standing really very much on the outskirts earlier this morning 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 a convenient excuse to not have to call his army in having said that though chaos on the streets people are frightened people have been running in all directions we are hearing the 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 newseum and they did so a few days ago we also know that knives forbidden knives made their way into the terrorists create that to raising alarm bells as to what kind of security was really being provided 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 and now now that kind of demand

was not greeted well by the egyptian public they don't want to buy it 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 and has already 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 egyptian state men when you speak to people are from the streets they do they do not really see him as a contender although the plan at the moment is the him to head an interim government most egyptians really feel that the international community must stay out of their affairs and this is the message that was reiterated by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov we want to see egypt as a stable thriving democratic state and the current social political and economic problems to be resolved as soon as possible through peaceful means but it's up to you. politicians and the people to decide how this could be done in practice we

don't think it's helpful to impose solutions from outside given 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 born in the heart so the need for some kind of leadership to emerge is increasingly becoming critical well for more perspective i'm joined by mark ellman the history lecturer at oxford university now mr olive in your blog you connect events in egypt with the american secret service as well what's the exact role of the u.s. in cairo now. well a key figure is frank wisner the former american ambassador to egypt my home comes from a family of great importance in history regime change his father frank was no senior war cia head of operation she was in the fifty's not as sixty and he was the

architect of regime change in beslan iran but an hour or so south of changing the regime from a friend who'd lost his usefulness to find somebody else and so his son has regime change in its d.n.a. and he is a very important figure in american history in terms of helping shape events in the commons to reactivate the kosovo and now he's in egypt and i think he represents if you like the power of course original washington the american ambassador in egypt mr skopec has been talking to of are talking field position frank wisner has been talking to the generals to the new vice president the former head of the secret police a muslim and of course mr barker and so america seems to be playing a double game too like on the one hand talking up democracy president obama praising young people and on the other hand classical protective apocalyptic frank wisner is such you can see him for a managed change and even the violence on the streets may be cultural that

management to hire a strategy that has the right engine just say about washington ructions this white man he speaks with. is it safe to say that the u.s. is now preparing to put its weight behind el baradei mohamed el baradei as a suitable candidate. well it seems to me that barlow is what we might call a backstop he is from the point of view of the speech the opposition release detection of the person to the americans who has also perhaps some growing trust among the judge really i think what the americans would like is somebody from within the regime somebody who they can trust to carry on their home course in good relations with his for somebody who will change the fundamental economic policy and that's a big problem for any genuine representative speech in cairo ordinary egyptians and middle class get just suffered. recently economic crisis and shortages and inflation and so for somebody to come to power now as an elected president chosen

by the people not pursuing economic policies is a popular it's going to be difficult it seems to me but the americans want very different economic policies from what the ordinary arab street would want ok well how do you see the situation in egypt unfolding who do you think will benefit from all the reshuffling that will happen. well it's a fluid situation but it seems to me but in some ways the current protests allow even the violence on the streets to influence the people who are in the mood. barak regime who want to have mubarak minus of iraq people it's sort of been people within the system who say the old man is problem too low we don't want to let somebody from our side to change and so it will also perhaps suit them to have a quick election in a few weeks or few months before any real position can develop and at worst from the point of view of those people have also from the west brought i might then turn out to be the alternative candidate but the question is what will actually satisfy the deep seated problems of the ordinary egyptians which is already in

a sense led to the struggle with the consequences carol this is not the first mass protests we've seen in recent weeks egypt reacted after the protests in that tunisia so all eyes are on the region how do you think the events in these two countries will affect the rest of the region well we should take note of the fact ingenuity that the interim government has taken advantage of trouble in egypt quietly closed down the opposition camp and dispersed the demonstrations from the center changed so that one problem is we may all be all looking forward to where is the next domino to fall but for instance if there is more trouble in yemen or jordan which seems quite likely maybe that will help the egyptian regime to stabilize the situation in egypt if the international media size move on to the next target the next domino let's call it i live or thank you very much that was professor mark alum of the history lecturer at oxford university. thank you thank you now professor sayed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran it says the

u.s. is using it to face tactics in the region to prevent the arab world from getting stronger. they're not on the side of the people and 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. a mouse with a man but on the other hand they tell the egyptian 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 and the gyptian people know that these countries do not want them to be free not only because do they want the americans and the europeans want to remain in power and have their head germany acting these countries but they also know that an independent egypt 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 well we will continue to give you updates on what's happening in egypt as well as analysis what's behind the uprising and what lies ahead for egypt are explored in the latest edition of crosstalk that's coming up on our program in a couple of hours from now. 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 and 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 a bit misleading to loose 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. unfriendly that's how moscow has described our last decision to expel a russian diplomat well dublin claim stolen identities of six irish citizens were used by russian agents uncovered last year in the us are you going to be scared of 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 heard from moscow also for after dublin accused to 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 say that this is a result of an investigation which started right after last summer a spy scandal between moscow and washington with a group of people who were 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 had irish passport however it's not known whether the diplomat being deported from orleans was directly connected to this alleged forgery neither do we know his name or when he's to be sent out of

the country. oh you're watching r t and still ahead for you this hour want to bring back a daughter she believes were taken from her as part of the cash. report coming up in a few minutes. news it can be a powerful weapon for good but when sung in the wrong language going to. find out how russian culture is being silenced. the u.s. media has gone wild over an iranian book found in the arizona desert well 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 that the threat is an exaggeration. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel

on the high alert fox news alert new terror fears the book was reportedly published anywhere and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would not give us a picture of the book they would not say if it's 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 boogie mask for the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost a. new. city from an. industry leader that 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 rain into a story that has no connection with a terrorist like this suicide bombings in moscow going to help us in places like iran 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 obviously 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 true's 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 has been going on for years despite no proof tehran was building nuclear bombs these 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 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 threat 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 rain 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 yeah 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 gotta check out our t. washington d.c. . he won rights groups have accused sweden social services of profiting from loopholes in the laws activists claim children separated from their families are being given to foster parents who in turn receive financial support from the state and he said no way has this story. christmas gifts never given so covered so my children are in someone else's hands the most don't 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 wash and family

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 that are used 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 full of what she says are false statements about the family's life the complaints filed against natalia claim 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 is a protection law it's a protection for the children. so it means that even if there is a flight test to risk even if there is no evidence sort of there is there is no witnesses there are third 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 to the social office. take take them away from the family the town has been advised by human rights activists that this is only part of a much bigger welfare system in the car rare cases that you will have been where social services have paid ten thousand swedish. that's about that new good thirty one. archie was unable to get a comment on a tiny is case from swedish social services who cited a privacy policy i knew about this deal they don't generally 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 and

a target 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 three consensus country. people are more. prone. to speak up against the consensus so it's very quiet in this way and the consensus is that they can phone for the service they get always right professor of logic of sumburgh 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 by working together with doctors psychologists employers all wrapped up in a big business 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 during your s.d. and what's of their birthday is coming up when will my children be what they already missed christmas. and we miss turning thirteen this week at home with their mother who sweden has just died it is at least for now not going to be their mom and he's now away r t. let's look at some other world news in brief this hour protests erupted between the demonstrators and security forces as german police began. tennis for one of britain's last major scrapped well over two thousand police officers took part in using an accident battleground to break down the door of the disputed building a court gave the squatters until the second to the several hundred left just gathered outside the building which led to violent clashes with police.

australian authorities have warned people to take shelter with a powerful cycle of expected to get the northern state of shortly will have already begun to pick up and people are being told to stay off the streets cycle yasi which has strengthened to a category five is feared to be the most dangerous storm to ever hit the area well this is yet another chapter in australia's summer during which witnessed the worst flooding in decades. well the georgian government is obviously harboring sour sentiment towards russia authorities have already imposed about our russian movies and textbooks in the country and now they've gone one step further artie's tom barton followed out why certain music is leaving a bad taste in restaurant owners. i think it's party time and traditional georgian restaurant style music is central to the country's dining experience and russian songs were sung alongside georgian. until this. particular we will

warned the guys from tbilisi called in here and warned us not to sing russian songs our hidden camera captured threats against a restaurant owner outside the georgian capital the reason they say the georgian government views russian as the language of its enemies. performers to complain they've been stopped from singing popular russian songs my musician has apologized and said he couldn't sing the requested songs because they were banned many georgians who are sitting in the restaurant for very upset he couldn't hear the russian songs they're all so fond of georgian media reports that restaurant owners were called to the country's finance ministry and warned that if russian songs were performed they would face fines of nearly three hundred dollars and we spoke to the ministry however they refused to comment saying that no such meeting took place cultural commentators say pressure to control what music is sung should be resisted

shade to the public has a right to condemn i welcome the singing of russian sounds but this smacks of censorship in russian some scum be banned and the state should not try and regulate society like this performers say it's ridiculous to call them unpatriotic for singing popular russian numbers and. if they span is an act as in law then the whole world will laugh at georgia as it really is insanity. our. songs like this are synonymous with georgian restaurants but if you want to hear them in my talk to dine elsewhere because in georgia it looks like the show might be over tom watson. well that's your news update for now next it's all the latest business with. well welcome to our business program. rosneft 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 joint russian venture b.p. filed a complaint claiming the agreement violates its right of first refusal on any b.p. work in russia are to correspondent sara for it has the details. when the russian shareholders all take a v.p. have won a u.k. course it just has to look barnaby peace deals with grossness know we need the b.p. agreed on the fourteenth of january to see what is seven point eight billion dollar stake in the company for nine point five percent of russian oil producer ross yes and that the two companies would also agree to a joint venture to explore areas of the arctic waters now we know that according to the russian shareholders will take a deep breathe to reach the terms of their contract under which they should have been also the mission and given first refusal on any major need ventures undertaken by b.p. in russia and this didn't happen so it went to the polls and we've heard just this

microburst say the both parties have been able to reach an agreement entirely in accordance with common sense and that now that the b.p. and rolls nurse to share has been phrase in the any discussions about the arctic exploration have been to fit in until the completion of arbitration which is sure to have the surgery twenty fifth now we've had comment from the vice president of the us now and he said the process aren't looking that in k k k to be at the trencher partner in this deal with it announce of course that could still be most of. our circle look at the markets now european stocks are rising with lunsford's you having around six thousand imperial tobacco group was the top gainer on the first two surging five percent of course are higher net revenue and fifty percent dividend payout mining stocks are also on the rise with xstrata rio tinto and b.h.p. billiton all over two percent and pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca is down over

three percent sour despite news of the approval of its new children's flu vaccine. and in russia they are testing my sex are both up on the day energy shares are higher with oil above the one hundred dollars per barrel mark. and rise. all prices are sending energy shares higher gas problem and lukoil are both up on the day mining shares are also among the leaders on the my sex sever stalin all cynical are both climbing slightly over one percent and paul is called is inching lower slightly less than half a percent as gold prices have come down. and inflation in russia will exceed expectations of the first half of two thousand and eleven but will stabilize and even drop towards the end of the year that's according to finance minister. he also said that russia could no longer rely on high prices for its natural resources which has helped push the economy in the past few years. in the last decade g.d.p. per capita in russia has grown from four to five thousand dollars i'm sixty fifty

there's the fastest growth in history and will probably never happen again of course it was due to the prophecies of our economy and all prices in some years we had oil and food growth of ten percent but today we have exhausted up essential and additional g.d.p. growth based on the oil sector is probably impossible for russia. and that's your business update for this album you can always find more stories on our website that's our. business thanks for watching.

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however. a quick look at the headlines this hour violence erupts on the streets of egypt's capital as pro-government demonstrators clashed with protesters calling for the immediate resignation of the country's president. ireland is expelling a russian diplomat over allegations that moscow intelligence stole irish identities for spidey work russia has responded with a warning that serious consequences will follow. the u.s. mainstream media has found a new opportunity to deal with eyes of iran a book of suicide bombers found in the arizona desert is reported as it opened for a domestic attack. well coming up next a special report on the mass slaughter ordered by generals in the vietnam war looking for reasons and hidden motives behind nearly five million deaths.

the sciri was that they were bombing only steel and concrete that it would was a surgical war that they were. you know maintaining bad and terry instead when i got over there i found out the church is awesome but ours is an entire villages were being wiped out people just discovered the states decide an entirely different kind of war than it claimed it was violating all of the international laws of war. for new ten years the us scream or the nineteen million gallons of agent orange which contains the lethal chemical dioxin on vietnam cambodia laos and thailand not just jungles were sprayed three thousand one hundred eighty one village.