if you care about humans. this is why you should care only. amounts of being on the run from washington's prosecution for exposing the extent of america's global surveillance program also. whenever you see the president talk about exceptionalism. what he's trying to say is there are rules of civil behavior. doesn't apply to. weaken leaks founder julian assange tells it as a taser as he talks about the future of the freedom of information in an exclusive interview to see. also the red cross lashes out at us territory as a reporter on the one hundred twenty min then europeans who live in or on the brink of poverty likely to great social unrest and extremists.

returned the humanity to return the fight with the people most need statistics. and we talked to a british activist seeking to name the many civilian victims of the you ask calls precision strikes in pakistan. international news and comment live from moscow this is the was me your national thanks for joining us. edward snowden's got good a few good days having been reunited with his father in russia and on it for blowing the lid of n.s.a. surveillance operations the interest around the intelligence leaker has launched a new debate about whistle blowing and the role it plays and let's not get more from our she's going to trick and she joins us now live here in moscow had

a game there so we spoke to some whistleblowers who blazed a trail for edward snowden where do you feel the movement is heading. well you hear edward snowden met with his father at an undisclosed location presumably here in moscow he said there is little hope that his son will ever go back to the u.s. because in the u.s. edward snowden is most certainly facing jail time and judging by the significance and the scope of his revelations it could be a lengthy one and also judging by the way the u.s. government treated other whistleblowers together with the law on snowden in moscow the group of whistleblowers who supported were they delivered to his sam adams award it's awarded to an intelligence professional who has in the view of the award julie taken a stand for integrity and ethics this thursday were they were in our studio here in moscow discussing their meeting with edward snowden as well as what it's like to be a whistleblower in the u.s. now take a listen here's

a snippet of the panel we had here are. legitimately 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 and 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 thoughts about the future did you did you speak to you or anyone else around the table here about what you think is going to happen any time soon well i think it's most what he has done is starting the

conversation to 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 realize 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 that we are united states is a bit 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 bad as a rule all use a secret law or interpretations of law we're in a whole new ballgame it's pandora's box. we also spoke with julian a solider the man who was at war with secrecy he is now holed up at the embassy

effect door in the law and then he conned he can travel to ecuador even though there was he received the asylum there he is afraid that he will be extradited to the west in an exclusive and extensive interview with my colleague mr science talked about what in his opinion. we're going to see the president talk about exceptionalism. what he's trying to say is there are rules of civil behavior. doesn't apply to him. whether that's in very another country or whether that's abuse of laws. mr went on to talk about what happens when whistleblowers are treated as spies and actually accused of espionage and the obama administration has charged more whistleblowers was espionage than all previous administrations combined you can find the full version of the interview with julian us on it on our website r.t.

dot com and our eyes on the seas again that live thank you very much indeed for that we appreciate it. and the other artes exclusive interview with julian assange will be available for you online at r.t. dot com later today. i read across study has concluded that europe's spiraling down to mass unemployment and inequality that's wiles' in i favor due to illegal immigrants and political and social unrest are ripening and the zone where one hundred twenty million people are now living in all very close to poverty the report also claims the e.u. is tackling on the debt crisis will be felt for decades it says all these factors are combining to create a europe whose future is more shaky and at any time after world war two chris clark from the nottingham business school in the u.k. says governments don't realise the scale of the new main disaster i think. at the moment what you're seeing is european financial leaders the commission the

governments all telling us how they've solved the problems when they haven't actually done anything at all in the last couple of years to sort out any of their problems and you know i do agree with the red cross that they are facing a catastrophe in europe and i think back to ask if it will happen soon so what you're seeing is an economic crisis brought about by that ludicrous policy of trying to tie everything together europe was functioning quite well until the single currency came along. so you know when you get masses of young people unemployed and when you get people in various countries feeling like they are continuously paying out to support other people in other countries. you know the problem the problem is quite clearly. going to cause xenophobia. one of the e.u. stays there is then aggressively pressing on with us territories portugal but

that's not been making people's everyday lives any easier. since portugal signed a seventy eight billion euro bailout deal back in two thousand and eleven some have referred to it as the poster child of us thirty but with high unemployment and a surge in emigration we've come to take a look at the state of portugal's economy two years on like most mothers raquel wants the best possible future for her nine month old son but born in the midst of a deep recession this family hasn't had the easiest start when we decided we wanted to have a child who had no idea things would get this unstable then everything just broke down and we had to just make a decision it was going to become one of those record. children of europe when she takes him to join her husband george he's currently working as a nurse in the u.k. despite unemployment falling slightly to just under seventeen percent is still the

fifth highest in the eurozone meaning where kellogg george and was not the only long distance family with temps in portugal are hard to come by emigration has soared and it's estimated that more than one hundred thousand people each year and leaving the country. is not bad news the portugal showing some glimmers of recovery beeston exports has been complemented by strong tourism but the cost of the astaire it he has been high many workers have seen tax rises equivalent to a month's wages and the age of retirement has gone up economist for rare is still calling for portugal to leave the euro zone and he has a word of warning. to difficult to do so he says. would call for and there's another big question on everybody's lips.

another. for me. there is a reschedule for. a difficult situation because we have the three years ago but to. be five at the end of this program we. are going to. probably something has to be that nobody can say exactly what. all eyes will be on portugal what its current program with the troika comes to an end in june next year but all to two years of unprecedented will start see many portuguese still see little hope of a price to. surface aussie portugal. we're watching and see ourselves on they sound on over fifty countries across the globe are set to stage

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wealthy british. guys go. to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. as a report on r t. hello again this is not see as the chemical dissolve mint of syria continues so does the international blame game over who orchestrated the deadly nat gas attack me a damascus russia has been pointing the finger of blame at the radical rebels and the foreign minister sergei lavrov says media reports indicate some of the militants are being trained abroad. for us. according to the foreign minister

not only afghanistan but iraq as well may be used as a training site for the use of chemical weapons mr lavrov said they have information that terrorists are taught how to do it you know began a study in territories not controlled by the government while girl runs one of the most radical or syrian rebel groups is supplying according to him to deliver chemical weapons to iraq along with specialist for a possible future terror attack so basically their training in afghanistan well could start practicing in iraq. before minister also said this is organized by third countries although he didn't specify which state exactly just to remind you the syrian government earlier signed up for the international convention on chemical weapons which bans their use in order to establish international control over their arms arsenal. meanwhile human rights watch has revealed syrian rebels were responsible for a civilian massacre in august that's after the u.n.

based and carried out its own fact finding mission in the wall so and according to the watchdog and opposition offensive code nearly two hundred villagers living in pro assad communities the report calls the atrocities a coordinated attack suggesting it was premeditated based on the scale of the offensive the findings conclude the massacre was systematic and part of a general policy the report strongly suggests that crimes against humanity were committed and calls on the international community to punish the perpetrators human rights watch also stressed that islamist militants are sponsored by u.s. allies in the gulf monarchies. and staying with see where this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded to the organization hard at work to dismantle the country's chemical stockpiles experts from their intergovernmental body and syria following international agreements which moscow helped to mediate and let's now get reaction from also and russia analyst martin mccauley mr mccauley

welcome to r.t. it's good to have you with us how did the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons manage that you need two hundred and fifty eight other nominees for this year's nobel peace prize. i think to find it difficult to award it and when the chemical weapons agreement came up it was obviously number one because it's the greatest step forward if you like in this year because it's like it could slow down the civil war in syria it could in fact make a list last two so therefore they took the easy decision to invade give me the organization which is trying to eliminate the chemical weapons which is a step forward of no god what's your best assessment of russia's role in helping make the chemical desire and deal possible.

i think that they committed chickened out because they should have awarded to president putin because he originated the discussions with president assad. and if he didn't give it to him why not give it to sergei lavrov john kerry to negotiate the deal there were high profile politicians but they seem to taken the decision that was too political to get involved in the politics of syria to get involved in liberating chemical weapons or the easy decision was really to go for the organization the president putin's nomination came in too late he'd be considered for twenty fourteen but by the fourteenth hopefully the most of the chemical weapons would have been eliminated. it's also interesting that big chemical weapons watch dog has never been tasked with designing designing rather a country gripped by civil war plus it's also given the toughest deadline get seven

twenty four seen how realistic is all this. it's really a wish list they have to put some date say and they put it for next year but of course they're in a war zone some of the chemical weapons may be in rebel held territory how do you access loose rebels would say they don't have it but obviously there's a should will have to verify that that would be very tricky because a little bit with rebels and how many rebel groups are on the dozens of them this is a very very difficult decision for them because previously noted ization always operated if you like. peaceful this is the first time the really got involved the middle of a civil war and it's really a challenge for them they may in fact put one hundred people in there i would hope that they are secure and that they actually get on with the business of eliminating weapons but it will be very very difficult the first task is to eliminate the

wherewithal which makes weapons. get the chemicals take them out of syria and destroy them or this is going to be a long process no one really expects one hundred percent of the weapons to be eliminated by the middle of next year or even the end of next year right and it's the red that's indeed dismantle its stockpiles completely do you think that other countries in the region like israel for instance or being a client to follow suit. and know israel will not agree to it because they will argue that their enemies have nuclear chemical weapons and therefore they must keep this russia the united states and china also don't belong to this convention because they're going to keep their chemical weapons on the bases that others have them and they might use them against them so therefore the best security against attack by chemical weapons is to have

your own in the war on the other side that they will pay a very heavy price that they used chemical weapons against they were they will suffer twice as much as any attack on you and that's the best security which the large powers such as russia israel. china united states that's the policy which they adopt. all right to live from london that was also and russia analyst amounted mccauley mr mcauliffe thank you very much indeed for your insight where for shit. now x. of us across the globe preparing to run against genetically modified food giant monsanto hundreds of citizen rolled on fifty countries are expected to take part in sounds of day's march calling for a permanent boycott and what they call frankenstein's and harmful chemicals a previous international protests in may drop around to many people together they blames the g.m. giant for the missing they larman and falsifying safes he reports that the company

says saves playing a key role in raising the world's rather than a growing population however jeffress mass has written extensively about the dangers of jam free begs to differ. when you look at the edible feeding studies of genetically engineered foods at the american academy of environmental medicine they said there's gastrointestinal problems immune system problems think celebrated aging organ damage reproductive disorders there's massive infant mortality multiple massive tumors early death there are so many things that are all going wrong with the animals that are being fed g m o's and now we're seeing those things rising in the u.s. population seems g. of those were produced the current generation of jimbo's has nothing to offer feeding the hungry world or about a kid in poverty so this is just been a public relations fear and respect two hundred fifty billion dollars over five years trying to convince americans that they needed to accept g m o's because it

would feed the world i ask farmers all the time what do you think about santa even those farmers that use monsanto seeds often hate monsanto or fear might said do. so that's why one standard has been continuously voted as the most evil company on the planet year after year with stiff competition. and will be closely following the crowds taking to the streets to protest against monsanto and such as a gnat and online as i see it out cold. is global business risk global that's in the interests versus millions of voices in profits versus global protest. march against monsanto october twelfth n r g r g dot com with the u.s. reluctance to admit how many civilians have been killed and its ongoing trial and war in pakistan a u.k.

nonprofit group has been session for the truth and then looking beyond simple numbers as well she's pointed boy reports. i want to make sure that people understand actually drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties. for the most part they have been very precise precision strikes against al qaeda and their affiliates for the most part being the operative phrase one organization is taking american statements like these with a pinch of salt and looking at just how precise these so-called precision strikes are according to estimates u.s. drone strikes have killed over two and a half thousand people in pakistan's remote tribal region since two thousand and four but london's bureau of investigative journalism is going beyond those casualty figures and trying to name every single person killed by the cia's use of drones in waziristan we've been recording the strikes and recording the number of people

killed and now we want to move on to a new phase of the project to start recording been millions of the bad this is to help bring transparency to the public debate about the use of drones in pakistan but also more generally to bring return the people soon managed to return to flight with their people what made the statistics already the project has the names of two hundred ninety five innocent victims among them ninety five children there's a fundamental problem with the whole strategy of of using drugs almost inevitably this kind of remote controlled killing is going to increase the number of civilian casualties it has a tendency to towards indiscriminate assassinations there's a kind of there's a kind of a gulf between you and your potential targets which i think inevitably leads towards a kind of trigger happy approach to killing in pakistan drones are deeply unpopular the countries u.n.

envoy recently even you'd calls for the strikes to end the continuing to violate pakistan's sovereignty international law and hume. right you read about the accounts of what the experience of drona times were actually life for local people in brazil is that in afghanistan or elsewhere you have these. and the coolies just in the air have ring over communities for twelve eighteen hours which creates a feeling of being an imminent strike a price you know most of our attention and fear families have to leave the area the cia which runs the drone program has been accused of shielding it from being accountable to the american people as a civilian organization carrying a war across the border into a country essentially it's all countries are as far as we're aware the united states government is the only country to use drones outside of a declared war and we believe that we should bring transparency to those actions so that the public face the merits or demerits of humanizing the innocent dead could

be the first step towards opening up that debate remembering that civilian victims on names not numbers. artsy. and time now for some other international news and brief. but. also it was led by john i wanted to touch on nancy pelosi hit the streets of washington to show that anger over their own growing governmental shutdown they demanded this kind of result of the crisis by allowing a vote on a resolution to reopen the government shutdown is now and if eleven sunday well there's less than a week left until a possible default with congress i'm able to agree about it. a retired israeli army officer has been killed and his wife injured in the occupied west bank and what israel claims to have been a terrorist attack police say they're salem's appeared to be arab speakers

a real ding axes and words is the survival of the death of an israeli in the occupied territories in recent weeks some ministers have urged benyamin netanyahu to reality by pulling out of peace talks with the palestinian restraint they resumed in july after three years of deadlock. in just a few minutes it's time for a punnet take hang with laurie. 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.

he's the only us politician who served as a navy frogman and a professional wrestler he calls himself but there is paid to state of the truth is the former mint. so the governor jesse ventura speaking about president obama about our failing government and about the truth behind who killed john f. kennedy it's all next on politicking. for the politicking with larry king our guest the former at the pentagon this is minnesota an old friend jesse ventura he was host and executive producer of conspiracy theory with jesse ventura that was on tuesday he's a bestselling author and his new book is they killed our president sixty three

reasons to believe that was the fist spare seat to assassinate j.f.k. i know a lot about this and i'll get to that a little later but first some current things what are you thoughts on what's been going on in washington with shutdowns and debt ceiling i think i think the shutdown is pathetic larry i think that here's my big question since the government shutdown now let's keep track of the number of days we should now have to pay taxes then should we good idea jesse you know if a shut the government down then there we should lose our tax obligation because what are we paying for this is something i don't stand we passed a health care bill you know the supreme court said it's a law you know they now don't want to obey the law exactly why. can you not obey the law again that's the democrats and the republicans larry i can answer for them my belief is that the american people should vote them all out of office all all of them and the problem.