as edward snowden is invited to venezuela after it receives his official asylum request we learned why the whistleblower of felt compelled to go on a crusade against global surveillance. edgett on the edge of the muslim brotherhood plans mass rallies ignited by monday's bloodshed in cairo while the interim leader lays out a post-coup roadmap. we will carry why waves of high spending chinese tourists are splashing their cash across europe but not in britain.

what you are t. coming to you live from the russian capital a marina joshie welcome to the program now america's most wanted man the former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden has found himself way not one but potentially three asylum offers venezuela nicaragua and believe you have all spoken favorably of granting him safe haven despite threats from the united states but as you can explain scatting there won't be easy. edward snowden submitted his request ask to have been his well as president indicated in 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. 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 vladivostok 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 choose his destination 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 each other in privacy without it being

monitored without being measured or analyzed 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 and spies snowden is wanted on espionage charges and whistleblowers in the u.s. these days risk the death penalty in the u.s. has certainly gone a long way from the days of de niro ellsberg and his pentagon papers nowadays paul titian's 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 constantly 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 donna by scandal and global opera or annecy recruiters are scouring colleges and universities for fresh faces but there are jobs now harder than i was

with students wary of signing up to work in the surveillance industry medea tire who's studying at wisconsin university got to see their recruitment drive last week and told us 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 critically think about the work that they're engaged in and they simply didn't know how to answer the questions and these were 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 disengaged they think that they actually don't have to answer any questions or that they can go on recruiting just they have just as they have they ended up by telling us that the n.s.a. is simply an apolitical organization that fulfills requests that are sent to it by other departments i mean they seem to be taking their in your and great defense they were just doing their job which is a lot of the. last hour snowden's latest revelations have shed light on the make up

of america's global surveillance system or rather systems let's have a look at what we now know well first off there's a futuristically named nucleon system and this is what listens in to your phone calls wherever they may be and it's thought that even here is you say something suspicious you will be flagged and subject to further investigation then there is the similarly cryptic title pen whale system this program a set of trawl for suspicious activity through a video on the net whether it be your a life skype call with your parents or a you tube video that's been uploaded up next who you phone where you phone from and when you call them is all stored by what's known as main way this system is reportedly capable of building a facebook like friends list to profile you just from your calling habits and lastly we now know. the program in charge of recording your online life as

a said to be able to catch store and record your send e-mails for example before they even reach their a c.p. and well they are just some of the systems that make up american surveillance network the ones that we know off. and apparently they are eating into support for obama whose approval rating has plummeted almost and percentage points bad news for him but worse for the government where the recent poll saying only one in six americans now trust washington to do the right thing we're in a poor guy is 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 gate at all 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 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 on truthful 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 overall u.s. 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 that. in the case of syria's civil war the french

and others had already. concluded that he's using this sarin gas in small quantities but again here's this is the red line and we allege 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 i think it's reasonable. here in haiti we have been in the group who have you know 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 lie 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. our team in iraq. well the chinese are the world's highest spending tourists and they shelled out over one hundred billion dollars traveling abroad last year one country that's not getting a share though is the u.k. are useful the boy who explains why.

and online are t. dot com right now. and the world in half a liter of water over a thirty five hundred unique life forms have been discovered in samples from atlantic antarctic rather late and astonishing go system isolated for fifteen million years in the coldest place on earth. and school shooting rampages are no longer an insurable risk in kansas where carver is being refused to schools were teachers are allowed to carry guns through the details are available online. now a u.s. district judge has ruled that only president obama has the necessary authority to stop the force feeding the guantanamo bay detention facility and it's after or

dismissing a request from a syrian prisoner who asked for the painful practice to be stopped the same was demanded by leading muslim figures in the u.s. who say guards should respect the religious fast of ramadan which is now under way most of the inmates have been refusing food for over five months now in protest against their indefinite detention and harsh conditions allegations of also emerged that guards have been using sleep deprivation against detainees to and to strike it were him hope for from a council on american islamic relations believes it won't stop until there are real improvements at the facility. our position has always been that it's wrong to force feed detainees that's a position of the international legal experts it's a position of medical ethicists it's a position of every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused

in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong the only reason these people are carrying out this hunger strike is because they feel desperate they feel that nothing will ever change for them you have to give them some hope somehow that the situation is going to change otherwise what do they have left and stay with us for more world news after short break. i would rather asked questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking

on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. welcome back this is already coming to you live from moscow egyptians bracing for more

violence as the muslim brotherhood calls for a nationwide rallies a day after a deadly confrontation between its supporters and the army in cairo more than fifty people died in what's claimed to be a crackdown against a peaceful sit in backing the ousted president mohamed morsi has more details. the brotherhood is calling for mass protests today choose day now this is a 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 sittin 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 armed

gunmen and they have released video footage showing gunmen on the roofs of buildings in the vicinity hurling molotov cocktails huge stones and firing at the soldiers so the army is response is that they were acting in self-defense nonetheless there's 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 beat the street and till morsi is put back in office well the interim president adly mansour has issued a statement in which he says he deeply regrets the killing of a fifty one people at the same time he says he has to attack 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 an 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. race is on for the next leader of trouble torn mali as we forge soon the winner of this month's presidential poll would just have to take the security situation by the scruff of the neck they also have to confront the chronic poverty that blights rural areas. the chinese are the world's highest spending tourist they shelled out over one hundred billion dollars traveling abroad last year one country that's not getting a share though is the u.k. boy who 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 over here as well should parents want to come here to visit here which it is always a texas thing you turn up all roles and everything is more expensive as in britain always people spend a lot of money. and so on this is difficult true to their. word choice you say if you just want to come along it's just so complicated for the you can see and hear is different i think is that the way. 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 according on the government to drastically reform chinese visa processing they argue 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 preferred destination would be london would be top the list part because we're not in the shame 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. tim is in desperate need of the bahamas more worrying of reports that major chinese tour

a parade to is simply cussing britain out of that custom is european travel itineraries and although they might not get to sample the delights of the tower of london or even shopping on bond 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 a journalist been shot down in russia's restive dogs down republic on identify government the man who was the political editor for any newspaper in the region was reportedly want to buy militants because of his work scott has a details. was shot dead fifty meters from his home in rush's region of pakistan in the north caucasus he was shot several times in the head in his car and died at the scene now he was a deputy editor of a local newspaper with a cycle of around twenty thousand but he was also the political editor and was highly critical of all florence's and was thought to be investigating corruption in

the suggestion is that that has made him a little target for assassination now he has survived two previous attempts on his life most recently in january when gunmen opened fire on him but missed the target and in two thousand and nine his name was included on a list that was published anonymously of journalists human rights activists and lawyers that the authors claim were legitimate assassination targets because of their line of work with which the authors claim endangered the lives of people from darkest star now this case will ever simply draw parallels with the high profile case of journalist and human rights activist politkovskaya who was shot dead in moscow in two thousand and six now a former policeman has since been sentenced to eleven years in prison for pleading guilty to involvement in her nobody has yet claimed responsibility for today's attack but dr stone is a restive region as you mention within recent increase in islamic terrorism and

organized crime and it's yet to be seeing whether today's events will inflame an already volatile situation in the region. well the people of mali will vote in a landmark presidential election in a few weeks and the state of emergency has been lifted so that candidates can start campaigning running the war torn country will be no easy task as was shoring up state security the victor also needs to find a way to gather the basics like food and water to a struggling rural population as more 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 missed 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 sight 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 each mollies full of diverse meshal resources with mining forming

a 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 possible so . i mean not to believe that 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 will get all the benefits major governmental programs are aimed at attracting more foreign investors with palm and even adopting legislation for their needs. money has resources but they're not exploited well we need long term development in infrastructure support so that people would feel more comfortable shoes. but many doubt that foreign money will go to improve people's

living standards david journalist from the north says resources may even bring harm he's among those who think that it's the country's uranium deposits a 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 copper iran which are 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 at a crossroads hove global interests businesses and threats how tackles those after months of conflict is far from certain now what especially clear is that it will be

many years before ordinary mahler's like these ones can benefit from simple necessities like regular meals or electricity in their homes. our team from mali. have you are going to look sad what hunting down there was no may cost the u.s. and breaking the set that's coming up next. remember how all the sudden an afghan card 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

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