it. was an american. fugitive n.s.a. leaker edward snowden all six russia for asylum as he struggles to put an end to his legal limbo in a moscow transit zone sparkie american outrage towards the kremlin. so this week israel's accused of carrying out as trying to run on step out in a key city where important information coming from anonymous u.s. officials. and a criminal probe for an ex-president egypt's former leader is investigated for allegedly spying killing and wrecking the economy even as his bond has continued to protect protests for his return.

the latest news on the week's top stories we're watching the weekly here on ars he was an e.u. dash hello and welcome to the program. more than three weeks after arriving the world finally got signed of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden this week when he suffers from his hideout in a moscow airport transit sewed him out human rights activists. and ask for their help in requesting temporary political asylum here in washington and let's now get all the details from. who has been closely watching the snowden saga high that arena nice to see you so how can we had any official official reaction from russia regarding mr snowden's asylum well we do know that russia has immigration officials say they have not received snowden's official requests for asylum you have to understand though that snowden did say that he's planning to officially ask russia

for a temporary asylum on friday nights or perhaps it's because of the weekend that we haven't seen any movement in that direction and perhaps in the coming days we will see more in that regard snowden does need some sort of people work in order for him in order to provide safe passage to whichever country he will end up staying at permanently he has applied to more than two dozen countries for political asylum three latin american states are willing to see snowden move. move on there is soil because he has no people work as he is living as his american passport has been the knowledge and he simply cannot even buy a ticket without having a document so he's asking russia to help him out in that regard or whether or not he'll be a granted a permanent or temporary asylum of course is yet to be seen but he simply does need documents at this point in order to continue on his journey to reno snowden he used to be and it's a contract and now he's one of america's most wanted criminals what made him give

up his so to speak no normal life. yes that's right you have a man living in hawaii one day and then finding himself on the run from u.s. authorities practically within a couple of other practically within a couple of hours snowden himself has explained the situation that he was living in during the meeting with human rights activists. for one month to go to her family's home in paradise and i lived in great comfort. i also had the capability without any warrant of law to search more see and read your communications anyone's communications at any time that is the power to change people speeds it is also a serious violation of the wall. so finding himself in such circumstances it seems that what he was doing came into conflict with snowden's own personal believes and he has explained that in an interview to the guardian newspaper the interview that

started it all with the second part of it came out just very recently. increasingly was exposed to true information that had not been propagandized in the media. that we were actually involved in misleading the public and i was actually a victim of that i grew up with the understanding that the world i lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with and talk to each other and privacy without a being or without being measured analyzed or or or sort of judged by these three shadowy figures or systems. of russians that have one condition for stone to stay in the country and that was for him to stop all u.s. activity which he promised to do so really the ball is in russia's court right now when everything depends on russia's decision in regards to edward snowden. correspondent to renegotiate reporting there live from central moscow arena many thanks indeed. snowden's meeting with human rights activists at

a moscow airport triggered an immediate reaction from washington the u.s. criticized russia for providing him a propaganda platform although that accusation was met with a certain been used and they state department briefing. 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 sorry you're disappointed that they let someone into their own airport and well it well that they facilitated this event of course why because this gave a forum going to be 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. president putin and obama have discussed the fate of edward snowden on the phone in apparent attempt to resolve diplomatic wrangling over the n.s.a. whistleblower and stephen cohen professor of russian and slavic studies at new york university says this is a tough test but the neat and 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 and didn't invite him to russia but he can't toss him out for various political reasons obama needs to show he's tough on snowden to try i can't believe that the united states actually wants to put snowden on trial because it was

a fair trial a legal trail 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 bills with obama and putin do find a way to solve this problem so that neither is damaged politically so when there are still what kind of leaders they are. so all of that legal information from edward snowden is building up a picture of how america's global surveillance operations are structured unless now have a look at what we know so far and first stop there's a few trusted named nuclear and system that listens your phone calls or however is thought if suspicious keywords are flooded up and you are subjected to further scrutiny than there's the cryptically titled pain well system so it's rolls the suspicious activity in online videos whether or whether onli skype calls to friends

of family or uploaded you tube video up next who you found and when and where you called them is all stored by what's known as a main way this ystem was reportedly capable of building a facebook like friends list just from you from from your calling habits basically under lastly. an hour of marina which records your online life and this is set to catch and store you send emails before they even breach the receipt p. and so these four are just some of the systems that make up america's surveillance network and they're just the ones where you know i'll. check out the timeline of the snowden side at r.t. dot com to follow all his revelations attempts to escape u.s. prosecution and the international tension caused by his leaks. or so one guys in journalist says the information snowden still has can do more

damage to america than anyone ever has before so read all of that at r.t. dot com. anonymous u.s. officials claim is roe carried out an air attack on syria's port city of latakia and the strike allegedly targeted a russian made and to ship missile battery which syria received two years ago our middle east correspondent all of the details. american officials speaking anonymously have revealed that explosions reported at a key syrian port some nine days ago were likely the result of an israeli air strike now the allegations refer to pre dawn explosions in the city of latakia and they allegedly targeted russian made and he ship missiles not only a quantum assault betty was supplied by russia to the syrian armed forces back in two thousand and eleven a permanent russian naval base is in the city of tire to us which is about eighty

kilometers from the turkey or what we're hearing from the syrian observatory for human rights is that fighter jets were seen in the skies around the city of haifa which lies east of latakia not several troops were reportedly killed and wounded in the explosions the syrian rebels do acknowledge to quote them that foreign forces destroyed these as advance anti ship missiles and they hinted that israel might have been behind the attack the spokesperson for the free syrian army said that the attack was either by an air raid or long range missiles fired from boats in the mediterranean what we're hearing now according to iranian media however is that syrian officials have denied reports that israel was behind this attack so far the israeli government has declined to comment all confirm over future allegations that it is responsible for these attacks but however if these reports are true this attack would mark the its way to strike on syria within the past six months. now

let's now trains back some of those air raids over syria which have only been confirmed anonymously by israel's military officials and military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on january the twenty fast a second thing lobbed ration reportedly took place on the third of may rockets struck a warehouse a damascus international airport allegedly containing surface to surface missiles and just two days later a massive blast that were described as earthquake like sharing the same military base that was targeted in january and all occasions that time were justified as operations to white out in rain in missiles bound for hezbollah in lebanon and army or in senior correspondent at israel's haaretz newspaper told my colleague what we sushi this month reported raid had the same intention israel's defensive agenda of not. syria but when

a terrorist organizations such as bill are tries to get its hands on such a sophisticated missiles we have no current confirmation of direct hezbollah involvement we also know that these russian weapons were actually sold to syria more than two years ago now if indeed israel is involved in these airstrikes what's the motivation here israel does not go out and preempt syrian missiles it does so only when syria seems to be on the verge of transporting transferring those missiles to hezbollah so rather than wait until these missiles will reach the root or side of israel probably decided to. hit. this week russia slammed the u.s. for claiming this sewer and government used chemical weapons against civilians most who were bailed it had conducted its own investigation and concluded it see when rebels were actually to blame killing more than twenty people it's raised to

a deadly sarin nerve gas attack near the city of aleppo back in march russia's u.n. ambassador said western claims appeared to be aimed at undermining investigations into the chemical a time when he explains the findings the results of the analysis clearly indicate that the ordinance used in qana last cell was not industrially manufactured and was filled with sudden the sudden technical specifications proved that it was not industrially manufactured either the project allen gold is not is standard once again it will use therefore there is evident you seem to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used the chemical weapons in khan assault. this is our season weekly here now and still ahead for you this hour violence breaks out in but shortly it will fall from the latest trouble to flare up in northern ireland's capital which has seen a second night of sectarian violence you know. what

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find out what's really happening to the global economy in cars a report on our. world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. this is aussie welcome back former neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman has been found not guilty of murdering blunt teenager trayvon martin a verdict which has caused. across the u.s. . he said it will be a place called united states of america already always grammar hours ago this is the place to court i'm not going to marry because we're slow to go. to. graduate just as we're always doing we don't know the cause of the cure

demonstrators outside the florida courthouse child to justice for trayvon and called for a nationwide protest over all they considered to be a racial injustice similar approaches are facing other u.s. cities including new york chicago and los angeles to month face to life in prison for shooting seventeen year old martin in february last year something he claims wasn't self defense and even though it turned out the teenager was unarmed zimmerman was still not charged. so the case has become cause for fierce debate about racism and guns all over the country. so a case which divided the united states has a reached a controversial conclusion and if you go to dot com you can actually participate in our online poll and at this point let's now have a look thirty eight percent of our visitors at dot com think that the court decision was in the wrong since the one started the fight because martin was

blocked nearly as many of you think no there's no problem with that decision since he's entitled to sell defense close to twenty percent of you eighteen percent simply don't care and don't really follow the case and just over ten percent of you don't feel there's enough evidence so you're going to call me right now and have your say here haven't already. egyptian prosecutors are investigating the country's ousted president mohamed morsi for allegedly spying killing protesters and ruining the economy the president was deposed by the military early last week and beyond has been clamping down on his in

the midst of a muslim brotherhood organization of a sense morse's opponents have been celebrating on the streets of cairo but he's also got plenty of supporters who are demanding he's over in statement on monday fifty seven people were killed in clashes between the army and he's back because they claimed it was a massacre by the authorities meanwhile the interim government is taking shape with former u.n. nuclear chief mohamed el baradei sworn in as vice president there was embody who says there will be protests until morsi is released and returned to power made news commentator and blogger col sharrow believes the egyptian people should have been allowed to decide their future in a more democratic fashion. let's remember what their interest of the military here is it's not the continuation of a democratic revolution and the many being in fact carrying out this is just stop this threat of a genuine or popular uprising and then drove the day the muslim brotherhood was elected with people who not only would they where not only they won the

presidential elections with the help of course. i wasn't political affiliations but they also want to parliamentary elections tend to forget that it's not which regards to the parliament was also another 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 this by resorting to the democratic process not military means. egypt's interim leader has promised new elections early next year to get the country back on track but the constant unrest means the nation known for its pyramids and other tourist attractions is seeing fewer and fewer visitors come its way he is cairo correspondent truth looks now to what's happening to the country's vital tourism industry. behind me is the egyptian museum one of the most popular tourist destinations in the whole of the country is

the first port of call for many tourists coming off the plane here in downtown cairo however it isn't empty this is a scene that's been seen across the country in all the most popular tourist destinations following a week of political turmoil after the ouster of mohamed morsi egypt's tourists and history which makes up eleven percent of the country's economy has taken a massive beating since the only way to define revolution particularly as terrorists are becoming increasingly scarce in the last week we've seen massive makes my demonstrations funded by clashes between rival groups and on sunday fifty people were killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of the deposed president early even many katrina tourists won't come to egypt in the future that bin travel warnings are being issued by embassies including the u.s. embassy actually sent may spend on a measure to stop crime after a u.s. citizen was stopped last week in these bloody clashes made to international tour operators that are becoming can also come so that tourists go to my oldest and september during the first bush term i will continue to do through this this is

a free like but the work place has most kids however no cool tour operators on souvenir shops and we don't have international backing spare to plug the gaps the poor woman moans. we need to be supermom be the mail list them five percent. believe it to be that somebody place goes and you feel as if the job was you know most world if you see the steep people thank you very much saki. so people are fearing ments as those supporters of the previous leader mohamed morsy remain in the sit in and refuse to go home in various parts of the country and we're going to see further clashes for those like chokey working in the tourist industry and they feed this means tourists are going to continue to be scared from coming to egypt and actually the future of egypt's tourism is going. even worse. and you can stay up to date with all our stories on ai and online as

well and here's a peek at what's waiting for you there on our web site a new report on u.k. immigration dispels all believes that newcomers are mostly low educated workers reveals that foreigners often have better degrees and better jobs a native britons check on day to take the city sticks at all to dot com. and another click away online now our emotion page will take you to spain's bloody boron festival in which dozens were trampled in a stampede check out this and other videos lined up for us to call. a second night of violence has had the capital of northern ireland with pro british loyalists clashing with hundreds of police brought in to provide security the trouble flared as protestant marchers who hold parades every summer to show their loyalty to the united kingdom past a rival group of catholic nationalists who through a project i was about to have reports now from belfast. a tinderbox of tensions

once again ignited police on the front line feeling the heat at belfast's most recent riots or the thousand police officers from across the u.k. drafted in to assist northern ireland's police force and a surrounding the july twelfth grades spilling over into a second night rising to the scene of the disturbance once again they kissed here in the loyalist. very more than a stone's throw from the republican are doing district police it in force the controversial ruling from the parades commission that the much could not pass the arduin shops on its return rate sparking the latest on the rest but was the first riots who waged by taking part in the parade these riots is a younger and smaller number seems like these the flare up with the decision to. but the union flag winter but then protests occurred almost daily and the cost of

policing these roy is estimated to run into the tens of millions of pounds these riots taking place in a loyalist street riot is waging this fight. steps would mean having children is so what do you want to see happen for younger people would. want all the stuff legal but i want to live i don't want to. live. that's obviously. never stopped loving. and devoted both party tools to seem to be held to. lead by american diplomats richard hard the questions many will want to see addressed but the surrounding cultural expression the flags parades still most some of the most inflammatory issues tween northern ireland's protestant and catholic communities scratch below the surface of all the island's peace plan and it's clear to think that the sectarian divisions remain in the big questions that now need to be all

that given the events everything they can that is going to make me up public pool. headed by members of the international community all the more crucial served out the. mind and economic motives on scrambling to raise money to bring down as deficit the french government has again turned to texas to get its economy back on track and out of these here sweeping hikes the finance minister is still not ruling out further increases in twenty fourteen but he's marina more rare for an ocean reports they have a burden is already pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy. it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red price tags there are said stories for pascal whose flour and gift shop has been in business for twenty five years it's a closing down sale for many months the taxes he pays have been eaten up all his profit he simply doesn't make money anymore. they don't understand that we small

businessmen at the engines and guarantors of the country's development and they are stifling us i can't afford starr and i do all the work myself for twelve hours a day but that isn't enough. to businessmen from china and the arab world have already responded to his almost two hundred thousand two year offer to sell up the skull is not surprised at the lack of domestic interest french pockets he says are empty it's a dramatic situation the same as in greece spain 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 so in up. we are george to much i pay around sixty five percent of what i earn but i also have to pay my staff and i need to buy

produce this means i affected or nothing. slush in public spending and hike in texas while introducing new taxes as well was part of the socialist governments and to crisis strategy when it came to power loss here and it seems of 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 for the know the there will be a trigger for type one two if you will make sure maybe the next month or so it's very difficult for them to to plant your activity to to plan what you have to do what you have to invest so that the we know investment we are not a problem in the credit for the minute we are not sure you know consumers to purchase more and more and said no we're. another tax

lawyer the most so tough to specialists these days says that businessmen a constantly in defensive mode and that this stops them from developing and advance in the economy. some thirty years ago there were many small businesses from paris and they punctured wells but now they've disappeared that means no more production and people that used to work there are most likely unemployed now it's a dramatic situation some say things could become even more dramatic very soon september's the month when the french return from their vacations and realize that they've spent all their money and it's also time for them to feeling that tax to corrections public anxiety is growing on a such a burden and many here believe that if things keep going base way anger could soon manifest itself on the streets or even out seen from paris. after the break down as this part looks good on paper but it won't does that herald

for its people people like numbers. 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 onboard trying to get to asylum in bolivia and beyond some might say that this is no big deal so president of some contra since he had a delayed flight for a few hours things happen man plus you've got to get that still guy at all costs right well one may have delayed flight is another man's imperial skyjacking you see the countries of latin america.