latin america is livid the e.u. states refuse their airspace and demand to search the bolivian president's jet and all of its over discredited rumors it may have been smuggling whistleblower edward snowden to safety. egypt's ongoing political crisis leads to more bloodshed on the streets of the capital cairo the president saying he is the legitimate leader in defiance of an ultimatum set by the army it's sparking fears a military coup could be imminent. and this latest u.s. drone attack claims more lives in pakistan further threatening relations between the two nations but here at r.t. we look at how china is fast becoming islamic new best friend.

it is i want to clock one pm that is in the russian capital rule re sushi live with the top world headlines for you. an intercontinental scandal is just erupting in europe where the bolivian presidents jet was forced to be grounded after being denied airspace causing it to run dangerously low on fuel furious latin america is vowing a response calling the situation a humiliating and offensive reportedly it all happened because either you states believe the jet may have been smuggling whistleblower edward snowden from moscow that's. going to offer on the latest on this amal high asylum and drama hello to you well i suppose the latin american leaders are understandably a rather riled up. more latin american countries are growing

furious over what happened with the bolivian president's aircraft in europe evo morales was returning home from a. gas supplier summit in moscow when his plane ended with fueling then france italy portugal and spain denied a lending in fact they first said it was due to technical reasons but then it turned out it was because they thought edward snowden could be on board and. even demanded the aircraft to be searched to check whether or not that was true something completely unprecedented when it comes to dealing with presidential aircraft saw the crew ended up having to make an emergency landing in austria clearly there's hording on the internet which seems to be the conversation between the bolivian pilots and an air traffic controller in vienna at the airport in austria and well if the conversation is authentic then they were saying they weren't sure if he had enough fuel to reach where they wanted to reach believe

year and that well they couldn't read the exactly how much fuel be had so the foreign minister of the country of bolivia has already said that by denying lending to this aircraft europe has basically put the believe in presidents a life in danger we've heard from cuba and ecuador have said that this is a massive offense not only against the believe you are but against all the other countries in the region peru and argentina are now calling for an emergency summit of all latin american countries to find out ways to deal with the situation and how to react and the managed to speak with the believe in defense minister at the airport in vienna exclusively and here's what else he said. after flight path was initially approved but the spanish authorities contacted us saying we were no longer authorized to land on the territory of a spanish airport initially it was otherwise and we have permission to land at an

airport on the canary islands for refueling. even after the aircraft landed in vienna they still were not able to continue the journey since the european union couldn't provide an airspace quarter or a route for them to go on even though the austrian of foreign minister confirmed that snowden was not on board of that weight so this is a pretty bizarre situation and it as it is causing a massive scandal between the european union in general and all the latin american countries and what's significant is that so many european officials have reacted to snowden's revelations have been gauged with the u.s. demanding explanations over the latest reports that the n.s.a. has been spying on europe but what we saw here now is that they are doing everything possible to avoid any contact with snowden even if it means denying lending to a presidential aircraft in need of refueling now the reason why they thought that

snowden would be on board the aircraft is because earlier we believe him president told r.t. exclusively that his country is ready to provide political asylum to the former n.s.a. contractor why not of course the situation is far from ideal his case is constantly discussed on an international level bolivia is ready to give political asylum to the people who exposed to the future so to speak. another leader of who seems very sympathetic to snowden and his revelations as the president of venezuela our team managed to also catch up with him and here's what he said about the situation. this young man has to be protected by the international community he dead we've dignity to tell the world that there are mechanisms to spy on it even on your own allies if snowden stays alone he will be destroyed by protecting snowden we will protect peace i have to stress though that neither venezuela or

received official request from mr snowden for political asylum in the meantime he took back his request from russia after hearing the conditions voiced by president putin was that he could stay if you want to but then if you have to stop harming the image of washington he did send. requests to twenty other countries and ten of them have already rejected officially due to various reasons but de facto the a list of places where snowden could go or when we see political asylum is getting shorter while in the us is still calling for his extradition and he's stuck in that transit limbo at the transit zone initially meter airport although moscow is saying it's not planning to pass him or to the u.s. since he is seen as a freedom fighter and they still have the death penalty there all right artie's are you going to cut off in central moscow thank you. let's get some more perspective on this right now or both on europe's outrage and the seeming phobia of snowden

let's talk to a member of the european parliament a curiosity to philip these are live from stress for going to hello to you sir from moscow the french are leading the rhetorical charge but when push comes to shove do you think it can or is even willing to stand up to washington. yes hello to you. we are covering a debate on this you should this afternoon in the european parliament but let me make it absolutely clear that our position as european parliament and more especially is the european left group is that snowden should be given asylum even in europe or anywhere else in the world because we do not consider him a trade or we consider him a hero he's the man who has warned people that their fundamental personal rights the rights to privacy are being violated by the united states and others and we think that if we have to fight criminality and terrorism we should do this within

the legal framework by respecting human rights and not become a criminal it's ourselves therefore the whole affair research shocking affair for us would perhaps have a different understanding of those united states as to what a human rights are we consider can i go right ahead i'm sorry i was i'm i'm sorry sort of interrupt you but when you talk about the issue of human rights or let's just bring on one more angle here when it when all of this was first coming out about edward snowden there were many european leaders who hailed him as a hero but then after perhaps having a behind closed door telephone call with washington many european leaders are now running away from the start and you're a member of the european parliament what exactly is washington threatening its european allies with. on behalf of the europe. lead there is some talk before of parliamentarians and we might have a different understanding with with them as parliamentarians we are defenders of

human rights and no threats from the united states or elsewhere it would make us change our minds we're going to stay this very very clearly and loudly this afternoon during the debate but we're certainly seeing various european leaders are backpedaling when it comes to for example the recent the recent bolivian president's plane being grounded not being allowed to go through european airspace it would seem that washington has had a hand to do with with something about that another notable example of a turnaround is ecuador which is really dialed back on its support for snowden after a call from vice president joe biden why even known ally seemingly intimidated by this. will be for the interests of leaders might be different from the interests of parliamentarians we are defenders of the rights of the citizens who elected us and we are not intimidated by any

threats of what the european or other leaders are doing is their affair or they might have such relationships with the united states that they can't be intimidated by the we're here to defend people we're here to different snowden and we're here to defend our european citizens so we're not going to be intimidated by anybody ok ok so you're here you're here to defend european citizens so i must ask you as it's agreed you are an m.e.p. appointed to represent the people of europe do you mind having the u.s. snooping on your on your communications if indeed it's all in the name of security . as i said before you cannot fight terrorism by becoming a terrorist yourself the thing is the heroic thing about is that you fight illegality by being legal within the legal framework if i am to become a. you know myself in order to find. anything i'm only increasing crime

in the world in my view so the thing is to respect the the human rights and find such if framework that you can fight terrorism without becoming a criminal yourself and what the united states are now doing by. stealing all these data personal data violating privacy this is criminal. because the three interfere with these a member of the european parliament thank you for sharing your time with us here on r t today. thank you now at least sixteen people have been killed overnight in fierce clashes between pro-government protesters and riot police in the egyptian capital eyewitnesses report gunshots new cairo university and tear gas fired to disperse the angry crowds clashes are flared up ahead of president mohammed morsi is televised debate where he rejected any threats to his rule claiming he is the legitimate leader bell truism in cairo now joining us now live he would details on

the program hello to you bellow so any any any overnight protest so what's the latest from where you are now. well it was very tense here in the capital in egypt even nights as clashes between supporters and opponents of the president made nationwide demonstrations calling for his ouster that left several people dead and people eyewitnesses say it began off the rival protest marches accidentally matts by cairo university and then clashed eyewitnesses reported at birdshot bullets and also moments of cocktails as well as handmade guns this is a worrying trend here in egypt civilians are increasingly armed and these kinds of rival protest clashes are becoming more and more violent and frequent as the days go on but simply as we're seeing a serious divide in egypt between those who support the president and those who are against him with rival protests taking place every day across the country here the presidential palace last night we had tens of thousands of peoples calling for his

ouster they say the president is not capable of ruling anymore and they want him out meanwhile there is the most faction who support the president had their own rallies just a few kilometers away and in front of a mosque they say that he's legitimately elected and they want him to stay in office for the next four years so we're seeing a lot of rising tension i'm increasing clashes between these rival groups certainly a massive increase in clashes between the rival groups as you say bill but can you can you tell us though why is the country's president failing to quell be unrest. will it looks like he's not doing much to reach out to the opposition his televised speech last night to maintain that he has the constitution to just mysie he's not going anywhere he's the president he was democratically elected you can't using the word legitimacy over and over and over again he also rejected opposition calls for early presidential elections for a new constitution and an interim count so he basically maintained that he was

going he was the will of the people and the people would listen to him this comes off to the military issued a forty eight hour ultimatum which is due to expire. it's a de kooning for him to feel the demands of the people otherwise they will intervene they draw off to a road map for the future of egypt which was leaked to the press which actually said that they would be a new constitution a new parliament an interim council to the president not only setting himself up against the opposition forces but against the military as well which many people feel here they worry that we're going to have you know a fight between the presidency and the military the army for their part responded a few hours they said by that facebook page saying that they will protect the people even if it means that they have to die in the process against what they said was a close or a food search when i would terrorists we don't know who that was directly targeted towards where that was a response to the president it did come straight off to his speech and the speech really did set the presidency against the military so it's very tense here in egypt

we're not sure how this is the situation is going to resolve it expected nationwide for says again today for a cool day running as well as the islamists and supporting the presidency so it's really a divided country we're not sure what the future holds right through that live in cairo thank you but i've got a lot more on the political unrest ongoing in egypt a live analysis after a very short break could be can stay with us here on alt. egypt on the brink mohamed morsi and his democratically elected muslim brotherhood face massive protests in social upheaval as one revolution ended in another started

opposition figures have asked the military to step in to restore order if the military again becomes the key power broker in egypt what does this mean for democracy in the arab muslim world. speak to language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks of the r.p. interview intriguing story for you. in. arabic to find out more visit arabic t.v. . it's a busy day for news today here on our sushi in moscow let's turn our attention back to egypt now where at least sixteen people were killed in deadly clashes outside cairo university and the violence took place as the country's embattled president

mohamed morsi defiant the army's ultimatum to meet the demands of anti-government protesters within forty eight hours gyptian novelist and political commentator. now joins me live to discuss the prospects for a country in crisis so welcome to the program here on our team mr morsi says he is legitimate and he's not going anywhere i suppose he has got a point. course he does have a point in that he was elected so the ballot box gave him force is just a myth but what we need to remember and what the country is saying the country other than supporters is that we're not in a normal situation with the morsi came to power on the back of a bitter and he when he was campaigning to be elected if you remember he in the first round he got five million folks in the second round he added eight million on those and therefore got fifteen million votes in he got that

extra eight million and promised that he would be a president for only egypt and to do says he actually made even specific promises like that you would have a vice president who was a woman that would bring christians and so on and. the fact is that he did not honor any of these are all inseparably only a year on a year on there are a lot of unfulfilled promises remaining but when it comes to those who are demanding his resignation on to rio they backed by the majority of the egyptian population or is it just a matter of an outspoken few no this is really not the majority of the egyptian population yet every apart from the current and let me just say it's not a matter of broken promises only it's a measure of actually killing protesters on the street protesters who've been protesting against his rule over the last year and of completely carrying on with mubarak policies as you got. your economy and so on and so this is why if you can you that he has lost legitimacy when you when you go i'm sorry when you bring in

the issue of violence against protesters i mean it's certainly a very potent subject you raise here on the program but how do you assess the role of the army here we saw the military helping to overthrow mubarak and now it's taking a stand against mr morsi. well and not only that but the military for the year that they were actually in power they themselves waged a war against their tradition and killed protesters on the streets in an escalating massacre so it is very sad that we are back in this position. but in fact it really is the intransigence of dr morsi that has led us that is because over the last year he has had repeated continuous trinity's to act as president of egypt to bring people in to mend kind of broken ties and to actually put the country on the road of that if you commit suicide on the un so sorry i do apologize i'm sorry sort interrupt i'm running solo on time but i must ask you this

the army has issued an ultimatum for dr morsi what happens when that ultimatum runs out we are all waiting to see i can tell you all right well novelist and political commentator about so as a pleasure to have you want to thank you so much and. well a wall of public outrage against the islamist president explodes and supporters a vow to fight to the end for their leader party's policy i want to find out exactly what their motives are. egyptian president mohamed morsy supporters are gathering had not far from the presidential palace you haven't even line with mustard and obvious numbers groupings here you have the muslim brotherhood you have the salafist and you also have ordinary egyptians that really supports the hummock morsi you know who i'm here to support business mostly because you have owned the rights to be you know to this to colombia egypt and other people trying to destroy our country but by by strike and by little fight by and by fiat so i come here

to support the marching was just one person no manners go see i've been there you get it but is it into these if they try to keep their lives up on the democracy then they won't they want us to come back to the first of the mubarak tantillo is most he's made on every way man with helmets and sticks preparing for a showdown why are you here with the helmets and the best timbs ok ok. in the heart of the. wearing the helmet said all the entrances to the square. everyone the end to some security area sometimes the thugs hired by the national democratic party used to attack us with rocks and shotguns and we need to protect us so. you have to be very very careful and be very deep for any. bad situations the

message from people here is that president morsi is to just miss and they are ready to defend him policy our team. and i was there in the mists tighten the screws in war torn syria muslim women in the nation's biggest city could not get in trouble for the way they dress as the prospect of shari'a law really really has its head and those details this hour right now at r.t. dot com for you as well as the ups and downs of space travel now you can watch the startling footage here of a russian rocket ultimately crushing. to worth just seconds after launch you can find out what the investigators are saying may have been the cause of that massive explosion. this is not a surprise to me that we. during a time of budget cuts we spend one hundred fifty billion dollars each year to imprison one hundred sixty six people did most become a symbol around the world for america but.

it's good to have you with us here and today the latest u.s. drone strike has killed at least twenty three suspected militants in northwestern pakistan and the use of unmanned killing machines as long caused outrage in a country where civilians are often the victims of the strikes have led to a rapid deterioration in relations between former allies is washington though stepping into the void is china winning the hearts and minds of pakistanis. reports on the blossoming friendship. god. mandarin chinese it may be one of the hardest languages to learn but it's the most popular course at this school in islamabad teachers here say in rome and in chinese classes has more than tripled in the past three years some of the students are hoping for a job with a chinese company in pakistan others hope to go to china to further their education university courses there cost

a few thousand dollars compared to the tens of thousands charged by american and british colleges forget harvard or can bridge for some of these young pakistanis china is replacing the west around eight thousand pakistani students are already studying in china and this group is planning to join them some years before boxing people. want to go to america and another country. or certainly is it we're trying to do right now. james game. because. in. infrastructure work. the water port in baluchistan province is one of beijing's many large scale infrastructure projects it gives china access to the arabian sea commercially and if need be militarily china builds two nuclear power plants here and is contracted to build two more. beijing is pakistan's main arms

supplier and the two countries are jointly developing this fighter jet but for most pakistanis china's influence is felt in more practical ways in their wallets and at the local markets and while pakistan's main trading partner is still the european union trade between china and pakistan surpassed twelve billion dollars for the first time last year and thanks to a free trade agreement signed in two thousand and six chinese consumer products have flooded pakistan and they're impossible to miss almost everything sold at this shopping center is made in china. the cheap imports have been blamed for hurting some local industries but many of the shopkeepers we met were happy with the way business was going forty to fifty percent or below it was a. return of three with a few very very big superpower at the moment for. very proud to be a friend of her. and when it comes to pakistan's other friend and superpower the

united states is growing up to curb. what is lord would think and that's a common view here according to a recent pew research survey nine in ten pakistanis describe china as a partner well seventy four percent said they see the u.s. as an enemy pakistanis are by and large both china by and large anti-american because the feeling like you are all going to be that china has never between them why that is the constant. feeling that you know the u.s. is just fickle there's this fair weather flames that come in smash things up without a god for the consequences but most of these students aren't motivated by politics either still hope for better opportunities they may not know exactly what changes the coming years will break the bank that china will play a key role in shaping their future this account and of argentina's ahmad. well it's been good to have you with us here on the program today just a moment now we look at the off the mouth of the worst oil spill in the history of

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