u.s. national security agency. ast year, former agency contractor edward snowden leaked thousands of documents, detailing its activities, including that the u.s. may have spied on chancellor angela merkel's phone. launchedn, germany has an investigation and summoned the u.n. ambassador in berlin several times. merkel said if the allegations are true, it would be a clear contradiction of the suppose it trusting relationship between the two allies. the nominations of this year's emmy awards have been announced. a hot favorite is "game of thrones," which leads the back -- the pack at 19. it faces stiff contradiction -- opposition from breaking bad, downtown lobby -- downtown abby and others. a reminder of our top stories on france 24, a continuing deadly raid on gaza, more than 30 palestinians and among them women and children are reported to be killed in the course of today alone. kurdish leaders say maliki is hysterical and unfit to govern. he also say that they are boycotting the next cabinet meeting. and a deepenin

u.s. leaders back iraq's leaders in their fight against the militants. iraqi lawmakers are scheduled to convene again on sunday. they'll resume talks aimed at forming a national unity government. >>> former u.s. national security agency contractor edward snowden has applied to extend his stay in russia. his current one-year residence permit is about to expire at the end of july. snowden faces criminal charges in the united states, leaking details -- for leaking details of highly classified government surveillance programs. last year he received a temporary permit to stay in russia as a political refugee. moscow is expected to approve an extension. russian president vladimir putin rejected demands from the u.s. government to hand over snowden. putin said there is no legal basis for such a move. the case remains a sticking point between the two countries. the relations are already strained over the fighting in ukraine. >>> over in north korea, authorities are playing up their missile program. state run media has published photos of kim jong-un inspecting a launch drill. the korean central news agency says kim gave orders to fire. the report says the drill took place in what it refers to as the western front. it didn't

u.s. national security agency was reading the e-mails of five high profile muslim americans despite having no proof of anything to one of the targets of. safety in eastern ukraine as government forces.

u.s. national security agency was reading the e-mails of high profile muslim americans despite no proof of their relation to terrorism. hello and welcome you're watching artsy ensor national it's good to have you with us now two more people have been killed by shelling and eastern ukraine in the city of lugansk locals say they were hit by ordinance fired by government forces. please don't look at those of us but the folks at school they didn't have stood up that way or that you wanted to do it because it was. like oh what the would be going to. do in the world and. the ukrainian military has been given orders to surround the two biggest cities in the east and so government forces currently control both nabby extends all their influence as marked the year by a dark orange and maria for national forest and reports how the city is taken to live under siege. we don't leave hotel without bullet proof jackets both sides may be they will not talk presidential areas but he says i can different. shells land in the city center the gun. is the interest for life. so no ready but citizens here have lit

u.s. national security agency to the media and he's facing charges that related to espionage at one point it was even treason and the charges there year if he does go back to the united states he faces up to ten years on the charge and of course as we know it's not only one charge or two that he has so he faces a substantial time behind bars and also here right now in the country he's been here a year and reportedly has found a job of related to website maintenance and of course we'll find out what happens and if he gets it another extension and will be bringing all the latest. well the n.s.a. whistleblower recently spoken to put in the guardian newspaper which frequently published his revelations snowden said that he wasn't working with moscow anyway so added that if the u.s. could have found any link to the russian government well this would have been all over the media snowden went on to say that he believes the u.s. won't be able to give him a fair trial and even in exile he says he feels more comfortable until war activist and journalist norman sullivan feels that washington is out f

u.s. national security agency was a santa reading the e-mails of five high profile muslims americans just why no proof of their relation to terrorism. thank. god i'm still into you from moscow this is our to international with me to bang with say it's good to have you company with us two more people have been killed by shelling in the eastern ukrainian metropolis of new guns locals say they were hit by ordinance fired by government forces please don't look at those of us but at the public school they did look at the way it looked like you wanted to do if you just. look at the. logo on the i believe it is. a little bit of. given orders to surround the biggest cities in the east of those will be a rather and as well as the new gods not into government forces currently control both of them the extent of their influence is marked right here on this map we have for you in that dark orange number if an off night is an advance for us and reports on how the city is taking to life under siege. if we don't leave hotel without bullet proof jackets both sides made you they will not talk presidential

u.s. national security agency just visiting the website of the german based tor network that hides ip addresses puts you on the n.s.a. radar you don't even have to use a software to get a list just searching for the information is enough former whistleblowers and those who help keep their identities hidden think the u.s. is something the n.s.a. has gone beyond the pale we've seen for the revelations that they're literally spying on every country that they can with the exception of for. in my opinion the n.s.a. is a grew up page and see if i as an individual had undertaken the same actions i would be thrown into prison for thirty years any attempt to reform in my opinion is like bailing out the ship that's already sunk they did have a process that those limits what n.s.a. looks at and can take in and store in its database so that you can take a look at the storage facilities they're building get an idea of how much they're taking in like a million square foot storage facility in bluffdale utah and other stories that they've had existing all along at fort meade as well as other facilities around

u.s. national security agency was reading the e-mails of five high profile muslim americans despite having no proof they were guilty of anything we speak live to one of the targets of. our civilian seek safety in eastern ukraine as government forces lay siege to the region's biggest cities using a blockade and deadly shelling. you're tuned in to r.t. international with you around the clock across the globe i'm going to nail welcome we start with israel's so named militant operation in gaza which is causing panic among ordinary palestinians caught in the crossfire just to warn you there are some images coming up you may find distressing. thing. that maybe are. oh our the. are. oh oh darling move to what you're seeing now in the background is the consequences of an operation that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has called genocide at least eight children are among the fifty one civilians killed in the i.d.f. is ramping up its offensive with the use of warplanes and rockets against residential areas or reports from the israeli palestinian border i'm standing here in the southern israe

u.s. national security agency tapped phone that's with two former n.s.a. employees intending to reveal new details and testify before a german parliamentary committee thursday here all over has more on the steps being taken to expose the level of surveillance. the fallout from edward snowden's revelations about n.s.a. spying continue to be felt here at the very heart of german government following the news that angle america's private cell phone it being listen to the german government decided to cancel their contract with the american company to rise and be providing the network for internal government communications since two thousand and ten and on thursday we're going to see two n.s.a. whistle blowers testifying before paul and entry committee here before. the green party host an event and which they want to try and raise awareness and put pressure on the government to launch a full inquiry into just how much the german people were spied on by the n.s.a. . after a short break a look at a latest violence in israel pos the growing public outrage over fac

u.s. national security agency was a sad reading the e-mails all five high profile muslim americans despite no proof of their relation to terrorism.

u.s. national security agency shows that it views all users of encryption software as potential terrorists just visiting websites that hide users ip addresses puts you on the agency radar also even searching information about them on the internet one of the whistleblowers who's been testifying to a parliament committee in germany on thursday things current laws are failing to curb mass surveillance. it doesn't it doesn't do what needs to be done i mean they need to have. they did have a process that those limits what n.s.a. looks at and can take in and store in its database and so that other like law enforcement or other agencies in the government can take advantage of it and use it to illegally but fundamentally boils down to the respect for the rights of others and their rights to privacy and their rights to be left alone that's the foundational of our constitution you can take a look at the the storage facilities they're building you get an idea of how much they're taking in like a million square foot storage facility in bluffdale utah another six hundred thousand square foot facility t

u.s. national security agency spied on german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone >>> pope francis is abouto hold his first meeting with victims of the clergy. two weeks ago pope francis declared zero tolerance. joining me is joshua, a correspondent joining us in d.c. let's talk about the meeting. the pope is meeting the victims at the vatican. is there any significant to the fact to the meeting, what is the protocol? >> the pope likes to meet with people on a personal basis. he met with queen elizabeth at the guest house and other world leaders. he likes to be there personally and meet them personally. it sends a symbol of engaging in the people. the real question is what he'll allow them to say. what will be exchanged between him and abuse survivors, and what will come out of the meeting. will it change the way the clergy handles meetings. >> there's groups that say this is more pr. the pope has kind of been a hit, saying a lot of things about others around. survivor groups say it needs to be more than talk. >> many are asking if the meeting is going to lead to something beyond this. the

u.s. national security agency for not sponding to allegations that german chancellor angela merkel's phone was hacked. germans reacted angrily to a second case of esbyionage. an intelligence officer was arrested after admitting passing documents to the men's. nick spicer has been following the story. >> the man military investigators are looking at is described as being part of the armed forces - it's not clear if he's a soldier or an officer. it's probably safe to assume he's a member of the armed forces of a high enough rank to have access to information that could be of interest to the americans, if it is proven that the americans have been trying to use him as a spy. now, this is, of course, embarrassing because the news comes just a week after a double agent was identified within the federal investigative service here. the spy agency of germany, a 3 is-year-old who collected over 200 documents and given them to the c.i.a. according to the reuters newsagency in exchange for 30,000. some of the documents were about a parliamentary committee looking into the question of american surveill

u.s. national security agency. a remarkable story here and outrage in the german press and politics. etween the eu a u.s. is less likely. merkel continues to push for more eastern expansion. >> hans nichols. "the pulse" is coming up at the top of the hour. was a lot of talk about the fx. -- and we five mr. have a lot of lk about the avenue asked. -- the french finance minister was talking. -- we have a lot of talk about the fx. >> merkel is some all of these deals and she is pushing for frankfort to be a hub. we'll be talking to a guest compete.nkfort to >> would've heard from china and russia and a europe. thet of appetite for dollar. sports. a lot of it. you could barely choose. i was born for the british grand prix in formula one. -- i was going for the british grand pre-in a formula -- grand ub formula one. withe crowd seemed to be roger federer. nova djokovic won. will it turn into attic celebration in his earning power? -- will in turn into earning power? he is back in the number one spot. federer and what it means in terms of business. >> and his earning power. the women'final

u.s. hardware and national security agency.ntel that makes the chips for telephones and so on, that is quite surprising. it has been rumored and speculated that is the actual physical hardware is backboard before you even get it. i think that is a bit surprising. and the absolute numbers. the billions of interceptions occurring each day. people who are studying -- they get to see a map of the world in different countries with, need per day were, in. >> the latest news that is just come out of berlin, the arrest of german intelligence officer for spying for the united states on the inquiry that has been opened into the whole nsa scandal? ando surprise at all intelligence officers are being bribed i the united states. we've had volunteers being paid by the fbi and so on. being bribed by the united states is to surprise at all. what is interesting, germany has tried to make it public. they have found someone they're going to prosecute them, not just dismiss it. that is a decision by the german government in the case of popular wil

u.s. national security agency snooped on the new prime minister's political party in 2010.an x terminal affairs ministry spokesman says the ministry told the diplomat earlier that if true, such a transgression against the indian government, its citizens and entities, was highly objectionable. the u.s. embassy in new delhi declined comment. for more on the u.s. election of electronic communications, coming up when the privacy and civil liberties oversight board meets this morning. you can watch it live at 10 a.m. eastern time or listen to it here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i tell the story of how every aspect of this person's identity is in one way or another threat to israel. my gender is male, my religion is muslim, my citizenship is american but my nationality is a romney and. my ethnicity is persian, my culture is middle eastern. offything about me sends all the warning signals for israel. so, the experience of an iranian american single man trying to in theough the airport 21st century is a reminder to everyone that despi

u.s. . well general keith alexander former head of the national security agency has been keeping very busy these days alexander who retired in march from his dual role as head of the n.s.a. and the u.s. cyber command has been meeting with some of the largest banking trade groups while he's trying to deliver a message to banks about the significant threat from state sponsored attacks a. hackers more interested in stealing information or money but is consulting services won't come without a price tag the general is reportedly marketing his services for a whopping one million dollars a month certainly a lot more than he was likely paid at the helm of the intelligence agency and turning to another and as a related story today former whistleblowers from the security agency are testifying before a german parliament terry committee as the government investigators america's wiretapping methods for more on that let's go to our tease peter oliver and berlin. well it is quite alarming the people that are using this software this network doing so to avoid being tracked what they're doing online and now what

u.s. espionage allegations. germany has in the been getting cooperation it needs from the national security agency. she calls the u.s. spying a breach of faith among allies. >>> meanwhile secretary of state john kerry making a surprise visit to afghanistan. he is trying to resolve a political crisis, over a disputed election. kerry's meeting with the two candidates claiming victory in last month presidential race. u.s. is urging calm until things can be sorted out. >> ♪ >> how about that, meanwhile he woed chinese diplomates with his musical talents. the secretary of state, broke out an accoustic guitar during a lunch in beijing. he had been in china to discuss a range of issues including climate change and cyber hacking. >>> smoking marijuana in one california city is easier. berkley residents are required on get free marijuana to those who cannot afford it. city council approved an ordinance that says 2 percent of all pot carried by medical marijuana dispensaries must be provided at no cost to people who make $32,000 a year or less. to qualify, however, residents must submit a federal income tax r

intelligence say the government values privacy just as much as national security and that it's entirely false that u.s. intelligence agencies conducted electronic surveillance of political, religious, or activist figures solely because they disagree with public policies or criticize the government. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >>> coming up, john walsh is bringing his hunt for bad guys to cnn. why his first case could be one of the toughest. ♪ fill their bowl with the meaty tastes they're looking for, with friskies grillers. tender meaty pieces and crunchy bites. in delicious chicken, beef, turkey, and garden veggie flavors. friskies grillers. that's why i take doctor recommended colace capsules. [ male announcer ] for certain medical conditions where straining should be avoided, colace softens the stool for effective relief from occasional constipation. go to colacecapsules.com for savings. >>> this sunday, cnn welcomes john walsh and a new cnn original series "the hunt." walsh picks up right where he left off with "america's most wanted," tracking down bad guys. the premiere episode features a california man, shane mill

u.s. intelligence collectors, people like the national security agency, nsa will pick up rebels if they did this talking about what happened. i suspect intelligence is still rolling in. one more piece and that's human intelligence, do we have sources within the ukrainian opposition who have access to commanders who can talk about this. my one guess 6:00 a.m. tomorrow on the president's desk will be a piece of paper that offers a fairly clear picture of what happens, whether or not the white house is telling us yet. >> we have already heard ukrainian officials claim they intercepted phone conversations that indicated conversations between separatists and even russians. do you think it will take a long time to figure out where the missile was launched from and who is responsible, who pressed the button and gave the order? is it possible to find out the launch trajectory? >> they will have a pretty clear picture not only from technical sources, things like whether they saw the launch trajectory but human sources talking about this. the president will have decisions to make tomorrow. one more t

u.s. intelligence official in her country amid new round of u.s.es pea age accusations. germany says it has not been getting cooperation it needs from the national security agency. she calls u.s. spying a breach of faith among allies. >>> secretary of state john kerry makes a surprise visit, to afghanistan, he will try to avert a political crisis over a disputed election. kerry will meet with the candidates who both claimed victory in last month's presidential race. u.s. is urging calm, until things can get and and survivor. >> fox's aaron interest ducis to us a 20 year-old florida man, who found himself in the shocking life changing ordeal. >> i know i cannot get it but i'm still kicking. >> reporter: on one of dylan's feet is a slightly burn boot. on the other foot, a hospital sock. >> it is a little dirty i will in the lie to you. >> reporter: it takes time to remove because it covers a foot that has almost no feeling, and can barely move. >> i can move my big toe. >> reporter: everything was fine yesterday afternoon, except his best friend matthew spencer had lost his dog and dylan wanted to help search. >> i just remember standing on the carport with my arm

u.s. intelligence agents were watching german leaders. the german leaders reported last year that the national security agency monitored merkel's mobile phone for over a decade. prosecutors in germany are investigating. >>> deadly riots broke out in china in 2009. today, five years after the street battles we look into if anything has changed in the way china treats its ethnic minorities. >> reporter: july 5th marked the fifth anniversary of the retiring -- rioting in the region's largest city. authorities were on high alert. china's leaders began encouraging the han chinese to move to the area. today, ethnic uyghurs make up less than 50% of the population in their traditional homeland. now many resent the way the han majority exercises control over the area's politics and economy. >> translator: uyghurs are smart and capable. but we cannot find work. we're experiencing discrimination. >> reporter: in 2009 violent clashes between han chinese and uyghur communities left around 200 people dead, according to the chinese government. in april this year, president xi visited the region to call for a strengthening of anti-terrorism measures. but r

u.s. and mexico. >> before i turn to immigration, your friends in brazil were upset about disclosures of the national security agencydidn't hear exit go complain. -- mexico complain. are there questions about spying on mexico? out inrly, we pointed the face of this situation, the spying or the u.s. government listening to what we were saying, we sent a diplomatic note. i had the opportunity to talk to president obama about it and ask for an explanation. this is exactly what happened. what i clearly said is that the relationship for our countries because we are saying things we shouldn't be .aying or having a reaction truly, to have a relationship of respect and seriousness. this is why i said that the relationship is going through a favorable moment. we have found the response to the relationship in cooperation for different issues. relationship of great respect between both nations. >> clearly, mexico is upset about the number of guns coming from america across the border. thatthink this is an issue , itubtedly mexico has said has manifested its position. as long as we continue to have this indiscriminate trade of

u.s. and germany seemed to get past last year's disclosure, that the national security agency had been listening in on her phone calls, there's now fresh evidence that two more americans, at least, have been spying on her government. the white house says they're working things out behind the scenes. >> any differences that we have are most effectively resolved through established private channels. not through the media. gwen: but complaining publicly and expelled the c. he a. station chief in -- so diplomatic rellses between two old friends is serious again. how serious is this, mark? >> it's serious when you kick this c.i.a. station chief out of the country and germany, historically a very good intelligence-sharing relationship. the germans don't do it lightly. and as we heard today, they did it very publicly. and i think they wanted to embarrass the obama administration. because they think in part they felt that the obama administration didn't really appreciate how angry and in a way hurt they are about this whole sort of escalation of spying operation. gwen: except the argument is all friends

intelligence say the government values privacy just as much as national security and that it's entirely false that u.s. intelligence agencies conduct an electronic surveillance of activist figures solely because they disagree with public approximately sees and criticize the government. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> our thanks to pamela brown. i want to bring in glen greenwald for "the intercept," he joins us live from rio de janeiro, along with two of the men targeted, as am gafor and faisal gill, also an attorney and former senior policy of the department of homeland security under george w. bush. thank you one and all for being here. i want to get to your story, glen, for a second, but first, glen, you suggested in wired magazine interview there might be a seconds nsa leaker in addition to snowden and i'm wondering has snowden confirmed that? >> it's confirmed. it's just that there have been stories published by other media outlets about america sa, using nsa documents that didn't indicate that edward snowden was their source for the documents leading, i think, to the reasonable suspicion that there is another source

agent for thean national security agency in germany was a double agent allegedly spying for the u.s. it is impossible to separate this story from the nsa eavesdropping on to merkel's cell phone which caused such an awful war. it is a key subject for merkel. with the u.s.l less likely. we talked about in the last hour. this alleged agent was sending information on a fake, dummy weather application. you would think you will be allowed only one weather app if you are a german spy but maybe had 2. olivia. >> who knows the hans nichols. what else is on our radar. the biggest gainer on the stoxx 600. shares are up. the company sees a strong performance and mail in the netherlands. midland said it will acquire wild flavors. chinesed its competitor. vidia has agreed to buy new insurance a group. still to come, more exclusive interviews. you hear from the financial watchdog. ♪ >> welcome to "the pulse." i am olivia sterns. let's take a quick check of the currency market. at the dollar. you look at a five day. this after goldman sachs drop gold and the forecast. saying goldman -- it saying jan

agencies and partners. >> woodruff: u.s.-german relations have been strained since last year, after revelations of large-scale snooping by the national securityncy on germany. pope francis met with victims of sexual abuse by priests, for the first time today, and apologized. the pontiff celebrated mass at his vatican hotel, with six victims who recounted their personal stories of abuse. >> ( translated ): before god and his people i express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. and i humbly ask forgiveness. i beg your forgiveness, too, for the sins of omission on the part of church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members, as well as by abuse victims themselves. >> woodruff: the pope also vowed to hold bishops accountable for the protection of minors, but he did not give details on how he would do that. in kenya, anti-government protests in nairobi turned violent today. police and demonstrators battled with tear gas and stones as a rally in a nearby park spilled over into the streets. the crowds had gathered to demand talks with the government over econ

u.s. diplomat was summoned by india to discuss a report published this week by the washington post it says national security agency leaks from edward snowden show the n.s.a. was given approval to intercept information on six political organizations including the bar retired gen not a party which came into power when modi was elected prime minister back in may and according to the report india was also one of the hundred ninety three countries that the u.s. surveillance court approved the n.s.a. to spy on and internet companies are fighting back not only going after the n.s.a. itself but also its partners archies polly boyko brings us more on how i s.p.'s are facing off with the u.k.'s intelligence agency. the u.k. government is effectively being sued by a group of internet service providers they come from a number of different countries including the u.k. the us and germany now it is reportedly the first time that an internet host has gone to court over a ledge government spying now they say that g.c. h.q. is using malware or malicious software as it's in order to break into then and spy on their customers communi

u.s. citizens. >>> caught in the snare, the washington post said most of the messages from the national security agency were from regular internet users. the newspaper had the information from snowden. >>> overseas travelers to the us must turn on their electronic devices if they are out of power they won't be allowed to travel to the u.s. >>> even at soccer matches there's no way of getting away from the selfie craze, after kansas forward don delaware scored he posed and took a picture he got a tweet out of it and a yellow card. those are your tech bytes. pope francis comes face-to-face with the clergy sex abuse scandal. it is pope will meet with a half dozen sex abuse victims today. >> a typhoon is packing winds of 165 miles per hour. >> reporter: temperatures in the 70s, only a tad humid. if you're heading to the airport no problems at the most traveled airport destinations, no rain, either. we'll be back with the day-park forecast and help you commuters get to the el an [ steve buscemi ] i'm steve buscemi, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. i love exploring all its amaz

u.s. relations with germany, are already very tricky. after revelations that the national security agency had been monitoring angela merkel's cell phone. >>> this is a fox news alert. breaking news on the israeli situation right now. we have learned president obama spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu just a few minutes ago, about the violence with palestinian's hamas. they said the president expressed concern about the risk of further escalation, and emphasized the need for all sides to do everything they can to protect the lives of civilians and restore calm. the united states remains prepared to facilitate a secession of hostilities including a return to november 2012 cease-fire agreement, it says. correspondent david lee miller is jerusalem again tonight. >> reporter: israeli forces continue to amass near the gaza border preparing for a possible ground invasion. some 20,000 reservists have been called up, bracing for what could be a bloody confrontation. in the last three days, there have been over 800 israeli air strikes that have dropped more than 400 tons of explosi

u.s. and mexico. >> before i turn to immigration there is this other aspect your friends in braz pril very up set over disclosures about what the national security agency- i didn't here mexico complain were there questions about nsa spying on mexico? clearly we pointed out in the face of this situation of eventual spying or the u.s. government listening to what we were saying, we sent a diplomatic note. and i had the opportunity to talk to president o bomba about it. and to ask for an explanation on this and there is exactly what happened. what i clearly said is that the relationship for our country will not be-- because we are saying things we shouldn't be saying or having reactions that are eccentric but truly to have a relationship of respect and seriousness and i think we have found, and this is why i said that the relationship between both countries are going through a very favorable moment because we find these we have found the response to the relationship and the cooperation we have with different issues and a relation of great respect and cordial wit both nations reasons it almost has to be because of the relationship between the economies it