operating they're 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 there 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 nowhere to be seen but the army which was there to 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 the latest figures put 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 paid some of these people they said they were thugs many of them out there on the streets just causing chaos and mayhem barrick 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 who are exactly 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 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 certainly the last few hours 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. 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 bring gauge with him in dialogue so while mohamed el baradei is being presented as a figure that can possibly take the opposition move forward from this if they do that 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 by solutions for non-science 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 are calling it the final friday. and as the struggle for power intensifies in egypt the country's neighbors and looking on unctuously international political consultant darvish handlin says israel has particular reason to pay close attention as history all folds next door. 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 would be good for israel there was already you know 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. and as the u.s. government struggles to support decide who to disport in egypt professor side one hundred morandi says america has only one goal that we need to prevent the arab and

muslim world from getting together. 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 they gyptian people know that these countries do not want them to be free not only because do they want the americans and europeans want to remain in power and have their head jamie mcintyre's countries but they also know that i mean the candid 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 in the year ends will wish

we are a much to prevent the people of the region from empowerment of foreign policy analysts fabrizio nadi at the danish institute for international studies says the european union is playing catch up having been taken by complete surprise eva events in egypt but the european union clearly was taken by surprise by the events in egypt and for that's matzoh those in tunisia before that it has always had very close ties with are with most of the governments in the region so it would be only natural if the e.u. to come much more proactive stance once the top risings on the streets actually calmed down you can also argue that the e.u. policy in terms of the tools available he's actually pretty much as good as it gets

it has all the right incentives and even the right penalties the problem has been the europe. member states have been willing to really use these tools and have no way board to introduce standards or of. stability is. democracy. and what's behind the uprising and what lies ahead for egypt questions explored in the latest edition of cross talk that's coming up in twenty minutes time here on. the future of the mubarak regime is not so much being decided on the streets of egypt but mainly. they 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 do it but i don't believe 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 here but i mean i don't want to see the reasoning or the removal this is again. he was a client of the united states and that's probably the difference here. and. now a new russia u.s. nuclear reduction pact approved all levels in moscow has been signed by the u.s. president the document also known as the start treaty both sides newcastle's by a third more details now from our seasons you can have. 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 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 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 race 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 the stork 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 the head feed this hour one woman's plight to win back the two she believes was taken from well thank you scam for child board coming up in an. unfriendly that's how most case described on islands decision to expel

a russian diplomat dumping claim stolen identities of six i was citizens were used by russian agents uncovered last year in the u.s. . ports 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 double 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 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 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 passport 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 to be sent out of the country. well there's always more news blogs and feed just doris' along website altie dot com he's also online for you right now. the people who take them up the solve all more ambitious than others taking up one man's explosive skills to topple horrors he's already. i mean you can only mean it's time for financial institutions but find out why banks are now going to watch out for more than just market forces this.

human rights groups have accused sweden social services of profiting from loopholes in the law his claim children separated from their families are being given to foster parents who are in touch with the financial support from the state and he says now he has the story. christmas gifts never given. my children are in someone else's hands. 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 and here we are. 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 i 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 long 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 that's 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 law that of the social workers within the law are able to go to take the child into. sort of their to the social office and 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 we are very curious is that you will have been where social services have paid ten thousand swedish thirty that's about five hundred new good thirty one. are she was unable to get a comment on the time is case from swedish social services who cited a privacy policy i knew about on this deal they don't generally steal children but money apartments property and children are human goods to them with poor swedish 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 antonia should be protected by international laws and conventions but loopholes in the swedish system allow cases like this to go unnoticed.

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 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 psychologists 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 during arresting and what's of the birthday is coming up with well my children we want the already

missed christmas. and we'll 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. for a quick check of the world news in brief this hour and a thousand protests. pitched battles with police clearing one of lynn's last major sports in a month of building developments a massive force of two thousand officers been forcing recruitment to empty the block first occupied by squatters twenty years ago the area in east berlin became trendy after the fall of the wall when thousands moved in taking advantage of abandoned properties the scores become a battleground for radicals opposed to what they say is the judge of acacia the sixty. second side clone in the week who struck powerful strayer already devastated by floods with winds of up to almost two hundred kilometers per hour the scale of damage so far is on the phone with residents in

the hold up in shelters while another ten thousand had earlier left in a major evacuation psychoanalyse is centered around the gateway to the gold coast and the great barrier reef there are fears of more damage from waves of up to two nieces adding further misery to queensland which is injured record floods in recent months killing thirty five. and nine people have been it killed and twenty injured by a car bomb in northwest pakistan on a road leading to the afghan border two children and a woman were among the dead with four people critical after the blast near the city of peshawar it's the third big bomb explosion and a week in the tribal area with taliban strongholds the attacks come after recent scroggs of progress 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. that 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 step four years of armed conflict a truce was signed in one thousand nine hundred forty russia france and the us at the mediation talks and since that and or she caught up with foreign ministers from both sides of the conflict and who watched the interviews throughout the day in a moment we'll hear from the armenian signs.

according to russian program a poor peace is better than a good war but is it always the case to discuss the plan now joined by arminius foreign minister has been actively involved in his country's efforts to settle and the gorn knickerbocker dispute with neighboring azerbaijan a frozen conflict that they did back to the early one nine hundred ninety s. that claimed thousands of lives. as a cluster thank you for your time minister do you agree that poor peace is better than a good war. surely i agree with it is that anyone who does not agree with it patched up peace is better than any war it's obvious because you can't solve any issue that through all of those who think that it's possible to solve conflicts through military operations or use of force it is a big illusion hands off the whole walls it's necessary to return to the

negotiation table negotiation conditions of what will be much worse if you would and that is best to pick a horrifying cautions can go on for a very long time but they really don't result in some analysts say that you're just playing for time that all the time it's all. over hearing. firstly i think that the time is not on either side of the conflict as soon as we settle the conflict it will be for the benefit of all sides regarding the talks process i do not quite agree with the view that the sides positions have never been closer back in two thousand and one we were close to the conflict settlements during talks in paris through the mediation of fronts of accused of forcing the guide that then president of azubuike john rejected the agreements reached in paris the so-called paris principles that the president of the three conflict of the early nineteen and his claimed thousands of lives but even after a cease fire was reached down to ninety four the death toll continued to rise last

year we heard about several azerbaijani soldiers killed in border clashes what's going on. with right here what's important is that the cease fire signed the ninety ninety four has practically been maintained up to the present day certain incidents you've mentioned to actually take place to avoid them there were suggestions from the international community the o.s.c. a the cochairman of the mid screen supported by mania on undertaking measures to consolidate the cease fire and pull out the snipers from. the line of contacts and an offer to reach agreement on the nonuse of force unfortunately as a big john refuses to implement those proposals of the international community and regarding what you're saying that a few azerbaijani soldiers were killed in the last year incidents it's not so it's all in june of last year the meeting between the presidents of armenia and azerbaijan took place in st petersburg and immediately on the night after the meeting the as visionaries carried out

a provocation at the contact line five armenians soldiers were killed the person who killed those armenians was awarded the title of national hero a street in school were named in his honor and a film about him was ordered later an agreement was reached to exchange the dead bodies and the so-called prisoners of war the body of that man was given to the as a big party it was not the first time that has been johnny authorities try to give a religious angle to such an event including through the organization of the islamic conference that. it will read to mention the organization of islamic conference which few years ago adopted the resolution qualifying the actions of our meaning in the gore knickerbocker as occupation offers thereby johnny territory and i know that several other international organizations passed similar resolutions would be right to say that as their budgets position is stronger than that of for many in terms of international law and international support. this here. i must say that you are mistaken if all the organizations involved in the settlement of the

new go no karabakh issue are international organizations as well as intermediary countries the ms group co-chairs including russia the us and france have the mandate of the international community all those countries institutions and organizations all of them issued statements there are in line with all media says asian. yes yes the guidance in what status would i mean you like to see an accord maker bot has sparked if its territory or as a separate sovereign state act that authority out of new. armenia is supporting the elements and principles proposed by the misc group as a basis for negotiations and for reaching the settlement of one of those elements just related to your question is that the people of not gona karabakh should decide with whom and how they want to live in other words to be the master of their own life and. who's going to move forward as the president believe over there john said in many occasions that his country may use force to reclaim what it considers to be

part of its own territory by what do you think about it. you know actually it's dangerous when someone declares and does it daily that one's ready all getting ready to use force evidently they have forgotten how it began the conflict started when they used force against not going to carry back started a military action what's more they hired mercenaries with close links to international terrorist organizations you see what is led to feel they must have forgotten what is led to evidently human memory is short. and finally you are a career diplomat and for more than two decades you focused on the middle east peace process and some analysts like to compare armine stance to that of israel saying that armenia also likes to exaggerate the demographic aspect of the conflict and to play down the historic sensitivities of the other side do you see any parallels.

because the government commute every conflict has its own purity arity has its own roots and its own dynamics and its own progress it has its own negotiation formats therefore comparing or drawing parallels is not entirely correct but still there may be something typical to all the conflicts but i don't think we should directly associate one conflict with another that implodes. well when one deals with water it has 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 chemical sims whether it's sonic boom six

tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria or iraq or destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there 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 political one has taken exception to that.

the last great egypt of protests is the mom think the president the media from evil from all faiths come face to face with an supposes in the capital story of. the u.s. president to bomb a summit. a new strategic arms reduction treaty with russia and the deal already approved of all levels by moscow will would you suppose the continuity also falls by about the. island as expelling a russian announce a bally geishas the moscow intelligence stole liars identities to spy a word russia has responded with a warning that serious consequences will follow. up next it's all cross talk show was behind the uprising in egypt and what's ahead stay with us.

and if you. still. want to. follow him welcome to crossfire crime peter little game changer as events continue to unfold in egypt what kind of middle east is coming into being and if democracy is indeed on march how will this change the geo political order of the region.