r.t. ecuador's president says the fate of fugitive whistleblower edward snowden rests with russia while america's pursuit of the former cia man tests its diplomatic relations with all countries involved in this global movement. that is snowden's latest revelations point to a massive u.s. snooping operation targeting european officials in brussels and washington and at the united nations in new york. egypt's president faces a tough challenge to his leadership with angry crowds set to flood the streets on the first anniversary of his inauguration after a week of deadly rioting by rival political factions. in the first part of a much anticipated addition to russia's navy set sail for france in a joint project expected.

r.t. with me. now ecuador's president says that the fate of edward snowden and where he ends up next depends on moscow rafael correia stressed that snowden needs to be allowed to reach ecuadorian territory in order for the latin american country to grant his request for political asylum for more on this now we're joined live by artie's medina genova medina what we know about it would always plans regarding snowden. well indeed rochelle falls the solution for the former cia contractor edward snowden and that is the latest from the war now it could during president in an interview to the media said that the final destination . off mr stone is now in the hands of russia now he as he currently being a stock in the transit zone at the sheer amount of our international airport which is based here in moscow notes that now this announcement comes in the wake of a recent telephone conversation between act with the war in president a fresh air and u.s. vice president joe biden where adequate door was asked to read jack sn

r.t. ecuador's president says the fate of fugitive whistleblower edward snowden rests with russia while america's first suit of the former cia man tested its diplomatic relations with all countries involved in his global movements. that a snowden's latest revelations point to a massive u.s. snooping operation targeting european officials in brussels and washington at the united nations in new york. its president faces a tough challenge to his leadership with crowds determined to oust him flooding the streets of cairo on the first anniversary of his inauguration capping a week of deadly political riots. in the first part.

r.t. ecuador's president says the fate of fugitive whistleblower edward snowden rests with russia while america's first suit of the former cia man to test its diplomatic relations with all countries involved in his global movements. that a snowden's latest revelations point to a massive u.s. snooping operation targeting european officials and brussels and washington at the united nations in new york. it's president faces a tough challenge to his leadership with crowds determined to oust him flooding the streets of cairo on the first anniversary of his inauguration capping a week of deadly political riots. the first part of a much anticipated addition to russia's navy set sail for france and a joint project expected to revitalize ties between the two nations. this is our day coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshing welcome to the program. now ecuador's president says that the fate of add a word snowden and the word he ends up next the perils of moscow are just medina caution of a has the details aqua door and president that are fired carry out in an interview to the media sai

r.t. ecuador's president says the fated fugitive whistleblower edward snowden rests with russia while america's pursuit of former cia man to test its diplomatic relations with all countries involved in this global movement. loadings latest revelations point to a massive us new ping operation targeting e.u. institutions in brussels and washington and the united nations in new york. egypt's president faces a tough challenge to his leadership with angry crowds set to the streets in the first down of the three of his inauguration week of deadly writing by rival political factions. part of a much anticipated editions of russia's navy set sail for france in a joint project expected to revitalize ties between the two nations. are you watching the weekly here on our take with me andrey pharma. now ecuador's president says that the fate of edward snowden and where he ends up next depends on moscow rafael correia stressed that snowden needs to be allowed to reach ecuadorian territory in order for the latin american country to grant his request for political asylum that statement came after ecuador's lead

r.t. ecuador's president says the fated fugitive whistleblower edward snowden rests with russia but america'she shooter the former cia man to test its diplomatic relations with all countries involved in this global movement. nodes latest revelations point to a massive u.s. snooping operation targeting e.u. institutions in brussels and washington and the united nations in new york. egypt's president faces a tough challenge to his leadership with angry crowds set to flood the streets in the third of the three of his inauguration week of deadly writing by rival political factions. part of a much anticipated editions of russia's navy set.

r.t. with me andrey farmer. now ecuador's president says that the fate of edward snowden and where he ends up next depends on moscow rafael correia stressed that snowden needs to be allowed to reach ecuadorian territory in order for the country to grant his request for political asylum statement came after ecuador is latest spoke to the u.s. vice president on the topic with joe biden urging korea to reject the whistle blows asylum request snowden is believed to have been stranded in transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport for weeks now no valid passport and no concern of refugees fleeing the country artists are buying more say as more. weddings and snowden i'm twenty nine years old as soon as edward snowden revealed himself as the with a woman he set off a catch me if you can hand by the u.s. government want to get him caught and away is he now guessing game for the media so where is it after a tip off that snowden was on board a flight from hong kong to moscow the media started speculating as to his next move edward sn

reportedly organized by wiki leaks ecuador's foreign minister currently on a visit to vietnam appeared to be sympathetic to the whistleblowers plight during a news conference r.t. his losing friends is at ecuador's embassy in moscow with more on that country's involvement in this entire matter so lindsey give us the latest. well where in the world is edward snowden that is the question on the tip of every journalist tongue it's the missing piece of this puzzle we all want to put together it's a question that was put to the floor and minister ricardo patino over and over again by journalists at that press conference and those are questions that he successfully very successfully in fact evaded no answer was given so we do not have confirmation on whether or not that asylum was granted or or where the local the location of mr snowden is at that point at this point now journalists like myself have been staked out here since early morning and some even staying overnight just to catch a glimpse of this latest whistleblower on the run to the united states government we've had cars coming in and out of the embassy official embassy vehicles wondering is he in the trunk

r.t. has been told that diplomats from ecuador are at the airport to greet him whistleblowers allegedly checked in for an onward flight to cuba suggesting have and will be just another transit point on his way to another country not sure where at this point speculation as to the whistleblowers final destination some sources suggesting he'll go on to venezuela well for all of this and more let's cross now to our tease paul scott he's standing by at sheremetyevo airport paula give us the latest. yes they would be wrong wouldn't it if america's one of america's most wanted men wasn't to keep us guessing about his exact whereabouts. but we can. confirm that edward snowden has arrived. at the house can. flown in from hong kong where of course they are they allowed him to leave despite american requests to stop extradition proceedings against him the question is what is his next move some quotes attribute it to julia saunders the founder of wiki leaks in the last couple of hours say that diplomats from the country that has granted or will look to grant edward snowden asylum will be paid to greet him

ecuador has reportedly been. the safe harbor for edward snowden and we're asking people on our web site r.t. dot com whether he'll actually make it's to ecuador and what may get in his way or does he have other better options so far thirty percent the majority saying maybe better if snowden stays in russia if he is in fact here to begin with because his chances of of aiding capture would be better in russia twenty six percent saying only if he doesn't get a deal if he doesn't get near u.s. airspace will he make it to ecuador because there is a possibility that the plane could be intercepted on a route twenty four percent saying yes he will go to ecuador but that the u.s. may actually get him in their custody even while he's there and twenty percent saying they'll probably make it to ecuador but he should be hiding along the way in order to cover his tracks as much as possible which appears he's doing a fairly good job of doing what do you think though log on to r.t. dot com and cast your vote. sigrid lumber tour. was to build a canoe most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything. to teach the cr

r.t. has been told that diplomats from ecuador at the airport to meet him whistleblower has reportedly already checked in for an onward flight to cuba it's suggested have and it will be only be another transit point on his way to a final destination but there's been lots of speculation as to what that destination is some sources are just go on to venezuela others to ecuador let's cross now live to our t's paul scott standing by at sheremetyevo airport give us the latest. you have lots of rumors still continuing to circulate not let's separate fact from fiction and tell you what we do to do you know we do know for a fact that edward snowden. a mosque i arrived at around five fifteen pm mosco time on a commercial flight from hong kong after being allowed to depart the chinese territory the white house approached hong kong. to open the gauche ations about extradition proceedings but hong kong decided that he could leave the country he got on that commercial flight and he landed here it shows a mess of apple at around five fifteen moscow time as i say now we also know that the ecuadorian ambassado

r.t. is reporting that the ambassador of ecuador to russia has also arrived at the airport to meet snowden there's a lot of speculation as to his final destination destination some sources suggesting as we've said it's been venezuela possibly ecuador but let's go now to our t's paul scott he's standing by at the airport with all the latest paul what are you hearing. trying to decipher all the information that is coming in but one thing i can tell you is that the plane that was reported to be carrying edward snowden has landed here. it arrived from hong kong around fifteen or twenty minutes minutes ago there's still no official confirmation as to whether snowden was indeed board but as you say we can tell you that all officials in diplomats from the ecuadorian embassy hey there it's just about one hundred yards to my right. and they say that they all waiting to greet edward snowden upon his arrival when he gets through control i suppose the intention of of why they have his final destination is. within the last hour to a wiki leaks founder saying that diplomats from the country that will gr

r.t. coming to you live from moscow. now ecuador has abandoned a key u.s. trade agreement so you thought what he calls blackmail by washington over america's most wanted man edward snowden. remains stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport paul scott has the latest all masons involved and they continuing snowden saugor are walking a political and diplomatic tightrope at the moment particularly as you mention that could go on the united states relations between those two countries seem particularly strained at the moment now earlier this week one u.s. official claimed that a preferential trade agreement between the two countries could be in jeopardy if ecuador to grant political asylum to edward snowden or if they were to help edward snowden saying quote a country should not be rewarded for bad behavior however ecuador's response to this has been quite defiance they preempted any move by the united states and have withdrawn themselves from the trade agreement saying that ecuador does not accept any pressure or threats from anyone nor does it

hearing from marty's lindsey friend stationed outside moscow's ecuador embassy with more on the story stay with us after this short break here on r.t. . cut. to. wealthy british style some time to. market. canada. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our t.v. . screens be told language. will programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world's hot spots the v.o.i.p. interviews intriguing stories for you to. see in trying. to find out more visit our big. dog called. and into a plane spotters. tracking one transit led a flight that was supposedly carrying n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden to safety away from u.s. attempts to have him extradited only he wasn't on the plane and no one saw him boarding the aeroflot flight from cuba from cuba to cuba from moscow where he was reporting to us spent the night at sheremetyevo airport that plane departed two hours ago was packed with journalists but apparently short one whistleblower that plane now heading toward the atlantic and wi

r.t. this morning coming to you live from moscow. now ecuador has abandoned a key u.s. trade agreement to thwart what it calls blackmail by washington over america's most wanted man edward snowden after the whistleblower remains stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport will artie's paul scott is outside the airport right now and joins us live with the details so we now have a spat between the u.s. and ecuador over this one of those governments saying. yes it seems that all masons involved in the continuing snowden saugor are walking a political and diplomatic tightrope at the moment particularly as you mention ecuador and the united states relations between those two countries and particularly strained at the moment now earlier this week one u.s. official claimed that preferential trade agreement between the two countries could be in jeopardy if ecuador to grant political asylum to edward snowden or if they were to help edward snowden saying quote a country should not be rewarded for bad behavior however ecuador's response to this has been quite defian

passport which may keep snowden stuck as he awaits an asylum decision from ecuador to discuss this i was showing earlier by r.t. correspondent most say i started off by asking her just what's next for snowden. well you know that's been of the debate of the moment over snowden being holed up here at the airport but you must understand that upon traveling from hong kong he was hong kong the chinese government did i ask for extradition papers or from the usa to him that they wouldn't extradite him to the u.s. because the papers were not officially properly done hence they decided that they wanted to let him go on his free will he was able to travel from hong kong what happened is that the u.s. then decided to revoke his passport now whether that happened while he while he was on was it was in the air when he arrived in moscow that information we don't know what we do know though is that we can lease end of the julian assad's team had said that ecuador had helped in finding papers for him refugee status papers now what that actually means is that he's able to travel as a refugee whether that means that he be able

may have capstone snowden stuck as he awaits a sudden asylum decision from ecuador to discuss this i was joined earlier by r.t. correspondent to bang most say i started off by asking her just what's next for snowden. well you know that's been to the debate of the moment over snowden being holed up here at the airport but you must understand that upon traveling from hong kong he was of hong kong the chinese government did i ask for extradition papers or from the usa to him that they wouldn't extradite him to the u.s. because the papers were not officially properly done hence they decided that they wanted to let him go on his free will he was able to travel from hong kong what happened is that the u.s. then decided to revoke his passport now whether that happened while he was on was that was in the el when he arrived in moscow that information we don't know what we do know though is that we can lease and of the julian assad's team had said that ecuador had helped in finding papers for him refugee status papers now what that actually means is that he's able to travel as a refugee whether that means that he be ab

his bid for asylum and it may just be approves so at this point ecuador seems that the most likely choice all right thanks very much r.t. lewsey france morning live for us from outside the ecuadorian embassy in moscow. well aviation expert chris yates is joining us live from manchester now to tell us more about this flight from moscow to havana give us some perspective from the pilot's cockpit about what this all looks like so so far no one's seen snowden aboard the plane do you think it's possible that he could have secretly gotten aboard by another entrance and he's perhaps is there a place you could hide a person on a passenger jet like that well quite frankly probably not you know we call this playing stuffed full of journalists and all sorts of other people. who are quite obviously tempted to keep an eye out for mr snowden. it's unlikely that he will be on the plane and given the fact that nobody such was seen him and you knew the fact of the matter is they may well still be in the transit lounge he may be held for some reason in the transit lounge because of the media scrum whatever the case might be but suddenly

r.t. question more. fall for. this. little. thing. in the good. edward snowden is considering u.s. whistleblower the u.s. is considering edward snowden's bid for asylum that's ecuador or rather he's currently in transit for a night at a moscow airport after fleeing hong kong. that's with washington in hot pursuit demanding his extradition and revoking his passport as some lawmakers demand the government hunt him to the ends of the earth. and as the hunt for snowden continues across continents a bush era whistleblower puts the spotlight on barack obama saying the president was wiretapped when he ran for the u.s. senate.

to reveal where the whistleblower is snowden's trek to ecuador is being organized by wiki leaks chief julian a songe and more from london now and r.t. correspondent point to point b. julian the sirens are saying that they are in contact with edward snowden and the wiki leaks legal representative traveling with him they said that they are both healthy and in good spirits and in a secret location that they can't disclose now they've spoken a lot about the very bullying and what they called the threatening behavior of the u.s. administration in relation to a number of nations through which edward snowden has been reported to be traveling the fact that they've been demanding for his extradition now wiki leaks have said that edward snowden is not a trace as the u.s. secretary of state was calling him an idiot but he is a hero as we know we have been assisting edward snowden both with his asylum request to ecuador as well as with legal representation so we're going to be following this story as it develops for you from london. and of course bill and police but if you can stay with us here we're not seeing after the break we have analysis

r.t. with twenty four hours a day edward snowden has become the centerpiece of a boiling diplomatic row between ecuador and washington the whistleblower who expose u.s. intelligence operations is meanwhile still believed to be stuck in the transit zone of moscow's. is also. the latest so quite a strong reaction from ecuador to washington over its bid to get it. exactly explain tower. they have certainly responded quite brashly in the sense that they've. been which is known as the. trade. that. the trade agreement that sort of gave ecuador beneficial preferences in its business relations with the united states preemptively saying that this was in response to quote a blackmail of ecuador over in the former n.s.a. contractor as asylum requests now. officials us speaking at an early morning press conference also announce that they are offering a twenty three million dollar donation to the united states supposedly to help the united states for human rights training this is seen as a response of u.s. criticism of ecuador's own human rights record which isn't exactly so bright so certainly a lot of public pub

r.t. dot com to find out how the u.s. agency decides when to use their digital magnifying glass abroad. ecuador's president meanwhile says that snowden's fate is out of his hands and the whistleblowers next move depends on what russia does u.s. wise president joe biden urged ecuador not to grant asylum to snowden but they can do it yet anyway because he's not an ecuadorian territory moscow though insists that they won't be discussing what to do with the thirty year old any time soon for a look back at the whistleblowers journey so far here's our tease to bang woodsy. burnings and snowden i'm twenty nine years old as soon as edward snowden revealed himself as the whistleblower he set off a catch me if you can hunt by the u.s. government want to get him caught and away is he now guessing game for the media after a tip off that snowden was on board a flight from hong kong to moscow the media started speculating as to his next move edward snowden flew from hong kong to moscow say that he will be able to have on a flight the situation descended into a farce when a crowd of journalists boarded a flight

iceland ecuador venezuela and cuba governments the public and the media have all been pursuing this man trying to retrace the steps and then predict his next move for a look at the logistics r.t. correspondent liz wahl takes us around the world. labrat snowden is on the move and while his whereabouts or may not know let's take a look at where snowden has been and where he could be go away let's start off here you're honolulu where snowden lived with his girlfriend they reportedly moved out of this home on may first real estate agents say they left nothing behind on may twentieth kerry and four laptop computers snowden arrived in hong kong after exposing secret u.s. surveillance programs to the guardian and the washington post and while he was hiding away up in a hotel room here in hong kong the first report on snowden's leak was released june fifth just four days later he gave the guardian permission to reveal his identity while in hiding here the u.s. revoked his passport and charge snowden with espionage despite the u.s. efforts to get hong kong to hand snowden over yesterday june twenty third hong kong allowed him to get on a plane to moscow this afternoon the white house

r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina josh and welcome to the program. now the president of ecuador says it's now up to russia to decide were edward snowden ands up stressing that the south american nation is unable to process the whistleblower's request for political asylum unless it can reach ecuadorian soil the man behind one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history is believed to remain stuck in the transit area of a moscow airport artie's medina carcinoma has the details aqua door and president that a fire in an interview to the media said that the final destination off mr snowden now lies in the hands of russia ascii is still in the transit zone at the shaman to the international airport base here in moscow now this announcement comes in the wake of for recent telephone conversation between the aqua door and president but if a got out and u.s. vice president joe biden where app would work was asked to reject snowden's asylum application now ecuadorian president said that they would listen to the u.s. authorities but still the final decision rests with the aqua door the tra

r.t. an update on our top story now america's most wanted n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador and that's according to a tweet by the country's foreign minister snowden is currently in a moscow airport reportedly waiting to board his next flight within the next twenty four hours he is the seventh person the obama administration has sought to punish for leaking classified data let's look at some of his major revelations now he disclosed the documents showing the n.s.a. has access to huge streams of internet data including emails chat rooms and videos from large companies such as facebook and google he showed also how the u.s. government has used the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court to gather extensive data from phone service provider verizon and he told china hundreds of targets there were being hacked and according to his latest leak the u.k. is collecting and storing huge amounts of personal sensitive data from online and telephone traffic and sharing it with america well u.k. investigative journalist tony gosling believes the revelations a bigger than many think. the real impact of

think about edward snowden's attempt to get to ecuador do you think he's going to make it or not that's a question on our online poll at the moment at r.t. dot com let's look at the results so far we can see that the majority not a massive majority but twenty eight percent of you believe that he could well get there but he be better off staying in russia twenty six percent think that yes he will get there but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be safe from washington getting their hands on him twenty five percent think that he will probably get there as long as that plane doesn't go anywhere near u.s. airspace because there is speculation that if he is indeed on that plane the u.s. could intercept it make it land to check if he's on there or not and twenty one percent think that he probably could but he's got to do a very good job at hiding in order to get there that's your thoughts at the moment . talk to dot com our web site vote because to him from you. well with governments and corporations using all means disposable to spy on the public the demand for data encryption services is sky rocketing and all it is more important is be loo

r.t. one year ago today wiki leaks founder julian assange sought refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london he's been granted asylum in ecuador but u.k. officials will not allow him to travel safely out of their country the standoff between a son in the u.k. authorities could leave him trapped inside that embassy for years to come and it's costing the british taxpayer millions r.t. sarah first has more from london but this being one year since the sons. of the ecuadorian embassy here in knightsbridge in london now the wiki leaks founder had sought asylum off of the u.k. supreme court refused to really pin his appeal against extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning allegations by two women of sexual offenses allegations which he denies being one year but if the end any nearer in sight and does julian the son still is being worth it we very rarely get to glimpse exactly what goes on behind these doors and we've been able to speak to his son himself to find out how he's feeling one year old. every day that we've rebuilt our principles we truly. consider this when i was in solitary confinement in prison here in lon

snowden we just heard from ecuador's foreign minister speaking in hanoi vietnam taking questions and laying out his case for the whistleblower's asylum bid while for more on this r.t. lizzie francis standing by at moscow's ecuadorian embassy lindsay tell us more. well what foreign minister ricardo patino had to say in this situation it was definitely chose his words carefully today and now he did not confirm where edward snowden is at this point he did confirm though that the asylum petition is being very seriously considered by the government he also had some relatively harsh rhetoric aimed apparently at the united states government he said the word treason treason has been used but it is unclear in this situation who has betrayed who he also alluded to u.n. resolutions allowing citizens to legally fight against being spied on and he also mentioned ecuador's stance on human rights essentially saying that human rights in the protection of those rights are right at the top of that government's priority list. and lindsay why does it appear to have selected ecuador as his country of refuge in the first place. well if you look at how the story has played out wiki leak

r.t. with you twenty four hours a day. and it's a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador and that's according to the country's foreign minister is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight tomorrow afternoon when it's across now to paul scott who is at the airport tell us what has happened there at the airport since snowden touched down from hong kong. pretty much a case at the moment of the calm of the storm edward snowden arrived here at moscow . fifty. six hours ago was greeted by officials from the were. durian embassy and indeed by the ecuadorian ambassador it's not clear whether the ambassador is still here at the airport or whether he has made his way back towards the embassy but it seems pretty certain that edward snowden does remain. and will do so over night now we're hearing that he's having problems with his paperwork his visa in particular now whether that's got anything to do with washington's claims that they have revoked his passport it isn't yet clear now you have to ask yourself why is edward snowden made his move now wants that ques

with his asylum request to ecuador as well as with legal representation so we're going to be following this story as it develops for you from london. online for you right now at r.t. dot com when the pos catches up with you decades later germany opens an investigation into a nazi s.s. come on the squad found he's been living in america for more than sixty years after reportedly sneaking into the country claiming he never fort in the second world war a website has much more on that right now. on lucky number seven for silvio berlusconi who receives that number of years behind bars after being convicted of paying for sex with an underage prostitute he said i would want to talk on. thank you for joining us here on r.t. lack of water could literally be a reason why it's been so hard to dampen the fiery relationship between israel and palestine taps in the homes of arab villages in the west bank they run dry most of the time if they complain israel doesn't satisfy even the minimum water needs artie's policy of the story. the taps in hamad mohammed's home are there more as a sign of hope there's been no water through them for five long months. and the municipality does

r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshing. now admiral snowden's become the centerpiece of a boiling diplomatic route between ecuador and washington the whistleblower who exposed u.s. intelligence operations meanwhile still believed to be stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport or it is losing confidence as also they are in the let's get the latest from her now. well you see it seems like a very strong reaction from ackwards washington is trying to get their man. well his reactions actually been rather mixed in terms of internal diplomatic relations there's some information coming out now that indicates that people within the country is sort of trying to figure out exactly how to handle the situation now the president spoke at a press conference yesterday the president of ecuador where he said even though he had previously championed edward snowden. especially for his efforts to shed light of a massive u.s. spying efforts he also implied on thursday that the fugitive former intelligence analysts didn't exactly have a clear path to ecuador saying quote the situation of mr snowden is a complex situation and we don

can definitely leave ecuador out of any list of countries that you think is not a pioneer of internet freedom. if you. are. twelve twenty pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. with me will research show and look out u.k. chancellor george osborne is set to announce even more sweeping national cuts in his upcoming spending review he's already said almost twelve billion pounds needs to be shaved from government budgets and he's going to tell the british people just who's going to get hit the hardest are two sarah ferguson story once a place of sanctuary now a peyton symbol of a stereotype burson a small garden was west stephanie but she'll often sought refuge from her financial ways it was a she'd raised a family but when her son moved out she was caught by the new government scheme that's the betting tax days insatiable housing with spare rooms let's face it cuts to the housing benefits all me to somewhere smaller less than a month ago and the fifty three year old grandmother of one killed herself by stepping in front of a meeting lorry she left this suicide note behind her head devastated family about garden was how well she loved. and so maybe. she'd know

where snowden a will go next and particularly why ecuador is involved in all of this is because of one particular case that we've all been following here at r.t. around the world and that is the case of julian assange one of the world's of most famous whistle blower was just innocent of course was wanted by the swedish government on charges of sexual assault he has since denied and those are the charges he said trial in london of trying to extradite him to sweden he then decided that around june a twelve last year that he was going to us was silent from of the ecuadorian embassy aquittal government a did of course of granting that asylum of late in that they will of course felt that if he was to be extradited back to the united states he might face an unfair trial one and two that he might face a really uncomfortable and humiliating circumstances of course we know we could leaks editor julian assange there is a. those are really really big scandals of from the ministry and the diplomatic cables that huey's it to the media has wanted by the us now cause we be getting all sorts of information today we. are trying to figure out where the final d

that's because snowden is not actually on ecuador in territory at the moment or indeed at their embassy in moscow well for more on this story make sure you log on to r.t. dot com because we've got the latest on edward snowden and we're also tracking the reaction to his situation on social media the moment so much speculation so much being said that's all just a click away for you right now on r.t. dot com. let's get some expert analysis on the story investigative journalist duncan campbell joins us now live from brighton in the u.k. duncan snowden reportedly been in russia now for nearly a week now i know you're an intelligence expert and there's so much speculation about what's going on at the moment what do you think there's something going on behind the scenes between the f.s.b. in the cia over this man. i.e. how to. the fact that he's not physically being seen grazers questions about how he's being accommodated in the time being. i go with the school that. mr putin was having a little bit of amusement. watching the circus of journalists disappear off to her and then come back with nothing but you know i think it's fun for the russians sure and you

ecuador appear to be souring more on that story just ahead still the twelve in the bradley manning trial and still facing prosecution under the ask me to act bradley manning's fate remains unclear r.t. is at fort meade for another day of testimony details just ahead be careful where you chalk or you might be doing the perp walk in the us there's been several activist arrested for chalking on sidewalks to express their concerns well look at that issue later on in the show. it's friday june twenty eighth five pm in washington d.c. i'm robert how well you're watching r t we begin the show with the latest update on edward snowden the man who leaked confidential national security agency documents to media outlets he has at this moment still holed up in the transit area of the moscow airport meanwhile edward snowden's father is speaking out saying he's confident his son will return to the united states in an interview with n.b.c. lonnie snowden said that he was he had not spoken to his son since april however are his lucy kavanagh is in moscow and brings us the latest. well it looks like the saga of edward snowden continues for yet another day of course he still presumed to be somewhere