just broken out stones bottles anything they can put their hands on to have been thrown the army is no way to be seen like you did yesterday it has been maintaining a perimeter of border standing really very much on the outskirts only of the smalling the army did issue a statement on egypt state television calling on protesters to discontinue now that is the first word from the army that it seemingly does not support this demonstration that has caused some here in egypt to ask the question as to whether or not mubarak isn't behind these demonstrations and whether or not it's not giving him the convenient excuse to not have to call his army and having said that though chaos on the streets people of science and people have been running in all directions we are hearing though criticism from all quarters we're hearing that the egyptian museum is a focal point of these demonstrations concerns that people might try and raid that museum and they did so a few days ago we also know that knives forbidden knives made their way into the telly screen that to raising alarm bells as to what kind of security was really

being provided but there will in the international context the united states has always supported mubarak in the past but where is its backing going now that all of this is happening. the million dollar question where exactly does the united states stand on this issue i mean the last word from the american president barack obama was that he had spoken to mubarak by phone for thirty minutes and he had urged the egyptian president to hold free and fair elections now not that kind of demand was not greasewood well by the egyptian public they don't want to buy rick and they certainly don't want the united states to be seen to be meddling in their internal affairs the person who's come forward and seemingly who has the backing of the united states he has a way he met with the american ambassador is mohamed el baradei he is the former head of the international atomic energy agency a figure well known in international circles but not so well known by his egypt's fellow men when you speak to people on the streets they do do they. not really see

him as a contender although the plan at the moment is for him to head into the government most egyptians really feel that the international community must stay out of their arses and this is the message that was reiterated by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. we want to see if there's a stable thriving democratic states we want the current social political and economic problems to be resolved as soon as possible through peaceful means but it's up to gyptian politicians and the people to decide how this could be done in practice we don't think it's helpful to impose solutions for amounts even ultimatums egyptian political forces need to find a consensus which. as i'm speaking to you terry square is just a few streets away and i can see here demonstrators shouting i can hear cars hooting the situation really feels that it's forming the heart so the need for some kind of leadership to emerge is increasingly becoming critical. very much for that

artie's paula we're reporting all the latest where there fresh clashes on the streets of the egyptian capital do stay with us for coverage of this. now the people of egypt can influence the country's politics and will no longer let the u.s. choose their leaders based author and journalist yvonne ridley. the egyptian people are very very suspicious of anybody who has been endorsed supported or aided by america and you can't blame them they also have made it quite clear that they do not want any more meddling from the u.s. and america has no well we can one point three billion dollars of aid every year the ordinary egyptian people don't see one cent of that so they're not bothered if america does withdraw this fund because they certainly do not benefit from it i

really hope that the western powers don't underestimate the egyptian people yet again very intelligent very politically aware. they will choose the people who they want and if america doesn't like it well it's going to be. well for more analysis on this i'm now joined by professor so you had mohammad marandi from the university of tehran. right this time around the world the u.s. has tried in the past to overthrow a medina jazz regime but they did succeed how is the u.s. playing a similar role in egypt's politics now. i think it's quite the reverse because on both occasions. the us lost in iran of course the strong majority supported this public and despite the attempts of the united states.

public remains a very stable and strong country but on the other hand the egyptian regime is very close to the united states and the united states which is very much to keep him in power according to even jimmy carter the american truly want mubarak to stay but that is no longer possible carol but they do not want to see the regime swept away. all right well washington has been supporting mubarak's regime for almost thirty years but then we've heard the u.s. president sort of changing his rhetoric so why do you think that is. well it's almost identical to what happened during the xargs reign the united states have as as the revolution in iran gained strength and power the americans became more and more muted in their support of the shah but it was much too little and much too late to the iranian people never forgave the americans the role that is being

played now by the american administration is very similar they're not on the side of the people in the people recognize that they're playing a double game they're on the one hand very much on the side of the establishment on the side of. the mouse so they man but on the other hand they tell the egypt and people that they they hear their voices and they wish and pray for their freedom but we all know that the ruling establishment cannot last without american support all right that sort of question of people are asking now is do you think the wave of unrest in egypt may spill into neighboring countries to just see what happened in tunisia so do you think this will spread. yes i think that the region is shifting whether the egypt and regime is overthrown swiftly or not is is not clear especially since omar so the man has is now in and in charge and he is playing a game of divide and rule but bringing people to the streets and creating

confrontation in and conflict among people on the streets that i think has a policy to weaken. the opponents of the regime but in general this wave. and to sabotage meant movement is something that is spreading throughout the region and i think that it is severely undermining american and european head germany. in the middle east all right another question is do you think the egyptian people will be able to determine a political future in their country without outside interference be it from the us or from any other country. but we all hope so the united states is not going to give up easily in neither is the european union after all they want to the europeans and americans want to keep the palestinian people people in a cage they've supported the siege on gaza for years now the suffering of the

palestinian people has been going on with the consent and support of the united states in the e.u. despite their rhetoric for human rights the people of the region know that and the gyptian people know that these countries do not want them to be free not only because do they want the american journey europeans want to remain in power and have their head germany in these countries but they also know that an independent egypt an independent jordan and an independent arabia meaning so to arabia is something that would be detrimental to the israeli regime so the united states and the europeans will wish very much to prevent the people of the region from empowerment certainly the whole world is watching what's going on in egypt right now thank you very much for your insight professor saying my mother marandi from the university of tehran. now what's behind the uprising and what lies ahead for egypt are explored in the latest edition of crosstalk coming up in

our program at four pm g.m.t. . the future of the mubarak regime is not so much being decided on the streets of egypt but mainly. there are certainly hard talks going on behind the scenes between egypt and indeed the americans and what is staggering is that we haven't heard from the obama administration a clear and unequivocal demand for mubarak to step down to be left i could just interject right here i mean you can lay this at the doorstep of the u.s. but you know at the end of the day the only world leader who's been unequivocal about this is prime minister is the one of turkey the european leaders the american leaders even the latin american leaders. in south asian leaders all have been all of been silent so i think it's a bit misleading to lay this on the doorstep of the american here but i mean i don't want to see the reasoning or the removal of this is again. he was

a client of the united states and that's probably the difference here. and. now unfriendly that's how russia's foreign ministry has described arlen's expulsion of a russian diplomat dublin claims the stolen identities of six irish citizens were used by russian agents uncovered last year in the us are. reports from moscow. the russian foreign ministry has called iowa's decision to deport its diplomats an unfriendly move which will have serious consequences these are the only common suit for after accused the russian intelligence service of stealing real existing irish identities you know to forge passports to cover up its secret operations in the

united states irish authorities say that this is a result of an investigation which started right after last summer a spy scandal between moscow and washington a group of people arrested in the united states and found guilty of being secret russian agents all the more deep rooted and it was largely covered by international media that's the name on that shop one turned up successful young businesswoman who was quickly deemed the russian james bond girl back then it was announced that some of the members of that group. however it's not known whether the diplomat being deported now from ireland was directly connected to this alleged forgery neither do we know his name or when he's. here watching r.t. and still ahead for you this hour one woman supply to win back the daughter were taken from her welfare cash cow awash. in a few minutes. the u.s.

media has gone wild over an iranian a book found in the arizona desert its contents list the details of past terror attacks carried out by suicide bombers and militants the publication made some american news channels hint at future attacks on the u.s. by iran but there are still those who think the threat is an exaggeration. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert on who terror fears the book was reportedly published in iran and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the us they would not give us a picture of the book they would not say it was personalized in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn't stop the channel from making a big scary deal of it story although they reported it point out at the end it

could mean something and it could also mean nothing the international community is worried about iran but the american media go way beyond that seeking to make the country the wall bogeyman the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost to vote by attacking iran no newscaster ever got negative publicity from your own. industry or needed states that whenever you have something negative that you want to say about the middle east. you can always attack iran every chance is taken to toss the ran into a stories that has no connection with it like this was not bombings in moscow going to help us in places like iran to get more russian cooperation with afghanistan things like that are they going to wise up and help us a little bit the pick and choose style of reporting which shapes the american usage and it became all the more obvious in the wake of the week he leaks release of u.s. secret diplomatic cables despite having vast amounts of material at their disposal

to choose from the new york times chose to go biggest on he ran with a four page article alone focusing on the country but the demonize they should have iran is not new in the us media it's been going on for years despite no proof tehran was building nuclear bombs states people are out to kill us i feel that this is the most dangerous country in the world. do you think the world understands how evil this regime is a nuclear iran can pass on nuclear military capabilities to terrorist organizations and why is america sitting here like apache waiting to get spanked smacked killed what is it a whole city is going to get hit with a nuke some american news outlets have been major cheerleaders in fear mongering which back in two thousand and three legged stool war that was started on why the same people that want to cause regime change in iraq are now saying we need to do regime change in iran fear mongering can have major consequences creating a climate of scratch which could justify any action in the name of providing safety

for the american people that's what happened in iraq where a friendly about long range weapons of mass destruction and links to al qaeda was whipped up to justify the invasion reasons later proven to be false the question is could the same approach be used with the rand a bit of news about a suspicious iranian book in the middle of nowhere is nothing but as the news reporter pointed out in isolation this is just a piece of information we don't maybe know months from now maybe a year from now you'll hey remember that young poor yeah that's how i look at news very often it's cumulative as far as the viewers are concerned fear is also a cumulative get a check on our team from washington d.c. . well there's always more news blogs and feature stories on our website r.t. dot com and here's what's all life for you right now all these are very as much as the people take them up but some are more ambitious than others we'll take

a look at one explosive skills which have authorities worried. having that r t exclusive we talk to the widow of the first russian president boris yeltsin. shares her memories about her husband and his legacy. human rights groups have accused the social services of profiting from loopholes in the laws lots of this claim that children separated from their families are being given to foster parents who wouldn't turn receive financial support from the state artes and he said no way has this story. christmas gifts never given so couples it's my children are in someone else's hands of the most

stone and i don't know what's happening with them or how they're being treated it's been over a month since natalia russian citizen living in sweden has seen her twin girls marcia and believe a mother's worst nightmare their children taken from where they're supposed to be most safe and not by kidnappers or child abusers but by the swedish government but they are used to when girls were taken out of their music lessons at this school without any warning and for an entire week she had no idea where her daughters were until she received documents from social services for all of what she says are false statements about the family's life the complaints filed against natalia claims she and the girls are psychologically troubled and could be enough to send her daughters into foster care for good under swedish law without sufficient proof that it is considered legal because of the law or. the protection law it's a protection for the children. so it means that even if there is

a flight that's to risk even if there is no evidence sort of there is there is no witnesses there are three nothing but there is. a risk of something happening sort of then the law sort of the social workers within the law are able to to take the child into. sort of their it to the social office. take take them away from the family attorney has been advised by human rights activists that this is only part of a much bigger welfare system and her case is that you will have been where social services have paid ten thousand swedish. that's about going to the u.s. thirty. why you see. archie was unable to get a comment on a tiny is case from swedish social services who cited

a privacy policy i knew about oh they steal they doand only steal children but money apartments property and children are human goods to them with force we just language skills a lawyer appointed by social services and little money natalia has been told the chances of getting her girls back are slim and that they are most likely now with a swedish family and that is should be protected by international laws and conventions but loopholes in the swedish system allow cases like this to go unnoticed through consensus country. and people are more. prone. to speak up against the consensus so it's very quiet in this way and the consensus is. the consensus is that the state is always right reservoir jacobson burke is persona non grata here in sweden for his outspoken views on the system he says social

services can take children away using their own criteria i working together with doctors psychologist employers all wrapped up in a big business say you have six foster children or you make a fortune for now only tell you can do is wait for a hearing on her case which is so far been postponed several times doing it as the most of their birthdays coming up when will my children be why they already missed christmas. and we miss turning thirteen this week at home with their mother who sweden has just signed it is at least for now not going to be their mom and he said no way r t. now for some other world news in brief this hour extreme weather has halted flights close roads and shut down schools across the u.s. a country wide of winter storm the blizzard is said to be causing unprecedented snow fall which is covering nearly a third of the extent there are reports of widespread power cuts as people rush to

stores to stock up on socials for many parts of the u.s. this winter has already seen record snow fall more expected. a car bomb has killed at least nine people and injured twenty more in a commercial area near the northwestern city of peshawar officials say three children were among the dead over glasses the third major incident to hit the area in the last week the attacks come despite police reports that progress was being made against militants in the region. a volcano in southwestern japan has erupted for the six times in a week it will the volcano which has been dormant for the past fifty two years while smoke up to two thousand meters into the sky there have been no reports of any injuries but rocks and ash damaged and broken windows of buildings in nearby tells hundreds of local residents have been evacuated to safer areas as further

eruptions are expected. well that's your news update for now next it's all the latest business with. volcom to a business program. boss that shares have taken a hit after london's high court halted the russian oil giant's deal with b.p. to explore the arctic shelf the decision came after a joint russian british venture to m.k. b.p. filed a complaint claiming the agreement violates a right of first refusal on any b.p. work in russia i'm now joined by our to correspond to surf earth with the latest details. so sara are we going to see an end to this conflict anytime soon. well the russian shareholders of tink a b p have won that u.k. court injunction to block part of the peace deal with ross and now we know that on the fourteenth of january b.p. agreed to swap

a seven point eight billion dollars stake in the company with nine point five percent of the russian oil producer ross yes and we know that the two companies also agreed to deal to good area of uptick rule to moving to the russian shareholders and take a b.p. that breached the terms of their contract that gave them first your visa and they should have had the mission for that no that didn't happen and they went to school and we've heard justice michael burton say they thought he had been able to reach an agreement entirely in accordance with common sense and say for the time being to do between b.p. and the chances to raise it any discussion about the arctic exploration would be fitted into the completion of the trade which would be sure to february the twenty fifth so we've heard from the vice president of that and he said the only looking to pay out the potential partner in this deal with how to build such a big could still be built. thank you sir that's r t sarah for three porting from

moscow. and european stocks. rising with london's footsie just about to break the six thousand level imperial tobacco group is the top gainer on the footsie surging five percent on reports of higher net revenue and a fifty percent dividend payout mining stocks are also on the day with xstrata rio tinto and b.h.p. billiton all over two percent and finally pharmaceutical giant asteroid zeneca is down over three percent despite the news of approval of its new children's book flu vaccine. and in russia the r.t.s. and my sex are positive posting strong gains energy shares are higher with oil above the one hundred dollars per barrel mark. meanwhile rising oil prices are sending energy shares higher gas prices and lukoil are seeing approximately the same gains adding on average two and a half percent mining shares are also among the leaders on the my sex with

severstal and also nickel both climbing slightly over one percent gold is inching lower slightly over half a percent as gold prices have come down. and that's your business update for this hour you can always find more stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash business thanks for watching.

well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's on a sonic boom six tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria and iraq or it's destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that they are shall be taken in the war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that.

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time now for a quick look at the top stories we're covering for you today violence of raps on the streets of egypt's capital as pro-government demonstrators aquash with protesters calling for the immediate resignation of the country's president. is expelling a russian a diplomat over allegations that moscow intelligence stole irish identities for a spy work russia have responded with a warning that serious consequences will follow. the u.s. mainstream media has found a new opportunity to demonize iran a book on suicide bombers found in the arizona desert is reported as an omen for a domestic attack. now no war no peace this stalemate between armenia and

azerbaijan has lasted for over sixteen years because like dates back to nine hundred eighty eight the nagorno-karabakh region mainly populated by armenians was part of the soviet republic of isaac by john well after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. it declared independence which resulted in several years of armed conflict a truce was signed in one thousand nine hundred four russia france and the u.s. have been mediating talks since then well r.t. caught up with the foreign ministers of both sides of the conflict you could watch their interviews throughout the day on our t.v. well let's hear from the side. what role does a version play in stabilizing the caucasus region. after the off course as your bread chinese all for the settlement of all conflicts of the mists case if we are talking about the situation with the not born a current.