i'm a. fifth. 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 a hundred people were killed. above the law since two thousand and eight leaks documents indicate that some along the u.s. national security agency has been playing by its own rules to 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 the one member who was freed and examined how their controversial performance affected society.

it's ten am here in moscow you're watching archie with me and he said no way 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 at from the inside but activists claim they're on armed and being attacked themselves these are the latest pictures that we're getting from the alfonse mosque in cairo's ramsay's square people are demanding a safe exit from the mosque once the curfew ends because they fear arrests and up to seventy of them are reportedly injured. at the end of the day of anger which saw anti-government protesters clash with the military across egypt these are live pictures from outside that mosque the latest figures coming out of egypt or that nearly one hundred people were killed on friday. again

a seizure happening in cairo not sure exactly why. it is happening there we do have our correspondent in the egyptian capital with us bell true now joins us with the latest from cairo bell tell us what is the latest on that sees we have this feed coming from outside the alfonse mosque what's happening has the curfew been lifted . well because he's just being lifted so people are beginning to merge on to the streets meanwhile just a few miles from where i'm standing here in a hurry square ramses where this mosque is housed the security forces have reportedly and sits now inside this mosque being a makeshift field hospital and also a morgue during the yesterday's clashes which were extremely bloody thousands of protesters basically sent out desperate messages through the night saying they didn't have water or food they were laid on the siege there was gunfire coming from the security forces they had injured in women and children and they wanted to get

towns so far we know now is that the security forces are inside and we don't know how they're going to deal with these people and whether the injured are in going to be in fact taken off to hospital yesterday it was an extremely bloody day there were many many fatalities across the country the missing brotherhood for their part one of the spokespersons go ahead and have beds claims that the health ministry here has been forbidden from releasing the truce to sticks of the casualties by the governmental we cannot verify that piece of information this all kicked off off the twenty eight marches were launched across the country so across the capital all ending up in ramses square looks like the security forces essentially opened fire on the protest as well that they claim that they were shot at and it was a pretty hectic day with just gunfire raining down with many many injured meanwhile this also exploded across the country with many pockets of violence in different governorates on deck basically in many of the major cities in egypt so at the

moment the situation is extremely tense we're not sure you know how the day is going to pan out we've got these daily protests happening that the anti cure alliance which the people behind these. marches are saying they going to have practiced every single day so expect there to be further violence today tomorrow and for the rest of the week. and artie's well true reporting live from cairo like you said the curfew just listed but many more protests expected and therefore a. i'm off violence thanks for that update we'll be in touch throughout the day. for the bloodshed initially kicked off when the military raided to protest camp supporting ousted president morsi and the deposed leader has plenty of support in the wider region to here's our problem or see demonstration it is several participants numbering in the thousands there demanding an end to the bloodshed and turkey's the 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 taken an opposing stance they said egypt's government is fighting against terrorism and the kingdom fully supports the fact washington was among the western nations who condemned 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 who 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 matt 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. you don't look at it through that prism we're looking at a longer term interests here so the u.s. admitting that there are significant obstacles on the path to democracy for egypt right now but they've constantly stopped short of saying the president's removal there was in fact a coup and their one point five billion dollars a year in military aid is still flowing into egypt we also talked to pro-democracy activists for team messiah need 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. in the tepid statements again they are not enough we are talking about people dying and revolution. go to argy dot com for an easier time line for much more on what's happening in the country

there is a muslim brotherhood spokesman tweeting that the health ministry isn't allowed to announce casualty figures and we've got much more social media reaction there. 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 are she's going to has the 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 in 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 if 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 until it had 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 a friend of the n.s.a. is activities and a representative of the agency has noted that they are increasing efforts to eliminate mistakes in their work intelligence analysts glenmore train near harvey 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 sane with this latest revelation courtesy of it was snowden 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 ahead 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 emits pure .

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russian punk band pussy riot receive their two year prison sentences for a controversial performance in moscow's christ the savior cathedral one year ago today their actions came them plenty of support from international musicians but also sparked outrage in russia over what many think was a blasphemous act archies alexy ourselves came met one of the members who is free and looks at how the group's actions affected society. you could tina some would say that she is the only member of controversial pussy riot the punk band that walked free the other two money and ideas 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 widely seemed 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 a protest was directed against the policies of the russian orthodox church and of our state leadership because they managed into an entity we never stood against religion or the church is a religious institution of course it has all the rights to exist but i second a 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 the largest 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 madonna 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. than you the post you 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 service center 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 rushed. an orthodox church which they 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 right verdict a year ago russia has adopted

a law criminalizing those who insult the religious beliefs of others a step to deem necessary by the authorities in order to prevent such things from happening again so what sort of time behind bars will not stop the riots which has already turned into a thriving global brand from giving more performances where they will be as controversial will become clear once the two other members walk out of prison in march next year. oxy moscow. now over to some other news making headlines this saturday a present riot has left forty ender in bahrain guards or stun guns tear gas and riot sticks on one hundred inmates who were protesting over conditions of the prisoners are said to be political and human rights activists held on terrorism charges ok and recently extended its anti terror of all seen by many as an attempt to squash the ongoing anti government.

and the leader of lebanon's militant group hezbollah has promised vengeance for the victims of thursday's bombing of the party stronghold in beirut hassan nasrallah accused sunni muslims of warden aiding the blast which left twenty one dead and three hundred injured and 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. british pm david cameron has requested the e.u. dispatch observers to gibraltar over the ongoing border with spain tougher border checks have left drivers queuing for hours to get onto the rock he says these controls are politically motivated and. relations between the countries turned sour after gibraltar built an artificial reef spain opposed it saying it would hurt its fishing. industry. while 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 breaking a power cable for a new science lab that's set to arrive in a few months time this was one of six russian excursions outside the i assess planned for this year. russian pole vaulter you listen by a ball 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 had of the twenty four thousand sochi olympics activists in u.s. and europe call for a boycott of the winter games after moscow passed a law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors are g.'s caffein 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 your lend them by above was of course the world champion pole vaulter and the biggest star in russian track and field certainly we have noted the debate over gay rights in russia and the world of sport it's on the respect to our concert some respect old to our citizen because russians maybe are different than european people then other people from different lands we have our low rates everyone have to respect. concede there are ourself like. normal standard. people you just lose business voices woman's movements voices the know everything from here 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. called begins because of. because of our law so i think it's unfair front of the let's now listen by of those comments and

spark to major rebuke from international media outlets an athlete even calls to strip her international olympic committee and mastership 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 turn out well 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 us president barack obama have called a boycott on necessary. not only on the air but online as well at our team dot

com we have all our headline stories plus much more let's take a look at what's waiting for you there today following the nine eleven terrorist attacks on the u.s. washington said its nuclear facilities were more than capable of withstanding a similar assault but a new study now claims over one hundred american reactors are in fact vulnerable to an airborne attack find out more details online. was the area fifty one under tory is u.f.o. sighting locale and source of countless conspiracy theories is the cause of five by the cia people through the fog of mystery and find out more about what was going on there by logging on to our t.v. dot com. portrayed as the purest of the pure bottled drinking water is often associated with mountain glaciers and fresh springs but its image is being tainted by the huge profits big business makes and

the environmental damage from the bottles are just honest to see a turkey that separates the facts from the marketing hype. going a day without water is hard to imagine. but so was paying a lot more money for the same thing that comes out of attack that americans are the number one consumers of bottled water in the world but why are people paying so much more than they have to cook the bottled water industry simply be tricking us all of the water is a huge get 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 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 home as with the alluring glaciers on bottles and gorgeous celebrities make bottled water seem so much better . well i like children you know you show and also the program design

people like to hold the the shore like they're beautiful people or rivers coming down long term and so you it's all about health so yeah it is we're total fools but . experts say it's a common misconception that bottled water is more pure in cif than tap pure marketing companies are making billions of dollars 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 bottled water industry namely coke pepsi and have attempted to convince us that the only place to get clean and safe

water is out of a bottle we all know is not the private water industry is really aggressively pushing a radical agenda to put public water that is a human right into private hands for profit 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 free 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 at our landfills oceans river legs you now see them you know littering the landscape and they get only twenty five percent of them and upper 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 hundred fifty four 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 every day pure pure of the water with it it's not just bottled water now it's like water with water with energy activists say 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. nestle. that are seeking water for profit or is it unfair that we want our own democratically governed. to be the ones 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 the flow and. newer. backstabbing barton looks at the long term effects of us chemical weapons program during the vietnam war stay with. the u.s. government project marty has been in place for twenty years this project was designed to break the media monopoly of cuban television by putting u.s. government propaganda up to t.v. screens this injection of american t.v. works with a blimp and a c one thirty military plane working in tandem you know this would actually be a major achievement in the history of technology. if it actually worked this

program which over the years has built up a billion taxpayer dollars simply does not work but continues to exist despite the cuban government completely blocking the transmission the official logic of continuing the program is that it would send a bad message to the cuban government if they stopped brilliance and action but the big question is who gives the us government the right to propagandize cubans just because they have a different lifestyle doesn't mean it is wrong and the us government does has the right to destroy it and even if cubans on mass actually do hate their system then it is their job to change cuba not the military industrial complex and its cronies in washington but that's just my opinion. please.

you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i'd like i don't. i mean. i know that i've seen things really messed up. and we're all very so closely to the. worst super glue to. the white house to the. radio guy and for a minute from a click. away what we're about to do is good you never seen anything like this i'm selling. books. hey guys i'm having martin and this is breaking news that it's no secret that auburn grave is one of the worst scars left on america's moral legacy the prison

was host of the. torture and aggregation of hundreds of detainees you months ago four of those torture victims came forward with a lawsuit against the c.i. international a defense contractor who was running the prison they were hoping for some sort of compensation for the torture humiliation and abuse they incurred while there when the little lawsuit was filed i spoke to a.t.c. legal director you who was assisting the case right here in breaking the set. theory and everything from having dogs on the experience having it with bodily harm emotional harm so these these individuals were the victims these individuals were the victims in the pictures the ones that we've seen in the images that have been plastered across the world that's who these individuals represent despite their efforts a federal judge eventually dismissed the lawsuit citing that obvious graves overseas and therefore outside of u.s. jurisdiction interesting logic considering how is the u.s. military prison but it's a complete dismissal of this case is not bad enough it gets much worse because.