the pressure of violence on the president hosni mubarak to step down as thousands of angry egyptians protest for a seventh day many of them blame the u.s. for helping to stabilize their country. after a week of violence and more than one hundred dead sea jackson's have finally chosen a figure to oppose pause mubarak join me in a few moments for an update. americans are up in arms over their constitutional right to bear them even despite the latest string of deadly shootings in the country. and ukrainian officials baljit public concern ordering a search for the missing mayor of the capital q. he has not been seen in public for

six months now. and raul between b.p. and its billionaire partners of the russian joint venture. threatening to the british oil giants cash flows just as it prepares to resume dividend payments were in business in twenty minutes. we're watching r t it's twelve noon here in moscow welcome to the program now the egyptian opposition has come together as a united force or six days of bloody anti-government protests riots well the x. chief of the international atomic washed dog mohamed el baradei is the man of choice to oust president hosni mubarak and while the army is installing barricades in cairo many countries have started evacuating their citizens our correspondent paula sleazier is in egypt for us. it was late on sunday evening when they

addressed the hundreds of thousands of protesters who've for seven days now have been demonstrating in downtown tokyo 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 if you waited the rallying call of thousands of egyptians for hosni mubarak to step down now the mayor 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 about today is

a name that is well known to the international community but here in egypt he is a relative small player he is much better known on the international scene where he is the former head of the international atomic energy agency and he's also a noble peace prize laureate but certainly the opposition voices here getting a impetus with this new appointment last night as we saw in previous nights the protesters out in downtown cairo defied a curfew thousands of them gathering intel here we square morning prayers 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 it is worth noting that the main problem that people here are facing at the moment is that of lawlessness the army is in full control and they have been allowing demonstrators to come and leave the protest the police on their way to be seen and what this means is that ordinary citizens are having to protect their properties against vigilante groups some of them are. who broke out of prisons on sunday some of them

are people who simply raided police stations and stole weapons and ammunition from there and they've been raiding the streets in 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 the sense you get is one of unpredictability the same sygate is instability and really a situation that can flare up at any moment it does seem at the moment as if 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 he would their concern and i filed this report in that respect. first he said to his army then he shuffled the government next came the air force. people's voices here are loud but they're being drowned out by f.

sixteen is a mic twenty one is flying overhead mubarak is not going down without a feisty. sankyo mr obama this is your friend as a personal 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 georgia ukraine with the orange revolution two thousand and three two thousand and four was part of a long term strategy orchestrated by the pentagon the state department and various u.s. financed n.g.o.s like freedom house and national endowment for democracy and like those early revolutions people mobilized around a common goal abdel nur came all the way from us wanted to get rid of a dictator it's right to want to beat us with the police he feel it's right to beat us was army he failed. us is an engineer qualified and jobless but

he says he can't find work because of corruption we can't find jobs he paid one is inside the company sixty thousand egyptian bones so you can walk is a company and as a result europe 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 a better life for a better future and for us that means mass immigration and the problems that come with it may cause shared lives abroad but got caught up in the violence on a trip back home i don't think that this that there's enough momentum at the moment that people will just continue to just go out and protest until something is done i think people are just fed up the casualties keep climbing young faces victims of an aging regime. mohamed el c.b.i. was with his cousin when he was shot david took a bullet. in his head. the last word he said before.

to here was. both meaning. may god protect for ever but whether they're protecting will be with 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 from after day a recent spike in fatal shootings in the u.s. says reignited the debate over the right to bear arms while 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 almost equals the population cowboy habits die hard artie's 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 springfield x t forty five to rallies it's a river ten twenty two it's easy to air use the hands of politicians running for office commodores and john mcmillan because he gives a rip about alabama and i better not care to new thought of the 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 realize it is 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 with a constitutional right it is now feared by some sixty to become an obsession in the twenty first century. saying that the program the urban areas the machine guns and the 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 that they're. semiautomatic weapons like those you see here in the catskill mountains of new york. were jewish americans argue 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 and guns like you see on the hips of store owners from just near the nation's. capital ordered 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 is in the toolbox. 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 and central to american culture and identity coming from the minutemen stemming from our revolution. to cowboys to any of 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 where which way is there but there is a go maybe five to ten percent but what if five or ten percent of the air believes i am. very dangerous for the social peace of the nation i guess lauren sister r.t. and chamber another washington d.c. . in denmark a free speech campaigner is on trial over racism charges lawyers have guard the

president of the danish free press society will be handed his verdict later today all hedegaard was prosecuted after drawing attention to the trend of honor killings or sexual abuse in some muslim families this trial has been criticized by human rights activists so don't want to cordy's are trying to suppress free speech have are told are to you the problems created by a move to call for rosamond 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 chocolate and. stands to be dragged in front of a of course for their policies fail and fail actually on the free speech advocates . i don't have the solutions. to this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing the predict received for even be able to solve the problems

is that we mean change free speech because without free speech there is not a johnson hill we could ever solve any problems in the country. but you could watch that interview in full here on r t in a route 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 the. public and many ukrainians are worried even the prime minister has demanded to know his whereabouts alexei ownership ski investigates the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the eccentric mayor. many if agree that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a bad 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 i am definitely.

in five years as city's top dog and each and maybe a ski 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 kiev smellier earned him the nickname spaceman and when 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. as the authorities define to novitsky 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 should have kept you 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. villa looks deserted only his mother in law was captured by our camera security guards say they have not seen its principal resident for quite a while. i saw him last year six months ago even his. whether it is from a luxurious resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly a need should maybe it's good runs the city from remains unclear but with the prime minister inquiring for his whereabouts the long vacation could soon be cut short for gives mayor looks your share of ski reporting from kiev ukraine.

well you're watching our t.v. and coming up at this hour love without reservation tell the story one native american who finds true love and a new home thousands of miles away from his home was. a rescue operation in russia's far east has officially ended after two icebreakers have successfully a total safety the last of five ships that have been stuck fast in solid ice all the vessels with over four hundred crew found themselves trapped in the sea of at the end of december a rescue operation began straight away but the thickness of the ice as well as severe weather hampered progress on several occasions the mission had to be halted as rescuers were in danger of becoming stranded themselves. at 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 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 a 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 up last year we have a very creative and innovative idea that is to partition afghanistan his proposition where some merrily dismissed all across the board by afghan pakistani and american analysts as totally unreal the stick and harmful goals to afghan and american interests in that area however this year robert will repair his proposition and published it 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 then a stand 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 will accept this idea but for the time being the reason no other better option or solution. to the current circumstances for the u.s. policymakers you know afghanistan. that was our military contributor colonel you have gagne khushab and now let's take a brief look at some other headlines from around the world the side car that has attacked a vehicle carrying a senior pakistani police official in northwest pakistan killing him and four

others the deputy superintendent of southern died along with his driver two bodyguards and a passer by eight other people were wounded in the attack well no group has admitted the bombing but the world has been repeatedly targeted by the pakistani taliban. north korea is calling for defense talks with the south to be held to morrow that's two weeks earlier than last week seoul agreed to take part in negotiations in a step towards easing tension on the peninsula relations between the two countries are wrapping their lowest for decades after the sinking of a southern warship last march well since then the south has engaged in a large scale military drills close to the maritime border. authorities in oman save 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 all want state media said several

alleged agents have been arrested all the united arab emirates which is a close ally of the u.s. is denying the accusations. over to cambodia now where lawyers of three x. leaders of the c'mere rouge regime have called for their immediate release the elderly defendants have been held in pretrial detention as you went back to court since two thousand and seven well the lawyers claim the continued detention was illegal and they had been held for longer than permitted the men face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the brutal regime which claimed the lives of nearly two million cambodians. now a lack of opportunities and high on him. ormont levels in the u.s. have forced one native american to leave his home behind and seek out a new life in russia although living in a small village is not easy here you found a real home to be with the love of his life stacey but it's reports. welcome to

slots of a population not so populated like in many small russian towns it's two one leg as young people head for opportunities in bigger cities so imagine the surprise of locals when just an irwin left his home on the lakota indian reservation in south dakota and the u.s. to begin a new life here in their quiet in tranquil village a more of the country kind of person considering my culture and our background and our ancestral ways. connecting with nature for me like slice of life on the vocoder reservation is not easy economically blighted despite stimulus package funds the unemployment rate is among america's highest with a quarter living at or below the poverty line justin had resigned himself to struggling there indefinitely that's until he met natalia but are not just the

woman who come around trying to we've. got the woman of my dreams and i'm going to her. interest in native american culture sparked a friendship between the two on an online forum justin was there debating the lakota future wanna tell you i was hoping to learn more about traditions hugely different from hers their friendship grew and six months later justin invited natalia to volunteer on a project in the u.s. there were reasons though that at first i hesitated but then decided that once in my lifetime i could do what they really wanted most of their lives people are furthered by convention so i decided to bring the convention and i 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 the well or chop wood in order to stay warm but justin says what the community lacks in conveniences it makes up for in warmth . 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 to cultural family. 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 you family but for now there's

new plays mikey's new home stacy didn't. well we have lots more waiting for you online including all the latest videos features and blogs so now let's take a look at what's available right now a new market survey on the financial crisis reveals russian stop buying new properties and instead improve their old while spending any spare cash on mobile phones but you can 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 man from getting married before finishing their studies didn't get all the details said r t v dot com.

we'll all be back shortly with the headlines but now let's cross over to you all for the latest in business news. that's right time to delve into the world of business that are one welcome and our top story at this hour is the escalating route between b.p. and its billionaire partners in the russian joint venture to be. russian shareholders have called an extraordinary board meeting to discuss counseling a one point eight billion dollars dividend payment half of which would have gone to a british partner of b.p. this is the latest twist in the feud between b.p. and the russian shareholders of the joint venture t n p b p the russian consortium that owns hoffa claim to be these recent agreement with or smith could preach to. right to first refusal on the british company's activities in russia the consortium will hear more aware of the high court has granted it and then junction blocking

views shirts and exploration deal with russia's state owned oil group. found time to have a quick look at hall the markets are faring that sour stops in europe have slumped investors are remaining nervous about the growing abreast in egypt financial firms airlines and carmakers are posting some of the biggest losses. from egypt is starting to unsettle markets in the widest sphere russia is also showing signs of strain in russia the r.t.s. in the my six are seeing a significant drop tracking global losses in the fall styles of trade both losing the same number of points about one percent brant crude surged to a twenty eight month peak near one hundred dollars a barrel worries that the unrest in egypt could spread and just world shipments through the suez canal. have a look at those shares rises rising oil prices are not pushing energy russian

energy shares higher oil and gas companies are still leading the drop in the my six . gas company has the biggest loser in the sector with one point seven percent banking shares are also into road barebone continue to be falling over one percent and the world's mikkel is also inching low about one percent. now russia's central bank has decided to leave the country's refinance and rate unchanged at seven point seventy five percent market watchers were expecting an increase in the rates to restrain inflation which was eight point eight percent last year and seen as likely to rise the bank however claimed that it's decision was aimed at maintaining capital inflow into russia as world oil prices have risen. and we continue to bring of the highlights off the davos annual forum which is over all call the world's top producer says world demand for the light metal will double

by twenty twenty with asia to be the main driver and. c.e.o. of their russian aluminum giant roussel spoke to business r.t.s. general bushell who was at the world economic forum about how that might affect the industry in russia and shared his views about norilsk nickel and which he has a blocking 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 an image but didn't a real situation just for the west 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 say with. our expectation of next year in the global demand for will never grow 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 reality 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 to state corporations in all this practice do you think mr starr kosky is the right man to run the us nickel i'm an investor and i represent yourself and not just every you have a result which company and deliver and not just an aggregated financial result 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 i believe this asset will have a great future. and exhibit bhaskar talking to archie's daniel bushell at davos

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