as that word snowden is invited to venezuela after it receives his official asylum request we learned why the whistleblower felt compelled to go on a crusade against global surveillance. egypt on the edge the muslim brotherhood plans to plans mass rallies indicted by monday's bloodshed in cairo while the interim leader lays out a post crude road map. and we look at why waves of high spending chinese tourists are splashing their cash box europe but not in britain.

thanks for joining me this tuesday it's ten am here in the russian capital i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching our t.v. i want our top story america's most wanted man the former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden has found himself weighing not one but potentially three asylum offers venezuela nicaragua and bow libya have all spoken favorably of granting him safe haven this despite threats from the united states but is are going to can explains getting there won't be easy. edward snowden submitted his request ask to have been his while this president indicated been very strong terms that his country was ready to accept him this is what nicolas maduro said about snowden he's a young man who in the spirit of her belly and has told the truth about the united states spying on the whole world so we see that snowden will be very much welcome in business or a lot of it but the question is how is he going to get there we understand that he is still in the transit zone in a moscow airport there are no direct commercial flights between moscow and caracas

and the usual route involves changing planes in havana it is not clear if the cuban authorities would let him transit besides using european airspace would not be completely risk free for snowden just last week a number of european countries banned believe the president's plane from using their airspace because they were told snowden was aboard one alternative flight plan would involve an aircraft taking off from moscow refueling in velocity of our stock and then continuing east over the pacific to south america but it's really not clear how it's going to happen but he's transit limbo in moscow may come to an end very soon moscow has indicated that they want snowden to chooses this nation and leave russia as soon as possible in the meantime the guardian newspaper has published the second part of fed which snowden's video interview from which we'll learn more about what drove him to sacrifice a seemingly comfortable lifestyle and blow the whistle on u.s. government secret surveillance activities he describes it as

a journey of conscience basically remember at one time snowden enlisted in the u.s. army because he wanted to fight in iraq he thought it was a noble war then he has worked with a number of government agencies but as he grew familiar with the system from the inside is the use have evolved snowden says he hoped that with a new president things would change but he says instead he witnessed the opposite the growth of the surveillance state take a listen increasingly was exposed. true information that had not been propagandized in the media. that we were actually involved in misleading the public and misleading all publics not just the american public in order to create a certain mindset in the global consciousness and i was actually a victim of that i grew up with the understanding that the world i lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with them each other in privacy without it being

monitored without being measured or analyzed or or or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems i think a lot of people of my generation anybody who grew up with the internet that was their understanding the obama administration tries whistleblowers spot snowden is wanted on espionage charges and whistleblowers in the u.s. these days risk the death penalty the u.s. has certainly got a long way from the days of de niro ellsberg and his pentagon papers nowadays politicians and pundits on television say if snowden were a real whistleblower or a good whistleblower he would have stayed in the west and almost certainly gone to jail so a lot of talking heads on television called simply questioning snowden's motivation and because he fled and is now asking for asylum in all these different countries it's easier to portray him as a traitor undaunted by scandal and the global uproar as they were greeters are scouring colleges as well as universities for fresh faces but their job is now harder than it was before with students wary of signing up to work in the

surveillance industry now medina to hear she's a student who studied got wisconsin university she got to see their recruitment drive last week firsthand and told r.t. just how it went. i think they were completely caught off guard they were confused you can hear that on the tape it sounded like they've never had to actually justify or even critical you think about the work that they're engaged in and they simply didn't know how to answer the questions and these are very basic questions about the nature of their work that speaks to the bubble i think that the intelligence community lives in that they are so would you say maybe they think that they actually don't have to answer any questions of that they can go on recruiting just they have just as they have been they ended up by telling us that the n.s.a. is simply a political organization that fulfills requests that are sent to it by other departments i mean they seem to be taking their in your embrace defense where they were just doing their job which is not a defense at all edward snowden's leaks appear to be eating into the support for

president obama whose approval rating has plummeted almost ten percentage points in recent weeks now bad news for him worse for the government with a recent poll saying one in six americans now trust washington to do the right thing when a court has more on what some are calling the litany of lies separating the people and the state tell the truth or someone might just tell it for you does the n.s.a. collect any type of data. on millions or hundreds of millions of americans no sir it does not not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not not wittingly in america it's a crime of violation of federal law to lie to congress during testimony i responded in what i thought was the most true for at least untruthful manner by saying no the

us director of national intelligence james clapper publicly acknowledged his error only after n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden spilled the beans on america's clandestine espionage activities the director of national intelligence is now apologizing for what he calls his erroneous response to congress over n.s.a. surveillance programs one of those covert programs indiscriminately collects the phone records of hundreds of millions of americans secret surveillance once criticized by a familiar face no more illegal wiretapping of american citizens no more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime but upon entering the white house u.s. president barack obama seems to have had a change of heart my assessment and my team's assessment. was that. they help us prevent terrorist attacks government lies surrounding the n.s.a.'s programs has raised questions about the possibility of additional untruths being

told in the name of national security i have been crystal clear about my position on iran possessing a nuclear weapon that that is a red line for us the fact is u.s. intelligence officials and the united nations have concluded that iran is not currently building a nuclear weapon but that hasn't stopped washington sanctions if we're throwing accusations that are not true that cloud the domestic debate the political debate and also send negative signals to the other side we make it much more likely that diplomacy can succeed and we end up going into a war that was of avoidable. in the case of syria's civil war the french and others had already. concluded that he's using the sarin gas in small quantities but again here's this is the red line and we alleged they killed between one hundred nine hundred fifty people washington recently began arming the rebels

after independently concluding that damascus used nerve gas against the opposition findings u.n. investigators have not supported. reasonable. here in haiti we have been in the credibility of u.s. government under well as for the whistle blowing website that aims to expose the truth the u.s. has listed wiki leaks as an enemy of the state until the obama administration comes forward with a way to roll out open this into the national security debate there's going to be a problem of people trustworthy ministration is up to the american public has witnessed a top u.s. official law about the nation's pervasive surveillance program. and an n.s.a. contractor reveal the truth yet only one of those men is being punished and prosecuted for their actions and if people can't trust not only the executive

branch but also don't trust congress and don't trust. federal judges to make sure that we're abiding by the constitution due process and rule of law then we're going to have some problems here. welcome to your problem mr president marina puerto niamh our team members. the race is on to be the next leader of trouble torn mali but as we reported soon the winner of this month's presidential poll will just have to take security situation by the scruff of the net will also have to confront the chronic poverty that lights rural areas. well egypt is bracing for more violence potentially as the muslim brotherhood calls for a nationwide of rallies a day after a deadly confrontation between its supporters and the army in cairo of course more than fifty people so far have died in what's claimed to be a crackdown against the peaceful sit in backing the ousted president mohamed morsy

and live to cairo now to our middle east correspondent paula slayer paula what are we expecting from the muslim brotherhood. well the situation here in egypt is extremely tense as you mentioned the brotherhood is calling for mass protests today choose day now this is an response to the killing yesterday of some fifty one pro morsy supporters in front of the headquarters of the republican building and that is where it is believed that the ousted president mohamed morsy is still being held we are hearing very differing accounts of what transpired during those clashes according to the brotherhood its supporters were knelt in prayer they were holding a peaceful city in front of their building when they were fired on and provoked by the military that is their point but the military having a very different story they say that they were fired on the thursday by an armed gunman and they have released video footage showing gunmen on the roofs of buildings in the vicinity hurling monitors cocktails huge stones and firing at the

soldiers so the army's response is that they were acting in self-defense nonetheless this is a nationwide call by the muslim brotherhood is not only in response to yesterday's killings but it is also a call for morsy to be reinstated and again we're hearing the same kind of message coming from the brotherhood and that is that they are not going to be the street and till morsi is put back in office seems like both sides are digging in their heels there what's being done on the political level if anything to get the country back on track. well the interim president adly mansour has issued a statement in which he says he deeply regrets the killing of fifty one people at the same time he says he has a top edge additional committee to investigate what transpired he has also given a timetable for a transition to a democratic government here in egypt this has been laid out in a five month roadmap now the first thing that we understand will happen is that there will be a review and then amendment of the current draft constitution and then there will

be a referendum held which will ratify the new proposed constitution following which they will be parliamentary elections but you need to remember that this country is so deeply divided and the potential for violence is so intense that it really is going to be a tough job trying to pull all the parties together and certainly seems like the daily events can take on a life of their own party's policies are keeping us up to date live from cairo. well the u.s. which hailed egypt's revolution two years ago doesn't seem to be rushing to take sides this time around it's also reluctant to describe the upheaval there as a coup doing so of course would require for washington to cut its military aid to egypt about one point three billion dollars now political analyst dr ahmad gun then explain to you r t why he believes the u.s. is simply waiting this one out. they united states is not they can find the stand yet and they want to stand on the fence now they are friends with everyone they are

friends with the army and they are friends with the people they say it what what everyone wants to hear they go to the end and say yeah we support you're going to the better team and they go to the people and say we're not sure if it's a military coup or not it's course of the military coup if people came back and change out reinstate democracy they will support the people they waiting to see what's going to happen on the ground. to stay with us of course we've got many more stories for you after a short break. well no talking about language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports but i'm not pushing the no i will leave them to state department to comment on your latter point and i'm going to say. to carry out

a car as i was talking else on i. think you know more weasel words. when you say to direct question really prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for a. freedom of speech a little down to freedom to watch. well. science technology innovation all the list i'm elements from around russia we've got the future covered. thank you. thank you welcome back the chinese are the world's highest spending tourists they

shelled out over one hundred billion dollars traveling abroad last year but one country that's not getting its share though is the u.k. artie's polly boyko explains why. it's one of the top global tourist destinations but according to new research securing a visa to come to the u.k. spreading to be more trouble than it's worth for hundreds of thousands of chinese citizens while getting visa to the european union will cover a visit to up to twenty six countries a visit to britain requires another lengthy and costly visa application process for would be chinese terrorists my cousin just study here as well should parents who want to come here to visit can be chipped away to texas thinking china. rolls everything is more expensive as in britain it's always free people would spend a lot of money. it's time this is called true to their. will towards you so

if you just want to come along it's just so complicated for the you can see and hear is different and i think it would be great to be. the problem isn't just confined to extra paperwork for chinese citizens britain's economy is suffering as a result in particular the luxury retail sector the average chinese citizen spends over one and a half thousand pounds in the u.k. but not enough are coming over to spend that money the situation's got to a point where representatives of the u.k. travel and tourism industry calling on the government to drastically reform chinese visa processing they argued that if the rules were relaxed british businesses would be pulling in an extra one point two billion pounds every year we. chinese visitors coming to europe coming to britain if you are the preferred destination would be london would be top the list part because we're marching

ashamed and we're not getting anything like the potential that we could have in london the u.k. china visa alliance argues that easing the process could create up to twenty four thousand jobs that britain. is in desperate need of the behalf small worrying of reports that major chinese torah parades is simply cussing britain out of that custom is european travel itineraries although they might not get to sample the delights of the tower of london or even shopping on bone street because of all that money that chinese tourists aren't spending in london this time it looks like it's britain's loss. azzi london. it's not only chinese tourists rushing into europe big business is also rushing in to buy assets and crisis hit countries now our business correspondent katie pilbeam now on who is cashing in. the chinese are enjoying a shopping spree and debt rated europe is benefiting chinese investment in the e.u. taters over twelve billion dollars last year up

a fifth from the year before considering china has plenty of cash to spend with a multi-billion dollar wealth fund that its disposal is no wonder the e.u. still stuck in financial strife is keen to drum up even more chinese business interests china is the biggest source of imports some one of the easiest fastest growing export markets which means the two economies trade well over one billion dollars a day chinese companies have been snapping up european businesses ranging from a check cigarette companies to dutch pharmaceuticals to a british word producer and wineries across the region one of the biggest recent european deals was a seven hundred million dollars buy out of france's club med holiday business partly by chinese investment china's focus on international so what's behind china's spending spree well one of the reasons is to diversify the country's over

three trillion dollars worth of foreign exchange assets away from the low yielding investments like u.s. treasuries with europe during troubling times china is busy snapping up the bargains. update you now on some more of this hour's world headlines and we begin in canada all passengers have now been rescued from a commuter train in toronto that became stranded after heavy rains have triggered widespread flooding there now almost a thousand people were on board at most were helped out of the windows by emergency services and taken to safety on dainties now the intense downpour had caused huge blackouts across the city after a month's worth of rain fell in just one day. in turkey now clashes between anti-government protesters and police have flared up again after the government had to reopen to get the park to the public and then closed it after protests were announced dozens were injured and more than thirty people were

detained by the police in running street battles plans to redevelop the park in the center of istanbul set off two weeks worth of violence that had found out across the entire country. dangerous levels of a toxic radioactive substance have been found in the waters next to the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan now the company responsible for checking safety at the complex says the levels of tritium which is also the chemical used to make for example washers glow in the dark have rocketed to ten times the amount allowed tepco admin's that it doesn't know where the leak is coming from. the people of mali will vote in a landmark presidential election in a few weeks time and the state of emergency has been lifted there so the candidates can actually start campaigning running toward a war torn country of course will be no easy task as well as shoring up state security and the victor will also need to find a way to get the basics like food and water to his struggling rural population

archies maria from notional reports. the west african state of mali unexpectedly entered the spotlight over the winter after france sent its military forces to the country to help battle islam ist fighters backed by international terror groups threatening to take over a secular democratic state of fifteen million people now they've gotten islamic symbols are painted over but the country is facing an enemy of a different kind poor verty the recent crisis only made a bad situation worse over thirty five percent of mali and leave in extreme poverty that's around six million men women and children which travelled to just outside the capital bamako where weakness these scenes a common side of the country's economically depressed rural areas. it's very difficult to get well here there is no running water we have to buy it it's expensive i have many children i don't have enough money to feed them properly or

send them to school. people live in houses built by themselves from handmade mud breaks apart from running water these homes often like electricity. yellow a driver among the few employed residents of this village says the hardest thing is to leave hand to mouth while knowing your country and its people could and should be there reach mollies full of diverse national resources with the mining formerly significant part of the country's g.d.p. . there are many mineral deposits but we don't see this richness elite maybe they feel corruption is terrible and revenue distribution is lame on the bus that was. i mean not to believe mostly foreign companies extracting the country's natural resources is as big if not a bigger problem than corruption. international firms exploit our sites but they're

not interested in developments on the ground they're afraid that if that happens we'll not need them and we'll get all the benefits. major governmental programs are aimed at attracting more foreign investors with palm and even adopting legislation for their needs those of wonderous. money has resources but they're not exploited well we need long term development and infrastructure support so that people would feel more comfortable prison. but many doubt that foreign money will go to improve people's living standards they have a journalist from the north says resources may even bring harm he's among those who think that it's the country's uranium deposits and mountain to thousands of tons that's really behind the recent french intervention in its former colony. i heard they found uranium and i think they came here to protect us from terrorists but also to protect themselves from risks of losing such a valuable resource apart from uranium the raw diamonds oil coal power iran which

a role just waiting to be extracted while millions of mali and swung if their countries hidden treasures will ever translate into a better life for them mali one of the world's poorest countries face west african states where people survive on just a few cents per day is now has a crossroads whole global interests businesses and threats how tackles those after months of conflict is far from certain now what has spitzer make clear is that it will be many years before ordinary moments like these ones can benefit from simple necessities like regular meals or electricity in their homes. from mali. coming up abby martin looks at what hunting down or snowden may cost the u.s. and breaking the set to stay with us.

remember how all of a sudden of uncarved protest group became world famous and then were completely forgotten by the next month yeah i'm talking about the firmest punk rock group pussy riot that performed a vulgar anti prayer or of moscow's most famous orthodox cathedrals one possible reason for. explosive popularity in the media's eyes was revealed recently by a german actress on a book the actress claims a german t.v. channels e.v.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's e.d.f. may have been given a little extra motivation to cry travesty overall i think that most important of

what said 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. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i'm glad i don't. i mean. i'm still really messed up. in the all very

closely the. worst year for the. white house of a. radio guy four minutes from a click. away quote for about fifteen years you've never seen anything like this i'm cold. guys i'm out of money break in the set all the three latin american countries of bolivia nicaragua in venezuela have all this really offered asylum for n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden hardly a surprise considering the attitude the us has taken toward the leaders of these countries you know like blatantly disrespecting the president of bolivia by kidnapping in mid-flight and forcing a head of state to be grounded in an airport terminal tarmac sorry for cowards or indigent mass propaganda campaign against venezuela's leadership for decades

according to russian officials then this one might be snowden's best bet specifically because there are clauses in the country's extradition treaty with the u.s. that pertain to reject any politically motivated requests in other words if venezuela thinks that the u.s. wants snowden back for political reasons they can simply say no and don't think u.s. politicians haven't noticed senator bob menendez told me at the press that he's quote not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum they like sticking it to the u.s. yeah dude and i wonder why maybe it's because the u.s. has been sticking it to then from far too long that said it's very sad. actual security agency is that tori asli allusive so it's not every day that you get the chance to confront its agents about the mass unlawful surveillance being conducted on innocent americans.