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. the. middle east syria's chemical weapons. this is. the father of the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is in moscow hoping to see his son who remains in. a secure location under the protection of. the former cia contractor spent five weeks. pool waiting for him right at the

entrance to the v.a.b. a launch off the airport where we're standing now this is his first time in russia of course i had to ask him what's the plan for the first state office visit i'm mr coote arena's guest i'm very thankful for his hospitality and. i'm going to follow mr q. trainers advice and that will determine where my day leads and if the opportunity presents itself i certainly hope that i'll have an opportunity to see my son clearly mr snowden is leaning on the. famous lawyer who's been representing and counseling his son edward here in russia the only thing we know about edward snowden is location is that he's somewhere in a safe area in a safe place in russia son and father did flatten to come to moscow in august there's last speculation over why that didn't happen including for security reasons

he son edward snowden the former n.s.a. contractor arrives to the transit zone now for me it's about airport in june he's wanted in the u.s. after leaking thousands of documents providing details of how u.s. security services spy on officials and ordinary people all across the world he was granted temporary asylum by russian officials but now as we've also heard from his father even his family is not sure whether or not he'll ever be able to come back to the u.s. . well the man who's been assisting snowden on legal matters has revealed that father and son will reunite today already exact time and location are not being disclosed for security reasons the latest updates on the story at any time i think r.t. dot com. or snowden became washington's most wanted man after exposing the extent of america's global surveillance program with revelations sending shock waves

around the world it set him on the run from u.s. prosecution but also one in recognition and praise he's been given the sam adams prize for integrity in intelligence and it was awarded to him by a group of whistleblowers and activists all of whom have unveiled hidden secrets themselves in the past they joined kevin owen here earlier on r.t. and told him how snowden is adjusting to his new life in moscow doing remarkably well under the circumstances in which he came here we're obviously keen to find out personally how easy you know what to look like these days. i thought he looked great he seemed very centered and and. brilliant smart funny very engaged. i thought he looked very well considering the amount of pressure. do you think that's taking any toll at all on the psychological toll i think it would in ordinary circumstances but this is an extraordinary person have you ever had regrets let's put that to you first of all have you ever regretted what you did no

never never and i'd back to decided to dedicate my career at the government accountability project to representing whistleblowers and helping whistleblowers i never thought they would end up being criminally prosecuted much less for espionage but i believe in what i did i would do it over again and that was actually the exact answer that edward gave us but it's not the same for the rest of you three guys as well are you do you feel it's a way of you have a quietly and some quiet moments that he any second thoughts could you tell of you is again just remind our viewers about what you'll story was well i disclosed high crimes and misdemeanors by the us government at the national security agency that involved both secret surveillance and massive fraud waste and abuse no regrets at all and blowing the whistle recognizing that i paid a very high price fortunately. it's not just yourself of course it's your family and friends that are on the president yes and that's that's part of the price that

you pay i found that continuing pattern the more secret the us became and the more we grew into a surveillance state the more people who were willing to just do their job and tell the truth and obey ethics rules were getting in trouble so while i suffered i was under criminal investigation and put on the no fly list things like that i thought were very draconian i could never have imagined in a million years that president obama would begin indicting and prosecuting people like thomas drake. in edward snowden and bradley manning and john kiriakou and a number of other people under the espionage act which is the most serious charge you could level against an american what was the reaction from snowden last night when you told him that he'd won this civil war he already knew because we awarded to two months ago the problem was getting it to him and it is our tradition starting with colin that we physically present. it sort of like an emmy or not what

it is is a candlestick holder for someone who has shown the right light into the dark corners so he knew what he was he didn't know about the candlestick holder knew that he had cheated the award and you know we were coming and the reception we got was just so for the warming it was a person who now realizes that he has very senior people alumni you know some of the size and the senior people who speak for a lot of people still within these organisations that admired greatly what it would snowden has done and hopefully will summon the courage to follow his example so was what was thoughts about the future did he did he speak to you or anyone else around the table here about what you think is going to happen anytime soon well i think it's most what he has done is starting the conversation the discussion not just the united states but around the world in terms of the direct threat to the sovereignty of individual citizens people need to realise that there's

a greater issue of human rights that is brought up by asylum and the fact that a number of people involved in his case like sarah harrison glenn greenwald laura portress people are having trouble even moving around and getting where they're going i can speak personally and say we weren't worried about coming into your country we are worried about getting back into our own country and and that should not be there already the already is united states of the end of the rule of law it's on change itself from its very own constitution the mechanism by which we govern ourselves so when you when you as been as a rule of law and use a secret law secret pain seeker interpretations of law we're in a whole new ball game it's pandora's box. and you can catch the full version of that discussion right now on our website r.t. dot com. libya's prime minister has appeared in public following his brief kidnapping by government contract a gunman in tripoli and he's done describe the kidnap as part of the political

games in the country but gave no details of the operation or his abduction we get expert opinion and analysis from london shortly but first artie's true has been assessing the many conflicting reports surrounding the seizure. he is just being released after he was taken this morning from the corinthia hotel in tripoli by armed gunmen there are conflicting reports rebels have come forward and claim that they were behind the attack which was a retaliation they said first supposed to be an involvement in a u.s. special forces raid which took libyan al-qaeda suspects and. libby was implemented in bombing u.s. embassies embassies back in one thousand nine hundred ninety however there are also reports that he may have been taken because he was actually going to be arrested by government function within the ministry of interior so it's not clear exactly right he was taken or what happened to him for those few hours he was in detention we do know however that he is alive and well but it really is just another example of how two years on from the ouster of gadhafi the country is really struggling to deal

with these rebel groups and these militant groups that control part of the country . he's built true there let's get some further analysis then from him black is the middle east editor for the guardian newspaper joining us now live from the u.k. so adopting the interim prime minister in just how much does this say about the state the country is in. which is obviously not good news is that when. a government. finds it so and the center of. the prime minister actually physically abducted in the heart of his own capital indeed in most people's always looks as if you the safest part of all of tripoli i think it's an indication of general fairly chaotic situation in libya were very weak central government strong very strong armed militias which have not submitted to the will of the government in more than two years now since the overthrow the regime is an embarrassment and it is

symptomatic of a situation which is. untenable and is very worrying for the future and i see you say a weak central government of course is an interim government this is a country supposedly in transition do you think there is any clear political force emerging from it or is that a far off reality. you know i think that it's it's too easy just to save this is symptomatic of a situation of utter chaos and hopelessness that your mind question is that going back since before the uprising against gadhafi is the libyans were very pleased to get rid of dictatorship it's a country with great potential it's a small population. wealth that has the mantra still reserves in africa and many of the problems that exist now are a legacy of forty years of dictatorship which really doesn't prepare people for

institutions for the moment when they are free so this is obviously a bad thing i suppose the only positive interpretation one can put on each is as a sort of wake up call to show if things about bad and libyans themselves and their foreign friends and remember it was extensive westie support for the libyan rebels will do more to try and put their house in order it's obviously. a very bleak at first for a very serious difficulties but on the other hand you know i don't think people want to go back to the old days i get more calls chandni so it was interesting i thought that when sudan was freed and managed to give a press conference with one of the first things he said was this shows how important it is to build a functioning state without first of all most and do you see any signs of a functioning state of tripoli for example the capital is there any sense of

normality there tall because the idea we get through media reports this country is in total and utter chaos i think isn't total a lot opponent i think that would be misleading i think that first of all you know international attention on libya is much decrease there after all there are enough distractions in the middle east alone look at syria look at egypt libya you know was subjected to brief pretty intense international. routinely joining the period of the uprising against gadhafi and you know apart from the only incident since then people don't follow it closely drop many journalists based to that having said that clearly it is not functioning properly the fundamental and the most issue is the question of the monopoly of the state on the armed force for fundamental for any functioning state and i think that that's exactly why it's pointed to that when he was able to speak freely earlier today but without an army and

a police force that is loyal to the state it will be very difficult to move ahead there are arguments over revenues from oil for the different regions there are arguments about the war for a chief of rebel forces conduct you son saif al islam is is held by the militia in western libya and refuses to hand them over to the central government so the economy security foreign investment all these things are going to be affected unless there is some sense that the state can consolidate its old and perform as a unitary force which looks after national and not special interests but i think is the the stark lesson local we saw today in black really appreciate your time thank you very much indeed middle east editor of the guardian newspaper live from london thank you for joining us here on r.t. . well we're seeing the very first signs of a possible warming in relations between america and iran but before even a single sanction is lifted american corporations could already be on

a quest to call one of the most powerful industries investigates. i think united states is in discussion with afghanistan. by the two security agreement which would. allow for a significant number of u.s. troops and in six to seven bases that are being prepared for them to to use in two thousand and fourteen they would obviously have a very restricted operation mandate but they would still be there for purposes of training and perhaps to some kind of got into and just through the security forces on this town and so. choose your language.

choose the consensus. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories to. choose the access to. news continues here in r.t. the drawn out budget crisis in washington is beginning to affect america's foreign policy secular state john kerry has warned that the u.s. won't be able to sustain its goals abroad if the deadlock continues auntie's and he said no he talked to one of america's most prominent political commentators and intellectuals noam chomsky who explained where he thinks his country went wrong. noam chomsky am i on the faculty at mit and i'm. getting more heavily involved now they were activities for the last few years a thinker writer

a linguist cognitive scientist and non-conformist for decades. thirty six very very serious speech was mr. churchill who should have. known chomsky's work echoes well beyond the walls of the massachusetts institute of technology the author of over one hundred books has long been debating the other side of us foreign policy and it is going to set policies in special interest to serve explicit side most will never hear the press responded by just a few straightforward with the powerful let's just say get over it because. we want to read we have for sure the world but for the present chomsky invited r.t. to sit down with him in boston to discuss some of today's pressing global seems to begin with iran and hopes of a new u.s. policy tomsky is pessimistic. last december there was supposed to

be an international conference in finland to carry forward longstanding efforts to establish a. zone free of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in the middle east didn't happen the first thing that happened is israel announced they wouldn't participate. and then everyone was waiting to see if it was interesting i was waiting to see what iran would say your end said they would participate with no conditions immediately obama called off the time for. giving the reasons which are the official israeli reasons can't have a conference until this regional peace settlement of course in the background there can't be a regional peace settlement until the u.s. and israel stop blocking the international consensus and israel palestine agreement as they are doing has been thirty years so no meeting people in the united states

have done very almost nothing about it for a very simple reason not a word about this is appeared in the american press literally you can read about it in arms control journals or international affairs journals or in articles that write things on the fringe but the press is surrounded about it so no pressure on syria chomsky says getting rid of chemical weapons is a good first step but not enough great opportunities are being missed. curious chemical weapons are not there just for fun they were there as a counter to is really what is yours you don't. know. so there's a broader issue there's less of weapons of mass destruction free and zone in the middle east which the list is blocking for the same reason so this is a partial. it's good in itself the birth course on the broader upper two leaders

are not true we also talked about one of the most pursued men in the world chomsky doesn't buy edward snowden is a threat to u.s. national security the security is almost always relevant but its security of the government from its own population that's the security concern the genuine security like security of the population. are in the open. and drones according to chomsky are a direct threat to america. you know those were horribly good for you but it will. never grow. with the program or it's a terrorist generating. from the highest level most of. the rest of. the. create will. thank you very much for

your time for inviting us to your office here at mit that with noam chomsky and i mean it's in our way for our team. the red cross says europe is heading into a long period of mass unemployment inequality and social despair the organization believes a sturdy policies are to blame according to a report obtained by britain's guardian newspaper the damning study for costs bleak times ahead for about one hundred twenty million europeans living in or risk of poverty the report says those out of work for more than a year stands at eleven million add to that rising xenophobia due to illegal immigrants social unrest and political instability is estimated to be three times higher than in other parts of the world when all these factors combining to create a europe his future is more shaky than that any time off to world war two greece which is the hardest hit state is even considering closing three of its major state

run industries under pharma has been looking into one of the. there was a time when the bay of the rim just north of athens could only support a small fishing community but the arrival of the large smelting plant on its banks changed all that. employing a thousand strong workforce for decades however its days could now be numbered the government is considering closing it as part of radical cutbacks and workers turn up fearing what lies ahead. now by going any worker imagine his future without work i live here i was raised here my grandfather worked here so how can i imagine my future without this plan that. clarke owes commercial manager gave me a tall amid begriming flames he pointed out the plant is among the biggest and most modern in europe a recent slump in profits he says is the result of

a short term plunge in the price of nickel and the government's doubling of the price of electricity closure in his eyes is not an option he wants privatisation it is certain moneymaking machine that when you. meet. once a month it will go to no government is good. business for. sure but there is that. we want to be private. but we want to do bigger over there is a good way then as it is. the greek government has tough choices to make to meet i.m.f. bailout conditions it has to x. four thousand public sector jobs and reduce the salaries of twenty five thousand more by the end of the year in the meantime workers at largo have rallied and handed their own plan to be i.m.f.

who they believe is wrong to question the plant's viability. or we can prove the i.m.f. is wrong this factory is profitable and has a future and we have made a plan to counter the lies and tell the truth. the future of this plant will also determine the fate of the surrounding economy and that's because around twenty thousand people are employed in industries that either supply or service it including this support disappears those jobs. across the water the people of quietly go about their business not only his lark oh create jobs spawned a community generations have lived and worked here the burning question is for how much longer andry farmer r.t. . iran in the u.s. recently signaled a for him political relations but it's unclear if this means tehran will finally be rid of its burden of economic sanctions but one industry sector has been standing

strong regardless iran's carmakers one point six million vehicles are produced in iran every year making it the world's thirteenth biggest car manufacturer the industry accounts for ten percent of the country's g.d.p. despite a ban on shipping parts some of the most popular persia and relit models are still made in iran and the country produces its own cars based on french designs now official business is a mile between the u.s. and iran until sanctions are lifted but american companies such as general motors are already said to be moving in to secure their positions journalist george has been following the industry and he believes the u.s. is preparing to swoop in when the time is rights in iran. i think already there of been thumb secret contacts between u.s. firms and iranian counterparts in order to to to prepare or to anticipate a political deal between iran and the united states mainly these contacts.

in the automobile sector and fortunately for us in france we are the brother the last one in europe to who tried to to to go to iran because for the last these last years france was extremely active in the in the fighting against iran. was exerting a lot of pressures you know for the last twenty years the u.s. where outside from iran and the the french businessmen i do quite good position in iran. or know in the automobile sector and now they're afraid that these all these years of force will be cleaned by the new deal which will happen between us and iran for sure that the european companies will be most probably losers in this kind of agreement. after the break sorting the men from the boys as james brown joins the russian army. their intense training.

you know it's getting old trying to beat the war drums to invade iran i think the let's invade iran talk has been going on since i was in college to keep the saber rattling rolling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared in front of the un that iran is building nuclear weapons that could hit new york in three to four years no he said new york obviously he is trying to spook a certain country with nuclear destruction the delegates from namibia were probably unmoved sadly this time netanyahu failed to bring a funny cartoon bomb picture with him like in his two thousand and twelve un speech in which he also warned the world about the threat of a nuclear iran you know i might be more optimistic about israel accusing other countries of being nuclear threats if they had a better track record themselves although israel is a bit candid with their arsenal according to a b.b.c.

article the federation of american scientists believes that israel's arsenal has grown to about two hundred nukes based on their surveillance of ever expanding facilities inside the country also let's not forget that israel has plenty of ways to deliver those two hundred nuclear bombs if the need be so my question is why should we automatically trust israel with a lot of nuclear weapons but not iran is it because they're bureaucrats where european suits and shave i don't know it just seems to me that disarmed countries are better advocates for nuclear disarmament but that's just my opinion. today. these are the world. chunks corporations are.

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