fugitive n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden says he wants a so i them in russia and it's ready to stop harming the u.s. as washington blasts moscow for providing a propaganda the platform. hunger strike called paws guantanamo jail officials claim inmates have started eating again the prisoners laws say it's not the end of the overflight month long protest against indefinite detention. and street battles in belfast and dozens injured as well as the hardliners clash with police trying to block their march from entering a catholic district. live

from our studio center here in moscow where it's just turned midnight this is with the twenty four hours a day n.s.a. leaker edward snowden has renewed his request for asylum here in russia as he looks to put an end to his life in limbo at a moscow airport he spent nearly three weeks stranded in the transit zone of it and sent nearly two dozen asylum requests around the world paul scott says following the whistle blows attempts to escape u.s. prosecution r.t. confirm that russia's federal migration committee has yet to receive a formal application for asylum from edward snowden this is despite meeting with human rights activists and lawyers in which he requested assistance in getting to his final destination which is still believed to be latin america of course bolivia venezuela and nicaragua have all suggested they would take him in but it is proving very very difficult for him to get there not only because of. because aggressive

pursuit of him which led to the grounding of the bolivian president's plane over european airspace this week but also he doesn't have the valid travel documents to go to remember he's had his passport revoked that's why he's been stuck in transit that's why he's turned to russia for temporary refuge and the suggestion is that lawyers would be king to help him with that application and the suggestion also is that his application when it arrives will be looked upon favorably snowden knows that going to shows that acceptable he can get it i think he really. satisfies the requirements for a political refugee human rights activists or lawyers who were there. at the end of the war a green he was prosecuted for political reasons rather than on legal grounds well russia has played this by the book from the very start and have played this straight laced this gesture in being of course that edward snowden was not under russian jurisdiction because he never crossed the border and never entered russian

territory and of course noted and they did apply for asylum in russia around a fortnight ago but later withdrew his application after president vladimir putin said there were certain criteria that needed to be met and that criteria was that he stopped his actions that and i quote we're harming russia's u.s. partners now russia's stance hasn't shifted the two presidents barack obama and vladimir putin well let's we believe to have a phone conversation on friday the exact topics of what was discussed the unknown but it's believed that snowden was of course mentioned and i think both nations came for this not to escalate into a further diplomatic row and i think this is just in is also that russia and this is becoming a headache that really they could have done without. snowden's meeting with human rights activists at moscow's sheremetyevo airport sparked anger in washington the u.s. criticize russia for allowing it to take place and again demanded he be handed over what he's going to check on the details. the white house has basically accused

russia of providing quote a propaganda platform for edward snowden this is washington's reaction to edward snowden's meeting with russian human rights activists at the moscow airport take a listen i would simply say that providing a propaganda platform for mr snowden runs counter to the russian government's previous declarations of russia's neutrality and that they have and that they have no control over his presence in the airport it's also incompatible with russian assurances that they do not want. mr snowden to further damage u.s. interests we know that president obama and president putin discussed edward snowden over the phone we don't know how that conversation went but the obama administration's latest statements can give us an idea the state department has earlier reiterated washington's disappointment over snowden's meeting with human rights activists suggesting that somehow russian authorities could have been should have barred edward snowden from speaking take a listen we are disappointed that russian officials and agencies facilitated this

meeting today by allowing these activists and representatives into the moscow airport's transit zone to meet with mr snowden despite the government's declarations of russian's neutrality with respect to mr snowden sorry you're disappointed that they let someone into their own airport i don't know that well that they facilitated this event of course why because this gave a forum you don't think that you should have before as he flees forfeited his right to freedom of speech as well met miss mr snowden as we've talked about let me just say this because i think it's important he's not a whistleblower he's not human rights activists he's wanted on a series of serious criminal charges brought in these certain eastern district of virginia in the united states i'm sorry but i didn't realize people wanted on charges forfeited their right to speak to free speech it's very interesting how washington now uses the word pop again there. referring to edward snowden's speech

basically suggesting that somehow russia should deny him free speech the journalist who challenged the state department spokesperson sort of showed how ridiculous that sounds coming from the u.s. it almost sounds like would you please silence that guy we don't like what he's saying one could just imagine what the u.s. reaction would be to a similar call from russia if it were let's say some russian whistleblower who stood up for civil liberties in russia and was asking for asylum in the u.s. not hard to guess what the reaction would be regardless of what russians think about snowden according to the most recent polls fifty five percent of americans view snowden as a whistleblower and only thirty four percent consider him a traitor so the majority of americans do not think what edward snowden is saying is propaganda. snowden pledged to stop leaking u.s. secrets but guardian journalist glenn greenwald who's been breaking the news about n.s.a. snooping said he has no plans to stop publishing reports on the classified documents he's already received stephen cohen professor

a russian and slavic studies at new york university says the whole situation with snowden's asylum is a tough test for russian and american leaders this is a classic case of the testing of leadership both in moscow and washington neither leader neither obama nor putin can be happy about mr snowden sitting in the moscow airport who didn't invite him to russia but he can't toss him for various political reasons obama needs to show he's tough on snowden. i can't believe that the united states actually wants to put snowden on trial because it was a fair trial a legal trial all snowden would have the right to subpoena american officials who have knowledge of all this intelligence is exposed that would not be so i think there is a vested interest with obama and putin did find a way to solve this problem so that neither is damaged politically so will now see what kind of leaders they are. for south american nations belonging to the

americans who are trading block or recalling their ambassadors from european countries involved in the grounding of the bolivian president's plane a year ago on foreign minister says talks will be held with the representatives the member states also had tough words for washington defending their right to offer asylum to edward snowden and human rights activist peter tatchell believes the pressure being put on latin american governments is violating international law. what the united states government is doing is seeking to obstruct edward snowden to seek asylum not to get asylum but to seek asylum in his bullied and managed to threaten other countries around the world to not grant him asylum and to not give airspace over so that a flight can take him to another country that is a direct attack upon the united nations refugee convention and it is shocking and appalling there's supposedly democratic government united states with the collusion

of european governments including the government here in britain has been conspiring together to not allow mr snowden to make a valid asylum application there is no way that he is a spy he has not contacted any foreign spy agencies he's not divulge any information to foreign governments here simply expose the fact that the united states national security agency and britain's spy agency g c h q had been snooping inspiring upon millions of innocent private citizens that is not spying charge he is a whistleblower and he deserves asylum. closely following the snowden saga online as well head to r.t. dot com for an extensive timeline on the leaks asylum bids and international reaction. the majority of hunger striking prisoners at guantanamo bay have had

their first meal in nearly half a year according to u.s. officials but inmates lawyers don't believe the food protest is finished and the military won't remove anyone from the hunger strike list until they consistently for several days. as more. ninety nine of those one hundred and two men on strike have eaten a meal within the past twenty four hours according to the deputy director of public affairs at good mo samuel house he says that most of the prisoners took part in a meal of lamb to break the first day of fast during the muslim holy period of ramadan which lasts through the month during ramadan observance abstain from food or drink from sunrise to sunset the prisoners who have eaten are still considered hunger strikers because the us military requires several days of sustained eating and minimum caloric intake before print

a prisoner is removed from the list of hunger strikers now u.s. military officials say forty five of the prisoners are still in the forced forced feeding list meaning they can be strapped down and fed a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal gastric tube on monday a u.s. federal judge called the procedure a quote painful humiliating and degrading process that comment was made in a ruling in which she said she had no with already to order a stop of the force feeding that's been ongoing at guantanamo bay get moved fishel say out of respect for the prisoners religious beliefs the forced feedings will only be carried out at night during ramadan now so far what's not clear is if they get mowed detainee's in time to completely abandon their hunger strike or if the evening is a temporary reprieve during the holy month of ramadan now some lawyers for the prisoners remain very skeptical of the lead us reports coming from u.s.

officials because they say the u.s. military has tried to downplay the hunger strike from the very beginning the very beginning which is dated back more than five months ago now the protest at guantanamo has continued to raise awareness in the u.s. and throughout the world and it has forced u.s. president barack obama to renew his efforts to close the island prison were one hundred sixty six men are still languishing. the strikers are protesting against indefinite detention without charge and the treatment may be receiving u.s. public defender calls warner represents eleven of those prisoners he expects the hunger strike to continue until those inmates cleared for release that. the president has the power to released eighty six men right now and we've heard noises that he intends to do so but we've seen no action since that speech and i believe you're still going to have a number of hunger strikers until we see people transferred that's just the bottom line hopefully the military has started to engage the men and is doing positive

steps to end the hunger strike again all of us hope that it does and i hope that my clients are eating i don't want them to starve i don't think any lawyer does but at the same time we are waiting for president obama to do what he said he would do and that is to transfer the innocent men eighty six innocent man. the life here moscow still coming up for you this fresh wave of sectarian violence hits the streets of northern ireland clashes break out of the annual pro british parade in belfast despite heavy police presence. and fourth of destruction there are allegations that israel has carried out another airstrike on syrian territory this time targeting a key port the story more after the break. this journey is not about seeing the world. it's

a mission that i could to myself the project to succeed if i stay in the same place all the time. i've been travelling around the world for twenty days so far in all the time and i haven't spent any money at all the main idea of the project because of the artist paints people's portraits in return for some kids. that yes we have to get used to each other i think is a little disappointed about the bus because we're still spending a lot of money i mean i spend it shouldn't worry about that right now i don't think so goes a great artist but i don't think it's a con man and if you don't like the painting you just don't give anything.

news continues here naughty eighty. people have been killed two children among them in a crash outside moscow that's according to emergency officials but some reports say there are up to twenty fatalities four people died in hospital over twenty is still being treated some of them in intensive care the bus split in two when it was hit by a truck driver which reportedly has a record of dangerous driving is not the center of a criminal investigation that can't be questioned because of his grave condition monday's been declared a day of mourning following what is one of the deadliest road accidents in russia this year. israel carried out an attack on the key syrian port of the

takia last friday according to statements made by three anonymous u.s. officials the bloss allegedly targeted a russian made anti ship missile battery which syria received two years ago the talk is around eighty kilometers from russia's naval base in syria the rebel free syrian army said that they had nothing to do with the attack because they don't have that kind of firepower available the israeli government hasn't confirmed or commented on the issue either but if these u.s. claims turn out to be true that would mark the fourth israeli air strike in syria in the past six months and out of coal mine he has written extensively about the syrian conflict he says israel is trying to help the syrian rebels who are losing the war against the government. i think that the reason they carried back is because the rebels are losing i mean the foreign terrorists the farmers are just they're losing the battle of. giving them a helping hand and. the last act member in may was against a military training center in damascus i was very very well because the syrians

have had to retrain soldiers since the start of this war in order to you. know intervention war. against them so again they're really trying to gain sympathy for this really strategy so i think. what they're essentially trying to do is the rebels because at this stage they lost the war and this is. you know keeping the keeping the war going and also walking the. new. government meanwhile the free syrian army has appealed to the international community seeking more weapons to fight extremists within its ranks that's amid growing instability among the syrian opposition with the latest killing of a senior free syrian army commanded by al qaeda linked fighters and as the conflict in the country crosses the two year mark the question that arms could fall into the wrong hands sparks serious concerns with

a safe if you will promise to retaliate after islam is threaten to kill all opposition commanders the syrian faction of the rebels is struggling to work out its differences with foreign radical is fight as you see this as part of global jihad western and arab nations have agreed to step up support for the opposition but there is real concern weapons could fall into the hands of extremists free syrian army spokesman says the struggle has been hi janet. there's no guarantee that these weapons. one be war with and you know the judge had the most wrong in there's no guarantee that the police and army can contain these weapons i think initially. you know and if america wants to see these weapons they should sit down with. the judge had almost sort of. caught off and say listen guys we are willing to argue so long as we work out a contract that our guys asked said he dropped the are going to drop the arms and give them back to the rebels who then supplied or give about two hours or just

completely dropped them and then the syrians themselves are sort of their internal issues are to have a problem with the world right now sitting down and negotiating something with you know the so-called al-qaeda will jump at the mossad because jughead the looser are now a leading forefront in these fights against asset they are the ones that you would find that most of the front lines they're the ones who have to tear up into the heart of forces so i think if you want this revolution to come to an end and a successful one i think that the world should sit down for work at a temporary contract with the rebels including. and work out something where they can oust as said sooner than later. whatever dot com online team as a whole stories for you at the moment including the blue scientists are excited about a new discovery on the solar system revealing the color of an alien planet which is

sixty three light years away from its impossibly rains melting glass check out the cosmic wonders right now on our website. visit our in motion page where we stock up the best videos for you on the latest events and today it's a brazilian workers protest which ended in flames as police violently dispersed roxas had to watch. for that and much more. fresh violence has erupted on the streets of belfast hundreds additional police have been drafted into northern ireland after violence left around thirty officers one m.p. and eight rioters injured traveler to prove british orange order march flared up because the traditional route was shortened to stop it passing through sectarian flashpoint. reports now from belfast. i didn't phrase that's.

what it was. right out. front like. the front. crawl being. deployed. around the world it was. intentional to. be able. to number. not the little bit of.

all of the. song was. sung. a lot of questions will be off about whether. to prevent this from happening. in other international news egypt's interim government has announced a criminal investigation against deposed president morsi as part of a crackdown on brotherhood leaders he's accused of spying inciting violence and ruining the country's economy this comes amid a backdrop of protest against the spot the beginning of ramadan celebrations on saturday tens of thousands of islamists ready to in the capital in support of morsi whereabouts still on the move. to parliament amended. which prevents the military intervening in internal political disputes and friday legislators redefine the military's duties as towards outside threats only this is considered an anti crew measure as protests against

the government continue in the country's main cities. fresh wave of sectarian violence has erupted in iraq's capital baghdad an explosion rocked a sunni mosque leaving at least eleven people dead and iraq has been experiencing as worst sectarian violence since two thousand and eleven when u.s. troops left the country that's according to the u.n. more than two and a half thousand iraqis have been killed in violent attacks since april india's supreme court may have given the final lot to the commissioning of the country's largest power plant but the move hasn't the scandal surrounding it the station is split locals into those who claim it's crucial for the economy and those insisting it's a major health hazard. has been investigating what is driving the anti nuclear camp this may have seemed as a minor peaceful protest but it seriously stalled one of india's most ambitious projects the first energy block of the nuclear power station destined to solve

a growing electricity problem for millions was due to be launched in twenty eleven but because of these fishermen protesting against what they see as an environmental threat india's high court refused to give the go ahead for the station to start working however protesters were forced to declare they were acting in good faith with no foreign financing a small amount of money that we need comes from our own people the fisherman contribute part of its every once in two weeks but not everyone quite bought that india's prime minister accused western states of derailing india's nuclear program the atomic energy program has got into difficulties because these n.g.o.s mostly i think based in the us don't appreciate the need for all countries. this protest is not a one off rallies organized by non-governmental organizations targeted to other projects in india mining was also hit by unrest leading to multi-million dollar losses and severely hampering development and youth brawl of the. people who.

that these people are coming to. and do laundry and you can do a lot of. things after one of the program. u.s. officials have been staunchly denying all allegations that washington had a hand in stalling projects in india but experts say this has been a tactic employed by the state department for more than quarter of a century so the state department or any agency for international development spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fund a series of n.g.o.s which are not government organizations they appear organizations that supposedly promote democracy that's their official line is n.g.o.s really are the tip of the iceberg. is a question of a larger agenda of the united states and of the western powers transnational elites

he is going to follow the same patterns that we've seen. elsewhere around the world with this n.g.o.s asian indian leadership is clearly concerned about these prospects the last known data on the financing of indian n.g.o.s was published in twenty eleven back then the government established that twenty two thousand organizations had received a total of more than two billion dollars coming from abroad six hundred fifty million of which allegedly came from the united states this year new delhi has yet to publish such reports but government sources claim that nowadays this funding has dwindled to almost nothing the bank accounts of more than seven hundred such organizations have been frozen and legislation against foreign agent activities has been toughened and while activists bristle over what they believe to be a suppression of freedoms in the country often described as the world's most populous democracy india's economists say that numerous vital projects including the nuclear power station will now get the green light. coming up to twenty seven minutes past the hour now and in

a moment before the man who's traveling around the world without spending a single dollar it'll be off to the break and i'll be back with more news with the team in about half an hour from now. remember how all of a sudden an afghan card protest group became world famous and in we're completely forgotten by next month yeah i'm talking about the feminist punk rock group pussy riot that performed a vulgar anti prayer and one of moscow's most famous orthodox cathedrals one possible reason for their explosive popularity in the media's eyes was revealed recently by german actress on a tall buck the actress claims a german t.v. channels e.d.f. paid her a large undisclosed amount of money to come out on behalf of the activist band show

said on a t.v. discussion that she doesn't even remember what she said except for wishing them well with dealing with their incarceration it would be very odd for an actress to just make up a bribery scandal especially one she was complicit in but it makes you wonder just how many other people's e.d.f. may have been given a law extra motivation to cry travesty overall i think that most important of what her public revelation is that she said that you know what it's a bit dumb when actors talk about politics and i couldn't agree with her more but that's just my opinion. of everything was fine until the moment i came to sim for opal. just the local journalist. it's rude that

a tramp artist had painted the minister of culture. with. which the media reacted immediately. saying that ukrainian papers had dared to call a famous painter from vanya is a tramp. the main idea of the project as of the artist paints people's portraits emma thompson gets things like. supplies or things that might be useful for traveling he doesn't use any money at all today is the twentieth day of my journey around the world for all those twenty days i haven't spent any money at all.