i'm not. helping the n.s.a. spy on millions of people has paid off well for the global web giant according to the latest event was kind to load by edward snowden. a big thing out of the u.s. navy presence in the mediterranean sponsors fears of an american intervention into syria i made controversy over the latest alleged chemical attack in the country. and germany's given bitcoin a chance to move to the next level would become triano first to recognize the virtual currency legal and tonics purposes. it will surely own see coming to life from moscow hello and welcome to. google

microsoft and all of them allegedly received millions of taxpayer dollars from the and a say in return for helping to illegally spying on suspects web users that's according to the latest top secret files reported in the guardian newspaper but it's noted it would be the photos direct evidence of a financial relationship between web giants and the us of a news agency. that judgment which was declassified on wednesday by the obama administration found that the agency was unable to separate surely domestic communications from foreign traffic now while the n.s.a. reportedly began working on a solution to the process that had been ruled illegal tech companies including google yahoo microsoft and facebook allegedly incurred cost certification demands the entire process reportedly costed prism participants millions of dollars to

implement each successful extension and those costs according to u.s. documents were covered by an arm of the n.s.a. known as special source operations according to the guardian newspaper n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has described special source operations as the crown jewel of the agency that handles all surveillance programs that rely on corporate partnerships with telecoms and internet providers to access communication data now this revelation is being considered evidence that a financial relationship between tech companies and the n.s.a. has existed and as the guardian newspaper put it the disclosure that taxpayers' money was used to cover the company's compliance costs raises new questions surrounding the relationship between silicon valley and the n.s.a. now the guardian reached out to the alleged prism participants for a response about receiving financial reimbursements from the u.s. government now yahoo spokesperson admits that the company has requested reimbursement quote consistent with the law facebook responded by saying it has

never. any compensation in connection with responding to government data requests google did not answer any of the specific questions that were asked by the guardian newspaper and microsoft declined to give a response on the record so not only are we now learning that taxpayer dollars may have financed government programs that broke down barriers that protected citizens privacies the companies that are listed as prism participants are still denying any involvement with the surveillance program. the u.s. navy is expanding its presence in the mediterranean with air force korea's missile armed warship the moves a response to the escalating conflict in syria meanwhile in washington the defense department is set to assess america's options over the crisis that's despite a statement by barack obama that the u.s. must be weary of involvement in further costly interventions tensions have been running high for his ations by the syrian opposition that assad's forces gassed

hundreds of people near damascus on wednesday analyst mark believes the possibility of the us intervening in syria is turning into an imminent reality. judging from the statements that been made certainly in the house of representatives in congress there is a general sentiment towards some form of intervention which might come in the form of a tactical strike on the use of cruise missiles although there is still reservation as to the extent that such an intervention will take at this point it will be probably a minor one with the use of tactical weapons without more the united states still remains rather bruised by involvement in afghanistan and in iraq so if they are restored to being involved and i certainly do not see a commitment of ground forces of any of any sort what unfortunately i do see happen is the destabilizing of the situation so that if the united states does take this route of intervention it's

a point to make that. moves are being made to initiate some strike. whether it's going to come in light of the u.n. investigation or whether it's going to come in light of anything else for means to be seen but i think it's fair point to say that the united states is putting the pieces into play for a possible strike. meanwhile the syrian opposition has pledged to guarantee safe and access for a u.n. team to inspect this side of the alleged deadly chemical attack and my colleague bill dodd and lucia go discounts to a promise which can be kept. you have to understand that this statement came from the syrian national council which is essentially based in turkey and it's a bunch of men in suits and they're notoriously disjointed there has been a lot of criticism about their actions they can't seem to come to an agreement at the same time we also have to understand that we're talking about syria which is at this point penetrated by a whole number of rebel fighters a lot of who are actually associated with al qaida who are not exactly working

together with the s.n.c. so this is the can say yes of course come in and take a look and actually they're insisting that the u.n. inspectors have to call and take a look and do their investigation within the next forty eight hours it's absolutely vital but the same time there is no guarantee that they will actually provide safe access considering that this is the area where the fighting continues between the forces and the rebel forces and of course you an inspection team it's been in the country for a few days anyway looking at previous reports no coverage starts but what sort of progress has it made any developments not entirely because you have to understand that these are these reports that they're now investigating came a month ago right on the very similar circumstances again they were coming from the syrian opposition takes several months for the u.s. for the team of the u.n. inspectors to get there but the irony is that we still have absolutely no credible support to those statements as well in fact russian minister of foreign affairs said that there has been a rocket fired indeed on wednesday but it was very similar to

a rocket that was fired by the syrian opposition some months ago and that rocket was indeed laden. with a chemical agent of some unknown origin and just finally what is the international action. is behind this alleged chemical a lobbyist like russia for example there are some countries that are calling on and mediate investigation there saying the u.n. should pay very close attention to these reports there have been some studies which insist that the u.n. security council should immediately look into this into the into the abyss. and if the chemical attacks are proven to have taken place then the u.n. should use force on syria and russia again reiterated their point that this is absolutely unacceptable to exert this kind of pressure on the syrian government which by the way seems to appear as if they are absolutely willing to cooperate with the u.n. inspection team in terms of the alleged attack and mr foreign affairs of russia has

actually said that this looks like another wave of anti-government syrian propaganda which is essentially being perpetrated by the syrian opposition. and michael maloof the foreman senior security policy analyst in the office of the yuan u.s. secretary of defense says unverified for pools for knees by the opposition could mislead the media the syrian government has actually called upon the you went to investigate but they cannot. open up areas that are under the opposition control they can certainly. ask that the u.n. come in and look at whatever documentation they might have so i think that this is a very serious development and what's happening is that the regular media is just assuming that it's the it's the syrian government when in fact they're being fed information from the opposition so i think everyone has to be very careful and

certainly policymakers need to be very careful before they take any action this could be very very difficult to really get to the bottom of this latest episode. germany's turning itself into a magnet for bitcoin lovers this week the moderate virtual currency was recognized for legal and tax purposes in the country bitcoin funds to bust into the global scene by going to sound and date after an enormous creative published a paper describing how the virtual currency should be operated since than it's been gaining more funds and momentum all across the world and is now accepted as thousands of small online merchants the value of individual bitcoins has a record high this april when the currency was being top rated at over two hundred and sixty u.s. dollars and i made a growing buzz that some day the greenback the american government decided to probe it earlier this month u.s. authorities claim the currency could be used for criminal activities ranging from

drug smuggling to child pornography only reports now from the heart of the coin in . it's a real step towards it becoming a universally accepted legitimate but the option to state issued currencies now it is quite popular here in germany particularly here in berlin where if you go to some bars and restaurants you can actually pay for food and drinks there using coins as well as other online stores that accept them for just about anything else you can you can want to buy now what has actually happened by the german finance ministry they've declared that big calling is now unit of account what that actually means is it's not recognised as a an official currency but it is eligible to be taxed now that means that anybody speculating on because well if they sell them within one year or replying them they could be eligible for capital gains tax however that all sounds great for the tax

man it may well be a lot harder than that sounds because of the actual nature of bitcoin it is a appear online currency it would be very hard to track down just who was selling to whom for tax purposes so that might not exactly work out how the state funds use it but what it is is official recognition for a currency that is growing in popularity in some countries are accepting big calling as this new potential one state backed currency of course it can't be devalued or increased by any state by because there just isn't one that controls it it's all comes from the computers it all comes out of mathematics and it is therefore regulated by any state authorities or some countries jumping on it like here in germany others like thailand well they're just not interested. and coming out of this pain before it all ends the stricken stage a high bar of repairs for record flooding as volunteers and the majesty crews

fortify defenses and evacuate people away from the busting on more rain but curry is right in the eye of the storm following all the developments and we'll have a report coming up very shortly. and annoyed with a gun tom obey detainees and blames the white house for failing to take action to stop the mass hunger strike at the prison which has had the two hundred day long. into the future. to gun skills in georgia texas on this one show we found out why secured state may soon be a girl's best friend already can you truly machine make sure its workers saw it was a design classic still has room for improvement on wheel and how to dispose of tires and improve roads in one fell swoop. down each year on.

you know 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 sorry welcome to the big picture. this is a mock two hundred days of force feeding coupled with alleged to be. by prison guards have failed to break the result of dozens of hunger striking detainees in guantanamo bay the approaches that began in february went on to involve most of the

contents of the notorious facility it's been fresh legal and public pressure on president obama to find need to live on his promise to shut down the prison which currently holds one hundred and sixty six people such as seven of them are still refusing all food in protest at indefinite detention for being held without charge or trial with no freedom in sight eighty six were in fact cleared for release years ago but still linger in a legal limbo created by washington keeping the facility open meanwhile is costing u.s. taxpayers have to two point seven million dollars a year detainee said dozens of times higher than the sum needed to house a complex of the most expensive prison america bring the total annual cost of a gun tunnel to four hundred and fifteen million dollars and my colleague don spoke with. lorna who represents several of the inmates and he says the white house is simply refusing to shut down the prison. the words that i hear from the camp are just as bad as they've always been suffering to feeding people not getting along no

communication with the military so although the military is telling us that the numbers have gone down that's not the story that we're hearing we're hearing that again there's still that this horrible suffering going on and this is the two hundred day of now we've heard accounts of the risk to tell you the treatment by the prison stuff including allegations of sexual abuse is anybody actually investigating these allegations now sexual abuse i think goes around these these searches these growing searches that they began and they did these searches obviously to keep my clients from talking to me in terms of investigation i don't think anybody's investigating that the camp says that we're doing this for security purposes but that's preposterous when you consider that the client isn't even seeing a lawyer the clients with soldiers talking on the phone entire time in the present obama hasn't kept his promise to close the prison that cost millions during a time of budget cuts then the states will lose to make some are actually cleared

for release so what will it take to finally close down guantanamo guantanamo is a political animal it's run by and seen a phobia here in the united states and it's going to take a lot of hard work like people not only like people like me but but some people in washington in order to close it and right now you don't see that the president has the authority to transfer these individuals now that he can do it under the current law with no exceptions and he's choosing not to do so and he's even said that there are several countries that are ready willing able to take these individuals we know there's eighty six of them that are cleared for release the president has done nothing on that yet. and also dot com right now if we use false expectations japan's nuclear regulator still is not a could be the latest inspection of radioactive water tanks at the fukushima nuclear plant in gold the details of that report a line for you. and a ticking time bomb a story on how pension payments for the growing number of people aged over sixty

can become. untenable burden for the world's top economies read all about it at r.t. dot com. right to see. her story. and i think the true. on our reporters we're going. to be in the. rescue teams on the military are raising the alert as massive floods continue to devastate regions in russia's far east and the was to is yet to come with more downfalls on the horizon water levels could told the ace meeson mark in the worst case scenario to give you an idea of just how massive the flooding has been so far

the hard haid territories sprawl over three russian regions which could feed the whole of france and germany combined and now there are pockets that have avoided flooding but many more areas have been engulfed the main city within the flood stricken land risk they say freight reports now on they die a situation that. base is a city under threat a city on the edge of the moment water levels are continuing to rise with the peak not expected for another twenty four hours or so now as the more river so that my right that is causing all the problems it's breached its banks and these are beginning to filter through to the city now work is continuing to reinforce the city around fifteen kilometers worth of dikes have been built like this one and they are being reinforced and raised along with the water levels now despite the perilous situation authorities say that they are prepared for the worst. organizational issues are worked out there could be some setbacks but the main

point is that there are no big tools lou and all eyes are work will work for the good now around two and a half thousand people have been affected by the flood so far in and around the city in the majority of those people have been housed in temporary accommodation centers the provide things such as food drinking water shelter and medicine and basically rest bite from the floods there around seventy that have been built in and around the city and sports arenas and schools for example and this resident told r.t. that she simply doesn't know what to expect when she returns home. everything has been washed away firewood the second floor is already been flooded my flat is on the first floor and there are one and a half meters of water there i'm here now but all my furniture all my clothes are there now president vladimir putin is expected in the city and in the region early next week to inspect the damage that these floods of course but at the water levels continue to rise and they so absolutely no sign of receding it could be

a while yet before the full extent of the damage is revealed. in egypt fresh clashes between supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi and the military have reported in left one person dead and dozens wounded in the capital cairo hundreds gathered in the streets for while the muslim brotherhood dubbed a day of nonces but despite there were time of the military to power in egypt president barack obama says that while the u.s. is reevaluating its relationship with the country it's unlikely he will cut off aid and he added is that stopping the handouts wouldn't the fact that the interim government does and at this point america needs to take into account in the long long term interests of the egyptian people and of america itself defines consultant maureen roofing that ministration just wants to keep a friendly government in cairo. the americans are ensuring that they have a friend in power they will always provide aid and this is why they're not

cancelling that all. makes it clear that he's supporting all the u.s. government to supporting the present status of the military being in power to say that they're concerned about what's going on the toppling of morsi and his detention that's just trying to fool the citizens of egypt. resume normal relations as soon as the civilians. go back home you know or stop protesting. the military and the united states government have had a very cozy relationship for four decades so that's that's a good change. and more international news for you this hour a suicide bomber has killed at least twenty six and wounded dozens more in baghdad and the strike occurred in a crowded park in the north of the capital the latest assault has brought the death toll for the day to thirty six people after a wave of attacks. a u.s.

soldier responsible for the killing of sixteen obgyn civilians has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. stormed a village in kandahar province in two thousand and twelve in the middle of the night shooting families while the worst sleep and his attorneys say they're sold came as a result of stress and trauma suffered during military operations the start sergeant apologized for the killings and pleaded guilty in june to avoid the death penalty. at least thirty people have been killed and sixty injured in a riot in believers' largest monks and security prison. some prisoners were shelled while others were buried burned to death i should say in a fight between. rival gangs and in many overcrowded latin american jails inmates largely control the inside of the facility. it's wildfires still new israeli law demanding that models prove their body mass fits

within house for your actions the legislation was designed to cope soaring numbers of young girls suffering from eating disorders policia went to investigate. in a world where you can never be too rich or too thin violet to rise is an exception a model who's trying to put on weight i know i always had health and food but now i try and more carbs to try and gain some weight it's in line with the new israeli law the first of its kind worldwide models now have to provide a medical report of every photo shoot proving their body mass meets world health organization standards advertise. there's also have to clearly mark images they've digitally enhanced to airbrush away the kilos from the not quite perfect models that the card any about the whole on one hand i am for the law if it means young men and women won't harm themselves by becoming underweight but on the other hand

there are girls like me who are naturally fans and who can work because of it. a recent study found that nearly a third of all young women believe anorexia is a way to gain social acceptance but it means that israel now has one of the highest eating disorder rates in the world the statistics are staggering at least one in twenty young is rabies suffers from the problem dr cole drafted the law she believes the fault is with the fashion world that promotes pictures of skinny models in israel if you have a kid if the rear develop it it does order five percent of them develop on the rx which means that they're made. in the first cause of. among the under ration up to the age of twenty four they're from the north but critics question how the law will be enforced many model agencies have not come on board one other say the needs to be a better way of measuring just how underweight models actually are i think they

took a very big issue very big problem and tried to solve it in the wrong way make her do black this make her go to whatever they think and this is how you know for real not just the number the cheese wealth and. she's in good shape for sure one shot it's a painful reminder of the many years she spent as a concert believe make eating and throwing up her food in private today she's a life coach helping those who might not come to her because of problems with food but who inevitably struggle with what they eat the problem. is not about food the problem is in motion now and you can tell someone to gain weight. if she still has this inner problem was for then with herself so you didn't ask thing as many as seventeen million people suffer from eating disorders across the globe governments have taken steps to prevent so-called size zero medical problems but unlike israel

or have so far shied away from legislation is really in india banned underweight models from the catwalk after two and a mix of models in europe why and brazil died the u.k. and us have guidelines but the industry is self-regulated. it's still too soon to say whether this new anorexic law will become the model for the fashion industry its intentions might be good but it's up against a multi-billion dollar dieting fashion and advertising industry policy r t television. and coming up next if technology had dates and times of the breaking news. you know people in moscow say they're like whoa websites and facebook groups about

the childfree lifestyle which i didn't believe until i saw the cover for the aug twelfth copy of time magazine yes child free is no real thing sadly basically these are people who have started a cool trend of not having children and using their time and resources completely for themselves you know if you don't want to have kids that is your business and i really couldn't change your mind even if i wanted to but there are people all over the internet who are just swimming in their own self-satisfaction like pigs in slop because they are part of the no kids trend the sickening part about this trend or should i see mentality is that these people glow in the door themselves for being too selfish to give their time and money to a child oh i'm the center of the universe and i'm proud of it. this is an extremely antisocial and destructive mentality to adore yourself for contributing nothing to anyone else nothing to society and nothing to the future but wait let me put it this way if your life is shopping wearing ironic t.

shirts starbucks and texting on your i phone about your stupid feelings that maybe is for the greater good the church childfree but that's just my opinion. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others who refused to notice. the faces changing the world light snack. food picture of today's leaves. home to and from around the globe. local. t.v. .

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