[02:24.64]And asked whether America’s allies spied on the US, he replied with just one word, ‘Absolutely’.
[02:30.90]The head of the NSA said reports about mass phone surveillance in France, Italy and Spain were false.
[02:36.67]President Putin’s most high-profile political opponent in Russia is facing new criminal charges Alexei Navalny
[02:44.28]who’s stood for election as mayor of Moscow has already been given a five-year suspended sentence for embezzlement.
[02:49.77]Now he’s been charged with money laundry along with his brother.
[02:52.97]Alexei Navalny has always insisted accusations against him are politically motivated.
[02:58.27]World News from the BBC
[03:00.79]The Supreme Court in Argentina has ruled that a controversial media bill passed four years ago is constitutional clearing the way for the breakup of large media groups.
[03:11.63]Argentina’s biggest broadcasting and newspaper company Clarin had appealed against the law starting a bitter dispute with the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
[03:21.79]Following the ruling, Clarin’s share prices fell sharply.
[03:25.69]The president of France, Francois Hollande says four French hostages seized by Islamist militants in Niger more than three years ago have been released.
[03:34.55]They were kidnapped by al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb from the uranium mining town of Arlit.