the british government goes allowed to block revelations on mass surveillance as the paper of the first published the snowden leaks has been forced to destroy its trove of data. and of scandals continue to unfold around the u.s. national security agency and surveillance practices we'll look at how one's low key organization responsible for code making and code breaking has become so powerful. turkey's prime minister claims he has evidence that israel was behind the coup in egypt where the resulting chaos has claimed almost a thousand lives and crippled vital industries. and a human tide of disparate teams of thousands of kurdish refugees flee across the rocky border as their homes in syria are targeted by al qaida linked rebels.

this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now the british government to stand the tide of articles a mass surveillance have gone beyond intimidating the journalist behind the publications just a day after glenn greenwald's partner was detained at heathrow airport the guardian's editor came forward describing how the authorities pressure the newspaper to destroy documents provided by n.s.a. leaker edward snowden are just are still he has the details in london. you have been contacted he said about two months ago by by government officials demanding the surrender or destruction of all materials in their possession relating to surveillance of the surveillance operations uncovered by edward snowden and then he

said that a month later he was again contacted from what he calls quote unquote at the center of government in which he was told quote you've had your fun now we want the stuff back and he had written that there were subsequent meetings with certain officials certain government officials and in those meetings when he tried to explain that the guard would not be able to continue doing their jobs without this crew over data they told him quote you have your debate there's no need to write any more and quote now this is he said also rusbridger said to the government that if the british government continues to legally block the guardian from doing what they are doing they'll simply do it outside of the country now he said that this is where it actually took what he calls a bizarre turn he says to g c h q a security expert says the intelligence agency of the u.k. oversaw the destruction of hard drives and computers in the basement of the guardian in making sure that there were not any pieces that could be handed on to chinese agents so this alan rusbridger the editor of the guardian described as

a very surreal or bizarre encounter and despite all of these events what some are calling as intimidation from the government or is that it is disproportionate at the guardian insists and it says that it will continue to report on the documents and the data that edward snowden had handed over to them and it's just incredible all of this comes just a day after the partner david miranda of a guardian journalist the guardian journalist working on snowden's materials is detained by authorities for nine hours. yeah that's right he was held at the heathrow airport where he was questioned but he says six different agents of david miranda explained that he was held for a very long time and he have to. about his experience and during that detention they were threatening me all the time in saying i would be prudent jail if i didn't cooperate they treated me like i was a criminal or someone about to attack the u.k. it was exhausting and frustrating i knew i wasn't doing anything wrong now why this

is this has caused quite a doubt that if we look at the data from the home office they said that more than ninety seven percent of examinations under this specific law last of less than an hour a lot of questions being raised as to why he was held for that amount of time and already politicians and including david anderson who is the independent review or of this terrorism legislation have been asking for an explanation on why police have treated miranda this way why was it necessary to keep him for as long as because at sixteen really unusual you're looking at no more than a very few dozen people a year who were kept for that length of time why was it that they wanted to question him the police are only allowed to ask questions aimed at determining whether somebody is a terrorist is that what they thought and if so on what basis now this as this story continues to develop and continues to unfold we're getting a glimpse of what appears to be how far the british government is willing to go in

order to get a hold of those information or destroy the data that the guardian has and to stop the reporting on the global surveillance of covered by edward snowden now the detention of greenwald partner caused an outcry here are just some examples of their reaction the journalist himself described the incident as intimidation reporters without borders called it unacceptable or amnesty international commented two saying it was a petty and vindictive action on the case part the brazilian government also weighed in the slamming the unjustified detention of one of its citizens well let's get more reaction now on this and talk to we can expect a person christian how princeton who's joining us from break in. iceland mr robinson thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. well my first question to you will be was a wiki leaks surprised by the guardian editors a revelations about british government pressuring them to give off or destroy data related to snowden's leaks i was not surprised at all and actually we have been

warning about this for years let me remind you that three years ago when we were under massive attack even under dress threats and the journalist in the mainstream media did not come to our defense or even work directly against us we said you should to think twice because you are next and i six second what has happened in the escalation in the war on journalists and we see the phone records of a.p. journalists in the states being seized we see an attempt to surround the us journalists who were working with blowers are coconspirators who could be prosecuted and now we see this recent development the u.k. this is part of an escalation against the freedom of the press and we weren't about to say years ago well the god it was one of the first papers to publish we can leaks documents when they emerge so have you heard of any you know similar tactics carried out by governments before to pressure the guardian or any other paper from

publishing down we do of course about the direct intimidations or self-censorship by even media that we have been working with even the new york times so that has been the reported on and admittedly by the former editor of the new times bill keller so this is a concentration. on the the media not just media that we have been working with but all media and it's a very serious issue that people have to think carefully about because in essence this is a signal of a rise of fascism in the u.k. in the u.s. in a more western countries i even see trade so that in my own country iceland and the new conservative government. well so we know that a few days ago we can expose that a mass of so-called insurance data which can be decrypted should something happen to join us on shore edward snowden so would you add journalists working with

whistleblowers to that list. journalists that are working with whistleblowers are under attack whistleblowers have been under attack for years to journalists that are under attack and every journalist who stands in defense of journalism. unfortunately we have see part of journalists cowards that are not to doing that and even calling. for a drone attack on jr julian science is appalling this is a very serious issue we're seeing a trend here as i said earlier that people have to respond to very urgently and with strong measures well you know in light of what's happening many seem to feel that the u.k. has government actions are aimed at warning journalists are against working with whistleblowers and releasing sensitive data so what effect do you think it will really have what's happening now. it's not going to stop whistleblowers

more and more will come forth because people are appalled by the situation and the crackdown on journalism and the attempt to silence everybody who is exposing the wrongdoing of governments there are people out there with with the you know of anybody to would take criticize of steps and let's hope that are enough journalists out there brave enough to respond to that and then of course we we can use and the ideals we stand for and all the organizations hopefully will come forth endorsing the same idea that this is a this is a big picture is part of a big picture a fight for the basic principle of freedom of speech and precede it we have to fight against all attempts to suppress that workers it happens a spokesperson for unix thank you so much for talking to us here on r.t. . while washington admits it was notified of britain's plans to detain david

miranda but insists the u.k. acted alone lawyer and writer ever gone there says that while that may be strictly true u.s. policy certainly inspired the move. this is clearly violating our concepts of what freedom of the press are i mean we're talking about a journalist and media outlet journalists who are now also being threatened intimidated and it's the united states use leading that effort it's not the u.k. and it's not of the european nations where i believe is it going to simply put out there to all of its allies look anyone related to edward snowden must be detained if they come into your territory and the u.k. abided by that and did their duty so without question washington is sort of intellectual off behind the detention of david and whether or not they were directly involved they were notified we know that the white house has admitted to that and notification in itself shows that the u.k. felt they had to tell the u.s.

hey look we've got one of the guys you know it was that they were looking for the approval of the united states which i'm sure they got well so far the n.s.a. leaks and the media attention don't seem to have had any impact on the agency's surveillance practices president obama has promised more overside but not less snooping are just loosened up enough looks at how the organization became so powerful inside america's national security agency i was she rolled her over its legal authority the n.s.a. is a big scary surveillance monster that knows everything we do propel to mainstream news headlines like controversy the n.s.a. is still largely shrouded in mystery and now headquartered in the fort meade army base in maryland trumps even the cia as america's most secretive intelligence agency now the n.s.a. doesn't have spies out in the field instead there are more than thirty five thousand employees who pour over e-mails computer searches phone calls and personal data and while it's by laws state the n.s.a. is only to conduct foreign intelligence the agency has taken

a massive turn toward spying at home but the n.s.a. wasn't always so intent on spying on americans it began under a different name in the one. nine hundred thirty s. as a secret cryptologic service that broke foreign enemy codes in wartime the attack on pearl harbor pushed america to take intelligence more seriously in world war two the agency's missions including to ciphering communications from both nazi germany and the japanese navy and to encrypt american messages but then came the cold war the free peoples of the world looked to work for. creating their freedom and with the cold war the formal birth of the n.s.a. in one nine hundred fifty two president truman authorized the creation of the agency to coordinate communications intelligence the spy center was so secret at the time the joke was the initial stood for no such agency decades before the agency was collecting massive amounts of phone and internet records it was collecting telegraph records in an operation that raised similar legal issues and

worries about the lack of oversight in fact its existence wasn't even publicly acknowledged by the government until the one nine hundred seventy s. the watergate scandal brought america's domesticity spying to light what. counterintelligence object. was it thought you were achieving in opening the mail what most of us would assume to be very patriotic. americans in one nine hundred seventy five then senator frank church had warned that the n.s.a. spying powers could come to haunt american citizens capability at any time could be turned around on the american people. and no american would have any privacy left such as the capability to monitor everything telephone conversations telegrams it doesn't matter. there would be no place to high in one nine hundred seventy eight the government pacifies a the foreign intelligence surveillance act forced the n.s.a. to get warrants from special courts before it could spy within the u.s.

but with the fall of the soviet union the n.s.a. is mission seemed less urgent but nine eleven which changed everything terrorism became target number one the n.s.a. would get a big. budget man a new mission president bush would go on to sign an order launching the n.s.a.'s domestic spying program and telecom companies were secretly approached by the government and asked to participate in two thousand and six it was revealed that the n.s.a. had been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of americans using data provided by a.t.m. tea horizon and bell south the n.s.a. had been tapping into people's lives well since then scandal after scandal would keep the n.s.a. in the spotlight what began as a small organization responsible for making and breaking codes would evolve into a super secret multibillion dollar agency with the capacity to pry into every aspect of americans lives and as edward snowden's leaks would eventually show that is person i sleep what it did who seek out front of r t moscow r.t.

says our affiliate is in london for us following the twists and turns surrounding the paper that published the n.s.a. leaks all are updates on twitter and her latest post she says greenwald partner is taking a legal action against home office a move supported by the guardian. a massive stream of refugees from syria has crossed the raw border where almost thirty thousand people have been on the run from the war zone since thursday most of them are kurdish women and children who had to leave after their homes were attacked by islamist rebels linked to al qaida as policy reports it's another sign of a conflict can be contained within syria. the exodus shows no signs of slowing down and it's straining both very resources as well as those of iraqi relief agencies thousands of syrian kurds are pouring into iraq's autonomy kurdish region now when we talk about the kurds we're talking about the largest minority group in syria

they make up roughly about ten percent of the country's twenty three million they have no state of their own which is why they reside in parts of syria turkey and iraq the main concern that is being expressed by relief agencies is that so many of them are now stuck out in the open at the border or at emergency reception areas with little to no access to basic services and nearly half of them are children these kids are not fleeing the clashes between government forces and rebels but they're running away from being spun off of this conflict their escape in the raging battle between kurds and islamised militia for control of large areas of northern syria where these kurds live as this kurdish journalist explains. regions where the militia of the islamic state of iraq and allies reside how free. because islamists began to campaign against the kurds who were fusing to join the

ranks ethnically cleansing. the town of halabja the scene ethnic cleansing operations begin on the twentieth of july when militants launched attacks against kurdish villages saying members of the kurdistan workers' party were hiding their al-qaeda linked groups are reportedly aiming to set up an islamicist area on islamist region in this particular area this anti kurdish push is that surviving syrian rebels and they accuse the kurdish fighters of siding with the regime of syrian president bashar assad but that is an allegation that the kurds deny they say that they are neutral in this whole conflict that goes well beyond borders. and i have there are landless floods that puts waves of russia's far east into a state of emergency but bring you more life stories from those who decided to stay put despite a dreadful forecast promising even heavier rains that's in just a couple of minutes here on r t.

it will be. sunny it's technology innovations all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. choose your language. of holy week over though if. someone. chooses to use the consensus here to. choose the opinions that immigrate to.

choose the stories that impact your life choose be access to. welcome back this is our team now turkey's prime minister claims israel has a hand in the coup that took place on the third of july in cairo or have time heard on says they have evidence of tel aviv's involvement in the overthrow of interrupts former president morsi he also accuses the west in trying to grasp control of other countries democracies are one sided to anna mae md jewish intellectual he met in france two years ago who claimed the muslim brotherhood won't be in power even if a wins the election meanwhile the past week's turmoil in egypt has claimed almost a thousand lives both civilian and in the in force one with await us attack seeing twenty five policemen ambushed and executed the chaos in

a country has raced fear is that of violence migrate egypt's borders but former israeli diplomat your medicare says tel aviv will stand by the military government in cairo because it's preferable to an islamist democracy. and military regime in arab countries as betty that is and it is bad it's not democratic it's dictatorial but it's much much much better then a regime which is a terrorist inclined the muslim brotherhood has an agenda which transcends egypt the transcends in effect even the muslim world it's a terror organization which has few. civilian in nature the military click on the other hand has an agenda limited to egypt and therefore for the sake of regional stability for the sake of the world at large and for the sake of israel i believe it's much better to have a military regime rather than

a muslim brotherhood regime in egypt. the unrest plaguing egypt has taken a heavy financial toll the u.s. has frozen some of its military aid to cairo and is considering a permanent blog and the e.u. has also raised doubts over whether i'm going aid on loans should continue but the main damage to the economy has come from the loss of tourism a key source of revenue for egypt artist kate pilbeam host of venture capital explains. it's hugely important it makes up twelve percent of egypt's g.d.p. that's equivalent to what u.s. manufacturing contributes to the u.s. economy as well as that one in eight egyptians work in the industry in and around it whether it's in a hotel restaurant water or taxes or just this week it's been a bad week because we've had museums and architectural sites being closed down but let's just have a look at demonstration as to how those numbers have declined you'll be able to see that in twenty ten the year before the revolution the industry was booming with a record fourteen million tourists arrived thirteen percent of g.d.p.

at that point one in seven egyptians what it plummeted to nine and a half in twenty eleven and is yet to recover a rebound was expected this year but those estimations have now been revised to see violence has taken off again so as you can see that it's been a time these two years absolutely and there's been warnings come out in abundance from all sorts of countries germany austria sweden switzerland even russia now says twenty eleven they've already lost two point five billion dollars if the violence continues to escalate we're looking at three billion by the end of the year that's incredibly substantial when you consider that the egyptian economy is in a fragile state is it isn't because of the violence over the last two years they've had to rely on international aid they managed to accumulate twelve billion from the gulf states but now those loans are lying in the balance because the political situation is obviously different now company is jumping ship to lot of companies

beside in the region a lot of oil and gas wells the. general motors as well as shell all that and they too are issuing warnings to their employees and the real concern the overriding concern is investment into the region because we know egypt is very much reliant on that they have suffered a few downgrades recently as well from credit rating agencies too so we don't want the investors follow in the direction of the rest. well a state of emergency has been declared in several regions in russia's far east where floods there are forcing thousands of people out of their homes are expected to be worsened by more heavy rains the government's promising compensation for the damage early estimates say costs are already nearing three hundred million dollars scott is in the stricken area where the painful consequences will be long felt after the water recedes. for many in russia's far east the misery continues homes uninhabitable lives turned upside down around thirty thousand people have

seen their property submerged causing a logistical headache for authorities r.t. traveled with emergency crews as they conducted one patrol in the village of bella goody. this resident dismissing the chance to leave choosing to remain with her fifteen cats i will leave my pads and they don't evacuate paths where we do take pets i told you we do and i also wanted my books in my records to be rescued no sorry there is just no room for books well there is no point buy new ones once it's over so i'm here to the beater and. the emergency services work isn't restricted to aiding just humans these bears were tricky customers because at least now enjoy dry land after days in this half submerged cage. we feed these beers twice a day in the morning and in the evening we've got fodder for them at the moment rescuers efforts are relentless there's no rest bite but there are fears the

situation could deteriorate we expect things to get a bit worse right now it depends on how much excess water they're going to dump and there's a hydro power station local emergency crews are getting support not just from other regions and volunteers but also the military the defense ministry says almost five thousand personnel are in the region as well as seven hundred thirty military vehicles such as this which helps them get to even the remotest of regions there are also boats planes and helicopters now it's not just accusations that have been concerning emergency services in recent weeks they've also been reinforcing people's properties and a number of temporary manmade dams have also sprung up including this one just outside the city of black investments with tentative reports suggesting water levels in some parts of the region have already peaked the some faint optimism the worst is over. once the water recedes the real extent of the damage will be revealed causing new an untold challenges to the hundreds of people affected here.

altie the move region. all over in the philippines thousands face the same plight the monsoon and a tropical storm have brought massive flooding across the country claiming at least seven lives more than one hundred thirty thousand others have had to leave their homes drenching rain continues to batter the capital where flights have been canceled and schools offices and amnesties close more than half of manila is under water the national weather agency has issued its highest alert saying flood levels will rise. and at other world news pakistan's former president peres musharraf has been charged in connection with the two thousand and seven assassination of the opposition leader and former prime minister benazir bhutto who deny the accusation when he appeared in court and that tight security the sheriff returned from self-imposed exile earlier this year to run for office but added up under house arrest on a number of charges including bhutto's killing his trial has been adjourned because

of taliban threats against musharraf. well max is daisy take on the fantasy years who are fleeing for fleecing humble homeowners in the kaiser report that they have . interviewed.

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