damage limitation us web giants pushed for greater transparency and green forecasts for american based tech firms after the national security agency spy scandal. the decision on america's multi-trillion dollar debt ceiling raises fears for the world economy while the government cuts back on space missions to save itself from default. and switzerland set to vote on guaranteed monthly handouts worth thousands of dollars in a pilot scheme to provide citizens with a lifetime of financial security.

this is already coming to you live from the russian capital a marina joshie welcome to the program leading us tech companies are seeking to undo the damage from the n.s.a. scandal that revealed their part in government spy programs the internet giants are asking the federal court to let them reveal details about the agency's data requests a move that's been slammed by the justice department artie's lucic often if looks at what could have prompted this fight for transparency. in the wake of the u.s. national security agency scandal much of the tech industry has gone critical of government snooping some companies named as partners in the n.s.a.'s prism program including google and facebook even sued the u.s. in order to set the record straight they're hoping to fight the perception that the n.s.a. has direct access to their servers but transparency might come with financial incentives the snowden leaks prompted dire warnings from internet giants predicting that american businesses would lose tens of billions of dollars in revenue abroad as

scared users turn to local alternatives one industry nonprofit survey found that ten percent of two hundred seven officials at not american companies cancelled contracts in the wake of the leaks fifty six percent of non-u.s. respondents said they were hesitant to work with u.s. based cloud computing firms some researchers even predicted the cloud computing industry as a whole could lose up to one hundred billion dollars by twenty sixteen but so far none of that has panned out in fact some of the internet giants who helped the n.s.a. gather data on people overseas say privately they felt little if any impact on their business and when it comes to internet empires some of those very same firms dominate the internet traffic across the globe. google and facebook rule most of the world that's according to a new survey from oxford university as this map shows the only major countries not under their sway are china and russia also kazakhstan korea and japan here local

providers have managed to maintain their domination of the market and there's a number of theories as to why one is that cloud customers have few good alternatives american firms have most of the market and switching costs money another reason is that tech buying companies elsewhere believe their own governments have scanning procedures that are every bit as invasive as the american programs and so despite the spying revelations it seems to be business as usual for the tech giants who worked with the n.s.a. reporting from moscow i'm lucy catherine of r.t. the email service here is by n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden was shut down by its owner after he repeatedly defied f.b.i. requests for and corruption keys details recently revealed by u.s. court case suggest investigators were apparently trying to track snowden's communications the founder of love a bit later leveson told r.t. why he chose to close the service rather than cooperate with authorities. i took the stance that i did not try and protect

a single person but because i was concerned about the invasion and the sacrificing of everyone's privacy rights that was accessing my system i know they threatened me on more than one occasion with jail i think the only reason they didn't do it is because if they had the service would have eventually shut down on its own with nobody to maintain it and the only reason they didn't arrest me after the shutdown was because of the the media the public city but it's pretty scary to to think about what lengths they're willing to go to conduct these investigations and you know effectively what's going on is just completely undermining what little trust there was in commercial technology products here in the u.s. google yahoo facebook they've been fighting requests via the pfizer court they've been fighting requests like the ones that i received. the fact is they've been

losing political deadlock in the u.s. over raising the country's debt ceiling shows no signs of easing ahad of a decision deadline in less than a fortnight according to the international monetary fund chief the crisis now threatening the global economy the u.s. treasury department agrees was that dire forecast a possible default could drag america in terry session worse than the one in two thousand and eight some of the organizations considered to be not essential for government operations are already feeling the pinch george abbey who used to oversee the international space station for nasa told us there will be long lasting aftershocks. there are missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months fairly critical missions or missions that robotic lights that are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are furloughed that work and being done and so there is going to be an effect on the line and i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the

space shuttle and of course flying missions to mirror to that time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the work orders. working and we kept the work going on in the johnson space center and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really have an impact but this time with about ninety seven percent of the workforce at the johnson space center laid off there will be in effect down the line imitating the u.s. economic lifestyle which led to the global crisis five years ago could be harmful for other countries and a couple of hours max geysers sees herbert show where the copycat moves could lead . of course only in the u.k. would they come up with an idea of backing their wealth of creating wealth through property so this is the first head by max and it's turned crown estate into sovereign wealth fund labor m.p.'s to urge basically this is a great idea because other countries like norway famously have

a sovereign wealth fund from know that north sea oil china has trillions of dollars in reserves made up of a chilean us dollars and then more chileans of other currencies britain however they sold sixty percent of their gold under gordon brown they have no sovereign wealth fund and they've got an economy that's overly reliant on fraud and really hypothecation so yes i say to the queen elizabeth respectfully return all that unused collateral into something that can help the nation think of it as being on the vanguard in this global financial war and when it's not sexy don't you want to be a war queen you can be like there's a financial war going we're going to put up the palaces collateral defy the financial war you know it's exciting get on t.v. make a few speeches you could make a movie about you you'd be as a spam is that some of these previous monarchs they've made movies about that are now canonized in hollywood you too could be famous in hollywood too yes. switzerland could start paying its citizens and unconditional minimal wound's of

almost three thousand dollars per month the move to provide a financial safety net to crisis hit households will be decided by a national referendum after gaining the support of over one hundred thousand people pete oliver has the details. cash by the truckload the proposed basic income initiative a rally with a splash and the promise of two thousand euro a month to every swiss citizen intended to let them live without basic financial worries imagine you're being born and society tells you while calm you will be cared for and i ask you what you want to do with your life what's your calling imagine imagine that that feeling that's a whole different atmosphere column and were presented with a petition signed by over one hundred twenty thousand people are closing the idea

of paying everyone if they will or not so switzerland is set for a referendum. then. it could be one of the landmark moment pollution of slavery or the civil rights movement of course those who don't want it will find excuses and i know the ones who do want it will fall. campaign is announce their intention to spread the wealth with a glitzy stunt four hundred thousand swiss francs about three hundred fifty thousand euro worth of gold coins deposited on the square in front of. this initiative hopes to do is to switzerland huge mouthfuls of gold into the base for all its citizens when you look at the globe say ok we want to do a pilot project what do you do you pick a small country ok a concert which is i'm embarrassed about all the independence you know we're not part of the you but here for this project it could be could be an advantage apart

from being independent of brussels supporters a sighting another major reason for this idea to be successful here. if there is anywhere that can find its way through and great now we have to ball rolling stone to a yes or no where. it will then be used to determine exactly where the money will come from unless those financing issues are worked through and with the prospect of tax rises it may prove difficult to convince enough swiss that the idea of money for nothing is a good one the older generation they live their whole lives in and out of the system so it's it's hard for them to actually realize what this means and they have fear of course their pensions and everything and they don't instantly get that it's actually everything placements in the old system the concept behind the initiative is that the current system of work and pay is outdated for a progressive nation like switzerland but with the question of would swiss people

want to work if cash is just thrown at them it could turn out to be a gamble too far for voters peter all over the switzerland and coming up after the break the killing of an armed woman by security forces in washington brings us questions over police tactics. and really on a week to week basis unfortunately in the united states where we're hearing stories of police shooting unarmed people who they perceive as a threat. just ahead we've got analysis of this tragic story plus. our spot on travels to the arctic platform work greenpeace activists tried to stage a protest last month stay with our team to get the crew's perspective of what happened.

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back this is our t. no questions are being raised over the actions of police officers who fatally shot and an armed woman marian carey was killed in front of her one year old child after she tried to ram her car through barricades at the white house it still on known what led to her actions details now from r.t. sam sachs. we're learning more about the suspect who led police on a high speed chase through washington d.c. her name is miriam carey thirty four years old from connecticut reportedly suffering from mental illnesses including postpartum depression she was recently laid off from her job as a dental hygienist she tried to gain access to a secure area near the white house here in washington d.c. just really a block away from the studio here she was confronted by police she did a three point turn striking a police officer and sped off to the u.s.

capitol where she was again confronted by police shots rang out she alluded police again where she drove another few blocks near senate office buildings the car was then crashed and police opened fire killing her only then realized killing her in front of her one year old child it's worth noting she was completely unarmed the only shots fired during this entire incident were from the police and some people are saying this could have been a misunderstanding if you know this area around d.c. there's constantly drills going on there security checkpoints going on. you know it's hard to drive around and figure out if someone made a wrong turn and were confronted by police someone who might have a history of mental illness could get confused and drive off it's tragic that it would end in someone's death will be investigations into this i mean we're talking about the two most secure locations probably in the plain of the u.s. capitol the white house which might be why police were quick to jump to lethal force but a lot of people be saying you know why he why didn't police try and shoot out the

tires when they had the vehicle cornered why wasn't another police car brought in to further box in the the suspect vehicle and once the suspects car was immobilised the third time why was she just shot dead and really on a week to week basis unfortunately in the united states where we're hearing stories of police shooting unarmed people who they perceive as a threat and weren't so this is just another tragic instance of that unfortunately here in the nation's capitol. well you see how miriam carey was chased by the police through central washington by taking a look at this map all the pursuit started near the white house where the driver moving away from the police down the street towards the u.s. capitol hill and about three kilometers away from the white house where marion was shot dead brian bakker director of the answer coalition against war and racism says there was no reason for the police to act the way they did there's five or six

police officers just inches away from her head with guns drawn and that's when she starts to plead she runs from them she's running away and they start opening fire and they keep shooting and finally when she's when her car is immobilized she's riddled with bullets why the police now terry gainer who is the sergeant of arms of the u.s. senate formally the chief of capitol police he said there was no possibility at all that she could have gotten access to the capitol grounds because there are so many barricades so if her car is disabled and the police chief or the sergeant at arms says there's no possible way for her car to pose a danger to congress why then did they open fire i mean it's because they shoot first ask questions later the police in washington and around the country have a license to kill they know there's never a prosecution and as we saw in congress the congress members just cheered they cheered over this slaughter and it really was the slaughter of an unarmed black woman in front of her baby abby martin is looking at the capitol hill car chase

incident as well and you can catch breaking the set next hour here in r.t. but here's a preview. well america was rocked by the news of the navy yard shooting and this latest incident but you think people would even know these events didn't occur on federal property consider the number of shootings that happened right here in d.c. over the last couple months mere blocks away from the capitol shootings that don't even get a peep from the corporate news in fact in the five days leading up to the navy yard massacre there were ten separate shootings across the district like these two that occurred in northwest d.c. leaving one dead and two injured on september twelfth or about this drive by it happened just three days after that in southeast d.c. resulting in two victims going to the hospital wraps most disturbingly is this drive by shooting that happened just a few months ago not too far from where i live and which are gunman's sprayed bullets on innocent pedestrians but of course you don't hear about any of these

incidents outside of local news maybe it's because these people to get shot next to a national monument. the that. the militant group has reportedly been was drawing fighters from all the syrian conflict were ready have been battling opposition forces according to some estimates more than ten thousand has been less olders have been involved in the conflict are supposedly or looks now at the groups role in the syrian war and its position in the arab world. remember this war hizbollah fired almost four thousand rockets into israel seven years on the pads for folded missile also no problem in washington to say the group has more missiles than most governments in the world had some thirteen or fifteen thousand. before that and now according.

to thousands from a small militia that emerged in the early eighty's hizbullah has grown to an organization with six malignancies government and radio and satellite television station and programs for social development it's been called a state within a state has one who were there only for his blog is a very interesting combination it's not just a political party and not just a resistance group but a combination of both they have a political wing a military wing and an economic wing it builds a very respectful place in south lebanon and in the places where the shia are living in lebanon are. the movement ones hospitals clinics schools as well as agricultural centers that provide farmers with technical assistance and training it supports families of fighters who die in battle but hostility to israel is the party's defining path for especially since may two thousand when the last israeli troops left lebanon largely because of the success of his villa fighters but where

is his bill as popularity peeta then opinion over the organization is divided most of the arab and muslim world see hezbollah as a resistance and social movement more powerful than the lebanese government but the united states european union of course israel and others regarded as a terrorist organization terrorist organization the terrorist organizations like hezbollah it's time to name his bollocks as a terrorist organization to take action against its recent intervention in syria has also been highly controversial beirut and many in the international community have criticized the group for two. taking the side of the syrian president bashar. assad regime had a long. trip we go shared community in lebanon because by the way the leader of the ahmed movement. gave. the tape in one thousand and seventy four seventy five which for the first time. since

the. war even and nine hundred eighty two syria has supported to develop islamist organization which became his between eighty two and again five. syrians gave their strategic umbrella this alliance grew stronger because of common cause it's kept iraq from becoming the predominant regional power and stopped israel's efforts to bring lebanon into its orbit. what i can tell you is that syria is a key element in an axis of resistance this is why no one knows for sure how an american aggression against syria might play out of in chile not even the americans who would be pushing for an intervention it. israel has already trying to hand and although she won't publicly admit it it's widely accepted tel aviv was behind at least four military strikes inside syria aimed at preventing weapons from being transferred from damascus to his but. in a shift from her usual noncommittal public stance tel aviv also recently called for

assad to be toppled but any attack on syria well i'm dull to be invoked has been over ten years in a scenario that could make the war in two thousand and six look like a minus one point of view on t.v. and if now take a look at some other stories from around the world starting with candy who were at least four people killed during violent clashes between police and protesters over the killing of a muslim cleric in abbas an officer has resorted to tear gas to break up the rally after rioters set fire to a church the clerical edge of a have ties to the somali based islamist group al-shabaab that carried out a deadly attack on a jury in shopping mall in september killing dozens. to moroccan teenagers have been arrested by police for posting a photo of them kissing on facebook triggering a slew of copycats and they're being held in juvenile detention where a sit ins reportedly demand their immediate release officials confirm the arrest by denied any further comment on the case. an italian senate committee has

recommended to expel former prime minister silvio berlusconi from parliament after his conviction on tax fraud the move is likely to be ratified later this month by the senate were his supporters are in the minority a court rejected berlusconi's file appeal and found him guilty of tax fraud over deals his firm and media said made to purchase t.v. rights to u.s. films. a russian oil platform in the arctic ocean came into the media spotlight last month when greenpeace activists tried to board it in protest over drilling in the region authorities claim the actions pose a threat to the rigs employees were of a national went to me the crew. were theirs and. went to. visit. it really to.

prove i was a little ne'er was preparing to become russia's first offshore oil rig in the arctic other nations want to catch up until at least two thousand and twenty very early warning their rigs captain was informed that the arctic sunrise vessel was just a few kilometers away and that its behavior was out of ordinary. the worldwide automatic identification system also known as they can track almost any sheep within a twenty mile zone and know their unique identification and position course and speed if it wants to be seen with them balloons you see it on the books witness on the road the boat was identified as the arctic sunrise but then it disappeared from our radars which could only mean they switched off their systems it constantly changed course and speed was approaching and then moving away from the ridge again

at one point they breached the three mile safety zone around the rig for ten to twenty minutes. or. the captain told us he tried to contact the suspicious vessel sent a message warning it not to approach the reek any closer it was met with silence the rules captain twenty five years at the helm was water well the crew isn't tensions but you could imagine the worst he had experience with dealing with greenpeace activists before. last august when pieces of tick sunrise brought a dozen environmental activists to the platform for a protest over the dangers drilling could pose to the environment the u.s. drug use to reach the righ and eventually managed to get on it and spend about ten hours there the head of greenpeace russia used the success to accuse the rig's management of been unable to provide security which could have disastrous consequences if it had been a terror attack the official claimed

a year on the pressure group tried to repeat the stunt for the captain it was like deja vu he saw first two and then three boats approaching the rig bridge and its safety zone protected by international maritime law he should act. reaction from the rigs crew as well as border forces patrolling strategic waters was well coordinated and quick they stopped him what happened next the world learned from various videos later pasted on the web. we knew it was greenpeace vessel but as to who was on board and what their aims were we had no idea there could have been anyone there especially when we saw them launching speedboats they used these ropes to try to get on board and two of them succeeded we continue talking to them in english they didn't the baby there was a woman and a man and this is when border forces had to intervene. or put williams up

article for war and they posed a minor threat until the attempted to board the platform and there. we have to prevent by all possible means because they could damage equipment and sabotage our work this rig is a place of extreme danger. the rig's crew says it learned lessons from last year and jokingly thanked the activists for helping them improve their ability to protect their righ but for the activists themselves thirty people from nineteen countries including russia this is no joke they are all now charged with piracy if convicted they could face up to fifteen years in jail it's after the law now to decide reef notion r.t. from picture a sea in russia's north. and coming up after the break our team takes a closer look at how the production of cheap leather is have again devastating effect on thousands of lives in bangladesh.

you know i'm old enough to remember and reruns when gomer pyle used to cry citizen's arrest when he saw something wrong in mayberry and a new law in russia could allow our city average to do the same thing by helping to enforce law in the country this low allows citizens to protect public order by becoming volunteer workers deputy policeman and even forming people's militias which will in theory prevent crime or at least allow the police to be informed more quickly and accurately of course this like any project which sounds nice on paper is all about the implementation so we'll see how these deputies and militias will work overall i think this won't have much of an effect on crime but it could have a huge impact on non-criminal bad public behavior you know i am not the bravest guy

on the planet and it's hard to confront a group of five drunk guys who are just as big as you who are acting like idiots on the street but doing so with ten stone sober militiaman buddies could provide a much more convincing argument for the drunkard's this could be a big step forward for democracy when you actually have at least a scrap of power or control over the events in your neighborhood then you are sure feel like people actually have a lot of power and this could be good for the country but that's just my opinion. but with economic downturns in the final. days the deal sank night and the rest it's a neat every cleek.