kerry says the u.s. interests are with remaining international interests. >> as a nation, we take our pacific relationships and responsibilities and we will continue to build an active adherence in every respect. >> he met with counterparts from japan and south korea to go over their united approach on north korea. they say they'll work together to push authorities in pyongyang to stop developing nuclear weapons. kerry sat down in brunei with fumio kishida and south korean foreign minister yun byung-se. >> translator: this is the right time for representatives of the three countries to exchange opinions over north korean issues. >> yun called the meeting significant. the first of its kind since japan and south korea elected new governments and president obama entered his second term. kerry said the three nations have been coordinating responses to the north's provocations. north korean leaders have indicated they're willing to restart talks on their nuclear program, but the ministers agreed the country m

but with u.s. central bankers hinting at tapering monetary easing, investors are rethinking where their money goes. ai uchida joins us from the business desk with more on that. good morning, ai. >> good morning. that's because when the u.s. fed tapers its current monetary easing measures, interest rates in the states are expected to rise. that is why people in emerging economies are worried outside investors are pulling out their money on speculation that the fed will scale back its monetary easing. government officials in india are trying to keep inflows of overseas cash by easing rules on foreign direct investment. the officials say they'll allow firms from abroad to have a 100% stake in telecom operators. the current limit is 74%. and the foreign investment cap in the insurance sector will be raced from 26 to 49%. foreign firms will also be able to bypass government approval to make investments in more business areas. india's currency has fallen nearly 10% against the dollar over the past two mo

so the u.s. oil boom to erode opec market share, is essentially what they're talking about this morning. the north american share open will leave one of the biggest rises in nonopec supply growth seen in the last two decades, which will help meet global demand and raise the share of opec. the outlook should give bulls some cause for alarm, because nonopec supply growth looks on track to hit a 20-year record. as you can see, wti up to 107.15. we hit 106 yesterday. big drawdown, much bigger drawdown in the u.s. department of energy inventory. 9.9 million barrels of inventory, expected to fall 2.9 million. the interesting thing is where wl th whether that supply will erode price or not. crude prices up $3 a barrel on wednesday. because of that big decline in crude stockpiles, you can head to cnbc.com to find out why the price is pushing higher and what that will do for domestic prices. also a piece online giving two big reasons why gas prices might spike in the near future as well. >>> we'll keep ou

now the u.s. claims it has found a way to make sure the arms and sands to the rebels in syria won't fall into the wrong hands this comes after leaked reports from the cia that it's about to start funneling heavy weapons to rebel fighters but as going to cheat you can reports there is concern within the us political establishment that extremist groups could be the ones to benefit. as war torn syria braces for an influx of u.s. arms some u.s. politicians ask whether president obama has carried out background checks on syrian rebels before giving them weapons this is a tweet from senator ted cruz and it's a snarky comment given president obama's push for more stringent rules for gun here in the united states as for flooding syria with weapons the administration's standards may be quite different from those applied at home the obama administration claims it's familiar with the backgrounds of those the u.s. is arming in syria there are greater guarantees now that the weapons are being transferred to mo

gathered to cheer them on from both u.s. u.s. and mexico sides. an update on social media said they had been taken to a detention facility in florence, arizona. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin with detroit, which last week became the largest ever u.s. municipality to file for bankruptcy. facing an estimated $18 billion in debt, mission can -- michigan governor rick snyder said they have no choice. this was a difficult and painful decision, but i believe there were no other viable actions. why did i do this? what is the impact for both the city and the state of michigan? let me start with the fact this is a situation that has been six years in the making and turns of the decline of detroit. from a financial point of view, i will be blunt. >> one of the things i want to say to our citizens is that as tough as this is, i really didn't want to go in this direction, but now that we are here, we have to make the best of it. dave bing andor before that mich

u.s. spying. a former suez act dictator is detained -- u.s.-backed dictator is detained. contras, was putting hissene habre into power, even though he had a reputation for brutality. >> known as africa's pinochet, hissene habre has been detained in senegal. we will speak with attorney reed brody who is worked with victims of hissene habre's regime since 1999. and we will talk about jean- claude duvalier of haiti and efrain rios montt of guatemala. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. egypt's military has issued a 48-hour deadline for president mohamed morsi i to yield to the demands of the egyptian people amidst mass protest aimed at forcing from office. the head of egypt's armed forces issued the ultimatum on monday. >> the armed forces warns everyone the demands of the people are not met with the ultimatum given you will find it mandatory upon itself in accordance to its historic national responsibilities and

u.s. drone strikes in pakistan are civilians is the pentagon looks to expand operations in the country's tribal zone. and think tank wounds of dramatically widening wealth gap in britain due to welfare reforms described as speeded up that you're isn't. hello welcome it's good to have you company you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with may and tree farm. now hackers have the ability to hijack one in every eight mobile phones worldwide with a single hidden text message that alert has come from a leading german cyber security expert he claims the trick gives criminals instant control over mobile devices and can even provide them with access to personal banking data and to see chalk and explains. turns out that as many as seven hundred fifty million cell phones around the world could be carrying flawed sim cards that could potentially leave their owners vulnerable to financial fraud and surveillance now sim cards hold key user data and have up until now been generally known to

u.s. and european leaders are calling on all sides to exercise restraint. >> we also call on all political parties and movements to remain engaged in dialogue and to commit to participating in a political process to hasten the return of full authority to a democr democratically elected government. >> reporter: the european un's foreign policy chief called for an immediate end to the violence. katherine ashton urged all parties to move toward reconciliation. opponents say mansour and his aides are maybing some of the same mistakes after the arab spring protests two years ago. they promise to continue with their protests until morsi is back in office. chiaki ishikawa, nhk world. >>> investigators are piecing together what happened in the moment moments before a plane crash landed in san francisco. two high school girls from china died when the asiana airliner went down saturday. the head of the national transportation safety board said the plane was coming in much too slow as it approached t

the u.s. military doesn't want you to know, the one they wrote themselves. dispatches have been sifting through nearly 400,000 secret army documents to uncover the full and unreported horror of the conflict. it's the biggest leak of official documents in history. tonight, we reveal reports that u.s. troops were killing more civilians than insurgents at checkpoints, that they killed people who were trying to surrender, that even after the scandal of abu ghraib, u.s. soldiers continue to abuse prisoners. and also, how the americans stand accused of turning a blind eye to the torture and murder of detainees by the iraqi security services. this is the cemetery of najaf, in southern iraq. it has existed for a thousand years and is the biggest in the world. since the invasion by coalition forces to topple the dictator saddam hussein in 2003, it has expanded by 40%. it now covers over 3 square miles. >> [speaking arabic] >> the united states and its coalition partners respect the people of iraq. we a

u.s. >>> the u.s. attorney general says in a letter to russia that former national security agency contractor edward snowden will not face the death penalty for espionage. the correspondence is seen as an attempt to prevent russia from treating snowden as a refugee and granting him asylum. officials at the u.s. justice department say attorney general eric holder sent the letter to his russia counterpart alexander konovalov on tuesday. holder wrote that snowden is charged with leaking classified information. but he mentioned that snowden would not be tortured or face capital punishment even if he returns to the united states. the attorney general said the charges snowden faces do not carry that penalty. the letter is an apparent reaction to concern expressed by snowden in his application for asylum that he may be sentenced to death if he returns to the u.s. >>> prosecutors in egypt say they'll question ousted president mohamed morsi over allegations he worked with an islamic group to orches

i always thought the u.s. dollar was a share of the u.s.nd goes up or down based on what we think about the strength and now converts the strong e u.s. dollar into what we have in this chart. tell us what the chart shows. >> it's looking at the purchasing power parity. some big look at starbucks coffee. in oslo, norway it costs almost $10 to get a cup of coffee. in u.k., it cost almost $5. dennis: $10 to get a cup of coffee where? >> norway. dennis: incredible. >> switzerland, about $7, $8 a cup of coffee. just shows on a purchasing basis, those currencies are overvalu overvalued. the dollar should be stronger. in the end the price should be fairly similar. dennis: the higher price for the richer cup of coffee shows how rich their currency is when you convert it into dollars. tell us about the current account deficit as a percentage of g.d.p. how much more stuff we buy from the rest of the world every year than we sell to the rest of the world and that has been going down and then up and back down. how does that help us? >> as the deficit c

and in the u.s. president obama has praised the nineteen firefighters killed while battling a wildfire that has been raging in the state of arizona the blaze has raised through dry bush and grass damaging buildings and forcing hundreds of residents in two towns to flee is believed to have been started by a lightning strike in a forest spreading clear quickly because of high winds. in the e.u. to embrace genetically modified foods and to ease the tight regulations on them now 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 have voiced strong objections you know g.m. products and gulf a wide range of foods from corn to rice to chocolate meat even milk monsanto and american money multinational corporation owns around ninety percent of all modified seeds which is causing global controversy because of its domination of the market now the company has been accused o

next week u.s. lawmakers are set to hold a vote which could put the one point three billion dollars military aid package that washington sends to karo at risk if events in egypt are officially labeled a coup the support would have to stop the republican representative is trying to use wordplay to make it more flexible times correspondent pepe escobar says that egypt will be severely concerned about losing any financial help. basic the absolute egypt cannot feed itself they have annual deficit of over twenty billion dollars before that we had the emir of qatar writing the checks now we're going to have saudi arabia and the emirates right checked if they need any of course they do from the i.m.f. is going to be about the three or four billion max which they had negotiated for almost thirty years but it's not a not so interesting it's going to explode all over again in three four five six months the muslim brotherhood was they will be able to come out this new go when it's going to be a liberal as well

government so the u.s. government case for holding them. holding them at all is. certainly the u.s. government case or for treating them even weaker no one can say what's going to happen before but it certainly a lot of war movies why group of people they don't have a lot of options. all right a straight a couple now to open up the data it's where at least ten people have died in an assault on a company in the afghan capital that supplies nato forces a car bomb blast ripped through the entrance to the compound before five attackers started shooting all of them were killed along with four company employees and of civilians three hundred national police died last month alone. has a broken out again in brazil as protests against transport costs continue across the country rioting erupted in the northern city of the mouse vehicles were smashed and set on fire and there were certainly several clashes with riot police and truck drivers in sao paulo brazil is the largest city they blocked highways angry at highway tolls prices on the cost of diesel. now the world's biggest gas producers ha

as an assistant u.s. lead prosecutor in a number of cases involving criminal drug conspiracies, money-laundering, financial fraud and violent crimes in the 1990s. in the private sector he became a partner at two very well respected minnesota law firms. to highlight some of his accomplishments during his tenure as u.s. attorney in minnesota that office with b. todd jones at the helm prosecuted operation rhino which involved criminal prosecution of omar mohammad who recruited young somali americans to fight for terrorist groups in somalia. muhammed was indicted in november of 2009 and pled guilty in july of 2011 to conspiracy to murder, kidnapping and name abroad. to date investigation resulted in charges filed against 22 other individuals. operation highlight which was a major drug trafficking investigation involving more than 100 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and resulted in 26 indictments, 25 guilty pleas and sentences of 200 months in prison. operation brother's keeper was a successf

u.s. is. providing him a propaganda platform. hunger strike. inmates have started again but prison is noise say it's not the end of the over five month long protest against indefinite detention. and street battles in northern ireland fresh clashes erupt in belfast as the annual parade turns violent skirmishes between protestant hardliners and police for the second consecutive night. life from our studio center here in moscow was just turned one am on sunday morning this is the twenty four hours a day. and a leaker edward snowden has renewed his request for asylum in russia as he looks to put an end to his life in limbo at a moscow airport he spent nearly three weeks stranded in the transit zone of it and sent two dozen asylum requests around the world. is following the whistle blows attempts to escape u.s. prosecution. r.t. can confirm that russia's federal migration committee has yet to receive a formal application for asylum from edward snowden this is despite meeting with human rights a

u.s. drone strikes in pakistan is a civilian. deals another blow to america's claims that. immigration in the u.k. is widening the wage gap between the rich and poor. leading to quote speeded up. good morning from moscow it's now eight am on tuesday. with the worldwide headlines thanks for joining. the sim card in your mobile phone or maybe leaving it wide open and surveillance teams trying to access your data up to seven hundred fifty million phones a report from an in built bug which allows any third party to steal the sims encryption key. turns out that as many as seven hundred fifty million cell phones around the world could be carrying flawed sim cards that could potentially leave their owners vulnerable to financial fraud and surveillance now sim cards hold key user data and have up until now been generally known to be one of the most secure parts of a mobile phone however the recently discovered bugs could allow truckers to access personal information and carry out illegal transacti

u.s. however washington meantime. providing a so-called propaganda platform for the whistleblower. lawyers for the guantanamo bay detainees say there's no indication the mass hunger strike is ending despite u.s. officials claiming most of the protesting prisoners have had one meal the first though since february. and violence in belfast clashes broke out at the annual orange order parade despite a very heavy police presence. within a syrian rebel spokesman tells us the west should be very careful about supplying the. which he claims has been hijacked by al-qaeda linked militants. worldwide news live from moscow this is r t with me wrong and welcome to the program today. lawyers have pledged support for edward snowden's application for refuge in russia following his meeting with russian and international human rights activists at moscow's sheremetyevo airport of course that's where he's been holed up now for about three weeks let's get the details live from joining us here on the program he

over one hundred u.s. companies in ecuador and clearly in believers well that they've got more to lose with the u.s. rather than the e.u. haven't they or is the e.u. still an important aspect for them politically and economically. well you know right now this is a perfect situation doing hanes. associations that they have the international institutions they have to here you latin america you know by claiming they are against us now because of what how can you know we can see such an american the sub block blocked and we can see how. relations why me i actually also when you haines you know we can do believe rocks well the very end alliance for the americas you know or the union of south american nations that the you know sir which is why the way they called america an emergency meeting as well in order to discuss was what just happened so you know we we have to be a very we have to take a look very easily what's going to happen in that within the next days because you know relationships between alledging a

there is u.s. legislation that targets those that believed to be responsible for his death and others involved in human rights abuses in russia. hashe premier of quÉbec branded un-american railway company deplorable for its response to a train explosion in the canadian town. police say that 30 people are still missing from the train crash are most probably dead. 20 bodies have been recovered after the train derailed and exploded. the trains operator has blamed the driver saying that he probably failed to set the hand brakes. survivors of a plane crash in san francisco earlier this week say they had to wait up to half an hour for help. audio recordings show that many critically injured people were left on the runway while and villages were scrambling. two people died and many more were injured in the incident. the immediate aftermath of the crash landing, passenger struggled to escape the wreckage. ambulances were on their way. of newly released recordings calls made to the u.s. 911 service suggests

troops should stay u.s. does have interest in afghanistan the long term for the interests of the afghan people and so on that is not a military interest we can help to stand shoulder to shoulder with afghans help them moving forward in a way that is transparent and has adequate oversight but it definitely who is the united states to work together with afghans moving forward and not in the militarized way right absolutely thank you so much for coming there are you breaking some of this down not southworth legislative program associate of c n l make sure that. this weekend an important pioneer in the field of journalism has died thomas who is ninety two years old and spent sixty two years of her life holding politicians' feet to the fire thomas was the first female the national press club and the first female member and president of the white house correspondents association in her tenure she covered the administrations of eleven u.s. presidents from kennedy to obama asking the difficult questions that you els

>> be u.s. is already the net exporter of coal with things like gasoline and diesel fuel we think we could be a net exporter of natural gas in five or six years. we are moving in that direction but one of the reasons why do we need to look at the international energy hello? -- outlook? in a trading environment with things have been outside the u.s. impact our supply and pricing, even if we were totally independent of imported oil if something happens in the middle east that will impact the crisis. >> i feel your pain but while we could draw circles around the united states to make ourselves self-sufficient just think of a hurricane that took out a refinery we will look to you the global market to make that up so it is good to we linked to the international market and enhancing security but we need to be independent as well. >> europe would help out considerably with our gasoline supply. >> host: santa clara california. >> caller: ironically i saw the movie that is in a lot of america right now.

troops so the sooner u.s. troops leave the better that does on one hand invite foreign interference in some ways from pakistan and others but the reality is these political issues and political problems are for afghans to solve not for you. and i want to get into afghanistan stability in the future once troops are removed in a second but i want to actually talk about this report that i read very shocking report that talks about one hundred thousand private contractors i mean we're talking about an amount out well i mean almost two to one ratio of contractors and soldiers here do you know what they're doing there because this report can't seem to figure it out contractors play a variety of roles some of them are foreign contractors some of them are hired afghan contractors some of them do various types of infrastructure building and peace and stability operations and so on the reality is that there's a tremendous amount of abuse and waste there the special inspector general for iraq reconstruction the special i

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 you notice until proven guilty our first amendment and the freedom of speech that he had isn't tailored to you as are all american citizens so i think the statement by we're snowden is quite reasonable quite accurate and the united states from a tactical standpoint as the government has attempted to use the calling of stones as were i as a weapon and that's just wrong and more spying revelations continue to emerge as well this time brazil's in the spotlight snowden's leaks documents show that the country was a major target for u.s. intelligence russia china iran pakistan also all highlighted this key data gathering targets this after some latin american leaders lashed out at washington during a summit in bolivia your acquired deed accused washington of political terrorism while venezuela's leader said the

u.s. as washington blasts moscow for providing a propaganda the platform. hunger strike called paws guantanamo jail officials claim inmates have started eating again the prisoners laws say it's not the end of the overflight month long protest against indefinite detention. and street battles in belfast and dozens injured as well as the hardliners clash with police trying to block their march from entering a catholic district. live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just turned midnight this is with the twenty four hours a day n.s.a. leaker edward snowden has renewed his request for asylum here in russia as he looks to put an end to his life in limbo at a moscow airport he spent nearly three weeks stranded in the transit zone of it and sent nearly two dozen asylum requests around the world paul scott says following the whistle blows attempts to escape u.s. prosecution r.t. confirm that russia's federal migration committee has yet to receive a formal application for asylum from

in the u.s. president obama has praised the nineteen firefighters killed while battling a wildfire that's been raging in the state of arizona the blaze raised through dry brush and grass damaging buildings and forcing hundreds of residents in two towns to flee it's believed to have been started by a lightning strike in a forest spreading quickly and high winds. now the world's biggest gas producers are gathering in moscow to sift through the challenges facing the industry on the table financial troubles new technology and fracking details are now from artie's capel beam hi there katie so it seems like there is a lot of the play there yeah a lot indeed very much protecting the interests of the dominance of these members as well as the economic as well in these tough times particularly the euro zone technologies competing with the likes of shale gas and on top of all that looking after the environment to save plenty to chat about marina so what countries will be attending this writes about thirty m

u.s. drone strikes in pakistan are civilians as washington looks to expand drone warfare . and british think tank warns of a massive wealth gap developing in the country due to welfare reforms described as speeded up that resume. international news and comment watching with me and. now hackers have the ability to hijack one in every mobile phones worldwide with a single hidden text message has come from a leading german cyber security expert he claims the trick gives criminals instant control over mobile devices and can even provide them with access to personal banking data and to see it explains how. turns out that as many as seven hundred fifty million cell phones around the world could be carrying flawed sim cards that could potentially leave their owners vulnerable to financial fraud and surveillance now sim cards hold key user data and have up until now been generally known to be one of the most secure parts of a mobile phone however the recently discovered bugs could allow doctors to

and i u.s. public defender carlos warner he represents eleven of the detainees and says they don't intend to stop their hunger strike that is until barack obama delivers on his long running pledge to close the notorious prison the president has the power to released eighty six men right now and we've heard noises that he intends to do so but we've seen no action since that speech and i believe you're still going to have a number of hunger strikers until we see people transferred that's just the bottom line hopefully the military has started to engage the man and his duly positive steps to end the hunger strike again all of us hope that it does and i hope that my clients are eating i don't want them to starve i don't think any lawyer does but at the same time we are waiting for president obama to do what he said he would do and that is to transfer the innocent men eighty six innocent men. it's good to have you with us here at r.t. this morning still to come for you thought of atomic rage assume w

u.s. security services don't even need access to your phone calls or what you they don't even need to turn it on there's more about the n.s.a. it's a very sophisticated spying methods are right now at this hour dot com. also why all the operations of the national security agency now equivalent to that of nuclear secrets dot com explored the organization is protecting itself to prevent the next edward snowden from exposing it. right from the sea. first rate. and i think you're. on our reporters. in. the in the. thanks for joining us today on r.t. u.s. drone strikes in pakistan have resulted in a high number of civilian deaths this according to leaked documents from pakistani officials they report details attacks over a three year period and. ultimately contradicts washington's claims of being precise in only targeting militants for example a total of seven hundred forty six people were killed by more than seventy drone attacks from between two thousand and six and two thousand and nine docu

u.s. whistleblower bradley manning's conviction on charges ranging from espionage to computer fraud a vogue a wave of international criticism with lawmakers and you were urging the obama administration to release the army private. meanwhile the sentencing phase of his trial is underway it was manning facing decades in prison despite being acquitted of aiding the enemy. and the u.s. secretary of state heads to islamabad hoping to ease tensions with the new government there over america's khana virtual drone strikes on pakistani soil. it is seven pm in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program bradley manning has been found not guilty of one of the most grievous offenses under american law aiding the enemy but is still staring at the prospect of life behind bars the sansing of the twenty five year old army private responsible for the largest leak of classified documents in the country's history is now under way and the process could drag on for several

nhk world. >> u.s. president barack obama is trying to reassure allies and play down the significance of snowden's revelations. obama said he is ordered to analyze claims at the security agency bugged embassies in washington. he suggested that spying on other nations was nothing unusual. >> wherever there is a service, here's one thing they will be doing. they will try to understand the world better from sources that are not available through the "new york times" or nbc news.>> does anything that would betray european leaders. . >> egyptian military commanders are vowing to use power to end the term that has taken hold of their country. they have given morsi and opponents a deadline to work out differences. the top general said in an emergency statement they will intervene if both sides fail to resolve the situation by wednesday afternoon. they have no intention of seizing power. >> one million protesters rallied nationwide. tens of thousands continue to demonstrate on monday. that's at the headquarters

a u.s. federal court has ruled that apple conspired with five publishers to raise prices of electronic books. the district court in new york stated that apple violated antitrust laws. the presiding judge said the it giant created a mechanism and environment that enabled apple and the publishers to work together. the aim was to eliminate all competition for the ebooks. the firm will appeal the ruling. the officials said apple has done nothing wrong and the firm will continue to find against the false accusations. they sued apple and the publishers back in april of 2012. they said apple introduced a scheme to gain 30% of sales in return for allowing publishers to set prices. the publishers have reached a settlement with the justice department. that's the latest in business news. i will leave you with a check on markets. . >> some residents are still waiting to go home. advanced tracts of land are waiting to be restored. and more than half of fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt.

u.s. sees a boom in global energy use. the world will use far more of every type of energy. the u.s. energy department said that an energy will drive current consumption. us why weby telling are looking at this. host: it is important to the u.s., priorities on a number of fronts. the environment, energy andrity, our environment energy consumption is going to grow by 10% after the year 2040. the world's energy consumption will be up more than half over the same time. why is this so important to the united states. give us more details about how that the sec -- affects our planning for our energy usage. guest: in d expenditures are one of the highest portion of consumer budgets. consumers are paying relatively high prices for fuels, particularly petroleum, right now. italy -- electricity bills have stayed relatively low. the impact on the consumer budget is rising. oil prices have created concerns. it is worth understanding the issues that drive that. host: you can call us as -- at 202-585-38

u.s. officials. today lawyers have pledged support for edward snowden's application for refuge in russia following his meeting with russian. human rights activists. holed up for the past three weeks let's get details now from a correspondent. he expressed his gratitude to the countries that have suggested they would take him in these include the likes of venezuela bolivia and nicaragua but it's becoming apparent that it's increasingly difficult for him to get to these countries not only because of a lack of paperwork but also because of america's aggressive pursuit of him which led to the grounding of the bolivian president's plane over european aspace of course last week and edward snowden says that such the such an aggressive pursuit is not just in danger in his life but also the lives and liberties of other people as well which is why he's got these human rights groups and lawyers involved in it also because of the difficulty in traveling is why he's got russia involved as well applying for politi

mr snowden to further damage u.s. interests we know that president obama and president putin discussed edward snowden over the phone we don't know how that conversation went but the obama administration's latest statements can give us an idea the state department has earlier reiterated washington's disappointment over snowden's meeting with human rights activists suggesting that somehow russian authorities could have been should have barred edward snowden from speaking take a listen we are disappointed that russian officials and agencies facilitated this meeting today by allowing these activists and representatives into the moscow airports transit zone to meet with mr snowden despite the government's declarations of russian's neutrality with respect to mr snowden sorry you're disappointed that they let someone into their own airport i don't know that well that they facilitated this event of course why because this gave a forum going to be should have before there's a for you forfeited his right to freedom of speech as

u.s. crude oil production has reached its highest level since 19926789 the senate energy committee on tuesday held a hearing on the growing domestic production of oil and natural gas and its effect on energy prices. senator ron wyden chairs this hour and 50-minute hearing. >> the committee will come to order. would i like to begin this morning by expressing my thanks to each and every member of this committee. as of today, this committee has reported 50 pieces of legislation. half of the total number of bills that have been september to the floor of the senate and i would just like to take note of the fact this doesn't happen by osmosis. this stems from the fact that there has been a lot of cooperation, a lot of good will on this committee. a number of these bills have come out of this committee are going to resolve issues that have been pending for literally decades. and i'm going to recognize senator murkowski for her statement in a moment. i want to note this could knot have happened wi

this kind of thing was if you know the u.s. was spying well we know the u.s. is spying most of these these problems at the same extent that it does with those with process but you know those allegations bring people out front and center you know you bring politicians out and they need to of course they have to speak out on this but the same time look at the end of a money talks politicians may have to make statements about this but the e.u. the united states not to mention china which is also in some ways at least embroiled diplomatically in the scandal and russia all have huge trade relationships with the united states so even though the politicians may have to make these sort of indignant comments are is anyone really in a position to genuinely make good on these economic threats for example what we've heard from the e.u. well here is it was personal and wasn't it you came out and said the the trade you want to go to starting next week is under a real threat if america doesn't stop immediately but i mean the french you have no appreciation first place the fr

of u.s. diplomatic cables all revealed by weaken leaks in march manning was accused of aiding the enemy the charge that could ultimately keep him behind bars for life and the mean time we can leaks continued publishing exposing documents about guantanamo bay detainees the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive isolation and cruel treatment during detention a job which did not allow the u.n. torture inspector to testify the high profile trial finally gone under way and for me their land and is expected to be completed today. well stay with r t for the ongoing coverage of bradley manning's trial and we'll be covering the verdict for you at seventeen hundred g.m.t. also now website r.t. dot com we're asking you today what sentence you think bradley manning will get let's take a look at the vote now well as you can see the vast majority believe the whistleblower should be found not guilty and authored as a hero just so

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 detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit then the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pens incorporates or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea and this area is very rich in nerve endings and patients report extreme pain during the procedure and the nurse pushes the troop further down the throat creating a tightness that makes breathing difficult at that point patients typically feel pressure on their chest along some say it feels like they were drowning then the staff taped the troop to the detainees nose so that they can bite or swallow it and then two cans of nutritional substances are being funneled through the tube now we wrote to guant

choice to leave with the u.s. military the fear it is so too will u.s. dollars and international dollars leave the reality there as you can manage the decrease we need to see a decrease because we've been throwing money into afghanistan and wasteful ways for far too long if we can manage that decrease if we can see the decrease come down in a reasonable way and a way that's really including afghans and afghan priorities this could make sense for the long term future of afghanistan our fear is that you know the administration has really put no economic transition in place and as you withdraw troops so too will eight dollars be withdrawn and you have exaggerated wondered and i wanted to just follow up on you were saying that of course the future they have and i think that is going to be put in the hands of the people but james dobbins the u.s. envoy to afghanistan just said unlike iraq the afghans need us to stay most afghans want us to stay and we are promised to stay i mean what you just heard keeping u.s. troops there what was this war really about we'r

u.s. whistleblower bradley manning will soon hear you sentenced he could face life in prison if found guilty of aiding the enemy. all talk as israeli palestinian negotiations resume after years of failed peace efforts we take a look at the roots of the deadlock. slowdown in the world's workshop as china post of modest growth figures we find out whether that was predicting a major financial dip are justified. this is already coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina josh and welcome to the program a military judge is set to deliver the verdict on u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning later on tuesday he could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of aiding the enemy is the fans argues that manning a leaked classified documents because he wanted to expose war crimes but when it comes to press coverage of the case in the u.s. innocent until proven guilty may not apply are these granted she can explains guilty before trial much of the u.s. media together with the gov

now the u.s. claims it's been in control of where the arms it could stand to syrian rebels are going to and out reports leaked earlier from the cia suggest that it's about storage finally having weapons to rebel fighters but has gone as to count reports there is concern within the american political elite data extremist groups who would be the ones to benefit. as war torn syria braces for an influx of u.s. arms some u.s. politicians ask whether president obama has carried out background checks on syrian rebels before giving them weapons this is a tweet from senator ted cruz it's a snarky comment given president obama's push for more stringent rules for gun and here in the united states as well flooding syria with weapons the administration's standards may be quite different from those applied at home the obama administration claims it's familiar with the backgrounds of those the u.s. is arming in syria there are greater guarantees now that the weapons are being transferred to moderates and to dire

u.s. . providing him a propaganda platform. hunger strike. inmates have started eating again but. it's not the end of the protests over indefinite detention and. street battles in belfast. clashed with police trying to block them from entering a catholic district. live from our studio center here in moscow it has just turned nine pm this is r t with you twenty four hours a day. and i say leaker edward snowden has renewed his requests for asylum in russia as he looks to put an end to his life in limbo at a moscow airport he spent nearly three weeks stranded in the transit zone of. nearly two dozen asylum requests around the world but he's pulled scott is following the whistle blows attempts to escape u.s. prosecution. atiq confirm that russia's federal migration committee has yet to receive a formal application for asylum from edward snowden this is despite yesterday's meeting a shadow matter airports with human rights activists and lawyers in which he requested assistance in getting to his

u.s. prosecution. r.t. you confirm that russia's federal migration committee has yet to receive a formal application for asylum from edward snowden this is despite meeting with human rights activists and lawyers in which he requested assistance in getting to his final destination which is still believed to be latin america of course bolivia venezuela and nicaragua have all suggested they would take him in but it is proving very very difficult for him to get there not only because of america's aggressive pursuit of him which led to the grounding of the bolivian president's plane over european airspace this week but also he doesn't have the valid travel documents to go to remember he's had his passport revoked that's why he's been stuck in transit that's why he's turned to russia for temporary refuge and the suggestion is that lawyers would be keen to help him with that application and the suggestion also is that his application when it arrives will be looked upon favorably snowden knows tha