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revolution redux for egypt is the army overthrows the country's first democratically elected leader mohamed morsi it's a rear square exploding in celebration but elsewhere the clashes just lead to more deaths. e.u. flags and the european north already forced the bolivian president's jet to land. nothing less than a kidnapping outrage of latin american leaders. lowering major financial figures from the world of big business looking for an alternative to that of traditional cash.
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it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r t today our rule received just eleven a welcome to the program. it is a back to the revolution a drawing board for egypt this after the army moved in and toppled the country's islamist president after just one year mohamed morsi is under arrest along with other members of the muslim brotherhood and what some describe as a coup has been hailed by crowds of anti islamist protests in cairo's tahrir square about furious confrontations between supporters and opponents of the deposed leader at least up to fourteen fourteen lives overnight let's cross now to cairo and bell true standing by for us live and we can there we are bell. good to see you hello
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from moscow what is being done now in the early hours there to try and cement buku . the situation rapidly developed overnight off to the announcement from the military of the ouster of mr brotherhood president mohamed morsi just one year into his term we had reports of hundreds of arrests of muslim brotherhood officials this was quickly condemned by rights groups here in egypt who said they didn't want to see egypt to send back into the dark days of the mubarak and former presidents where the muslim brotherhood was which hunted in addition the president the former president himself morsi was put under house arrest a video came out pretty came out overnight showing how this actually happened officials on their twitter accounts were tweeting as it went on saying that he'd been separated from his presidential aides in addition to the missing brotherhood's own television channel mr twenty five was a shutdown and the people the president was sentenced were arrested also on top of
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that al jazeera arabic local channel here in egypt their offices were run sacked by members of the organization were reportedly also arrested and so we've seen a lot of action coming across across the country in particular targeting the muslim brotherhood meanwhile we've seen an army deployment in the streets particularly focused around rallies in support of the former president i was there last night there's a lot of military a lot of armored vehicles and they put forward is their road map to egypt and they are saying that now egypt will have a new president the head of the constitutional court will take over today in addition we will have the current constitution will be suspended there will be a committee set up to look into changing some of those articles and the technocratic interim council will be formed to really manage this moment of transition in egypt so it's a very fluid situation here people are worrying that this is could be a military coup. other people are saying we're going to give the military some time
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just to try and you know sort the country out but it's very tense here and things are rapidly moving so as you say mohamed morsi after one year in office he's under arrest to members of the muslim brotherhood but when it comes to egyptian society as a whole what's the general reaction been to this whole issue over the past twenty years . but it's been extraordinary scenes here in the capital will we find a one sign the anti-government protesters who've been calling for this ouster celebrating in the early hours of the morning people with dancing and singing and banging drums setting off fireworks they were holding up showing the faces of major military figures here the military were the heroes of the hours but that they would not have transferred the people in the army a one week stop take they said to me that they finally their voices being heard however on the other side the supporters of the president remain in the city and calling for him to be reinstated they say that he is in the distant president the
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missing brotherhood organization is one of the largest organizations here in egypt they have a significant support base i was in the city late last night speaking to those people they said to me they felt isolated and attacked the minute she had surrounded their encampment they feel they would be likely to talk to the because the officials were being targeted so what you're seeing is a country divided and particularly as we've already seen during the lead up to these demonstrations mass movements of violence for the country this weekend again last night we had clashes between supporters and opponents of the. president's resistant to the military trying to get involved to calm the situation down with a number of deaths across the country so it's still tense the country is still divided although we had moments of celebration we also have this difficult situation where there are still supports the president and they're not going home and they're very angry so really we have to see you know how the situation develops indeed but as you were saying it's a very fluid and fluid situation where you are there in the egyptian capital cairo
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any or so for any reaction from any world leaders or from outside of egypt yet. absolutely i mean many key leaders outside of egypt are watching the situation very closely and slightly worried at the pace of this change and the fluidity of the situation and the un's punky move to his part said he was worried about the military's part in this ousting of the president under you basically reminding the military that this is opposed to be the will of the people and should end up being a civilian government a president obama also made comments he was pushing for technocratic government and saying that you know what egypt needs is a proper democracy not military rule as we've seen in the past year after hosni mubarak in the transitional period so a lot of people are looking very closely at the situation here in egypt watching it says seeing how it develops and you know hoping the military would feel that promise that they are here to help the transition to
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a civilian democracy and not to take over. true the reporting of nutrition capital cairo thank you. well we spoke to former u.s. diplomat john graham he believes that egypt's future is certainly up in the air but the deep divisions within the society could see the second revolution course the nation to crumble. question now is whether it works he's supporters even though the army seems to have cast their hand. will start a civil war that would be in many ways going up against the army so fewer hours a few more days should be clear but right now it's total chaos and there's more players as well you see. mubarak supporters there are sort of in the background but they're waiting opportunistically for for a moment perhaps to to gain something of a say you've got. the christians the cops who are not anti muslim but
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nonetheless they're not muslim as either so you've got a lot of different players. on the on the on the secular side you have not one party or true perhaps a dozen or maybe fifteen different parties none of whom agree totally with each other so you that's where the chaos comes from. and i hear it all to you always a quarterly invited to get involved with any of the stories we're covering here on the program particularly today we're asking you on the web site on t.v. dot com what is next for egypt we're looking at the military now for the second time in two years ultimately taking control of the country so what is next let's see how the numbers stuck up for this hour the eleven am hour here in moscow from the calm and they really do continue to change though the vast majority still saying the army will do its best to try to administer the country until fresh elections can be held roughly a quarter though not quite so optimistic saying that coming to any agreement is unlikely the country will only descend further into chaos and lets us get down to
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the bad three percent now one percent some people saying very few saying that morsi in the muslim brotherhood will perhaps broken but not beaten and they could still make some sort of return to power if indeed that's possible we're still engaging your pulse on this so what's the future of egypt if you disagree though with any of these opinions here on the chart you can always call. you'll vote or comment that will be in the comments section at sea dot com well for the meantime though the former atomic agency chief and nobel laureate mohamed el baradei he appears to be at the political forefront of the rule of the muslim brotherhood is being brought to an end of research and writer paul rick she believes that his candidacy is being actively promoted by america and that's not a good sign. america's out of money the rest house south american. president then the president will back answer and it was even an
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arsenal two thousand and seven. would be his new place and this is two thousand and eight there are young egyptians come to america go to the state department and he took the time and lisa why is the other is to learn how to use modern technology to start an uprising in egypt so this uprising from the very start was aided by the united states and one of the favorite horses in the race has been and continues to be mohamed el baradei and he's the one who actually met with the military to remove morsy and but i think it's bad for any country when somebody is help from the outside from forces without to help bring that person to power then that person will automatically turn into a puppet their concern will not be what is good for the country they're concerned is their ambition and that is always dangerous whether they're my dress or
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fundamentalists it doesn't matter it should be an egyptian decision. and if for any reason you think you've missed anything jones has a day to check out our live updates on how the egyptian coup started and persecuted you can do about it r.t. dot com analysis images from the iconic to rear square all lined up for you there right now. and for the meantime here on the program on our t.v. france has become the first of four european states to apologize for denying air space to a jet carrying the bolivian president a vest on little to temper latin american fury with leaders are creating react to a kidnapping and the president's plane was forced to land and reportedly searched over rumors that whistleblower edward snowden was on board let's cross now live to our to use election to show for more on this story good to see you again alexey so understand that they believe in president he's a he's back on home home turf now yes. indeed ever more or less has safely landed in bolivia but this was one the flights would definitely want to forget now he was
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on his way from moscow passing europe when several european countries including spain france and portugal denied his presidential force one their airspace and this according to ability as foreign minister put the president's life in danger because his plane was running out of fuel and he had to land somewhere in order to have his aircraft refuel to eventually ever more or less landed in vienna he had to spend twelve hours in vienna airport and completely unprecedented move his air force one was reportedly searched by the austrian authorities based on rumors that the former cia whistleblower the former cia man whistleblower edward snowden could be on board that plane something the believe the foreign minister has already described as a gross violation of international law and breach of presidential immunity now certainly we know that mr morales is in believe you are now but the biggest
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question now is what the consequences of this international scandal we will see because there's been very strong reaction coming from the latin america believe me in particular with the foreign minister describing this incident as equating it basically to a kidnapping attempt of the believe you have the president also we've heard statements along the lines that this was a huge humiliation act for the whole of latin america let's now listen to what some of the believe in diplomats have to say on the matter. i think this is an unprecedented situation that this goes against international conventions and treaties this goes against international law and all the rules that have been established over a long period of time this shows disrespect for other countries in the kindness of . the countries involved in hijacking president morales his plane and making a mistake they think that others steal attack invade territories wage wars impose embargoes and go back on their own word just like they do the current policy of the
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usa and their allies and nato aims at ensuring their own security at the expense of somebody else's. believe he has already filed a complaint to the united nations and reaction coming from the neighboring latin american countries has been pretty much the same very critical we know that the us who are going to zation which unites let the american countries will be gathering for an emergency summit on thursday to discuss their next steps but clearly the biggest portion of their criticism and their anger is directed towards the united states which actually never made secret that they contacted europe on snowden's possible passing through their countries now i called the state department spokesman who said that u.s. officials have contacted countries snowden might approach for asylum would pass through on the way to a third country to provide reasons why mr snowden should be returned to the united states and face charges end of quote also came under fire from the latin america as
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well because some of the some of the american diplomats have been saying that despite that europe has been criticizing of what exactly snowden has revealed still it acted as a colony of washington as one of the latin american diplomats explained it so definitely we're in for more twists and turns to this crazy saga and until edward snowden reportedly remains at moscow's sheremetyevo airport we'll definitely see more developments which will of course update our viewers when we certainly will indeed. thank you. one of the united states has admitted we contacted a wide range of nations imparting on them the dangers of allowing edward snowden to pass through. an attorney and author who says the e.u.'s actions show clearly where its priorities lay. despite the fact that the united states basically is demeaning those european nations and violating their own rights and treating them as second class citizens at the same time they do share these collective military
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and economic interests and so i think that a lot of the response mainly from some of these european countries heads of states condemning these actions of the united states and calling for further investigation was mainly merely to satisfy their their constituents and their people and it's not something that they're really going to follow up and we see that played out in the case of a more dollars airplane i mean these same european countries that were just criticizing the united states for this espionage program they were willing to act on u.s. instructions to violate the rights of this latin american leader so i think we see clearly there the double standard and hypocrisy in what is being said virtually out of the governments of the european union and what actually they're doing in reality and in reality they are just going along with the u.s. agenda. now u.s. president barack obama has long claimed that attack drones all surgical in their accuracy but an expert on the part of the list said they killed ten times more
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civilians than fighter jets and more on those just upping figures a bit later in the program. wealthy british style. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. released be to language. for programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world
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talks books the v.o.i.p. interviews intriguing stories for you to. see then try. to find out more visit our big. world of. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we. covered. a pleasure to have you with us here on our own research showing that moscow american drone strikes could be responsible for ten times more civilian deaths than that of conventional weapons it's according to a brand new report that president barack obama who has taken the technology under his wing still maintains that more accurate than fighter jets the more this from washington and it's easily as well but it's no secret that drones are becoming the
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military's aircraft of choice we've been told they're more efficient and precise than fighter jets but a recent study says otherwise the study was conducted by larry lewis a research scientist for the center of naval analysis lewis took a close look at the number of air strikes in afghanistan during mid two thousand and ten and mid two thousand and eleven he got the figures using classified military information and what he found was that drone strikes were ten times more deadly to civilians than traditional manned aircraft now these findings seem to be at odds with what we've heard from government leaders back in may president obama touted the benefits of drone warfare as i've already said even small special operations carry enormous risks conventional airpower missiles are far less precise than drones. and there are likely to cause more civilian casualties and more local leverage. other high level government
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leaders have claimed the benefits of drones long before president obama addressed the issue of civilian casualties in drone warfare here's john brennan back in april of two thousand and twelve at the time he was an assistant to the president for national security and counterterrorism we conduct targeted strikes because they are necessary to mitigate actual ongoing threat to stop plots prevent future attacks and to save american lives but quantifiable data are proving this has been scarce due to the secrecy of the drone program exact figures of drone strikes were not disclosed in the latest study because that information is classified but it calls into question just how much more precise drones really are compared to man their planes the researchers that conducted this study have an idea they told the guardian quote these findings show us that it's not about the technology it's about how the technology is used drones are naturally better at
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avoiding civilians than fighter jets when pilots flying jets were given clear directives in training on civilian protection they were able to lower civilian casualty rates also important to note the latest study only takes into account civilian deaths in afghanistan and places like yemen and pakistan it's harder to obtain figures on the number of deaths because the only way to get data is from the drones themselves so as the drone debate comes into that the national spotlight this study points out that the benefits of drone technology and training of drone pilots should be included in that debate in washington lives of all. the alternative side because he bitcoin is inspiring some serious financial players to open it up to the world of big investment kitty pilgrim reports. bitcoin the peer to peer electronic cash just a man and an alternative to traditional currencies has had its fair share of
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controversies this is introduction four years ago and it's now being backed by the infamous facebook suing twins tyler and cameron winklevoss if the proposal for a big coin trust fund is given the go ahead by the securities and exchange commission the twins will contribute their own ten million dollars worth of big coins into the trust and exchanges shares in the virtual currency because it was created in two thousand and nine by an anonymous web developer and can be exchanged for other currencies and used to pay for goods and services but it doesn't exist in physical form now the big coin is seen by its users as an alternative to traditional currencies especially during the euro zone sovereign debt crisis as more people began distrusting the central banks but leverage point has been linked to money laundering and accusations of drug smuggling which has made the value of the bitcoin extremely volatile since the start of the year rising from thirteen
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dollars in january to a peak of two hundred sixty six dollars in april and right now it sits at around ninety dollars now their release is also tightly controlled may be king essential banking systems control over the minting of money which means there can only ever be twenty one million created right now there's around eleven million is circulation this factor has led to some to speculate that their value may rise. the facebook feud between the wing cost thousands of mars like a virus protected in the twenty to movie the social network and eventually resulted in a sixty five billion dollars settlement so i wonder if they'll be updating their facebook status with their new venture i think not. a multi million u.s. dollars cash injection to make placing money into big point even easier opening up to more mainstream investors possibly but as artie's maria port meyer found in new york the rebel currency still has a strong grasp over those drawn to its anti establishment charm. it's happy
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hour in midtown manhattan dozens of bars are filled with after work crowds but here at ever. is where you'll find the big apple's expanding community of because investors think it seems like it's the first new york city establishment to accept the digital currency a monetary system free from government and bank control as well as credit card processing fees i'd rather everyone pay with the coin than i would with a credit card twenty three year old charlie shrem is co owner of ever and founder of big instant one of the first bitcoin payment processing companies when i first came into the space. i was the only person new york city had heard even heard of the coin i was left out of every d.c. firm in the city and now fast forward to two years there are so many startups that
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i started meet ups we're all friends of the each other there's kind of like a culture is i'm referring to your own good are you know a culture of young financially savvy new yorkers determined to build an unregulated financial system i'll buy a big corner and hold on i'm going to big josh rossi hosts a weekly between meeting in union square where people can buy and sell the digital coins a gathering data tracks even hedge fund and high frequency traders you can finally opt out of a system that you don't agree with like bernanke you can keep printing as much money as he wants to corner users are in effect we're holding declines it only makes our big points worth more dollars it's a natural hedge against inflation in a city that serves as the global headquarters for most of the world's largest banks the big white economy is slowly being embraced by respectable businesses domino's pizza the howard johnson hotel chain and a new york based limo service now accept the digital currency fair to say that new
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yorkers are able to eat sleep and commute. without spending a dollar online popular sites like reddit and ok cupid accept to be queen cars furniture and tech gadgets have been put up for sale on the trading website craigslist with dollars or digital coins equally accepted and for the anti prism privacy defenders the big b. will soon have purchased power with these burner phones which feature disposable numbers many economists remain skeptical of the long term stability of a currency that lacks backing from a single government but not a problem for big queen believers' if they were complete with the monetary system if they felt it was fair then they wouldn't be looking for an option like the point so you see already the loss of confidence the loss of commitment it's a sign of where the society is going the u.s. government though isn't too happy with the coins popularity it recently shut down
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our virtual exchange system for the currency claiming it was a money laundering platform i think we've had one hundred years now of what the u.s. government can do when it gets to manipulate a currency and a lot of people are kind of tired of that and they want to it's experiment in a space where you can't manipulate a currency just what would that even mean for money and i think that's why a lot of people are really interested in the space growing enthusiasm for an invisible currency presented to rival the printed greenback marina porton i.r.t. new york time the kaiser report in just a moment. as a personal lives in russia i get asked very often why automatic console fat well are americans actually fat or is this just
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a myth from some hater countries the centers for disease control have declared obesity to be a disease that's a twenty eight point nine percent of adult americans are obese and that is an all time high people blame the sedentary lifestyle as the cause yes if you were out all day at work and then all evening after driving the home sure doesn't help your waistline but problems can have multiple causes and the authors of the book rich food poor food believe it could be tied to eight foods that are allowed in america but are banned in many other countries across the globe some of these chemicals and techniques and foods that are banned by some other countries are a less strong which is in many snack products which lower scale worries but kills your body's ability to absorb minerals brought me to flour which saves tons of time for the baker but beats up your internal organs and of course our good old friend synthetic growth hormones which are in livestock which have been linked to cancer big problems rarely have simple solutions you can run around and exercise as much
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as you like but if you're being pumped full of these chemicals that are illegal in much of the world well your chances of fitting into that bathing suit are ironically slim but that's just my opinion. welcome to the because a report i'm max kaiser according to the dictionary corny as in mark carney can mean to coax or or act in a wheedling manner now i know you are thinking that sure sounds a whole lot like the definition of a pole dancer and you could indeed be a mark carney the new head of the bank of england as a sort of pull down sir enticing you to take would.

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