is using hundreds of luxury hotels across the globe to spy on international diplomats while the bundestag calls for action to curb mass of a good. morning welcome watching our team with me andrew farmer monday has been declared a day of mourning in the russian republic of tire to stand after a plane crash landed killing all fifty passengers and crew on board including a son of the region's leader locals have been bringing flowers to cause an international airport to mourn the victims. is there for us. but there is very heavy police security here right now we know that the site of the crash itself is also still blocked some relative softy victims are here as well we saw a woman whose face was covered in tears she really did seem a bit the last election didn't know what was going on she said that her nephew was among the killed passengers on board of that flight there are flowers here near the airport buildings a list of the victims as well and psychologists are here since their help is really necessary right now they're assistance and later on monday also. the relatives of the victims are

is using hundreds of luxury hotels across the globe to spy on international diplomats while the bundestag calls for action to curb mass surveillance. welcome watching r.t. with made. monday has been declared a day of mourning in the russian republic of tatarstan after a plane crash landed it because an airport killing all fifty people on board including a son of the region's leader. is at a local medical center there. we understand the relatives of the victims have the very somber task of trying to identify the bodies. well that's right earlier on monday we're told that the identification process was supposed to start but what we're hearing now and this is speculation at the moment is that the bodies of the victims of this plane crash were burned too badly and perhaps d.n.a. tests will be needed in order to identify them and if that's the case then it's going to take much longer obviously than just one day it's going to take more possibly a week or perhaps even a month but once again so far this information has not been confirmed this is speculation at the same time the relatives of the v

. >> edward snowden is extremely unlikely to attend whatever inquiry the bundestag sets up. some mps are treating him like a hero. the government says it is very interested in what information he has. it is clear that in this country, he is not public enemy number one, as he may be in parts of the united states. stephen evans, bbc news, berlin. >> the snowden saga continues. in other news, the police in greece say that two men have been killed in a drive-by shooting outside of the offices of the golden door party. a third man was injured. a party spokesman said two victims were party members guarding the building. the attack comes weeks after the leader and several other senior party members were arrested on suspicion of forming a criminal organization. there was a vehicle fire and explosion in tandem and square. hastop security officials linked the east curtis tangoe movement to the attack, which killed five people in the center of beijing. in the hours afterwards, the authorities arrested five people thought to be members of the uighur muslim population. you are watching "

let's go to our political correspondent who has been following the debate at the bundestag or us. this agreement has been hailed as a model. thinking about syria, specifically here, but that's a very strong endorsement. >> it is, but you would need a little bit of context. the german foreign minister meant the nature of the agreement, how it was set up, and how it came about. it was set up for both sides to have to take a step forward. it includes transparency and matters for control. he stressed that this was very important. merkel's christian democrats felt this was a direct result of having diplomacy, but also all other options on the table including pressure. social democrats also agreed that this was a triumph of european diplomacy, one of these rare occasions when the entire parliament agreed that this was the case, but even if this agreement leads to nothing in six-month time, it is felt very strongly at the very least there's this engagement of russia and the united states for this diplomatic solution, and it is felt this could well translate into the stalks in january ove

. >> edward snowden is extremely unlikely to attend whatever inquiry the bundestag sets up. some mps are treating him like a hero. the government says it is very interested in what information he has. it is clear that in this country, he is not public enemy number one, as he may be in parts of the united states. stephen evans, bbc news, berlin. >> the snowden saga continues. in other news, the police in greece say that two men have been killed in a drive-by shooting outside of the offices of the golden door party. a third man was injured. a party spokesman said two victims were party members guarding the building. the attack comes weeks after the leader and several other senior party members were arrested on suspicion of forming a criminal organization. there was a vehicle fire and explosion in tandem and square. hastop security officials linked the east curtis tangoe movement to the attack, which killed five people in the center of beijing. in the hours afterwards, the authorities arrested five people thought to be members of the uighur muslim population. you are watching "

is using hundreds of luxury hotels across the globe to spy on international diplomats while the bundestag calls for action to curb mass surveillance.

later on monday the german parliament will be sitting just behind me for a special session of the bundestag to talk about allegations of spying on the german people by the n.s.a. the topping of. private telephone now the german opposition parties has long been calling for a full investigation into these allegations that have come out following leaks by edward snowden that germany was targeted extensively by united states operations seamy a parliamentarian here in germany and actually called on the government themselves to be very candid with baer and says this of course comes after allegations that the german actually been complicit in spying on the german people so this whole session is there to try and to find out who knew what about what exactly and as it goes on throughout the day i'll be bringing you all of the information that comes out of the book in the me thing here on r.t. . the french president says his country will be taking a tough stance against iran the next round of international nuclear talks on wednesday francois hollande was speaking in israel which is now at odds with it

is using hundreds of luxury hotels across the globe to spy on international diplomats while the bundestag calls for action to curb massive aid.

embassy within a stone's throw of the bundestag it's allegedly cable of intercepting phone calls and long distance communications all across the city germany demanded explanations from london pointing out that intercepting data in diplomatic buildings is a violation of international law but the u.k. simply said it won't comment on intelligence matters however gens stumble from the german pirate party says berlin actually knew its allies were listening in. the german government of course did notice what was happening on the roof top of the u.s. embassy and the u.k. embassy because it's clear for everybody who looks at that building what's going on there but i think that the german interior secret service they are not allowed to investigate on the las this is simply because germany right now is such a class partner of the b. of the us and they want to become a first class partner so our government is simply selling our privacy and their own privacy to climb up the ladder. in the face of america's far reaching surveillance program hardly any tech company can now guarantee one hundred pe

embassy just steps away from the bundestag well it's apparently capable of intercepting phone calls and long distance communications all across the city revelations based on leaked documents hit a raw nerve in berlin which has been trying to get washington to explain its tapping of angela merkel's phone london says it won't comment on intelligence matters however jens stoltenberg from the german pirate party says germany knew its allies were listening in the german government of course did notice what was happening on the roof top of the u.k. embassy because it's clear for everybody who looks at that building what's going on i think that the german interior secret service they are not allowed to investigate on the las this is simply because germany right now is a subclass partner of the b. of the us and they want to become a first class partner so our government is simply selling our privacy and their own privacy to climb up the ladder in the face of america's far reaching surveillance program hardly any tech company can now guarantee one hundred percent privacy but artie's marina port

chancellor merkel has told the bundestag that this spying revelations have put all relations between germany and the u.s. to test germany's holding a special parliamentary session on spying following a number of really revealing the u.s. and u.k. intelligence extensively targeting its officials on the race following it and ballot. what we're seeing right now is a special session of parliament says the all of the issues over just who knew what amount what was going on with regards to the n.s.a. spying saga now the revelations that have come out from the leaks about edward snowden of hits home to killie hard here in germany it seems that germany may have been one of the the most targeted countries around the world by a foreign intelligence certainly though that's what the leaks from edward snowden would lead us to believe so the parliament is sitting for a special session to discuss just what it knew was going on what we have seen is is huge outrage here because of just how close the relationship was perceived to have . been people and their allies like the united kingdom like the unit

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is using hundreds of luxury hotels across the globe to spy on international diplomats while the bundestag calls for action to curb mass surveillance. and watching our team with me andrew found. monday has been declared a day of mourning in the russian republic of tartus stand after a plane crash landed it because an airport killing all fifty people on board including a son of the region's president to foreign nationals were also on the plane and u.k. citizen and ukrainian. is in. what we're hearing now this is speculation at the moment is that the bodies of the victims of the plane crash were burned badly and perhaps d.n.a. tests will be needed in order to identify them and if that's the case then it's going to take much longer obviously than just one day the relatives of the victims have been gathering inside this. behind me. have been pretty much keeping journalists away from speaking to the. they did tell us that right now they are being treated by psychologists several ambulances here on standby as well just in case the story has definitely touched the whole country fifty people peopl

eavesdropping equipment is hidden in this tent like structure on the embassy roof just steps away from the bundestag it's apparently capable of intercepting phone calls and long distance communiques across the city revelations based on lead based on leaked documents and a raw nerve in berlin which has been trying to get washington to explain its tapping on the merkel's phone london said it won't comment on intelligence matters but yeah from germany's pirate party says the country knew its allies were listening it. the german government of course didn't notice what was happening on the roof top of the u.k. embassy because it's clear for everybody who looks at that big what's going on that . i think that the german interior secret service they are not allowed to investigate on the l a's and this is simply because germany right now is such a class pot now of the b. of the u.s. and they want to become a first class partner so our government is simply selling all of privacy and their own privacy to climb up the ladder and a face of the n.s.a. as far reaching surveillance program hardly any tech firm can

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the world by nations that it well it considers to be very close allies and in a statement to the bundestag angola markel sat there spying revelations have put all relations between germany and the u.s. to test in a while and it's probe into their alleged tapping of the chancellor's phone there lynn is seeking edward snowden's help and john gats a german investigative journalist met him in moscow last month accompanied by a chair and. but that's one of the things that's being discussed is the question of how to get input from of the person who actually knows the most about the documents right now all of the documents are being kind of read in and reported on by journalists who of course you know are doing their best are doing the best job they can but these are complicated things and it would make sense to get expertise i mean from the person that knows the system and the n.s.a. from the inside as a matter of fact i mean the interior minister and other leading people in the german government have acknowledged the importance of snowden's allegations i mean the fact that uncle americal actual

there are separate requisites that have to be met if edward snowden is indeed to go into by the for bundestag the german parliament and that means that said germany has to guarantee him safe passage and basically staying on the on that the german soil without steve but the possibility extradition to the united states and according to various sources that actually is within the power of the german parliament by the eighth probably will only come into effect if there will be a parliamentary investigation in connection with the whole scandal surrounding n.s.a. and phone tapping so that is yet of course to be seen as depending again on the german parliament but so from what we know. late word snowden is ready to do that of course when he was talking to the member of the german parliament who was in moscow just on thursday he said that he would much rather testify before washington but obviously he cannot do that for natural reasons and of course there's also the whole issue that according to a snowden's russian attorney i thought it was he and i if snowden does indeed leave russia to go to german