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good morning from moscow. here in the russian capital. patriotism may be driving the participation of telecom giants in washington's surveillance program from microsoft google that companies are raking in cash. straight to the government and it's a taxpayer cash. on the surveillance price list. if you are a u.s. taxpayer whether or not you agree with the government's wholesale electronic snooping you are paying for it and you will probably never know how much exactly because for the covert world of its unaccountable spying activities the government has a black budget but some numbers or available they refer to law enforcement requests so according to last year's disclosures america's telecommunications giants bill the government just as they build their clients we have some specifics for each

wiretap eighty and eighty for example charges an activation fee of three hundred twenty five dollars plus ten dollars a day to maintain it rise then another telecommunications giant takes seven hundred seventy five dollars for for the first month and five hundred dollars each month after these numbers may not shock you into you learned that the average wiretap cost u.s. taxpayers fifty thousand dollars given the scope of surveillance that could amount to a lot of money but again these figures are based on disclosed dida as we learned from a number of whistleblowers and not just edward snowden the u.s. national security agency operates under wraps under secret orders nobody knows how much exactly they spent to tap fiber optic cables or to collect data on americans and the rest of the world but we do know that the n.s.a. storage facility alone cost some one point seven billion dollars that the center in

utah is capable of storing every e-mail voice mail and social media communication it can get its hands on the government is certainly very reluctant to discuss its snooping activities with the public they just repeat the mantra it's done to keep america safe but as americans learn more about the price they pay for the presumed safety they are becoming increasingly wary in the latest polls we see a significant shift in public opinion you see three years ago twenty five percent of americans thought that the government went too far in restricting civil liberties. three years later we see forty five percent of americans think so we see that with knowledge comes opposition how can you oppose something that you know nothing about right so perhaps not surprisingly the government is doing everything it can so that the public knows as little as possible about these programs in washington i'm going to check them. and n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden's latest leak particularly targets microsoft are going

beyond the call of duty the firm allegedly installed backdoor access to its services exclusively for that of government surveillance now if that's the case microsoft's denial of giving out bulk data would still be true as the government wouldn't need to ask for it or a mcgovern a retired cia officer he says the set up exemplifies the problem what's happened here is the u.s. companies have become joining in a way with the united states government in such a way that you have the cooperation of the government or just the media and the congress and judiciary all pretty much join in you know complicit attempt to circumvent the constitution of the united states there is zero concern on the part of the communications companies to violate the law but they know that they'll be protected even if it's as post facto so skype of course is where we're

communicating my greetings to the n.s.a. people who are watching us by simulcast i just learned from this latest revelation that not only can they intercept our voice but they share images so hello to all the n.s.a. monitors out there now support for edward snowden has surged according to the latest polls now with fifty five percent of americans sympathetic to what he did only a third still believe he's a traitor who should be punished as r.t. american sam sacks reports of snowden supporters getting a lot more vocal as well. about bill left a coalition of civil libertarians in washington d.c. went on a thank you tour visiting the embassies of those nations that have offered n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden asylum and we're here outside the venezuelan embassy where a group of civil libertarians have gathered to thank them to say officials for offering asylum to edward snowden the screw behind me is gone from the bolivian embassy to the nec wrong or an embassy to now the venezuelan embassy all countries that have

offered snowden asylum and all countries that are willing to defy u.s. authority here in the region in the last fifteen years there's been a huge geopolitical shift there and these countries are now much more independent of the united states and europe. for example europe is and that's something that wasn't true you know in most of the last hundred hundred years this is a a matter of international human rights you know that is how amnesty international said it very clearly he has a right to asylum that the united states is committing gross violations of his human rights by trying to block his right to asylum and of course he's a whistleblower he exposed major abuses by the u.s. government and he should be protected but the embassy tour was just the first half of today's action next it was on to the department of justice by what your point what point your whole for posterity t.v. executive product with impunity so we moved from a thank you tour at the embassies offering asylum is to snowden you know a protester at the department of justice civil libertarians behind me are saying

the department of justice relentless effort to arrest noton from taking away his passport to strong arming foreign governments is not only violating his rights as a whistleblower resorts as a human being as well i think it's. a wonderful thing that there are countries that are willing to stand up to the united states strong arming to try to stop them trip giving asylum which is an international right to seek asylum but the demonstrators recognize this isn't just about edward snowden's fate it's also about what we've the american people do. his revolutionists the fact that there is no transparency into these programs that there's been no checks and balances in these programs that there's been no accountability for the government abuses here suggests to me that what edward snowden did was a very vital public service for our nation to enable finally a long overdue public debate on these very fundamental questions fifty five percent of the american people think that snowden is a whistleblower and a plurality of american people think that the government has overstepped its bounds

in mass surveillance of americans but with the executive branch the legislative branch and the judiciary branch seemingly on board with these programs the american people are only going to resort to events like this to have their voice heard in washington same socks are two. meanwhile bound flight from moscow which voided flying over u.s. territory has a great speculation that edward snowden might be the reason for the rather unusual route you can see right here where the plane house already crossed the atlantic and landed in cuba there have been no reported sightings of the whistleblower so far you can get that full story on our website right now we could also find more reaction to snowden's avalanche of leaks as well as the timeline of events surrounding the scandal all of that right now a click away at the dot com. today

. egypt. is across the state of the muslim brotherhood supporters of. ousted president mohamed morsi is re installed. morsi. but it's all true now reports. over the military's ability to handle the transition . this is the moment that egypt found out that the muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi had been ousted. her square erupted with

a chant of the army and the people of one hand chief of the armed forces defense minister sisi became the hero of the moment however after clashes between morsy supporters and the army left over fifty people dead just days after a new interim president had been sworn in some began to fear the army would wrestle power from civilians and rule with a heavy hand why is the army in disguise making a hard stand interfering in politics but they're not really helping civilians on the ground and then you see something like the massacre by the presidential guard club and what happened even if it was a muslim brotherhood was started this at the end of the day there is a human rights violation which is massive and severe because if you are going to shoot people who are trying to get into a building of that importance you don't actually shoot to kill egyptian n.g.o.s maintain the military had a terrible human rights record during their last period of rule after the ouster of

hosni mubarak they were involved in killing protesters that was the accountability for any of the military crimes they torture protesters there they also try to restrict freedom of expression and most of all they really monopolize this isn't making power i mean they wrote the road up at the time the military for their part promised in a number of televised press conferences that they were not interested in politics or reeling and instead are assisting the country's movement towards a civilian democracy the. armed forces have issued more than one statement saying we want a real democracy in the country. the new president doesn't have enough experience with the political situation in egypt so the military is merely supporting him in that way the muslim brotherhood attacked the military which was defending itself its offices and the institution. as the chance of those on the. the square behind me indicates people turn to the army in moments of on rest the military is the real power base here in egypt every one of the country's president has hailed from the

armed forces except for mohamed morsi was ousted after just one year in office but apart from military money and political clout they also have significant economic interests owning several business monopolies and factories as one of the only functioning state institutions at the moment and with little civilian alternative to move the am is missing brotherhood many people fear that the army whether it wants to or not its once again in the country. r t. the u.s. lawmakers will vote on legislation next week to allow aid to egypt in case america officially acknowledges the ousting of president morsy was a coup currently such position would require us to curb any assistance so far washington's been avoiding such wording according to swift democratic changes instead i hear and see we spoke to middle east commentator col shero you believe democracy can only be achieved by civil. let's remember what their interest of the

military here is it's not that continuation of a democratic rule you shouldn't the manager stepping in and effectively carrying out this fool it's just stop this threat of a genuine a popular uprising and that end of the day the muslim brotherhood was elected with people knowing who they were and not only they won the presidential elections when they have of course of people from other political affiliations but they also want to parliamentary election and people tend to for gad out days out of which were constant on the parliament was also another and disbanded egypt should have given the chance to presentation towards a more democratic future and carry out the process and for the muslim brotherhood to be kind of kicked out of office by resorting to the democratic process not to a military means. and then later today on cross talk of ellen his guests look at where egypt is going post to and whether the concept of democracy has been

diminished within the arab world a quick preview of what's coming your way at seven thirty am g.m.t. . when ideology seek to do one up lies in all of you and seek to implemented and apply on the population with how much diplomacy with how much you give and take as what's happening as we've seen with president former president morsi this would be not outcome more than expected consequences of that model see not only what that will do you know. why not wait until the next election to voted out of office if that's the case. this is our belfast police have been reinforced my but more than six hundred officers now from other u.k. branches of the city is anticipating the annual unionist parade or the marches

route has been shortened this year with a ban on evening walk through sectarian flashpoint unionist leaders have expressed outrage at the decision but have promised to keep any protests peaceful. sarah ferguson more from belfast. this parade takes place annually and considered one of the most controversial of the unionist orange orders marching season out this year there's been some contention over the routes now normally the parade would pass the are doing shots that's considered a flash point aaron is actually about two hundred meters up the road from where i'm standing now now in the morning the small be the parade is going to be able to march past that area enjoying the main parade but the parades commission has ruled that after the parades finished they won't be allowed to return past that flashpoint area now that's the area we're in the past we've seen tensions flare up in some violence breaking out between the unionists and the nationalist community

to live this year the marches are going to be stopped on their way back in a small feat a parade right here now that has caused some anger amongst the unionist community we've heard the orange order saying that there would be some protests in the coming days although they did say that their intention was for those to be peaceful of course so that has caused some concern that perhaps that statement from the orange order an indication that we could see some destruction later on today and we'll be bringing you updates throughout the day as that break gets underway shortly. to get its economy back on the straight and narrow the french government. budget black hole with money of its own. if you stay with us here on the program you can find out how it's the country's economic lifeblood.

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stream quality and enjoy. if you're away from. mobile devices you can watch on t.v. . this is here with me for. my id an economic. and scrambling to raise money to bring down its deficit the french government has again turned to texas to get its economy back on track after a host of increases this year the finance minister has refused to rule out yet more hikes in twenty fourteen is out is where if a national reports the heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink

of bankruptcy. it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red cross tags there are said stories for pascal whose flour and gift shop has been in business for twenty five years it's a closing down sale for many months the taxes he pays have been it in up all his profit he simply doesn't make money anymore. they don't understand that we small businessmen at the engines and guarantors of the country's development and they are stifling us i can't afford starr and i do all the work myself for twelve hours a day but that isn't enough. to businessmen from china and the arab world have already responded to his almost two hundred thousand to your offer to sell up prescott is not surprised at the lack of domestic interest french pockets he says are empty. it's

a dramatic situation the same as in greece spain italy unemployment is soaring. just around the corner mario a pizza restaurant owner puts on his apron and heads to the kitchen his still hopes he can save his business and avoid serving up. we are charged too much i pay around sixty five percent of what i earn but i also have to pay my staff and i need to buy produce this means i affected or nothing. slush in public spending and hike in texas while introducing new taxes as well was part of the socialist governments and to crisis strategy when it came to power lost here and it seems the treatment has had the opposite of the desired effect there we are suffering more and more time says more and more relation and more and more uncertainty for the bill know all the there will be treated for type one too if you make sure there is

a next month or so it's very difficult for them to to plan zero to two to plan what they have to do what they have to invest so that the we know investment we have no problem is that we have a president we are not sure you know consumers to purchase more and more and he said no worth. much but another tax lawyer the most so tough to specialists these days says that businessmen a constantly in defensive mode and that this stops them from developing and advance in the economy. some thirty years ago there were many small businesses from paris and they punctured wells but now they've disappeared that means no more production and people that used to work there are most likely unemployed you know it's a dramatic situation. some say things could become even more dramatic very soon september's the month when the french return from their vacations and realize that they've spent all their money and it's also time for them to feeling that tax to

corrections public anxiety is growing on a stretcher burden and many here believe that if things keep going base way anger could soon manifest itself on the streets. or even not seen from paris. and over the web site right now dot com other writings on the wall for a german artist the message they're projected on the u.s. embassy landing him in trouble and those details that dot com right now. also the man who did all to prevent a natural disaster and you see a colorado. digging a fire line just a few feet from a scorching blaze in a cornfield some pretty impressive. pretty free. free. free.

free. free. free. video. free media. good to have you with us today here on out c it was a battle that tied in world war two more than fifteen hundred russian. from dawn till dusk eventually holding the former soviet union seventy years on commemorations underway at the scene of the epic engagement and with festivities. throughout the day. as i look back through history. seventy years ago this area and hundreds of kilometers around it would have been full of sites like this it was some one thousand nine hundred forty three the site of hitler's last great offensive on the eastern front. millions of men and

thousands of tanks and guns turned this whole area into a giant military camp as these reactors were trying to show attacking from the north and south the germans wanted to trap soviet forces and destroy them they breached to the red army three main defensive belts but met with ferocious resistance after a week of fighting many of the german forces were near exhaustion and it was at that point that perhaps the battles most iconic moment came here on the fields around the village of krakow to offer a german tank formation and the soviet one ran headlong into each other the ensuing battle raged for hours amid the chaos tanks rammed each other firing at point blank range and men screamed as they burned alive inside their vehicles thousands died on that day but it was perhaps the last attempt of the germans to assault the soviet positions even today bullets shells and metal debris from the battle of being found in the surrounding fields and woods the numbers of those directly involved in the

battle is dwindling but only they like ninety year old abraham yet he lives ski can remember the true horror of it all. there were moments when times were simply ramming each other one and top of another everything was burning nothing like this is ever happening in the history of mankind. here you shortly after that the germans called off their attack and began to lose territory the red army had finally beaten the germans at their own game in a large summer offensive there would be no more great german attacks on the eastern front. right there into the world up there we go let's go to brazil to start off with clashes have broken up with three protesters and police in a number of regions following a one day nationwide general strike by the action was called to capitalize on a wave of mass demonstrations last month of a poverty levels and working conditions at the speed of which are the protests spread forced the government to announce of referendum on various political reforms

. and rioting also erupting in the chilean capital santiago on a similar day of protests called by the country's biggest union almost seventy people arrested six injured during the demonstration for about a maybe reformist a working conditions are shaping up to be one of the major issues in elections those to be staged in four months are. dozens of activists have interrupted a session in the portuguese parliament angry at the government handling of the financial crisis they threw gallow and red confetti at m.p.'s the symbol of criticism used in sporting events before being escorted out by police of the ruling government has come close to collapsing off the ten days of political deadlock over how to pay back its heavy burden that. and a residential building has collapsed in law ghosts killing at least seven people including a total of ten more were injured and many were left trapped in the rubble for hours before bulldozers arrived on the site officials said the structure situated in

a poor neighborhood in the nigerian capital caved in because it was badly built. but i'm back in half an hour's time with more of your friday news here at r.t. but do stay with us if you can up next. and one of the latest interviews. many in latin america are furious with the forced grounding of bolivia's president evo morales is playing in austria and even twelve nations in latin america are coming together to discuss the consequences of the event the plane was forced to the ground while flying over the e.u. because it was believed that that sneaky snowden was hiding on board trying to get to asylum in bolivia and beyond some might say that this is no big deal so

president of some contras since he had a delayed flight for a few hours things happen man plus you've got to get that still guy at all costs right well one is delayed flight is another man's imperial skyjacking you see the countries of latin america have a common history as being on the bad end of brutal western european imperialism and when the president of a former colony could just be abducted at the will of the you would have his plane searched it sure makes you feel like you're still under the lash of foreign control doesn't it to any of you think for a moment that any e.u. officials who are so willing to ground morality would dare to do the same thing air force one i don't think so morose clearly was treated like some sort of second class president and despite this insult they didn't even catch oden this is what i call a double fail but that's just my opinion. hello

welcome to survey and co i'm selfish and are not. you know it's controversial nuclear ambition has cast a cloud over the middle east no one's backing down into iran but a new president may careered a window of opportunity for the long stalled nuclear talks the only agency that can shed light on what is happening inside iran is the international atomic energy agency says they can actually step into the country's nuclear facilities well at least into some of them.