go larry king now right here on our question more. you know sometimes you see a story. you think you understand it. and realized. it was a big. british style. market. really happening to the global economy.

global financial headlines. whistleblower edward snowden has reportedly called up the. hold up in. comment on america's global hunt for. also surveillance really does pay new report finding that american corporations are raking in millions by selling your data to government agencies. and rival crowds are encouraged to take to the streets all across egypt as the country remains political turmoil which. is playing right into the hands of the military. and belfast six hundred extra police to keep order at the upcoming. protest the decision to shorten the route of the annual parade.

welcome to the program here on r t. live in moscow with your top world headlines edward snowden has reportedly invited prominent russian and international human rights activists and lawyers for a conference today the whistleblower in hiding is said to be a port here in moscow where the meeting is set to take place in there very shortly here on the program we'll speak with our correspondent go for the inside scoop on this developing story here on our for the meantime though profit not patriotism may be driving the telecom and tech giants enthusiasm of a washington's surveillance program from microsoft to google it's a merger that companies are raking in cash by selling off your data to the

government and its taxpayers of course who are stumping up the money. nature can has more on this 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 build 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 data 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 to. 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 out. the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden's latest leak particularly targets microsoft going far beyond the call of duty the firm allegedly installed back door access to its services exclusively for government surveillance now if this is the case microsoft's denial of giving out both data would actually still be true as the government simply wouldn't need to ask for it. in a retired cia officer he says of a set up exemplifies the problem. well what's happened here is the u.s. companies have become joined in no 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 helical all pretty much joining in a 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 might readings 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 if you want to find out just how far microsoft went to provide the government with access to its outlook and skype programs you better

have a look soon of the full article right now a click away at r.t. dot com. and other shifting gears as a fears of imminent clashes are running high in egypt it's friday is expected to see mass rival rallies across the volatile state supporters of the muslim brotherhood are determined it's ruled to be re-installed while the opposite camp will be out celebrating the coup which ousted the islamist leader mohamed morsi the latest report from cairo and aussies fall asleep. well the country is bracing for mass protests today the first friday of ramadan we are hearing from the muslim brotherhood that are plans to hold a million man march later today now the brotherhood leadership says to call to quote them that they will continue with a peaceful transition in reaction to this bloody military coup that was against constitutional legitimacy at the same time here until his square where i'm standing the last few days have been relatively quiet but this has been the at the center of

the anti morsi movement and we hear from the camelot organization which spearheaded these recent mass protests that saw morsy being ousted that they're going to hold a mass if tara mass breaking of the fast later today friday they say that the intention of this is to strengthen national unity so we are expecting hundreds of thousands if not millions of people to take to the streets of egypt throughout the country today at the same time the brotherhood leadership continues to be detained the united states has criticized this what it calls the op or treat a race of one particular group and it is raising concerns that these arrests could scupper attempts by the interim president adly mansour to put together an interim government that will ultimately lead to democracy and the establishment of. the interim prime minister has said that he still expects members of the brotherhood to be part of his cabinet now all of this comes as the united states is expected to

a vote next week on new legislation what we understand is that if this motion is adopted what it will mean as a united states can continue to give aid to egypt as it's giving now even if it causes what happened here a military coup all of this coming as two u. s. military navy ships that have been patrolling in the middle east to move closer to egypt wait to see coast now this is presumably some kind of precaution in news talking to people on the streets one of the big questions people have is just how well the army is handling the situation at the moment and whether or not it will remain true to its promise to hand over to civilian rule this is the moment that egypt found the muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi had been ousted to her square erupted in the chant of the army and the people of one hand chief of the armed forces defense minister that r.c.c. 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 the 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 a chips in n.g.o.s maintain the military had a terrible human rights record during the last period of rule after the oust. hosni mubarak they were involved in killing protesters that was the accountability for any of the military crimes they torture protesters they arrested they also tried to restrict freedom of expression and most of all they really monopolize this is

making power i mean they wrote the roadmap 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 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 the way the muslim brotherhood attacked the military which was defending itself its offices and the institution. as the chance of those three square behind me indicates people turn to the army in moments of on the 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 morsi and his music brotherhood many people fear that the army whether it wants to or not it's once again in the country so true r.t. . and here at r.t. we did speak to middle east common had a culture he believes of peace in a stable political climate can only be achieved through civil me. let's remember what the real interest of the military here is it's not the continuation of a democratic revolution the many tristan being in effect carrying out this is just stop this threat of a genuine popular uprising and then to the day the muslim brotherhood was elected normally where not only they won the presidential elections with the help of course from other political affiliations but they also wanted parliamentary elections tend

to forget. which were constant and the parliament was also noted and. egypt should have given the chance to the resignation towards more democratic future and carry out the process and for the muslim brotherhood to be kind of kicked out of office by distorting the democratic process not military means. or let's get back to our top story here on r t whistleblower edward snowden has reportedly invited prominent russian and international human rights activists lawyers for a conference today there was a blow in hiding is said to be chatty much of an airport here in moscow with a meeting is set to take place let's get details right now across over to our correspondent. for more of this developing story well awfully intriguing this is reno what can you tell us absolutely i personally can say that i've been waiting for this moment for almost two weeks now that's how long snowden has been in the

transfer zone off the sheremetyevo airport remaining mom on the whole situation while the world was going completely insane over it and this is apparently now we're getting information from the servants were airport representatives who are saying that the former cia and a cia agent will be talking to the representatives of human rights groups as well as some prominent russian lawyers about the complaint that has been unleashed unleashed against him by the united states which really add the way they put it it is putting it in danger lives of passengers on the on airlines who are going to a number of countries in america latin. he's also expected to make a statement the details of which are yet are known still very intriguing we're waiting for the meeting which is going to happen around five o'clock in the evening moscow time really fascinating details at this point how to make it every half so we have to make a note of the fact that one of the groups to which snowden has extended extended his invitation human rights watch which is based in the united states has already

the representatives there presented to all of this group has already declined to attend not to make any judgments here but just keeping in mind exactly what kind of being of been seen least against snowden ever since his interview to the to the guardian newspaper where he essentially. talked about the cia and n.s.a. watching not just the everybody pretty much everybody in america but also citizens and a lot of other countries in the world. especially one of the if not the most wanted man by the united states and certainly on top of that list so of course we'll be keeping a close eye on this and we'll bring you as much as we can when we when we get the details absolutely edward snowden back on the right are going to sure thank you. all right we'll come to you live from moscow this is scrambling to get its economy back on the straight and narrow for the french government trying to fill its budget black hole with money of its own to do stay with us here on out so you can find out

how it's really just something that our country's economic lifeblood. and here in russia we remember a key turning point in world war two commemorating the. whole the broke the nazi a soulfulness soviet. coming your way if you are not speak after a short. what is the future of democracy in the arab committal east in the wake of the coup d'etat in. egypt is this region condemned to a vicious cycle uprisings and brutal suppression what about the claim islam and democracy are incompatible and the west really have an interest in seeing the people of the middle east free to decide their own destiny. i'm used to the tundra to freedom my dear.

in second grade i ran away from the boarding school to my friends will be around to the tundra. the tundra is just miskito i don't know how people can live there to get in there no t.v.'s in the tenth how can i send my child to boarding school i won't be able to sleep at night after that. they enter a life without knowledge of how to do basic things they don't get that in school. thank you for joining us here on r t belfast police have been reinforced now by more than six hundred officers from other broad of the city's anticipating the annual unionist parade for the marches router has been shortened this year with a ban on an evening walk through sectarian flashpoint unionist leaders have

expressed outrage at the decision but are promised to keep any protests peaceful. this report from belfast. this parade takes place annually and considered one of the most controversial of the unionist orange orders marching season 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 great spanish 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 that live there this year the marches are going to be stopped on their way back in the small

feet 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 with the city peaceful of course is 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. and every hour we are uploading our many more stories on our website our two daughter column for example have a look at the writings on the for a german artist. the message of projected on the u.s. embassy landing him in a bunch of trouble certainly with the police those details online right now. and the man have a look here risking it all to prevent a natural disaster it's a colorado farmer and using his tractor he's digging a fire line just

a few feet from a scorching blaze in his cornfield. impressive stuff indeed of the whole video for you right now what are three dog. or twenty minutes past the hour moscow time. economic malaise and scrambling to raise money to bring down its deficit and the french government has again turned to texas to get its economy back on track after a host of tax increases this year in the finance minister has not ruled out the possibility of more hikes in twenty fourteen in his arteries maria financial reports the heavy burden is pushing independent businesses so 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. whose flour and gift shop has been in business for twenty five years it's a closing down so for many months the taxes he pays have been eaten up all his

profit he simply doesn't make money anymore. they don't understand that we small businessmen are the engines in guarantors of the country's development and they are stifling us i can't afford stuff 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 two year offer to sum up by scholars 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 and 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 sewing 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 slash in public spending and hiking taxes while introducing new taxes as well was part of the socialist governments and to crisis strategy when it came to power loss here and it seems the treatment has had the opposite of the desired effect but we are suffering more and more taxes more and more relation and more and more uncertainty the entrepreneurs don't know all the there will be treated for type one to a few and next year maybe the next month or so it's very difficult for them to to plant your activity to plan what you have to do what you have to invest so that the we know investment we have no problem with the president we're not going to you know consumers to pushchairs more and more and said no growth.

another tax lawyer the most so tough to specialists these days says that business meant 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 now it's a dramatic situation. some say things could become even more dramatic very soon september is the month when the french would turn from living cations and realize that they spent all that money and it's also time for them to feeling that text to corrections public anxiety is growing on a such a 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 straight to brazil we go for the r.t. world update for clunkers are broken up which means protesters and police and well

a number of regions are all of this following a one day nationwide general strike reaction was called to capitalize on a wave of mass demonstrations just last month over issues of poverty levels and working conditions of the speed of which that protest spread forced the government to announce a referendum on political reforms. at the santiago where rioting also erupted there as well a similar day of protests called by the country's biggest almost seventy arrested six injured all of this demanding certain areas labor reforms and working conditions that are now shaping up to be one of the major issues in the elections three station for months. and it is easy where the five prisoners have been killed in a mass jailbreak in which two hundred inmates escaped currently a massive manhunt underway officials saying the riot may have been triggered by anger at paul conditions including the power blackouts and water shortages fires

were started fifteen prison guards taken hostage during this it's thought that some of the prisoners were suspected terrorists. dozens of activists are up to a session in the portuguese parliament angry at the government over its handling of the financial crisis throwing yellow and red confetti at m.p.'s it's a symbol of criticism usually done in sporting events the ruling government has come close to collapsing after ten days of political deadlock on heavy debt. now it was a battle that turned the tide in world war two more than fifteen hundred russian and german tanks clashing from dawn till dusk eventually holding the nazi assault on a soviet union now seventy years on commemorations underway at the scene of the engagement with the festivities and memorial service is planned tom barton takes a look back. seventy years ago this area and hundreds of kilometers around it would have been full of sites like this it was summer one nine

hundred forty three the site of hitler's last great offensive on the east front of . 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 road on these three main defense belts but met with for russia's resistance after a week of fighting many of the german forces when exhaustion it was at that point that perhaps the battles most iconic moment came here on the fields around the village of profit off a german tank formation and a soviet one ran headlong into each other the ensuing battle raged for hours amid the chaos tanks round 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 happened when the history of mankind. 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. now to have a glimpse at a potential combat operations of the future let's turn to the south of russia where a massive military exercise right now is wrapping up a mock terrorist base has been destroyed and a militant leader detained in the culmination of eight days of war games held by

special me and police units from russia and several c.i.s. countries at the office as well but by and artillery they've been learning better ways to fight entrenched terrorist groups block smuggling channels and search for drugs and explosive materials. all right up next to a nazi it's a people of l. and crosstalk zero in on him. 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 student 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 search 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 officials who are so willing to groan 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.