some time but the answer your question is it's no coincidence i think now the timing is interesting g eightg twenty they are very similar events do you expect the revelations to lead to some tension and during this particular summit or deal a blow to the trust during the hosting country. i mean i think i would have hoped that people know that the americans and the close allies in the whole intelligence exchange of intelligence is the u.k. but other countries even friend even allies. would know maybe that they've been they've been they've been snooped. spooked and there and then their diplomatic and economic information has been. has been looked at secretly. i think that some people make a point about that i hope i don't think it will actually upset the whole program i don't tend to be brought together and big were actually starting to hear some of the new change in the g. eight but on the start button are going to say that we're actually already seeing some tension like the russian delegation has already voiced concern about this president i mean it has and it upset relations already. well

be taken during the g eight g twenty meeting i invited my colleagues to force a taste of june two thousand and fourteen and the meeting of the g eight will the summit of to you at the g eight will take place in sochi friends we have about twenty minutes for questions and answers and so you please but that much you do ask your questions. or your. first market was going to lead similar to matter which a lot of attention has been given to your discussions and meetings with president obama we waited for this for a long time could you please let us know after exchange of a communique so as the issue of m d missile defense been very stable and has there been any more a movement forward yes we did we spoke a lot about the. about disarmament of. about possible. operation in this field and we do have some. issues that we haven't agreed upon but we also spoke about what we can do you know and that is becoming more transparent. and the president of the us he is prepared as far as i understood why going to scope of this discussion and this will be continued when he next comes to russia in the e.u. for

is being conducted behind closed doors and funny how the g eight summit occurs right on the heels of the other supers secretive conference which was also held in the u.k. only one week ago phil de burgh so is there any wonder why there is a massive protest movement following the g eight accusing the elite group of failing to work in the interest of the majority year after year well earlier i spoke with our two correspondent holy boyko was on the ground in northern ireland outside of the g eight summit right now to give us an update on what the demonstrations look like this year. the security operation surrounding the g eight summit has been absolutely immense we've had extra police drafted in from the u.k. mainland to help god the last resort where the talks are taking place there have been a number of barrie is a wreck sit around the town where the leader is saying a fifty million pound ring of steel around the hotel where everybody is staying so that's really keeping the protesters that day and there have been a number of protests around in belfast and in the town next to at a summ

g. eight and what's on their agenda for this year's summit. dangerous experiments prisoners they want to make money and they have healthy guinea pigs in the regular society then are they able to use prison any more they wish they could . drug tests on human eggs. to deadly pills you can play. he was killed. he didn't pass away they let him down. is pharmacy really about helping people. he is easy. to. see he. says. i i i today was the second and final day of the thirty ninth g eight summit in northern ireland where heads of states of the world's most powerful countries convene every year however what makes this year's gathering specials that it solidifies the notion that the g eight is nothing more than a club of self-important world leaders keen on celebrating their own power so if this meeting isn't about real global policy and what it's what is it. the g. it's comprised the participation of heads of government from canada france germany italy japan russia the u.k. and the u.s. but there are nine seats in the last ones filled by a delegate o

g. eight summit kicks off in northern ireland a look at the agenda is just ahead. with syria's center stage money matters are also expected to fall under the spotlight as of the west to beef up its a crusade against tax avoidance that and more coming your way in just a couple minutes right here on r.t. . download the official publication yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites. if you're away from your television well it just doesn't work so now with your mobile device you can watch r t any time anyway. my well with syria firmly in the spotlight after the g. eight there are other topics as well and tax evasion in fact this is what british prime minister david cameron is keen to push forward with more on this we're joined by ortiz pilbeam business presenter extraordinary so could you tell us what is this all about yeah there's a bit of an exposé going on the consortium of investigative journalists have come out with these hundreds of thousands of names of all these are tax avoiders from thirty different countries that do use these tax h

syria set to take center stage for world leaders at the g eight in northern ireland looking to narrow their differences amid fears the conflict is set to escalate even further. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is. glad to have you with us. british and american intelligence spied on world leaders and officials new evidence from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden puts the recent surveillance scandal on a new scale delegates of the g twenty summit in london in two thousand and nine among them a russian president dmitri medvedev apparently had their computers monitored and phone calls intercepted the leaked documents emerged as the u.k. hosts another major international gathering the g eight summit in northern ireland artie's boy goes there for. 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

is being conducted behind closed doors and funny how the g eight summit occurs right on the heels of the other supers secretive conference which was also held in the u.k. only one week ago phil de burgh so is there any wonder why there is a massive protest movement following the g eight accusing the elite group of failing to work in the interest of the majority year after year well earlier i spoke with our two correspondent wholly boyko there on the ground in northern ireland outside of the g eight summit right now to give us an update on what the demonstrations look like this year. the security operation surrounding the g eight summit has been absolutely immense we've had extra police drafted in from the u.k. mainland to help god the resort where the talks are taking place there have been a number of barrie is a wreck sit around the town where the lead is saying a fifty million pound ring of steel around the hotel where everybody is staying so that's really keeping the protesters at bay and there have been a number of protests around in belfast and in the town next to at a summit is

regard saying that quote ministers have made an extraordinary admission of collective failure the g eight has failed the world's one billion hungry people look i'm not saying that it's the responsibility of these eight countries to feed the world's hungry what i am saying is that the rhetoric from these summits is almost always empty and baseless so if that's the case what is on the agenda this year will the g it's agenda was dominated by a political conflict in north korea iran and syria as the danger zones even though many had hoped the pressing issue of climate change would have also been on the list of priorities and unsurprisingly the group further showed a lack of unity on syria with seven of the members in agreement that assad should step down and president putin being the lone voice of opposition in the matter here's the bigger picture though why is it only up to these eight countries to decide the fate of syria and the region at large for that matter what is palestine and lebanon only the frame it's this geo political chess game but i digress what i found most interesting is how

the bombshell disclosures feared to add no more tension to the g eight summit convening in britain against a backdrop of. protests. but it's syria that's set to take center stage for world leaders at the g. eight in northern ireland looking to narrow the differences have made for years the conflict is set to escalate even. by for me on to new central moscow time is kevin owen here this hour a very good evening to you thanks for being with us first that british american intelligence spied on world leaders and officials new evidence from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden puts the recent surveillance scandal on a whole new scale that delegates of the g twenty summit in london back in two thousand and nine among them russia's then president to me to preventive partly computers monitored phone calls intercepted the leak documents emerged as the u.k. hosts another major international gathering the g eight summit in northern ireland has probably boy because their first. this really is the worst possible timing for a story like this to come out where just kicking off the thirty ninth g eight sum

at some potential into the g eight summit so it can be right now in britain against a backdrop of anti hysteria tea protests. but if syria is set to take center stage for world leaders at the g eight to northern ireland looking to narrow the differences amid fears that the conflict is said to western aid even further. hello very good evening chief you just joined us fairy good if you company my name is kevin owen of this is r.t. international coming to you live just after nine pm here in moscow british an american intelligence spied on world leaders and officials first new evidence from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden putting the recent surveillance scandal therefore on to a new scale delegates at the g. twenty summit in london back in two thousand and nine among them russia's then president dmitri medvedev apparently had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted the leaked documents emerged as the u.k. hosts another major international gathering the g eight summit in northern ireland . because there. really is the worst possible timing for a story like this to co

g. eight events to kind of subcontracting operation on my understanding is that g c h two sometimes doesn't even get to see what it downloads for the americans some of the some of the material downloaded from satellites i actually just fed directly to fort meade in the united states and we get sort of bits of it back and there were a cave that got a subcontractor who was cleaning up after us but i was james woolsey at former cia had in the united states and still i couldn't say i actually saw the relationship to american companies so we could we were only the correction gauge does feel espionage as well and then the u.s. has the the goal actually in play to the chinese that they might be doing the same thing all of a far smaller scale disclosing documents proving surveillance on the g. twenty that isn't the only thing that's put edward snowden the spotlight today the whistleblower on the saving took part in an online q. and a session hosted by the guardian newspaper but there's really disclosures on the scale of america's surveillance program on its own and foreign citizens being the main f

g. eight summit in northern ireland after the u.s. approved arms supplies to the rebels the question is whether its european allies will follow suit. now on what is at stake at the high level gathering as host david cameron had planned to discuss issues such as global tax avoidance and sustainable economic growth but it looks like rising tensions over the escalating crisis in syria are going to clips that formal and gender and dominating the talks last week the usa france and the u.k. claimed that the syrian government had used chemical weapons in the usa has now pledged military support to the syrian opposition he told hasn't gone that far yet but speaking of. his stand in downing street yesterday prime minister david cameron said his. to step down and said that the u.k. would continuing to provide normally slayed and training to moderate elements of the syrian opposition now the russian government has western claims that the syrian government has used chemical weapons in the adamant. about how dangerous he thinks it might be to arm

g. eight leaders. on paper the g. eight summit is supposed to be a chance to discuss a number of white all social political and economic issues we want to know if you think it achieves anything let's take a look at what you've been saying so far the lines there is voting and our t.v. believe the gathering as a high level platform to talk about what the few results and a third of you a little bit more optimistic saying that it reveals a powerful nations agendas for the rest of the world the rest are split between those who are convinced the meeting is why do and actually brings a positive result and the rest think that the g eight does help catalyze responses to global crisis tell us how you describe it and r.t. dot com. and syrian rebels have killed sixty government soldiers near the city of aleppo in one of the deadliest single strikes a suicide bomber detonated a truck reportedly filled with six tons of explosives in a bid to reverse the tide of the conflict. to have made a strong push in recent weeks and rebel leade

the g eight summit is taking place just as the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden drops another information bombshell leaking documents that prove that the u.s. and the u.k. was spying on the delegates of the g twenty summit in london back in two thousand and nine snowden has promised even more revelations and predicted more whistleblowers will follow his example during an internet q. and a session. follow the online chat. snowden referred to washington's war on whistle blowers as a draft pony in a campaign he believes will ultimately escalate the scale scope and skill involved in future government leaks in short snowden believes that u.s. president barack obama is actually building better whistleblowers by targeting and punishing all those that aim to expose government wrongdoing as for the website that served as a strong platform for whistleblowers snowden referred to wiki leaks as a legitimate journalistic outlet on the topic of obama snowden accuse the president of entering the white house and slamming the door on many campaign promi

tonight the g eight summit ends with leaders backing a peace conference on syria but they fail to mend differences as president putin slams the u.s. decision to arm the rebels saying there's no evidence the regime crossed that red line and used chemical weapons. the u.s. reveals forty six names were going to tell them obey detainees they say are too dangerous to release transfer or prosecute as washington stumbles again on its way to shutting down the camp. and police raids in istanbul and ankara resulted in more than eighty arrests as the turkish government boosts its tactics against the protests gripping the country. all over again even if you just joined us kevin owen here at r.t. tonight one big story dominating our coverage to start with the g. eight summits just come to an end in northern ireland with syria as predicted being one of the most pressing topics up for discussion despite major disagreements the leaders did manage to come up with a joint statement end of the day russia's president commented on what's been achieved and what differences still remain polly boyd who is fol

g. eight are in fact against supplying the syrian opposition with more additional weaponry but one thing that every side every country agrees on is that edge leave

g. eight summit in northern ireland protesters staged a rally against that of financial inequality. reports. and here are stars the campaign is and environmentalist have gathered here in what they call the penthouse suite of global capitalism otherwise known as canary wharf london's business district home to a number of banks such as j.p. morgan and barclays now it's an event called they owe us and the day in the title is aimed squarely at g eight leaders who are set to meet for the start of the g eight summit hosted by britain in northern ireland on monday protesters gathered here come from a number of different organizations but they all say that they're concerned with one thing and that's the concentration of wealth and power that the g eight summit represents so next week at the g eight david cameron is going to be saying that he's saving the world he's come out with all these great policies that make things better for you know that's just not true he's making decisions and all those leads in fact making decisions that are really interests of the financial institutions of these

g. eight is the u.s. and russia admit they are not on the same page on how to solve syria but pledged to move towards a diplomatic solution. plus a somewhat icy atmosphere at the summit after the revelations that british and american intelligence spied on g twenty members back in two thousand and nine. there are more u.s. surveillance leaks to come as pledged by whistleblower edward snowden in an online q. and a where he also said that he is honored to be declared a traitor by washington. hello there good to have you company you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrey farmer. now syria's unending bloodshed is once again proving to fracture relations between moscow and washington at the g eight summit in northern ireland. and barack obama had to admit they don't really see eye to eye on the matter but agreed that peace talks should take place more now from artie's party boyko the gathering in last. the g.a.o. has been criticized in the past for being a bit of a talking shop and it se

g. eight as a sitting president of the g. eight cameron went through some points on foreign policy that they had decided one of those was on libya that the g. eight was going to strengthen the new libyan prime minister's resolve and strengthen his stance in trying to bring the militias in libya under control he then went on to syria and issued a seven point declaration which. is signed by all members of the g. eight including some balance on the issue of chemical weapons there's not much finger pointing going on there and there is no train that assad has no role in any future government of syria there is a call for a roadmap towards a transition government in syria and this may or may not include assad and putinism people and on that issue anyway he's not insisting that assad has to be there one way or interact but a couple of a couple of statements that cameron made suggest that it was they who blinked and quite considerably cameron used the expression we need to learn the lessons of iraq before we get involved heavily in syr

g. eight leaders who are set to meet for the start of the g eight summit hosted by britain in northern ireland on monday the protesters gathered here come from a number of different organizations but they all say that they're concerned with one thing and that's the concentration of wealth and power that the g eight summit represents so next week at the g eight david cameron is going to be saying that he said he's come out with all these great policies that make things better for you know that's just not true he's making decisions and all those leads in part to making decisions that are in the interests of the fine i'm saying to the shins of these large corporations in the interest of normal people the banks out so. quoted to me we've got to max out i mean is there a debt to us you know we're going to say this simple stuff earlier this week anti capitalist protesters clashed with riot police in central london and around sixty arrests were made one word on the lips of many of the protesters are speaking to today's inequalities while this business district is home to a number of investment banks

the bombshell disclosures fear to add some tension to the g eight summit convening right now in britain against a backdrop of protests. but it's syria that set to take center stage for world leaders at the g. eight in northern ireland is looking to narrow their differences amid fears the conflict is set to escalate even further. life want to center moscow is kevin owen here just after ten pm now in moscow thank you for being with us our top story then british and american intelligence spied on world leaders and officials that's new evidence from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden putting the recent surveillance scandal on a new scale delegates 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 leaked documents emerged as the u.k. hosts another major international gathering right now the g eight summit in northern ireland where our teams polyploid reports next. this really is the worst possible timing for a story like this to come out where just kicking off the

by still to come iraq obama's each ship started with the g eight summit in northern ireland away worldleaders are back to peace talks in syria with a final statement having no call for president assad to leave well we've got the details just ahead. one man has died and at least forty one injured in a series of blasts and a fire at an answer to pour in central russia witnesses are now reporting fresh explosions. over six thousand people have been evacuated from the small town of just pious go where the first the blast went off one choose to a night of the town is still in a state of emergency arches marouf a national is following the the situation. around two thousand people are now involved in the operation at the scene rescuers finance munition expiries helicopters and tanks have been used as well but despite all the efforts unfortunately it looks like that blaze still continues the rescues have only managed to stop the fire from spreading it's not contained but again it's a huge area on fire almost impossible to get in for rescuers right now because of. possibility for the explosions

g. eight summit in northern ireland after the u.s. approved arms supplies to the rebels the question is whether its european allies will fall of seat. looks of what is at stake at the high level gathering. leaders of several of the most powerful nations in the world are gathering in northern ireland the start of the g. eight summit which britain is hosting the summit is going to be held at the very remote. where a fifty million pound ring of steel has been a wreck to in order to god against protesters and to provide security for the likes of us president barack obama russian president vladimir putin and on the various david cameron now extra police have also been drafted in from the u.k. mainland to help bolster security that this is one of the biggest security operations that northern ireland has ever seen now as host david cameron had planned to discuss issues such as global tax avoidance and sustainable economic growth but it looks like the rising tensions over the escalating crisis in syria are going to eclipse that formal and jen

this is our iranian elections g eight summit protests just some of the news still to come here on the program. preparations for the first woman cause when it was strictly classified. even her own mother knew nothing of the imminent extraterrestrial voyage during her second door which there was a terrifying and unexpected emergency. one wrong move under segal may never have returned. she later miraculously survived an assassination attempt some thirty five right at my side of the car nine bullets were found on the my seat valentino to discover sego in space on oxy. i think the first impulse off and on was pretty much the same as the first impulse of assad that is to set a trap that mr assad was it was a big day to act like a dictator mr other one has been elected to and he's acting in the wrong way but but but don't come with this comparison with syria if it doesn't fly. a pleasure to have you with us here or not see today i will research show you in moscow a new blast has rocked another chemical plant in louisiana killing at least one person injuring eight a similar explosion on thurs

g. eight as the u.s. and russia admitted they're not on the same page in how to solve syria but pledged to move towards a diplomatic solution. there are more u.s. surveillance leaks to come up as pledged by whistleblower edward snowden in an online q. unaimed where he also said that he is honored to be declared a traitor by washington works. and a further strong seems to be brewing in turkey as labor unions jump on board the protests despite threats that the army could move in. wherever you're watching from around the world this is our t.v. with me to bomb would say let's take a look at the stories this hour syria's amending bloodshed is once again proving to fracture relations between moscow and washington at the g eight summit in northern ireland of light emitted putin and barack obama had to admit they don't really see eye to eye on the matter but i agree that peace talks should take place more from artie's plenty boyko at the gathering in the. reports coming out today that because of a lack of consens

box of a coming up here in the program protests held ahead of the g eight summit in northern ireland saying the crisis has only made the rich even richer and worse and the social. and deadly chemistry louisiana twin blasts of chemical plants raise speculation the state's neglecting safety expert opinion on that is just ahead for you. the names of all doctors who treated protesters injured in clashes with police as part of a health ministry probe prominence over the other ones government is claiming that medics acted illegally by giving aid to demonstrators in istanbul's taksim square doctors allege a crackdown they have vowed not to cooperate. this report from istanbul. medical professionals have been out on taksim square and gezi park since day one helping out those who have been injured in clashes with police and just those who have needed medical attention while camping out here in the park for almost two weeks at this point but the problem is now they're under fire from the turkish government and that is largely the reason why we're standing here and not inside the medical tent i

g. eight g. twenty meeting i invited my colleagues to force a taste of june two thousand and fourteen and the meeting of the g. eight will the summit of the your the g. eight will take place in sochi friends we have about twenty minutes for questions and answers and so please but that much we do ask your questions. or your. blood similar to matter which a lot of attention has been given to your discussions and meetings with president obama we waited for this for a long time could you please let us know. exchange of a communique so as the issue of m d missile defense has been very stale and has there being any more a movement forward yes we did we spoke a lot about the. about decide.

g. eight summits and creative framework for a solution. you're in the g eight summit we've agreed. that there might be a lot of barriers convening this conference with everyone signs up to it and if we convene this conference we might get a slim chance to start a political dialogue. we have a lot of problems as you can see plainly beer. there i'm bigger problems than you can see problems in other countries of this region is it not enough. what about. forcing consequences we need to learn the lesson we need to see take a more cautious approach. a more balanced approach and we need to rely on the will of the people let's look at the record of previous years and the consequences history teaches something these regionals can turn into tall good zones like the one we have between on the border between pakistan and afghanistan it's not controlled by any well what will we do with it six hundred people according to our rough estimates are fighting on the side of the armed opposition and these are russians and europeans so they will get say they will gets weapons. where will they go next th

g. eight and as the next president of both the g eight and the g twenty and we'll be going into more detail on this in the days ahead second we've talked about our ideas to get britain and russia working better together on science and space on energy cooperation and on new business deals especially to support russia's winter olympics and the world cup we discussed how governments need to create the confidence for trade and investment to growth we've agreed to work on new agreements on cooperation between energy companies and to launch negotiations for britain to host a growth station for the global satellite g.p.s. equivalent. a satellite positioning system and with exports to russia growing faster than to any other of britain's top twenty markets we're backing a new series of trade missions between our small and medium sized businesses third we've talked about the war in syria and how to end it i believe that our sat is responsible for tearing his a country apart and that to end syria's nightmare he has to go the new evidence this week of how the regime is gassing its people makes that cle

cole smiles and handshakes at the g eight as the u.s. and russia are not at the same page on how to solve soon to move towards a diplomatic solution. there are more you a surveillance needs to come as by whistleblower edward snowden in an online q. and a way he has also said that he's honored to be declared. by washington hawks. and the for the song seems to be brewing in turkey as labor unions jump on board the protests despite the army could move in.