edward snowden still without asylum is russia says it hasn't gotten official request yet from the fugitive whistleblower while washington scolds moscow for giving him a quote propaganda platform. hunger strike on pause guantanamo jail officials claim inmates have started beating again but prisoners lawyers say it's not the end of the protest against indefinite detention that's been dragging on for more than five months. street battles in northern ireland clashes continue in belfast after the annual pro british parade with skirmishes between protestant hardliners and police for the second night in a row. five

am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r t our top story fugitive n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is seeking refuge in russia breaking almost three weeks of silence as he remains stuck at moscow's sheremetyevo airport the leaker says he's willing to stay in moscow until he can secure a safe passage to latin america where he's been granted asylum by several states artie's paul scott has been following snowden's attempts to escape u.s. prosecution. confirm that russia's federal migration committee has yet to receive a formal application for asylum from edward snowden and this is despite meeting with human rights activists and noise in which he requested assistance in getting to his final destination which is still believed to be latin america of course bolivia venezuela i'm nicaragua have all suggested they would take him in but he's proving very very difficult for him to get that not only because of america's aggressive pursuit told him which led to the grounding of the bolivian president.

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 no says that conditions are acceptable he can get it and i think he really. satisfies the requirements for a political refugee human rights activists and lawyers who are there. who are. worried greene 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 lace 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 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 unknown but it's believed that snowden was of course mentioned and i think both nations a king for this not to escalate into a further diplomatic row and i think this is gesture is also that russia and this is becoming a headache that really they could have done without snowden's meeting with human rights activists or moscow's sheremetyevo airport sparked anger in washington the u.s. criticizing russia for allowing it to happen and again demanding he be handed over our teams get a chick has more. the white house has basically accused russia of providing quote a propaganda platform for edward snowden this is washington's reaction to edward

snowden 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 a 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

airports transit zone to meet with mr snowden despite the government's declarations of russian's neutrality with respect to mr snowden you're disappointed that they looked on into their own airport and a lot of it well that they facilitated this event of course why because this gave a forum going to be should have before there's a for you forfeited his right to freedom of speech is 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 referring to edward snowden's speech basically suggesting that somehow russia should deny him free speech the journalist

who challenge 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. 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 said he's willing to stop leaking u.s. secrets in order to gain russian asylum but guardian journalist glenn greenwald who's been breaking the news about n.s.a. snooping said snowden holds dangerous information that would be america's quote worst nightmare for appealed stephen cohen a professor of russian and slavic studies at n.y.u. says the whole situation with snowden's asylum is a tough test for russian and u.s.

lawmakers this is a classic case of the testing of leadership both in moscow and washington neither leader neither will bomb and more proof can be happy about help mr snowden city in the moscow airport and didn't invite him to shoot but he can't talk for very 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 he's exposed that would not be so i think there's a vested interest because with obama and putin to find a way to solve this problem so that neither is damaged politically so we'll see what kind of leaders they are for south american countries blowing to the mercosur

trading block a recall in a basket has from european countries involved in the grounding of the bolivian president's plane your allies 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 snowden human rights activist peter tatchell thinks the pressure being put on latin american governments may violate 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 minutes 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 he has simply exposed the fact that united states national security agency and britain's spy agency g c h q have been snooping inspiring upon millions of innocent private citizens that is not spying charge he is a whistleblower and he deserves a saddam. work closely following the snowden saga on line as well as on air click on r.t. dot com for an extensive timeline on the leaks asylum bids and international reaction . those hunger striking prisoners at guantanamo of had their first meal in more than five months according to u.s. officials lawyers for the detainees though don't think the protestors over and the

military won't remove anyone from the hunger strike list until the consistently for several days archies marine important i reports. ninety nine of the 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 now 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 on 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 of the force feeding that's been ongoing at guantanamo bay now get moved fishel say out of respect for the prisoners religious believes 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. . yes and throughout the world and it has forced us president barack obama to renew his apparatus to close the island prison where one hundred sixty six men are still languishing. strikers protesting against their indefinite detention without charge or trial and alleged inhumane treatment u.s. public defender carlos want to represent a leaven of the prisoners and he expects the strike will continue until those inmates cleared for release walk free 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 his 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 the positive steps to end the hunger strike again all of us hope that it does and i hope that my clients are eating and 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. still to come a wave of infighting the free syrian army seeks more arms from the west after radicals within the opposition kill an f.s.a. commander this amid allegations that israel carried out another airstrike on syrian territory this one targeting a key port plus. rioters in belfast with police for the second night is the annual probe reddish parade turns violent this and more still ahead. but first at least eighteen people have been killed including two children in a bus crash in southeast moscow this according to emergency officials but some reports in the fatalities that as many as twenty four people died in the hospital with more than twenty being treated there some of them in intensive care the bus was split in half when it was hit by a truck driver of which has reportedly been reportedly has

a record of dangerous driving he's now at the center of a criminal investigation but can't be questioned because of his grave medical condition monday has 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 logic here on friday according to statements from three anonymous u.s. officials the predawn blasts allegedly targeted a russian made anti ship missile battery that syria got two years ago live to key about eighty kilometers from russia's naval base in syria the rebel free syrian army said it had nothing to do with the attack because they don't have that kind of firepower israel's government hasn't confirmed or commented on the issue but if the claims turn out to be true would mark the fourth israeli air strike in syria in the last six months drago coleman has written extensively about the syrian conflict and says israel may be trying to help syrian rebels who he thinks are losing a war against the assad forces. i think that the reason they carried it back is

because the rebels are losing i mean the foreign terrorists the part of mercenaries they're losing in the debacle of these whales i think giving them a helping hand. the last exactly member in may was against a military training center there in damascus i was very very frightened because the syrians have has absolutely trained soldiers since the start of this war in order to be able to do you the non conventional warfare techniques used against them and so again targeting militants trying to change and this is for israeli strategy so i think they're what they're essentially trying to do is give the rebels a helping hand because at this stage david lost the war and this is talk of all you know keeping the keeping the war going and also provoking the. need. while the free syrian army has called the cold on the international community for

more weapons they say they want revenge on al qaeda linked fighters who recently killed a senior f.s.a. commander and for him to target the rest but the dissent within the opposition demonstrates his instability and it sparked fears that weapons could get into the hands of radicals western and arab nations have agreed to step up support for the opposition syrian rebels struggling to work out their differences with foreign radical fighters who see the war as part of a global jihad free syrian army spokesman zach humala thinks the struggle may have been hi joe. there's no guarantee that these weapons. be warped within you know the job at the most strongly and 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. said he dropped the dropped the arms and given back to the rebels

who then supplied will give about two hours or just completely dropped them and then the syrians themselves of 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. how to live and work out something where they can oust as said sooner than later. plenty more stories a click away online for you right now you can immigrants breaking the stereotype of newcomers working blue collar jobs like an arty dot com to read more on the growing number of foreigners in the u.k.

lending better jobs than native britons plus. scientists noble to detect what planets beyond our solar system look like on line a story on astronomers who have managed to determine the color of a planet located six hundred trillion kilometers from earth. police have been attacked by loyalist rioters in north belfast for a second night hundreds of additional police have been drafted into northern ireland after clashes left dozens injured the pro british orange order march turned violent because the traditional route was shortened to keep it from pathet passing through a sectarian flashpoint or t. sara first has more. tonight for much. of the day. that. many very very. angry she can.

not. write. the brain. functions to. find. violence has flared up during anti-government demonstrations on the streets of is stand bowl officers used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd clashes come after parliament amended a law that prevents the military from intervening in internal political disputes the move is seen as an anti to measure these protests against the government continue and turkey's main city. egypt's interim government announced a criminal investigation against president deposed. morsi is part of a crackdown on muslim brotherhood leaders he's accused of spying inciting violence and ruining egypt's economy this image a backdrop of protests both for and against the ousted leader despite the start of

ramadan celebrations saturday tens of thousands of islamists rallied in cairo in support of the ousted president whose whereabouts remain unconfirmed. fresh wave of sectarian violence erupted in iraq's capital baghdad an explosion shaking a sunni mosque leaving at least twenty three dead this after a series of bombings and shootings across the country including attacks in kirkuk where more than fifty people were killed in the last two days iraq has been experiencing a spike in sectarian violence since two thousand and eleven when u.s. troops left the country since april the violence has claimed the lives of more than twenty five hundred iraqis. thousands gathered in the streets of israel trying to give a second wind to a campaign against the government's economic policy demonstrators turned out in huge numbers in tel aviv showing discontent with high taxes and low salaries from the government pledged to resolve in two thousand and eleven and more than four hundred thousand rallied throughout the country angry they say at the nation's high

cost of living. at least seven and simeon peacekeepers died in the scores wounded in an attack in the darfur region of sudan they were part of a un team ambushed by a large group of armed men according to un officials this marks the deadliest assault on international forces in the country since they were deployed five years ago. more than three hundred thousand people in eastern china fled their homes as typhoon soulik struck the move the region moving inland rental rains caused by the cycler reportedly left two hundred dead or missing earlier the typhoon brought extensive flooding and widespread disruption to taiwan where at least two people were killed and more than eighty five hundred evacuees. finally in the news block india's supreme court may have given the final go ahead to commissioning the country's largest nuclear plant but the move has calmed the scandal surrounding it the station has split locals into those who claim it's crucial for the economy versus those insisting it's a major health risk. takes a look this may have seemed as a mine

a peaceful protest but it seriously stalled one of india's most in business 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 on tribute to. 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 used local tribal or people who are in the interior that these people are coming to expect your resources and they will take it over and do laundry anything you will all be deprived of all these things after what is the program. u.s. officials have been staunchly denying all that a geisha is that washington had a hand installing projects in india but experts say this has been a tactic employed by the state department for more than a 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 governmental organizations the organizations that supposedly promote democracy that's their official line is n.g.o.s really are the tip of the iceberg. this. larger agenda of the united states and of the

western powers transnational elites he is going to follow the same we've seen. around the world with n.g.o.s ation with the 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

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