the spanish. visit. edward snowden's legal limbo could be drawing to an end the n.s.a. leaker about to get the papers he needs to leave the moscow airport transit zone and officially and to russia. anyone who's willing to vote in advance to take on this time and we're willing to accept him whether he looks like bin ladin well he looks like. a free syrian army representative for his group's accomplices as al qaeda linked militants hold around two hundred civilians hostage in syria. and the u.s. will finally hold long deferred hearings for the dozens of guantanamo bay inmates while eighty six others cleared for release still unable to leave the prison.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here. live from the russian capital with global headlines and i say whistleblower edward snowden could finally set foot on a russian territory today he's waiting for paperwork which would allow him to leave the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport and according to a lawyer who is helping snowden the man who leaked secret u.s. documents is here to stay. france has this report from the airport. according to the man lending edward snowden legal counsel during his time here in russia and the danger of leaving russia and heading to a country that has offered him asylum is just too dangerous it would be too easy for the u.s. government to catch up with snowden he points to the fact the president of bolivia

is plain being forced to land on july third because of a suspicion that snowden was actually on board that flight that today snowden is hoping to receive a formalized notice that his temporary asylum bid has been received and as it is in process that when he gets that document in his hands he will then be released from his temporary home here at sheremetyevo airport for the last month and will be able to go freely about the russian federation now after that three months whether the decision is favorable or not snowden and his team i hear in russia say that plans are in place either way. if the russian federal migration service denies mr snowden's request we still have the option of appealing against this decision in court i explained all the legal aspects to edward and he intends to use this right of appeal should there be or fusil mr snowden's planning to settle down here find a job and just add to the circumstances that the lawyer who is offering his

expertise to snowden at this time says that the temporary asylum bid is granted i would last one year and need to be renewed a yearly indefinitely now us so we're here at sheremetyevo airport to see if this fateful document will reach the hands of edward snowden and allow him to be released after his one month stay here at the airport into the russian federation. to showing the world just how much us security service watch people all over the planet of the n.s.a.'s stranglehold on digital data communications that seems to make previously perhaps a thing of the past so why. try to see if she could avoid big brother going about her business in new york. in a post prism usa anonymity has become a rare commodity some accepted others are outraged but at the end of the day there's no easy way of escaping the prying eye of the n.s.a.

five years ago i would have a cell phone little snatch in your pocket dump it don't bring your cell phone with you all the time now it doesn't matter now you have automatic license plate readers to track where you are now you have metro pass. easy passes and the city bike system and facial recognition like it or not every american armed with technology has been cast in their own twenty four hour reality show the national security agency is the uninvited paparazzi you never see or hear it makes me want more careful about what i speak about on the phone and the way i conduct my business and i think it creates a certain consciousness. that weighs on us i feel like at this point i'm just a number in all of their data everything these days is so it's so critical the use in that technology is just part of our lives now and it's kind of unavoidable if you want to keep up with what's going on this is what do you know do not have

a cell phone out of a car not live in a city. the only solution for living n.s.a. free is to divorce from all things digital experts say using encrypted search engines or changing security settings on social networks isn't enough the truth is you have to maintain all to do some compartmentalize that you have to behave like an intelligence agent you have to constantly be thinking what tracks through i leave clearly retaining privacy under america's web of surveillance requires some sacrifice and here is where we're going to figure out how much so first things first i use as a way to get to work now if i use my credit card to buy my metro card then i can be tracked so. yeah but he's kept. easy. i usually check emails and voice mails during my my block walk to work but living

in a state three wires living without a cell phone fingers crossed i'm not missing any breaking news right now. so now i am at my office i need to swipe a key card to get inside the security company knows where i am. at my desk i'm still and i say free i log into my corporate email but i can't use skype i can't use twitter i don't have a facebook account so there's no sacrifice there but here's the problem i can't use the web to research or read the news because all my activity can be tracked. newspaper yesterday's news but better than nothing this is about the time that i check my producer. invalid number my phone calls wouldn't go through and my only other prism and that is snail mail a slower but surveillance free alternative. or so i thought maureen up or deny our

tea in new york. now obama administration officials insist the wholesale vacuuming up of data is in the public interest and doesn't reach the constitutional rights of american citizens but a christian could see the founder of before it's news dot com he says the collected information is used for much more than just ensuring security. what's happening now is it's. because they now have people's e-mails that are sitting in a row positron already in utah now and if they decide for whatever reason they want to go and find something that you can just go do through you only if you want to g.-mail you use the terms of service you sign on g. mail and yahoo hotmail all these public services you basically gave them the right to do we really want to do with your with your information they're taking your e-mails they're indexing you forever ties and purposes they're using it and they're handing it over to go so the reality is if you're

a person of interest there's really not much you're going to be able to do about that except maybe go live in achieve somewhere. so it was your country spied upon and was it working with u.s. intelligence you can find out right now would. go to what edward snowden timeline and click on an interactive map showing the true scope of the n.s.a.'s ongoing global operations. and what you bet you can find out what the u.s. intelligence agency is doing to carry on the spying the story about the n.s.a. is wrangling with congress over a wide scale surveillance it's just a click away right now at odds with dot com. are to northeast syria we go here on the program as al-qaeda linked extremists a holding around two hundred kurdish civilians hostage and this according to the russian foreign ministry the kurds in the area have long been trying to protect their homes a bit heavy fighting between jihadist forces and syrian government troops and the details now that's wattis paula slater more than two hundred civilians and talking

have about innocent men women and children all being held hostage by extremists in north eastern syria now we understand that the hostages are being used as human shields the russian foreign ministry saying that they are mostly from couldst families whose members are fighting extremists in. a region now fighting broke out a few days ago between syrian kurds and al qaeda linked militants in the towns of of the yad and rice along the syrian turkish border this is exactly where al nusra and other al qaeda affiliated groups have been operating it looks as if these extremist groups are now literally control there are attempts by the could to form some kind of interim government while the al qaeda affiliates one to form an islamic state what the fighting shows is that attempts by al qaida to secure could if support has failed although there are some could jihadists of course there are

still tensions between the kurdish groups themselves but it seems that at least for now they have found common ground against the extremists turkey of course is looking on with concern it's worried that if they could fight al qaida they will get support from the waist but on the other hand the kurds in cells are not keen on the syrian national council either and they have refused to join the turkish backed syrian opposition that has not given them any assurances of promises as to a division of syria off to president bashar assad. and in the meantime some western states including the u.k. have so far but truck supplied to the opposition voicing concerns about the threat of extremists in syria but the free syrian army has admitted it will accept help from anyone including al-qaeda my colleague bill doughty spoke to rebel army spokesman. the situation in syria with your position is pretty

much complicated if you're on the up there is lot of the visions within the free syrian army there are the one that let's say you say it's complicated there are divisions basically you've been hijacked by radical extremists by the likes of al qaida no city. so we've been hijacked by the logs of al-qaeda. yes and they will look brothers are being killed by this tyrant and the world is doing nothing about it to sitting back on the backs of us and doing nothing or what will get us there being so the freezer and. anyone is willing to hold us in advance to take on this torrent we are willing to accept the weather looks like bin laden when he looks like the u.k. prime minister he says there's too much extremism on the ground there in syria so if extremist groups fighting the government felt supply do you actually fear losing support all of you all foreign allies because you know the prime minister of some

wisdom country says there's an extremism within the opposition i mean it's still not just the fall there is not the moderates. meanwhile syrian opposition figures are lobbying paris for advanced weapons and then they'll go to washington and the syrian national coalition has undergone a series of shifts inside its leadership but it's still lacks unity comprised of several different groups it's torn by divisions an ongoing constant infighting he's paul scott takes a look now at a who exactly makes up the opposition continuing to battle president assad. while the opposition are united in their desire to overthrow president bashar al assad that seems to be where their similarity ends the syrian national coalition is the umbrella group recognized internationally as the legitimate representative of the syrian people but they don't represent all factions opposed to a saddle one group operating out of their control for example is the al qaeda linked al nusra front the coalition say they've hijacked the revolution or they've been classed by many in the west as a terrorist organization elsewhere

a separate syrian group affiliated to al qaida help facilitate a jailbreak in iraq over the weekend freeing high ranking al qaeda operatives infiltrated by foreign fighters are mysteries agenda seems separate from lots of the coalition and it's even led to infighting on f.s.a. commander was killed by a rival group and the f.s.a. feel they could soon be fighting on two fronts but when we use the phrase opposition exactly who are we talking about well the coalition alone is made up of at least eleven different groups including the muslim brotherhood who have recently called on the u.s. and the e.u. to send arms in the battle with assad while only offering loose guarantees they won't fall into extremist hands there's also the coalition of secular and democratic syrians the syrian democratic people's party supreme council of the syrian revolution and so it goes on the disparate nature of the syrian opposition combined with the presence of islamic extremists means any nation looking to

support the rebels or walking a ten year old tight rope with very few guarantees that any military support won't backfire and actually encourage the one thing that trying to fight elsewhere. now red light green light. but the fate of all those already cleared for release. to the park. after costing trillions of dollars for fighting personal freedoms and ingratiating rent seeking corporations can anyone claim the u.s. in the world is any safer from the insidious plans of terrorists and what is the difference between an act of terrorism in western style humanitarian intervention.

more news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the day. good lumber tour. to build a new. mission to teach creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only. thanks for joining us here on r.t. i'm will receive show in moscow after years of indefinite detention almost half of

the guantanamo bay prisoners will finally see their cases reviewed at the news comes as the hunger strike of the notorious prison now in nears its six month legal reviews were actually ordered by president obama more than two years ago but it's only now the actual preparations have begun let's show you some of the stats here and out of one hundred sixty six prisoners currently held that get most there are seventy one inmates who will get parole style hearings now most have been charged with any crime because there isn't enough evidence to hold a trial but they were still considered too dangerous to be released now off the rest only nine have been charged six of which are awaiting death penalty trials and three have been convicted of war crimes or eighty six others are also in eligible for abuse because they were cleared for release long ago now while this is a welcome step towards shutting down guantanamo it's not enough to make the inmates stop their hunger striking that's according to john eisenberg one of the prisoners

lawyers. in the case of these detainees the see when they're trying to make is stop aren't definite detention it's inhumane that brutal half of us have been cleared of cleared for release let us go the only way they can express is by hunger striking and it is very much getting the world's attention that's the purpose of it i believe international pressure i believe pressure from members of the senate in the tappan through letters written by senator feinstein senator durbin and next i hope pressure from the senate committee i hope all of this together will continue to put pressure on the president to do something positive about the problem that has become so you can stay up to date with all of our stories on air and online as well that for example is a peek of what's waiting for you on our website dot com right now by the court of

gamma laws in siberia there are about a russian region moves to the forefront of science with the world's biggest facility to detect mysterious gamma rays all the way the edge of our universe. just another click away at r.t. dot com for your talk about killer style in new york find out why immigration officers decided these replica gun heels just won't fly the full story of this fashion that's on the web site right now. to egypt we go where the new interim leaders are still finding peace to be rather elusive a bomb blast outside a security headquarters in the city of on soda and that's just north of cairo one person said to have being killed nineteen injured including thirteen policeman security forces exchanged gunfire with unidentified men inside a nearby abandoned building afterwards clashes on gunshots were also reported at pro morsy rallies overnight at least two people killed there but show me the edit.

out of the newspaper he believes it's the muslim brotherhood supporters who are most likely instigating the violence. the violence the brotherhood is committing daily no undermining their ability to actually what they are blowing while they are already in the hole refused to begin every day we have. not actually between the. police or the army actually. between brotherhood and the people in the street the. frustrated and angry of what the growth of. so. little. i would dare to say that what we are seeing now is the end of not only the

brotherhood. in egypt and eventually in the whole region. are to the ball bearing capital sofia to open up the. police are broken through barricades built around the parliament by protesters demanding the government's resignation five people injured when clashes broke out as police tried to disperse the rally around a hundred officials and journalists still stuck inside the building people in the country have been on the streets for weeks outraged by what they call inaction over corruption and crime. and a desperate search for survivors still underway in devastated hillside soft a twin earthquake struck northwest china as many as ninety seven are confirmed dead so the numbers could rise thousands of soldiers and police were drafted in to help the rescue effort the deadly quake caused massive mudslides which dozens of villages leaving almost forty thousand homeless. and asylum seeker boat bound for

australia has sunk off west. in indonesia with three confirmed dead expected dozens may may well have perished it was caring about one hundred seventy people mostly refugees from sri lanka and iran the incident comes amid the latest shift towards a hardline immigration policy in australia which remains one of the hottest issues ahead of looming elections a recent decision to send illegal newcomers to refugee processing comes was met with the rioting and human rights protests. are for now with the u.k. slashing spending to try and balance the budget authority in london taking a whopping bite out of the fire rescue services and proposed station closures and massive job cuts have sparked outrage among workers and of course led to concerns of a people's safety of the sensor are silly reports on how the fire fight has a fighting the cost cutting drive. when there's a fire you may have to wait

a little longer for help to arrive that's the fear of those campaigning against london mayor boris johnson proposed cuts to the london fire rescue services that could lead to the closure of their neighborhood station is a tragedy for for the borough of it is the iron. curtain as schools businesses houses and if it catches on fire what have to wait for trying to learn from other regions is just craziness as a stand he continues to bite someone in fire fight his question why such a move despite david cameron's pre-election pledge of not cutting frontline services in london could see a total of twelve fire stations closed eighteen engines axed and five hundred twenty jobs cut all to say forty five million pounds by two thousand and fifteen we think i was cuts would be dangerous we think wrong we think that reckless and if someone is trapped in a fog the difference between three minutes and eight minutes could be the

difference probably will in many cases be the difference between life and death according to recently released figures the parking of all fire station right here is one of the busiest in london the ninth in fact according to reports but it may not be around much longer as it's one of those earmarked for closure. for hundred four years old so it's been here for world was kings cross for seven seven buildings those rolling stones that we've attended grant edwards head of the save clark in well campaign has made it his mission to get the word out on the future of this station. one of these consultations that is quite late as possible we can believe that they're drawing show a false bison and such a. high priced for the paper leaving this direct area for stationery going to say that. the fire fighter and now government advisor has been to streamline and fire in. rescue services across england to seize

two hundred million pounds getting rid of so-called inefficiencies the reality is that we're in a very difficult period of austar austerity foster down fraud deaths are down four calls are down so it's roy to look again at the services he doesn't need to be the same for our service where we had high numbers of deaths high number of calls and should it be reengineered transformed in a different way so you confident that should your report all your recommendations be taken into consideration that it will not impact public safety very comforted about that there are small victories though as the battle continues for firefighters hoping to change this state and dude stations london fire chief just you turn don't want to close to stations initially you are marking well however is still on that list and following last night's. carry on. tests are still the r r t london. bar before we get to cross talk here in r t for

now the german business community but on happy relations between moscow a developing blaming chancellor merkel a group lobbying for the interests of germany's economy in eastern europe criticised politicians and the media for the negative portrayal of russia could all of a takes up the story. over the last twenty years also russia and germany have become further economic partners however in recent months there has been something of a cooling in the diplomatic relationship between the inn and moscow now to talk to me a little bit more about what that means and how it came a pound time joined by dr. lin the director of an organization that takes the economic temperature of the relationship between the two countries your organization of just published information about the relationship between germany and russia and it seems that there has been a deterioration in that relationship why is that happened and of course there are

some cooling as you mentioned in the political relationship but as you know the economy is still isn't a good shape we had and turn over eighty billion euros last year in two thousand and twelve and i think we keep on going in this road now is this down to the personal politics of some german politicians has mrs merkel essentially got her policy wrong when it comes to dealing with russia i think she will make some clear statements also to the russian society that is what germany stands for what you know our business is really to to have the fundament to have the relationship very close and i cannot make ties we have a lot of energy ties we have thirty percent of our energy comes from russia that it true for germany and for the european union but also we want to export our machinery our cars you know to russia and we do so and have a lot of work in places created in russia one point five million working

places in germany depends on the german russian trade. i thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. today i'm stepping aside for people of well across talking in just a moment. well told him a language of will but i will only react to situations i have read the reports and let you know what is in no i will leave them to state clearly to comment on your latter point a month or so it's nice to carry out a car is on the docket. no more weasel words when you vade a direct question be prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for a battle freedom of speech and

a little down to freedom to question. download the official publication to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. alone welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle the ultimate cost benefit analysis assessing the so-called war on terror after costing chileans

of dollars sacrificing personal freedoms and ingratiating rent seeking corporations can anyone claim the us in the world is any safer from the insidious plans of keris and what is the difference between an act of terrorism and western style humanitarian intervention. cross-talk terrorism versus interventionism i'm joined by john glaser in washington he is a contributor to antiwar dot com and a columnist with the washington times community section and in new york we cross to max abrams he is a terrorism expert and fellow at the johns hopkins university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it john in washington you first give me a cost benefit analysis of the last twelve years what's the balance what's the ledger say. oh.