more. under siege fifteen hundred people are trapped inside a mosque in cairo which is surrounded by security forces this follows another day of deadly clashes in which nearly one hundred people were killed. above the wall since two thousand and eight leaked documents indicate how long the u.s. national security agency has been playing by its own rules we look into these latest revelations by whistleblower edward snowden. and russian punk band pussy riot received their prison sentences a year ago today we talked to one member who was freed and examined how their controversial performance a fact society. live

from our headquarters in moscow you're watching our t. with me and he said now it's good to have you with us straight to our top story this hour a mosque in the egyptian capital is under siege by security forces with over fifteen hundred people said to be trapped there police say they're being shot out from the inside but activists claim there are no arms and being attacked themselves these are the latest pictures that we're getting from the alfalfa mosque in cairo's ramsay's square people are demanding a safe exit from the mosque once the curfew ends because they fear arrest and up to seventy of them are reportedly injured because these columns at the end of the day of anger which saw anti-government protesters clashed with the military across egypt leading to nearly one hundred deaths r.g.s. bell truth is in cairo. we're seeing just another day very bloody clashes here in the capital as well as across the country. now the main we've got on the cashiers

in paris private residence if you days ago however the battle is still raging in the central cairo and where a building is actually on fire it's very dramatic it's completely up in flames there have been a lot of people dying and i was by a field hospital and yet and saw the injured and being ridiculed and with the loss of blood on my hands as well as it by gunshot wounds and based on my the nation and from that shot so it's really quite seen as it's a can what's happening right now meanwhile the mist and brotherhood and you on the spearheading these players and supporters will see a cooling for a week or princess they were not going to see this and anytime soon the violence right across the country the kind of fatalities coming from a number of cities including alexandria i'd say you and lisa is here is what i say what we're seeing at the moment is really egypt in place is also being recorded and occasions between uses to place his residence in and a face he calls the country from the north only comes down to egypt and now this

starts in the mood in the muslim brotherhood and the schools is it mostly basically eighty three of the nationwide protests against washington wednesday the twenty marches here in the capital they descended upon rumsey square which is now in the center very fierce fighting again between morsy supporters and security forces just and violently something mean when and we still aren't sure how it started but gunfire resound across downtown cairo and meanwhile the wounded have been taken to field hospitals a housed and well and basically mosques where the bodies are being laid out and through a certain situation here is extremely tense we don't expect it to get any and easy especially with the misguided releasing that statement that they will continue fighting and in the process for the next week. check out bell turner's twitter for him to for many more objects on what's going on and in japanese. i think and i'd like my.

thang. well the bloodshed initially kicked off when the military raided to protest camps supporting ousted president morsi and the deposed leader has plenty of supporters in the wider region here's a problem or see a demonstration in this symbol of participants numbering in the thousands they're demanding an end to the bloodshed and turkey's leaders also condemn what's happening in egypt similar scenes in the yemeni capital tens of thousands of people turning up there but neighboring saudi arabia has taking taken an opposing stance they said egypt's government is fighting against terrorists and the kingdom fully supports that washington was among the western nations who condemn what's happening but haven't done anything else we're talking about our larger strategic interest our national security interests in the region the role that egypt plays certainly there have been some significant bumps in the road but our focus is on getting back

to a sustainable path to democracy i would argue that your policy has served so far has served national security u.s. national security interests in the interests of regional security well met are you to you're talking about our aid to egypt no i'm talking about your policy towards egypt in general not just the money the approach that you have taken since more more president morsi. do you believe that that has promoted or advanced either u.s. national interests or the interests of regional security well obviously egypt is going through a challenging time right now what our focus is on what deputy secretary burns his focus was on when he was in the region what the secretary's focus is on every call he's making is how to return to a sustainable path to democracy how to end the bloodshed so we have valuate our relationship every single day and what that means that you can't you're not answering my question do you believe that your policy has advanced u.s. national interests or the interests of regional security yes no and if the answer

is yes what interests have been we don't look at it through that prism or looking at our longer term interests here. so the u.s. admitting that there are significant obstacles on the path to mark received for egypt right now but they have constantly stopped short of saying that the president's removal was in fact a coup and their one point five billion dollars a year in military aid is still flowing to egypt we also talked to pro-democracy activists for team who says that their inaction is making matters worse it's actually quite shameful to see countries and leaders of western governments who hail themselves because of democracy supporting the slaughter of democracy and its supporters in egypt what obama came out and said yesterday is simply not enough this is what the obama subsidies to the army buys the slaughter of innocent men women and children the army may have pulled the trigger yes but it was the west that loaded the gun and the west must take an active stance against this it's not

too late to side with democracy in egypt they must come out they must reject what is happening in egypt these cosmetic diplomatic maneuvers of free calling ambassadors and the tepid statements again they are not enough we are talking about people dying and revolution. go to argy dot com for egypt timeline for much more on what's happening in the country there's a muslim brotherhood spokesman tweeting that the health ministry is allowed to announce casualty figures and we've got much more on social media reaction as well . america's national security agency has been violating surveillance rules thousands of times per year since two thousand and eight that's according to an n.s.a.

audit and other documents leaked to the press by whistleblower edward snowden or he's going to camp has details. a leaked n.s.a. internal audit for the year twenty twelve shows thousands of violations and those are the ones that the n.s.a. itself has documented and other paper provide some details on how the agency avoids scrutiny from its supposed to oversee years that justice department n.s.a. analyst are instructed to give only a broad rationale for for targeting someone and the analysts are specifically warned that they must not provide the evidence on which they base their suspicion the n.s.a. defend itself by saying the information is available even requested by overseers but generally from these documents we get the impression that not only has the public being in the dark about these programs but also those who are supposed to provide oversight one of the documents for instance shows that the foreign

intelligence. surveillance court which has the authority over some n.s.a. operations did not learn about a new collection method and till it being in operation for many months the court ruled it unconstitutional so in twenty eleven the court ordered the n.s.a. to comply with standard privacy protections or stop the program but the obama administration has fought a freedom of information lawsuit so the administration's main shield for these programs is secrecy it can brush off any opinions on state secrets grounds basically the white house has defended the n.s.a.'s activities and a representative of the agency has noted that they are increasing efforts to eliminate mistakes in their work intelligence analysts glenmore trainer harveys says the u.s. government itself is heavily involved in the organization of domestic spying. this is domestic surveillance and it is politically hugely embarrassing

that's why i don't think heads will roll because as i say the administration itself is so totally involved there is something called the foreign intelligence surveillance court now this is a very old gus body that was set up with the whole role that it would approve individual cases of surveillance because under american law the f.b.i. and certainly the cia and n.s.a. are not allowed to surveil american citizens and yet what every seen with this latest revelation courtesy of it was snowden but the massive thousands of surveillance instances a year this is incredible is it as i say. the worst thing that happens for any government is political embarrassment and they have this in scads.

still add for you this hour a storm over bottled water we'll bring you a report on the industry that's struggling to keep its profits high and immense pure. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. or a factual standard of living. wealthy british study done. on time to. go to.

market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's conjure a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on. your authority this saturday live from moscow good to have you with us russian punk band pussy riot received their two year prison sentences for a controversial performance in moscow's christ the savior cathedral one year ago today their actions gained them plenty of support from international musicians but also sparked outrage in russia over what many think was a blasphemous act artie's alexy or says he met one of the members who is free and

looked at how the group's actions have affected society. you could tina some would say that she is the only member of controversial pussy riot band band that walked free the other two money and the deals that are still serving their prison terms on february twenty first last year the mosque the band members stormed into moscow's christ the savior cathedral and performed their so-called paanch prayer the protest was why do you seem to be directed against one individual russia's president but some would say which claims the act was aimed at highlighting problems within the russian orthodox church just. as protest was directed against the policies of the russian orthodox church and of our state leadership because they managed into an entity we never student against religion or the church is a religious institution of course it has all the rights to exist but a secular state the church cannot force its views on to the general public but. ten days after the eccentric display the previously unknown band was catapulted

into the global headlines. pussy riot punk prayer happened amidst a large just protest movement in russia since the early one nine hundred ninety s. it may have even gone barely noticed had they not been arrested that caused huge public resonance not only at home but abroad as well. red hot chili peppers franz ferdinand and a handful of other well known musicians joined hundreds globally in protesting against the riots two year prison sentence for hooliganism and inciting religious hatred at home though many saw it differently. it's unacceptable it's an act of gross blasphemy a targeted attempt to undermine our values it's a horrible crime and a nation that allows such things to go unpunished has no future the most recent ball on the right sentence by the story sent to live other suggested that the majority respondents supported the verdict but almost forty percent believe that putting them in prison was

a step too far that stance was shared even by some. within the russian orthodox church which you do it often considering they performed in not just any temple but also in a memorial to soldiers fallen in the eight hundred twelve war against napoleon i feel that having a trial was the right thing that is to draw attention to negativity but giving them prison terms was excessive we should have sent them on an education course to mend their perception instead. since the. a year ago russia has adopted a law criminalizing those who in some of the religious beliefs of others stepped necessary by the authorities in order to prevent such things from happening again some would say he says time behind bars and store which has already turned into a thriving global brand from giving more performances where they will be as controversial will become clear once the other members walk out of prison in march next year looks you are sure of the moscow. let's take

a look now at some other stories making headlines a prison riot has left forty injured in bahrain guards are stun guns tear gas and riot sticks on one hundred inmates who are protesting over conditions most of the prisoners are said to be political and human rights activists held on terrorism charges bahrain recently extended its anti terror laws seen by many as an attempt to squash the ongoing anti government unrest. and the leader of lebanon's militant group hezbollah has promised vengeance for the victims of thursday's bombing of the party's stronghold in beirut. accuse sunni muslims of coordinating the blasts which have twenty one dead and three hundred injured he said he would even double the men fighting in syria if that's what it takes to stop attacks it's feared rising tensions over the syrian conflict will destabilize lebanon fragile peace. british pm david cameron has requested the

e.u. dispatch observers to gibraltar over the ongoing border route with spain tougher border checks have left drivers queuing for hours to get onto the rock he says these controls are politically motivated and illegitimate relations between the countries turned sour after gibraltar built an artificial reef spain opposed it saying it would hurt its fishing industry. in outer space russian cosmonauts have made one of the longest space walks ever they spent seven and a half hours outside the international space station bringing a power cable for a new science lab that's set to arrive in a few months time this is one of six russian excursions outside the i assess plans for this coming year. russian pole vaulter you know in the ism by of all who just won back her world title this week has become embroiled in a media frenzy the champion athlete is the focus of condemnation after urging

fellow competitors to respect russian law ahead of the twenty four teams sochi olympics activists in the u.s. and europe are calling for a boycott of the winter games after moscow passed a law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors archies lucy catherine of reports. this past week moscow has played host to track and field championships on tuesday the american runner nick symmonds dedicated his silver medal in the eight hundred meter meter race to gay friends and several swedish athletes painted their nails in rainbow colors but the remarks made by you lead them by a bus was of course the world champion pole vaulter and the biggest star in russian track and field certainly we have not had the debate over gay rights in russia and the world of sport it's on the respect to our con through some respect to our seats isn't because russians maybe are different than european people then other people from different learned we have our low woods everyone have to respect. concede

there are ourself like. normal. people. voices woman's movements boys the know everything for i'm sure it comes from this used and if some police and if some person who are not just try to make such a problem as they does. begins because of. because of our law so i think it's unfair front of the now isn't bibles comment and sparked major rebuke from international media outlets an athlete's even calls to strip her international olympic committee and bass or ship role now in response to this criticism she did issue a statement today saying that english simply isn't her first language but she wanted to say that quote people should respect the laws of other countries particularly when they are guests of that country she also added that she is opposed to any discrimination against gay people now just a reminder to our viewers the bill in question criminalize the public an expression

of support for nontraditional relationships russian lawmakers say that it doesn't outlaw homosexuality but merely discourages the discussion of it among younger people people younger than eighteen and there have been scattered calls for a boycott of the twenty fourteen winter olympics in the russian city of sochi but no country or. athlete has yet declined to attend and most officials including u.s. president barack obama have called a boycott unnecessary well ben harris quiney chairman of the conservative think tank the bow group believes isn't by i had a point when she called on athletes not to use the olympics as a platform for their views billie her english was was slightly broken she clarified what she was trying to say in that nation's travel to international sporting events they should respect the book the culture and the laws of the host nation and i think. you're right if you're going to take part in international sporting events as any country i think you have to go there in recognition of the fact that that

country may well be different from your own it's a point of international engagement with russia because there's a there's a major international tournament that's that's going to take place next year i don't think it's appropriate to their political views in that forum clearly there are many athletes that feel the same way it's far from just russia we were in beijing in two thousand and eight hopefully we're going to be in qatar in twenty fourteen as world and it's about going to those countries and focusing on the sport not focusing on the differences between the between the culture and laws in those countries. not only on the air but online as well at r.t. dot com we have all the headline stories plus much more let's take a look at once lined up for you there following the nine eleven terror attacks on the u.s. washington said its nuclear facilities were more than capable of withstanding a similar assault but a new study claims over one hundred american reactors are vulnerable to an airborne attack find out more details on our website. was area fifty

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a huge scam you know when you buy bottled water you're paying hundreds if not thousands of times the cost that you would be paying to simply access have all already flown is almost half of bottled water is in fact just tap water. tap water that's just filtered by corporations instead of the consumer to home ads with the alluring glaciers on bottles and gorgeous celebrities make bottled water seem so much better people are like children you know you show and also the they probably design it so people like to hold it they sure like their beautiful people or rivers coming down long term so you it's all about health so yeah it is a weird total fools but if you can experts it's a common misconception that bottled water is more pure in cif than tap pure marketing companies are making billions of dollars in selling this product that's more expensive than gasoline at this point to people and so they definitely benefit

from people thinking that tap water is safe it's a wonder. why because they simply can get away with it. think outside the bottle campaign is one of an increasing number of groups challenging the corporations for the past three decades the bottled water industry namely coke pepsi and that's really have attempted to convince us that the only place to get clean and safe water is out of a bottle we all know it's not the private water industry is really aggressively questioning. i have a cold and put public water in that he made right into private hands or in countries where pollution is high people have no choice but for americans there certainly is expert see consumers just need to be more informed tap water is actually more regulated by the environmental protection agency than bottled water is by the three drug administration well recycling is supposed to make consumers

feel better in reality plastic accumulation is at a peak seventy five percent of bottles and up in our landfills oceans rivers lakes you now see them littering the landscape and they get only twenty five percent of them and every cycle and i think most people think that that rate is much higher in times when energy and water resources are growing scarce the pacific institute found that the equivalent of thirty two and fifty four million million barrels of oil are used in a year by the bottled water industry and this is the equivalent it would fuel between one and two million cars a year this will keep up unless perceptions change and we have a population growing so we're going to buy more and more bottle of water and more and more brand coming in every day pure pure of the water with it it's not just bottled water low it's like water with water with energy activist says it's time to break the myth and for consumers to change habits before water is a human right is lost who is it that we want to be providing our water is.

that our. water for profit or is it that we want our own democratically governed. to be that are providing us water if we take into account the huge price markups for a product that's available in most polls as well as the health environmental and regulation concerns it might be a good time to stop and think does one really need this considering life on earth existed without plastic bottles just a few decades ago or is the trend just to be resistant to stop. flow and they said sure cannot you are. coming your way we explore the plight of half a million people living in the sato. in bank stay with our team with.

the video game company of heroes two is facing a lot of heat from gamers inside the former soviet union in fact fourteen thousand people thus far have taken the time to sign a changed org petition to get the game removed from former communist shelves across the land why are people so mad this looks like some sort of world war two game i mean and this type of game there isn't going to be any murdering of hookers or virtual rampaging through cities with rocket launchers so why did they start a petition for you to blogger called the bad comedian made a detailed twenty five minute video depicting all the gross historical inaccuracies and exaggerations throughout the game but he portrays the soviet army as a pack of slave driving before with every soviet officer wanting nothing more than to shoot his old soldiers in the back or send them to the gulag forthwith according to polygon dot com the game exploits where moments in the wars history like some very limited battles were soviet soldiers went in unarmed and made it look as if

sitting right fullest infantry directly into machine gun fire was part of the soviet army manual maybe it is a bit oversensitive to flip out over a dumb video game but lies repeated often enough will become true in the minds of millions of people who play the game and that's why you can't back down when it comes to historical falsification but that's just my opinion. right see. first for you and i think you're. on our record where. i. am now.

has area bagus classified as one of the world's thirty most polluted sites its tanneries are an out and out ecological disaster playing to waste everything around them every day the factories belch forth fifteen thousand cubic meters of toxic refuse leaving it to pile up amid the housing and along the river bank. the demand soon the waste floods into two ellingson penetrating the soil and filtering down to contaminate the water tables. the brewery gang the river that flows through the slum is paying the highest price i. i the tanneries use vast amounts of water millions of liters of water are required to wash treat and tender skins i've this water goes into this.