absolutely. dropped in. the trial of former egyptian leader mohammed morsi is due to start on allegations of stirring up bloody and rash during his presidency while no one is being made accountable for the mass deaths in the crackdown since his ousting also. let the spine dictates of politics that's what edward snowden has laid out in his manifesto for truth in a major german news weekly the fugitive whistleblower publicly rails against criminalizing telling the truth this washington reiterated he will get no clemency once u.s. prosecutors get hold of him. and iran's ukraine leader defends president rouhani on seeking more talks with america despite growing anger from hardliners who refused to back off from demonizing the usa.

they're broadcasting twenty four seven live from moscow you with a. there's a deep sense of history repeating itself in egypt where the country's first democratically elected leader faces the same fate it is or for a terry predecessor hosni mubarak mohamed morsi goes on trial today accused of inciting the murder of protesters last december the time egypt was experiencing mass public outrage at the government's attempts to push through an islamist leaning constitution and give the president sweeping powers for a sleigh report from cairo on the landmark court case. for the first time in its history egypt has two former presidents who are on trial at the same time but

whereas the trial of hosni mubarak is eagerly anticipated and was so by most egyptians when it comes to that of mohamed morsi is prosecution here in egypt sions are divided many egyptians feel pity for the former engineering professor who was ill equipped to become this country's president and who now very well could have a life sentence imposed on him in some quarters it is believed that this is a trial of the muslim brotherhood as a movement and not next year as a man egyptian police is in a state of high alert list comes amid the announcement by the supporters of morsi that throughout the day monday they will be holding a nationwide protests there are very real fears that this will result in violence and clashes morsi has said that he will be defending himself he is insisting that he is the legal president of this country and as such he says he will not take a lawyer because to do so would be to give recognition to the authority of the

court and of course this he refuses to do morsy is standing trial for inciting the murder of opposition protesters last december most people here however believe that this is a political trial more than anything else as my colleague bell truth reports. grammy a star is known as the singer of the revolution the popularity of his pro-democracy song saw him badly tortured by the military and now despite fighting to bring down both hosni mubarak and mohamed morsi rami has little hope for egypt's future as morsi goes on trial for incitement to kill protesters. and for the revolutionaries and now in the worst scenario we have ever been since two thousand and eleven morsi should be tried but it's comic that mubarak trial should be held up at every turn all the wars the trial is moving along so fast what shocks me is that the

authorities never seem to have the will to push through the court cases and remnants of the. tahrir square once the heartbeat of the revolution has become just another busy roundabout in two thousand and eleven and two thousand and thirteen people came here demanding bread freedom and social justice but after the military ousted mr brotherhood president mohamed morsy hundreds have been killed and thousands arrested eating some to fear the freedoms and justice will never become a reality admits this violence rights groups have little faith that the trial of mr morsi and other missing brotherhood leaders will be fair this coming at a time when there is a general crackdown against the brotherhood a very selective prosecutions on the part of the justice system looking only at brotherhood members with impunity for security services and so instead of seeing morsi strong. as a trial which will bring accountability for some of the crimes that were committed under his time his trial is ultimately

a politicized one meanwhile the retrial of egypt's other ousted president hosni mubarak drags on the feeling the security apparatus continues to shape court decisions means egypt's future is hard to predict the military is entrenched in france and so on interest again and again the problem now that we need to sit down and agree on a specific transition. justice either you're turning everyone on meaningful we're actually taking the route to the south africa bureau and many many other that is totally evil station that seems far away as pro morsi protests and clashes with security forces continue to rock the nation the fear is more sees trial will not deliver much needed justice to egypt but rather set the stage for further instability and turmoil. for r.t. . so let's take a minute to pinpoint the milestones in post revolution sting of a long time leader hosni mubarak was followed by over

a year. finally through the election of islamist leader mohammed morsi is present in g twenty twelve and as i mentioned earlier his push to turn egypt's constitution into a muslim sparked deadly unrest in december the same year that violence can't be compared to the bloodbath of this summer a military coup against morsi in july was followed by months of vicious crackdowns against his support is and the muslim brotherhood in which more than a thousand people have been killed while egyptian journalist and political analysts wireless kandor thinks the trial that starts today is more sees political assassination. all this is seems a bit like deja vu for egypt another president another trial in less than three years and what we're seeing is a rerun of a politicized trial of course there are things that president morsi has done just like hosni mubarak has but i don't think that he's on trial. for the for the exact

crimes that he's done or the reason he's being put on trial is because of his muslim brotherhood ideology and the way he ran the country with the intent of trying him is not really to state of law or a democratic transition or or any of this stuff the same time we're seeing a lot of his. ministers that were part of it the interior ministers that served under him rabbi actually the protesters they are not being tried along with morsi and so therefore this is seems very very highly politicized in the hands of the people who want to see a lot of the muslim brotherhood behind bars. well u.s. secretary of state john kerry met addiction leaders in cairo on sunday pressing them to restore democracy in the country and washington's role in shaping events in egypt and across the arab world he's thrashed acting cross talk which is on air just over an hour's time. rejigging in the middle east were the united states still

maintains a hedge of monica overall this is what their ultimate goal is they don't really cock area care about the coloration of the regime as long as it plays into our security arrangement but why should you can feel comfortable with and let's not forget tel aviv and riyadh. i think that's true i think ultimately the security having a hedge of money over the region so that stability whether that comes through democracy or through with or tearing regimes is ultimately the end game plan because the united states has too many interests in the region to allow it to fundamentally opposed to those interests so when the united states acts it always does so if we have the view of you know what what how can how does this inform our counterterrorism policy how does its inform our counter-proliferation policy how does this inform our energy policy it's of this police of issues that comes to the fore with the united states there's and ultimately there's

a massive conflict of interest problem that the united states has to deal with when it formulates its middle east policy. that's crosstalk coming up in an hour and twenty minutes now edward snowden has been publicly justifying hundred eighty leaks in a german magazine he also launched a broadside at washington's persecution of him and we need his calls for better global protection for people's rights and privacy more now from our correspondent in berlin peter oliver. in this article in beagle it's the major one of the least one of the major news weeklies here in germany he published what he's called his manifesto for truth and which he outlines exactly that saying that the spies shouldn't be in charge of who runs politics also. talking about the the actions of those that are being found out by his leaks who he says have tried to smear

journalists have tried to help him also of course who've tried to smear him washington of course saying still that they will continue to to try and make sure he faces trial there now it's all part of a large article a large series of articles in dish beagle this week about edward snowden and his situation in the growing support for him here in germany now it features articles by over fifty public figures that want to see it want to see edward snowden allowed to come here to germany to gain full asylum he has until june of next year on his current deal allows him to stay in in russia right now but they want him to be allowed to come here now it is unlikely that that would be good in the backing of german chancellor angela merkel her christian democrats they're likely partners in the next coalition government here the social democrats have all said they don't really they're not really keen on that however that the senior figures have written

in saying edward snowden has done a great service to the people of the western world and it's up to us now to help him so they want to see him come here and get everything they can offer him and as you might expect edward snowden's plea for clemency is finding no sympathy in washington white house officials along with senior lawmakers stressed the former n.s.a. contractor should pay for violating american law former british intelligence agent and mash on explains why she thinks the scandal has gathered such momentum. who is actually breaking the or here because all the ground that these spy agencies say they are legally allowed to smile netizens appear to be very legally dubious at best that we're seeing in the last decade is the sheer technological scale of the spying industrial scales by and the new technology has allowed it to happen and the laws which are supposed to be and democratically we see how we are spied on are

just not keeping up the twentieth century nor so now we're dealing with twenty first century tech remind you diplomats who travel to washington for explanations about the n.s.a. snooping practices came back with little r.t. sophie shevardnadze spoke to the head of the european mission who says their american counterparts successfully deflect many accusations. to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent we went to washington the whole nature of investigating the stored in allegations of mass surveillance of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on to try and justify what they were doing in fact we had private meetings with the n.s.a. homeland security department national security council and there was some justification given in fact you will have seen that. we had we had private meetings

and then you saw a public statement coming out while we were there for the national security agency is explicitly about mass surveillance activity and you saw that coming from the n.s.c. and capitol hill while we were there. the justification given was public it was about this was done on the basis of you know the necessity of i.g. terror activity it was done in partnership with the government so they were they were in fact while we were there starting to rebut many of the allegations. with r.t. this morning also to come this hour it seems times are tough be english aristocracy . groups group hundred one people who are in the room.

and not a group of minutes schoolfellow console or our team needs the upper crust who are now down on their luck and living on welfare that story more is just ahead. zachary what happened there i don't. like the old. fears looters when i got arrested for. for a crime or did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results you get innocent people to confess to police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse and they were off taking they could get what they wanted they can say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what they did or what they said.

told me my language at all but i will only react to situations i have read the reports of. the pollution and no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point someone to say that it's secure yet a car is on the docket who knows where they get no more weasel words when you vade a direct question be prepared for a chase when you throw a punch be ready for a battle freedom of speech and a little down to freedom to past. welcome back now iran's supreme leader is warning the country's hardliners against undermining the nuclear negotiations defending the president's course of action the

newly elected and rouhani is under serious domestic pressure for extending an olive branch to the united states the hope in tara is that america will ease up on sanctions in return for more openness from iran and its nuclear program well again being in the limelight this day but with little enthusiasm at home regarding maybe facing a tough sell as paul scott reports. there's a. republic of iran is ready to engage immediately in time bound intake to talks to build mutual confidence and the removal of mutual uncertainties housen rouhani as recent speech at the u.n. general assembly was said by many to represent a flooring in relations between tehran and washington a sign that the iranian leadership is king to initiate warmer ties with the global community but not everyone is king for this to happen was hard line conservative

protesters threw eggs at the president upon his return to tehran a malveaux was uncomfortable with the idea of increased diplomacy with washington have launched the first ever down with the usa contest the idea is to find the most creative and to us propaganda contestants are invited to submit photographs posters caricature poems hymns and blogs all relating to the slogan down with the usa over three thousand dollars up for grabs for the winner there will be a prize for the best idea to mark the death of america which will renew the concept of death to america because of the arrogance of america the message is clear for as long as the us policies are hostile to us we will continue to use the slogan. well the slogan first came to prominence during the one nine hundred seventy nine iranian revolution when the u.s. backed government was overthrown and since then it's been widely used by critics of washington those critics now favor holly's willingness to reengage with the u.s.

could undermine the revolution they also see no reason to start diplomacy with a country that for years has portrayed iran as the enemy and subject of the country to harsh economic sanctions over its nuclear program states like the and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil this administration has systematically imposed the toughest sanctions on iraq on iran ever the united states is not going to lift the sanctions until it is clear that a very verifiable accountable transparent process is in place despite efforts by the us government to suggest these sanctions aren't affecting the general population food clothes and even basic medicines have rocketed in price in recent days on the leadership's attempt to engage with washington has led to the american slogans and banners appearing all over tehran in recent weeks with rouhani demanding many be taken down and with talks over iran's nuclear program looming

large later this week it's not just the international community president rouhani has to convince postcards r.t. . but as you heard in that report within iran is deep skepticism of any good intentions from washington when it comes to the country asserting its right to atomic energy one a former advisor to iran's nuclear negotiating team told us that's because people c.v. u.s. is engaged in constant doublespeak. there's a group in iran that is deeply suspicious of the united states based on is his longstanding animosity toward iran is widespread perception in iran that the u.s. is engaged in a double speak toward iran on the one hand parking but engagement and respecting iran's rights and on the other hand adopting a very inflexible and hard line negotiation a strategy that demands much concession from iran without expressing willingness to

you know show. in the next ability on the issue of sanctions relief we have seen a statement by the top u.s. negotiator wendy sherman that the u.s. has not offered any tangible sanctions relief to iran last negotiation round in geneva and that should be very disheartening to many iranians who are looking for. concrete tangible signs of good faith to our iran by the united states the worsening economic situation inside iran means the country is finding other ways to make ends meet china has reportedly agreed to finance various projects by blocking twenty billion euros of oil assets beijing in toronto deal in the un not the dollar so the sanctions don't affect china's business with its biggest crude oil supplier political analysts say mohammad marandi says the u.s. agenda is splintering. this is one of many signs the u.s.

imposed sanctions is not working and it's beginning. to fall apart not that the united states wants this to happen the united states wants to me horrid merry iranians suffer as much as possible they want to overstate the iranian economy and they've already succeeded in killing people because for example iran has had great difficulty importing medicines so the americans are definitely upset with this but as time goes on we are seeing increasingly countries moving away from the united states companies in nor in the united states and even individuals who are investing in iran without taking the sanctions regime into consideration a quick look now at some other news happening this hour international peace talks on syria have stalled after the main western backed opposition group said it won't

attend in less and less president assad agrees to step down the syrian national coalition is also refusing to sit alongside key regional power player iran which is a strong ally of damascus the united states banks the s.n.c. while russia has been trying to convince all sides to negotiate the proposed conference in geneva. bylane says mark the key local election in kosovo where ethnic serbs were encouraged to vote for the first time police fired tear gas to disperse a group of masked men who raided a polling station in the multi ethnic city of. international observers fled as the clashes broke out the local serbian minority has been under pressure to boycott the poll and to avoid further legitimizing the state is a breakaway kosovo. becomes bigger states but big money troubles england's blue bloods are feeling the economic squeeze even though britain

is recovering artists are cilia met one bread line. where one speaks of the british aristocracy be traditional landed gentry or noble with what would imagine lavish lifestyles a grand estate as it would have been centuries ago but the reality today is not quite up to par as it would have been in the past. i'm on what we call the job seekers allowance so i have to support this markup all or most single month loans. so each of us gets five pounds a day my wife and i this isn't what one would expect to hear from an earl heir apparent to the marquise side of aylesbury the estate has been in the family for a thousand years but he's now in a fierce legal battle with the state's trustees with no access to his money i have no money to heat this house there is the whole water in the house so when my wife and i want to wash we go down to the public both the mobile the financial times reports high court cases of beneficiaries challenging trusts doubled from two

thousand and ten to two thousand and twelve coinciding with the financial crisis the cost of looking after a large house is staggering on a yearly basis this stately home in norfolk was built in the late nineteenth century and while much of the estate remains intact parts of it have been left to wreck and ruin and restoring it to its full glory could cost up to three million pounds add to that gas electricity water maintenance the list goes on around sixty percent of british historic homes are now open to the public and use for various purposes such as weddings conferences and tours and this one in particular used to be used as a wedding venue and the reason for such diversification is to be able to generate some income for properties that are very expensive to keep them going the reality is that the cost of maintaining these houses is so great their stock received tend to be a very asset rich but cash pool something that holds very true for this girl even

finding a job that didn't quite work out for him because through the great unemployment because the recession. i'm not i don't have many skills that i can so i come across drives so i've had a few part time jobs as a driver. delivery driver van driver lorry driver i don't know what my peers think they must think. i shudder to think what they must think of what's going on you can. and it seems a title can only mean so much when cash is still king just. don't forget we have got plenty more stories on our website too including russia is breaking new records with its black gold online we report on how the country second all time high in oil production. and arrested for simply driving a car the story of a woman desperately trying to get her sick father to

a hospital but who gets the full force of saudi arabia straight ban on women behind the wheel that story on our website. coming up next we explore the many wonders of russia's famous lake by county. shifting sands and alliances advances and reversals outside military interventions in stalemate these are among some of the descriptions that apply to the middle east since the start of the arab spring what are we experiencing in this church region the end of the west's neo colonial order for nearly instability and violence with no end in sight. the olympic torch is on its epic journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand one hundred towns and cities of

russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand killing. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limp dick torch relay. on our t.v. dodgy dot com. lake baikal is in east siberia people are drawn to it by its beauty its energy and its benevolent spirits. almost on a shelf an old old shaman called said there is a place where you should sprinkle water and pray to the spirits. and they will guard. the. soup or if you really get the impression you would think that something

supernatural is happening it lake baikal the produced of it because i'm a physicist good i know it is impossible. a young scientist from switzerland was attracted to this area where religion nature and science intertwine. i tried to see by cal in its entirety i didn't know what to expect from this place. discover something new here rather than everything that this place offers. twenty five million years old. is a little over thirty. the swiss scientists travel to the banks of the oldest lake

in the world by. this tiny. hundred killers a speeds of up to one hundred seventy. three thousand meters from such altitudes you can examine the bottom of the lake because of the clear waters and cameras fixed to be afraid. it's just a scientific endeavor but. what winds of fate brought the young scientists to the region it all began with a minor research trip. quite by chance. there are a lot of organisms that exposed to the light of a certain spectrum range emit light over due.