egypt trembles beneath the feet of thousands of angry protesters who have now been united in opposition against their president. they have a streak of deadly shootings in the u.s. it's the issue of gun ownership the firing line once again but americans are still defending their constitutional right to bear arms. ukraine's prime minister orders a search for the eccentric mayor of the country's capital keir about the real nature of a bad ski has not been seen in public for six months now. you're

watching r t eight am monday morning here in moscow welcome to the program well the egyptian opposition has come together as a united force after six days of bloody anti-government riots the nationwide demonstrations to remove president hosni mubarak from power have resulted in more than one hundred killed and thousands injured well we have a reporter paulus leader in egypt to give us a live update we'll try to establish a connection and bring you that report shortly. now a recent spike in a fatal shootings in the u.s. has reignited the debate over the right to bear arms some politicians are now calling to restrict what americans consider a part of their freedom but in a country where the number of private guns so most equals the population cowboy habits die hard lauren lyster reports. unlike many other

countries in the united states guns can be found everywhere from retail stores this particular want to six hundred dollars my personal a springfield x t forty five two rallies it's a river thames wanted to it's easy to air user the hands of politicians running for office commodore and john mcmillan because he gives a rip about alabama and auburn not care to new toads or criminals the. many readily cite the country's second amendment that allows for this right to bear arms the vast majority of level headed americans was a constitutional right and as such they probably don't have a problem with it. but with a population of three hundred seven million people and roughly three hundred million firearms owned by civilians in the united states what's a constitutional right is now feared by some to become an obsession in the twenty first century. saying that people die in urban areas the machine guns and

forty seven and so on is preposterous an obsession that can't be ignored considering recent acts of gun violence and the ease of access to firearms so in the united states for the average citizen like myself to purchase a gun i need to go through a background check with the federal government looking for anything from criminal history to mental illness and if i pass that you get anything from a handgun like you see here to a semiautomatic weapon which these are over here and even an automatic weapon like a machine gun for their. semiautomatic weapons like those you see here in the catskill mountains of new york. were jewish americans argued their firing off their second amendment rights to guard against the threat of terrorism we need to express those rights we need to own weapons we need to protect ourselves handguns like you see on the hips of store owners from just near the nation's. capital. to

move to a southern town where gun ownership is actually mandatory in the south a gun is just part of the household just like a hammer isn't a tool box. a tool a sporting good a means of self-defense or murder however you describe it gun owners say it's more than a firearm it's a symbol central to american culture and identity from informed men stemming from a revolution. to cowboys to any that kind of thing i mean the gun is actually a centerpiece of american history. a piece of history that critics say continues to warn the country what is the percentage of people in a society were which were is are but those that go maybe five ten percent but if this five of ten percent is a believe harm that can be very dangerous for the social peace of the nation i guess lauren mr r.t. and chamber and out of washington d.c.

well back to our top story where there are anti-government protests continuing on the seventh day in egypt calling some people calling for the resignation of the country's president let's get the latest from our correspondent paul's leader who is there right now brooke this is now continuing for the seventh day of egyptians now have taken their time to put forward a leader that can possibly oppose hosni mubarak now what made them choose mohamed el baradei. well it's worth noting that it was late on sunday evening when baradei addressed the hundreds of thousands of protesters who've as you say for seven days now have been demonstrating in downtown tokyo and this is where he said that he had been chosen by opposition groups by the political organizations that have organized these demonstrations he said that he was prepared to head an interim government of called on to do so and once again it's related to the rallying call

of thousands of egyptians full force me to stick down now the this was not a major surprise i mean mohamed el baradei has been a name that's been bandied about in the last few days as a possibility in terms of unifying this very fragmented opposition party opposition force it is worth noting that it took protesters six days to appoint him and this is largely because hosni mubarak since he came to power thirty years ago has been intent on suppressing opposing views and as a result these demonstrations have been slightly chaotic now by the day is a name that is well known to the international troops but here in egypt he is a relatively small one player he is much better known on the international scene where he is the family head of the international atomic energy agency and he's also still more noble peace prize laureate but certainly the opposition voices here getting a impetus with this new appointment ok death toll has now reached over one hundred

and it's still early morning in cairo do you think there's going to be more violence ahead. well last night as we saw in previous nights the protesters out in downtown cairo defied a curfew thousands of them gathering into here we square morning plays have already happened no doubt that as the day progresses there will be an increase in calls for mubarak to step down and the possibility of growing violence today is the seventh day of demonstrations and so far we haven't seen any indication from mubarak himself that he is prepared to address the concerns other than appointing a vice president or prime minister but on sunday afternoon he did save his life his jets over to the every square they flew quite know and they have the crowd was given the message that mubarak will not be leaving without a fight it is more that the main problem that people here are facing at the moment is that again no use most of the army is in full control and they have been allowing demonstrators to come in and the protests the police on the way to be seen

and what this means is that ordinary citizens are having to protect their properties against religion onto greeks some of them are people who got who broke out of prisons on sunday some of them are people who simply raided police stations and stole with was an admission from there they've been raiding the streets and some of the some neighborhoods they are in control of the neighborhoods and that is really the major concern that people here particularly in cairo and other cities are facing for our world world leaders are watching the situation in egypt closely and we see that the political future of egypt remains quite unclear now what do people there in car expect to happen next. well it's really difficult to say i mean the protesters themselves said that they will accept nothing short of mubarak stepping down but certainly with these latest shows of force on his behalf and and no dress to the people since friday he is giving the message that he has no intention of doing that now this morning it took me about an hour to reach the

office and that is largely because the curfew is still in place aside from those protesters who have ordinary citizens staying in their homes too frightened to go out the sense you get is one of unpredictability the scenes you get is instability and really a situation that can flare up at any moment it does seem at the moment as if the violence is on the horizon just how long these demonstrations will continue and just how that violence will in remains to be seen talking to protesters though what many of them say is that if mubarak does not step down overseas particularly you would beckons and i filed this report in that respect. first he sent in his army then he reshuffled the government next came the air force. people's voices here are loud but they're being drowned out by if sixteen is a mic twenty one is flying overhead mubarak is not going down without

a fine just. sank you are mr obama this is your friend this is the first name barack this is your friend and the american involvement reminiscent of earlier revolutions in eastern europe no question about it what happened in georgia with the orange revolution or rather the rose revolution in jordan in ukraine with the orange revolution two thousand and three two thousand and four was part of the long term strategy orchestrated by the pentagon the state department and various u.s. financial. freedom house and national endowment for democracy and like those early revolutions people mobilize. around a common goal. came all the way from us wanted to get rid of a dictator it's right to beat us with the police he still gets right to beat us was army. of middle bus is an engineer qualified and jobless but he says he can't find work because of corruption we can't find jobs. inside the company

sixty thousand egyptian bones so you can walk is a company and as a result europe because most people want to go to italy want to go to greece want to go to england so people in egypt want to leave this country because they are very frustrated and they are looking for better life for a better future and for europe that means mass immigration and the problems that come with it may cost lives abroad but got caught up in the violence on a trip back home i don't think that there's something there's enough momentum at the moment that people will just continue to just go out and protest until something is done and i think people are just fed up the casualties keep climbing young faces victims of an aging regime. mohamed el c. by was with his cousin when he was shot did. the last word before he got here was.

protected for ever but whether they're protecting will be worth or without president mubarak is still unclear. well as the seventh day of demonstrations gets underway here in egypt no doubt the international community will remain focused on what happens here as well egyptians themselves i'll be bringing you more updates for today thank you very much paula i will be getting more live reports from cairo throughout the day so do stay with r.t. . well in denmark a free speech campaigner is on trial over racism charges lara's hedegaard the president of the danish free press a side will be handed his verdict later today hedegaard was prosecuted after drawing attention to the trend of honor killings and sexual abuse in some muslim families while his trial has been criticized by human rights activists who say denmark's authorities are trying to suppress free speech that are told r.t.

about the problems created by it multiculturalism in europe can only be solved by speaking openly about them. it seems to these days that anyone who stands up against. the ruling ideology is chalked it. stands to be dragged in front of the courts the policies failed actually on the free speech because i don't have the solutions. to this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing the correct procedure for even be able to solve the problems is that we mean change free speech because without free speech there is not a challenge in hill that we could ever solve any problems in the country. or you could watch that interview in full here on r t n around twenty minutes time

now a local government official in kiev has reassured the public that the mayor is alive and well it's been months since anyone saw a vet ski in public and many ukrainians are worried even the prime minister is demanding to know his whereabouts are alexei your shelves investigates the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the eccentric mayor. key of twelve months ago snow fall paralyzed the city with practically no snow clearing vehicles on the roads and this is ukraine's capital today clean streets with gorgeous decorations many in kiev agree that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a better place to live in but locals are bewildered as to who should take the credit as the man in charge of the city has gone missing. the mayor. definitely. in five years as city's top dog and each and maybe it's he has been

a journalist delight from singing at a press conference. taking a dive in front of cameras to prove he was mentally sane the eccentricity of key of smear earned him the nickname spaceman among locals yes i am a spaceman absolutely true if he had gone to space it might at least explain the mystery of where he actually is that's because the last time should not be askew was seen in public was almost six months ago it is troubling not just ordinary citizens but those at the very top as well just like you would like the authorities to fine tune events in tell him that the people of kiev miss him and want him to return to work. after an avalanche of criticism was dumped and gives mayor following a devastating winter in two thousand and nine the city's snow clearing gear was overhauled by the government chill of at ski cap he s'posed but the real man

running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexandre popof he is giving nothing away about the mystery may first. why don't you ask himself as to where he is i can only tell you that we are keeping in touch with him . villa looks dessert. only his mother in law was captured by our camera security guards say they have not seen its principal resident for quite a while though. i see him launched. even his work. often to post has been. using. this whether it is from a look at serious resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly a need should maybe it's queue runs the city from remains unclear but with the prime minister inquiring for his whereabouts the long vacation could soon be cut

short gives him a year looks your share of ski reporting from kiev ukraine. you're watching r t and coming up this hour love without reservation the story of native american who finds true love and a new home thousands of miles away from his homeland. now two days of debate and voting in the afghan parliament have failed to yield a chair meant to help steer the country forward the legitimacy of the parliament itself is under question with the result of september's election deemed doubtful by observers well in a country rife with corruption and gripped by war the u.s. led campaign has so far failed to make a breakthrough against the taliban artie's military contributor says it's time for washington to give up and get out the former u.s. ambassador to india robert blake will. came out last year with a very creative and innovative idea that is to partition afghanistan his

proposition were some merrily dismissed all across the board by afghan pakistani and american analysts as totally on the rally stick and harmful to the afghan and american interests in that area however this year robert black will repair kits to his proposition and published in foreign affairs as plan b. for afghanistan and this time i believe it stands a good chance to be taken seriously because though it talks about the effect of separation of have again a state in reality it implies how to separate the united states from afghanistan and to minimize the afghan exposure to the us foreign policy well it's another issue where the white house we'll accept this idea but for

the time being the reason no other better option or solution under the current circumstances for the u.s. policymakers in afghanistan that was artie's military contributor curnow getting crucial well now let's take a breath brief look at some other headlines from around the world war three is calling for the balance talks with the south to be held to morrow that's two weeks earlier than planned last week seoul agreed to take part of negotiations is it a step towards easing tension on the peninsula the relations between the two countries are at their lowest for decades after the sinking of a southern warship last march since then the south has engaged in large scale military drills close to the maritime border. authorities in oman say they have uncovered a spy ring working for the united arab emirates the network has reportedly been spying on the country's government and military oman state media said several

alleged agents have been arrested the united arab emirates which is a close ally of the us is denying the accusations. to cambodia now where two of the most senior surviving leaders of the khmer rouge regime are due to appear in court want she and cure sankaran will attend a preliminary hearing at the un backed war crimes tribunals to request bail ahead of their trial well they've been held since two thousand and seven both been along with two others face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the brutal regime which claimed the lives of nearly two million cambodians. a lot of opportunities and high employment levels in the u.s. have forced one native american to leave us homeland behind and seek out a new life in russia although moving to a small village to be with the love of his life he still hopes one day to bring his family back to america stacey bevan's reports. welcome to slap

population who not to populate it like many russian towns it's to one league and young people had for opportunities in bigger cities so imagine the surprise of locals when justin irwin left his home on the lakota in united nation in south dakota in the us to begin a new life here in their quiet in trying to village a more of the country kind of person considering my culture and our background and our ancestral ways this is. connecting with nature for me like slice of life on the cota reservation is not easy economically blighted despite stimulus package funds the unemployment rate is among a mare. because highest with a quarter living at or below the poverty line justin had resigned himself to struggling there and definitely that's until he met natalia but are not just

a lot of the women who come around and try and say we've. got the woman of my dreams and i want her interest in native american culture sparked a friendship between the two on an online forum justin was there and debating the lakota future while natalia i was hoping to learn more about traditions hugely different from hers their friendship grew and six months later just invited natalia to volunteer on a project in the us the way things look at first i hesitated but then i decided that once in my lifetime i could do what they really wanted most of their lives people are fettered by convention so i decided to bring the convention and blanched indian adventure. for me tahlia single mom at the time the adventure led to love marriage and a second child and for just it it inspired him to pack up his bags and as he put it follow the great spirit but it's more the love of

a woman that keeps him here now you can tell the village is picturesque with its wooden houses covered in snow but as you could also imagine village life can be difficult people still draw water from a well or a child would in order to stay warm but justin says what the community lacks in conveniences it makes up for in warm. people who actually care about each other. actually help each other and think about other people before themselves once locals got over the initial surprise of a distant newcomer among them they quickly accepted this interracial and cultural family. rather than i'm very happy for this young couple i communicate with them i'm always glad to see them at my place and i'm trying to help them with what i can. just in hopes that life on the reservation in south dakota will improve so he might return one day with his family but for now there is no place like his new

home stacey didn't r.t. . and we have lots more waiting for you online including all the latest videos features and blogs but let's take a look at what's available right now and the market certainly underneath the national crisis reveals russians stop buying new properties and instead improve their old while spending any spare cash on mobile phones while get all the details on consumer spending of the past two years online. and in our journey through time we explore how almost three hundred years ago peter the great bad young lad from getting married before finishing their studies well you can get all the details at our teeth dot com.

that's all the news from us this hour i'll be back with the headlines but first it's business with you yo. thank you tat so that's right time to get the latest business news and of course the world's top producer assess world demand for the light metal will double by twenty twenty with asia to be the main driver and it did a pasta c.e.o. of the russian aluminum giant roussel told r.t. at the world economic forum about how that might affect the industry in russia and shared his views about morals committal in which he has a controlling stake. japan korea and china would be the key area where our customer demand will get will grow and again to russia and i want to really improve not just in the image but to the real situation this foreign investment eastern siberia russian forest not just because it's so close to china

but also because the infrastructure already developed you know would be very important area and therefore natural resources how much do you expect demand for result to grow but. our expectation the next year in the global demand for them in the world go above six percent if north nickel offers you sixteen billion dollars for your state will you accept it and we need to have a you know not just a formal commitment to new realities in the russian corporation but we need to have an action plan to you soon how successful was herself no risk nikolai going behind in the south of england with some. words estate corp in all this practice do you think mr stars like us he is the right man to run the us nickel i'm an investor that i represent for self and not just every you have a result which company and deliver not just an aggregated financial results but

also in a technical result and company from behind to know what they need to do as soon as possible but they have a great asset and you know i believe this asset will have a great future. let's have a look at the forces now in asia the nikkei other hang seng are down by more than a percent at the moment losses for asian share markets followed a selloff in the us on friday as end to government rising in egypt wanted investors to shun risk yes it's a weather related stocks gained credit for it surged to a twenty eight month be near one son. dollars a barrel on worries that the unrest in europe in egypt could spread and just scrap all shipments to this west canal. and here in russia the forces close to the negative no chance to recover all my six and it almost a percent loan with trade and the z. as bulls couldn't find new reasons for growth while r.t.s.

actually added or not energy shares were leading the full on my six investors were cautious as conoco phillips plans to sell the last two percent of its shares and of course. this week we're going to see. a couple of major russian companies reporting their results against bomb was going to report the third quarter results for two thousand and ten which people are looking forward to also ross there is likely to report its two thousand and ten results. there are also a couple of corporate actions. carmen cali out of these for participation special general meeting regarding the potential mergers these companies are going to be involved in the so these four stocks after we're all call in with bill com are likely to be in the spotlight of investor attention. stephen the shots came from the shots came part of us that bret's up the business boys and joined us for more in less than one hours time.

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