very good at building a magickal here. ok. graham pacific children resulting. in israel is available in. hotels jerusalem. with anti-government rallies raging throughout egypt protesters are united behind a new figure of the international atomic watchdog mohamed el baradei but very few exceptions no mohamed el baradei raising questions of who is and who's behind him join me points new one update in a few moments. and a mystery on the missing mayor ukrainians are searching for their capitals top official who hasn't been seen in public for six months also. the gun is actually the center piece of american history but as deadly shooting sprees continue on america's streets many are once again raising the debate over the need

for tougher gun control. and coming up in our business program the growing instability in egypt means all prices are on the rise again i'll have more on that in our business program in twenty minutes time. live from our studios in some troll moscow you're watching r t with me a nice to know way it's six pm here in the russian capital five pm in cairo then the egyptian opposition has come together as united for scepter six days of bloody anti-government riots the x. chief of the international atomic agency mohamed el baradei is now negotiated on behalf of opposition groups and internationally popular counter that he's viewed as the man who could oust president hosni mubarak argues paulus lear has the latest from cairo. the appointment of mohamed el baradei as the opposition leader here is

an interesting choice because most egyptians really don't know him he has his fame much more on the international stage now what is remarkable is that he's managed to bring together very opposing views here in egypt particularly referring here to the muslim brotherhood which has been after order egypt for its extremist views now but today is a secular man and he will be a choice that very much will be supported by the united states and by other western powers he has in the past avoided direct confrontation with the egyptian government and at the same time he has been criticized by some for simply not being a good enough leader what is interesting though is that he is calling for regime change but he himself has not been in egypt for the past three decades he was the head of the international atomic energy agency for some eleven years and there he was criticized for the way he dealt with the iranian nuclear issue he was also criticized by some of his colleagues for being self-righteous and gunned the curfew

went into effect but like we saw yesterday and in previous days the simply does not make any difference to protesters out on the streets and they've been arriving by the thousands at and here we square in downtown cairo now they are all calling for a general strike they're also calling for a million man march to begin tomorrow choose day and if they get the figures that they're anticipating they will get the numbers that will turn out more be more than what we saw last friday on the streets of cairo during that day of rage now some analysts fear that this could lead to violence and that the protests could escalate from tomorrow having said that though the army here is still very much in control the police are no way to be seen and the army for their side has been meeting protesters in and out of to here me square that we have been hearing reports of they've set up barricades on the outskirts of the city to stop traffic from entering and leaving cairo we're also hearing reports of people desperately trying to find some. markets where they can stock up on goods the post businesses if not

all businesses are closed the egyptian president hosni mubarak appointed a new interior minister now think is a retired on general and he has very much the backing the background and the support of mubarak as have the other two appointments the that of the vice president and that of the prime minister in recent days so egypt has a lot really in any way satisfied with what is being made on a government level about this announcing his new cabinet his new government and most of the ministers there are the same so with this kind of standoff showing neither side actually prepared to meet halfway people here really are saying that it can only result in violence it can only escalate in the coming hours and the coming days. first he sent in his army then he reshuffle the government next came the air force. people's voices here are allowed to but they've been drowned out by if sixteen's a mic twenty one's trying of

a hit mubarak is not going down without a fine. sank you are mr obama this is your friend as opposed to barack this is your friend and the american involvement reminiscent of earlier revolutions in eastern europe. no question about what happened in georgia with the orange revolution or rather the rose revolution and join 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 abdul newark a move away from us want 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 most affluent of buses 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 bone 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 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 that this that 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. mohamed el see by i was with his cousin when he was shot did he took a bullet. in his head. the last word he said before he

die here was. may god protect for ever but whether the protecting will be with. president mubarak is still unclear nighttime in cairo brings with it the fear of lawlessness the fear of all the gangs that are literally clinch oiling the hallways working the streets and trying to break into people's homes and as we seen in previous nights people before me what can be called a neighborhood watch groups using kitchen knives and sticks and anything that they can get their hands on to protect their property. our reporting there from cairo to stay with r.t. will continue to keep you updated on the situation in egypt. three million frustrated ukrainians living in the capital kiev are looking for just one man the mystery surrounding their missing mayor the eccentrically in need turned deep and as his absence from public life and

a sixth month even the prime minister is demanded to know his whereabouts are there's a less than ourselves to investigate the disappearance. many in cuba for 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. definitely. in five years as city's top dog 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 smear 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 defined in tell him that the people of kiev miss him and want him to return to work with good words with. the launch of criticism was done to give some major following a devastating winter in two thousand and nine the city's snow clearing gear was overhauled by the government chill of its key caps you supposed but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall. administration boss alexandre but wolf he's giving nothing away about the mystery. 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 though. i'm sure you know. this

whether it is from a look at serious resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly any child maybe it's the city from remains unclear but with the prime minister inquiring for his whereabouts the long vacation could soon be cut short forty of some a year this year a show of ski reporting from key if you crane. live from moscow you're with r t coming up later in the program afghanistan's battle for good quality as president karzai convenes a new parliament we'll look at what needs to be done to form a legitimate political power base in the country. and when this native american man moved to a remote possibility calls quite a stir among the locals find out what more thousands of miles away from the u.s. in just a few moments. following the recent shooting of congresswoman gabrielle

giffords americans are once again torn over their right to bear arms critics say a part of the constitution gun ownership has become an obsession in a country with almost as many private weapons as people are just marvelous start 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 easy to air use of the hands of politicians running for office time endorsing john miller because he gives a real about alabama and auburn not care to new codes or criminals the new 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 was a constitutional right and as such they probably don't have a problem with that. 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 as it is now cured by some sixty to become one of the sessions in the twenty first century. saying that people die in 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 for their. 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. capitol. hill is 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 your gun owners say it's more than a firearm it's a symbol and central to american culture and identity coming from men stemming from our 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 they know and they should say they were which way is there but there is a go maybe five to ten percent but there are fifty five or thirty percent of. very dangerous for the social piece of the nation i guess lauren mr r.t. and chamber and out of washington d.c. . a free speech activist has been on trial in denmark over critical remarks made about islam has been accorded lars hedegaard the president of the danish free press society could have faced up to two years in prison if found guilty the activist was prosecuted and his comments about domestic violence with an islamic family concert although he later admitted his crimes were aimed at the entire muslim population dangerous authorities refused to drop the case out of the verdict our team members to speak to lars have a part he told us the problems created by multiculturalism in europe cannot be solved by speaking openly about them. it seems to be states that anyone who

stands up against. the ruling ideology. chocolate and. stands to be dragged in front of of course policies fail and fail. 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 we could ever sold any problems in the country. more on what laura's hedegaard has to say in fifteen minutes here on our team. afghanistan's president has convened a new parliament to see attempts to stop the fight over

a new legislature but the man who has made karzai is backing to become the new speaker has stirred controversy. has been accused of war crimes and numerous human rights violations the legitimacy of the parliament itself is under question as september's elections were carried out in that allegations of rampant fraud in a country ripe with corruption and group by war the u.s. led campaign has so far failed to make a breakthrough against the taliban or to his military contributors says it's time for washington to change its strategy in afghanistan. 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 were some merrily dismissed all across the board by afghan pakistani and american analysts as totally on rallies stick and harmful balls to the afghan

and american interests in that area however this year rubber black will repair kit just 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 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 under the current circumstances for the u.s. policymakers in afghanistan. arjun's military contributor there colonel you have

given you crucial you can find his video blog on our website and of course there's always more news views and videos dot com here's some of what's waiting for you right now the dallas economic forum has wrapped up in switzerland and get a detail analysis of all the outcomes online what's. a russian space freighter successfully delivers its cargo to the international space station with a special message for earth check out our website to find out what you think. a look now at some other stories making headlines this hour a man who served as second in command to pol pot and two other leaders are appearing in court in new cambodia elderly defendants lawyers called for their immediate relief as they've been held in pretrial detention by the un back in two thousand and seven three men and another senior figure faced charges of genocide for their world in the deaths of around two million ten forty and two in one

thousand nine hundred seventy five and seventy nine. the senior police official and four of their officers have been killed in two terror attacks in the pakistani city of peshawar local officials say a teenager blew himself up inside a police van carrying the deputy police superintendent and two policemen more than a dozen were also believe that by the blast in a separate attack one police officer was killed by an explosive device detonated near his vehicle you know who has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. so all has reportedly rejected pyongyang's proposal to move peace talks forward according to south korean news agencies north korea had called for defense talks with the south to be held tuesday two weeks earlier than planned last week sold agreed to take part in negotiations and a step towards easing tension on the peninsula relations between the two countries are up. their lowest for decades following

a skirmish between the neighbors and the south's hosting war games near the maritime border. a cycle own hit australia's flood ravaged state of queensland on monday morning but cost only minor damage the storm uprooted trees and knocked down power lines no injuries were reported the country's bureau of meteorology registered winds reaching one hundred thirty kilometer per hour per hour as it has now shifted to a larger cycle gathering strength in the pacific that forecasters expect to hit also on thursday. now one native american man high unemployment and bleak prospects were a fact of life in his u.s. hometown but a chance encounter with the woman of his dreams saw him land on his feet in a remote russian village he may have to draw water from the well but he says wife has never been so good are just a supervillains has more. welcome just left the population we're not so

populated like in many small russian towns it's too late and 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 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 code a 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 italia but are now just a lot of the women who come around and try and steal if they like and don't happen . it's. the woman of my dreams and i'm going to.

interest in native american culture sparked a friendship between the two on an online form justin was there debating the lakota future while natalia 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 us they were raising is that at first i hesitated but then i decided that once in my lifetime i could do what they really wanted their life people are furthered by convention so i decided to bring the convention and i plunged into the venture 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 accept that it's interracial and to cultural family over. there ugh 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 why i can't. i just 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 stacey didn't want to. coming up on our day we bring you our

exclusive interview with dana's free speech activist lars hedegaard but first of all the latest business news with us right now. welcome to our business program i'm sure. it has just been reported that b.p.'s russian shareholders have decided not to approve a one point eight billion dollar dividend for the fourth quarter of two thousand and ten this comes after an extraordinary board meeting of they are consortium which owns half of the joint venture with b.p. are to correspond us or first has the details. positivism course would go to b.p. and they way some of that money is called a big old bill now the latest with between the russians and b.p. they claim that the times of their contract with. the right for. any new activities that b.p. has should be run the russian shareholders. that wasn't signed that deal with

that now we know. to the high court and this is it is going to be made tomorrow or whether they'll be able to get an injunction to block that they are going. and brant crude has surged to a twenty eight month peak on worries of going instability in egypt it's now close to one hundred dollars a barrel on monday moody's rating agency change the country's outlook from stable to negative in the second downgrade since mass protests erupted last week the egyptian economy is relatively small but it's home to the suez canal a key shipping route for oil over the weekend a dusk to dawn curfew. but on warnings of potential delays to shippers in the canal however so far traffic is continued on hindered despite the protests analysts say if the violence in egypt spreads to its oil producing neighbors crude prices will last the top one hundred dollars a barrel rising prices will not guarantee growth for all russian oil sector stocks

. as with every crisis like the stored procedures up. with that in mind you might think that the. companies but in fact they are correct in with the rest of the market today. and if you are a believer in the person probably better off buying consumers or banks rather than actually oil companies per se. still struggling with high taxation growth i guess the best exposure to. russia would be if you want to play those oilfield services. look at the markets on. wall street stocks open mixed as investors juggled concern over egypt with upbeat corporate results blue chip energy giant exxon mobile blows past the fourth quarter of profit forecast on balanced upstream and downstream games as seventeen percent top line growth pushes revenues past one hundred five billion dollars. stocks in europe have slumped in financial firms airlines and

carmakers are posting some of the biggest losses but energy shares are mostly reluctant to respond to the news group is posting gains of over three percent despite news that it has temporarily suspended drilling operations in egypt due to mounting several unrest. and the unrest in egypt started to unsettle markets in the water sphere as russia also showed signs of strain the r.t.s. and my sets closed down on the day as they tried to global lott's. rising oil prices were not pushing russian energy shares any higher oil and gas companies were still led. the drop on my sex with nor also nickel the biggest loser in the sector down over two percent banking shares were also in the red with spare bank and be seen to be each falling around three quarter book of sets. and russian g.d.p. growth in two thousand and ten has outperformed the latest official forecast by point two percent that's according to pull him an area data from the states that to

stick service the figures suggest the d.p. growth last year reached four percent the equivalent of one point five trillion dollars in current prices in two thousand and nine the russian economy declined by almost eight percent. and russia central bank has decided to leave the country's refinancing rate unchanged seven point seven five percent market watchers were expecting an increase in the rate to restrain inflation which was eight point eight percent last year and seen as likely to rise the bank however claim but if this isn't was aimed at maintaining capital inflow into russia as world oil prices have risen. communications company telling norah's taking brushes mobile operator of to arbitration over its planned six billion dollars purchase of telecoms groups. holds thirty six percent of the voting shares that will come but the deal would reduce the stakes to twenty five percent which is very second largest investor has also asked to postpone the meeting of the russian company shareholders. of the

transaction. are currently controlled by egyptian. if the deal goes through it will create one of the world's largest mobile operators. and that's all the business news for this hour you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business thanks for watching.