edward snowden has called a conference of the moscow airport he's been holed up in sources saying he'll finally comment on america's global hunt for and. also surveillance really does pay this according to a new report it's finding that american corporations are raking in millions by selling client data to government agencies. rival crowds are encouraged to take to the streets all across egypt the country remains politically which some believe is actually playing directly into the hands of the military. calls in six hundred extra police to keep order at the upcoming. protest the decision to shorten the route.

where the world's top headlines live from moscow this is on the with me it's a pleasure to have you with us today. and now after at least two weeks in hiding edward snowden is finally set to speak out is calling together a meeting with prominent russian and international human rights activists lawyers at the whistleblower and hiding is said to be. here in moscow it's where the conference is due to take place. reports now on snowden's intentions. i personally can say that i've been waiting for this moment for almost two weeks now that's how long no one has been transfer off the airport remaining mom on the whole situation while the world was going completely insane over it and now we're getting information from the airport representatives who are saying that the former 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 at the way they put it is putting it in danger lives of passengers on the on airlines who are going to a number of countries in latin america he's also expected to make a statement the details of which are still very intriguing we're waiting for the meeting which is going to happen around five o'clock in the evening moscow time just keeping in mind exactly what kind of been seeing. snowden ever since his interview to the guardian newspaper where he essentially. talked about the cia and they say 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 the 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 get the details. invitation to human rights organizations were chance being leaked to the media but he said that he's extremely fortunate that he was promised asylum in some countries which she refers to as brave you also mentioned american attempts to get hold of him by denying his right to seek asylum but he describes threatening actions of european states which forcefully grounded the plane of believers president and of course that was even more romack. well the profit not patriotism may be driving the telecom and tech giants enthusiasm for washington's surveillance program for microsoft to google its emotional companies are raking in cash by selling off their client data to the government of course so it's the time space of stumping up the cash guy nature can has more 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 verizon 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. 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 out. an n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden's latest leak particularly targets microsoft going far beyond the call of duty the firm allegedly installed backdoor access to its services exclusively for government surveillance now if that is the case microsoft's denial of giving out bulk data would still be true as the government simply wouldn't need to ask for it right mcgovern a retired cia officer he says the set up exemplifies the problem 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 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 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 show 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. programs you can read the full article right now it's a click away at r.t. dot com.

i. thank you for joining us here on r.t. fears of imminent clashes are running high in egypt as friday's expected to see massive rival rallies all across the state are the muslim brotherhood and its supporters are valid to protest until the ousted islamist president mohamed morsy is reinstalled while the anti morsy camp will be out celebrating the coup which unseated the elected leader however as r.t.l. true reports dolled saw getting stronger over the military's ability to handle the transition problem. this is the moment that egypt found out that the muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi had been ousted. square erupted in the chant of the army and the people on 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 ruled with a heavy hand why. hartson 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 muslim brotherhood was started. 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 they arrested they also

tried to restrict freedom of expression and most of all they really monopolize decision 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 so reeling and stirred 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 on 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 morsi and his music brotherhood many people fear that the army whether it was. to annoy you once again on the country. our team. and our u.s. lawmakers will vote on legislation next week to allow aid to egypt in case america officially acknowledges the ousting of mr morsy was a coup accompli such a position would require the u.s. to curb any assistance so far washington's been avoiding such wording calling for swift democratic changes instead i hear r.t. we spoke to middle east common had a culture and believed democracy can only be achieved by simple me let's remember what the real interest of the military is here is it's not that continuation of a democratic rule you shouldn't the many interests that are being in and

effectively carrying out this fool is just stop this threat of a genuine popular uprising and of the day the muslim brotherhood was elected with people who normally would where not only they won the presidential elections with the help of course people from other political affiliations but they also want to parliamentary election people tend to forget that there is not a which were cast in the parliament was also i know that and disbanded egypt should have given the chance to the president two words more democratic future and carry out the process and for the muslim brotherhood to be kind of kicked out of office by resorting to that democratic process not military means and i just a bit later today here on r t paid lavelle and his guests are looking at where egypt might be going post coup and whether perhaps the rule of law has been diminished within the arab world it's coming your way at a twelve thirty g.m.t. . when i got out you see tool to one up our lives in all of you

and seek to implemented and apply on the population was 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 the outcome or the expected consequences of that model see not where you want to go but why don't we all do you know. why not wait until the next election to voted out of office if that's the case. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today belfast police has been reinforced by more than six hundred officers from other u.k. branches as the city anticipates the annual unionist parade marches route has been shortened this year with a ban on an evening walk through sectarian flashpoint unionist leaders have expressed outrage at that decision but have promised to keep any protests peaceful so further. 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. 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 heard the orange order saying that there would be some protests in the coming days although they did say that their intention was to those to be peaceful of course 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. reporting there are much more to come here scrambling to get back on the straight and narrow the french government tries to foot its budget black holes with the money. if you can stay with us we'll tell you how it's basically the country's economic lifeblood. remembers a key turning point in world war two. the decisive battle that broke the assault on the soviet union that's coming your way after

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news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. for asians to rule the day. some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total struction of the culture in new mexico i tell you what i mean this is not going to impact only mexico whatever happens here. now we're eating at about six in the in the. you know ordinance or. genetically engineered crops why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people because we have a crappy food system.

see thanks for much for joining us today mired in economic malaise and scrambling to raise money to bring down the deficit the french government has again turned to taxes to get its economy back on track after a host of increases just this year alone the finance minister has now refused to rule out yet more tax hikes in twenty fourteen is autism or financial reports the heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy. it's that happy time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red price tags there are said stories for pascal whose flour and good chop has been in business for twenty five years it's a closing down. for many months the taxes he pays have been it in up all his profit he simply doesn't make money any more. 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 star 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 sell up for 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 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 so in 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 are nothing. slashing public spending and hiking taxes while introducing new taxes as well was part of the socialist governments and to crisis strategy on the when it came to power loss here and it seems of treatment has had the opposite of the desired effect that we are suffering more and more taxes more and more religion more and more uncertainty the entrepreneur built and all the there will be treated for type interview and next year maybe the next month is so it's very difficult for them to to plans their activity to to plan what they have to do what they have to divest so that the we no investment. no problem in the present we're not sure you know consumers to purchase more and more and said no growth. another tax lawyer the most so tough to specialists these days so as the businessmen are

constantly in defensive mode and that stops them from developing and advancing the economy then. some thirty years ago there were many small businesses very soon they functioned well but no they've disappeared it 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 spend 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 if not seen from paris. we always are stories about dot com for example have a look at this one right now the writings on the wall for a german artist. his message project on the u.s.

embassy in london him and. trouble for security but with the police as well all of that dot com right now. and the man who first of all to prevent a natural disaster a colorado farm trying to follow just a few feet from around a scorching blaze in his cornfield footage as well the call for this hour. is even. if you. thanks for joining us here not see it was

a confrontation that turned the tide in world war two and one of the largest tank battles in history around fifteen hundred russian and german vehicles all clashed head on head dawn till dusk though eventually holding the nazi assault on the union the now seventy years on commemorations are underway at the scene of the epic engagement a memorial events planned throughout the day as well. and takes a look back at 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's three main defensive 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 krakow offer a german tank formation and a 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 has ever happened in

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. right there now to have a glimpse of potential combat operations of the future let's turn to the south of russia where a massive military exercise is now wrapping up a mock terrorist base has been destroyed a militant leader detained all in the culmination of eight days of war games held by special police units from russia and several c.i.s. countries but the officers were backed by tillery they've been learning better ways to fight entrenched terrorist groups like smuggling channels and search for drugs and explosive materials. and into the world of there we go straight to syria now where al-qaeda linked militants have killed a senior free syrian army commander this according to the opposition group which

reported he was meeting members of radical islamist movements to discuss battle plans including setting up with just to deliver imported weapons to the rebels and one of the radicals leave his phone to opposition representatives to claim responsibility for the murder he also threatened to kill all the other western backed free syrian army commanders. and a to brazil where clashes have broken out between protesters and police in a number of regions following a one day nationwide general strike 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 that protest spread forced the government to quickly announce a referendum on political reforms. and rotting also erupted in the chilean capital santiago on a similar day of protests called by the country's biggest union almost seventy people arrested in six injured during the demonstration for mabel reforms working

conditions are shaping up to be one of the major issues in elections to be held in four months time. indonesia at least five prisoners have been killed in a mass jailbreak in which two hundred inmates escaped huge police manhunt now underway officials say the riot may have been triggered by poor conditions which included a power blackouts and water shortages of fires were started and even fifteen prison guards taken hostage during all of this some of the prisoners may well have been suspected terrorists. and dozens of activists have interrupted a session in the portuguese parliament angry at the government handling of the ongoing financial crisis they threw yellow and red confetti at m.p.'s a symbol of criticism usually used in sporting events though they were rather quickly escorted out by the ruling government has come close to collapsing off the ten days of political deadlock over how to pay back its heavy debt. but i thank you

for being with us today here on c.n.n. just a moment so if we go ahead latest. many in latin america are furious at 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 some present of some contra since he had a delayed flight for a few hours things happen man 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 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 e.u. officials who are so willing to ground morality would dare 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 odin this is what i call a double fail but that's just my opinion. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered.