of migrants moving their way now in packing up mr cameron's mr cameron's words we heard from angela merkel saying that migrants poverty migration was the cause of considerable social problems in certain cities in germany no she didn't mention those cities but it was almost understood that she meant both along the eastern border of germany and the former the former east germany. know what she said is that it's as she was announcing her coalition government that she wanted it. would not allow migrants to just move here without a job and sign on for social benefits for housing benefits and the like that they would only be allowed to do so for limited periods of time now all in france the french warland were saying similar things he said that this type of migration was a threat to the social fabric of france and that something must be done to try and curb these type of large scale migration from east to west from those who are not just from east to west but really from the poorer countries in europe to those that . have weathered the storm much better than others those in the high echelons of

and this equipment intercept mobile phone calls and it's well known that angela merkel conducts a lot of government business through mobile phone calls and also to text messages can also incept wife i data and long just longer distance communications right across the german capital syncros it really awkward for the british red faces all around the british ambassador has been summoned to the german foreign minister to try to explain himself in german and u.s. diplomatic relations really has an extraordinary since this since this was revealed and we can expect the same for the u.k. if the ambassador isn't able to provide an adequate explanation and the first test of those relations particularly between the u.s. and germany is coming up next week the space be trade negotiations between the u.s. and the european union understandably those in now in jeopardy. with european parliament member paul murphy for example though there will be consequences for london in the end business interests will prevail over public demands for justice. germany and britain are both in the european union togeth

"the wall street journal" said the nsa had eavesdropped on angela merkel's cell phone for years. the paper said president obama was informed of the procedure this summer and it had been stopped. german lawmakers were outraged. >> eavesdropping on the mobile phone conversations of heads of government takes things to a new level. it is unacceptable. but this cannot distract us from the fact that a massive amount of spying on normal german citizens and businesses was underway at the same time. >> many called for talks on a free-trade deal between the u.s. and the eu to be suspended. in washington, barack obama promised to review u.s. intelligence efforts. >> what we've seen over the last several years is their capacities continue to develop and expand, and that's why i am initiating a review to make sure that what they are able to do doesn't do sincerely mean what they should be doing -- doesn't necessarily mean what they should be doing. times" saysyork obama should move to stop surveillance on all heads of state. .he allegations kept on coming media reports said the nsa had also t

and want to form another grand coalition government with angela merkel's conservatives. once started as a peaceful demonstration in tripoli, descended into violence. thousands of residents marched on the headquarters for a militia group to demand -- they were met by a torrent of bullets. [gunfire] dozens of people were killed and hundreds wounded. many militia were regarded as heroes. groups threaten the country's long-term stability. german officials urged a munich man to reach a fair settlement for the hundreds of lost artworks sound hoarded in his apartment. prosecutors are investigating whether the collection includes masterpieces looted by nazis. german authorities posted images of 25 works that may have been taken from museums or jewish owners. xhey include works by otto di and many other modern masters. 590 images are due to go online next week. the government is under pressure to find the rightful owners. legal experts say a 30 year statute of limitations on stolen art could make it difficult to to enforce any claims. and that was the week in

was bugging angela merkel xfone -- angela merkel's a phone. they met to ask about the claims and edward snowden said he was willing to help the german government investigate. police in california have begun investigations into the shooting at los angeles airport that killed a security officer and disrupted more than 700 flights across the united states. the alleged shooter, a 27-year- old man stormed into a terminal, killing one officer and injuring at least three other people. the police shot and injured him before taking him into custody. police say he had more than 100 rounds of ammunition. back in the headlines as sectarian violence has claimed 7000 lives this year alone. the most violence they have seen since 2008. they are struggling to push back al qaeda. hase minister al-maliki called for more support from the united states. october was the bloodiest month in iraq in nine years, as 7000 people died in the strikes between sunni and shiite. the government of a rack cannot get the violence under control on their own, and that is one reaso

merkel, protected in the middle. but it was a clearly convincing show of a trio that managed to negotiate an accord over five weeks and they wanted to convey here is our team and we can get on with governing you. >> what is your take, do you think they will vote in favor or against? are there any indications? >> i think it's absolutely impossible for anybody to say that they know what these people think. we know there are just about 475,000 members of the social democratic party. nobody has ever polled them in this way before. probably only about 10% of the party membership is really active. we've heard quite a bit from party organizations how critical they are of going into a coalition with the conservatives. now are terms are there. the social democratic leader seems confident he can sell this to his leadership. rationally speaking, it would seem like something the social democrats could support. and even if it's only introduced in stages, it's still something they wouldn't have if they're not going into government

willing to come to germany as a witness in the inquiry of the bugging of the phone of chancellor angela merkel. >> he told me he could imagine coming to germany if it was made clear he could come in safety, this means free passage and asylum. >> reporter: it's reported snowdon is starting a new job in st. petersburg this month as a technical adviser to russia's version of facebook. but security in moscow has now been given new powers to intercept telecommunications. >> it was a very warm meeting with the german m.p. it was held at snowdon's own initiative. >> it's going to be very serious. especially in next year's winter leaderships in russia, talking not just telecommunications but wi-fi, laptops, and smart phones. 90% of all your passwords will be broken. >> reporter: it's been alleged that september's g20 summit in st. petersburg the russians handed out free gifts to spy on cell phone and computer summations. a spokesman for vladimir putin dismissed the reports as an attempt to divert the attention away from the more serious allegations of espionage being levy against washington. al jazeer

we see the chairman of the committee, senator jeff merkel from oregon seated there. i want to read the story about another hearing yesterday said virtual currency bitcoin took a big step towards mainstream as federal authorities signaled their willingness to accept it as a legitimate payment alternative. that senate hearing monday afternoon was the clearest indication yet of the government's desire to grapple with consequences of virtual corners and recognition that bitcoin and other similar networks could become lasting and significant parts of the financial landscape. you can see that senate homeland security and government affairs hearing that happened yesterday at c-span.org. this hearing expected to get under way in a few minutes. >>> i'm pleased to co-chair this hearing on the present and future impact of virtual currency. my friend senator merkel and i appreciate the work senator heller has done and senator kirk will be joining us as well. we're going to do this a little different because it's a joint subcommittee hearing i will chair the first panel and the s

they are looking into allegations american agents tapped the cell phone of chancellor angela merkel. strobel says snowden made it clear he knows a lot. snowden has revealed details of several top u.s. surveillance programs. u.s. leaders are demanding the russian officials return him to the u.s. so he can face charges of espionage and theft of government property. >>> germany has criticized the apparent spying operation against merkel. now u.s. secretary of state john kerry admitted some of the spying activities were inappropriate, but stopping short of clarifying the details. kerry spoke to a conference in london via video link on thursday. >> some of these actions have reached too far, and we are going to make sure that does not happen in the future. >> but he defended u.s. intelligence gathering, saying it has stopped numerous terrorist attacks. kerry said president barack obama is conducting a thorough review of the spying to avoid creating anymore concern. >>> government officials here are looking to overhaul the operator of japan's crippled nuclear plant. aiuchida joins us from

both the conservative chancellor angela merkel -- they both expressed guarded optimism as a new round of talks got under way. the two sides agreed on proposals and reportedly agreed on renewable energy policy, with an eye toward capping sharply higher electricity bills. our political correspondent has been following all of those developments and joins us from our parliamentary studios here in berlin. simon, what has come out of today's talks in particular? >> today's talks focused on energy and transport. the two sides, social democrats and conservatives, have said they are committed to reforming germany's energy transformation policy. that is the drive to get more renewables in the mix of germany's power generation. as you say, the objective is to get costs down, but what the plans will likely mean is lower subsidies for wind power and possibly in the short term, more coal. so that will not please the environmentalists. on transport, both sides are saying there is a need for huge investments in both road and rail. the experts say investments of several billion euros a year are needed

here to comment is angela merkel. so tell us your thoughts when you found out that u.s. intel against was targeting your cell phone. >> being chancellor is a lonely job. and one is the

german chancellor angela merkel had her phone tapped as far back as 2002. obama personally apologized to merkel, but there are still questions about whether he knew about the eavesdropping. >> welcome to the white house. >> reporter: when things go wrong president obama often grabs hold of the situation and works to correct it in a big public way. >> nobody is matter than me about the fact that the website is not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed. >> reporter: but this week he seemed overshadowed by the generals and leaders in his cabinet who instead took the heat. >> hold me accountable for the debacle. i'm responsible. >> reporter: kathleen is h sebelius endured nearly four house of questions in the white house. >> nothing that has been released has shown that we're trying to do something illegal. >> reporter: and it was a director of national intelligence james clapper and nsa chief general keith alexander fielding the tough questions about surveillance and spying in another congressional meeting this week. >> some of this

. >>> german chancellor angela merkel has spoken before lawmakers in her country about suspected u.s. eavesdropping. she said allegations that agents tapped her cell phone are serious, and she wants an explanation. merkel made a speech before lawmakers, began debating allegations of wide-ranging surveillance by the u.s. national security agency. she said the revelations have strained ties between the u.s. and europe, and negotiations on a transatlantic free trade agreeme agreement. >> translator: the allegations are serious and should be investigated. the more important thing is to rebuild trust between our countries for the future. >> some lawmakers suggested bringing former nsa contractor edward snowden to germany to testify. snowden leaked extensive information about u.s. surveillance programs. he's living under temporary asylum in russia. >>> there's a big winter storm in northeastern asia. our meteorologist, robert speta, has been following the situation. robert, what are we looking at? >> gene, right now, it has already been bringing heavy snowfall. in northeastern china, take a

angela merkel has come out even stronger. on these two counts, he has lost. he broke the french nation taking two risky bets that he lost. >> as well as the growth aspect that she has been saying for months, well, at the end of 2013, america will happen in france and the unemployment rate will stop and it will go down and we will get more jobs being created. well, we are now almost in november -- in fact, it is november -- just two months to go until this miracle will happen. everyone in france -- the economist, other opposition figures are experts, are all saying there is no way it will happen because of you are going to have the unemployment rate going down you will at least need 1.5% growth and you have 0.01 -- we are a long way in getting -- from getting the growth to bring down the unemployment rate. people saying he will never do it. so, he is giving people -- out of contact with the real preoccupations of the french people. he can make a decision, he takes too long deciding what he wants to do, and people think he really does not know what is going on.

not clear what he knew or exactly what he didn't know in terms of the eavesdropping and chancellor merkel i think will get answers to them and i think they're reviewing that. you know this is all about nine eleven this is even a dozen years after nine eleven bush and obama set up this apparatus to get dad to spy to be very aggressive in the counterterrorist programs friends to yeah you know because germany is a hothouse of terrorist planning and has been in there were nine eleven suspects who spent time in germany so you can see we want to kind of cover the waterfront but it's pretty clear got out a hand and. that everything can't be dictated by nine eleven as it was in the years after the bush years you're intelligence in the navy right i was in communication i was not in. communication about intelligence well it was it was communication about operations more people have have written in this is a matter of record in the. pentagon in the navy that i was somehow involved in intelligence that. i said two conspiracy theories about watergate which you know there's just no basis for but i wish

angela merkel, who profited enormously from the euro. they have at this veteraned the releapt less devaluations pressures on their mark and it is the underpinning of an enormous export performance, so everybody is obsessively trying to save it. >> rose: let me talk about your book because that's why you came here. the myth of america's decline, politics, economics in a half century what is your argument to the fact america is not going to decline and 21st century might not necessarily be asia's century? >> first of all, because there is nobody else to be housekeeper of the world. admittedly the u.s. is not being very skillful these days, but, in running the world and admittedly obama's america is doing it worse to retract from the world, obama is nation building at home but what wit wt we seed in the what we see in the obama administration is retraction, not isolationism, retraction, pulling back from the travails of the world and i don't see anybody else who can be housekeeper of the world. >> rose: you are not saying policeman but hous

ange merkel, who profited enormously from the euro. they have at this veteraned the releapt less devaluations pressures on their mark and it is the underpinning of an enormous export performance, so everybody is obsessively trying to save it. >> rose: let me talk about your book because that's why you came here. the myth of america's decline, politics, economics in a half century what is your argument to the fact america is not going to decline and 21st century might not necessarily be asia's century? >> first of all, because there is nobody else to be housekeeper of the world. admittedly the u.s. is not being very skillful these days, but, in running the world and admittedly obama's america is doing it worse to retract from the world, obama is nation building at home but what wit wt we seed in the what we see in the obama administration is retraction, not isolationism, retraction, pulling back from the travails of the world and i don't see anybody else who can be housekeeper of the world. >> rose: you are not saying policeman but hous

not clear what he knew or exactly what he didn't know in terms of the eavesdropping and chancellor merkel i think will get answers to them and i think they're reviewing that. you know this is all about nine eleven this is even a dozen years after nine eleven bush and obama set up this apparatus to get dad to spy to be very aggressive in the counterterrorist programs friends too yeah and you know because germany is a hothouse of terrorist planning and has been in there were nine eleven suspects who spent time in germany so you can see we want to kind of cover the waterfront but it's pretty clear it got out a hand and. that everything can't be dictated by nine eleven as it was in the years after the bush years you're intelligence in the navy right i was in communication i was not in. communication about intelligence well it was it was communication about operations more people have have written this is a matter of record in the. pentagon in the navy that i was somehow involved in intelligence that. i said two conspiracy theories about watergate which you know there's just no basis for but i

learned about the eavesdropping on people in this country people abroad like the chancellor of germany merkel this is the the world of concealment and i think it's dangerous i think we need to know more about it what troubles you more present to. knows what's going on and lies or a president who doesn't know what's going on. they're both drawn into the asli and in this case in fairness to obama it's not clear what he knew or exactly what he didn't know in terms of the eavesdropping on chancellor merkel i think will get answers to them and i think they're reviewing that. you know this is all about nine eleven this is even a dozen years after nine eleven bush and obama set up this apparatus to get dad to spy to be very aggressive in the counterterrorist program then turns to yeah you know because germany is a hothouse of terrorist planning and has been in there were nine eleven suspects who spent time in germany so you can see we want to kind of cover the waterfront but it's pretty clear got out of hand and. that everything can't be dictated by nine eleven as it was in the years after the bush

learned about the eavesdropping on people in this country people abroad like the chancellor of germany merkel this is the the world of concealment and i think it's dangerous i think we need to know more about it what troubles you more present to. knows what's going on and lies or a president who doesn't know what's going on. they're both trying to entice the asli and in this case in fairness to obama it's not clear what he knew or exactly what he didn't know in terms of the eavesdropping on chancellor merkel i think we'll get answers to that i think they're reviewing that. you know this is all about nine eleven this is even a dozen years after nine eleven bush and obama set up this apparatus to get dad to spy to be very aggressive in the counterterrorist programs runs to yeah you know because germany is a hot house of terrorists planning and has been in there were nine eleven suspects who spent time in germany so you can see we want to kind of cover the waterfront but it's pretty clear got out of hand and. that everything can't be dictated by nine eleven as it was in the years after the bush

the eavesdropping on people in this country people abroad like the chancellor of germany merkel this is the the world of concealment and i think it's dangerous i think we need to know more about it what troubles you more present to. knows what's going on and lies or a president who doesn't know what's going on. they're both drawn into the asli and in this case in fairness to obama it's not clear what he knew or exactly what he didn't know in terms of the eavesdropping on chancellor merkel i think will get answers to them and i think they're reviewing that. you know if this is all about nine eleven this is even a dozen years after nine eleven bush and obama set up this apparatus to get dad to spy to be very aggressive in the counterterrorist programs runs to yeah you know because germany is a hothouse of terrorist planning and has been in there were nine eleven suspects who spent time in germany so you can see we want to kind of cover the waterfront but it's pretty clear got out of hand and. that everything can't be dictated by nine eleven as it was in the years after the bush years y

not clear what he knew or exactly what he didn't know in terms of the eaves dropping one chancellor merkel i think will get answers to them and i think they're reviewing that. you know this is all about nine eleven this is even a dozen years after nine eleven bush and obama set up this apparatus to get dad to spy to be very aggressive in the counterterrorist program then turns to yeah and you know because germany is a hothouse of terrorist planning and has been in there were nine eleven suspects who spent time in germany so you can see we want to kind of cover the waterfront but it's pretty clear it got out of hand and. that everything can't be dictated by nine eleven as it was in the years after the bush years you're intelligence in the navy right i was in communication i was not in. communication about intelligence well it was it was communication about operations more people have have written this is a matter of record in the. pentagon in the navy that i was somehow involved in intelligence that said to conspiracy theories about watergate which you know there's just no basis for but i w

try to win the big problem that gemma jones lang la merkel had was that the usual coalition partner the pro business pro market free democrat party. didn't all secure enough votes to get into the polymer so she had to go out looking for other coalition partners in the same that were just too many of ideological differences with the greens enough for a month of colts a deal has been struck with the center left social democrats. but there were plenty of sticking points that as well amongst the module citizenship for immigrants the retirement age of the big ones were really taxes and wages in the end the center left social democrats of golf a key demand of a minimum wage of eight euros fifty now. that is something that angle america with it being very much applies to so that is a big concession for any given day. but her party the christian democrats have the have their way when it comes to taxes because the of the subtler form of higher taxes on the rich. but it has been agreed there will be no new taxes so it is not a done deal yet this is an agreement in principle but there are still mo

angela merkel, who profited enormously from the euro. they have at this veteraned the releapt less devaluations pressures on their mark and it is the uerpinning of an enormous export performance, so everybody is obsessively trying to save it. >> rose: let me talk about your book because that's why you came here. the myth of america's decline, politics, economics in a half century what is your argument to the fact america is not going to decline and 21st century might not necessarily be asia's century? >> first of all, because there is nobody else to be housekeeper of the world. admittedly the u.s. is not being very skillful these days, but, in running the world and admittedly obama's america is doing it worse to retract from the world, obama is nation building at home but what wit wt we seed in the what we see in the obama administration is retraction, not isolationism, retraction, pulling back from the travails of the world and i don't see anybody else who can be housekeeper of the world. >> rose: you are not saying policeman but housek

here to comment is angela merkel. so tell us your thoughts when you found out that u.s. intel against was targeting your cell phone. >> being chancellor is a lonely job. and one is the loneliest number. it was during this lonely time i sent many images. i sent one to an ex-boyfriend and pretended it was an september. sorry, wrong frederick, but how are you doing? >> edward snowden's nsa revelations reaching new heights, getting spoofed on snl. but now the leaker is seeking ce clemens city. >>> and toronto's embattled mayor says he will stay in office. >>> and the sbepgs intentional that was the youtube music awards. that's a real thing? it is? okay. this is "way too early". good morning. i'm bill karins in for brian shactman. it's monday, november 4th. we'll also show and you scary moment

why are we listening to chancellor merkel, that there a move to really constrain what the n.s.a. and agencies intelligence do and we could have something like, you know, i mean much of talks about how we went too far after the and all ofmission that. >> i haven't seen evidence of yet. sure, it can go too far. wet from what i have seen, are not anywhere near going too too even though we could go far. the pendulum could go too far n.s.a. metadata issue. a fascinating issue. the question so i won't take the time to give my views on it. i haven't seen the pendulum swing too far yet. back to afghanistan. the meeting with karzai. he said all of the things you said, talked to some u.s. officials, some off-the-record. we will talk about him as if he a little bit unstable. >> i don't think he is unstable. be in thes it like to room with him? >> he is a -- a very friendly bynversation, first of all, the way. he was very direct. i talked to him about the things that he says and the impact that that has on us and that i don'te and understand his politics, by the way. presenceeople want a an

social democratic party merkel c.d.u. fell just short of an at writing last month's polls when it's liberal partner one seat many as the supporters are wary of the deal after the party suffered in the shadow during a previous grand coalition. israeli security forces have killed three suspected palestinian militants in the west bank israel claim those killed were linked to al qaida and were planning a cells in the coming days against israeli targets the palestinian authority has denied any links to terrorist groups and accuse israel of killing innocent people. and demonstrations in thailand have entered a fourth day with protesters declaring they will take over every ministry in the capital they have already surrounded several government buildings cutting off electricity and water to pressure people inside to leave bangkok has been engulfed by unrest over a controversial amnesty bill in the past it would grant pardons to politicians both past and present and pave the way for the return of the exiled former premier taxi mac

angela merkel says she wants to have a word with vladimir putin over ukraine after the e.u. and russia trade. of meddling in the country's foreign policy to ensure its cooperation. remember an. activist take to the streets of germany against the growing popularity of nazi views in the country. and also reporting the olympic torch is on another leg of its epic journey to sochi plunging to the bottom of the earth. in space. from our studio this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day. so there's an air of anxiety in geneva at the moment where a long anticipated deal on iran's nuclear program could potentially be signed although foreign diplomats in the iranian delegation sound optimistic any further details about just what's happening have been almost impossible to extract. in geneva for a tough diplomatic work in progress at the moment but. so far. we've just heard that the p five plus one meeting of foreign ministers has just. try the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met with his chinese and his in raney and counterparts and we did hear a little bit earlier from the irani

in its spying scandal with angela merkel that story is ahead for you in the program . as a search for greener pastures gone sour the european financial crisis hits hard the migrants in italy leaving thousands out in the streets without a job and with no home. but for now here on r.t. to britain we go sometimes being too good at committing crimes can actually secure your future especially if you're a hacker it's after it was revealed the newly formed u.k. cyber defense unit is looking for reinforcements from the ranks of its convicted enemies shedding some light on this story r.t. correspondent laura smith. the life and times of. britain from cruising through cyberspace to banged up in prison to what can for the governments as details of the u.k.'s proposed defense. officials admit they're considering hiring convicts it's just all the implications in black and white that it's ok for governments to have people but if people had governments it's a cry must. convey he paid the price and is now studying computer science soon he'll be looking for a job but he will be looking

to come here now it is unlikely that that would be good in the backing of german chancellor angela merkel her christian democrats they're likely partners in the next coalition government here the social democrats have all said they don't really they're not really keen on that however the senior figures have written in saying edward snowden has done a great service to the people of the western world and it's up to us now to help him so they want to see him come here and get everything they can offer him ok thank you peter that's our tease peter oliver live from berlin. now why did snowden's plea for clemency is finding no sympathy in washington white house officials along with senior lawmakers stress the former n.s.a. contractor should pay for violating american law former british intelligence agent and he explains why she thinks the scandal has gathered such moments of who is actually breaking the law or here because all the ground that the fire did she say they are legally allowed to smile netizens appear to be very legally dubious at best but we thing in the last decade is the sheer tec

and this equipment intercept mobile phone calls and it's well known that angela merkel conducts a lot of government business through mobile phone calls and also through text messages can also incept wife by data and long just longer distance communications right across the german capital so it's incredibly intrusive syncros really awkward for the british red faces all around the british ambassador has been summoned to see the german foreign minister to try to explain himself in german and u.s. diplomatic relations really has an extraordinary since this since this was revealed and we can expect the same for the u.k. if the ambassador isn't able to provide now because that's the nation and the first test of those relations particularly between the u.s. and germany is coming up next week the space be trade negotiations between the u.s. and the european union understandably those are now in jeopardy well we'll be following the turn of events closely if it does happen european parliament member paul murphy meantime thinks that although there will be consequences for the in the end business

social democratic party merkel c.d.u. fell just short of an outright majority at last month's polls when its liberal party or one seat many asked by the supporters are wary of the deal after the party suffered a miracle shadow during upbringing use graeme coalition. israeli security forces have killed three suspect the palestinians militants in the west bank israel claimed those killed were linked to al qaida and were planning assaults in the coming days against israeli targets the palestinian authority has denied any links to terrorist groups and accused israel of killing innocent people. demonstrations in thailand have entered a fourth day with protesters declaring they will take over every ministry in the capital they have already surrounded several government buildings cutting off electricity and water to pressure people inside to leave bangkok has been engulfed by an rest over controversial amnesty bill is passed it will grant pardons to politicians both past and present and pave the way for the return of exiled form

tune to fall in private conversation from private phone conversations of the german chancellor angela merkel and that is but of course edward snowden is said that he's willing to come only after a certain conditions which are going to do next. it is the weakest but remember that germany was one of those many states have refused as militants three for seven weeks he has made earlier this year and father of russia. i intended but snowden has been living here every since at this summit to be put into effect snow tends to rush to learn that they can see he has just been granted it's not that active women vs top computer companies as a technical eye specialist however we do not know which company that is because of course of this kingdom is yours. the outside world news in brief for you this hour in the blank human rights activists are calling for the rest of former us vice president cheney of keys on a visit to toronto he accused cheney of war crimes in overseeing torture programs in iraq afghanistan and guantanamo bay prison in secret c i a location all over the world. party treat un convention

tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope the growing support for what he did will prompt washington to a bed of what he called harmful behavior. has the details member of german parliament christians met with that noted in moscow on thursday have they have discussed this notice possible just twenty in front of the german parliament and the former n.s.a. contractor has actually issued an entire letter address it to the german chancellor angela merkel in which he said that he would be more than willing to come and testify because he knows a lot about the n.s.a. exigencies no just in europe but in the entire world. would be happy just to talk about that but he can only do that have berlin guarantees him a safe passage meaning that text will not be extradited to the united states on top of that edward snowden of course added that he would be more than willing to testify not of berlin but in washington unfortunately that is impossible. the moment regarding edward snowden's life in russia where he has bee

officials while germany turns to edward snowden to get answers about the tapping of chancellor merkel's phone. in germany he. is going to repeat it continuously we hear from n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who says u.s. intelligence will continue to harvest data despite outrage from the public and its allies. and behind the barbed wire reports from inside guantanamo prison where over a dozen detainees are still on hunger strike in a bit of protest over the indefinite detention and mistreatment. you know back in the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on. a pakistani family who lost their grandmother in a cia drone strike traveled to washington this week to testify before congress. was at the emotional briefing where family members asked u.s. lawmakers why their home was targeted in the first place. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of growt

in germany angela merkel's christian democrat party has reached a coalition deal with the center left social democratic party. fell just short of the now right majority at last month's polls when it's the liberal party one no seat many yes we do supporters are wary of the deal after the party suffered a merkel shadow during a previous grand coalition. israeli security forces have killed three suspected palestinian militants in the west bank israel claimed those killed were linked to al qaida and were planning assault in the coming days against israeli targets the palestinian authority has denied any links to terrorist groups and accused israel of killing innocent people. demonstrations in taiwan have a fourth day with protesters declaring that he will take over every ministry in the capital they have already surrounded several government buildings cutting off electricity and water to pressure people inside to leave bangkok has been engulfed by unrest over a controversial amnesty bill passed it will grant pardons to politicians both past and present and pave the way for the return of e

a whistleblower met with hans christian strobel the well known german lawmaker in moscow last week merkel personally telephoned obama for explanations after reports suggested a private phone had been tapped washington claim that surveillance wasn't presently taken place but didn't make any comment if indeed the n.s.a. had been snooping earlier on the german leader a journalist or dave lindorff told us that snowden's possible testimony would put german authours he's in a very tough position. to some extent the german government has been complicit in this and so you know to the ex if they were to try to. expose it the wind exposing their own culpability if people are furious at packer see a very little miracle now that she was not upset when when it was revealed that the n.s.a. was spying on german people but she's really upset which and it's playing on her so she's been trying to tricky area. let's get to the r.t. world update for you now some global headlines in brief human rights activists are calling for the arrest of former u.s. vice president dick cheney he's visiting toronto right no

officials well germany turns to edward snowden to get answers about the tapping of chancellor merkel's phone. is going to repeat it continuously we hear from n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who says u.s. intelligence will continue to harvest data despite outrage and the public and its from the public and its allies. and behind the barbed wire reports from inside one of my prison where over a dozen detainees are still on hunger strike in a bitter protest over there in definite detention and mistreatment. back at the top stories for the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on. a pakistani family who lost their grandmother in a cia drone strike traveled to washington this week to testify before congress he's going to take on was at the emotional briefing where family members asked u.s. lawmakers why their home was targeted in the first place. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress genera

spying on on merkel's phone was there you surprised at that why i think in the case of margaret it was simply that merkel used their private phone and the german secret service was not allowed to investigate on that and that's that's that's simply what's what happened there now are you surprised though that there wasn't more of a. public apology i guess for want of a better word a bigger apology from america to the chancellor. well yes of course i am surprised because of course it's a shame what happens there and it of course shook many people in the german government they're waking up now and but now since the elections are over it's of course a little bit too late you know and now they're trying to to get a turn into this. at all it doesn't really convince me all right then all i wonder if you get any more of a positive response and apologies the word again i'm looking for from the united kingdom from britain and what's going on on top of its roof. while i think this is another case because in this case they are not actively. breaking into a system or that they do is they collect the

officials germany turns to edward snowden to get answers about the tapping of chancellor merkel's phone. who she. is going to repeat. continuously we hear from n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who says u.s. intelligence will continue to harvest data despite how rage from the public and its allies. and behind the barbed wire reports from inside guantanamo prison where over a dozen detainees are still on hunger strike and a bit of protest over the indefinite detention and mistreatment. of a look back at the top stories for the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. a pakistani family who lost their grandmother in a cia drone strike traveled to washington this week to testify before congress. was at the emotional briefing where family members asked u.s. lawmakers why their home was targeted in the first place. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of drone strikes

officials while germany turns to edward snowden to get answers about the tapping of chancellor merkel's phone. brazil germany firearms. and speed of course in the united states is going to repeat itself continuously we hear from n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who says u.s. intelligence will continue to harvest data despite outrage from the public and its allies. and behind the barbed wire are two reports from inside guantanamo prison where over a dozen detainees are still on hunger strike in a bitter protest over their indefinite detention and mistreatment. welcome to the weekly this sunday here in our nice now with a look back at the week's top stories a pakistani family who lost their grandmother in a cia drone strike traveled to washington this week to testify before congress or she's going to can was at the emotional briefing where family members asked u.s. lawmakers why their home was targeted in the first place. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other membe

in germany angola merkel christian democratic party reached a coalition deal with the center left social democratic party local city fell just short of an hour right when jordi at last month's polls when it's liberal partner one no seats many asked me do supporters are aware do you after the party suffered in merkel shadow during the previous grand coalition. scotland has taken another stab in its campaign for in a pan inspire releasing a white paper doll by the country's first minister as a mission statement for the nation's future a six hundred seventy page blueprint outlined scottish plans to cut corporation tax expand free childcare and raise the minimum wage document comes ahead of next september's referendum when the scots will be asked simple yes or no question whether their nation should separate. from the rest of the u.k. one has strongly opposed the idea of clashing with endora on the issues of currency oil reserves membership but despite all the uncertainty scottish national party feels as the white paper sends a very positive message on it to the nation it really is an amazin

tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope that growing support for what he did will prompt washington to abandon what he called harmful behavior well it's now go live to our two serena go in for more she'll bring us up to date on this latest development arena what are the chances that realistically we'll actually see edward snowden go to berlin and testify for the germans well there are some there are separate requisites that have to be met if edward snowden is indeed to go into by the for bundestag the german parliament and that means that said germany has to guarantee him safe passage and basically staying on the on that the german soil without steve but the possibility extradition to the united states and according to various sources that actually is within the power of the german parliament by the eighth probably will only come into effect if there will be a parliamentary investigation in connection with the whole scandal surrounding n.s.a. and phone tapping so that is yet of course to be seen as

german chancellor merkel wants to how they work with president putin over ukraine. after pulled out of the free trade deal with the eu. brussels and moscow accused each other of blackmailing key and into accepting offers over integration deals. galaxy are asking more the first and foremost mission of the local according to the self is to persuade the russian leader dogs for the eastern partnership initiative is not directed against russia as some have been hearing this comes just basically hours of dublin acquitted himself welcomed the idea of holding a three sided commission between the russia ukraine and the european union on how to alleviate the potential economic losses were sprayed myself up from the bench the joining of this association deal with the eu meanwhile several hundred people are still protesting achieves independence. well some of these comments and emotions are compiled in my report back to square one for ukraine's politics or keep central square to be precise in two thousand for the orange revolution stock that he had his independence with the eve