those demonstrators who are choosing to remain some of them are sitting around campfires many of them with appearing themselves for the cold night ahead there are ambulances still on the scene there are mobile clinics that are still operating there treating the several hundred demonstrators who were injured in today's clashes the latest figures we have suggest that at least one person was killed now earlier in the day they were small fires there was one moment of concern when one of those fires broke out right next to be cairo museum the police were no way to be seen but the army which was there did douse those flames they managed to completely get the fires under control but aside from that the army did not get involved at all earlier the defense ministry did issue a statement urging protesters to go home now the focal point of those clashes came at around midday three thirty cairo time it's not clear who actually started the clashes whether it was pro mubarak demonstrators or anti mubarak demonstrators that both sides with were in stones at each other people were standing on the edges

picking up and throwing whatever they could at people down below they were they were inside incidents of people actually picking up road signs and using the poles of the science to actually hit and strike at other people a lot of anger a lot of fear on the streets today our sister network recently on some of the members of bethany if we were injured while covering these demonstrations the latest figures put the death toll the death toll in nine days of clashes and some three hundred more than a thousand people injured in total now questions are being asked as to who exactly those pro mubarak supporters were and the suggestions being put forward that mubarak himself sent into the street they were i.d.'s found on some of these people those ideas of police i.d.'s suggesting that they do belong to the security forces they were also allegations of a body paid some of these people they said they would thugs many of them out there on the streets just causing chaos and mayhem when barack certainly now has a. case to say that he is needed this is what some are suggesting as to why he

might have orchestrated these clashes this is certainly a turning point there has and there is now being seen support for him on the streets certainly mobilizing his government to react and fight back to these demonstrators paula many see the u.s. as the third party involved in the conflict why is that. well certainly the u.s. has been watching the events unfold here in egypt very closely in there and they they've noticed that the ground really is shifting below them the policy of the u.s. president barack obama has not been that clear i mean when the protests began nine days ago he was very he was very careful not to align himself too closely with the protesters but now in the last few days and said in the last hour was we've seen him calling on the egyptian president hosni mubarak to to implement free and fair elections and to step down as soon as possible one of the the significant points of today's demonstrations and the clashes is that it is now clear that the opposition

certainly needs a unified voice it needs a political force to represent them has been able to demonstrate spontaneously up until now but certain if they want to go forward with any kind of substantial impact they will need to be united we've heard differing voices come from the opposition forces we've heard some of them say that yes they should talk to mubarak now we've had other players like mohamed el baradei and the muslim brotherhood saying no mubarak to step down first and only then will they gauge with him in dialogue so while mohamed el baradei is being presented as a figure that can possibly take the opposition more forward he's afraid of it isn't not like there in cairo and he's certainly not a figure that is representative of all the opposition players by and large if there is one thing that people agree on is the fact that people really should make the decision for themselves egypt and should decide who their future leadership is regardless of who the united states and the international community supports and that is a sentiment that was echoed by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. school

students should we want to see egypt as a stable thriving democratic states for 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 practice we don't think it's helpful dream pay solutions from mount sinai even ultimatums egyptian political forces need to find a consensus which will. one of the questions that people are asking themselves following these clashes today wednesday is what can and will the military do if there is no clear indication in terms of how they should control crowds the that might be one of the questions people are asking but certainly one of the contours and people are reaching is that the possibility for more violence is on the horizon the focus now is to move into friday some people calling it the final friday ok paula many thanks for that was almost the sport of fear reporting for us on the latest from the egyptian capital cairo. well d'aleo schneiderlin

an international political consultant based in tel if he says israel has to be concerned of what's happening in egypt. on its mind it's not just a general fear it's a very particular thing you know israel's afraid of an islamist takeover of egypt israel's afraid of destabilization spreading to the palestinian areas and israel's afraid of a leader who might not be a full partner in dealing with iran and that's something you have to keep in mind these are obviously the biggest things on israel's mind that's always going to come first you know again israelis very basically feel like they don't have too many friends in the region obviously and are very much afraid of the civilization there's been a sense for a long time that mubarak is pretty much the only thing holding egypt in place as a peace partner so israelis are clearly very nervous they kept pretty quiet in the beginning but you saw early on that there is not a great deal of trust that a change in government in egypt will be good for israel there was already you know a politician who was saying that egypt is not ready for democracy necessarily it

took our prime minister a long time to make any statement in support of democratic change in egypt and that's really that really comes from a place of fear but also on the radio he's steve in the lead been says that we know a major change for egyptians off to mubarak has gone. i think barack has already been told you're going and this case closed but will you tell him you can you believe gracefully you can take a reasonable amount of. will go along with that but you know the way i think he will go i think the regime will go with him but i think the plan is to replace him with friendly faces that will continue all policies and the people of egypt will be cheesy and this is a while and it is the people of egypt i think that said the americans is seen as happened but fortunately they understand may cast and they may react and

they may have to call on with it. what's behind the alps rising and what lies ahead the questions explored in the latest edition of cross talk that's coming up in the next hour. 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. 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 air the one of turkey the european leaders the american leaders even the latin american leaders. south asian leaders all have been all of been silent so i think it's

a bit misleading to leave this on the doorstep of the american here but i mean they don't want to see. this is again. he was a client of the united states and that's probably the difference here. in. a new russia u.s. nuclear reduction approved on more levels in moscow has been signed by the u.s. president the document also known as the start treaty will see both sides. by a third or more details. we saw the u.s. president signing this incredible treaty in the oval office he was joined by a whole host of members of his administration and this of course pushes the treaty one more step towards final completion and the next step that we're expecting is for u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton to meet with her russian counterpart foreign

minister sergey lavrov at the sidelines of the munich security council this week conference this weekend the date that we're hearing is february fifth where the two sides are set to exchange the so-called documents of ratification the actual signed documents which will officially bring this agreement into force and it's one that we've been waiting for for quite some time now the bigger stumbling blocks that we've seen for this historic agreement even right here in washington we saw force a minority but yet a vocal minority of republican lawmakers opposing this treaty which is part of the reason that we've had such a long delay in getting this document ratified. arizona republican senator jon kyl one of the vocal critics of this treaty even earlier this week raised criticism of the of the agreement saying that the united states did not have enough time to look over this document but it really is a minority opinion as the consensus here in washington is that this is a critical step towards improving international security something that both sides

have worked so hard to achieve for so long and at a time when we see so much global insecurity starting with the unrest in egypt so while there have been some stumbling blocks it does look like this historic agreement has finally been pushed through and we await the exchange of the documents this weekend for it to fully come into force. you know watching still ahead this hour while more on the fight to win the door since she believes we're taking perhaps part of her well thank you scout watch our board coming up in just a few minutes. and music can be a powerful weapon for good but when sung in the wrong language kinds of threats to mention find out how russian culture is things. unfriendly that's how most cases described islands decision to expel a russian diplomat dumping claim stolen identities of six irish citizens were used

by russian agents are covered in the u.s. . this can offer pause from. the russian foreign ministry has called i o's decision to deport its diplomats an unfriendly move which will have serious consequences these are these are the all the comments to troops from moscow also for after double 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 irish authorities 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 why in the name and shop one turned up a 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 passports however it's not known whether the diplomat is being deported now from oral and was directly connected to this alleged theft and forgery neither do we know his name or when he's to be sent out of the country. well there always more news of blogs just doris' the website. right now. in various markets the people who take the model but some are more ambitious than others take a look while man's explosive skills was humble. to find out what top seed model naomi campbell chatted about with russia's prime minister and want. to squeeze out.

human rights groups have accused sweden social services of profiting from loopholes in the walls of his claim children separated from their families are being given to foster parents who in turn receive financial support from the state aussies and he's in our house a story. christmas gifts never given. so covered so my children are in someone else's hands of the most own 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 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 that 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 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 is a protection law it's a protection for the children. so it means that even if there is a flight thus 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 it to the social office. take take them away from the family newtown has been advised by human rights activists that this is only part of

a much bigger welfare system in her case is that you will have been where social services have paid ten thousand swedish. that's about five hundred new good thirty one. archie was unable to get a comment on a tiny as 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 course we just language skills a lawyer appointed by social services and little money in italy has been told the chances of getting her girls back are slim and that they are most likely now with a swedish family antonia should be protected by international laws and conventions but loopholes in the swedish system allow cases like this to go unnoticed through consensus country. 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 by 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 not only tell you can do is wait for a hearing on her case which is so far been postponed several times during resting and what's of their birthday is coming up when will my children be one we already missed christmas. and we'll 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's now a r t. i hear check on some other world news in brief while this hour and protests erupted demonstrators and security forces as german police began addicting even eager attendance for one of lynne's last major spots of the teeth found as the police officers took part of a new picture. on the back three rounds to break down the door of the disputed building a court case the supporters until thirty seconds to make several hundred left as protesters gathered outside the building which led to violent clashes with police. australian authorities are warning people to stay off the streets is a powerful slightly begins to hit the northern state of queensland. forecast to reach three hundred kilometers per hour with many residents already left without power see which is it strengthens to a category five is feared to be the most dangerous storm to ever hit the area this

is yet another chapter in australia's trying salo journey which you witnessed the worst flooding in decades. a car bomb has killed at least nine people and injured twenty more when a commercial area of the northwestern city of peshawar offices say three children among the dead but glass is the third major accident to hit the area in the last week the attacks come despite reports that progress was being made against militants in the region. well georgian government is obviously harboring a sour sentiments towards russia have already imposed a ban on all russian movies and textbooks in the country and now they've gone one step further boss and find out why certain music is leaving a bad taste in restaurant and is now. it's party time in traditional georgian restaurant staff. while music is central to the country's dining experience and russian songs were sung alongside georgian war until this.

particular we will war and 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 and my musicians apologized and said he couldn't sing the requested songs because they were banned many georgians herea 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 when 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 his son should be resisted

shade to the public has a right to condemn i welcome the singing of russian sons but this smacks of censorship in russian sounds going to 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 if you want to have them in my town to dine elsewhere because in georgia it looks like the show might be over tom watson. we look back at us and it will that turned into one of the last century's greatest tragedies all special vietnam american holocaust is coming away and. it has a taste of fast. the more people we killed the happier our officers were it got to

be like it seemed like to see you could still the most people and different ways you could prove to me you still be like me no fears you brought back some of the years you know where we had the most years they would get the most fierce in trade you should be rich overnight you women children in five men around the circle over no phone call automatically are absolutely. right but people live longer only. most of them. stay with. us. come to our business program i'm sure. rosner of 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 encase b.p. father complained claiming the agreement violates its right of first refusal on any b.p. work in russia r.t. correspondent sara first has the latest details. with the russian shareholders old take a b.p. one a u.k. cool don't choose to look barnaby peace deal with rosneft no we need the big 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 joint venture to explore areas of the arctic water is not only that according to the russian shareholders it take a b.p. did not breach the terms of their own shots under which they should have been also emission and given first refusal on any major need ventures undertaken by b.p. in russia and this didn't happen so it went to cool to be justice microburst you

say the both parties have been able to prevent entirely in accordance with common stand on this but now that the b.p. . shares top has been frozen the any discussions about the arctic exploration have been to fit in until the completion evolve a trade which is sure jude the february twenty fifth now we've had comment from the vice president of the us that he said it was a hard looking to take a big case to be at the touch of partner in this deal with it and now suppose that could still be most of. us o'clock in the markets and russia they are two yes in my sex both closed up on the day energy shares were higher with oil above the one hundred dollars per barrel mark. and rising oil prices sent energy shares higher as gas pumps and low while both closed up on the day mining shares were also among the leaders on my sex as no else nicole climbed slightly over one percent alcohol use

gold and slower as gold prices have come down. and brant crude prices have hit the one hundred dollars mark in recent days fueled by growing instability in egypt is the first time since two thousand and eight that such highs have been reached for a role chief economist at the international energy agency warns that any further growth in oil prices could seriously undermine the global financial recovery moving crisis means big moving risk for the global economic recovery the prices are about one hundred dollars today this would mean the oil importing below the burden on the shoulders of the united states or europe is more or less the same level that we have seen you two thousand eight hundred to hit that horrible year so that's our hope for the sake of the global economy recovered it only prices do not go well for you. and the russian government will sell twenty percent in v.t.

bank this year twice as much as it originally planned the sell off is part of the government's ambitious target to privatized key state owned companies the head of track a dialogue says the foreign investment into these privatized companies could help make a global financial center if i want to make that much of the price today maybe the better two. companies gallon company in london or new york. but if you really have a long term committed to the most likely scenario i think you should to attract investors and explain that's a lie to make sense and buy. shares of the government right this company in moscow . and that's your business update for now but you can always find more stories on our website that's our to dot com slash business stay with us.

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a very warm welcome back it's all past the hour here in moscow violent unrest grips egypt as protesters demanding the president's immediate removal from office come face to face with his supporters in the capital spring. u.s. president obama has signed a new strategic arms reduction treaty with russia the deal already approved on the level by moscow both the country's nuclear arsenals by about. islanders expelling a russian diplomats over allegations that moscow intelligence stole irish identities the spy work russia has responded with a warning of the serious consequences. now no war no peace the stalemate between armenia and azerbaijan has lasted for sixteen years the conflict

dates back to nine hundred eighty eight the. region mainly populated by all means was part of the soviet republic of azerbaijan well after the collapse of the u.s.'s declared independence which resulted in several years of conflict a truce was signed in one thousand nine hundred for russia france and the us have been mediating talks ever since he caught up with foreign ministers of both sides of the conflict what should their interviews throughout the day right now though let's hear from the armenian side. according to russian a poor peace is better than a good war but is it always the case to discuss the plan now joined by romania's foreign minister has been actively involved in his country's efforts to settle and the board maker of bach disputes with neighboring azerbaijan a frozen conflict that dates back to the early one nine hundred ninety s. that claimed doll.