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germany where data protection is quite high this is been a very sensitive issue here in germany mr merkel has faced sharp criticism in the wake of the n.s.a. spy scandal for basically failing to take decisive action according to her critics to protect german users from surveillance of internet telecommunications traffic that's alleged to have been conducted by u.s. and british intelligence services it's also of course a personal issue for her to some extent remember that mr merkel's cell phone was reportedly monitored but this idea of all mine traffic effectively bypassing the united states isn't unique to europe in fact brazil along with several international partners is also currently in the process of trying to build an undersea fiber optics communications cable that would do just that it would basically route its online traffic directly to europe skipping essentially the the u.s. and it's more than just an idea it's a one hundred eighty five million dollar project construction on which is slated to begin in july it's all the international live from moscow all receive stepping aside co

intelligence services it's also of course a personal issue for her to some extent remember that mr merkel's cell phone was reportedly monitored but this idea of all mine traffic effectively bypassing the united states isn't unique to europe in fact brazil along with several international partners is also currently in the process of trying to build an undersea fiber optics communications cable that would do just that it would basically route its online traffic directly to europe skipping essentially the the u.s. and it's more than just an idea it's a one hundred eighty five million dollar project construction on which is slated to begin in july. to our breaking news for you this hour here on r.t. international an ethiopian boeing seven sixty seven passenger plane has landed in switzerland off there a hijack attempt and the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when it suited emergency signal indicating a hijacking of the plane was forced to land after reportedly running low on fuel and circulating geneva number of times all other flights were grounded in response ethiopian ai

surveillance operations germany's largest group of hackers has filed a criminal complaint against mrs merkel says government for aiding foreign spying and violating the right of citizens find out how that case has panned out on our website. also online nasa wants to create what it calls the coolest spot in the universe on board the international space station had to r.t. dot com to get more on what chile experiments are planned out the orbiting laboratory. right to see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporters there. in. the in the. on. the top athletes at the winter games in sochi who will of course take home their haul of matter the luckiest ones will even get a slice of the meteorite but what's left for those who don't make on to the podium and for the army of fans that have traveled there are descended far out when to find out. well if you're looking to buy a souvenir during the olympics you'll probably want to get your hands on one of the mascots either the snow leopard or the polar bear and if you want to go to the high end of the market you could try one of these porcel

able to monitor the chancellor's communications directly the interior minister a close confidant of mr merkel was also allegedly watched as well as several firms such as s a p a competitor of the allegation was rejected by the us national security council spokeswoman who said that the united states did not spy to give american firms competitive advantages the german interior ministry so far refusing to comment on what it called allegations of unnamed individuals but this is of course bound to make things quite difficult for on the lower merkel keep in mind revelations last year about mass u.s. surveillance in germany in particular of miss merkel's mobile phone had shocked this country sparking some of the most serious disputes between the two allies in a decade as a result we've seen a tougher stance here the german chancellor now pushing for a european communications network and also pushing for a so-called no spy deal with washington the german foreign minister is due to visit the u.s. on thursday but he has said that he has doubts that such a deal would have very much of an effect and of a

surveillance operations germany's largest group of hackers has filed a criminal complaint against mrs merkel's government writing foreign spying and violating the right of citizens find out how that case could pan out on our website also online now so i want to create what it calls the coolest spot in the universe on board the international space station head to r.t. dot com to get more on what she experiments are planned at the orbiting the ball. right to see. her struggle. and i think you're. on a record like. i. am . on my. over one hundred thousand people marched through paris and leon on sunday once again venting their anger at the policies of france's embattled president along. the crowds were protesting against possible amendments to gay marriage and adoption laws which would grant same sex couples alternative ways to have children however authorities have said they are planning no such changes and this comes exactly a week after a so-called day of anger saw tens of thousands across france demonstrate against the government and one french activist is so unhappy with president along she'

that worried them a lot more because germans don't do this kind of thing and because mrs. merkel is not known for being a kind of prima donna about this thing. when she got upset, they took that seriously. but there's been leaking of the phone call about the ukraine, which showed there are rists between europe and america over how far to push russia on ukraine. there are definitely areas of sensitivity. my takeaway was despite all of the pretalk about this being dominated by president hollande's love life, there are very substantive and serious iss issues, iran and issues over the spying and ukraine and russia. all of that needs to be managed at the moment and in a fairly urgent time frame. and the more that the two sides on europe can sit down and deal with these things, hopefully we can get movement on those. >> chuck, we want your sense, there was a little bit of domestic politics as well with questions about another affordable care act delay here as well, for the president the u.s. president had to deal with this domestic policies and french president with his own domestic po

mr. hollande and madam merkel. >> katherine ashton has been out in ukraine, and it is one of those areashere everyone seems to be a finger in the pie, do they have a sense that that may have been part of the problem? >> if you listen to the russian spokesman, they are issues spark acquisitions against the european union, suggesting that the european union has been stirring up trouble on the streets of ukraine. it has been implied that they are being directed by outside forces, but i think it's clear they mean people like katherine ashton and other eu officials. and the european union has to tread a very delicate path. at a summit, president putin made it quite clear during his press conference that the ukraine issue is a significant challenge between improving eu and russian relations. it is not likely to get any better if the eu officials agree on sanctions tomorrow in brussels. >> thank you very much. >>> six members of the punk group pussy riot have been attacked. putting on their signature ski masks, when at least ten security officials attacked them. the police later investigated th

merkel. >> thank you very much mr. chair and thank you for your testimony before our committee. i want to focus on a report that was released yesterday by senators carl levin and john mccain, a bipartisan report that chronicles how credit swiss helped wealthy americans evade taxes by stashing their money in swiss banks and highlighted flagrant abuses where employees of the bank came to seek clients at golf events and saying they were here for tourism. and set up rooms at airports and destroyed account statements that were being reviewed. billions of dollars of u.s. tax dollars were dodged and it is doing business in the u.s. under the supervision of the u.s. forward reserve board. this report very thoroughly researched, and it is critical of our own department of justice for failing to prosecute a bank operating in the u.s. the senator pointed out, if the swiss bank doesn't want to or comply with u.s. law maybe it shouldn't do business in the u.s. this case has reminders or echoes of the hsbc base we saw just a year ago, flagrant violations through transactions to keep u.s. offi

mr. speaker, given what the prime minister is called the leader of the opposition's new approach and chancellor angela merkel's forthcoming visit to mark, is this something we can learn from her about needing broader-based approaches to coalition building which would unite the country? because while it's true under such circumstances he would have to get some red meat to them and some red meat to us, it would have a huge advantage for all of us of leaving the liberal democrats where they belong. [laughter] >> my admiration, my admiration to angela merkel is enormous but there are many things she has achieved that i would like to copy, not least getting reelected. [laughter] but one thing i do not want to copy is i think the idea of a grand coalition is a bit too much for me. >> thank you, mr. speaker. what steps will the prime minister and government take -- to assist the national crime agency? can he give an assurance that those involved in criminology in northern ireland were not get a letter, that is their passport for freedom? >> i think the honorable gentleman makes an important one. i have been very impr

merkel is modification rather than general renegotiation? >> well i'm not sure where the line is drawn between modification and renegotiation. any modification is a change which is, could be presented by mr. cameron as a renegotiation. >> i think as far as germany is concerned -- >> it will be presented. >> you don't have to go back, countries have to go back and have referendums. >> that's what they want because they never have referendums themselves and if they had, of course, we wouldn't have the euro. >> do you think the parliamentary elections changes anything here, because we're talking about a possibility of having 30% of the europe parliament skeptics. do you think that makes, angela merkel will change her mind at all on this? >> the pressure on merkel is currently mostly i would imagine at least on the day-to-day basis from her social democratic partners inside the coalition who are very kind of integrationists if i can use a word which probably doesn't even exist. if something like if you're deutsche, you're a skeptic by which i mean euro the currency skeptic group makes a substantial breakthrough in the elections that creates alternative pressure because they're mostly appeali