RussiaToday-Video-News-World:Snoop Flies Coop: NSA head to quit after lying, failing to explain spy overreach

The head of America's National Security Agency - credited with a major expansion of the organization's covert surveillance operations - is due to quit, early next year. Army general Keith Alexander, who is the NSA's longest-serving chief, has come under intense pressure since whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the vast scale of government snooping.



Ireland's set to leave its international bailout program - says the country's Prime Minister. The 85-billion-euro emergency aid came after the banks collapsed in 2010, it meant tax rises and spending cuts to qualify for it. But even when relieved of the bailout burden, there are still years of punishing austerity ahead for Ireland.

Richard Boyd Barrett, a member of the Irish parliament for the People Before Profit Alliance thinks the public and the government are worlds apart.


Global Frackdown Day of action set to take place on October 19. Activists from more than 20 countries around the globe to participate in the movement. Stay tuned for RT's special coverage!


Is the drama in Washington, a comedy or a tragedy? What's a better term for American democracy? When will the debt time bomb detonate? Who can stand up against American exceptionalism? We discuss this and more with National Security whistleblower, Mark Novitsky.


Fukushima Fear: Radiation rises, 'nobody really knows how to dodge disaster'

There's a worrying spike in radiation at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Readings from a water storage tank have rocketed six-and-a-half-thousand times higher in two days.
A powerful typhoon swept through Japan earlier this week, causing toxic waters to be released into a drainage ditch leading to the Pacific Ocean. It's compounded what's been a worsening situation at the plant in recent months, as Irina Galushko explains


What is behind the so-called gridlock in Washington? What are the real issues threatening the American economy? What kind of message does this fiscal crisis send to the rest of the world? And what is the fate of the middle class? CrossTalking with Philip Wallach, Les Leopold and Ed Butowsky.


Almost half a million deaths in Iraq between 2003 and 2011 were caused by war and occupation, according to new research. The figure is around four times bigger than most previous estimates. For more information, RT talks to one of the authors of the report Amy Hagopian, from the University of Washington Public School of Health.