we'll see if there's a visit. the pressure mounts on the president hosni mubarak to step down as thousands of angry egyptians protest for a seventh day many of them blamed the u.s. for helping to stabilize their country. after a week of violence and more than one hundred dead suggestions have finally chosen a figure of post. join me in a few moments for an update. and americans are up in arms over their constitutional right to bear them even despite the latest string of deadly shootings in the country and. also on our to ukrainian officials vowed to public concern ordering up the search for the missing mayor of the capital kiev you need to know that the city hasn't been seen in public for six months now.

or welcome to you by from our headquarters here in central moscow this is r t with me nice and now way it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in cairo and we begin in riot torn egypt where tens of thousands have gathered in the center of the capital on the seventh day of an anti-government uprising the opposition has united its forces behind the x t from the international atomic watchdog mohamed el baradei i was there challenger to the president our correspondent polis lior is in caro with more. 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 here 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 nobel 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 into very square mourning praise 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 is worth noting though 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 the 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 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 end 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 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 louder but they're being drowned out by f. sixteen is a mic twenty one's trying of a head mubarak is not going down without a fine. sank you or mr obama this is your friend as 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 join. in 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 beat us with the police he feel it's right to beat us was army failed the russians must admit a bus 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 so

isn't egyptian boat so you can walk is a company and as a result europe beckons most the people who 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 cause shared lives abroad but got caught up in the violence on a trip back home i don't think at this second there's enough momentum at the moment that people 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. mohammed elsie by was with his cousin when he was shot did he took a bullet. in his head. the last words he said before he die. you both mean.

may god protect for ever but whether they're protecting will be with. 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 throughout the day. a recent spike in 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 almost equals the population cowboy habits die hard one lester 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 eckstein forty five two rallies it's a river ten twenty two it's a busy city to their user the hands of politicians running for office time indoors

and john mcmillan because he gives a rip about alabama and i better not care to new codes or criminal if they do charge so 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 is now feared by some to become an obsession in the twenty first century. thing that people do in 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 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 and guns 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 is in the 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 of centrals to american culture and identity uninformed and stemming from a 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 they know and they say they were which is are but those that go maybe five to ten percent but they're fifty five of ten percent of the airplane armed. very dangerous for the social peace of the nation i guess lauren mr r.t. and chamber and out of washington d.c. . in denmark a free speech activist is on trial over racism charges last how to guard the president of the danish free press decide he will be handed his verdict later today how the gaar was prosecuted after drawing attention to the trend of domestic abuse and child rape and some was one family's human rights activists say it's

a show trial conducted by what they call denmark's thought police want to guard told r.t. that the problems created by multiculturalism in europe cannot be solved by speaking openly about them. it seems to me states that anyone who stands up against. the ruling ideology is chalk a ditch and. stands to be dragged in front of a of course the policies failed and failed actually i'm a free speech because 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 maintain free speech because without free speech there is not a chance in hell we could ever sold any problems in the country.

you can watch that full interview right here on our t.v. in about twenty minutes time. oh government of a first so i sense a in kiev has reassured the public that the mayor is alive and well it's been months since anyone song the need to get skin public and many of craniums are worried even the prime minister has demanded to know his whereabouts are these alexy or some of ski investigates the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the eccentric mayor. meaning if agree that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a bad place to live but locals are bewildered as to who should take the credit as the man in charge of the city has gone missing. who is the mayor i am definitely. in five years as city's top dog 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 kiev smellier earned him the nickname spaceman among locals yes i am a space and 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 to find sure novitsky in the name of the people who miss him and want him to return to work with the boards were off to 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. kept he supposed but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexander. but he's 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. in his. post. this whether it is from a look at the jury. it's restored in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly on each of maybe it's q. 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 key if you crane. live from moscow you're watching r t coming up this hour for you would love without reservation we tell stories of one native american who finds true love to have

a new home thousands of miles away from his homeland. rescue operation in russia's far east has officially ended after two icebreaker successfully towed to safety the last of five ships that have been stuck fast in solid ice the vessels with over four hundred crew found themselves trapped in the sea of a hornets 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 the rescuers were in danger of becoming stranded themselves. 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 in a country ripe with corruption and gripped by war the u.s. led campaign has so far failed to make a breakthrough against the taliban aren't his military contributors 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 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 on rally stick and harmful bowls to afghan and american interests in that area however this year robert blackwill 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 again a state in reality it implies how to separate the united states from

afghanistan and to minimize that avg an 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 under the current circumstances for the u.s. policymakers you know afghanistan. artie's military contributor colonel. fair let's take a brief look now at some other stories making headlines around the world a suicide car bomber has attacked a vehicle carrying a senior pakistani police official in northwest pakistan killing him and four other deputy superintendent of southern peshawar died along with his driver bodyguards and some by eight other people who are going to attack no group has admitted the bombing but more has been repeatedly targeted by the pakistani taliban.

or korea is calling for defense talks with the south to be held tomorrow two weeks earlier than planned last week sold agreed to take part in negotiations and a step towards easing tension on the peninsula if held they would be the first talks between the two countries since the north felt a south korean island in november gang insist it was in retaliation of souls large scale military drills close to the maritime border. and 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 among state media said several alleged agents have been arrested the united arab emirates which is a close ally of the u.s. is denying the accusations. to cambodia now where voyages of three x. leaders. called for their release the elderly defendants have been held in pretrial

detention at the u.n. back to court since two thousand and seven four years claim the continued detention was illegal and they have been held on a longer than. the actually face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the brutal regime which claimed the lives of nearly two million cambodians. a lack of opportunities and high unemployment levels in the u.s. have forced one native american to leave his homeland behind and seek out a new life in russia although living in a small village isn't easy here he found a real home to be with the love of his life artie's stacey visits reports. welcome to slough population we're not so popular at it like many small russian towns it's one league and young people head for opportunities in bigger cities so imagine the surprise of locals when just an earl in left his home on the lakota indian reservation in south dakota and the us to begin a new life here and there quite 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 likes loss of life on the makoto 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 and definitely that's until he met an italian but are going to school a lot of the women who come around and try and steal if they like and don't happen . i got the woman of my dreams and i'm going to hang on to her. interest in native american culture sparked a friendship between the two on an online forum justin was there debating the lakota future italian 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. . at first i hesitated but then decided that once in my life i could do what they really wanted their lives people are furthered by convention so i decided to bring the convention and i plunged into an event. so for me telling us single mom at the time they eventually 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 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 it's and to cultural family. i'm very happy for this young couple but i communicate with them i'm always glad to see them at my place and i'm trying to help them with. just to hope 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 stacy didn't. we have lots more waiting for you online including all the latest videos features and blogs let's take a look at what's available right now at our dot com for the new market survey on the financial crisis reveals russians stop buying new properties and instead improve their all while spending any spare caps on mobile phones and all the

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russian shareholders have called an extraordinary board meeting to discuss counseling a one point eight billion dollars dividend payment hoffer which would have gone to british patna b.p. this is the latest twist in the feud between b.p. and the russian shareholders in the joint venture the russian consortium that owns half claimed b.p.'s recent agreement with could breach g.m.p. b.p. has a right to for us refusal of the british companies activities in russia the consortium world here to more aware of the high court has granted it and in junction looking at school and exploration deal with russia's state owned oil. look at how the markets are doing stocks in europe have slumped investors a still nervous about the growing unrest in egypt financial firms airlines and car makers of posting some of the biggest losses brant crude to almost one hundred dollars a barrel on the war is that the egyptian protests could just shipments through the

suez canal but energy shares are mostly reluctant to respond to the news broke that shell is boasting gains of more than ten percent helping the susa to mine at its most of the little. let's have a look at how the russian and this is a fairing and the rest in egypt just starting to unsettle markets why just fear russia is also showing signs of strain in russia the r.g.s. in the mice it's seeing a significant drop trekking global losses. rising oil prices are not pushing russian energy shares higher oil and gas companies are still leading the drop on the my six gas company because the biggest loser in the sector with one point eight percent banking shares are also into red spare brian comfy to be the willing of one percent. staying with the banking sector russia some buying has decided to leave the country's free financing rate unchanged at seven point seventy

five percent market watchers work spec to an increase in the raters translation which was eight point eight percent last year and seen as likely to rise a bank where the claimed that its decision was aimed at maintaining capital inflow into russia as world oil prices have risen. the world's top producer says world demand for the light metal will double by twenty twenty but asia's to be the main driver. of. the russian a giant roussel spoke to business artie's dental bushell at the world economic forum in davos about tunnel that might affect the just for in russia and shared his views about new rules to nickel and which he has a blocking stake. japan korea and churn it 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 west eastern siberia russian forest not just because it's so close to china but also because the infrastructure already developed would be very important area and therefore natural resources how much do you expect demand for result to grow let's say with. our expectation and next year in the global demand for number 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 reality in the russian corporation but we need to have an action and. you see how successful was herself no risk nikolai going behind in the south of england because some. would say state corporation in all this practice do you think mr kosky is the right man to run the last nickel i'm an investor that i represent yourself and not just a way 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 you know i believe just us that will have a great future. business arteries. speaking exclusively to those all see it. and that the business bulletin you can get most or a small website are two dot com slash business.

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