r.t. coming to you live from moscow u.s. military authorities at one time obey are allegedly stepping up efforts to break the detainees hunger strike now at six months british inmates shocker on merit claims guards are using bizarre tactics for example intentionally slamming doors. hundreds of times during the night to deprive the prisoners of sleep officials have also said the forest feeding of dozens of protesters will continue during the holy muslim fast of ramadan which begins on monday lawyers for the detainees fear the military will operate a painful force feeding factory at night time the procedure involves inmates being placed in cells with nothing to drink after they have been fed against their will but the highly controversial practice is still being the fan of by the us is going into account reports. from the u. one cost to the u.s. to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one thing first the guards strap the det

live from moscow just after one am in now it's kevin i am with you watching r.t. and a program called the weekly first than three blasted american countries have said they're ready to grant asylum to edward snowden the leaders of bolivia venezuela and nicaragua are offering a helping hand to the man who exposed the u.s. government's global surveillance web washington's aggressive pursuit of the whistle blows prompted those leaders to rally around the former n.s.a. contractor he's innocent. i think snowden tsonga spices up with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well nicaragua and bolivia offered the n.s.a. leaker asylum after the european countries rejected his official request for most of the week if snowden himself didn't know where his future would be taking him then we certainly did and this really it was thought ecuador might be a possibility but president korea's sentiment toward snowden shifted suddenly saying their help with initial transport documents was a mistake then as well as my dural made his country's s

a very good morning to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow now it just after nine am here. with the worldwide headlines. bolivia's are crying foul after a number of european states refused to let a plane carrying its president their air space all because of rumors that surveillance whistleblower edward snowden may have been on board let's get more on this now across live to watch as you go to prison offer more on this a. good morning many are saying this is all going just a little bit too far denying refuse for an elected president. every day this story just gets more interesting now the president of bolivia was heading back home from the major gas suppliers summit in moscow and then when his plane needed refueling then portugal and france denied lending it actually reached a point when the plane began dangerously running out of fuel and they had to conduct an emergency landing in austria france and first said that it was due to technical reasons but then it turned out that it was because of the rumors that edward snowden may be on board despite the bolivians claiming other

this outright spying that's happening while searching for snowden at all cost and he's the now r.t. moscow. the media and nicaragua have published what is believed to be the official asylum plea of a former cia man addressed in the latin american state and it snowden apparently says that prominent u.s. officials accuse him of being a traitor stressing that if he is returned to the united states health and unfair trial life imprisonment and possibly even execution norman solomon the author of war made easy obsess washington's infringing edward snowden's basic human right by pursuing his prosecution. the conduct of the u.s. government including statements made publicly by president obama and vice president biden we think from the very beginning several weeks ago intended to deprive edward snowden of basic rights you know this until proven guilty first amendment and the freedom of speech that he had is entitle to as are all american citizens so i think the statement quote out it was snowden is quite reasonable quite accurate and the united states from a tactical standpoint as the government h

outright spying that's happening to them while searching for snowden at all cost and he's the now r.t. moscow nicaraguan media have published what's said to be an official asylum request from snowden in a letter written last sunday the government hasn't confirmed whether this letter is a sending but also take a look at what it says so snowden apparently says that he fear is the u.s. prosecution after exposing his government's violations of the constitution and the u.n. treaties that was the lower doesn't thing you'll get a fair trial and will face life in prison or the death penalty if he returns home how brussels based political activist power for a says that washington is able to disregard international rules and its pursuit of snowden because of weak european leaders. these rules of international law have been told to be. shaken. by would say since one thousand nine hundred nine on. to a level that even among the western powers now there is a situation where someone is more equal than others and the possibility of a sovereign state to adopt a decision city guarding the side or protection o

of ignore this outright spying that's out there searching for snowden at all cost and he's now r.t. moscow now the most recent revelations to murder from snowden's disclosures suggest the e.u. states a closer relationship with the n.s.a. than many would like to admit and interview published in the spirit of the whistleblower alleges that the n.s.a. that is in that bed with germany and most other western states regarding secret surveillance operations now he says the partnership is structured to protect a top level politicians from any backlash should word of the collusion between spy agencies ever get out the revelations run contrary to berlin's show of surprise at the scale of a us electronic snooping with chancellor angela merkel accusing the u.s. of using cold war tactics less discuss this now with the journalist manual and writer who's joining us from berlin also right to what extent do you think germany may have corporate it with the n.s.a. surveillance. well i think it's a matter of we know that the german or for that he is the german mainstream politics the german government they al

have it for an unknown r.t. moscow. and in two weeks time the german touring car series will also make its russian debut and this weekend local fans were given a taste of what's to come as nikolai chose explains first hand. in the year two thousand after a four season break and by popular demand the german touring car series made a triumphant return in its native country and next month the expanded d.t.m.f. talk will make its made an appearance in russia so to give local fans a taste of what to expect german car manufacturers our jeanne meserve eighty's and b.m.w. sent a group of high profile drivers to burn up the drizzling streets of central mosque or. hopefully with the weather and everything i would love spectators we can use this weekend to show what detail this part he would t.d.m. mystic to us and so on i think is a great opportunity for us well for the fans to notice but to learn about a new race here is for them a new race here is how attractive it can be rose shuman is the younger brother of seven time formula

ignore this outright spying that's out there while searching for snowden at all cost and he's now r.t. moscow the most recent revelation to merger from snowden's disclosures suggest the e.u. states enjoy a closer relationship with the n.s.a. than many would like to admit in an interview published in the field goal of the whistleblower alleges that the n.s.a. is in bed with germany and most other western states regarding secret surveillance operations he also says that the partnership is structured to protect top level politicians from any backlash should a word of the collusion between spy agencies ever get out now the revelations of one country to billions a show of surprise at the scale of you with electronic snooping with chancellor angela merkel accusing the us of these and cold war tactics now manuel of the night and says of the outrage of german politicians spurred not by the spying but because of it now it's all out in the open. they are angry that it came to public that not all the facts are that the citizens can see what was going on because i wouldn't believe and you heard right now

r.t. moscow. tennis now and russian men's number one may call usually sealed his ninth career title with a straight sets victory over dutchman robin haase or in the final of the swiss open the world number thirty three didn't face a single breakpoint and needed just over an hour to secure a six three six four victory the thirty one year old putting an end to a seventeen month title drought becomes the first rushing to be very good that we have got a couple weeks off one it eighteen years ago. while there is hamilton claimed his first victory since joining the sadie's this season as the former f one champion dominated from pole to secure his fourth win in hungary but his teammate nico rosberg crashed out late on how to remain fourth in the standings as defending champion sebastian vettel finished third to stay top of the pile by thirty eight points give me what i can and was the big mover after the flying finn came second to overtake fernando alonso into second overall with nine races to go. and fi

ignore this outright spying that's out there for searching for snowden at all cost and he's now r.t. moscow nicaragua and the media have published what's said to be an official asylum request from snowden in a letter written last sunday the government hasn't confirmed whether this letter is authentic but let's take a look at what it says right now now snowden apparently says that he fears a you was a prosecution after exposing his the government's violations of the constitution and the u.n. treaties now the whistleblower doesn't think he will get a fair trial and will face life in prison or death penalty if he does return home service published a statement accusing obama of using his citizenship as a weapon and to war activist norman solomon agrees with this and say washington is trampling on snowden's a basic human rights. the conduct of the u.s. government including statements made publicly by president obama and vice president biden from the very beginning several weeks ago intended to deprive edward snowden of basic rights innocent until proven guilty first amendment and the freedom of

ignore this outright spying that's out of law searching for snowden at all cost and he's now a r.t. moscow nicaraguan media is no published was said to be an official asylum requests from snowden a letter written last sunday the government has confirmed whether this letter since then they cannot be let's take a look at what it says we'll pick it apart for you it's quite a long draft as you can see let's pick up the salient point snowden apparently says that he fears u.s. prosecution after exposing his government's violations of the constitution and the u.n. treaties the whistleblower doesn't think he's going to get a fair trial and he'll face life in prison or the death penalty if he returns over goes on to say snowden has published a statement accusing obama of using a citizenship as a weapon and the war activist norman solomon agrees with that saying washington's trampling on snowden's basic human rights the conduct of the u.s. government including statements made publicly by president obama and vice president biden from the very beginning several weeks ago intended to. dick writes innoc

outright spying that's happening for them well thirteen for snowden at all cost and he's the now r.t. moscow investigative reporter dave lindorff says that it is notable how countries switch from our app the united states over america surveillance program to complying with washington it's quite astonishing to me to see how the leaders in europe germany and france and several other countries spoke out angrily at finding out that they were being spied on that their embassies were being spied on in washington that the e.u. off system cells in europe were being spied on and then all of a sudden they all flat out said first of all they would not grant asylum to snowden who led them to know all that and then they caved in on this flight that they thought was carrying snowden i think what was happening was the u.s. probably told them about a plane that had snowden on it didn't bother to tell them that it was a presidential flight it was an atrocious violation of diplomatic immunity to go after a presidential airplane and the truth is that president morales had every right to carry snowden if he wan

ignore this outright spying that's happening while searching for snowden at all cost and he's now a r.t. moscow. brussels based political analyst poller a phone i believe that the us is attempting to become a self styled global governing and. the rules of international law have been totally. shaken. i would say since one thousand nine hundred nine on. to a level that even among the western powers now there is a situation where someone is more equal than others and the possibility of a sovereign state to adopt a decision. or protection of a certain individual. completely. to favor the major interest of the center of the imperial system which is washington in this case. latin america is finding itself squaring up to governments on both sides of the atlantic correspondent bruce years ago via for marty's spanish channel reports from bolivia on the region's anger at both europe and the us for failing to respect the country's sovereignty. braless said this all for is a protest against the u.s. and some european nations in the speech has always been mostly on the americans and now the u.s. is not unkn

r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie it's four pm here him and we begin where the latest news stories as well as the stories that highlighted during this week now three latin american countries have said they're ready to grant asylum to edward snowden the leaders of believe venezuela nicaragua are offering a helping hand to the man who exposed the u.s. government's global surveillance web washington's aggressive pursuit of the whistleblower has prompted those leaders to rally around the former n.s.a. contractor arch is a nice now as more. i think snowden tsonga's places though with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well as nicaragua and bolivia after the n.s.a. leaker asylum after the european countries rejected official request for most of the week if snowden himself didn't know where his future would be taking him then we certainly did and this really it was thought ecuador might be a possibility but president gray is sentiment toward snowden shifted suddenly saying their help with initial transport documents was a mistake

ignore this outright spying that's happening while searching for snowden at all cost and he's now a r.t. moscow brussels based political analyst pall over a phone it believes that the u.s. is attempting to become a self-styled global governing entity. the rules of international law have been. shaken. i would say since nine hundred eighty nine on. a level that even among the western powers now there's a situation where someone is more equal than others and a possibility of a sovereign state to adopt a decision. or protection of a certain individual. completely. to favor the major interest of the center of the imperial system which is washington in this case latin america is finding itself squaring up to governments on both sides of the atlantic the regions leaders have voiced our anger over what they call political terrorism by washington during a summit in bolivia this week now or a guy accused washington of political terrorism while venezuela's leader said the united states actions show how an american elite is ruling europe argentina's president highlighted how the bolivian leader has plane w

r.t. moscow but later in the program we report on the ongoing instability in afghanistan and the shadow it has cast from us taliban negotiations. to find out how far away the sides are for reaching a compromise. u.s. president barack obama has pledged seven billion dollars to combat frequent power blackouts in sub-saharan africa this comes as the american leader is on the second leg of his three nation tour to the african continent to boost trade ties however obama's trip has been marred by protests in south africa. riot police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades into angry crowds near johannesburg ahead of this saturday's visit to the city there were more demonstrations against american foreign policy in other cities across the country as well american aid to africa has been cut severely while washington has built up its military presence on the continent mbu you send me and losing your guys or of the protests across africa says america's only approach to resolving conflict is through violenc

the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk to bungle day r.t. moscow coming up later in the program us president barack obama might have expected a cordial reception as he tours the african continent but he was greeted by angry crowds as washington's cutbacks in aid have led to disillusionment for many south africa. plus the ongoing instability in afghanistan casts a shadow on u.s. taliban negotiations. they with us to find out how far away the sides are from reaching a compromise. choose your language. we can with no intervention going to stay still some of. us choose the fumes the consensus can. choose the opinions that you think are great to . choose the stories that impact the life choose me access to often. obama's africa the u.s. president's trip to this continent is criticized by some as too little too late indeed washington continues to be seen by many operations as a source for outside democracy promotion and the creepy militarization of the continent obama's calling card has always been hope but is he green much hope for. and welcome back you

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. with this hour's top headlines the u.s. government is fighting a legal effort to stop the force feeding of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay lawyers for several prisoners have appealed to a washington court to intervene but the administration says federal judges have no say in what happens at that camp now the mass hunger strike at the notorious military facility now entering its sixth month and nearly two thirds of the inmates have joined in the protest against alleged mistreatment and detention without trial is the largest strike in the camps eleven year history military doctors are now force feeding forty five detainees to try and keep them alive for the highly controversial practice though has been condemned around the world but it's still being defended by u.s. officials as artie's guy in a chicken reports. the u.n. calls for the us to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and her

ignore this outright spying that's out there while searching for snowden at all cost and he's now r.t. moscow the most recent revelation to emerge from a snowden's disclosures suggest even states enjoy a closer relationship with the n.s.a. than the many would like to admit in an interview published in the spear goal of the whistleblower alleges that the n.s.a. is in the bed with germany and most other western states regarding secret surveillance operations he also goes on to say that the partnership is structured to protect top level probably titian's from any back less assured word of the collusion between a spy agencies ever get out of the revelations or run contrary to brilliance a show of surprise at the scale of you with electronic snooping with chancellor angela merkel stating that i.q. thing the us of using cold war tactics now earlier i talked to journalism on a well off and writer who told me this is nothing but hard edged because germany's politicians and america's. the german politicians want to do something it's very easy for them just expel the u.s. american military bases they w

live from our headquarters in moscow this is r.t. with me to bomb would say let's take a look at the news of the. the list of countries willing to give a sanctuary to the man who expose the n.s.a. surveillance program continues to grow bolivia has joined nicaragua and venezuela and offering asylum to edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. now slated is believed to be stranded in the transit zone of a moscow airport after his passport was canceled by the u.s. he has previously sought refuge in a twenty one countries around the world to mark the one of them they being iceland now previously washington has been pressuring they say to reporters including

live from moscow this is r.t. will get the latest on the turmoil in egypt after a short break stay with us if you can. many in latin america are furious with the forced grounding of bolivia's president evo morales is playing in austria and even twelve nations in latin america are coming together to discuss the consequences of the event the plane was forced to the ground while flying over the e.u. because it was believed that that sneaky snowden was hiding on board trying to get to asylum in bolivia and beyond some might say that this is no big deal so president of some contra since he had a delayed flight for a few hours they happen man plus you've got to get that still guy at all costs right well one is delayed flight is another man's imperial skyjacking you see the countries of latin america have a common history as being on the bad end of brutal western european imperialism and when the president of a former colony could just be abducted at the will of the you would have his plane search it sure makes you feel

r.t. during an exclusive interview in moscow. are there for them on the where students don't want the syrian issue to come to an end there are two objectives first the continuation of this crisis is in the favor of design this regime it's provided the zionists with the historical opportunity to live in libya egypt and syria there are conflicts in all the regional countries so nobody's paying attention to israel so they can rest easy the second thing is that under the pretext of the syrian question they want the crisis to spread out to neighboring countries to iran to lebanon and to turkey because they want to affect the whole region they want to new middle east do. you check out our she's full interview with president mahmoud and larger job at twenty thirty g.m.t. in so he coped with selfish of a not. foregone time a bear inmates are seeing the u.s. government to put an end to force feeding a procedure they say is inhumane and torture is this comes in the wake of a hunger strike which has now lasted for months and seen more than

our lot from moscow as r.t. our exclusive interview with an awkward image out in about twelve minutes and although the new figures are showing that youth unemployment in europe has reached a new record high more than twenty three percent of people now without a job of the german president i'm glad merkel labeled it as europeans are europe's most pressing problem and twenty leaders will be meeting in berlin to thrash out ways to combat the issue but german trade unions think not enough is being done to get young people back to work they're planning protests in response now although they're used in other countries are struggling to even get the qualifications they need to build a future as artie's are integral found out in italy. italy was once an abode for thinkers philosophers and artists known for its universities and schools now however the tables have turned as more and more students choose not to receive higher education but the simple reason of not being able to afford it and academics say no one but the go

r.t. in moscow right after the break. answer me a simple question who is behind nine eleven i give you the courtesy of being on your show you should give me the courtesy of answering one simple question is whether the death of those people are justified hundreds of thousands of. people go to war and i don't believe goals that were set out before the war were actually achieved during that war and that's the biggest problem. download the. application. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. it's technology innovation. developments around russia. and syria could be facing the prospect of becoming a terrorist state within a state sources in the free syrian army which is the major western backed rebel group claimed that al qaeda plans to declare islamic rule over territory near the border with turkey until recently the opposition was believed to be cooperating with extremist groups in its fight against pr

r.t. from moscow and first another week of carnage in iraq has seen the number of people killed in the last seven days rise to two hundred twelve in july alone a staggering eight hundred people lost their lives in the country that's become a breeding ground for terrorists since the u.s. led invasion a decade ago the war not only left iraq plagued with daily violence but it's also left a disturbing legacy of contamination which has led to birth defects. you see caffein off investigate. one hundred sixty kilometers south of baghdad the sacred shiite city is known for its holy shrines and is surrounded by one of the largest cemeteries in the world some of the heaviest fighting of the iraq war took place amid these graves its legacy still haunts the residents it was born with severe birth defects he's only eight months old but the doctors don't expect him to live past his first birthday. i felt these or you were not hurt the news i ran out to his office and then to have taxi. but for his mother layla there's no escaping the reality. her son has a nervous system disorder and his muscles are slow

here in moscow top financial ministers and leading bankers agree to fight global unemployment and increase growth in a key meeting ahead of the g twenty summit in russia. kevin owen here tonight at r.t. h.q. in moscow just after eight pm our top stories are just mentioned it egypt at least three people were killed overnight in the north of cairo in clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted president after the military want those backing morsi the muslim brotherhood to get stoking for the rest and disrupting the transition to a new government the capital was the stage for most of the large scale protests thousands of demonstrators broke off from a mass sitting outside a mosque in eastern cairo to march on the republican guard barracks but they were blocked by the army it's thought that the former president's going to tank. while on tahrir square crowds gathered to voice their support for what they see as a revolution and to rally behind the new interim government who seek out from all spoke to a journalist in cairo says the muslim brotherhood doesn't want to see the middle ground. the real problem that we're facing right now is from the time of president morsi taking ove

r.t. correspondent might be in a coach in nova joined me earlier from moscow and i began by asking her what we know about asylum snow to us know to asylum applications well the information that we have been receiving throughout this day is indeed rather controversial and of course raises a lot of questions well first of all according to non confirmed reports adverse no event has applied for asylum in fifteen different countries however at the end names of the countries where he might have applied for asylum are not named yet and whether russia is on the list of those countries as not yet confirmed as well well mr snowden might have handed the flick ations at the share made to the international airport which is based here in moscow where he has basically been stuck in a transit zone since twenty june now he might have handed he's awfully cations to a russian official and there are also some speculations that he might have applied to. some of the countries which are here and their representatives out here for the gus exporting countries forum which is a very big event as there are a lot of gl

r.t. coming to you live from moscow welcome back. it's sixty years says the cuban revolution which eventually toppled a u.s. bank dictatorship marked a turning point not only for the island but all of latin america where anti washington sentiments have grown advice since artie is again a teacher can looks at exactly what has been alienating the people on the united states door step. latin american leaders to fine speeches against the us are a regular occurrence these days but what is fueling their indignation when we want the united states to be or foreigners like russia is or party like brasil like india like all other countries you know emerging powers are friends of us not our bosses the history of how washington eliminated itself the neighbors is best illustrated by the events that led to the cuban revolution sixty years ago back then the us supported the autocratic and corrupt regime of president bush who ruled the island for the benefit of very few people there the us ambassador to cuba at the time url to shred of. said iran cu

r.t. live from moscow now britain's government is moving to distance itself from brussels with m.p.'s planning to ditch roughly two thirds of e.u. impose regulations on the police force and the justice system but home secretary theresa may sound as u.k. will have to do some of those rules later on well let's get more on this from artists as our affiliate has a so what does britain actually want from its relationship with the e.u. . well the overarching theme here is that they want to repatriate powers back from brussels to the u.k. and specifically the home secretary theresa may had said that he wants to with who will prepare present proposals to work for britain to exercise its opt out option which is a drive in the lisbon treaty on the e.u. regulations relating to just as crime and the policing now one of the most contentious parts of. these regulations is the european arrest warrant which when issued by a certain country would require another country to arrest and send that person to the country that requires that person to face justice that those in favor of that opt out of exerc

r.t. live from moscow now it's not only government security agencies that have had their eyes on private data if you're in the u.k. many businesses also have access to your personal info your of relations in the british press suggest that major companies hired private investigators to steal data on the country's organized crime agency apparently knew about it but kept the material secret until now r.t. says are cilia has more. in another instance of unlawful gathering of private information it's been reported by the independent newspaper that banks the pharmaceutical companies the law firms and other private firms are on a secret list of clients and have hired private investigators or p.r. who break the law that these companies have not face any consequences or prosecution now the information of this illicit been passed on to a parliamentary committee by the serious organized crime agency or so so this materials a secret to quote unquote a safeguard individual human rights as well as protect the financial viability of major organizations as it may have a negative impact on these companies bei

r.t. live from moscow. i got a big question for you how stupid can stupid terrorist paranoia get according to four progressive stuck on the texas department of public safety demanded that any women entering the state senate hand over any tampons or pads before entering wow so why would they do this are they really that scared that some terrorists are playing to sneak a bomb into the place at any cost according to news to yahoo dot com the official reason is that they're afraid of people using projectiles as a form of protest against a law that would really restrict abortions oh well no i kind of see where you abortion is an issue that people really get furious over now it kind of all makes sense but wait wait wait wait what's that they're afraid of projectiles but people with guns were allowed to take them into the senate are you kidding me i think the second amendment does a lot more good than harm but i think it goes without saying that for women to concealed carry their hygiene items they should need a p

r.t. live from moscow u.s. intelligence leaker edward snowden is weighing up offers for political asylum from three eleven american nations with speculation mounting that he will be heading to venezuela support for the with the blower on the run is growing on the continent speaking exclusively to r.t. ecuador's foreign minister called on other countries to follow the example set by venezuela levy and the corrado and offer refuge to victims of us political persecution maureen of archive picks out the highlights of the interview. as the world waits to see which country edward snowden will pick as his new home r.t. spoke exclusively with ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino about the n.s.a. whistleblower and the fallout following his revelations now ecuador was the first to initiate an emergency summit among south american states after a plane carrying bolivian president evo morales was grounded in vienna last week it was grounded according to reports on suspicion that snowden was on board in route from mosco

r.t. live from moscow with me rory sushi now it just moments after ten am here in the russian capital. germany has been working hand in glove with the u.s. spy agency who sweeping global surveillance was revealed of course to the world by edward snowden according to news magazine both germany's foreign and domestic intelligence have been spying and using n.s.a. spy programs but that hasn't stopped from demanding that washington explain its snooping activities in europe as a tease peter all of us now reports. german chancellor angela merkel had to rigidly said that she only found out of the extent of the united states's spying programs through the media and it now comes out thanks to n.s.a. internal documents that have been reported by news magazine that well they were far more involved than she let on that indeed in fact they quote in the dish people article the internal memos that say that there was a willingness to take risks and pursue new opportunities for cooperation with the us that was shown by the german authorities they also were talking about the head of the b n d germany's f

r.t. live from moscow china's seemingly unstoppable economic rise appears to be a leveling off with g.d.p. growth now at a twenty three year low some economists are already heralding a long term slide down to three percent and in the coming years big banks a voice alarm over the numbers from china which come at a time of recession. over in europe and deep fiscal problems in the u.s. but despite the naysayers the chinese government remains staunchly optimistic pressing ahead with reform plans and setting ambitious seven point five percent growth target for this year so are we seeing the end of the chinese sic anomic miracle or are the doomsday predictions premature artie's business correspondent katie pilbeam investigates. despite enjoying phenomenal growth over the last three decades is not immune to the overall global slowdown and as an economy reliant on external investment and demand the cracks are beginning to show. as it currently stands a chinese economy is expected to grow a modest seven point five percent by their standards having enjoyed a nearly ten percent average growth for the

r.t. live from moscow and the u.k. is calling on the e.u. to embrace genetically modified food and the tide regulations on it britain's environment secretary claims that g.m. farming is actually safer than many of the alternatives and beneficial for consumers as well as farmers but health organizations and activists are voicing strong objections while g.m. profits and golf a wide range of foods from corn and rice to chocolate me to milk monsanto an american multinational corporation owns around ninety percent of all modified seeds causing global controversy over its domination of the market its accused of crushing small businesses and farming enterprises even driving some farmers to suicide that's as anti g.m. activists warn the modified food may be dad allergies liver and immune system problems these are just a few of the reported side effects are boyko delve deeper into the issue. it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dang

r.t. dot com. moscow russia's security agency is in talks with the f.b.i. over the fate of whistleblower at what murder but a crime in spokesman has once again reiterated that the n.s.a. contractor will not be extradited to think their last snowden is seeking asylum in russia and waiting for the paperwork to allow him to leave transit zone of last adult it's been stranded that for more than a month while in washington don't work as a pushing for trade or other sanctions to be imposed against any country that grants him asylum russian authorities haven't decided on snowden's request yet but three last american countries already said they would shelter him nicaragua is among them its president exclusively told r.t. why snowden would be welcome that. i think the threats coming from the us work against them it's ridiculous power like the united states threatening a young man who's had enough courage to tell the truth about something that went against his principles a man who realized at a certain point that he could cross the line of what is called intelligence

r.t. dot com we've lined up few snapshots a russian photographer who really got high over moscow and took the. images check out this. online. increasing numbers of britons are heading to food banks to satisfy their hunger but the work and pensions minister claims half a million u.k. people just want to have their bellies filled for free and denies a link between the rise in food banks and cuts in benefits as more. thirty might be a word until not long ago it was rarely used now though it's on everyone's lips in real terms as a stereotype bites food poverty is rising half a million people are now dependent on feed banks according to figures in a recent joint report compiled by charities church action poverty and which many see as a direct result of mounting social spending cuts and the burden of care is often falling to charitable organizations such as this one so this is where all starts the distribution in the kitchen with the more ingredients. and this is a six day week operation so it all gets kicked kicking starts nice and early and then once it's done it's. turned the cold. then just

r.t. correspondent in moscow. let's turn now to another government whistleblower who is facing a much different fate than the one edward snowden is dealing with at the moment the trial for first private first class bradley manning resume today in fort meade maryland is now in its fifth week prosecutors after a court martial are focusing on the two hundred fifty thousand state department diplomatic cables that manning handed over to wiki leaks prosecutors could wrap up their case as soon as this afternoon and then it will be the defense's turn for more from fort meade our to correspondent liz wall. well today marks the fifth week of bradley manning's court martial here in fort meade maryland today the prosecution called their last witness to the stand before that we heard written testimony from commander gives him a blow i mean he is an expert on islamic militants and considered an expert on al qaeda now he testified that al qaeda uses the internet to research potential targets and to gather intelligence he also sa