the olympic flame is handed to russia during the traditional ceremony in. records. before arriving in sochi for the two thousand and fourteen olympic games. in new revelation from edward snowden leaks shows the n.s.a. attempted to crack a web service designed to provide privacy. to try to make their reputation damaged by cooperation with the agency. and the fifth straight day of the u.s. government. with economists ringing the alarm over an impending disaster we report on what the red versus blue is costing america.

and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is. going to have you with us at the olympic torch of the two thousand and fourteen winter games has been handed over to russia after covering its final leg in the greek capital it will now be flown to moscow to begin its sixty five thousand kilometer tour of the host country. reports on the festivities in greece and the flames a future route. well the olympic flame for saatchi twenty fourteen has officially been handed over to the russian olympic committee and it took place here at the historic and i caught stadium during an elaborate ceremony that started with the greek figure skater pony artist mark courses running into the stadium with the torch that's the same torch that was lit up at the ancient olympia just under a week ago and since then the torch is being doing a tour of greece with that greek leg of the relay did come to an end and you may

have seen the torch was then given to the deputy prime minister of russia dimitri course and he received it from a pro us who is in fact the president of the helen nick olympic committee and if you look closely you may have seen that that torch was then used to light a small lantern and it's that lantern has officially been taken to the russian embassy here in athens this before being flown on a plane to moscow for the start of the russian leg of this allin pick torch relay sixty five thousand kilometers long it will see that torch go to the top of mind tell bruce it will see that torch go to the bottom of lake baikal it will also go to the north pole and also be fired into active space for a space walk up at the international space station before coming back down to earth in time to light the limpid colder and in sochi the opening ceremony on february the seventh so it is a fabulous journey it's a journey that will cover the length and breadth of russia going across all nine

times owns and it is believed it will give ninety percent of the country a chance to actually see through its very significant it should be spectacular and it's well worth looking forward to is really trying to show the link between the ancient and the modern games that we have enjoyed today in the form of the summer games but also the winter games that take place and will take place in sochi on february the seventh xander farmer there for us in greece now you can head to our web site for the highlights from the olympic torch a handover ceremony on our team dot com we have in-depth coverage of the grand spectacle in athens. the olympic torch is on it's a big journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand killings. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face.

a living torch relay special coverage on our. america's national surveillance agency is that in an apparent crusade against any online privacy according to another fresh revelation from edward snowden's leaks the n.s.a. has repeatedly targeted a web service that is often used by journalists and businessmen to make their internet communications anonymous meanwhile several tech giants including google and microsoft are currently suing the u.s. for the right to disclose the scale of their cooperation with the agency artie's loose accounting office more. 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 founder of an email service that was used by edward snowden attempted to defy f.b.i. requests to provide the security codes to the system that has been revealed in documents recently disclosed by a u.s. court but a judicial standoff eventually led. to make the painful decision to shut down his

service of us and explained to our to you why he chose to do so. 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 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 fai's a court they've been fighting requests like the ones that i received. the fact is they've been losing five days of a government shutdown have done little to cool tempers in washington where lawmakers are still bickering over budget issues specifically obamacare republicans are refusing to agree on a spending bill unless the president's signature health care law is delayed or stripped of funding lawmakers estimate that america will run out of money if it doesn't raise its debt ceiling by october seventeenth currently hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been laid off in the u.s. with organizations as big as nasa forced to wind down operations otherwise it will mean a default which would have horrendous repercussions for the world economy as professor william robinson from the university of california santa barbara predicts. if the u.s. congress did not approve or blocked raising the debt ceiling really that would spark

a global economic crisis it would be tremendous for if the u.s. government would stop making payments on its bonds on again on its debt that would throw the entire global economy into a crisis date investors institution those individual vs what it time to pull out of the u.s. this would throw stock markets into a worldwide into a major crisis sooner or later the dollar cannot continue and this is just another sign of the weakening of the dollar as the international reserve currency and so these types of crises are going to continue to promote that is the long term context in which this takes place and that's the climb the gradual decline of the united states as a hedge amount of power worldwide politically and economically meanwhile britain is dealing with its own deficit in a very different way coming up next hour max kaiser weighs in on that london's solutions. 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 chilling 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 i mean 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 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 it you'd be the spain is that some of these previous monarchs that

made movies about that are now canonized in hollywood you too can be famous in hollywood too yes. well still ahead in the program citizens in switzerland could soon have the opportunity to choose their vocation without needing to take wages into consideration the nation's government is debating on an initiative to pay each citizen an automatic two thousand euros a month. russia has rebuffed the netherlands initiative to launch legal action over the prosecution of greenpeace activists moscow authorities say they repeatedly demanded the arctic sunrise vessel registered in the netherlands to halt its activities charged with piracy the activists were arrested on the ship after an attempt to board a russian oil rig in ocean and traveled to the same rig to find out the crew's accounts of events. workers all of us love russia's northern china

sea the teapot over there is and thirty minutes telling. when city to. visit a like many others but it really is set to begin by. small and. pretty as long there 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 the 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 the unique identification position course and speed if

it wants to be sieved to them balloon drifted on the books with us 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 rig again at one point they breached the three mast safety zone around the rig for ten to twenty minutes before . the captain told us he tried to contact the suspicious vessel sent a message warning not to approach the reak any closer it was met with silence the rules captain twenty five years at the helm was not aware of the crew's intentions but you could imagine the war asst he had experience with dealing with greenpeace activists before. last august twenty six arctic sunrise brought a dozen environmental activists to the platform for a protest over the dangers drilling could pose to the environment they use drugs.

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 rishon 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 this time 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 have no idea there could have been anyone there especially when we saw them launching speedboats look they

used these ropes to try to get on board and two of them succeeded we continue talking to them in english they did in the bay there was a woman and a man and this is when water forces had to intervene. or what were you about a call for war and they posed a minor threat until the attempted to board the platform and that 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 rigs 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 fifty people from nineteen countries including russia this is no joke they're all now charged with piracy if convicted they could face up to fifteen years in jail it's off to the law now to decide rif nationality from the chara sea in russia's north. meanwhile around the

globe thousands have protested to demand the release of the activists demonstrations were held under the slogan free thirty which is the number of people detained greenpeace said that protests were scheduled in over forty countries with dozens gathering at a rally in russia's capital as well. u.s. military forces have conducted two separate operations in somalia and libya targeting senior terrorist leaders in the somalian town of borrow a u.s. navy seals stormed a villa of the leader of the militant group the raid appears to have failed as troops withdrew after coming under fire and did not capture their target the operation was carried out as a response to a deadly attack on a nairobi shopping mall last month that took the lives of sixty seven people. another operation has been conducted in libya's capital tripoli and the american

military has seized. a senior al qaeda figure there wanted for his alleged role in the one thousand nine hundred eight u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania he has been on washington's most wanted list since two thousand when a new york court indicted him for his part in planning the attacks. will now be brought to america or trial. let's take a look at some other news making headlines around the world war in iraq first several blasts across the nation have killed at least sixty six civilians and a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of shiite pilgrims in baghdad another explosion occurred inside a cafe in the north of the capital the recent spike of sectarian tensions left more than one thousand dead in september alone. a nine year old girl has been seriously wounded by a shooting in an israeli settlement in the west bank officials reported that she was shot by a single shot while playing outside the attack was reportedly carried out by

a palestinian sniper from long distance an investigation is currently being conducted. masses gathered in the capital of spain for an anti-corruption rally over eight thousand protesters took to the streets calling for the nation's prime minister mariano rajoy to step down the organizers of the demonstration accused the ruling party of using public money to repay debts incurred by private banks recent figures show the unemployment rate in the country has surpassed twenty six percent. the deputy leader of bahrain's the largest shia opposition party will face trial on charges of inciting terrorism. was detained in mid september after being interrogated over a speech he delivered earlier country's general prosecutor said that marzouk public talks support the principles of terror elements. sunni led government has been in political turmoil since two thousand and eleven with the nation witnessing frequent

protests for democratic change a recent nato strike in afghanistan claimed the lives of five civilians including three children that's according to the country's officials the coalition has dismissed the accusation saying there casualty reports show no civilian victims from the attack afghanistan expert. thinks this incident contributes to the already existing deadly record of the american intelligence is so-called precision strikes . in fact last night's attack. is part of a pattern this has happened in the past this has happened and the latest strike. may be an intelligence failure the people who were killed were carrying their rifles they were going for shooting at night this

is. this is a hobby or a lot of afghans and it seems this strike took place because these students were mistaken militants so it's a learned could soon start paying its citizens a monthly salary of two thousand euros just for being there the idea is now up for a national vote having received the backing of one hundred thousand to signatures in principle it's an extreme social safety net but those behind it have bigger plans here's artie's patrol of. cash by the truckload the proposed basic income initiative arrived 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 parliament were presented with a petition signed by over one hundred twenty thousand people proposing the idea of paying everyone if they work or not so switzerland is set for a referendum. there needs to be. it could be one of the landmark historical moments like the abolition of slavery or the civil rights movement of course those who don't want it will find excuses but those who do want it will find solutions. 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 parliament this initiative hopes to do is to in switzerland huge mountains 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 up to lawmakers 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 lived their whole lives in another 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 to farm for votes is peter all over the switzerland. we have plenty more stories for you on line including working it to death in japan employees of some companies are dying from strokes heart attacks and other health problems found to be related to overworking you can have a full story. on the in motion page of our website we have footage from the moscow international light festival which is expected to attract over three million people these stories and much more for you online. has

a blog has reportedly pulled a large numbers of its troops out of syria where they have been fighting against the opposition rebels it's thought the lebanon based militant group had up to ten thousand people in the country but that may have dwindled to just a couple of thousand. traces the rapid rise of hezbollah from a small militia to one of the most powerful political and military forces in lebanon. remember this war has been left fired almost four thousand rockets into israel seven years on the has crippled the missile also no problem in washington to say the group has more missiles than most governments in the world they had some thirteen or fifteen thousand. before that and now according to. fifty thousand it's 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 are the only for this bill are 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. the movement wants hospitals clinics schools as well as agricultural same terms 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 platform especially since may two thousand when the last israeli troops left lebanon largely because of the success of his beloved fighters but where is his bill is popularity peak today in 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 starting to. 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 to. on the side of the syrian president bashar al assad regime had a long history of. shared community in lebanon because by the way the leader of the ahmed movement. gave. the tape in one thousand nine hundred seventy four seventy five which for the first time. since. the war in. 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 intially not even the americans who have been pushing for intervention in israel has already tried 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 hizbollah in a shift from her usual noncommittal public stance tel aviv also recently called for assad to be toppled but any attack on syria will undoubtedly invoke his beloved television a scenario that could make the war in two thousand and six look like

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