live from moscow at eight pm deadly divisions in egypt fifty one people are killed in car road of muslim brotherhood rally sparking fears that the country could slide into chaos we've got a report from you for the hot from the hospital on the front line of the violence that's coming up. in bed with a german zealous a whistleblower edward snowden claims that american intelligence has been working hand in glove with berlin and its secret surveillance program. also had this hour news to a u.k. policy drift away from the e.u. the british government is planning to walked out of around one hundred european regulations on just the police folds.

even if you just joined us it's kevin owen here live with you tonight our top story than egypt finds itself on the brink of chaos more than fifty people have died during a mass sit in in support of the ousted president mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood claims security forces used live rounds and tear gas against the crowd during dawn prayers outside the republican guard headquarters but the military blames the gunfire on terrorists. at a makeshift hospital for the wounded but we want to warn you too that the witness accounts featured in this report can't be independently verified. i'm here at a field hospital inside the city and it was a scene of bloody clashes between security forces and those still supporting our president mohamed morsy in the early hours of this morning speaking to the doctors here who were treating wounded they told me the first injuries they came in were from live ammunition they believed as the bullet wounds came in from the back and through the abdomen later they said they had superficial wounds that were just skin deep from possibly what's called a cartouche which is

a bad shot in addition people are being treated at the moment the suffocation off the tear gas bombs. women. young seem right to the patients upright injuries most of injuries into some back on those arms that i have seen part of sea level mission that we have. seen you scurry for maybe three point six speaking to eyewitnesses they tell me they were praying and in early in the morning when they had people chanting which means praise to god after that they saw armed groups they couldn't identify who they were he started firing on them and then the security forces apparently also started firing on them this is are unable to verify this is just speaking to eyewitnesses they say they've been attacked with five ammunition with bad shots and gas bombs as well the gates all been from our backs even before our prayers and they started putting gas in the bullets and with the problem that there were many children and men women children

couldn't breathe five of them died hundreds of bullets coming from the backs many people who fell to the ground and even when they fell to the ground we thought even fighting the and this is this is where they're being treated first of all before them leave the main hospitals behind me an old woman who's in her late sixty's she said her husband was arrested she was in tents edition to an old man who is in his late fifty's early sixty's he has a gunshot wound to his back it's very chaotic a went on able to verify any of these accounts but the people here who are dealing with the injured say they've been overwhelmed. by the amount of people coming in with rings meanwhile the british they're determined to stay put they say that even though that they feel they're under fire from the military they want that president to be reinstated and they will stay here until. the army for their part say that they were attacks on the republican guard headquarters is just in front of me here by the city and they say the armed groups supports them or see how to attack them meanwhile the military helicopters continue to circle the area and their army

deploys in all the streets surrounding this in. chief editor of mother mass an independent news website covering the situation in egypt other thanks for taking time to be with us so claims and counterclaims today the muslim brotherhood so the army for a peaceful protest the army says this terrorist what do you think really happened here. it is hard to have. a full account of what happened because each party is is. is not is obviously. biased to its to its side but i witness accounts that we've been collecting says the morning seemed to agree and most of them are third party eyewitness accounts. who are not part of the army and were not part of the sit in that was part of the clashes these eyewitness accounts seem to agree on the five that the clashes started when the army started firing tear gas at the sit in perhaps was the.

goal of. the sit in and then quickly afterwards this is in responding which is firing. shots of the very shots and so on and this is how the violence escalated between the two sides so this doesn't seem to verify the army account that there was a terrorist and found the sit in to storm into the headquarters of the republican guards on one hand and also it doesn't seem to verify the account. of the very good that the army basically opened life fire on them as they were trained in any event there is a worry though that we could be on the verge of some kind of brutal crackdown isn't the army said they're going to crack down on any provocative actions as they put it and they are beefing up security they are beefing up their hardware. of course we have a lot of fears now that what happened throughout the night is going to sanction.

crackdown on anyone. for different reasons and we've seen this happen in the past even in the eighteen month interim rule of the military so many of us actually feel that there is many of us are expecting a lot of human rights violations in the context of the army basically saying that it's trying to defend state institutions and it's a very dangerous. deadlock that egypt will be leaving will lead to the muslim brotherhood calling for outside intervention. doesn't go down the path of syria as they put it is that likely to happen and it is not a danger. it is hard to believe that. anyone is interested in escalating the situation in egypt by the means of international intervention i do not think anyone any party any outside party would like to meddle between the army and the muslim brotherhood right now no one in the

region that ended not been seen can afford. further instability in this country instability in egypt is going to trickle down to the rest of the region and i do not think anyone can afford to see another syria and for the egypt i think the only solution lies in trying to find a political way out of the current stalemate and. the political way out means basically ending violence from both ends from the armies and and of course from the brotherhood and the chief editor of murder mass or independent web portal covering the situation in egypt thank you for your time tonight. now while the political deadlock continues in egypt the country's economy is in a state of free for since mohamed morsi took office a year ago unemployment a sawed world tourist revenue for diverse with a strong drastically his critics say that's because he was more preoccupied with

political power than actually dealing with the country's problems paula slipcovers that side of the story tonight. those who can have long since left trading cairo for quite a sure as it's alleged this real estate broker panicked her job is finding homes for those with cash to pay up front but now she's thinking of closing up shop because business has never been this bad this sort of when you want to launch a new project in real estate everything is put on the whole it stops foreign buyers don't want to come and invest in egypt lack of security lack of parliament lack of unstable governments so. we do nothing but just have to wait economists say it's no surprise president morsi was overthrown he spent his first year in office tightening his grip on power rather than trying to rescue the country's floundering economy food prices have rocketed the country cannot pay off its debts to major oil companies and forty percent of egyptians live below the poverty line on less than

three dollars a day on top of that major international investors have pulled out and sold their assets as safe as decision in a repartee deteriorating environment for the foreseeable future it looks like egypt will have a government that again is unable to as to policy and as a result unable to provide investors with the confidence that they would need to begin to sing it but here in tokyo square protesters are not sawing the western giants on leaving i just my stomach i don't think i wore a helmet this carli some businessmen tells us he's fed up. before morsi was ousted and we're begging for the i.m.f. loan of about four point seven billion dollars a year now we don't want it when all is businessmen collectively decided to support the egyptian economy and one day we collected over fifteen billion dollars in donations were a large economy we can rely on ourselves but the facts tell a different story for each day these demonstrations continue the egyptian economy

is forced to cough up another one billion dollars. the ripple effect is more insecurity in an already unstable region if is anyone benefiting from these revolutions it's people right here in tahrir square you can pick up whatever souvenirs all gimmicks you want from flags to posters to key rings and even a coin code. maggy muslim id used to work as a sales agent but he's company was forced to shut down after mubarak was all stood for two years this has been his office the same spot on to his square business isn't brilliant but at least he can put food on the table. i couldn't find a job but after the revolution again here it's hard to make a living i have children but then just one of. the egyptian flag is waved to both the pro and anti morsi protests it's about the only thing common between the two camps threatening to take egypt apart but if things don't improve soon the

financial lifeblood of the country will be completely drained and whichever flag waving group eventually prevails may find very national to celebrate policy r.t. tiber. have coverage of the ongoing events in egypt for you on our website r.t. dot com is the place to be for the latest pictures the latest updates and lots of analysis to. focus for a bit now in on britain the government they're moving to distance itself from brussels with m.p.'s planning to ditch roughly two thirds now of e.u. imposed regulations on the police force of the justice system but home secretary theresa may says the u.k. will have to opt back into some of those rules later on artist has for a seller try to find out what britain actually wants than from its relations with the e.u. . over arching the theme here is that they want to repatriate powers back from

brussels to the u.k. and specifically the home secretary theresa may had says that it's a will but it will protect present proposals for britain to exercise its opt out option which is a slide into lisbon treaty on the e.u. regulations relating to just as crime and the policing now one of the most contentious parts of. these regulations is the european arrest warrant which when issued by a certain country would require another country to arrest and send that person to the country that requires that person to face justice and all of this happening on the back of that recent vote to pass through the house of commons three hundred and four votes to not in favor of that in or out referendum the case of membership in the let's get more insight on all of this from a rory broomfield is director of better off out campaign and deputy director of the freedom association all right let's get right to it for first on what have you were fighting for freedom your euro skeptic but on the other hand you have the police the chief of police department dealing with your white cases saying well this is going to make crime tackling climate in the fish and wouldn't it be better for the

u.k. to simply remain part of these new regulations we will be will be true to me. because we are concerned for the future government whether labor conservatives or any other color will actually go into these from screens to expose british nationals to experiences that they do not want and would not be ok ultimately this is something that we know tom would not be in too many of these regulations if we were european union completely but there's that still up for debate for vote if and if it indeed does happen wouldn't this be very shortsighted on the part of the u.k. i don't think it would be sure so it's because the u.k. like any other country in the world will be able to. meet the. streets don't have a tradition. he's the first exposed pheno of the kingdom and the years. stories

coming away including post war mali gearing up for a presidential election amid mounting worries over throttle security situation we could report them from inside the west african nation and struggling to return to normality but. what if china were a military superpower on par with the united states what kind of world would we live in with china put into check washington's appetite for unilateral military action and manipulation of the global economy or would we witness another cold war where both beijing and washington maintained a chilly the relatively peaceful world choose your language. call if we could know if they still somehow. choose to use the consensus you. choose to give to us that you think great to. choose the stories that impact your

life choose the access to to off. sigrid laboratory tim curry was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tombs mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only dot com. again the presidential election campaigns kicked off in post-war mali the western african nation struggling to return to constitutional order after islamist occupation and a political crisis transitional government lifted the state of emergency that's been in place since january they gave sweeping powers to the army during the french intervention to drive militant forces out of the country's north thousands of un

peacekeepers will be helping to maintain security the vote is now set for july the twenty eighth. most of its troops by the end of the year but many fear mali is not ready now for an election at a time when around half a million people are displaced and peace is still very fragile. met some of the people trying to get their lives back on track after being up rooted by this war. and these people from a small village to the west of mali's capital may be muslim. but the also have their very own traditional beliefs stretching back to liberation is using nuts to help predict the future and influence that whether you know looking a little. it's people like these who helped form africa's unique and diverse cultures but it's exactly these types who tap in a tree scope and elevation had the militants who took control of mali's north in the name of radical islam also swept aside this orgies here. i have

a lot bar they say they are not muslims i don't like these people and other spiritual groups they think the same way if they find us they'll kill us. french troops intervened in northern mali in january as the insurgency made a push towards the capital to bomb slated carries proclaimed the north from there a tent but for some followers of traditional islam that was already too late. twenty three year old sulaiman from the gal region claims al qaeda linked fighters chopped off his right hand and left food after he a father the previous and a muslim who prays several times a day refused to join their ranks and in a fit they brought the kid to a squirrel in the center of the gower they tied me up they gave me an injection and put a bandage here brought a knife like this and cut it. however some people from sulaiman his village claim has a speech in which the radicals punish him for wonder cirilo the imposed more doom

show against their opinion that they don't consider the muslim they have their own interests going to the world what that traveling to was the north we make no one who sympathizes with the insurgents and their rigid religious teachings and that's even goes for the next generation you want to fight against and why are they bad bad all of them yes they are bad bad for our country. but when those ringers of shari'a law to call to the north a significant number of mali is either join them help them. some suggest by their wallets militant. have capitalized on widespread poverty while others have been joining by these slogans. now many who join the radicals understood they were mistaken and they've joined the side of the mali and to fight against those people who are you guys are afraid that these people will come back.

they may not come back. ok why they will never come back here. because mali and fries now you know. that's front is drawing much of its bigotry and the very people paris claims to have driven out still and pete pretty much around the same groups that to his nose claimed responsibility for it tara tacked on a french strong uranium facility in neighboring new share while the very factors that in allowed to their rise in the north proved to be a feeling of injustice and general frustration still very much evident. thanks for. the circuit and only.

then can we start. counting is the missing link to. refresh now from maui. still turbulent times we go on our website. wondering dirty money using clean energy we're reporting online the italian mafia is ramping up its investments in wind farms these days so what could spark this sudden interest in green energy if you want a website. also to a billion defense dollars down the drain is u.s. missile interceptor show that not up to the task of stopping ballistic missiles again a report on why it's been a frustrating five years for american missile. defense projects over on a website party dot com. was written in the grip of harsh austerity cuts plans to raise politicians' salaries couldn't be coming at a worse time in the movies and get taxpayers looks set to further erode public trust in m.p.'s as r.t.

so first finding out. my theme a topsy turvy world when in tough economic times and peace can be in line for ten thousand pound pay rise in the body the first salaries will be things that who are you sure but as with so many things like this oh inflation here in this most of the story. that was politicians from the prime minister down make bluster and prickly over these any pay rise it's not actually a choice the decision is down to independent body he decide how pay should be set and it says chairman has criticised the party leaders to policing their own position prior to it and peace at their own pay and well we all know how class ended up as members of parliament with. you know. them different independent body so they were. as well that m.p.'s salaries are already now fumbles and double the

ek average so what do the british public have to say about it will their response is well quite what you might think her think anyone should be and i should be should be paid for. it stops are kind of things where they. work in the job they should be. all of you know extracurricular activities were so make a lot of wonderful things in the current climate. that you know as well as anything. going on. there's more people using food banks and the british peacetime history is. quite understandably and then mention of the pay rise the politician has provoked anger and confusion amongst many in the public but in the wake of numerous expenses scandals this pay rise could also be linked to an end

to outside earnings and which many say will be. that's the real reform that's the date hot start even in the coming days certainly something to reflect on. that i think and. what i twenty three pm more world news in brief now and first off in southeast india a two story buildings collapsed it's killed twelve people eighteen are injured more openly trapped in the rubble of the city like hotel local authorities recently want to see several buildings in the area were unsafe for the hotel itself has been given the all clear. test says of the other one scared in libya's capital tripoli voicing anger against the growing influence of mostly groups paid by the state they want the government to disband the militias and create a legitimate army and police force it comes after more deadly clashes last week between two armed groups in the saudi capital. u.s. officials now say that a passenger plane that crashed in san francisco airport on saturday was flying too

slow the crew tried to abort the landing just seconds before that jet slammed into a seawall just short of the runway it killed two passengers on airlines claimed the pilot had little experience of flying the boeing triple seven aircraft. the nicaraguan embassy in moscow has confirmed that it received an asylum request from whistleblower on the run edward snowden it's now being forwarded to the country's president meanwhile a new bombshell for the ex cia employees appeared in the german media the u.s. national security agency is alleged to be working closely with billet in its secret surveillance activities no snowden says agencies share information with no questions asked concealing those sources to protect top level politicians from any public backlash the statements appear to contradict what the german chancellor said about u.s. snooping practices angela merkel earlier slammed the n.s.a.'s cold war tactics adding that spying on friends is unacceptable germany's intelligence chief also insisted that he knew nothing about the widespread surveillance carried out by the n.s.a. rebecca harmes is a german a politician a member of the european parliament

a joint. snow from brussels to discuss this to discuss this further let's catch up with hi rebecca thanks for taking the time to be with us and given snowden's recent revelations you think german officials were being entirely year on this than about what they knew or what they didn't know. so there are several accusation. in public are so we have the problems of the spy program of the secret service of the united states we have accusations against the british secrets secret service against the french and also the german wouldn't us nothing shall be involved in spying citizens across europe so we have a big a big job to do to clarify what is the problem could it be the fact that actually merkel just didn't know about what the security services were doing maybe behind her back could that be

a scenario. i would not exclude nothing and both scenarios so she has known and she has known nothing both scenarios are not nice well critics know the research the spy agencies in washington in berlin exchange data with no questions asked to protect top politicians so what are politicians have to worry about if they are doing anything wrong. i do not care about a single politician through right now i'm very concerned about the way how the united states of america but especially also europeans european governments european secret services are dealing with citizens' rights with the freedom of citizens in europe so for example. the surance that your communication your telecommunication is protected is based on laws in germany for

all citizens and obviously. this law has been broken up by maybe all the secret services in europe and in the united states into a big question what now officials announced friday didn't they considering suspending two agreements for the us about sharing financial and travel information is it too little too late as far as you're concerned and are we going to see more of this. so this trade agreement. started today i think it's a shame for the europeans because. they should insist to clarify what has really happened before opening those negotiations in the no negotiation they do also with issues where data protection protection of privacy matters but overall i would recommend to governments in europe and in the

united states to rethink the balance of freedom of the invidious individual and the need for surveillance to achieve security for me it's clear that we have to fight against terrorists but for me it's also clear that the fundamental rights freedom. has to be protected rebecca holmes thank you so much for time coming to our studio in brussels that much appreciated that many of the european parliament. coming up next the rise of china's global influence on a reshuffle in international politics that's what people have ellen as guests of debating in the next edition of crossfire of the brain children.

remember how all the sudden an up on guard protest group became world famous and in were 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 a little extra motivation to cry travesty overall i think that most important of what said her public revelation and that she said that you know what it's a big.