you care about humans and. this is why you should care only dog. break news on r t this hour a passenger train derails in the south of russia it's left over seventy people injured several. driver hit the emergency brakes the latest coming up. whistleblower on the run edward snowden could be heading now to america with the leaders of three countries they're ready to granted political asylum this latest leaks reveal that brazil and russia are being targeted by the u.s. nuclear program. egypt rocked by deadly clashes between backers and opponents of the ousted leader mohamed morsi as russia's president putin warns against an escalation into an all out civil war. and also this week with no sign of the let up in the guantanamo bay under strike now into its six month prison guards are resorting to new harsh techniques to try to stumble.

in here just after nine pm now you're watching our roundup of the top stories of the last seven days but the breaking news first on a weekly a passenger trains veered off the tracks in southern russia earlier today it's left at least seventy people injured has got speed on this. latest for us and dozens of the mansion that have been injured tell us a bit more as these details continue to come in. officials say that over seventy people have been injured sixteen of those have been taken to hospital and five of those are young children this accident happened just south of a town called rostov on don in southern russia we understand that eleven of the train's nineteen carriages we derailed and some of those overturned after the train

driver decided to perform an emergency stop he has since told officials he did this because he saw that the tracks in front of him were actually called now we don't know the reason why that was but some people have speculated it might have been down to the heat wave that part of russia has been experiencing over the last week with temperatures in excess of thirty degrees other people are speculating that parts of the track may have been stolen but no doubt this will form part of any investigation although i can say that the russian interior ministry has ruled out a terrorist attack over six hundred people were on board this train luckily there were no fatalities it was coming from novosibirsk in siberia all the way down to a town called adler in southern russia before this accident happened about four hundred kilometers north of its final destination but just to reiterate officials say that over seventy people have been injured and sixteen of those need hospital treatment or under eventually a played out he's going to farm of that. three latin american countries have said

they're ready to grant asylum to edward snowden the leaders of bolivia venezuela and nicaragua are offering a helping hand to the man who's exposed the u.s. government's global surveillance where washington's aggressive pursuit of the whistle blowers prompted those leaders to rally around the former n.s.a. contractor in this and now i reports. i think snowden tsongas bice's up with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well as nicaragua and bolivia after the n.s.a. leaker asylum after european countries rejected or his official request were for most of the week 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 correia sentiment toward snowden shifted suddenly saying their help with initial transport documents was a mistake then as well as my doro made his country stand 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 denied airspace over europe for some fourteen hours while his presidential plane was searched for snowden in an exclusive interview with our team around has reacted to what bolivia called a kidnapping. it's a huge and very thing they can humiliate and subdue us by blackmailing us and dictate their own terms like they did before making us to change our policies there will make our own decisions and they can't pressure us into doing what they want. latin america united with their condemnation social media rock did with claims the u.s. was behind the move and europe a puppet washington remains 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 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 out of them while searching for snowden at all cost and he's now a r.t. moscow when the media is no published was said to be an official asylum request from snowden in a letter written last sunday now the government have confirmed whether this letter is authentic or not but let's take a look at what it said you can see there. in this letter let's. party says that he fears u.s.

prosecution of exposing his government's violations of the constitution and the un treaties now the whistleblower doesn't think he's going to get a fair trial he says and where he is going to face life in prison or the death penalty if he were turned back home as pricing that let it down for you snowden's published a statement accusing obama of using his citizenship as a weapon and he will write to his norman solomon agrees with this saying washington's trampling on snowden's basic human rights the conduct of the u.s. government including statements made publicly by president obama and vice president biden from the very beginning several weeks ago intended to deprive edward snowden of basic rights innocent until proven guilty first amendment are and the freedom of speech that he had is entitle to as are all american citizens so i think the statement by edward snowden is quite reasonable quite accurate and the united states from

a tactical standpoint as the government has attempted to use the calling of stones passport as a weapon and that's just wrong. more spying revelations are coming out this time brazil's in the spotlight snowden's leaks documents show that the country was a major target for u.s. intelligence russia china iran and pakistan are also highlighted as key data gathering targets this after some latin american leaders lashed out at washington during a somebody in bolivia while your acquirers accused washington of political terrorism while venezuela's leader said the united states actions show the extent of its control over european governments. as president has said the grounding of the bolivian presidential plane wednesday was a human rights violation committed by e.u. countries which usually promote the meanwhile ecuador's leader rafael career and criticized washington for its quote colonial approach to latin america later the host nation over morales also have plenty to say as r.t. spanish correspondent reports were ellis said this all for is

a protest against the u.s. and some european nations royalist speech has always been mostly anti american but now the u.s. is not alone since france portugal italy and spain leave us presidential plane europe has become the new un to be the also mentioned that now is the time for latin american countries to impose their own politics of course he was referring to the u.s. now we have clearly seen here on the streets in the past this new anti european feeling people are angry and their minds are going back to colonial times now if you put together colonial memories and is that skyjack happy so it's the combination can be a bomb meaning that relations between their latin america and these four european countries might be meeting a new story and it may not be that bright so show unity by the latin american states of the granting of a role as is plain in europe hit a nerve across the region as well to dr francesco demand they get to know about

that he said of the latin american studies at the university. in middlesex he told me that the diplomatic fallout could have serious consequences for the u.s. this. sounds like you know the united states seems to be a pretty badly. for the latin american nations to such but way it's a pity that the european nations do not have an independent point foreign policy of the united states who's going to lose much more out of these in the united states country after country latin america and distancing themselves canonically politically and even militarily from the united states in their geopolitical bridgette rearrangement that is taking place as we speak and that in many cases very very strongly the stability was asia particularly china and in that sense the united states should be more careful that it's got into conflict literally every single time it doesn't look good and it doesn't do the united states any favor on

the silence from obama speaks volumes if you looking for the latest updates number snowden or mistake a development over the past few days we've got it on our website. dot com also there fresh updates opinions and plenty more to. ok now you're saying tahrir square the course egypt back into political deadlock this last week must celebrations of the country deposed its first democratically elected leader turned into those deadly clashes we witnessed between supporters and opponents of mahmoud morsy these live pictures then from tahrir square that's what's happening there right now thousands of anti morsy protesters have gathered while the new interim government slowly being forming time as well but millions of fearful over what lies next for the country that's the crucial next step paula slayer's talking about. 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 more than a thousand 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 army's not taking any chances if no clear government action to change as well the status quo in egypt is on the brink of disaster comes running out for egypt tonight's internet the real. 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 when on wednesday the army took over across the bridge those who want to win stated both sides are talking war i want to say to the american states and to their wallet to the whole wall and to the west to europe be careful if you join their army their

gyptian army or the head of the egyptian army to destroy the islamists that means that your journey in this country to a place 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 the peterson. imprisoned president hosni mubarak both now sit in the same jail. america's betting on a losing horse by selling out to the islamists where is the america the calls for freedom why have they allowed this to happen that does freedom mean shutting down islamic t.v. channels does it mean shutting down used papers i mean i'm a hare watch as events unfold from his balcony this cup question lives in an apartment overlooking to his square he says it's now in gyptian to take against egypt this is something that completes the first evolution. official position was incomplete but i have been. limited to retake in 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. the worst people to be told the country this is a much 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 a fluid city because one of the few taking advantage of the constant turmoil he offers foreign tourists a v.i.p. revolutionary to it includes a quick look at a few well the mostly through the cars 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 of us 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 r.t. . russia's president warned the situation in egypt could escalate into a much more severe conflict now. sitters are fortunate syria is already in the gulf in a civil war however sad it seamless and egypt is moving in the same direction we wish the egyptian people can avoid this fate. because of the former head of the arab league who's now one of the top opposition figures indeed in egypt a mossad told outies beltran the democracy is not just down to the ballot box. 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. back on track but moments after the ouster of mohamed morsi 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 so millions of people who are into the streets so it was not a coup it was a popular uprising if not their revolution that is not enough to be 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 and. out or from certain way of thinking believe that democracy is just to be a box i do about 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 have been arrested yes yes egypt is and in. and unprecedented exceptional circumstances some precautionary measures would be taken but i hope at

the end it is fairness and the rule of law that would prevail a most a talk to come out for you very shortly a genetically modified does for europe britain urges the destructions on g.m. products despite concerns of consumers been treated like giving a pig's. i would rather asked questions for people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can find my go larry king now right here on r.t. question more.

again be hunger strike a growing town of a bay prison is known to add six months with no sign of a resolution guards at the u.s. wanted to jail in cuba are now resorting to new harsh tactics to try to force an end to the protest reportedly slamming cell doors now up to three hundred times a night to keep the prisoners awake sleep deprivations allegedly linked to the

upcoming ramadan fast and force feeding will be conducted at night detainees lawyers warn that in view of the inmates we condition keeping them awake at night could be highly dangerous now out of the one hundred six prisoners that are refusing food forty five being subjected to force feeding the u.s. government's defended the practice in the face of criticism from human rights groups but he's going to shoot you can investigate. 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 why first the guards strap a detainee down to a chair like this one. then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit then the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pens incorporates or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea and this area is very rich in nerve endings 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 along 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 wrote 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 two you are still trying to make it sound like it's not as bad but here is how one of the detainees a yemeni man some mere analogy 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 want to do it but i couldn't there was going to be 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 him do not resist detainees are given a choice to eat a hot meal drink the liquid new trend or be fed the detainee see the choice differently take a listen to. 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 painful 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 anymore 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 one hundred inmates to die but neither is it in a rush to give the detainees their lives back in washington i'm going to check on earlier we spoke to was a bag who spent nearly two years in the infamous prison he says every detainee at guantanamo is being tortured one way or another. i say that everybody who had been held in gaza has been tortured or tortured or abused in one way i mean it was first taken into custody it was the most torturous process i think that any person could

ever of the moment being stripped naked it meant being in basically but your body because it's a cavity search as they call it now being an eagle a hair shaved of being posted on. one occasion it was in the background physically forward to the bottom or i was subjected to such a woman screaming i was a little it was my wife being tortured so everybody you know says has been tortured in the worst sort of cause is a psychological sort in which she was in solitary confinement and able to know what it is that you've done for which you're paying the ultimate price which is your freedom if the holder strikes continue in the way that they are then the force feeding is not the solution the solution is to give them justice and that's the reason why they're doing it they're not doing it because of all the abuses those of peripheral they're doing it because of the health of a twelve years that almost without charge or trial any normal legal normative system.

britain is pushing for a lift of the eve tight regulations on genetically modified food with the country's environment sentry saying g.m. farming is actually safer than many of the alternatives but despite government ministers apparently a few years in for biotech part of a cafeterias ironically have banned g.m. products from their menus g.m. products are usually associated with staple crops like corn or rifling find their way to many other items to wrenching for meat to chocolate to milk or ninety percent of all biotech seeds are owned by the u.s. giant monsanto which is accused of stifling small businesses and driving some farmers to ruin even suicide meantime the alarm is being raised over the health implications of genetically doctored food still ranging from simple allergies to deadly immune system problems such as pretty boy career vesta gets. it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is as safe as they and the

government to shore 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 reese. source 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 dr vereker many thanks for your comments but as 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 can tell you 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 so world's top news stories are brief tonight kate canadian officials say five people being killed by a freight train explosion in quebec dozens more are said missing after the blast there which caused devastation in the town of like magnum tick the runaway train load of the fuel to do relative blew up although the case of the disaster because rather remains unclear firefighters are still battling the blaze there are fears of another explosion to. jordan's charge rather cool muslim cleric abu qatada with terrorism after he was deported from the u.k. could tell the pleaded not guilty after being in read it we handed over to prosecutors on landing in amman on sunday britain for

a costly ten year legal battle to extradite a complete u. turn as a key figure in al qaeda linked activities and was viewed by the u.k. as a national security threat. up next some are to continue digging into claims of government and corporate corruption behind one of the worst ever oil spills it's right after the break. as a personal lives in russia i get asked very often why are american soil free at 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 as 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 lower scale worries but kills your body's ability to absorb minerals brocaded 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.

after the b.p. spill dr ron came to we c.n.n. we're in barrett's carrier which is forty miles from the gulf and about one hundred fifty miles from the wellhead the oil and dispersants have come into here yesterday the wind blew really high this table got this cloudy gritty glaze on look at that that's just what's on the table before we even start the interview. was b.p. about to repeat the same strategy that exxon used with the valve these oil spill this pack of confidential documents were uncovered as part of the toxic tort lawsuits that followed with some of the workers who realized that their sicknesses lingered lingered lingard these documents are very incriminating and they show that thousands of workers actually did in fact get sick from exposure.