ok. so first. of all the. they were snowden speaks out about what he calls washington's witch hunt on fellow whistleblowers as wiki leaks releases the first footage of him in more than two months. activists t.j. global march against monsanto and hundreds of cities across the world with thousands rallying against what they see as the dangers of genetically modified food and it's because producer. budget figuring in the u.s. brings the country closer to default with the federal government shutdown stopping millions from getting vital services including this cancer patient. to matter of life or death it's not a matter of inconvenience or just an irritation for us we need this treatment.

for i am in moscow i met president good to have you with us here on r t our top story footage of edward snowden being honored for his contribution to integrity in intelligence work has emerged courtesy of wiki leaks is first public appearance since august when he was granted asylum in russia the former n.s.a. contractor was presented with a sam adams award by a group from the u.s. at the event snowden spoke out about washington's alleged persecution of his fellow whistleblowers are he says he coughing off reports. the n.s.a. whistleblower was very passionate in talking about the problem of government surveillance in the united states now he said the issue wasn't with any specific spying program rather the relationship between the states and the american people a relationship which he described as increasingly coming into conflict with democratic values snowden also lashed out at the prosecution of whistleblowers accusing the government of what he called effectively misplaced priorities it's

lettuce or you know relationship to god we're here with executive order george it's on the. body to arms. but they will stop at the. first stop will be snowden made these remarks at a ceremony right here in moscow at an undisclosed location where he was given the sam adams award for integrity in intelligence now that award was presented to him by a group of prominent american whistleblowers and former government officials they joined our t.v. for an in-depth studio discussion on thursday this is of course the first time that the ward a world has been able to catch a glimpse of mr snowden since he got asylum here in russia the last time we saw him was at the sheremetyevo airport transit zone back in july and while snowden himself may be safe and sound there have been questions about the fate of those who have worked with them and of course that is a worry that's been expressed by wiki leaks founder julian assange on more concern

in terms of prison people at risk. journalists. as we know our guardian newspaper was rated grills part of the time for nine hours for more investigation reform terrorism because the good she has thought it all so there you have it julian assan is describing a difficult political climate for whistleblowers and those who help them it's not only himself meanwhile we are told at least has no regrets about what he did and believes that it was the right decision. all of the activists who presented edward snowden with the sam adams award have leaked secrets themselves in the past after being among the few who have met snowden in person in the last few months they gave r.t. glimpse into his life during their visit to our channel earlier this week to explain how it was example will encourage more people to follow in his footsteps a full panel discussion on our you tube channel. activists around the world

rallying is part of a day of protest to vent their anger at biotech company monsanto demonstrators claim the genetically modified crops produced by the company could be harmful to humans even leading to death also accuse the multinational firm of aggressive lobbying influencing food safety research and monopolizing the industry from australia to europe hundreds of cities across the world in more than sixty countries saw demonstrations in the u.s. thousands joined marches some of which are still underway artie's unease and now a reports. many cities across the u.s. took part in this second organized march against the agricultural giant monsanto protesters rallying against the company's use of genetically modified organisms and trying to raise awareness about its corporate practices some protesters told us that even though the government is shutdown months onto a lobbyist are hard at work here in washington many pouncers by actually came up to activists while we were standing there holding anti g.m.o. signs and asked what is the g.m.o.

so awareness is very low in terms of what exactly genetically modified foods are let alone the dangers they cause in the capital the protests began with activist going into large grocery stores and retailers trying to ways raise awareness about the controversial in fact decides which affect the nervous system and have been repeatedly linked to. the demonstration then made its way to the white house all sorts of activists students even young children our gannett farmers caterers chefs so real wide range of people there are a lot of veterans actually showed up to talk about the dangers of g m o's just outside the white house they then began to march made their way through the i.m.f. world bank and eventually to monsanto offices here in washington d.c. now other cities across the u.s. los angeles portland denver orlando just to name a few held similar demonstrations also up in canada and vancouver british columbia

there was quite a large turnout for their march against monsanto organizers say this is just the beginning that momentum is going to pick up and they will continue their fight against the g.m.o. giant monsanto reporting from washington and you see now way. monsanto has been defending its products saying the food it produces is the only way to feed the world a growing population but also maintain that many people already consume g.m. foods with no ill effects or takes a look. in the land of supersize approximately eighty five percent of all processed foods contain genetically modified organisms g.m.o. is an acronym that owns its notoriety largely to the agriculture giant monsanto a multinational billion dollar corporation generating global criticism revolving around the safety of its products and growing a monopoly over the world's food supply they are able to patent the genetically modified foods with a very strong patent for farmers can only be the seed from monsanto each year and

they can save the sea researchers have documented dozens of health risks associated with the consumption of modified foods and the majority of americans have campaigned for g.m.o. foods to be labeled just like these organic fruits are labeled but so far the will of the people has been silenced by the money of monsanto according to open secrets dot org the companies spent nearly six million dollars last year lobbying federal lawmakers and food regulators to payoff came this year with the passing of the so-called monsanto protection act a bill that gives the biotech companies immunity from lawsuits pertaining to the production and sale of genetically modified seeds the new reality of the world is that chemical companies are feeding us and our families now sort of black or to the table rather than farm to table and in an effort to widen its power and profit the agriculture giant has recently purchased

a corporation which sells climate data to farmers the price tag of nine hundred thirty million dollars of wasn't a problem for monsanto which grossed a reported thirteen point five billion dollars in revenue last year but decades before g.m.o. and fears about modified foods came along monsanto was already in the business it helped bring pesticides agent orange and terminator seeds to the market agent orange was used by the. u.s. military during the vietnam war where it's estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people it's of facts are still being felt today vietnam says some half a million children have suffered birth defects due to herbicide monsanto's current practices have ignited protests around the globe. millions are taking to the streets demanding that big food comes clean by either illegally genetically engineered products or not selling them at all. new york.

calling o'neil from the safety for the sorry calling from the center for food safety n.g.o.s says giant corporations like monsanto pressure governments worldwide to get their products to the market. these marches are raising awareness about the issue and bring awareness not only about monsanto and its influence in agriculture but also other chemical companies that have become major agribusiness influences on capitol hill i think you we see an overwhelming influence in governments and and that really has to do with money that these are major chemical companies the top i mean fifty three percent over fifty three percent of seeds are owned by just a handful of these major agribusiness chemical companies so they exert tremendous influence in politics and have millions upon millions of dollars to spend to ensure that their products yet spread through reviews and also to ensure that consumers

are not informed about what the products they are eating so for instance are not labeling genetically engineered foods. we have live updates on the global action against monsanto on our website our team dot com where there's also opinion and analysis waiting for you there still to come the panic attacks we look at claims made by politicians that syria's deadly civil war has left the country without critical food water supplies loss. a new book published may be the worst places in the u.k. and the number one choice of where you don't want to be in britain is still to come after this short break. millions around the globe struggle with hunger. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can the very strong push

against g.m.o. and we think that. these. products are a priest who. there is no. evidence any problem with genetic. engineering's would you make a deal. or is free cheese always in the mousetrap i don't believe that destroyed. and. then. he spotted. the. first. golden rice on our team. as a media leader so we leave the. bush and see. your party is it. seems that no one is there with the guess that you deserve answers from. politic you. are.

twelve minutes past the hour now the u.s. treasury secretary is sounding the alarm that the america might run out of money in a few days while republicans and democrats continue to battle over a spending confrontation has seen the government shutdown ascend almost a million people on an unpaid the cation and put federal programs on hold already spoke to a cancer patient whose trial with the national institutes of health was one of the programs affected by the standoff michel i buy and explain what the shutdown means to people like her lives are at stake two hundred people are trying to get into trials at an age each week and if each week passes that's another two hundred that are turned away at the time and it's a matter of life or death it's not a matter of inconvenience or just an irritation for us we need this treatment michelle was diagnosed with sarcoma a rare form of cancer after nine months of chemotherapy she applied for additional

treatment after you and i age but she and hundreds of others were turned away when the government shutdown happened we asked michelle what she'd like to say to the politicians in washington whose deadlock has been set off and keeping everything stranded. i have heard a couple of instances where they find that this is just that the game between them and that it's a matter of winning and i'd like to say that it's not a matter of win or lose i mean it's a please listen to the people and know that it's affecting so many that are in need of help more news here on our website including this not alone after all the discovery of water heavy asteroid reinforcing the scientists believe that there might be more habitable world beyond those solar system at full story online bots. some death row prisoners in the us faced with being put to death with drugs used to go on animals in a shortage of supplies and a number of states that execute prisoners by lethal injection why at our.

first strike. and i think you're. in the. a marathon to go she asians on afghan security left u.s. secretary of state kerry with little to celebrate so far he says only a partial deal was struck on just how many u.s. troops will stay in the country after the nato pullout next year washington wants to take the lead in running counter terror missions after two thousand and fourteen and keep leasing bases around the country lawrence freeman of the executive intelligence review thinks given its checkered history with the states will is

likely to move closer to its asian neighbors instead. president karzai is going to be leaving office so he will not be the president in two thousand and fourteen he wants a agreement from the united states that they will defend afghanistan from an attack from about kate from pakistan after we have been in afghanistan in a forest and we left the country in no better shape there's no policy for the future of afghanistan right now the country actually increased the growth of its poppy opium production during the period of the occupation by the west and therefore you have a more drug infested economy than you had with before the invasion started so there's been no positive build in the future as i'm saying with lyingly leadership it's gonna sleep aligning itself with china so we wrote corridor of economic

development that occurred to me that i was in the plan and it's not just this would be a different approach a different geometry to look at the current policies that have dominated afghanistan for the last dozen years says the nine eleven terror attacks the u.s. is done a lot to boost surveillance and increase security but our teams abby martin says the policies don't necessarily make people feel safe in a risk instead of fueling paranoia about terrorists lurking around every corner at issue in breaking the set the full program at three am g.m.t. take a look. and this in light from d.c. to orlando hosted what can only be described as a terrorist. take a look at how they figured it out. crewmembers say that shortly after takeoff a group of four quote middle eastern men caused a commotion the witnesses claim one of the men ran from his seat in coach toward the flight deck door he made a hard left and entered the forward bathroom pulled for

a considerable length of time you know the reason stories like this even gain traction in the first place is because of the fear of the other or by that i mean anyone who remotely looks brown and to prove my point it just so happens that i have acquired some rare footage of what really went down on that flight. yeah i think you get the idea. to syria now where two mortar shells of hit the capital damascus killing an eight year old girl and wounding eleven other people the blast hit just three hundred meters from the hotel where chemical weapons inspectors are staying the international team overseeing the disarmament of the country's toxic weapons

arsenal meanwhile some politicians claim the syrian people face not just civil war but critical water and food shortages artie's paulus leader went to get the view from damascus. now that we have been able to make progress on the chemical weapons issue we should not forget we also needed to make progress on the humanitarian issue a warning echoing through many corridors of power in the wastes is on track to be. the biggest humanitarian catastrophe of the twenty first century and this is building into one of the great humanitarian crisis on the face of the planet you know this is not true we hardly know we're all liars we don't care what they see here as you can see we have no trouble in this bakery in downtown damascus tens of thousands of traditional floats are churned out each day the machines work sixteen hours a day six days a week shorter we have extra quantities enough for another fifteen

days. while in this public market and the thousands like it across syria shoppers and management tell us in two years they've never been any shortages in this morning rice and sugar there are always available you never have a shortage of them in our warehouses aromas. i said madame the recently arrived in the country and was shocked to find that local stores of food i thought that there would be nothing nothing at all everywhere in the supermarkets and nothing to eat another i was really very agreeably surprised there is a lot of everything fruits bread. vegetables. ok the reality is that most people here are going about their daily routine far removed from the hardships depicted in the foreign press but when it comes to shortages there is one that is crippling the economy queues like this are commonplace at gas stations around the country caused by sanctions imposed by the

united states and the european union ironically the very countries that are calling for humanitarian intervention. the syrian people need a solution not the governments or the media who are trying to use everything we have even the small things like bread to justify their own objectives the fight for syria is far from over and the psychological war the battle of perceptions over reality is likely to be fought for as long if not longer than the sides who have taken up arms against each other. damascus. almost seventy people have been detained following clashes at a gay rights rally in russia's second largest city st petersburg around two dozen l.g.b. the demonstrators gathered in the city center to protest against the recently adopted law banning promotion of homosexuality to minors the group was then confronted by a crowd of religious and conservative activists police stepped in when scuffles broke out between the two sides. let's take

a look at some other stories now making headlines across the globe in barcelona thousands rallied against independence for catalonia time to coincide with spain's national day as deputies. marchers chanted slogans against separating from madrid a move overwhelmingly supported by the cattle and population other demonstrations also staged by far right parties that were met with left wing opponents. of. these five people killed after a cyclon filing made landfall in eastern india green winds in excess of two hundred kilometers per hour so far orissa state hardest hit where huge waves swamped whole villages rescue workers and soldiers on standby but the full extent of the damage only likely to be seen after sunrise hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. in iraq at least fourteen people killed thirty wounded when a car blew up in the city of samarra civilians making up most of the casualties

many of them had gathered in over crowded shopping center when the blast happened still unclear who was behind the attack iraq has been struggling against a record spike in violence that's claimed more than five thousand lives since january. at least seven people have died in the east chinese port city of new boeing a three hundred ton tanker blew up and initially the vessel caught fire during repairs most likely because of so-called hard work like welding or cutting the tankers already been removed from the river and workers at the scene tackling the slick that emerged after the blast and investigation is underway. tower bridge buckingham palace and st paul's cathedral couldn't save london from being named britain's worst town this according to a tongue in cheek guide identifying the u.k.'s fifty least desirable locations are these laura smith talked to one of the authors of the book about the reasons why the capital fared so poorly. if the drizzly dreary day here in london

typical of the wet weeks make perfect day for me to tell you that nothing has been the worst area in the u.k. to live in despite the fact that within a mile radius from here to house the column of westminster abbey the london eye and other really famous ones by the good old run down time which named the one they think should be in the u k. and dan this is a city of london being the what place but not really that i'm going to take to explain that to me with an umbrella and his gopi and that's how that said them loved it i mean i can think of the ten worst places just off the top of my head what your criteria are there are all kinds of criteria i think one of things that people write about a lot is the daily grind it's so hot in london getting all that the northern lights on your own but i mean you'll no use jammed into someone else's all the time the expense the fact that it costs so much to to buy property or is in fact impossible

for most people to buy probably not the case in the center of london has to be hollowed out to be in as beautiful to the state that not even professionals like doctors can and there's also a lot of anger with london coming from the rest of the computer had the banking crisis which is old centered around london and we're told that subsequently the recession is over and there's good london really seems to be getting the benefits of the new sticking up another housing bubble it's primarily it's a book that people read in the toy that it's made to make them laugh it does it doesn't have to provide to mind people thinking about a times in the way we treat and the way we live and hopefully start a conversation quite serious conversation and easy to say on a day like today why london might not be everyone's idea of paradise because because it's the capital fiftieth get inside and out it is from the outside they think you have to be expensive to visit the transport system isn't very reliable and people are very rude it might just be possible for london to pick up its

behavior in the next ten years and become not quite so awful as protesters voice their anger at biotech for monsanto we take a look at the genetically modified crops the corporations say they can save the world from a hunger crisis this after a short break. i recently read headlines all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia mode that china has just bought five percent of ukraine now they're writing that china will lease five percent of ukraine over ukrainian officials themselves claim that china won't be getting either and that this is a deal about some drip irrigation system the situation didn't explode onto the

internet to the fantasies of bloggers the south china morning post reported that one company does have a crop in pig farming plan design utilize ninety percent of ukraine's territory also last year the ban on foreigners buying land in ukraine. been lifted although i am the distrustful pro sovereignty type getting a rich foreign country to pay to develop your nation's agriculture might not be too bad of a deal it would definitely take a lot of money to restore ukraine's farming to its former glory they see that ukraine used to be the bread basket of europe i'll give you that status back could really help the country but selling off or even just leasing nine percent of the nation's territory is absolutely unacceptable doing a large project with the chinese that is mutually beneficial is one thing but selling or leasing off your country is another and by another i mean treason but that's just my opinion. and this is. a critique free storage free range

three. three. three. zero three vote. for your media projects c.e.o. don carty. modified plant is at the center of a controversy a controversy. see about how we deal with one of the most powerful technologies mankind has ever created. a technology that is polarizing society. the protagonists include a now retired professor at e.t.h. who believes his golden rice will save children throughout the entire world. by swiss agricultural chemical corporation and first wanted to commercialize the miracle rice then changed its mind. and a country where tests are being carried out that would be prohibited in other

places. and. researchers who manipulate crops are demanding more freedom the freedom to conduct their research free of political constraints they feel the moratorium that has been imposed on genetic technology for years unfairly hinders them in their efforts but public distrust of genetic manipulation has been immense for many years. artificially modifying the genetic structure of plants and animals scares people also because researchers are hesitant to reveal their secrets and explain exactly what it is they are doing and. they say. in this tense

and polarized atmosphere professor engel put try kosovo. and engineering science technology mathematics and management university has created in a greenhouse a strain of genetically engineered rice that contains pro vitamin a the rice is intended to benefit undernourished people know. it feed the profit of the agricultural industry. i hold that mothers in families where vitamin a deficiency is a problem have understood that eating this rice will be good for them because if we expect to finally start delivering this golden rice to farmers in the philippines by the end of this year and it is easy. and decent pollen count this is the poster boy of. the seeds of genetic of incident in the city and this is something.