moscow at nine pm egyptian prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for the muslim brotherhood's leader after monday's deadly clashes political factions failed to agree on a transition plan maybe the country deadlock. the syrian chemical weapons controversy takes a new twist as russia's foreign minister says that compelling evidence implicating the rebel forces should be made public while also questioning u.s. efforts to put the blame on the syrian regime. with edward snowden was expected to receive political asylum in venezuela solidarity for the fugitive whistleblowers growing across latin america speaks to ecuador's foreign minister about what's behind this support.

welcome from me kevin i would hear it r t h q tonight just past nine pm moscow time our top story the nutty international the egyptian prosecutor's office has ordered the arrest of the muslim brotherhood's leader mohamed bodies accused of provoking deadly clashes at that rally on monday in support of the ousted president mohamed morsy pulis lee has got the details for you. well egypt's prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for mohammed but the leader of the muslim brotherhood the charges are on inciting violence for the fifty five people who were killed in those bloody clashes back on monday between the pro morsy supporters and and the military in front of you god it is building we're also hearing that at least nine others a west warrant has been issued for high ranking members of the muslim brotherhood the question though is where is this muslim brotherhood leader it is widely thought that he could be inside the rubble

a mosque now this is where hundreds of thousands of pro morsy muslim brotherhood supporters have been holding a vigil calling for morsy to be released from detention and the reinstated so the question needs to be answered as to how the police are actually going to enter this massive crowd and a wrist mohamed badie the concern however is that this is going to be a big change and it will ultimately lead to more violence from both sides a week before the announcement has been made with great anger by the muslim brotherhood supporters what we have seen is both sides both being pro morsi the anti force and also the military itself being extremely hot headed and adamant that they're going to stick to their guns and make sure that they side of this whole uprising and this whole demonstration is made the there are many here in egypt that i speak to who are concerned that the longer this violence drags out the more likely it is that we could see this country on the brink of some kind of civil war there have been talks throughout the day today wednesday with various political

factions by the interim prime minister and he really is trying to get them on board but he's facing a lot of opposition he has put forward a five month roadmap plan and according to this pad the constitution will be amended in the next fifteen days and then within four months they will be some kind of referendum here in which the public will be asked to ratify the constitution the plan man is that by early two thousand and fourteen they will be neutral. elementary elections followed by a presidential poll that both the muslim brotherhood and your various islamic groups as well as your liberal opposition have rejected this timetable the muslim brotherhood rejects the phrase that is it says it's always legal and until the president morsi is reinstated they can be no political progress no thirty five in the opposition parties who belong to the national salvation front which is headed by mohamed el baradei the former head of the international atomic energy agency they also rejected it outright they say the timetable was inaccurate today they're

saying that they were not consulted on the whole process and that there are articles inside it that they do not agree with the fact that you have such a lack of agreement is only going to be to more destruction on the street. to talk to. senior advisor to the muslim brotherhood he said what's happening in egypt right now has got nothing to do with democracy. full fledged. time again think this protect the will of the people of the whole is going on this is a police state that has a criminal people. evidence and they're going to be complicit judicially. even if we should have justice in the cells that basically takes on the damages and fabricate the cases needed to put the body in the pickle to give the opposing the. missing clue but the main cause of the rest are different figures from around the society have nothing to tie and together except the fact that they oppose him in it because we've seen minutes returned on t.v. since his eyes on the streets arrest warrant roughly around the country with no

trials dissensions in this town and over a hundred people killed. if you want to write someone to a negotiation table. you don't get them on the street and you don't wrestle even in prison because learning location for a minute here what they're saying is that the only one and only one exit. and then everything else is negotiated on the table i think the president even often but. that means not limited to getting. well political rivals in egypt results of force and tough rhetoric the country's economic woes remain on addressed deadly clashes across the country wiped out a major source of income tourism as oxys belle's true explains. behind me is the egyptian museum one of the most popular tourist destinations in the whole of the country is the first port of call for many tourists coming off the plane here in downtown cairo however it isn't empty this is a scene that's been seen across the country in all the most popular tourist

destinations following a week of political turmoil after the ouster of mohamed morsi egypt's tourists and history which makes up eleven percent of the country's economy has taken a massive beating since the time he defined revolution particularly as terrorists are becoming increasingly scarce in the last week we've seen massive nationwide demonstrations funded by clashes between rival groups and on sunday fifty people were killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of the deposed president early to many to face the terrorists won't come to egypt in the future that being travel mornings are being issued by embassies including the u.s. embassy actually sent may spend on a measure to stop crime after a u.s. citizen was stopped last week in these bloody clashes made to international tour operators that are becoming can also come so that tourist two my oldest and september during the first bush term i will continue to do through this is a free like church but the work place has most kids however local tour operators on souvenir shops and we don't have international backing to be able to plug the gaps

the poor woman moans. we need to be supermom the boy be now lives don't play for so john. if he did that somebody placed those and you feel as if the job was you know old world peace you see he steve thanks very much such a. service people are fearing meant as those supporters of the previous leader mohamed morsy remain in that city and and refuse to go home in various parts of the country that are going to see further clashes with those like chokey working in the tourist industry and they feed this means tourists are going to continue to be scared from coming to egypt and i change the future of egypt's tourism is going to be even worse. well just tourism it's a stake in egypt either the political crisis is having a devastating impact on the economy as a whole nearly mccullagh many joshie discuss this with building. well right now egypt is stuck in a bit of

a vicious cycle because of the tourism which accounts for a ten over a tenth of the g.d.p. of the growth of the economy is already lost two point five billion dollars as a result so tourism is had a big dent well that sounds like a lot of money and surely a big blow to their industry so work in egypt turned down well so far at the moment there's an i.m.f. you know lays in the balance of four point eight billion dollars one of this was negotiated with morsi at the time during his rule and at the time the i.m.f. they insisted on high taxes and fuel subsidies to be phased out but that was never really cuckoo did and while that was being negotiated was subsidizing the economy but they were connected to the with the risen the muslim brotherhood and now that that has disbanded the money from council is also a bang in the balance as well as all these question marks as to whether going to be getting their money externally from now surely you sounds like

a tough situation there and it also sounds like both sources are in danger of drawing up then but what about the united states in this situation where does it go well this one point five billion dollars in aid actually being held up at the by event and that's because the u.s. law forbids loans to countries where the military is involved in an unconstitutional change of government so again money from the u.s. is a real question because well so many question marks and also foreign investment to we know that investors they hate instability and you've got that in abundance right now in egypt it doesn't help that egypt has been downgraded consistently by credit rating agencies so at the moment instability uncertainty is helping the economy also well the country does sound like it is in dire straits but although egyptian economy is revolving largely around chores and it still remains a large oil exporter it does is a large oil exported. also makes money and lots of other commodities as well not so

the result is a mess all cotton textiles chemicals as well and right now they are getting money from other external sources too we've got gulf states providing the u.a.e. saudi arabia kuwait all offering up money some money from eight to twelve million dollars which egypt is certainly not in a situation to turn down right now. russia says the evidence sits uncovered implicating the syrian rebel forces of the use of chemical weapons is solid and can be made public it relates to a deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the city of aleppo back in march speaking at a news conference in moscow russia's foreign minister said that washington's earlier claim that the syrian government was responsible was based on a flawed analysis of his innocent. but sergei lavrov really highlighted here in

moscow today just after vitaly churkin made it clear that this evidence was being passed on to ban ki moon was that the investigation that took place that was conducted or at least put together by the us was very different from the investigation that we now have the results of from these russian investigators which were conducted basically at international standards where the u.s. investigation certainly according to our program was done under very very shady circumstances to you which was during your statements from drawings you went to sites in evidence that the assad regime used chemical weapons do not indicate the time or place will specify whether the samples were taken by the same people who carried out the tests they were passed from hand to hand and some were obtained from journalists this does not meet the standards of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and our investigation comply fully with these standards and unlike our partners we are not concealing the findings they have been submitted to the u.n.

secretary and to security council members if the secretary's degrees the evidence can be made public it is conclusive and i think it will eliminates a lot of questions just as they're going to have rove went on to point out that this revelation of this investigation and the results of course has a back story and it goes back to damascus asking the u.n. really pushing the u.n. to conduct an investigation on site that never happened in according to sergei lavrov very frankly he says he believes it's because of pushing and demanding by western partners abt the u.n. security council and this is why russia went ahead with this investigation on site on the ground i do to damascus and their claims that this was in fact that attack that took place in march in the suburbs of aleppo that it was by the armed rebels that it wasn't by the regime and they were the result of course have been washington is aware of them but so far. the only reaction we've had is that they think it's very unlikely that this evidence will prove that the rebels are behind

this and that legislation to ship arms to to syria began after these allegations that the assad regime was behind this chemical attack with no proof congress has not given that the green light there seems to be a lot of i disagree on both sides of the aisle you have the white house you have very clear representatives from the white house the vice president the secretary of state trying to lobby to get that green light to get those weapons to the opposition in syria you have people adamantly against that congress so far holding up and blocking that and then in congress you also have committees so-called war hawks one of them lead five carl levin where he openly calls for the friends of syria group to start precipitation airstrikes on the assad regime so it is but the opinions seem to be very clear either for or against military action. too good of you with this not just a moment we'll be looking at the global impact of the snowden case and his plea for

silence. with the military getting control of the true coup which is the future hold for egypt is this country's experiment with democracy a thing of the past what signal does this to send to islamic parties in the region that will washington should be teaching among egyptians ever be redeemed. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the yard p.

interviews intriguing stories for you to. see arabic to find out more visit our big. dog called. hello again u.s. intelligence leaker edward snowden weighing up office now for political asylum from three latin american nations with speculum nation mountain it'll be heading to venezuela end of the day support for the whistleblower on the runs growing on the continent generally speaking exclusively doughty ecuador's foreign minister called on other countries to follow the example set by venezuela bolivia and nicaragua so far on the wall for refuge to victims of u.s. political persecution but important picks up the highlights of that interview next . as the world waits to see which country edward snowden will pick as his new home

r.t. spoke exclusively with ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino about the n.s.a. whistleblower and the fallout following his revelations now ecuador was the first to initiate an emergency summit among south american states after a plane carrying bolivian president evo morales was grounded in vienna last week it was grounded according to reports on suspicion that snowden was on board in route from moscow foreign minister put seno says the unprecedented violation of international law should prompt more countries to offer their assistance to snowden . after the incident with a woman around us we have no doubt that snowden is being pursued at an international level. countries to offer him asylum in ecuador is also considering this option but it'll be better if it's not just three countries that come forward to offer him protection but ten twenty or one hundred states ecuador's foreign

minister told r.t. that he was thoroughly surprised at the scale of the u.s. surveillance system in particular that programs were created to indiscriminately spy on people in latin america and even friendly states in europe now pitino said he was also shocked that instead of being persistent in demanding immediate explanations from the us about its pervasive spying some european countries allegedly work together to ground the plane of a world leader and put the life of bolivia's president in danger. it's just outrageous if it had been a european leader or the american president it would have triggered a war if any latin american country had done this then troops and fighter jets would have been sent in to rescue the leader you can't just discriminate against countries so that some nations see their international rights observed while others are ignoring. that the foreign minister of ecuador argues that the plane incident

indicates that europe he says now functions as america's back yard a position that latin america has rejected to serve. that is more important and. we would very much like you to see the full version of the exclusive interview with the ecuadorian for a bonus to be showing it again next hour if you like to catch yourself your own r.t. tonight. was not the surveillance leaks are overshadowed by a key u.s. china conference is now underway in washington the theme mr t.g. could be economic dialogue but cyber security has become the main talking point for the revelations of those massive scale us hacking into chinese companies and also university databases to hong kong based political commentator frances lund says the issue has forced washington to go on the defensive two months ago did you as congress was waiting. eight people liberation army. have been actively hacking u.s. government offices and also hacking you as corporations for trade secrets but

at that moral high ground to speak on since last month since june when edward snowden disclosed that actually the u.s. government spy on everybody i run the world is so. without a moral high ground that you will be their defense if it is. economic summit and they were trying to explain to china what they did was really in those same day we really didn't get anything in there you will but of course that is. rubbish. france is not there instantly in breaking the set host of the martin speaks for the man credited with being the first ice agent to blow the whistle on government misconduct so let's see the full show you can it streaming on a website dot com it's quick preview to. the very first person to claim the title of n.s.a. whistleblower is a man you've probably heard the least about his name is russell tice and he served

twenty years with the various government agencies including the n.s.a. a two thousand and five ties blew the whistle on the n.s.a. engaging in unlawful and unconstitutional surveillance of american citizens so here to tell us his story and why he thinks that snowden's leaks are just barely scratching the surface rust tice thank you so much for coming on thanks for what did you see that made you come out and blow the whistle and nationally well the first thing our soul was. a satellite system specialist so with the things that i was doing with satellites. sort of inadvertently that american citizens were being spied upon by or its capabilities so that was my first sort of heads up into what was going on or i mean i was just shocked because. it was not supposed to do this it was against regulation that was against the law it was against our constitution. to do if you've ever seen anything like

that. as saying cut the show online dot com house or in the world tonight no more headlines in turkey and anti-government protests has died in hospital bringing the death toll from the ongoing unrest there to five now a nineteen year old student spent seven weeks in a coven off the big severely be issuing a rally against the. nationwide protest began back in may with a peaceful rally against the demolition of the park in istanbul the brutal police crackdown that followed sparked a wave of public anger across the country. one of mexico's most active volcanoes is a ruptured near the capital spewing a cloud of ash and vapor three kilometers high during several days of activity there now flights in and out of the capital of being cancelled leaving hundreds of people stranded authorities of raise the alert level but have stopped short of evacuating surrounding areas. places launched a criminal investigation into

a deadly rail accident in canada that's killed at least fifteen people the train operators pointed the finger at firefighters for failing to prevent the disaster after a small on board fire was put out a short while before this big accident happened the freight train was carrying crude oil when it hurtled off the tracks in a small town in quebec on saturday exploding into a huge fireball then level that engulfed shops and buildings. moscow is gearing up for its first mellow election in a decade with candidates rushing to meet the deadline to father applications to vote itself a show jewel for september the eight there's no shortage of hopefuls either with forty candidates declaring their intention to run but of those just a few are expected to meet their registration requirements which include collecting over one hundred signatures from city lawmakers however emerges the eventual winner will have a daunting task ahead of him buying one of europe's largest cities and bringing a severely overloaded transport system other control. up the story.

those who last visited more school more than two decades ago would hardly recognize it. from a group often unfriendly city it has turned into a major european capital. and vibrant might start. but we were the facelift came at a cost traffic jams over ground when jams on the ground and then never ending din of construction have reached a critical point six generation most coverage marks improved believes the time has come. for a change it has all the direct assault real global sea to from top to. bottom pushing the business some somebody. would concede so we can't do this ministration much appreciation did not think. how to provide the little bit of sight to see

a show now or have what with that destruction task of collapse but it belongs to the state and that change may well be on the way to acting mayor said bannon handed in his resignation letter a snap election was called and the reaction from mayor want to beast has been swift the fight that's underway for the mayoral seat is unprecedented not only due to the number of candidates which exceeds thirty but also because the last time russia's capital elected its boss was a decade ago this position long has been appointed one and this is part of a huge process i think this is a second major step in reforming the political system of the russian federation this position is very important and it's crucial to the future and the current state of the country not just moscow itself in this battle for more school candidates of radically contrasting profiles and backgrounds are coming up with very different ideas from charging car owners for driving into the city center to replacing labor migrants from central asia with the robots the acting mayor said

who is this time running without the ruling party support wants to build on his current achievements and is offering to implement more high tech features into everyday life opposition activist and blogger alexina miley currently on trial for alleged the mezzo men prioritizes the fight against corruption and introducing younger faces into local authorities. this eccentric candidate or as he's better known the spider a former heavy metal front man has promised to hand a new sun over the russian capital and build a new imperial moscow each political party has its own contender forward but regardless of who wins everyone agrees that this job will be no walk in the park. moscow is often called a country within a country so whoever takes the rain here may have to be more than just a talented manager so after years of practically nonexistent elections the russian capital braces itself for an unprecedented heated political battle and that

campaign is gaining intensity with every day. reporting from moscow well from the very heart of moscow to the very heart of washington d.c. our studios the prime interest right after the break. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

good afternoon and welcome to prime interest i bob english here in washington d.c. here are the stories we are telling today there is a sea change in the markets that is putting the squeeze on china and other emerging markets not necessarily intentionally that's because when ben finally pulls the

plug as he's been signaling those markets get hit hardest we'll be talking about the road in irish banks with reggie middleton a boom bust blog dot com in just a bit. we'll also check out his new google glasses which he said could be bigger than the i phone oh tim cook and speaking of sea change is why boys crossing the pond from the city of london to wall street so nicely your next will cite one of the world's most important interest rates lie board to which trillions of derivatives are tied so without further ado let's get to what's in your prime interest.

earlier i talked with reggie middleton owner of the boom bust blog dot com he entered the room wearing a pair of google glasses so i asked him how he got them here's what he said. he had a contest i'm not mistaken as a what do you do with glass and they also get with the developers influencers etc i don't know if five for one tool for it's a group to develop with or someone who just had fresh and bright ideas hopefully all three. and that was the most likely what gave me the opportunity to progress let me ask about the grads yes i'm so glad i got. grass because a i been very bullish on google and consequently bearish on a lot of their primary competitors and to date i've been correct and i think the grass is a paradigm shift in mobile computing into a communication basically a game changer you know it's.