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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

because you had to do what you do is germany decides what to do they get ready for a second winter in a 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 see. a new shelter for asylum seekers sparked unrest in berlin this week right wing activists launching a protest against the facility which was set up in august and are working for either by rival groups clashes broke out in police made twenty and arrest. the cryptocurrency bitcoins battle for mainstream acceptance is gaining momentum a first aberration you know wowing customers turn their bitcoins into hard cash is about to be launched in canada for all the details had to our website r t. plus their profits may be skyrocketing but they're managing to steer clear of the tax man find out what tools the richest corporations in the u.s. are using on our website. the syrian government has submitted its plan to destroy its chemical weapons meeting an international imposed deadline however a peace halfords in the country h

germany's green dream morphs into a nightmare for the consumer as. energy. bills also. would be the crisis of confidence a series of scandals leaves the reputation of u.k. politicians at rock bottom the british public saying they can't be trusted particularly when they are wrong. worldwide news live from moscow this is r t with me rule research. news today let's get straight to it right now the u.s. ambassador to france has been summoned over reports the n.s.a. spied on its citizens the call comes just as brussels pushes through a new set of rules aimed at stopping the transfer of personal data to third countries it's the first attempt at legislation in reaction to the revelations of whistleblower edward snowden the measure would make america's secret court orders powerless forcing companies to comply with european laws fines running into billions of euros are designed to discourage anyone from violating the new law snowden's findings actually. forced e.u. political groupings to reach agreement over an issue that has caused a two year gridlock well among the priorities

despite the lack of buying power of some of the member states germany remains firmly mowery to the u. however continues to send more than just tissues glances towards its trading partner in the east as part of their special relationship peter all over germany. of more of us here at r.t. thanks for watching i hope you can stay with us though because in a just a moment a very special report on the events that shook russia two decades ago to get ready for a black october ninety three. economic downturn the find out on monday the down to the old saying i and the rest until you meet a few will be everything. deliberate torch is on its epic journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand and nine. towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand kilometers played in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face lifts a leg george the lead special coverage live on archie's live plugged right on the scene playing the first response live and i predict future play play play on our reporters' twitter play on instagram play l

on european leaders forcing them to reconsider their partnerships with washington while france and germany are demanding talks with the u.s. on this issue by the end of the year the latest n.s.a. leak shows the agency has been eavesdropping on the conversations of thirty five world leaders the e.u. has issued a statement warning that a lack of trust with washington could damage cooperation in intelligence gathering and on top of that germany has decided to team up with brazil which is also targeted by the n.s.a. to push for a u.n. resolution restraining u.s. surveillance a lot he says recently has more now on the discontent in brussels. up to about thirty five world leaders were being spied on by the national security agency or the n.s.a. they were actually encouraging senior officials in various government departments like the white house the state department to share those contacts of important or individuals in the world in order to be added to that list that surveillance lists and also what's interesting to note in the latest leaker by edward snowden is that the acknowledgment in that

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

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

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

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

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

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 shepard's close to fifty percent of e.u. exports to china come from germany trade between the two was with 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 partners have been left behind as they're being battered by the impact 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 the trade disputes over low cost chinese solar panels flooding the european markets and concerns germany is ignoring china's hu

snooping and germany's biggest telecoms from is planning to switch to exclusively domestic connections to protect the user's private data the details from our correspondent in berlin pete oliver. 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 sponsored by the n.s.a. and british. 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

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

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? >> it is a big, wide world. wal-mart is an 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. >> what does this foreign move 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

and germany here. well good morning i think the problem is that they have gotten way too far with their regulations with the suggestions that come out of brussels and both germany needs to enter to protect their car industry to need to protect their own interests whereas britain also needs to protect their banking industry and their interests at london have so brussels regulations where far to out and the countries decided that they obviously may need to make preparations and talks on their own and this is what they do in private and not public as you say brussels has a has a over reached its sphere of influence influence here perhaps certain either you or eurozone members could you think we could see other e.u. nations taking similar actions or again trying to change legislation behind the back of brussels could it could it be the beginning of a trend do you think it could be definitely the beginning of a trend because brussels again has grown too far if we just look at how many regulations called as

. >> 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

lack of trust with washington could damage cooperation in intelligence gathering and on top of that germany has decided to team up with brazil which is also targeted by the n.s.a. to push for a u.n. resolution restraining u.s. surveillance on his to syria has more on the discontent in brussels. up to about thirty five world leaders were being spied on by the national security agency or the n.s.a. they were actually encouraging senior officials in various government departments like the white house the state department to share those contacts of important or individuals in the world in order to be added to that list that surveillance list and also what's interesting to note in the latest leak by edward snowden is that the acknowledgment in that document that all of this extensive spying has produced very little quote unquote to very little reportable intelligence and that really is where the debate is whether all of this could be justified in judging from the op war coming from leaders here in europe but they don't seem to be very convinced they issued a statement that they said that this di

since i've been to germany i just slip and it's not what i do they arrived in europe through its early however the italian authorities told them they couldn't stay and sent them packing with five hundred euros and give me some money i should go bank and collect the money i have the right to go anywhere what i want to go sawyer just to leave it to livy to leave because it is a disaster on the european law it's really shouldn't have done that it's the responsibility of the member state where refugees arrive to look after them by sending these refugees away it's left them in a difficult legal predicament my document is getting expert and the five hundred who is finished can't go back i can't i can't even go back to italy to renew even my documents. fall far for over a year more than five hundred from all over sub-saharan africa being packed into this camp in the german capital i don't. know how you think they'd been working in libya when colonel gadhafi was toppled in the nato backed war the documents these people have gives them access to basic medical care nothing else mentions it in no

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 for the 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 them and so there's 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 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 for each month the announcement by the telecoms actually

germany's green dream moves into a nightmare for the consumer and sparks and handouts for renewable energy and the billions to bells and. treat every girl's otherwise it would be the. crisis of confidence a series of scandals leaves the reputation of the u.k. politicians at rock bottom with the british public saying they come to be trusted even to admit when they're wrong. and you saw in russia and around the world this is the with me. thanks for joining . edward snowden's revelations strike again france has summoned the you are some boss today and demanded an explanation of following reports that the n.s.a. spied on millions of its citizens. joins us now live from nor how tense looks like indignation is coming from told us now. paul that's right to france is certainly not happy with the latest revelations from ennis a whistleblower edward snowden's leaks at 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 newspaper it says that between december tenth two thousand and twelve t

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 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 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 billion e-mails phone calls and text messages were intercepted in germany in the for each month the announcement by telecom is actually probably prompt

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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 to 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

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 service for all communications inside germany in the future this is something they have said perhaps they would like to roll out through the 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 to various media outlets in fact just to sum up how much germany was spied on one leak that was revealed in 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 for each month the announcement by the telecoms actually

since i've been to germany i just slip and it does what i do they arrived in europe through its early however the italian authorities told them they couldn't stay and sent them packing with five hundred euros and give me some money i should go bank and collect the money i have the right to go anywhere what i want to go soy just to leave it to livy to leave because it is a disaster on the european law it's really shouldn't have done last it's the responsibility of the member state where refugees arrive to look after them by sending these refugees away it's left them in a difficult legal predicament my document is getting expert and the five hundred year is finished can't go back i can't i can't even go back to italy to renew even my documents. fall far for over a year more than five hundred from all over sub-saharan africa being packed into this camp in the german capital i don't. know how ukraine they'd been working in libya when colonel gadhafi was toppled in the nato backed war the documents these people have gives them access to basic medical care nothing else mentions it in now in

germany's green dream morphs into a nightmare for the taxpayer as perks and handouts for a new energy billions to build. crisis of confidence a series of scandals leaves the reputation of the u.k. politicians at the wrong bottom with the british public saying they can't be trusted even to admit when they're wrong. and a multi-polar world in the making russian and indian leaders get together here in moscow and read growing calls for limits on western domination. good morning to you from the entire news team here in moscow now eight am on monday i'm real research show with the hour's top headlines for you robin hood like subsidies for green power driving the e.u. towards an energy crisis this according to europe's top utilities for the problem they say is billions and handouts are killing innovation non-competitiveness and the results are there for all to see looking at the cost of energy in the e.u. for example and elsewhere in china a kilowatt hour is going to cost you around seven cents in the united states a few more sense than that double it and you've got france prices at least a

germany is always one. step ahead of the rest of europe and europe needs to follow along and it's one of things that. 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 schroeder. 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 hope it goes away so you get through the election so i guess that's 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 your should stick to what i think we will see still significant problems in the pre

germany is a green dream morphs into a nightmare for the consumer as perks and handouts for a new energy billions to build. liars cheats i mean girls otherwise it wouldn't be the crisis of confidence a series of scandals leave the reputation of u.k. politicians at rock bottom british public saying they cannot be trusted securely when they are 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. from the entire r.t. news team a very good morning to you it's now ten am here in moscow. with your top headlines for this hour robin hood like subsidies for green power and driving the e.u. towards an energy crisis so this according to the europe's top utility for their problem but they say it's ultimately billions in handouts are killing innovation and competitiveness and the results for all to see let's bring them up for you here on the program looking at the cost of energy in the e.u. and elsewhere in china a kilowatt hour is going to cost you around seven