of the g twenty summit in london in two thousand and nine among them russia's then president dmitri medvedev apparently had their computers monitored and phone calls intercepted the lead to documents emerged as the u.k. hosts another major international gathering the g eight summit a summit in northern ireland. is there. this really is the worst possible timing for a story like this to come out where just kicking off the thirty ninth g eight summit here in la today now we know what we know from the documents that edward snowden has revealed is that the british security agency was spying on foreign dignitaries at the last g twenty summit that the u.k. also hosted back in two thousand and nine so not setting a great precedent as host of a summit we had even reports that they set up fake internet cafes in order to intercept the e-mails of the whole delegations of foreign dignitaries and even tapping into the phone calls of the then president of russia dmitry medvedev so not a great atmosphere for the start of the g eight summit i think that some of the world leaders at the summit here today mig

intercepted the top secret communications of former russian president dmitry medvedev during his visit to britain for a g twenty summit as world leaders meet in the u.k. this week for the g eight. an explosion has reportedly rocked the syrian capital in a neighborhood with numerous embassies in the military airport meanwhile washington consider sending lethal arms to the rebels and imposing a no fly zone over the country. smoked out with tear gas and flushed out by water cannons turkish police resort to harsh methods to break up defiant antigovernment protesters gathering across the country despite uproar over the crackdown on istanbul's taksim square. and iran's new president hassan rouhani promises a new moderate course as the west goes from a just shift in the country's nuclear ambitions and its stance on the syrian conflict. around the week's news and the very latest about events this is r t well breaking news here it's been revealed that former russian president dmitry medvedev was eavesdropped on during the g twenty summit in london back in two thousand and nine according to repo

of foreign dignitaries and even tapping into the phone calls of the then president of russia dmitry medvedev so not a great atmosphere for the start of the g eight summit i think that some of the world leaders at the summit here today might be a little bit more careful about what they say over the phone all right in the e-mails in the light of this information now we know that david cameron in response to the news has already said that the u.k. just doesn't comment on security issues or masses of intelligence the g c h q story has a somewhat overshadowed what had become the main headline of this summit which is the escalating crisis in syria now we know that russia and the u.s. approach the crisis extremely differently now the british prime minister david cameron speaking yesterday off the talks with a lot of if we can in downing street called for bashar al assad to step down he said that britain will continue to provide support to the syrian opposition we know that russian president vladimir putin well he his view is somewhat different he questions what will happen one of these weapons are

intercepted the top secret communications of former russian president dmitry medvedev during his visit to britain for a g twenty summit last as well leaders meet in the u.k. this week for the g. eight. explosion has reportedly walked to the syrian capital a neighborhood with numerous embassies and the military airport meanwhile washington considers sending lethal arms to the rebels and imposing a no fly zone over the country. smoketown to tear gas and flushed out by water cannons turkish police resort to harsh methods to keep defiant anti-government protests this out of istanbul's taksim square. and iran's new president has time rouhani of promise is a new moderate course as the west hopes for a major shift in the country's nuclear ambitions and stance on the syrian conflict . around the week's news on the latest developments here with our team. while the global outrage over america's sweeping secret surveillance program gains momentum another revelation is coming from the u.k. according to the guardian newspaper former russian president dmitry medvedev was eavesdropped on the g twenty

agents attempting to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time dmitri medvedev let's bring in our piece going off now because he knows more about this story. the timing of this expose is not a coincidence is it that is. i'm are also hearing about this story exactly it's really hard to underestimate the significance of the timing of this report since. the new. the latest wall is just about to start again in the united kingdom in great britain and well obviously this is going to create a. additional tension and some questions will have to be answered this happened at the summit back in two thousand and nine there we can see the pictures of the leaders going for the photo op and well according to the we who are that former cia agent the delegations from at least three countries that we could see the leaders of these countries on screen now including president of russia dmitry medvedev. allegedly under the full surveillance package of their forms were listened to even connections between occasions going through embassies e-mails basically for what. it is blanket surveilla

intercepted the top secret communications of former russian president dmitry medvedev during his visit to britain for a g twenty summit as world leaders meet in the u.k. this week the g eight. explosion has reportedly walked to the syrian capital in a neighborhood with numerous embassies in the military airport while washington considers sending lethal arms to the rebels and imposing a no fly zone country. small towns with tear gas and flushed out by water cannon turkish police resort to harsh methods to break up defiant anti-government protesters gathering across the country despite the uproar over the crackdown on istanbul's taksim square. and iran's new president hassan rouhani promise is a new moderate course as the west hopes for a major shift in the country's nuclear ambitions and its stance on the syrian called. a top stories on the latest developments you're watching. well it's been revealed that former russian president dmitry medvedev was eavesdropped on that during the g twenty summit in london back in two thousand and nine according to a report in the guardian newspaper oth

now it's been revealed that former russian president dmitry medvedev. in the g twenty summit in london back in two thousand and nine according to a report in the guardian newspaper and other foreign politicians communications were also intercepted revelation emerges as britain prepares to host the g eight summit which kicks off on monday well your i spoke to r.t. contributor ash in tennessee who says that britain has served as a surveillance platform for the u.s. for decades. i think that kind of blanket surveillance we're talking about fake internet cafes eventually being set up blackberries routinely monitored that surveillance is being used and of course with their on the raging presuming they were trying to make those talks amenable to washington and british interests these kinds of revelations show that when governments such as britain and the united states come close to worrying they will use this to try and persuade different officials of different governments to sway them for many years written knew or some british people realized that the natio

intercepted the top secret communications of former russian president dmitry medvedev during his visit to britain for a g twenty summit. leaders meet in the u.k. this week for the g. eight. explosions has reportedly rocked the syrian capital in a neighborhood with u.s. embassies and military airport meanwhile washington considers sending lethal arms to the rebels and imposing a no fly zone. with tear gas and flushed out by water cannons turkish police resort to harsh methods to break up defiant anti-government protesters gathering across the country despite uproar over the crackdown istanbul's taksim square.

intercepted top secret communications are dmitri medvedev who was then russia's president during a visit to the britain or the g twenty summit this is world leaders are meeting in the u.k. for the g eight. other news shaping the week after exposing the u.s. secret surveillance program as a cia whistleblower edward snowden remains holed up in hong kong awaiting washington's retaliation. iran's new president hassan rouhani promises a new moderate course what the west hopes for a major shift in the country's nuclear.

spied on then-russian president dmitry medvedev, calling on moscow during another summit in london 2009. president obama's meeting with the current russian president, vladimir putin right now, we're awaiting video of the meeting and will bring it to you when we 2010 it. the guardian newspaper also reports british spies hacked into foreign diplomats telephones and e-mails during the d20 conferences in 2009. edward snowden's dad says he hopes his son stops leaking information and comes home. >> your family loves you and we want you to come home. we want you to be safe. we want you to be happy. but i know you're your own man and you'll do what you feel you have to do. >> you, watch more of the speaker rue on the five. greg, what else are we learning? reporter: at it thought here that the new revelations from the nsa leakerred war snowden is no coincidence it comes at the same time the uk is hosting hose g8 summit in northern ireland. officials for the nsa equivalent here, called the gchq, eavesdrop on various delegation alts two g20 meetings back in 2009, allegedly they set up a customized

into sets of the top secret communications a former russian president dmitry medvedev during his visit to britain for a g twenty summit says well leaders meet in the u.k. this week for the g. eight. exposion has reportedly walked to the syrian capital in a neighborhood with u.s. embassies and the military airport meanwhile washington considers sending lethal arms to the rebels and imposing a no fly zone in the country and. smoked out with tear gas and flushed out if i want to count and take this police was on to harsh methods to break up defiant anti-government protest is gathering across the.

nsa played a role in the operation by sharing information on the phone calls of russian leader dmitri medvedev other targets included british government allies such as south africa and turkey. the spying appears to have been spurred by the british government's desire for an advantage in the g20 talks. an internal briefing paper said the gchq's intent was to provide intelligence relevant to the governments desired outcomes for its presidency of the g20. the news comes just as britain is hosting the g8 summit, which begins today. all g8 members become to the g20, and the latest revelations are likely to fuel tensions. at head of the g8, thousands of people marched in northern ireland near where the two-day summit is being held. >> for every action there is a reaction. you need to listen to the people. the way you are doing it is not working. >> we teach our kids how to protest peacefully against what we see are really fat cats here to take over this small part of the world and all the world. >> on sunday, amnesty international staged a rally for the closure of guantÁnamo bay outside a belfast ve

putin. >> and it's interesting that his predecessor, dmitry medvedev, was a person who was supposedlydropped on during that conference. >> with all of that said, what are the realistic expectations we should be looking for regarding this meeting with putin and obama? what will be said? i know you and the first read time talk about this being another test of leadership for the president? >> i think that everyone should have their sights on not much is going to come out of the syria situation. russia seems adamant that they're backing the assad regime. the other seven nations including the united states are on the other side on this. i don't think vladimir putin is anyone to say oh, my mind is made up, of course i see the light now. there is a sense that president obama needs to be able to show a little bit more muscle. this has been a rough month. and things that are completely have nothing to do with syria, but the collective controversies that have been hitting his administration. he goes into europe and goes overseas at a time when his poll numbers are down a notch or two where you'

americans and british were also tapped into the private calls of the then russian president, dmitri medvedev and billed by the u.s. at the time as the new great russian friend who would set relations from the u.s. and moscow. cut forward to 2013 and the icy tone between david cameron and vladimir putin over syria. it's hardly surprising this is all very embarrassing at the start of this year's g-8. this was the reaction from the head of the russian parliaments international affairs committee. it's a scandal, the u.s. and british special service tapped medvedev's phone at the 2009 g-20 summit. the u.s. denies it but we can't trust them. it's a total lie. now, you might think it ever so slightly hypocritical of the russians to complain about people spying on them and some people might argue it's hardly new the diplomats are interested in listening to each other's conversations, certainly in civil liberties terms, none of this is anything like inflammatory as the original allegation that the americans have been involved in the blanket surveillance of ivilian conversations. there is a window, al

intercepted the top secret communications of former russian president dmitry medvedev during his visit to britain for a g twenty summit last as well leaders meet in the u.k. this week for the g eight. an explosion has reportedly walked to the syrian capital a neighborhood with numerous embassies and the military airport meanwhile washington considers sending lethal arms to the rebels and imposing a no fly zone over the coming. smoketown to tear gas and flushed out by water cannons turkish police resort to harsh methods to keep defiant anti-government protests this out of istanbul's taksim square. and iran's new president.

agency, was spying or listening into the suppose it to phone calls of then russian president dmitry medvedevhen they were passed on to the british equivalents -- equivalent of the nsa. the security agency in moscow has tried to put a damper on it and say, we are happy with the security arrangements and the confidentiality of our leaders phone calls at the g-8, but the man at the head of the russian parliament international affairs , "it ise has tweeted,, a scandal." the u.s. denies it, but we cannot trust them. it is a total lie. a situation where the russians have this on more -- enormous amount of entity -- and took a peek -- antipathy. this is what nobody wanted from the british side in terms of trying to thaw that relationship. does it matter in the big scheme of things? i think probably everybody accepts that spying goes on. the british would see this article as most unhelpful. as you say, i'm sure nobody is surprised. think you for that. -- thank you for that. the former south african leader has been in a pretoria hospital for more than one week because of a recurring lung infection. f

is that it's the same type of thing as this came out regarding the booking of then president dmitri medvedev so it seems that no matter who you work wherever you were you were subject to wire taps and computer hacking and having your premises bugged by the n.s.a. that one interesting part of this article says that it quote saying that the e.u. were a target a definite target for this type of surveillance and also says that five years ago the e.u. itself had looked into phone calls that had been made to them had traced phone calls apparently back to a n.s.a. office that was based inside the nato compound in brussels so they certainly had suspected that they were under surveillance but it's a very different thing suspecting that somebody is watching you to then finding out through these type of leaked documents that they certainly were watching you and just how closely they were watching you indeed when r.t.r. slow day for news to former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament why the u.s. selected the e.u.'s close ally as a target. my educated guess is that this has or having to do with econ

he produced a document suggesting the nsa tracked the communications of then russian president dmitry medvedev. he claims he has much more to reveal. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >> now, you can see more of charlie rose's interview with president obama coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> and today, the pentagon is expected to announce plans to allow women to serve in most combat roles. the details are not set in stone by the middle of 2015, the warmer would decide whether women would serve as rangers, and a year later, the navy will decide whether women could serve as s.e.a.l.s. the services could change their minds on those two units, but other combat jobs in artillery and infantry are expected to open up to soldiers. >>> overseas, a milestone, nato finished handing over security responses to afghan forces this morning. american and nato forces will now move completely into a supporting role. u.s. forces are scheduled to fully withdraw in 18 months. >>> also this morning, a large bomb exploded in kabul. it's believed the target was a convoy carrying a local politician. at least three peopl

meeting in london the place four years ago some g twenty heads of state including then president dmitri medvedev apparently had computers monitored phone calls intercepted the evidence which came from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden suggests fake internet cafe's were also set up to gather the data richard norton taylor writes on defense and security for the guardian the u.k. newspaper which published the leaked documents he says london and washington were aiming to get a competitive edge over their foreign partners and. there are two kinds of information there the british and america that we need setting a call in the latest leaks which the first is under the guise of anti terrorism if you like and getting information about individual communications that's one thing a separate power thing or the same machine the same computers the same agencies you know the n.s.a. in america and the g.c.'s go in britain are doing are intercepting and targeting a different kind of information intelligence which ready have very little to do with terrorism but it's quite clear from these leaked documents that a

according to the guardian newspaper former russian president dmitri medvedev was ease dropped on during the g twenty summit in london back in zero nine the report says other foreign politician communications were intercepted as well the surveillance program included monitoring telephone calls and setting up fake internet cafes to spy on delegate computer use the leak comes on the eve of the upcoming g. eight summit which kicks off monday in belfast yes a surveillance program exposed by former cia officer edward snowden has sparked global outrage. and head of the g eight summit syria dominated talks between russia's president and british prime in the british prime minister in london the two leaders said they shared common ground on the need for a diplomatic solution to the crisis but as artie's polly boyko reports from london differences remain. well the leaders very said that they are committed to having a diplomatic resolution to the syrian crisis they are committed to organizing this so-called geneva two conference which will see both sides come to the negotiating table in order to di

twenty summit in london four years ago some heads of state including then russian president dmitry medvedev apparently had computers monitored phone calls tapped the evidence also suggested fake internet cafes were set up to gather high profile data this though as a surprise to glenn afford a political analyst and former m.e.p. at the end of the ninety's he raised the issue of a secret u.s. project targeting e.u. citizens called echelon and he thinks the u.k. is long been a tool for harvesting information. in the past week we've learnt the. new military friendship can more easily arash would serve the irish peace process and some of these spots throughout big with france or by britain's position of the european union absolutely could be expected there and there were going to be military with the g. twenty in g. eight events that kind of such operation my understanding is that g c h q sometimes doesn't even get to see what it downloads for the americans some of the some of the killer downloaded from satellites i actually just fed directly to fort meade in the united states and we get so litt

delegations foreign dignitaries and even tapping into the phone calls of the then president of russia dmitry medvedev so definitely tensions raised and at the same time it's all happening against the backdrop of protests with a number of anti globalist trade. you know human rights campaign is marching through the streets demanding that these world leaders address issues such as world poverty and of world hunger a lot a lot of people saying that the protests have been largely contained because perhaps the police presence has been a way of intimidating the protesters and keeping them a bay. or glyn ford a political analyst and former year m.p. says the g twenty surveillance revelations sound familiar at the end of the nine hundred ninety s. he raised the issue of a secret u.s. surveillance system targeting e.u. citizens called echelon and believes the u.k. has long been america's too for harvesting information. certainly in the past we we've learned that through military friendships the more we are if we deserve to be irish and some spots throughout britain with france about the position of the europea

that we could see the leaders of these countries on screen now including president of russia dmitry medvedev we were allegedly under the full surveillance package other forms were listened to even connections going occasions going through embassies e-mails basically the what. it is blanket surveillance isn't it that's how broad it was to me to be there is no escaping it even a fake internet cafe i mean it is extraordinary that. it's extraordinary the technologies would surely just be used i guess could be seen in. fiction movies and hits because well according to these reports the national security agency in the us and it's in great britain we did build these internet cafes for the delegates to use where the computers world video allegedly tapped so that the data from them and from the phone conversations and from the those who used blackberries e-mails according to the support this data was sent to the security agencies almost in real life time so that it could then be used during the negotiations during the actual summit so that's another other kind of point and this. also brings us to the

agents attempting to bug senior figures like russian president at the time of dmitri medvedev that's now talk to go to peace can off who is with us and has more on this now ego in most countries they actually indulge in some sort of espionage but these revelations come at a very inopportune time don't they well the importance of the timing of this report really can't be underestimated because the new g eight summit is taking place again in the u.k. and while this latest report is definitely going to qui some interesting discussions the questions which are high. will need to be answered it all happened back in two thousand and nine illegibly according to the former agent of the cia who claims that least delegations from at least three countries we could see the leaders of these countries at the time on this picture there on the screen right now and well these delegations according to this man were under the complete surveillance including the president of russia at the time due to the video of his phone conversations e-mails and even communications via the embassy so basically the lot

president of russia dmitry medvedev so definitely tensions raised and at the same time it's all happening against the backdrop of protests with a number of anti globalist trade. you know human rights campaigners marching through the streets demanding that these world leaders address issues such as world poverty and. world hunger but a lot of people saying that the protests have been largely contained because perhaps the police presence has been a way of intimidating the protesters and keeping them at bay while on paper at least the g eight summit is supposed to be a chance to discuss a number of vital social political and economic issues and we would like to know if you think it is chivas anything the lion's share of those voting at r.t. dot com at the moment believe the gathering is a high level platform to talk but with few real results a third of you are a little more optimistic saying that it reveals powerful nations agendas for the rest of the world and the rest split between those who are convinced the meeting is vital and actually brings positive results in the rest thinking that t

agents attempting to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time dmitri medvedev r.t. contributor afshin rattansi says it was an attempt to gain the upper hand. i think that kind of blanket surveillance we're talking about fake internet cafe's of the jewelry being set up blackberries routinely monitored that surveillance is being used and of course with their on the rage and presuming they were trying to make those talks amenable to washington and british interests these kinds of revelations show that when governments such as britain and the united states come close to worrying they will use this to try and persuade different officials or different governments to sway them for many years written knew or some british people realized that the national security agency was basically using the united kingdom and the largest spying out for the united states is here in britain but who runs the spying who or where is the sovereignty and perhaps british people will realise that they are living in a state where their media and all institutions surrounding them all industrial asp

that it's the same type of thing as this came out regarding the the bugging of then president dmitri medvedev so it seems that no matter who you were wherever you were you were subject to why it taps and computer hacking and having your premises bugged by the n.s.a. and it is all come out as part of these revelations from from edward snowden he remains on the run this document as i say came out as is one of those that was taken with him when he went into hiding it was just in the last twenty four hours or so it was starting to read on blogs that opinion might be changing towards snowden had he had he played his cards too hard to tell he played his hand of a pardon too hard too fast and did he have anything else to reveal well clearly it says in this article that he does indeed have more to reveal and. coming out about just what was going on and just how far the the the why it's happening and the the phone hacking went from the u.s. government when they essentially spying on their allies as well as anybody who they would seem to be any threat now one interesting part of this article says that

delegations foreign dignitaries and even tapping into the phone calls of the then president of russia dmitry medvedevso not a great atmosphere for the start of the g eight summit i think that some of the world leaders at the summit here today might be a little bit more careful about what they say over the phone or write him a e-mails in the light of this information now we know that david cameron in response to the news has already said that the u.k. just doesn't comment on security issues or masses of intelligence but there's already been a bit of a response from one senior russian official i think we can take a listen to that now. this is not only an act of inhospitality but an actor that could seriously complicate relations between russia and the u.s. how can we trust president obama's promise of a new reset how are we to know that u.s. intelligence services were spying vladimir putin to suit their purposes well that the g c h q story has somewhat overshadowed what had become the main headline of this summit which is the escalating crisis in syria now we know that russia and the u.s. approach the

is that it's the same type of thing as this came out regarding the booking of then president dmitri medvedev though it seems that no matter who you work wherever you were you were subject to wire taps and computer hacking and having your premises bugged by the n.s.a. now one interesting part of this article says that it quote saying that the e.u. were a target a definite target for this type of surveillance and also says that five years ago the e.u. itself had looked into phone calls that had been made to them had traced phone calls apparently back to a n.s.a. office that was based inside the nato compound in brussels so they certainly had suspected that they were under surveillance but it's a very different thing suspecting that somebody is watching you so then finding out through these type of leaked documents that they certainly were watching you and just how closely they're watching you indeed. to the day venues to former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament why the u.s. selected the e.u. its closest ally as a target. my educated guess is that it's all having to do with economic spyi

twenty heads of state including ben president dmitri medvedev apparently had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted the evidence which came from and as a whistleblower edward snowden suggests fake internet cafes are also set up to gather the data this however has not surprised glenn ford a political analyst and former m.e.p. of the m a nine hundred ninety s. he raised the issue of a secret u.s. project targeting e.u. citizens called echelon and believes the u.k. has long been america's tool for harvesting information. in the past we we've learned that. military friendship. we do have to be irish and some spots who are great with france about. the european union absolutely can beach but they're not going to be going through with the g. twenty is. a given it's a connoisseur contract the operation why understanding is that t.c.h. even get to see what it downloads for the americans to look to satellite so i actually just failed to read in the united states we get so big to beat back so we're working because the circuit directors came up with us and of course you get gr