over three weeks after touching down in moscow n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden finally submit a request for temporary asylum in russia. seven people are killed and over two hundred injured during the latest violence overnight in egypt as backers of the ousted president morsi clashed with police and. protests across the u.s. reach a third day after neighborhood watch volunteer is cleared of murder despite shooting dead an unarmed black teenager.

live from studio center in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment twenty four hours a day cia it would snowden has officially requested temporary asylum in russia the whistleblower has been stranded in the moscow airport for over three weeks now. is following his quest for refuge. well it does appear that his three week ordeal in the transit area of moscow sheremetyevo airport will soon come to an end and that is because the russian migration service has said it has now received an official application from him for temporary asylum in russia and although that will take three months to process in the meantime we think within probably five days he will be issued documents which will allow him to leave that transit area to pass through passport control and effectively walk on russian soil a free man we do know a couple of things about his application firstly

a lawyer that has been consulting with him has said that on that application mr snowden has made it very clear that he feels that he would be tortured if he returned to the u.s. we also know that mr snowden has agreed russia's precondition of giving him asylum and that was that he should no longer damage the u.s. as to snowden has said that he will not harm the u.s. while he is on russian territory this is probably part of a much wider plan for edward snowden even though if he was granted asylum he would be allowed to live and work in russia for up to one year he has said in a press conference on friday that his wider plan is to travel to latin america where he has been granted asylum in principle by three countries those being venezuela nicaragua and bolivia in the meantime president putin has said that russia should not be blamed for this ongoing saga and said if anything is being

compounded by america's actions should. we didn't invite edward snowden and russia wasn't his final destination anyway he was in transit but as soon as he began his journey is route was revealed and our u.s. partners effectively blocked you taking any further flights even made other countries afraid of taking him in no one wants to. we ended up blocked on our territory and it's fair to say this story is far from coming to an end at the moment but today's news that he has officially applied for temporary asylum in russia is one small step towards that and in effect that he will now be able to leave we understand the transit area of moscow's sheremetyevo airport within five days that after being stuck there for over three weeks so snowden is now waiting for his request to be reviewed by russian colleagues russian officials and my colleague discussed it with r.t.

news editor i've across the earlier and he says moscow is playing it smoothly our understanding is that the. initial request is initial submission that's been been confirmed by the federal migration service can be reviewed for up to three months so what we're hearing is that snowden will be given some form of temporary refuge or temporary asylum status this interesting really i think moved him from. a normal state status. status into something a little bit more concrete after the u.s. revoked his passport when he left hong kong so i think snowden then finds himself with some paper and some paper as any reader version of richard will tell you some paper is better than no paper and i think snowden is probably in a better position and may well be allowed to exit the transit area from airport where he's been holed up for for the last three weeks and if he is allowed get out

from there well then that gives him an opportunity to visit the other bases or for example as i did mention venezuela nicaraguan and bolivia. in moscow and perhaps establish formal asylum request procedures there. so russia is giving him asylum and temporary asylum but you know i want him to stay for good well does that mean in my opinion i think they're playing this snowden situation very well it's very clear that this was not is a situation of their making not an entirely welcome situation either as far as the kremlin would be concerned but i think they've i think they've done a very well on the one hand prints made it very clear that snowden would not be allowed to continue to damage the famous our u.s. partners while moscow's jurisdiction absolutely unacceptable and as we all know a lot of our putin's world is one person's putin's work that's not going to happen on the other hand the involvement of anatoly who has a has

a background in human rights work and has probably help shore up the human rights aspect of it and they seem to be playing the human rights aspect of snowden's asylum request by the book so i think the kremlin seems to be coming out of this in the really strong position so russia will most likely prove to be just a stopover for snowden before he heads elsewhere that in america is the most likely destination for the whistleblower let's see where exactly he could end up well glenn greenwald the guardian journalist the man who's released much of what snowden has leaked thinks that venezuela is the best option believe it is also among the front runners especially after the grounding of its president's plane in europe cause such anger nick a regular says it's willing to grant asylum after receiving an application from snowden and then there is ecuador that's another option despite the u.s. urging it not to help snowden like it did with wiki leaks founder julian assange.

well so far snowden has pledged to stick to russia's conditions to stop harming the u.s. but jim killick he's from the open rights group hopes he will continue the leaks is serious you karen. i hope it doesn't mean that he has to not talk about what the united states have been up to in broad policy terms i mean he's been very careful not to threaten individual peroration is not to expose particular agents or to make claims which would result in people safety being compromised rather he's been talking about the broad programs that the united states and u.k. have been dealing with he says he's got a lot of material and i certainly hope he has more to tell us it does seem that way aides completely change the debate right now and it's very important not to bait keeps happening i think a lot of things are happening in the wake of that there were at least two legal actions being launched in the u.k.

on the back of what he's revealed i expect will be more in the usa the tech companies are challenging on the basis of their own free speech and also to clear their names of i was been going on so there is a lot to happen whether or not he's got more material to give but i really would like to see whether he has got more to say and i hope he does. if you've missed a key development over the past few days or just want to know the latest on edward snowden head to our t v dot com for a timeline of everything that has happened so far while you're there read about why snowden could receive a nobel peace prize for his needs. stability remains elusive in egypt with at least seven people killed and over two hundred sixty injured in overnight clashes between police and supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi this interim president has sworn in the country's new cabinet after hosting a senior u.s. official for talks truth has the latest from cairo. once again the egyptian streets

erupted into these very violent and chaotic street battles between supporters of the ousted brotherhood leaned on the security forces which actually continued into the early hours of this morning and we have heard that people have died hundreds have been injured the latest is that over four hundred people have been arrested in connection with this sort of all to cations what's actually happened was that it took place in tudor cations across the capital one very close to i'm standing here in tahrir square ramses. supports of mohamed morsy had left the city and in the city basically confronted security forces responded with tear gas the protesters threw back the rocks this spread into the side streets burning whole neighborhoods to a standstill meanwhile in another city in support of more see. which is across the river from where i am right now so against the backdrop to this very violent situation here in egypt's top official as the deputy secretary of state has visited

egypt he is the first major fishel from america to come post the top billing of mohamed morsi he reportedly was here to meet meeting officials including the president interim president of the month and also civil society leaders and business leaders now washington said the purpose of his visit was to underscore u.s. support for egypt and also pushing for the end of violence and a transition towards sort of civilian democracy what we are seeing at the moment here in egypt is possibly a movement to the north towards the west from this interim government as the latest appointments have been mohamed atta by the day of eating opposition figures with very good relations with the u.s. he's now vice president for an f. as in addition the foreign minister is the egyptian over the former egyptian ambassador to the u.s. he of course is very well regarded in the u.s. the u.s. for their part are making very cautious in the way they're labeling what's happened

in the last two weeks from the beginning with expressed concern. it's about it's a really really motivated to tensions including a president morsi when you say that i think i just said it man i think when you say the name you use his name please the question was do we agree with the call of the germans and i said yes i mean this issue has the same why why can you not matt i'm not playing this game and it's not. as you can hear that you know she's refusing to say the word mohamed morsi even though there are people here who actually against the ousted leader who believe that he is being held as a political prisoner and you are supposed to be very careful about the use of the words military which is something that other nations. the minute you're here for doing this would be because of course this would affect u.s. assistance to egypt that one point five billion dollars assistance they give to the army if this is able to king so you could be having a very cautious movement from the u.s. who are reaching out to the interim government refusing so far to meet with any.

supporters of the ousted leader and at the same time maintaining kind of course this reaction to the military behavior in the last few weeks. true there in cairo after the break a court verdict which divided america you look at what's happening off the george zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering an unarmed black teenager trayvon martin that's another story shortly. i would rather ask questions for people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t.

question more. wealthy british style. is now time to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser reports . he's continues her naughty three days of violent protests that's how thousands across the u.s. have responded to the controversial acquittal of neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman shot dead on the black teenager trayvon martin last year but the

jury decided it wasn't second degree murder and set him free. was at a rally in new york. yorkers are now back on the streets to take justice works for alleys to protest in the us they even say rallies with anger for the view of the george zimmerman we all know that more than eight hundred thousand people have signed their name put a session that was put forth by do. call on you for the u.s. justice department to open it up for prosecution against george zimmerman on civil rights charges. as as we see the anger and the outrage is still boiling from coast to coast seems like now that that this verdict has been rendered it feels like it's open season like we all have a target on our back not just from the police we're not just worried about the police now have to worry about some crazy races person killing us and claiming

self-defense you know what i think it strikes home because here in new york even though it's such a diverse city we still you know see that kind of racism and discrimination on a day to day basis there's a heavy police presence right now so i think. the reality is. so far demonstrators have spilled out of the union square park and are walking through . manhattan below the park and of course they are surrounded by police officers on the street let's pan over there to show us a police officers on motorcycles and police officers on foot clearly the crowd is very aggravated an incredible injustice to only you can let everyone around like a black man. you thank you actually got to free the way to a date i think just kind of voice their opinion or just a black white thing it's not just because trayvon was a little black boy it's it's it's you know the sickness here in america you know

which you know it gets to decide who it's dangerous and who's not following three hours in the believing he demonstrators were still walking through new york city demanding justice and dozens of police officers by their side a sporting reporting from new york marino. california has suffered some of the worst violent protests go to watty dot com to see what's been happening there all the details and the best pictures from los angeles and oakland are waiting for you right there in the. trains cancelled flights disrupted in hospitals left with just emergency staff in greece workers across the country have walked out in a fresh general strike against austerity thousands of taking to the streets in athens unhappy at severe job cuts and international lenders want even more well under a bill expected to be passed this week around four thousand state employees will

lose their jobs by the end of this year up to one thousand workers are being fired in greece every day recent surveys by the hellenic statistical authority show since two thousand and nine unemployment has skyrocketed from a little over nine percent to almost twenty seven percent and greece's g.d.p. has plunged by almost one hundred billion euros or to your percent of reports now from protest has happens where people's anger has spilled onto the streets again. protected by law since the nineteenth century public workers are still considered to be the foundation of the greek economy but its creditors have demanded that the government cuts up to twenty five thousand public jobs before the end of the sea or otherwise greece is not going to get its latest financial aid package worth over six billion euros so doctors teachers security guards municipal police public transport drivers and others have all got on strike and gathered at the country's foremen and happens to fight for their jobs for the past six years the greek economy has been in recession unemployment is at twenty seven percent but the many

of those who do work officially but haven't seen their salaries in months to handle three graduates are able to find a job there's a rise of drug addicts and one was including those with a higher education and decades worth of work experience but the general feeling on the street it's not only the government which is to blame for the situation no matter what happens next labor unions like you have organizations saying i'm not going to back down until the troika and brussels especially realizes it's not only about adding or subtracting numbers but about the real lives for real people you got pissed off forty five happens greeks well this is the third major study strike this year alone but they've made little difference in their i spoke to catherine of law who's one of the organizers all of the protest. but i still hope when there were still fighting and that's the thing as long as we agree if we keep on fighting the government says that their time is going to be the last messages. but there's

something next target those. measures are not working we don't know what's going on we don't know what's going on the future brings as long as we keep on the same road that we're doing things are going to get worse and worse because people are losing their jobs that we cannot consume their lives less money. and their friends are closing taxes are. higher so. things cannot work that way while we're on air and online here's a quick look at what you can find on t.v. dot com right now scoble hit. comes out of the shadows to work for a russian bank and he's beginning his comeback in the world of finance by joining the board of an institution state oil company rosneft all the details right now and also. the president plunges into the depths and brave the waters of the baltic sea in the tiny submarine inspect

a russian frigate which sank one hundred fifty years ago check out the video on a in motion. with britain in the grip of a star which he plans to raise bankers' bonuses couldn't be coming at a worse time in fact the latest figures suggest that the u.k. has three times more million it bankers than the rest of the e.u. put together professor of accounting says this shows britain is falling into the same financial abyss that trap to before. i don't think anybody would say that the bankers deserve a pay rise in britain they would probably say nurses and shop assistant and many people at the lower end but i think it just goes to show the failure of british economic policy that many of the bankers and this european report indicates that the bankers which are getting these mega salaries are engaged in speculative

activity there are so-called investment bankers to really shows that rather than rebuilding the economic base britain is rewarding bankers for speculative services and it is that kind of speculation which has landed britain in huge economic problems so that is not really being addressed at all so it shows fundamental fault with the british economic policy and the political culture a decade of war has taken its toll on afghanistan but not on its booming drug trade maybe pakistan has been hit hard with addicts lining the pavements because heroin is easier to come by than a decent meal but nato isn't exactly king to talk about it you may find some of the images and you see kevin olds report disturbing. an ambulance rushes to largest morgue another body is brought in to be identified there's no shortage of ways to die in this city target killings bomb blasts and

drugs abdullah was hoping not to find his father here has been searching karate for more than two weeks as a last resort he checked this morgue but amid the portraits of the dead a grim discovery and a familiar face abilities father was addicted to heroin for almost a decade now he's another one of the drugs casualties. but i don't want to are going to be hard to break the news to my mother but this is what happened and we have to face it there will be tears at home to my. tears that abdullah believes could have been prevented he says his father tried to quit several times but in pakistan there are few treatment centers and plenty of temptation by just i mean that markets don has been flooded with heroin it's easy to get that it's even sold out in the open the police do nothing because they're also involved and just a few blocks away a dark underworld in broad daylight these heroin addicts don't even bother hiding their habit it's thought that pakistan has more than four million drug addicts but

fewer than eighty dedicated we have clinics. where these young people may be in. order to maryland. they may be popping the problem but they share one thing in common what you assert that london or moscow afghan heroin that deadly in. afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium heroine's main ingredient and it accounts for ninety percent of the global supply roughly forty percent of it as smuggled through pakistan it's a multi-billion dollar industry fueled by years of war and instability opium production is up for the third year in a row and is predicted to grow even further and once nato leaves in two thousand and fourteen there are fears that the floodgates will open for the spread of the deadly harvest you are going to get rid of the. wall of their school i suppose but you would be inviting end of the war between to be very difficult. to win.

and there could be the wall of drugs pakistani security experts want nato forces to take heed they have gone drug trade is the elephant in the room the biggest challenge was fox on his face to face that in all of negotiations and twenty fourteen post for trial strategy drugs has been left out by the united states nato and other european partners as an issue which is not to be considered. the port of karachi a key drug smuggling exit point the city is flooded with cheap heroin which addicts here say is easier to buy than a healthy meal and near a busy highway this hole in the wall serves as a makeshift heroin takeout window money goes in and drugs are pushed out into eager waiting hands i tell myself that i'll stop using this drug for the sake of my children that's what i'm thinking about but i can't help myself because my body needs it and the heavy winds easy to get to easy it seems pakistanis get through an estimated one point two billion dollars worth of heroin each year but rather excess

just a dollar fifty is enough to get him high for that spreading now it's gone to my heart . straight to the heart from the heroin heartland of afghanistan a casualty of the poison spreading from the war zone next door lucy caffein of karachi. when you just have a half and half and in the mean time abby martin reveals another case by the zimmerman prosecutor sending down a black woman for twenty years off to firing a warning shot at a wall it's breaking the set just off of the spring. or remember those old wacky communist countries who constantly boost their numbers to make themselves feel better or who cares if stores are in the end this piece of

paper a one hundred thousand tons of potatoes that is good enough for me well now we are in a new age of technology but the same lying to make yourself feel good is still going strong it just moved over to the capitals world the u.s. state department's bureau of international information programs has spent six hundred thirty thousand dollars on facebook advertising campaigns to get fans a sense of the government is out there to buy likes oh what a fantastic use of tax dollars but wait maybe i'm being too pessimistic perhaps it worked and really helped spread the message of the u.s. state department effectively wellness victor general's report says that since the advertising campaign started twenty eleven there has been a dramatic increase in users liking state department sites but the problem is that only two percent of them actually use the sites so you get what you pay for a big bag of likes but if you hard core fans probably the most shocking example is a vision of america group in farsi made for a rainy us which has gotten over four hundred twenty thousand members but only one percent of them is actually in iran where facebook advertising doesn't even exist

that's effective getting lots of likes doesn't mean you are actually reaching people instead of paying for their wine. you know we get the next three bar by providing interesting honest content on a regular basis oh wait that takes effort and honesty yeah you know what just keep wasting our tax dollars but that's just happened. to speak the language. the program says documentaries in arabic in school here. reporting from the world talks about six of the c.r.p. interviews intriguing story for you to. see in troy arabic to find out more visit or a big old t.v. dog called. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks

a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i got so many i mean the town i know that i've seen the same thing really messed up. in the old story so closely. it's. the worst you're going to. find out sort of a. radio guy and for sale minestrone. what quote we're about to give you've never seen anything like this i'm told. comes up guys i'm abby martin love the dragon a set while the george zimmerman trial richmond on guilty verdict on saturday and since then protests have sparked up nationwide his acquittal has renewed national debate over guns the phantom issue of race in the u.s. justice system which brings me to the year old case of marias alexander an african-american woman from florida who was sent to prison for twenty years for

shooting a warning shot into the wall very domestic dispute with her husband ironically. both zimmerman and alexander had the same prosecutor that's about the only similarity between the two cases george zimmerman killed an unarmed teenager and walked away a free man but morris alexander will spend the next twenty years of her life in prison for firing a warning shot against a man who had a history of abusing her call me crazy but this injustice might have something to do with the fact that white people who kill black people and stand your ground states like florida are three hundred fifty four percent more likely to get away with murder according the f.b.i. zones to to sticks and that doesn't sit well with you and join me and let's break the set. a little bit more of the never seen anything like the trial. almost one year ago a man named man well.