the cairo museum the police were nowhere 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 but both sides with were in stones at each other people were standing on ledges picking up and throwing whatever they could at people down below they were they were insta 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 we see 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 at 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 paid some of these people they said they were thugs many of them out there on the streets just causing chaos and mayhem mubarak 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 it has and there is now being seen support for him on the streets who are exerting mobilizing his government to react and fight back to these demonstrators certainly the u.s. has been watching the events unfold here in egypt very closely in there and the they've noticed that the ground really is shifting below them the policy of president the u.s. . 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 certainly 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 they've been able to demonstrate spontaneously up until now but so 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 rain gauge opinion dialogue so while mohammed 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 telling kyra and he's certainly not a figure that is representative of all the opposition play is 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 is a code by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov which we don't think it's helpful dream find solutions from outside 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 as at the possibility for more violence is on the horizon the focus now is turning to friday some people calling it the final friday. or.

foreign policy expert at the danish institute for international studies and all three of the book why your fears it's they both says the e.u. has not had a sound the ball. the european union clearly was taken by surprise by the events in egypt and for that matter those in tunisia before that it has always had very close ties with with most of the governments in the region so it would be only natural if the e.u. to come much more proactive stay in the ones the op risings on the streets actually calm down you can also argue that the e.u. policy in terms of the tools available is actually pretty much as good as it gets it has all the right incentives and even the right penalties the problem has been that the european member states have been willing to really use these tools and

have in a way balled into the standard error of allah by. stability is bad democracy. and an international political consultant based in tel of the says israel has to be concerned over what's happening in egypt. israel has a lot of fears on its mind it's not just a general fear it's a very particular things 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 that you have to keep in mind these are obviously the biggest things on israel's mind that's always going to come first 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. or professor aside mohammad marandi from the university of to run says the u.s. is using to face tactics that they we did to prevent the our well from getting stronger. 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 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 tackling 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 or what's behind the uprising and want lies ahead with egypt so those questions explored in the latest edition of cross talk that's coming up 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 a laugh i could just interject around 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 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 lay this on the doorstep of the american you know but i mean i don't want to see. all the removal was a guarantee he was a client of the united states and that's probably the difference here. and. now a new russia a u.s. nuclear reduction package approved on all levels in moscow has been signed by the

u.s. president the document also known as the start treaty will see both sides newcastle's . more details now from. 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 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 to 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 have been 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 raise 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. now watching still ahead this hour one woman's plight to win back the tears she believes were taken from her as tom well thank you scout. coming up in

a few minutes. on a friendly that is how moscow has described island's decision to expel a russian diplomat topping claim stolen identities of six irish citizens we used by russian agents uncovered last year in the u.s. . 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 these are the only comments we've heard from moscow so for after dublin accused the russian intelligence service of stealing real existing irish identities you know to forged 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 when a group of people were arrested in the united states and found guilty of being secret russian agents all of them were deep rooted and it was largely covered by

international media that's why in the name on it 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 being deported now 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. well there's always more news blogs and feature stories on our website dot com here's just some of what's on line for you right now. very much the people who take the fall the song a more ambitious than all things taking the explosive skills which have all been foresees boring. the economic downturn means tougher times for financial institutions but find out why about the now needing to watch out for more than just market it's.

human 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 now we have the story. christmas gifts never given so coveted so my children are in someone else's hands stone and i don't know what's happening with them or how they're being treated you did it's been over a month since natalia russian citizen living in sweden has seen her twin girls matia and. 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 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 is nothing but there is. a risk of something happening sort of. then the 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 attorney has been advised by human rights activists that this is only part of a much bigger welfare system in her case is where the children have been where social services have paid ten thousand swedish crowns thirty that's about one hundred new goods thirty one. archie was unable to get a comment on a time his case from swedish social services who signed it a privacy policy i knew about all this deal they downed only 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 natalia has been told the chances of getting her grades back are slim and that they are most likely now with

a swedish family and that you should be protected by international laws and conventions but loopholes in the swedish system allow cases like this to go unnoticed three the consensus country. and people are more. prone to speak up. again the consensus so it's very quiet in this way and the consensus. of the consensus is that the state is always right reservoir jacob sundberg 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 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 doing it as the

new modes of the birthday is coming up with well my children we want we already missed christmas. and will 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 a r t. now for some other world news in brief this hour and protests erupted demonstrate curacy forces as german police gather bit to illegal tenants from one of berlin's last major sports channels and police officers to pass where you've been using an axe and a bathroom around to break down the door to dispute building a court to get the squatters until for the second time being several hundred left as protesters gathered outside the building which led to validate classes because. australian authorities are warning people to stay off the streets as the powerful cycling begins to hit the northern state of queensland winds of four calls to reach

three hundred kilometers per hour with many residents already left without power cycling yet see which is strengthened to a category five was feared to be the most dangerous storm to ever hit the area this is yet another challenge taking australia as a trying somewhere during which it witnessed the worst flooding in decades. a car bomb has killed at least nine people and injured twenty more of a commercial area near the northwestern city of peshawar officials say three children were among the dead the blast is the third major incident to hit the area in the last week the tanks come despite news reports that progress was being made against militants in the region. no war no peace the stalemate between armenia and azerbaijan has lasted for over sixteen years the conflict dates back to nine hundred eighty eight the nagorno-karabakh region mainly populated by all means was part of the soviet republic of azerbaijan after the collapse of the u.s.s.r.

declared independence which resulted in several years of armed conflict a truce was signed in one nine hundred ninety four russia france and the us for three mediating talks sits there and of course up with foreign ministers from both sides of the conflicts and you can watch their interviews throughout the day in just a moment but hear from the as airy side. what

role does a version play in stabilizing the caucasus region. of course as your bread johnnie's all for the settlement of all conflicts with the mis case and we are talking about the situation within a worn a car a bar of conflict all the facts are often predictability is a crucial one. well considering the fact that over twenty percent of our territory was occupied and ethnically cleansed from all those very nationals i mean there is literally not a single is really there it is hard to talk about good neighborliness and promote peace with regulations but anyway this is why i have come to moscow to continue searching for a peaceful solution in the two plus one format it took us as for the nagorno-karabakh conflict the declaration was signed in two thousand and eight and there is

a passage there saying that certain measures are required to increase confidence in the military sphere could you please comment on those words explaining what they imply with this in this case we were talking about the context line between the armed forces of our needy and his ear buds unfortunately despite signing for suspension of hostilities is still occurs. we're leading to deaths of both soldiers and civilians we are to take more effective measures to solve this issue there are mechanisms to foresee possibilities to decrease tension i have to say that if the armenian armed forces withdraw from the occupied territories the factors of stability and predictability will be many times higher. it's obvious that gary show us what sort term goals do you see in reaching the settlement. most concepts that that's what we can speak of solving the nagorno-karabakh conflict in terms of short

term goals there is a huge bundle of contradictions about it but the issue of creating predictability in the region can be a short term goal first and foremost to make attempts to decrease the military factor and first of all the military factor millions in the occupation of territories about what i can assure you off was that it's impossible to preserve the current status quo but we are to do the utmost to find a way out of it with those. that are the victim of this set in a cube or two thousand and ten as a bridge on in armenia every sin agreement well an exchange of war prisoners and dead bodies was it who killed and beat them at the bow is still the question of course both the war prisoners and the dead bodies and there was a situation with his civilians who were exchanged in arms to thank russia for their assistance the president medvedev personally committed to the resolution of this

issue and in the end we reached a compromise in the situation where is it let's get a can we call it one of the first steps on the way to reach a settlement of the conflict. conflict that was that. you know i think the most important one was the declaration of two thousand and eight that for the first time ever the presidents i was here by john armey and russia signed a joint declaration which is often referred to as the mind or the declaration or simply the moscow declaration of that which stipulates political criteria of conflict settlement like a conflict should be settled based on the principles of international law and in line with the relevant international agreements and resolutions as far as i know iran failed to recognize the tripartite agreement between russia as a bridge on in kazakhstan one. this agreement he had he discussed with a ring on call it's. the theme that we've coordinated with the russian federation in kazakhstan the demarkation of the caspian sea along the median line in

accordance with the coastline has found its legal coral duration and is actually in agreement as you said between us here budge on the russian federation and kazakhstan. iran has an approach of its own as it's generally we believe that this approach and doesn't reflect the realities that have taken shape in the caspian area that will look for what's causing what is it that makes iran dissatisfied with the median line demarkation opening to be a basically the reigning side who wants twenty percent of the caspian but which doesn't reflect the existing reality as in what we have come to terms with on the russian side and the kazakhstan side of the millions. of us and there is a view that as a bridge on to some extent is playing on the contradictions regarding the south stream by the line it doesn't gas both to e.u. and russia and it says it has enough resources it doesn't really have enough resources let's listen to some of us almost most of us i can hardly gree with

a you worry this word about contradictions just concerned i don't think it's quite correct that our position is this we should in the first place disengage politics from commerce from the commercial point of view as is only natural every energy producing country seeks to come to markets that are of most interest for it in the sense that they can offer a decent price for its energy resources. as far as deliveries concerned all options are still open as in our negotiations we are guided by considerations of national interests and commercial well tensional is of course a key part of those considerations if there is a good price it should be offered and delivered them and can see as a. and the final question concerns more this fear of international relations because there by john share the concerns of the international community about the iranian nuclear program. but that it would most you know was here by john has

a clear position regarding this any i.e. member state he's entitled to its own peaceful nuclear program if it is in line with the i.a.e.a. regulations and will peaceful nuclear cooperation it is possible and justified your sleeping with that minister thank you very much for your time that's thank you. culture is that so much different and there's a huge music history of the person on the mark when it came changer as events continued one fold in egypt what kind of middle east is coming into being and give democracy is indeed on. we use special old french and accessory quitman and. they are ready for the slaves.

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