germany's foreign minister summoned the u.s. ambassador this afternoon to rain the nsa's activities and also jay carney today tried to dismiss further criticism against the administration. >> we are not going to comment publicly on every specified alleged intelligence activity. as a matter policy, we have made clear that the united states gathers foreign intelligence of the type added by all nations. as i mentioned yesterday, the president spoke with chancellor merkel and reassured her that united states is not and will not monitor the chancellor's communications and we have also said broadly that, at the present instruction, we are reviewing the way that we gather intelligence to ensure that we probably balanced the could -- the security concerns of our citizens and the privacy concerns that all people share. >> i was joined earlier by lizzie phelan, head of the newsroom in berlin. i first asked her, even though the white house wants the search ago way, is a going away in germany? >> it is very difficult to make it go away. it

first up, it germany. europeans are watching closely as 62 million germans went to the polls a few days ago. evil across the continent from sweden to spain are well aware that the outcome of the elections in the eu's largest economy is going to have implications on their lives as well. whether they like it or not, angela merkel is keeping her job as german chancellor. >> a triumph. angela merkel has one of -- has won the biggest victory of her political career. congratulations from all over the world. she is a pinnacle of power in germany and europe. a year ago she was the object of harsh criticism. greek newspapers debt of old stereotypes and all over germany old fears of germany emerged. >> suddenly europe is speaking german. >> the chancellor becomes the dominant figure. germany's southern neighbors are wishing they could vote. they would like to see the social democrats in power or at least junior partners in a grand coalition to tone down angela merkel's demand for austerity. >> the savings measures d

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the revelations sparked outrage in germany where surveillance a controversial because of the east germany's communist past. like germans, angela merkel grew up in the east, where the secret police kept records on one-third of the population. angela merkel is demanding an explanation and sending her intelligence chief to washington to get one. >> and germany was not the only target. the u.s. may have spied on the presidents of mexico, brazil and maybe allies and 80 other countries. thousands marched in washington to protest the program and demand a limit to the surveillance. germany and brazil are pushing for a resolution calling for the right to privacy on the internet. a draft of the agreement could be circulated this week. joining me to talk about this is al jazeera america's national security contributor, and the publisher of harper's magazine. >> rick, let me ask you first - how damaging is this to president obama. >> all i can tell you is the french senators i met with in mark were unhappy about the spying on what they believe to be a loyal ally - recently loyal ally. whether or not ev

britain france germany china and russia since hassan rouhani was elected as the country's new president one of the first things he said is that he hoped iran and the west would be able to reach an understanding over its nuclear program in the near future confirming that tehran fully supports the idea of a nuclear free middle east now also read ahead of the conference in geneva we've heard from the iranian foreign minister who said that he hoped to be able to draw up some sort of a roadmap according to russian diplomats. the meeting in geneva has now become a true test of how constructive the west could be adding that economic sanctions on iran have been hampering seriously the negotiations israel would widely believed to have nuclear weapons many are now raising the question is israel more interested in reaching some sort of a constructive ending in the iranian nuclear dispute or is it more interested in diverting international attention from itself you've got this kind of r t brussels . a number of comments before the conference including one from the israeli leader put something of a

the revelations have sparked outrages in ger germany becausef east germany's past, like many germans, mervelg merkel is deman explanation and sending her intelligence chief to get one. >> also spied on the presidents of mexico and brazil and maybe spying on allies in 80 other countries. thousands marched in washington, d.c. yesterday to protest that program and demand a limit to the surveillance. germany and brazil are pushing for resolution from the u.n. general assembly calling for right to privacy on the internet. a draft could be circulated later this week. i talked to al jazeera's national security advisory faisa patel. >> there is embarrassment right now, the socialist government is way, way down in the polls. so the notion that the french government has no control over its destiny that it can't protect itself even against american spying doesn't play well with the elect ral rat. >> faisa do they have a right to be outraged? >> i think so. you have to put this in the context of, parting of ways between europe and the united states, the drone issue being another one just last wee

today to germany obviously it doesn't have to go through the u.k. but this is not suitable or this is not a solution for global business and it's not a solution for a global planet so in other words you don't think it's going to be effective then given the fact that as a edward snowden said berlin has been working hand in hand with the n.s.a. and also you know no matter what precautions telecom companies take or measures to in fact protect the privacy of their subscribers i mean isn't the annecy capable of bypassing all these routes. well i would say like this unfortunately in germany we have a situation that the trust we receive of our foreign and interior intelligence service watching their high level of cooperation with the national security agency and with the british government communications headquarter. does not make them trustworthy at all so if they can intercept the stuff. they might hand it over in bargain to the americans which is not helpful so this means that what is to be done is to ensure on whatever level in whatever country that en

played well, but germany looked more dangerous as the match went on. >> germany was not the only european country to qualify for the world cup on friday evening. victory for belgium against croatia means they are headed for the finals as well. there was a giant screen in the city center and celebrations really took up after the final whistle. belgium has not qualify for a major tournament since the 2002 world cup. they are thrilled their team is back among the world soccer elite and on its way to brazil next summer. and switzerland is also through after a 2-1 win against albania. you can find more news about the world cup qualifiers at our website, just go to www.dw.de /sports. in motorsports, it could be a fourth championship on sunday. but in qualifying for the japanese grand prix, it was his teammate at drove the fastest lap. he had to settle for second place in the grid. >> it is the first time this season that mark webber has qualified a teammate and runaway championship leader, sebastian petzel. the 26-year-old german came in just under 2/10 of a section -- of a second behind webber

germany's green dream morphs into a nightmare for the consumer. for renewable energy end up adding billions to build. i mean girls otherwise it wouldn't be the crisis of confidence a series of scandals leave the reputation of the u.k. politicians at rock bottom the british public saying they can't be trusted particularly when they have to admit that they're wrong. and the first ever attempt to legislate against the n.s.a. spying in the e.u. will see anyone illegally transferring data out of europe potentially hit with billions of euros in fines. worldwide news a live from moscow it's r t with me rule reece to show thanks for joining us today robin hood like subsidies for green power are driving the e.u. towards an energy crisis that's according to europe's top utility firms the problem they say is billions in taxpayer handouts are killing innovation and competitiveness and the results for all to see looking at the cost of energy for example in the e.u. and elsewhere in china though a kilowatt hour is going to cost you about seven cents to america

germany and the u.s. are very close in that sense germany is of course the most powerful economy in europe and does also have its own policy which is independent of the u.s. and it is having a changing world in which the u.s. is no longer the only show in town to trade with it cetera and of course it is building up relations increasingly with other economic powers namely russia and china for example which the u.s. obviously sees as a threat to being able to regain its position as the only show in town in the world and in a sense this is just another thing that exposes that what the n.s.a. scandal is all about is not about u.s. national security is the u.s. government keeps on arguing but it really is about the u.s. trying to always have an advantage politically and economically and that's been shown numerous times throughout the course of this n.s.a. saga of course it's been shown when the u.s. recently was exposed they've been hacking the e-mails of the mexican president and the internal n.s.a. documents

have to go to work today as germany decides what to do they get ready for a second winter in the city park these people came here because they were fleeing violence but in running for their lives they found themselves stuck in limbo here in the e.u. peter all of a r.t. . with you twenty four hours a day this is r.t. live here in moscow coming up this hour a role reversal in south africa some are fearing a return of apartheid but this time it's the white population that could be on the receiving end of racist policies we take a closer look shortly. but first protesters have been taking to the streets across the u.s. this week over what they call an epidemic of police brutality but amid all the unrest a policeman has been awarded generous compensation for psychiatric damage after he pepper sprayed a group of peaceful demonstrators ortiz porton are now reports. the next u.s. law enforcement official to face off against unarmed peaceful protesters may easily get away with brutalizing them and even be rewarded afterwards remember that horrifying video of a university police officers preyin

here inside one of the main offices of germany's largest telecommunications operates and they are coming up with a plan that they hope will protect their customers information from the prying eyes of security services telecom has announced that they will only be using german service for all communications inside germany in the future this is something they have said perhaps they would like to roll out to across europe but for now it's only going to be here in germany that information e-mails and phone calls and text messages will only travel on german servers now this comes out following the revelations of just how much germany was spied on as part of the by the n.s.a. and british secret service is all of this coming out from the the leaks that edward snowden revealed to various media outlets in fact just to sum up how much germany was spied on one leak that was revealed in beagle news magazine in june of this year showed it's around half a million e-mails phone calls and text messages were intercepted in germany in the average month the announcement by telecom is actually probably promp

they are inside one of the main offices of germany's largest telecommunications operates and they are coming up with a plan that they hope will protect their customers information from the prying eyes of security services telecom has announced that they will only be using german servers for all communications inside germany in the future this is something they have said perhaps they would like to roll out to across europe but for now it's only going to be here in germany that information e-mails and phone calls and text messages will only travel on german service now this comes out following the revelations of just how much germany was spied on as part of the by the n.s.a. and british secret service is all of this coming out from the the leaks that edward snowden revealed to various media outlets in fact just to sum up how much germany was spied on one leak that was revealed in big old news magazine in june of this year showed it's around a billion e-mails phone calls and text messages were intercepted in germany in the average month the announcement by telecom is actually probably pr

of germany, it is a very personal idea. german ande damaged american relations. it is part of a broader problem for the white house. tonight, there was supposed to be a state dinner for the president. she canceled because of allegations that her private communications were being intercepted. and allegations of mexico. my sense is that washington has not taken most of these allegations to seriously. it is a slightly different case. was a frenzy in tone. allegations that the french, for years, have been spying on american businessmen and conducting a similar kind of surveillance operation of their own. seriousthis is far more and it stems from the readout of the conversation from berlin that the conversation was far sharper than what president had with franÇois hollande. staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating the taliban and. there is nod disguisin

ordinary citizens the germany germany's interior minister kind of shrugged his shoulders and said excepted the united states assurances but that's frankly not good enough there's now calls for talks from france and germany but actually it's now it's now time for action not just talking it's clear what we need is time for real data protection it's time for a proper. inquiry open and transparent into these revelations about prism and trying tempore it's time for protection for whistleblowers and just just finally you mentioned the man at the heart of all of this edward snowden you talk about the protection of whistleblowers what else can we expect it seems that this sort of information is being leaked every day in our laws what next can we expect just briefly. well i think i think if there is plenty more to come on this but actually what's next is that it's really important that we offer snowden asylum and also that we get we actually get to the bottom of this it's clear that we are all regarded as enemies now by the united states and so it's time to make crystal clear to the united states t

the continent is suffering from a trade imbalance caused by a flood of exports from germany but talk of berlin orchestrating the policy is nothing new it was simply persuaded brussels to delay a limit on current emissions to save the revenues of its own auto industry laura smith now explains. with friends like these who needs enemies david cameron for all his bluster would fall prefer to negotiate with the e.u. the need it all together and germany and merkel is the linchpin that holds the entire project together and yet these two countries that are reportedly cutting a secret deal to protect their main industry again e.u. regulations it's a tit for tat thing britain is proposing to support germany's to delay the introduction of a cap on carbon dioxide emissions which will harm b.m.w. mercedes an audi and in return britain is seeking germany's help to protect the banking sector from the ways of brussels regulations the proposed deal may also include asking for germany's help to turn a cap on bankers' bonuses something the tory party is controversy fighting against the tide of public o

here inside one of the main offices of germany's largest telecommunications operates and they are coming up with a plan that they hope will protect their customers information from the prying eyes of security services telecom has announced that they will only be using german servers for all communications inside germany in the future this is something they have said perhaps they would like to roll out to across europe but for now it's only going to be here in germany that information e-mails and phone calls and text messages will only travel on german servers now this comes out following the revelations of just how much germany was spied on as part of the by the n.s.a. and british secret service is all of this coming out from the the leaks that edward snowden revealed to various media outlets in fact just to sum up how much germany was spied on one leak that was revealed in beagle news magazine in june of this year showed it's around holiday a billion e-mails phone calls and text messages were intercepted in germany in the average month the announcement by the telecoms actually probably

she and her children were denied asylum here in germany. in greece, the hope is that the -- the hope that the others will be granted asylum is even dimmer . >> you have to deal with various authorities in different countries that reach their own decisions. that's where we run up against problems, just getting going. >> the german red cross and aid organizations in athens are trying to help ring refugees through bureaucratic obstacles. the chances look good for the mohameds, but with other families, aid workers search for years. >> the way things are right now, it's essentially the criminal smugglers who end up determining the whereabouts of refugee families around europe, and i think that's completely unacceptable. >> eight organizations face an uphill battle, as do refugee families as they embark on dangerous and difficult journeys. knows he or is lucky. soon he will be playing soccer with his own kids and getting to know his youngest daughter. his family will finally be joining him in germany. >> big infrastructure projects in europe do n

the largest single percentage of value in an i phone is germany germany you know about a third of the i phone is actually made in germany and about a little less than a third is made in japan and these are two of the highest wage nations in the world so it's not about low wages what is it the german in japan are doing that we're not doing that is causing them to be making i phones at fifty dollars an hour for their workers who are know both of those countries have made a national decision that they want to have a strong manufacturing economy and they want to make things and they defend their economy for example germany america we're going to probably end up this year with about a three hundred seventy to three hundred ninety billion dollar trade deficit with china and manufactured goods the trade i want to see deficit because i'm not sure the trade deficit with germany might be forty billion might be. nothing it might be in germany's advantage and the reason is. they set the rules they don't let the chinese set the rules so. it's got nothing to do with wages has everything to do with

klitschko has resident as i in germany. under new law people who have permanent resident as i in other countries no longer count as ukrainian residents, his fighting talk prompted this reaction from the opposition party. >> he didn't pay taxes in ukraine. he is paying taxes in germany so germans will have high pensions. this is what you will have to explain during the election campaign. >> mr. klitschko is the first declared challenger to the president who is widely expected to seek a second term during elections in march of 20 14 and the boxer has already been packing a political punch. his anti-corruption claimed third place in parliamentary elections and he has led recent opinion polls and could be a serious contender. >> the business world is just one area of life where wimp often struggle to get to the top, but some of those who have succeeded are part of our special 100 women conference here in london here to debate women's livels around the world and today new figures have been released on the global gender gap by th

germany is always one. step ahead of the rest of your and your needs to follow along and it's one of things for the short of the hard labor reforms they did ahead of this crisis and again we were talking about russia picking a bad time to reform europe's even a worse position because they don't have this buffer of money or borrowing and they need to do the reforms that germany has actually already put in place under through to which is one of the reasons why germany is doing well but it's not just germany the periphery states also needs to tackle these problems and there doesn't seem to be much backbone to do it's you know their little nickel will exactly they're looking to germany for a hand in the end it's to throw money at the problem that it goes away so you get through the election so i could starts you know that's the big problem here because merkel was elected not to do such a thing yeah absolutely i like i fundamentally believe that you all should stick to what i think we will see still significant

she and her children were denied asylum here in germany. in greece, the hope is that the -- the hope that the others will be granted asylum is even dimmer . >> you have to deal with various authorities in different countries that reach thedecisio. that's where we run up against problems, just getting going. >> the german red cross and aid organizations in athens are trying to help ring refugees through bureaucratic obstacles. the chances look good for the mohameds, but with other families, aid workers search for years. >> the way things are right now, it's essentially the criminal smugglers who end up determining the whereabouts of refugee families around europe, and i think that's completely unacceptable. >> eight organizations face an uphill battle, as do refugee families as they embark on dangerous and difficult journeys. knows he or is lucky. soon he will be playing soccer with his own kids and getting to know his youngest daughter. his family will finally be joining him in germany. >> big infrastructure projects in europe do not seem v

surveillance, germany and france are calling for talks after u.s. monitored the phones of 35 world leaders, kenya's president ruto must attend crimes against humanity trial at the criminal court in the hague and they reversed an earlier decision in june excusing him from attending much of the trial before the tribunal. and china rejected an appeal from former politician bo xilai and upheld a sentence of life in prison and he was guilty of embezzlement, bribery and abuse of power lost month. argentina industry may be growing but farmers are accused of using more pesticides than ever to get larger harvests and use of chemicals is often unregulated and close to populated areas as monica reports it's causing health problems for rural communities. >> they own a grocery store in the country side. but they won't sell what is produced in local farms. he says there is so much pesticide in the region, fruits and vegetables are unhealthy. and he has lung fibrosis and blames it on pesticides spraying in the farm belt. >> translator: they took my life away and l

as far as germany, that's where the hamburg plotted began which led to 9-11. they have had dealings with iran and iraq, north korea and the french and the germans and we are not doing this for the fun of it. >>> protesters took to the stree streets out the capitol to demand congress research the nsa and say it needs to come clean about its surveillance program. >> but i think the revelations from snowden and the secrets that have been revealed are doing significant damage to our bilateral relationships with germany, with mexico, with the other countries where the suggestion is that we have listened in. so, i think we have repair work to do, and i think we have hard questions we need to ask of the nsa about what's really happening in this program. >> for more now on just how the nsa revelations will impact foreign policy is tom rodden, a writer for "the guardian" thank you for your time? >> thank you. >> there is a camp that says everyone spies on everyone. what is all of the outrage about? how accurate is that? if there is a world where everyone spies on every

. >> translator: we said that france and germany -- not as germany plus france, but each country, individually, will get in contact with the united states and the security community then and try to work out such a framework for future cooperation. obviously we will also have an exchange on views on how this is to play out. >> mike viqueira is live at the white house with more on how the administration is handling these latest allegations. >> dell, the united states and the administration are admitting there is tension in these relationships, and allies, close allies who are very upset about these allegations, but that's about all they are admitting. jay carney saying that the united states is using diplomatic channels to discuss concerns of allies with those same allies. the president has been on the phone with the french president and angela merkel, over the course of the last week trying to explain u.s. policy to them. and then yesterday another shoe drops. the national security agency in a 2006 memo solicited phone numbers. and in response they received 200 phone numbers for some 35 world l

germany and the us of every close in that sense germany is of course the most powerful economy in europe and does also have its own policy which is independent of the us and it is having a changing world in which the u.s. is no longer the only show in town to trade with it cetera and of course is building up relations increasingly with other economic power as namely russia and china for example which the u.s. obviously sees as a threat to being able to regain its position as the any show in town in the wallet and in a sense this is just another thing that exposes that what the n.s.a. scandal is all about is not about u.s. national security is the u.s. government keeps on arguing but it really is about the u.s. trying to always have an advantage politically and economically and that's been shown numerous times throughout the course of this and i face of course it's been shown when the u.s. recently was exposed they've been hacking the e-mails of the mexican president and the entire n.s.a. documents showed that that was so that the u.s. could have advantage in political talks and investmen

germany and the us of every close in that sense in germany is of course the most powerful economy in europe and does also have its own policy which is independent of the us and it is having a changing world in which the u.s. is no longer the only show in town to trade with it cetera and of course is building up relations increasingly with economic power as namely russia and china for example which the u.s. obviously sees as a threat to being able to regain its position as the only show in town in the wallet and in a sense this is just another thing that exposes that what the n.s.a. scandal is all about is not about u.s. national security is the u.s. government keeps on arguing but it really is about the u.s. trying to always have an advantage politically and economically and that's been shown numerous times throughout the course of this and i face of course it's been shown when the u.s. recently was exposed they've been hacking the e-mails of the mexican president and the internal n.s.a. documents showed that that was so that the u.s. could have advantage in political talks and inves

for now, it will only be here in germany. information, e-mails, phone calls, text messages, will only travel on german servers. this comes out following the revelations of just how much germany was spied on as far as the nsa and british secret services. the leaks that edward snowden revealed to various media outlets. just how much germany was spied on, one leak revealed in the newsmagazine in june shows that there was half a billion e- mails, phone calls, and text messages intercepted in germany in the average month. the announcement has prompted other major operators to say they want to follow suit, vodafone among them. telefonica said they would try to roll this out for customers. there are some skeptical of whether it would work to to the nature of modern communication. deutsche telekom are saying they are determined to protect their customers information from prying eyes of the spies. >> wikileaks partner website. he thinks rerouting data is not enough to ensure privacy. >> in germany, we have a situation that the trustwo

germany does president like flirts? >> germany doesn't like anything. the men in germany did not -- >> really? >> yes. they said stop flirting with me you harlet. >> what? >> did you know this was a problem? where did you get that from? i never heard a word on that. >> i read that in a bloomberg business week article. >> there you go. >> what do you make of this whole thing? >>t is a big wdeworl l-rt isn incredibly great company and i agree they failed in a few places, but they are the greatest retail success story of all time. they will do great in china and can continue to be absorbed more in the u.s. i was driving through the dark north alabama night a few nights ago and out of no where like a mirage of wondrous capitalism there is wal-mart and i love it. >> you know what i like about that? you told your driver, pull over. >> i did. i did actually.e say to you about wal-mart? >> nothing. they have done pretty well in the united states, neil, and now they will try to do well in china. it is a newer market for them, but it does president mean the u.s.

now italy has thrown its support behind france and germany in their calls for a probe into u.s. intelligence activities and editor of politics dot co dot u.k. says the backlash from the e.u. is only likely to escalate. into some very very tough rhetoric from the e.u. commission which is not to issue a tough rhetoric with things considered usually it speaks of the sort of diplomacy now it's using a much more robust language we still suggest the action has come. and while that commotion hate sob british prime minister david cameron is staying conspicuously silent some reports suggest he was pressured into signing an e.u. statement expressing deep concern over u.s. surveillance but chancellor merkel has said cameron continues to support the n.s.a.'s activities and don says a prime minister's stance is not surprising. the u.k. is essentially indistinguishable from the u.s. and certainly juicy h.q. works in partnership with the n.s.a. but it's more the sort of subservience incorporated partner. but nevertheless there's really no point trying to distinguish them while the reason that

of germany, it is a very personal idea. german ande damaged american relations. it is part of a broader problem for the white house. tonight, there was supposed to be a state dinner for the president. she canceled because of allegations that her private communications were being intercepted. and allegations of mexico. my sense is that washington has not taken most of these allegations to seriously. it is a slightly different case. was a frenzy in tone. allegations that the french, for years, have been spying on american businessmen and conducting a similar kind of surveillance operation of their own. seriousthis is far more and it stems from the readout of the conversation from berlin that the conversation was far sharper than what president had with franÇois hollande. staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating the taliban and. there is nod disguisin

have begun to work today as germany decides what to do they get ready for a second winter in a berlin city park these people came here because they were fleeing violence but in running for their lives they found themselves stuck in limbo here in the e.u. peter all of a r.t. . outrage over what protesters call an epidemic of police brutality has piled into the spilled into the streets of dozens of american cities demonstrators event a few worry at alleged racial profiling and excessive use of force by those who claim to uphold the law but as it is marina burnett reports some police officers are even cashing in on controversies they sparked. the next u.s. law enforcement official to face off against unarmed peaceful protesters may easily get away with brutalizing them and even be rewarded afterwards remember that horrifying video of a university police officer spring pepper spray into the being says of students who were seated on the ground well that man has been awarded nearly forty thousand dollars in workman's compensation john pike sued the university of california davis claiming he

here inside one of the main offices of germany's largest telecommunications operates and they are coming up with a plan that they hope will protect their customers information from the prying eyes of security services telecom has announced that they will only be using german servers for all communications inside germany in the future this is something they have said perhaps they would like to roll out to across europe but for now it's only going to be here in germany that information e-mails and phone calls and text messages will only travel on german service now this comes out following the revelations of just how much germany was spied on as part of the by the n.s.a. and british secret service is all of this coming out from the the leaks that edward snowden revealed to to various media outlets in fact just to sum up how much germany was spied on one leak that was revealed in big old news magazine in june of this year showed it's around a billion e-mails phone calls and text messages were intercepted in germany in the for each month the announcement by the telecoms actually probably pro

berlin is the first number beijing calls not brussels germany has the most pivotal role right now to kind of defining and shaping how europe will interact with china coming years at the moment that role is more lone trailblazer than economic shepard's close to fifty percent of e.u. exports to china come from germany trade between the two was worth almost one hundred forty five billion euros last year leading to talk of a special relationship i mean it's very difficult for any country to ignore china at this point it's in europe's interest to make sure that no one gets left behind but some of germany's easy partners have been left behind as they're being battered by billion backed cuts austerity is never a solution to a crisis like this it just made the matters worse and in that context. the german export industry started targeting china as it was a growing market it's not all plain sailing between germany and china questions have been raised over which side berlin is on in a trade dispute over low cost chinese solar panels flooding the european markets and concerns germany is ignorin

what does germany actually stand for these days? >> it is the ecological agenda that has always been protecting you permit and taking the lead from the conservatives who have been leading the move away from nuclear power. they feel that they want to widen the ecological topic to include animal welfare and a much runner raid -- broader range. they also want to talk about social renewal of society, including equal opportunities and just picking up the refugee issue around europe at the moment. they are talking about a lot of that here. culture, a political bit more radical or modern street fighters. >> interesting stuff and simon yum, thank you very much for getting us up to date. emergency workers who are still battling bushfires in southeast australia say they are worried that the situation could worsen in the days to come. forecasters say the weather and onet hotter still official has been quoted as being athat fire crews will fighting for weeks to come. >> the ferocity of the fires burning around sydney has shot residents and fire

today it needs repairs, as do half the bridges in germany. the bavarian sister party of angela merkel's conservatives has an idea where money for repairs could come from. >> a car toll for foreigners is essential, but additional money from the federal budget is also essential. the cdu/csu election platform was clear about this. >> but the idea of a toll on foreign drivers using germany's autobahns as bavaria's csu is demanding outrageous the other parties. the transport ministry has rejected a toll for light trucks as experts have suggested, saying it would hurt midsized businesses. now the state and federal transport ministers are in talks, but the decision will be made by the future governing coalition. >> it might be just a little bit colder in greece or california, but the german north sea has a very impressive coastline. >> and it has some equally impressive waves. no surprise then that the region has produced two world champion windsurfers, who like to return to catch the perfect wave every now and then. ♪ >> it's a party atmosphere o

germany's green dream moves into a nightmare for the consumer as parks and hunt out for renewable energy and billions to bills and. treat every girl so otherwise it will be the. crisis of confidence in a series of scandals that leaves the reputation of the u.k. politicians at wrong bottom or the british public saying they can't be trusted even to admit when they're wrong. and you saw in russia and around the world this has r.c. with me your national problem thanks for joining us. out of snowden's revelations strike again france has summoned the us some bosler and demanded an explanation following reports that the n.s.a. spied on millions of its citizens. reports now on the international indignation being triggered by the leaks. france is certainly not happy with the latest revelations from ennis a whistleblower edward snowden's leaks the interior minister calling all of this shocking and unacceptable especially the extent to which the spying was happening in a report that was a published in the limo newspaper it says that between december tenth two thousand and twelve an eighth of januar

is not germany. is actually a country that has violated a lot of un sanction and u.n. resolutions so i don't think even the recent governments want to have presented from not only who they are given the fact that they have been so sabotaging any sort of settlement for many years thanks ever so much for your thoughts their professor of political communication had to run university for his r.t. thank you. now the number of people living in extreme poverty in spain has doubled in just five years according to a new report from charity groups there are around three million spaniards now have to survive on under three hundred seven euros per month while the cost of living continues to climb that says the number of families where not one single person is employed has gone up five fold since the start of the crisis that's now one point eight million households will now the spanish government set to become the first in europe and to tax something that's been free and available to everyone since the dawn of time we're talking sunlight madrid wants to impose a levy on solar power

as far as germany, that's where the hamburg plot began which led to 9-11. they have had dealings with iran and iraq, north korea, the french and the germanso and other european kuntz trees. we are not doing this for the fun of it. >> a coalition of countries will send a resolution to the united nations expected to be one of the strongest condemn nations of u.s. surveillance to date. >> health and human services kathleen sebelius scheduled to appear before congressional committees this week will answer questions about technical problems with the online exchanges that rolled out with the launch of the affordable care act. system glitches are blamed for low enrollment in the health insurance exchanges. in mississippip mississippi, only a few dozen people have signed upstatewide. al jazeera went there to find out why. >> chris miller is a chef in the picayune, miss . he is the sole provider for his family of four. says for the last year and a half they haven't been able to afford insurance >> i worry about that because all it takes is one accident and you could

is now europe's powerhouse is looking east reaching out to asia germany's boosting its international economic ties with china which is now its third largest trading partner and with beijing poised to grant bolin special access to its markets the rest of europe's in danger of being neglected as artie's pretty or all of our reports. when china wants to speak to the e.u. berlin is the first number beijing calls not brussels germany has the most pivotal role right now to kind of defining and shaping how europe will interact with china coming years at the moment that role is more lone trailblazer than economic shepherd close to fifty percent of e.u. exports to china come from germany trade between the two was worth almost one hundred forty five billion euros last year leading to talk of a special relationship i mean it's the very difficult for any country to ignore china at this point it's in europe's interest to make sure that no one gets left behind but some of germany's easy partners have been left behind as they're being battered by the wind back to cuts austerity is never a solution

here inside one of the main offices of germany's largest telecommunications operates and they are coming up with a plan that they hope will protect their customers information from the prying eyes of security services telecom has announced that they will only be using german service for all communications inside germany in the future this is something they have said perhaps they would like to roll out to across europe but for now it's only going to be here in germany that information e-mails and phone calls and text messages will only travel on to him in service now this comes out following the revelations of just how much germany was spied on as sponsored by the n.s.a. and british secret service is all of this coming out from the the leaks that edward snowden revealed to to various media outlets in fact just to sum up how much germany was spied on one leak that was revealed in beagle news magazine in june of this year showed it's around a billion e-mails phone calls and text messages were intercepted in germany in the for each month the announcement by telecom is actually probably promp

berlin is the first number beijing calls not brussels germany has the most pivotal role right now to kind of defining and shaping how europe will interact with china coming years at the moment that role is more trailblazer than economic shepherd close to fifty percent of e.u. exports to china come from germany trade between the two was worth almost one hundred forty five billion euros last year leading to talk of a special relationship i mean it's very difficult for any country to ignore china at this point it's in europe's interest to make sure that no one gets left behind but some of germany's easy partners have been left behind as they're being battered by berlin backed cuts austerity is never a solution to a crisis like this it just made the matters worse and in that context. german export industry started targeting china as a growing market it's not all plain sailing between germany and china questions have been raised over which side berlin is on in a trade dispute over low cost chinese solar panels flooding the european markets and concerns germany is ignoring china's human ri

despite the lack of buying power of some of the member states germany remains firmly mari to the u. however continues to send more than just blue tissues glances towards its trading partner in the east as part of their special relationship peter all over germany. and after next as a promise states while the pot with a kind of like. the . economic down in the final month they belong to the new york sank night and the rest because i was doing the exhibit will be every week. when you take three. or three. three. three. three. old freeboard live video for your media project c.e.o. don carty dot com. hello and welcome to worlds apart and a team of international inspectors arrived in syria on tuesday to almost see the destruction of the country's chemical weapons herculean task indeed in the meantime questions are still remain about where and where and by whom some of those weapons may have been used and to try and so some of them now i'm joined by can be you and high representative for disarmament affairs can i greatly appreciate your being on the show thank you for us rick's on a happy

france and germany have called for talks with the u.s. after claims the nsa tapped into the mobile of german chancellor angela merkel. leaked documents show 35 world leaders may have been under surveillance. >> looking for a solution to the nsa spying row. on thursday, angela merkel asked for an agreement with washington on ground rules for spying among allies. >> the franco german initiative goes far beyond the past. it is about establishing a common set of rules for intelligence relations. this should be done by the end of the year. >> the initiative comes after a series of u.s. snooping revelations. on thursday, "the guardian" reported at least ernie five international leaders -- 35 international leaders had been monitored. the nsa encouraged senior officials to share their contacts. the spy agency added foreign leaders phone numbers to its surveillance list. one official alone was said to have provided 200 numbers. the day before, the german government said it had information angela merkel's private conversations had been monitored. >

. >> three miners were killed by a carbon dioxide blowout in eastern germany on tuesday. four people were rescued. it is believed that a controlled underground explosion caused the sbc in gas to flood the mine and shoot a bloom of dust up the mineshaft. the american best-selling author tom clancy died on tuesday after a short illness. he was 66. rillers inspired blockbuster films. his novels were praised for their realism and grasp of detail. government'sthe prime minister survived a vote of confidence in both chambers of parliament. surprise u-turn in the senate, former prime minister berlusconi dropped his threat to withdraw his party's cabinet ministers from the fragile coalition. >> today is an historic day for our democracy. have clear conditions in which to do our job and to look to the future. >> as for berlusconi, the confidence vote may mark the end of his political career. just towo days later, a senate panel recommended stripping the media tycoon of his senate seat for tax fraud. on wednesday, russian authorities charged a group of detained dream peace activist

leaders are demanding explanations from washington and france and germany are pushing for a new deal on transatlantic surveillance angered over the reports that i say has been tracking the phone calls of thirty five world leaders an atheist statement warned a lack of trust could harm its partnership with washington and germany is also teaming up with brazil to push for a u.n. resolution restraining u.s. surveillance sashimi ross from the new american foundation saying tag the spy scandal is dealing a huge blow to america's image this has. created a massive reputational crisis for the united states the entire populace is now in essence on edge about what is the united states government doing what is the n.s.a. doing what is being surveilled and so in essence what we're saying is everyone's a suspect everyone is being surveilled and this is probably not just france and germany and mexico and brazil this is probably globally certainly we've lost a lot of credibility as an ethical internet steward while domestic shock waves are being felt as well sounds rallied in washington d.c. on satu

germany's green dream morphs into a nightmare for the taxpayer as perks and handouts for a new of all energy billions to the pale. cheeks remember the girls otherwise it wouldn't be the crisis of confidence a series of scandals leave the reputation of u.k. politicians at rock bottom with the british public saying they can't be trusted particularly when they have to admit that they're wrong. and the first ever attempt to legislate against n.s.a. spying in the e.u. will see anyone illegally transferring data out of europe potentially here with billions of euros in fines. well good morning to you from the entire news team here in moscow it's now nine am on monday i'm sure sushi with the hour's top lines robin hood like subsidies for green power driving the e.u. towards an energy crisis this according to the europe's top utilities and the problem they say ultimately is that the billions in handouts are killing innovation and competitiveness and the results for all to see looking at the cost of energy in the e.u. and elsewhere china for example a kilowatt hour is going to cost you around s