still pictures of today's. from around the globe. i dropped. a year since his escape from the hands of washington and the dramatic flight to russia edward snowden remains in hiding but the revelations keep coming we report on the latest. russia ukraine is the road in eastern ukraine after a blast rocks the tracks meanwhile artillery obtains a video apparently showing ukrainian artillery fire close to russia's border. and as jihad is seen around vans to the west the country taking control of four more towns and border checkpoints we were caught in the collapsing state.

and watching our international now he's a man who's exchanged our vision of the world and he's among america's most wanted this day a year ago former n.s.a. employee edward snowden landed in russia his asylum ends next month and it's still not clear what's next for him but for now his whereabouts is shrouded in mystery worried that the white house won't let him go so easily. looks at how he managed to slip through washington sphinx. c.n.n. now has the word that edward snowden has left hong kong there are many questions about why snowden is able to stay one step ahead of american authorities snowden is reported to be on a flight to moscow in the arrivals hall of moscow's airport sector a terminal on june twenty third two thousand and thirteen this is where that flight from hong kong with edward snowden on board a right. these doors were surrounded by

a whole army of journalists with cameras and microphones some broadcasting live pictures of everything that was going on here but when the last passenger finally came out and there was still no sign of them became clear the next most probable place there could be if not here then inside the transit zone the american whistleblower edward snowden is thought to be in moscow airport it looks like snowden is spending the night in the transit area of moscow's sheremetyevo airport but all indications are that is about one hundred meters away from where i'm standing in this whole place was swarming with journalists photographers t.v. radio press agencies you name it and everyone was looking for snowden everywhere in every corner in every bathroom in v.a.p. rooms even under seats but no one could find him but soon information quickly spread that it was inside the capsule hotel right here in the transit zone that the former n.s.a. contractor was in. this capsule hotel is really only called capsule because in

reality these or almost like regular rooms just in a regular hold there is a decent bathroom here and the beds and even a t.v. set just no window that's pretty much the only difference the plans that no one guest in the end it became known that snowden and his advisor had been checked in for a flight to cuba so naturally dozens of rush to get on that flight some even coughed up the cash for business class exclusive interview once again the former n.s.a. contractor do you. let's cross out artist who is aboard the flight so you know you're joining us by phone tell us what you can see on the plane is snowed in there or is there no sign of a. remarkable just walked the doors of the plane we're actually now taxiing on to the airstrip we're about to take off shortly and i can tell you with one hundred percent it's not one hundred fifty percent that

he's not on this plane the plane packed with journalists took off with. his advisor still. of the russian chapter was actually just the beginning after spending weeks in that transit zone. temporary asylum in russia. but even on security and safety concerns mean exact whereabouts are still shrouded in secrecy. moscow. america's national security agency has been collecting thousands of e-mails annually britain's g.c. h.q. spied on every facebook google and twitter user in german intelligence she's the n.s.a. spy program these are just a few of the headlines that have hit the media since edward snowden leaked documents of the u.s. u.k. spy program but his revelations left the world shocked and event throughout the year have brought some peculiar facts if you are an american citizen your phone and

video calls as well as your e-mails could be routinely intercepted by special services here's another thing have you trusted your private data with google yahoo or facebook well they are sharing it with the government too and even being a president won't help they will ground your plane over suspicions you have a whistleblower on board in fact that's happened to bolivian leader even more or less and freedom of press is nothing when it comes to us scandal of such proportions a major you can use paper became a target of police raids for publishing the revelations friends do spy on friends to the n.s.a. has been tapping into germany's angela merkel's phone and mass not all the latest leak from snowden shows germany has actually been a launch pad for america's espionage in europe artie's people all over as the details on that story over the last twelve months edward snowden's revelations of showing that not only is germany at the very heart of the n.s.a. surveillance program but that the germans themselves are among the most spied on

and listened to in the world with millions of data connections being tracked putting them alongside the likes of afghanistan and iraq and it's not just those suspected of having committed a crime that is being snooped on here at the german chancellor rhee there was a breach of security when it was revealed that angle america's private cell phone is being listened in to by the americans prompting a few angry phone calls and general all round embarrassment. it now seems unlikely there will be a full investigation into what went on leaked n.s.a. documents talk about an intimate relationship between the german and us government something which is upset people here because they fear they'll never find out the true scope of the snooping that went on and how involved germany was in spying on its own people well actually i often write mcgovern believes that no one in the american government wants the surveillance to stop as all three branches of power are in fact complicit with the n.s.a.

. what is changed is that all american citizens who are willing to be informed and do not wish to remain in denial realize that a very very draconian dragnet type operation is being worked on them whereby all our emails all our telephone calls and not just the message that is so to speak not just the addresses whom they're speaking with and how long but the content it's all being scooped right up and stored in case they want to find something against you will surveillance continues because in a very odd way all three branches of our government are complicit the executive branch which runs the n.s.a. the legislative branch congress which approved what she is doing and british eery they too have become complicit. if you want to know more about snowden's the skate

the events that followed it all the revelations he made you can log on to our website at r.t. dot com all the information is there for you and it is just a click away. a truck explosion a trackside explosion has derailed a russian fright train in eastern ukraine within minutes the second blast rocked and thereby parts of the railway no injuries have been reported but several train routes have now been claes them cause the death as the tests. well the information as to who the salience war is still available however we do know that no one was hurt it's a little fourteen cars have been derailed and service crews are now working on restoring the track another blasted samaj to a nearby railway as well and investigation as to what is happening is now underway now this is happening on the back call for a cease fire however that cease fire has been violated by both sides as they

continue shooting at each other we are at sea received a video apparently all fired their heavy artillery fire taken place near the russian border the shouting lasted for about thirty minutes and reportedly came from the positions of ukraine's national guards and of course the minutes are a crackdown is definitely taking its toll on the inside our region here in eastern ukraine people are experiencing water shortages here in donetsk meanwhile the nearby city of slovyansk which was said hit the hardest by this so-called anti-terrorist operation while that place is now heading for a humanitarian catastrophe water is long gone over there they haven't had it for weeks and so is an extra supply and food as well now seems like five kilometer accused to the water just bursaries have become a regular occurrence there in the downs because there is no drinking water the city

officials are saying that sludge ounce is heading for an epidemic meanwhile the city is now turning into a ghost town as well as residents are fleeing the shelling by the ukrainian army in iraq the jihadists from the so-called islamic state of iraq and syria group or isis have managed to take over much of the country's western border recently three checkpoints on the border with syria and jordan fell into their hands along with four times in anbar province but as the country dives into deeper into di's deeper into sectarian division along with the kurds in the north seeking independence the capital is in iraq for us. despite the chaos spreading across the country and eerie calm in the kurdish capital the city is just sixty kilometers from the isis front line but downtown or bill it was business as usual kurdistan has often felt like a separate country altogether even at the height of iraq's most violence and

bloodiest moments now but the current crisis treading the country to pieces it's closer than ever to becoming one kurdish soldiers are now in control of territory that used to be disputed but no one here seems to think that the hardest would dare march on them but i have full faith in the forces the one let anything happen for some the prospect of a divided iraq was a welcome one do you think that iraq will remain a one country as we know it after this crisis may be good may be that iraq will have to be divided will have area and the sunnis and shias will have there is no one in kurdistan is more and we have oil we have a strong army. they may help or will but fuel is running scarce for days now iraqi forces battled with isis for control of the country's largest oil refinery this is one of the first things you notice here in our build these

massive gas lines some of the cars have been here for hours since the morning many people in fact camped out overnight to try to get online so they can get gas frustrated residents line up to get their share authorities have limited each individual to thirty leaders that's less than what it takes to fill two tanks some more seen entering their newly purchased supply into containers in order to go back for more it's a very unusual situation where it's kurdish police officers guarding the gas stations here just to prevent fights and conflicts and breaking out the people we've spoken to said there haven't been lines like this for fuel since the outbreak of the u.s. led invasion back in two thousand and three and although there are shortages here in erbil parts of northern iraq have run out of gas even on the black market and so people are stocking up they say that they don't know what will bring the fear for the go a lot worse before it gets better. that's a sentiment we heard from many here this man fled the sunni dominated and our

province it's not ice is that he was afraid of that argument is that because we're scared of shelling from the iraqi army. and it's not just a nice fleeing the violence we encountered shia refugees to. the job or came here six days ago from baghdad and in baghdad the situation has gone from bad to worse as and people are arming themselves and then my ready to fight one another nice among all they see in the future is bloodshed and violence but if something does not change iraq will be a country of orphans and not all that doesnt it. r.t.e. erbil iraq. happy marriage or a liberating divorce in a few minutes we'll tell you about the looming scottish independence referendum and how the pro and anti stepping up the fight for also later we give you a heads up on some of the world's strangest lors why you wouldn't pick napoleon in

france for example or go kissing in public if you have a misstep in america's midwest these stories and more than a couple and. i told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports for. the pollution i know i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to save lives or carry out a car is on the docket no god. no more weasel words when you made a direct question and the prepared for a change when you run should be ready for a. printout of speech and now the freedom to crush.

dramas the truth be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. the faces changing the world. the picture of today's leaves. from around the globe. hello again ascot and a smart victory panick the seven hundred years ago brought the country independent from england now part of the united kingdom the country is set to vote on whether it wants to go it alone once more but the u.k. government is keen to remind scots what is at stake with the referendum less than three months away artie's party boy kaye reports. for any sport still undecided

about which way to vote come september a new brochure is about to land on every single doorstep in scotland setting out the british government's argument for the united kingdom to stay united forever on else antti has done the hard work and summed it all up for you it begins with an issue that central to the debate the pound the british government insists staying in the u.k. is the only way scotland can keep the scottish pound the argument goes that a bigger britain means a bigger economy with the u.k. scout helping to keep interest rates low saving secure and energy bills cheap next scotland uses many of the u.k.'s public bodies from the departments that issued driving licenses for example to the passport office the national lottery and the b.b.c. leaving the u.k. would mean setting up a new scottish equivalent from scratch and true to its roots as the home of the gentlemen's club the u.k. is the only country in the world that can boast membership of nato the e.u.

the commonwealth the g seven the g eight and the g twenty if scotland decides to go solo its name will be struck off a lot of guest lists and the british government points out it was planning to devolve more power to the scottish parliament for next year anyway from twenty fifteen the scottish parliament will get more powers to set tax rates and decide if and when to borrow money even if it's not independent lilly's it also points out that the u.k. represents scottish interests abroad take for example scottish whiskey for billion pounds of the stuff was exported last year but if scotland whisks itself away from the union it would have a small a network of embassies promoting it spirals abroad business could suffer which could leave the industry nursing an independence hangover the scottish government told r.t. that it won't be posting its own pro independence brochures in response. anyone

interested in the scottish government's believe credit for independence can request a copy of the white paper where their plans are all set out. to. fund while u.k. authorities insist that scotland is going to suffer a major economic losses if it leaves advocates of independence have their counter-arguments they say that the country will have its own rules and foreign policy nuclear weapons will also be removed from its territory and i also think that keeping north sea oil revenues within scotland and rejecting new cases sturdy policies will boost the economy still at the moment the majority of the population seems to be in favor of staying in the u.k. but support for independence has been growing in the past few months with more than a third of scots now willing to say yes to independence. for stories for you online including a controversial business reopens its doors in indonesia as a nazi thing cafes again welcoming customers after sparking international outrage

last year you can read the details at r.t. dot com also there get the story on a six family implicit it's got them all crossed the countries will. write the same. first strike. and i think. on our reporters i. i . the u.s. has pledged to support it gyptian xin their fight for the future of the country secretary of state john kerry met with newly elected president sisi washington is also putting its money where its man is saying it will give cairo nearly six

hundred million dollars in military aid middle east specialist lawrence davidson believes the u.s. would be friend anyone who could help it achieve its goals. america is on the side . there or they are sovereign territory the authority over egypt if you've got a stable government. in the rotary or the partners the president oh oh oh let me leave. what government control who turks or. to underline the point just two years ago the same words of support were addressed to the now last islamist president mohammed morsi when former secretary of state hillary clinton met with him in cairo and his john kerry saying almost the same thing to the is misleading as he did c.c.c. who spearheaded last year's revolution and eventually replaced morsi

israeli troops have raided ati's office in the west bank wrecking equipment and seizing records the assault was apparently part of a crackdown on local media centers in a broader campaign against the palestinian authorities who in tel aviv holds responsible for the abduction of three israeli teenagers is a middle east correspondent paula slayer has got the details. artie's offices that are situated in the building of the service provider pile media in the west bank city of ramallah have been raided in their grade r.t. studio was damaged our internet signal was lost the archives of the know the video and order material have disappeared and at the same time all finished that has been destroyed now the doors have even weren't computers and disks have been confiscated all of this has resulted in a conversation between us and the i.d.f. we we are asked them what was all of this about now they responded initially by saying nothing the raid was against the al aksa channel now we then pointed out

that that was actually housed in another building to which the idea for spawn did well in that case the raid was against our could stevie our follow up question then was so why have you confiscated r t arabic equipment which the i.d.f. responded that they had to since the operation targeted the whole complex now these confiscations form part of what is being called operation brothers keeper it is an operation that is intended to risk you three israeli teenagers who were kidnapped some ten days ago the deputy head of r.t. arabic has said that the i.d.f. never acts without any kind of documentation that proves that whoever it is raiding is in fact affiliated with terrorists but when he asked where there was proof that r.t. in fact was affiliated with any party that truth was very short in coming i can tell him now where is the intelligence that you've got to prove that r.t. was somehow or anyhow related to any political movement the i.d.f.

has said that if after the examination of the discs and equipment that it has confiscated it is clear that there is no terror related content in the equipment will be returned to r.t. arabic from the start with israel because other countries fighter jets have struck nine minutes in targets including a command center in syria this came in response to shelling that killed there. if teen year old boy in the disputed golan heights three others including the boy's father were injured in the attack it's not known whether the first strike was carried out by syrian rebels or government troops. south korean security forces have captured a runaway soldier who killed five of his comrades and injured seven more on saturday the incident happened at a border and post of north korea sergeant then fled the scene and was cornered in a nearby woodland he was captured while trying to commit suicide and taken to hospital. islamists from the militant group boko haram have reportedly raided two

villages in nigeria killing at least ten people eyewitnesses say they first went on a shooting spree and then chased for a residence which seeks to establish an islamic state has repeatedly targeted civilians and security forces killing hundreds the group still holds over two hundred girls captive were abducted in april. now it's might be easy to get lost when travelling but more worrying is falling foul of a country's laws while on a trip especially when it comes to legislation not even the locals know about. reports from from its. imagine walking through a train station with your headphones on minding your own business and suddenly you're slapped with a three hundred seventy five euro fine because someone decided your music was too loud well that actually happened in france where twenty first century reality meets the legislation of yesteryear the country's state's own trail way company justified

itself with a nine hundred forty two law which forbids any person from using in train cars awaits in groups on platforms or in train stations sound like in devices or instruments completely open i understand fining someone for throwing a cigarette by chewing gum but someone with headphones i don't see how it bothers anyone. a person wants to listen to their music they have a right to according to me i think it is strange that we find someone was just listening to music i listen to music all the time i find it strange. good of us to be picking our nose at the train station and they will find us they will make us pay you scratch your bum you will have to pay france is this way now reducing civil liberties step by step. so exactly what else is forbidden in france. name in the pagan the polian. kissing on the railways war is legal however is getting divorced because your partner smokes too much or is

a little too obsessed play football and it's even legal for french parents to prevent their adult children from getting married. i think that law made sense at the time when it was created but nowadays it could be interpreted in a completely different way depending on the person who finds you i think we need to review and adapt to the now. puts you under the years women in france had to wear skirts or dresses if they wanted to be law abiding citizens they were only allowed to wear trousers if they were holding the reins of a horse or a bicycle handlebar well that law was scrapped last year so there is hope for the presidential system or eventually i'm sure the twenty first century but in the meantime if you plan to calm here bear in mind that you might end up breaking the law without even knowing it wearing a cost of our reporter from paris for our thing. and it's not only french to which you might find a bit odd in saudi arabia for example you can get married no matter how old you are and you certainly don't want to step on money in thailand because you just might

offend the king there and samoans know how to keep a marriage wrong they made it illegal to forget your wife's birthday and last but not least don't go kissing in public if you have a misstep that is in fact illegal in the u.s. state of iowa. coming up on r.t. international is cross talk with pace of the bell but if you're in the u.k. don't miss all documentary. the master of lines. series of school basis try to clear. up a point of going to want to give. more to destroy the teaching everybody.

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