today's news and the week's top stories from our t.v. edward snowden's asylum options grow as three latin american countries now say they're willing to shield the stranded n.s.a. whistleblower from american prosecutors. supporters and opponents of the ousted egyptian president of our more protests as the country's army backed government tries to regain control of the streets after a week of our rallies and violence. and want to the logically step up aggressive efforts to break the mass hunger strike at the prison which has entered its sixth month.

thanks for joining me this sunday afternoon one pm here in the russian capital and lucy kaplan of an i watching r.t.r. weekly summary of the week's top stories as well as space news edward snowden has a few more options open as to which country he can turn to in order to escape prosecution in the united states now this after bolivia became the third latin american country to offer him asylum snowden has been looking for a safe haven ever since blowing the lid off of america's global spy program last month and he says now he has a story of how one whistleblower has spurred a diplomatic spat between the america i think snowden song goes by says with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well what nicaragua and bolivia offered the n.s.a. leaker asylum after european countries rejected his official request for most of the. if snowden himself didn't know where his future would be taking him then we

certainly did and this really it was thought ecuador might be a possibility but president caray is sentiment toward snowden shifted suddenly saying their help with initial transport documents was a mistake then as well as my dural made his country's stance clear this weekend saying snowden can come and live in the land of chavez quote away from the persecution of american imperialism but only after bolivia's ever morale us was detained and deny airspace over europe for some fourteen hours while his presidential plane was searched for snowden in an exclusive interview with our team around reacted to what bolivia called a kidnapping is huge and they think they can humiliate and subdue us by blackmailing us and dictate their own terms like they did before making us to change our policies their role would make our own decisions and they can pressure

us into doing what they want. latin america united with their condemnation social media rocketed with claims the u.s. was behind the move and europe a puppet washington remain silent they have made a serious mistake because this is just one more example of the way things are going to be not only throughout latin america but throughout the world already where you have powerful hegemonic totally disrespectful towards the national sovereignty of all countries even their allies snowden's leaks help reveal how the u.s. was cold war style tapping their closest e.u. partners even when you expose the truth in even when you give it this truth to the people who are being spied on they won't step up and support truth so yeah it is a bit frustrating to see these european nations just kind of ignore this outright spying that's happening while searching for snowden at all cost and he's now a r.t.

moscow brussels based political analyst pall over a phone it believes that the u.s. is attempting to become a self-styled global governing entity. the rules of international law have been. shaken. i would say since nine hundred eighty nine on. a level that even among the western powers now there's a situation where someone is more equal than others and a possibility of a sovereign state to adopt a decision. or protection of a certain individual. completely. to favor the major interest of the center of the imperial system which is washington in this case latin america is finding itself squaring up to governments on both sides of the atlantic the regions leaders have voiced our anger over what they call political terrorism by washington during a summit in bolivia this week now or

a guy accused washington of political terrorism while venezuela's leader said the united states actions show how an american elite is ruling europe argentina's president highlighted how the bolivian leader has plane was diverted by countries who usually talk about upholding human rights ecuador's leader said the u.s. is trying to colonize latin america were just a go via for marty's spanish channel reports from bolivia on the region's pan atlantic for failing to respect the country's sovereignty. braless said this all for it is a protest against the u.s. and some european nations in the speech has always been mostly empty americanism the now the us is not unknown seems friends portugal unity and spain close their ers they used to believe u.s. presidential plane europe has become the new entity he also mentioned that now is the time for not you know wearing a country's team goes your own politics of course he was referring to the us now we

have people who see and hear all the old history to help us these new onto european feeling people are are you on their minds are going back to colonial times now if you put together colonial memories and because that skyjack happy so it becomes a nation can be a bowl of meaning it relations between if that's a memory cap and use for european countries might be meeting a new start i need my not be that bright brazilian investigative journalist pepe escobar says the way the us and europe are handling snowden's case is actually brain the entire latin american region closer together do all sorts get that what you what twenty four well four hours before what happened to him for what i list there were outraged in serious it were being spied a fall in a base in frankfurt and out over the nato headquarters in the moments outside of belt twenty four hours later they did what they did against everyone around the

leader of a small cell some american nations and now they unite that south america against the u.s. and i guess this ridiculous but benteke role all the european puppets. egypt has slipped back into political crisis this week when the country's military overthrew its democratic party democratically elected president mass celebrations after mohamed morsi is ousting quickly turn into a violent clock lashes between his supporters and opponents now a new interim government is slowly being formed by people there are deeply uneasy about what socom as r.t. is policy or reports. egypt's back in the headlines but for all the wrong reasons a week of street battles mass crowds a divided country on the brink of civil war this is the street where the worst violence in cairo happened even thirty five people killed move in a house an injured the mood is extremely tense friends family and supporters

shouting crying a lot of emotion and the country's bracing itself for more u.s. issued military combat boots stand guard the newly installed all means not taking any chances if no clear government action to change its way to the status quo in egypt is on the brink of disaster in terms of an upper egypt to an arts internet a real policy and real change is on the one side the millions who rallied for the ouster of the muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi they got what they wanted went on wednesday the army took over across the bridge those who want him reinstated both sides are talking war i want to say to the american statesman to the wall and to the whole wallet to the west to europe be careful if you join that out of me there gyptian out of me or the head of the egyptian army to destroy the islamist that means that you're turning this country to upgrades that will produce

a lot of islamists there's a strong feeling of deja vu after just a year in office the muslim brotherhood leaders have joined it predecessor imprisoned president hosni mubarak both now sitting in the same jail. a man. because betting on a losing horse by selling out to the islamists where is the america that calls for freedom why have they allowed this to happen does freedom mean shutting down islamic t.v. channels does it mean shutting down news papers mean a hair watches events unfold from his balcony this cup question lives in an apartment overlooking to his square he says it's now each option pitted against egypt and this is something that completes the first evolution. official position was incomplete but i have been. limited to retake control of the country for more than a year and then. using that democracy in a very bad way by giving. the country

to the muslim brotherhood which. is the worst people to control the country this is a matter of the and i would like you to join me in a journey through time travel back in time travel to unravel discoveries discover evolution that made egypt and the element that made egypt revolution able. because one of the few taking advantage of the constant turmoil he offers foreign tourists a v.i.p. revolutionary to a it includes a quick look at a few well that mostly through the cause window and now i'm so as spoken thanks to that evolution i used to stammer and stutter and flounder now you see my speech flows like a mighty stream momos like british people but most tourists are staying away while the country plummets unemployment's up and the egyptian pound is false losing its already weakened value as supporters on both sides brace for more confrontations many fear the situation will only go from bad to worse policy on t.v. . also in cairo is already correspondent bill true who caught up with

a former arab league chief who is now one of the top opposition figures in egypt amr mussa told her that democracy is not just down to the ballot box that egypt's our people should be properly called a popular uprising. the security forces the armed forces are trying to maintain law and order in the streets going forward in a solid way that would allow the country to be. to get back on track but moments after the ouster of mohamed morsy we had reports of hundreds of missing by that officials who were arrested the president himself was put under house arrest with no communication t.v. networks were shut down people are calling this a military coup how can you defend that everybody saw millions of people pouring into the streets so it was not a coup it was a popular uprising if not a revolution that is not enough to be a ballot box approving you and then you just sit and enjoy your life and let the

people go down the drain i don't know how some people in. a certain way of thinking believe that democracy is just the box of the ever got the majority over there has the right to do or not to do anything how can you include the muslim brotherhood and its political parties like the freedom and justice party in the political roadmap of egypt if their leaders of being arrested yes yes egypt is and in. an unprecedented exceptional circumstances some precautionary measures would be taken but i hope at the end it is fergus and the rule of law that would prevail. britain is trying to get the e.u. to ease up on genetically modified food that's despite claims the lab enhanced scrawl could cause us health problems more on that story in just a bit. also coming up the rubble fiber currency bit going to track the

investment of big boys tell you more in just a couple of minutes. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. of. the world. series technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. right. first right. and i think that you're.

on the record. welcome back i'm lucy catherine of well military authorities at guantanamo bay are allegedly stepping up efforts to break the detainee's hunger strike which is now in its sixth month british and major shocker ahmar claims the guards are using bizarre tactics for example intentionally slamming doors hundreds of times during the night this to deprive the prisoners of sleep officials have also said that force feeding of dozens of protesters will continue during the holy muslim fast of ramadan which begins on monday lawyers for the detainees fear the military will operate

a painful for speeding factory at night time they were seizure involves inmates being placed in cells with nothing to drink after they've been fed against their will but the highly controversial practice is still being defended by the u.s. as r.t. is going to church or can reports the u.n. calls for the u.s. to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is what we first the garant strap a detainee down to a chair like this one been they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit when the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pen is in cartridge or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea and this area is very rich in nerve and. things and patients report extreme pain during the procedure and the nurse pushes the tube further down the

throat creating a tightness that makes breathing difficult at that point patients typically feel pressure on their chest in long some say it feels like they were drowning then the staff taped the troop to the detainees nose so that they can bite or swallow it and then two cans of nutritional substances are being funneled through the tube now we rode to guantanamo and asked whether they use an anesthetic for this seemingly painful procedure here's the response typically not however it is available if the detainees request that most detainees prefer to use standard all of oral to lubricate the to us of us are trying to make it sound like it's not as bad but here is how one of the detainees a yemeni man somewhere nadji all house on the bell describes what force feeding actually feels like i will never forget the first time they passed a feeding tube up my nose i can't describe how painful it is to be force fed this way as it was thrust it made me feel like throwing up i wanted to vomit but i

couldn't there was getting in my chest throat and stomach i had never experienced such pain before i would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone we also asked the kuantan official how many detainees resist the procedure and how many give their consent to it and he went back saying the majority of the detainees report compliantly and do not resist detainees are given a choice to eat a hot meal drink the liquid new trend or be enthralled fed by the detainee see the choice differently take a listen. when they come to force me into the chair if i refuse to be tied up they call the team so i have no choice either i can exercise my right to protest my detention and be beaten up or i can submit to pay in full force feeding for most people these detainees are out of sight out of mind as sudden as it is they see physical suffering as the only way to draw the world's attention to their plight we can't hear their voices but here's what they write i'm doing this because i want to

know my destiny i cannot abide not knowing any more. i just hope that because of the pain we are suffering the eyes of the world will once again look to guantanamo before it is too indefinite detention is the worst form of torture respect us or kill us it's your choice the u.s. must take off its mask and kill us the obama administration doesn't want in mates to die but neither is it in a rush to give the detainees their lives back in washington i'm going to check on the military medical staff at guantanamo bay are not authorized to treat the detainees properly as doctors are that is the view of frank arnold who has been advocating for washington to allow independent doctors to get access to the hunger strikers the regime which the joint task force for guantanamo has written for the cleveland of these people requires truly abusive care

and also is it involves the use of medicines which are dangerous they are not allowed to behave like doctors and are compelled by the military hierarchy to behave like jailers in particular several of them have commented to me through their lawyer is that when they are asked to the doctors for example to stop the environmental manipulation which leaves them freezing you know each week. for various disturbances the doctor says they have no power to do anything and as one of them's one of the hunger strikers what is the point of a doctor like right well not just on air online as well we'll bring you the latest on the ongoing mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay with our timeline r.t. dot coms a log on and check out how these events of and folded. britain

wants you to embrace genetically modified food and to ease tight regulations surrounding it now the country's an environment secretary claims that g.m. crops are actually safer than many of the alternatives some health organizations beg to differ now g.m. crops such as corn rice spread through the food chain through cattle and they're ending up in our daily products now around ninety percent of all the biotech seeds are owned by us giant monsanto which has been accused of stifling small businesses and driving farmers to ruin meanwhile the alarm is being raised over the health implications of biotech food ranging from simple allergies to devastating immune system problems artie's polly boyko has more. it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food it's a hard sell though campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is

a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must have produces of the stuff and the british government says the u.k. shouldn't be getting left behind to talk more about this i'm joined by dr robert he's the founder of the alliance for natural health which campaigns against g.m. foods. there are a billion hungry mouths in the world and we're being told that this technology is safe shouldn't we embrace it in that case well if you look at all the real developments in raising eels it hasn't actually occurred through g.m. it's occurred through conventional breeding practices and we know that the european authorities have probably one of the most comprehensive evaluation systems compared with other parts of the world but only two crops have actually got through the net for cultivation over fifty have been approved for consumption but of course the

majority of it is given to animals and not to humans what are the risks in this case how is it dangerous to human health there's been a lot of g.m. produced of course a large amount of it going to animals but the u.s. population has been eating a lot of g.m. corner a lot of g.m. soy and they say well we can't see the effect we believe looking at humans as guinea pigs is not a great way of doing it particularly given the fact that we're only looking at really one or two generations of exposure why is the government so keen to develop this technology in that case and who would be benefiting from it if they did there are about a half a dozen companies that are the key players in this areas of which monsanto is the biggest and they've been putting huge pressure on governments they're all doing that the biggest problem is concentrating the agricultural research. and particularly seed supply in the hands of a few companies and these companies have a lot of sway with the major governments in the world including the u.k. government many thanks for your comments was one environmental group said the british government's attempt to get g.m.

food back on the menu is like flogging a dead horse and despite any of the scientific arguments for it one thing that you come to argue with is that g.m. food just doesn't have a good reputation a survey last month showed that only twenty one percent of the u.k. population supports the technology. artsy london. the alternative cyber currency bitcoin could be opened up for some big investments now the winklevoss twins best known for suing facebook founder mark zuckerberg over claims that he stole their social networking idea are planning to float a bit coin trust but even with multimillionaires on board the rebel currencies key fan base are those who are drawn to its anti-establishment charm. explains. it's happy 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 if you think 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 would 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 big quinn 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 v.c. firm in the city and now fast forward to two years there are so many startups that i started meet ups we're all friends of the each other there's kind of like a culture as i'm referring to your own good are you build a culture of young financially savvy new yorkers determined to build an unregulated financial system i'll buy a bit coin or hold on i'm going to big josh rossi hosts

a weekly but queen meeting in union square where people can buy and sell the digital coins 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 corn 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 quite 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 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 this society is going the u.s. government though isn't too happy with the coins popularity it recently shut down 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 expose 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 port i.r.t. new york. unfortunately that's it for me today but up next here on our team we get to the bottom of the catastrophic gulf of mexico oil spill stay with us. as a person who lives in russia i get asked very often why automated console fat well are americans actually fat or is this just 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 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 lowers carol 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 really have simple solutions you can run around and exercise as much 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.

the story maybe amiens in iran. the british geologists discovered iran was sitting on an emotional boil and they decided they would take and they formed the anglo persian oil company and made a deal with the iranian monarchy. they guaranteed itself all iran's oil. shortly after that the british government bought fifty one percent of the company and of the suggestion of winston churchill the british navy switched tree coal to oil. the war ships the projected british power all over the world are now running one hundred percent oil wrong. and that in ninety.