i mean. if. 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 leaked documents indicate that's how long the us 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 the one member who was freed and examine how their controversial performance affected society.

but from our studios in moscow you're watching are two with me and use in our way our top story this saturday egypt's security forces have entered a mosque in the capital where hundreds of protesters were barricaded the people there be been refusing to come out because they're worried about getting arrested these are the latest pictures that we're getting from the al fatah small screen cairo's ramsay's square people sought refuge there during friday's countrywide clashes and scores are said to be injured in side. in take a look at some live pictures that we're getting from the mosque like i said under sea as yesterday became known as the day of anger and led to nearly a hundred deaths over seven hundred and twenty eight people have now been killed since protests kicked off earlier this week our bell true is in cairo.

inside this mosque. make shift 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 late 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 mr brotherhood for their part one of the spokes persons beheaded her dead claims that the health ministry here has been forbidden from releasing the truth to sticks of the casualties by the government where we cannot verify that piece of information is all kicked off after twenty eight march has been launched across the capital all ending up in ramses square and

the looks at the security forces essentially opened fire on the protesters although they claim that they were soft targets it was pretty hectic day with just gunfire raining down. meanwhile this also exploded across the country with many pockets of violence in different governments and 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 come out we've got these daily protests happening that the anti carolines which of 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 check out our bell troops twitter feed as well more updates there on what's happening in egypt. so the bloodshed began when the military raided to protest camp supporting ousted

president morsi on wednesday and the deposed leader has plenty of people backing him in the wider region as well here is a pro morsi demonstration in istanbul with participants numbering in the thousands there 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 in neighboring saudi arabia they've taking an opposing stance they said egypt's government is fighting against terrorism and the kingdom fully supports that 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 is ouster 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 or 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 democracy for egypt right now but they have constantly stopped short of saying the president's removal there was 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 activist. who says that their inaction is making matters worse. 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. it was the west that loaded the gun and the west must take an active stance against

this it's not too late to sign to 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 a revolution. could argue dot com for our egypt timeline for much more on what's happening in the country got social media reaction there including firsthand accounts plus war videos from the sea. for us revelations claim america's national security agency has been violating the privacy of u.s. citizens that's according to an n.s.a. audit and other documents leaked to the press by whistleblower edward snowden in

a press conference earlier this month obama spoke about the surveillance programs conducted by the n.s.a. but you're not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs and . listening in on people's phone calls or inappropriately reading people's e-mails what your hearing about is the prospect that these could be abused the reason they're not abuse is because there are these checks are in place and those abuses would be against the wall and that statement from president obama seems to be in doubt now recent revelations suggest the n.s.a. has breached the privacy of americans filing the law thousands of times per year since two thousand and eight archie's going to cannes 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. analysts 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 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 they did not learn about a new collection method and till it had been 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 increasingly increasing efforts to eliminate mistakes in their work intelligence analysts glenmore train your 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 scene 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 your report on the industry that's struggling to make profits high and it's a mixed pill or. the

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stories that impact the. truth be access to your. president blank 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 gain them plenty of support from international musicians but also sparked outrage in russia over what many think was a blasphemous act artie's alexia's have scheme met one of the members who is free and looked at how the group's actions affect its society. you could tina some would say that she is the only member of controversial pussy riot punk band that walked free the other two money i listen to and the idea is that the 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 and i just. 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 onto the general public. ten days after the eccentric displayed a previously unknown band was catapulted into the global headlines. pussy riot punk prayer happened the midst of 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 my 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 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 and 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 verdict a year ago russia has adopted a law criminalizing those who insult villages beliefs of others a step does necessary by the authorities in order to prevent such things from happening again so what sort of time behind bars with the riots which has already turned into a thriving global ground 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 looks you are sure of. moscow. now over to some other news making headlines this saturday a president forty injured in bahrain guards to stun guns tear gas and riot sticks on one hundred inmates who were protesting over conditions most of the prisoners are said to be political and human rights activists held on terrorism charges

recently extended anti terror was seen by many as an attempt to squash the ongoing government unrest. 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 the throw accused sunni muslims of coordinating the blasts which left 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's fragile peace. 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 on to 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. while in outer space. because monarchs have made one of the longer 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 said to arrive in a few months time it was going to six russian excursions outside the us planned for this year. russian pole vaulter unanimous them by a 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 fourteenth sochi olympics activists in the u.s. and europe called for a boycott of the winter games after moscow passed a law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors are. 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 needle meter race to gay friends and several swedish athletes painted their nails in rainbow colors but the remarks made by your lend him by of us 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 current through some respect old to our citizen because we are russians maybe we are different than european people then other people from different learned we have our law which everyone have to respect. because you there are ourselves like. normal standard. people you just lose business voices woman's movements was boys the know everything five here it comes from this used to read 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 these because of our law so i think it's unfair front of the. now if some bibles comments and sparked a major rebuke from international media outlets and athletes even calls to strip her international olympic committee and bass or ship rolled now in response to this criticism she did issue a statement today saying that english simply isn't her first language that she wanted to say that quote people should respect the laws 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 u.s.

president barack obama have called a boycott unnecessary. then harris queeny chairman of the conservative think tank the bow group believes isn't by a had a point when she called on athletes not to use the olympics as a platform for their views but early her english was was slightly broken she clarified what she was trying to say in that when nations travel to international sporting events they should respect the the culture of the laws of the host nation and i think so 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 the 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 well 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've all their headlines stories plus much more look at what's lined up for you today following the nine eleven terrorist attack 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 vulnerable to an airborne attack i know more details online. area fifty one the notorious u.f.o. sighting locale and source of countless conspiracy theories is declassified by the cia people through the fog of mystery and find out more about what was going on there by logging on to our team 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 artie's anastasio turk and 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 think that comes out of a task 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 part of the wire is 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 that already flow 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. their shore like they're beautiful people or rivers coming down long term 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 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.

the 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 nestle 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 true that private water industry is really aggressively question. put public water that every human right into private hands work in countries where pollution is high people have no choice but for americans there certainly is experts the consumers just need to be more informed tap water is actually more regulated by the environmental protection agency then 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 in our landfills oceans rivers lakes you now see them. littering the landscape and they get only twenty five percent of

them and up recycled and i think most people think that the 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 no it's like water with water with energy activists 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 a corporation. that are seeking water for profit or is it in fact that we want our own democratically governed. to be a good ones that are

providing us with 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 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 too resistible. to stop the flow and they said you're going to. new york. imax kinds of brings us the latest financial scandals that. 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's going to be a murdering of hawkers 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 prefers 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 rare moments in the wars history like some very limited battles or soviet soldiers went in unarmed and made it look as if sitting right fellas 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. her. face in the. economic ups and downs in the fun at the long stay the longer the deal and the rest of the. case it'll be every week on say the i'm going to keep. her.