in the big stories of the last seven days will blow on the run edward snowden could be heading to latin america with the leaders of three countries they're now saying they're ready to grant him political asylum this after his latest leaks reveal that brazil and russia have been targeted by the u.s. nuclear program. egypt is rocked by deadly clashes between packers 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 a letter from the guantanamo bay hunger strike now into its six month prison guards are resorting to new harsh techniques to end the standoff.

live from moscow just after one am in now it's kevin i am with you watching r.t. and a program called the weekly first than three blasted 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 exposed the u.s. government's global surveillance web washington's aggressive pursuit of the whistle blows prompted those leaders to rally around the former n.s.a. contractor he's innocent. i think snowden tsonga spices up with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well nicaragua and bolivia offered the n.s.a. leaker asylum after the european countries rejected his official request 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 korea's 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 denied 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 change our policies their 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 our 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 in even when you give it this truth to the people who are being spied on they won't step in 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 thirteen for snowden at all cost anything now r.t. moscow when i correct you and media publish was said to be an official asylum

request from snowden the letter said to be written last sunday the government has confirmed whether the letter is authentic ballistically of what he says is quite a weighty tome snowden apparently says that he fears u.s. prosecution after exposing his government's violations of the constitution and of u.s. u.n. treaties placing it further the whistleblower doesn't think he'll get a fair trial he says he'll face life in prison or the death penalty if he does return home. publish the statement to accusing obama of using his citizenship as a weapon and he wore out of his norman solomon agrees with the same 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 you notice until proven guilty our first amendment and the freedom of speech that he had isn't tailored to you as are all american

citizens so i think the statement by we're 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 as were i as a weapon and that's just wrong and more spying revelations continue to emerge as well 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 pakistan also all highlighted this key data gathering targets this after some latin american leaders lashed out at washington during a summit in bolivia your acquired deed accused washington of political terrorism while venezuela's leader said the united states actions show the extent of its control over european governments argentina's president said that the grabbing of the bolivian presidential plane of wednesday was a human rights violation committed by e.u. countries the same eve countries which usually promote the midterm ecuador's leader

rafael career or criticize washington ritz quote colonial approach to latin america or the leader of the host nation over morello said plenty to say to his r.t. spanish correspondent. reports. braless said this all for it is a protest against the u.s. and some european nations moralist speech has always been mostly anti american but now the u.s. is not alone since friends portugal italy and spain close their ers base to believe u.s. presidential plane europe has become the new un to be the also mentioned that now is the time for that in 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 of la paz these new onto 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 becomes a nation can be a bomb meaning it relations between a latin america and these four european countries might be meeting

a new start and it may not be that bright so show of unity by latin american states off the ground in russia's play and in europe hit a nerve across the continent i spoke to dr francisco domingo's he's head of latin american studies at middlesex university he told me the diplomatic fallout could have serious consequences for the u.s. . sounds like you know the united states seems to be a pretty badly. latin american nations to such a way it's a pity that the european nations do not have an independent point foreign policy of the united states who is going to lose much more out of these in the united states country after country latin america and distancing themselves of comically 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 strong and stability was asia particularly china and in that sense the

united states should be more careful let's go 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 well if you're looking for the latest mobile snowden already mystically development there been so many of the past couple of days we've got off you on our web site r.t. dot com we want you to check out the timeline there complete with fresh updates opinions and plenty more to. egypt's slipped back into political deadlock this week mass celebrations of the country depose its first democratically elected leader turned into deadly clashes between supporters of opponents as well of mohamed morsi these. pictures we bring she will my of what's happening in tahrir square thousands of anti morsy protesters are gathered. should laser shining into the very different scene that was of course a couple of days ago when they're all i should back up again but they're back in force now meantime the interim government slowly being formed millions remain fearful of what's next for the country as paul asli of. 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 in thirty five people killed more than a thousand in. said 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 to change its way to the status quo in egypt is on the brink of disaster coming up for egypt to an arts and internet to 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 to be reinstated both

sides are talking wall i want to say to the american states and to the wall and to the whole world 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 turn in this country to upgrades that will produce a lot of islamists i there's a strong feeling of deja vu after just a year in office the muslim brotherhood leaders have joined. in present president hosni mubarak both now sit in the same jail for an article of america's 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 used papers mean a hare watches events unfold from his balcony this cup question lives in an apartment overlooking tahrir square he says it's now each option against egypt this

is something that completes the first evolution. official position was incomplete but i have been. committed to retake in control of the country for more than a year and then. using that democracy in a very bad way by giving. in. their country to the muslim brotherhood which are the worst people to control the country this is after months of the and i would like you to join me in our journeys through time travel back in time travel to unravel discoveries discover evolution that made egypt and the element that made egypt revolution able affluent city is one of the few taking advantage of the constant turmoil he offers foreign tourists a v.i.p. revolutionary tour it includes a quick look at a few although mostly through the car's window now on 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 fast 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. . maybe solicitor undone he told her she believes that the army major of his far too involved in the politics of the country. i don't believe that that's how you bring about democracy and in fact what the army is is showing at the moment is that it's reasserting its position as a political king maker indeed choosing a compliant figures who could you know who they could put in power so as to preserve their own interests and that's why we're seeing how they are delivering now a ready made interim government essentially manufacturing democracy but of course democracy is about the will of the people and the people have spoken last year and

that's precisely why the muslim brotherhood supporters are calling for the president to be reinstated and for the legitimacy of the people to be reinstated but it has also to be highlighted that the major failure of the army here is to protect civilian lives that the number one duty instead of interfering in political affairs and indeed one has to highlight the fact that they have a major stake in the economy something that they are unlikely to give up any time soon. to scar across one of the true caught up with the former head of the arab league who is know one of the top opposition figures in egypt told of a democracy isn't completely about who wins at 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 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 it was a popular uprising if not the revolution that is not enough to be approving you and then you just sit and enjoy your life and let the people. i don't know how some people in. a. way of thinking believe that democracy is just the books 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 are being arrested yes yes egypt is and in. an unprecedented exceptional circumstances some precautionary measures would be taken

but i hope it is for us and the rule of law that would prevail. for europe britain urges the e.u. to ease its. products. like guinea pigs break.

the hunger strike one tonne of a prison is now into its six months with no sign of resolution gods there are no resorting to new harsh tactics to try and bring an end to the protest reportedly slamming cell doors and up to three hundred tons of night to keep prisoners awake sleep deprivation is allegedly linked to the upcoming ramadan fast work force

feeding will be conducted at night the detainees lawyers will know that in view of your mates we condition keeping them awake at night could be highly dangerous now of the one hundred six prisoners the now refusing food forty five being subjected to force feeding the u.s. government still friended the practice however in the face of criticism from human rights groups artie's got it you can investigate. the you want cost to 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 one first the guards strap the 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 and the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pens in cartridge or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea here and this area is very rich in 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 and long some say it feels like they were drowning then the staff tapes the troop to the detainees knows 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 oil 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 in a jailhouse 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 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 we're curious but 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 out for pursue your motor interrogated tony camerino so did the u.s. air force for over eighteen years and conducted more than a thousand interrogations he says the treatment of guantanamo plays directly into the hands of al qaeda recruiters. i still work in the middle east and i still hear time in time out from people there on the street that guantanamo bay represents

the idea that america is at war against muslims it's not at war against criminals who commit terrorist acts and we cannot erase what's happening but our way in the past regardless of how well you know hard we try. as i learned in iraq when we debriefed foreign fighters was al qaeda is number one recruitment tool along with abu ghraib and it will continue to be so this is you know the indefinite detention at innocent people is a great selling point for al qaeda to recruit new fighters that america is not the country that it's as it is. reporting online tonight a dot com about snail mail spying if you thought you could escape the big how to avoid agave mail and big brother the rest of it you've been wrong in for disappointment new reports claim the u.s. postal service is we working alongside the intelligence services of

a decade set on one and to find that other local postman could also be in the supply and in antarctica's lake vostok the discovery of scientists very excited over a new finding the thousands of life forms in the isolated body of water that's been cut off from the outside world for millions of years just a couple of the many a very stories you got lined up for you tonight. britain is pushing for a lift of the e.u. use tight regulations on genetically modified food with the country's environment secretary saying g.m. farming is actually safer than many alternatives but despite government it is apparent enthusiasm for biotech part of an cafeterias have ironically burned g.m. products from their menus g.m. products are usually associated with staple crops like corn and rice from a can find they went to many other items ranging from milk to meat to chocolate. ninety percent of all biotech seeds are owned by the u.s.g. monsanto which is accused of stifling small businesses and driving some farmers to

ruin even suicide may well concerns remain over the potential health risks of genetically doctored food to ranging from allergies to immune system damage at his police investigate. 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 a safe as they and the government are sure it is then the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to be 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 in the human 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. saul's 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 to back up 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 clowns argue with is that g.m. food just doesn't have a good reputation and sadly last month showed that only twenty one percent of the u.k. population supports the technology. r.t. london. will do stories in brief canadian officials confirm five people have been killed by that freight train explosion in quebec dozens more said the missing also a blast of cold devastation in the town of when the runaway train loadable from

a little time to then blew up were the cause of the disaster still not clear tonight firefighters are still battling a fire on the roof is of another explosion as well as a rising death toll. jordan's charge radical muslim cleric abu qatada with terrorism after his deported from the u.k. pleaded not guilty after being immediately handed over to prosecutors after he landed in amman on sunday britain for a costly ten year legal battle direct regard to his home country he's known as a key figure in al-qaeda linked activities and was viewed by the u.k. as a national security threat. thanks to choosing out of you watching around the world we do appreciate your company coming up in a couple of minutes time we take a look at a theatre company for a death and other able to stage the shows against all the old stuff go away interesting story coming.

remember how all the sudden avent card protest group became world famous and in we're completely forgotten by next month yeah i'm talking about the feminist punk rock group pussy riot that performed a vulgar anti prayer and one of moscow's most famous orthodox cathedrals one possible reason for their explosive popularity in the media's eyes was revealed recently by german actress on a book the actress claims a german t.v. channels e.d.f. paid her a large undisclosed amount of money to come out on behalf of the activists band show said on a t.v. discussion that she doesn't even remember what she said except for wishing them well with dealing with their incarceration it would be very odd for an actress to just make up a bribery scandal especially one she was complicit in but it makes you wonder just how many other people may have been given all extra motivation to cry travesty overall i think that most important of what her public revelation is that she said that you know what it's a bit dumb when actors talk about politics and i couldn't agree with her more but

that's just my opinion. wealthy british style it's not on. the. markets. scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy kinds of reports on our. the previous in this the play is called two arrows it's about

a tribe that lives somewhere separately someone in jungle. with the national just like us they love and struggle for power is a life. this is the graduation play put on by fourth year students at the state special institute of arts. all the students are either hearing impaired or completely deaf.