live from moscow now the father of the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden has set out the terms under which he thinks he is some would voluntarily come back to the united states well he should not be detained or imprisoned before trial should not be subject to a gagging order and should be tried in a location of his choosing and that's according to a letter from snowden sr released to the media all of this comes as the thirty year old axiom for we remain stuck in diplomatic limbo in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport what so take a look at so where edward snowden could potentially be heading next.

so cuba appears to be a tricky option the u.s. state department said back in two thousand and six that a van had promised to stop accepting u.s. fugitives iceland has held informal talks on whether to grant snowden asylum and we can lease affiliates are now waiting comment from the interior ministry there that is where says it would be likely to grant the whistleblower refuge with president nicolas maduro applauding the man's bravery and south american. destination appledore looks promising but of course none of these countries can grant him asylum while he is not on their soil the whistleblower's plight has captivated the global media but investigative journalist duncan campbell says the real story is being sidelined. on russia but i think of russian game will bespeak to stand back and use an international travel we can do nothing and wait for other players to act but i do think that but focus is wrong because all of this

distraction about snowden and where the years and what he might do next has completely undermined the tremendous gravity of the successive documents and revelations that he's made about lee the scope of american and allied spying on the civil and commercial affairs of the world i think that many americans record in the eyes through values for which their forefathers fought from the wall of independence on woods who would see in snowden a real hero but that is never going to be reflected in the demographics when the price is so tainted disgracefully so silent and simply reporting what he's got to say if there was a. i know or the middle east speaking out in the way that snowden is doing it would have massive coverage that's not happening not even in the washington post which cover this story. now the u.s.

army has restricted access to the guardian newspaper's website for sounds of defense personnel across the country the move against the british daily comes after its revelations of the n.s.a. spying activities are to sarah first reports this information is regarding reports in the us media that the us military is into the missive to them that they have been filtering content regarding government surveillance programs and this came on the back of reports about complaints from a us base in san francisco that a start there won't table to access any of the u.k. guardian websites and only partial access to the us guardian website they said it seems that this is to do with something called network hygiene now this is preserving their system from any threats externally or internally and i spoke to the energy press office here in the u.k. and i asked them if anything similar was of course being done with the british military and they told me that this wasn't happening what was being done in the us

right now wasn't happening here although they did say that in relation to their computer systems in the military there is some information that is sometimes restricted for security purposes it is raising questions about that suppression of information and to talk more about that i'm joined by this line of this for the take this thank you very much for joining us i think the first question to our skids these classified documents that have been released by whistleblower and of course in a very similar way to what we saw with wiki leaks although there's been this public release the still classified documents say i mean a us military justified in you know preserving the system in this way it's nothing to do with network hygiene it is straight attempt to suppress and to control what is being read and understood by in this case the soldiers the other side of the coin is the american government and the british government. looking at all the

internet or the mobile appliances or the landline phones of you me american citizens british citizens and every single person watching this program so it's a little side ridiculous side because those soldiers can actually get hold of that information or they have. complete access health problem a tour but it's part of an overall increasing encroachment on free speech and access to information the department of defense actually said in their response that they're not going to block websites from the american public in general and that would violate they said the hired help principle of upholding and defending the constitution thing made it clear this is just not in the us this lying when they talk about democracy they are. in the head choppers when they talk about free speech they are shutting down as many things as they do you have no reason to believe one single thing that the american government says the bottom line of all

of this to control the information and they normally do it by omission in the american channels not so much they lie they just don't tell the truth. our covering all these stories online are t. dot com and also they are right now when it comes to the palestinian territories mcdonald's is not loving it the fast food giant has a refused to build an outlet in the west bank to find out why online was. the final frontier in nasa as voyager spacecraft and or as an unexplored zone around side our solar system follow their journey at our team dot com. please speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the c.r.p. interviewers intriguing stories are you. trying.

to find out more visit or a big t.v. it's called. a german state t.v. channel is facing some awkward questions after it emerged it may have paid gas to huge sums to portray russia in a bad light one of five celebrities that took part in a talk show about the trial of the torrijos punk band pussy riot admitted to receiving a substantial feat it all over has the details more than a year after their trial and conviction pussy riot still making headlines the local i'm on a toddler and suggested she was betrayed by a state broadcaster to talk about the trial i have received money from today to give opinion on the program as. they pay money for this i cannot tell you how much money a lot of money is who is one of five celebrities who took part in a discussion show about the trial of the punk collective jailed for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred in response to questions for among well folks in

right. shoot the statement. has stressed this was not the case and her expression was of a satirical nature. he's extremely sorry that her satirical remarks were misunderstood and she asks forgiveness for causing the situation they gave the impression all those five if the impression that it's a harsh dictatorship punishing you know send her for a little artistic change this is the right coverage what's not re presenting at all of the opinion in the german people the i.d.f. is among a group of media outlets that receives their funding from the license fee with each household expected to contribute around eighteen months the fact that the german state t.v. shows five celebrities sharing the same opinion on the pussy riot trial and on the pussy riot case is giving a very wrong impression outside also about germany because this gives the impression that we all are thinking the same if. a group like pussy riot would try

to do the same thing somewhere in a catholic church itself germany i think they could be happy to be caught by the police and not to be caught by the audience in the church the main cathedral in cologne saw its own pussy riot demonstration the judge eventually issued stiff fines to two of the german participants the hearing of the third is being despond all without the need to rule recant you still get to moscow incident did you. did your mom brought out despite denials of any wrongdoing from the c.d.f. and the natal it seems questions all being raised over the objectivity of german state media feature all of a r.t. berlin. now take a look at some of the stories from around the world rock obama is in south africa as part of his visit to three countries on the continent seeking to boost america's relations and trade ties there but he's not been welcomed by everyone hundreds gathered for street demonstrations against u.s. foreign policy africans have high hopes when obama became u.s.

president but those have since been dashed american aid to africa has been severely cut while washington has stepped out now. operations in the region. iraq is facing a new escalation of sectarian violence at least forty people have been killed over the past two days of bomb attacks targeting several cities and in clashes between shia and sunni militant groups the last few months have been the deadliest the war torn nation has seen in over five years with over two thousand lives lost. the brazilian president has met the leaders of twenty five youth organizations in a bid to find a way out of the popular unrest raging in the country meanwhile small demonstrations are continuing in several cities mass outrage dropped more than two weeks ago over high spending on next year's football world cup while social services and healthcare remain severely underfunded. police have clashed with militants in the

southern russian republic of chechnya one officer was killed and thirteen others wounded when the gunman refused to surrender after being spotted in the mountains security forces are continuing the hunt for the militants of the injured police officers are being treated in nearby hospitals devastated by two wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. a still hit by sporadic terrorist violence but the region has been a relatively peaceful since the end of the army's anti terror campaign four years ago. and in just a couple of minutes we'll be breaking the sabbath with abby martin stay with us for that. anyone who lives in the us knows that the i.r.s. does not play around one honest or dishonest mistake could get you in

a lot of trouble even a longtime friend of mine got his entire life savings destroyed due to some simple honest error you think that workers in an organization that could punish you for your financial failings would be very sharp with their own money but that's sadly not the case according to an audit report from the treasury inspector general for tax administration at the very least one thousand iris employees have abused the charge cards they were issued to cover their official travel expenses some of these people are very high on the letter including an executive level official a criminal investigator and multiple blois with security clearances much of the abuses related to employees writing checks for big purchases which later bounced due to accounts being empty yeah the people who could ruin your life for what little financial folly seem to have no problem over drawing while they are living it up on taxpayer funded travel to keep things in perspective the iris is a huge organization so one thousand abusers is a minority but in the spirit of fairness i think these card abusers should be

punished just as harshly as normal people who run afoul of the i.r.s. 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 fabulous i'd like. to eat i mean. i know that i'm. really not so. we're all very personally. the. worst you're going to go lie down sort of a. radio guy and for a minute from. what you were about to give you never seen anything like this

i'm telling. you. what's up guys i'm having martin this is breaking in the set so lesson of the day apparently writing messages and chalk and send you to jail first thirteen years yet you heard me right prison for chuck starts to make more sense when you realize what the message was because you see it was a highly visible critique of the too big to fail banks and if there's one thing we've learned by now is that the banks always win and anyone who tries to fight and pull always alludes that's exactly what's happening right now to a forty year old man named jeff olson who drew a number of anti mega banks slogans on sidewalks in front of thirteen different bank of america's in san diego and just for illustrating his opinion olson was charged with thirty.