be answers are they been ferrying the injured forwards and backwards in the last few hours we've heard reports of four people killed and thirteen people injured there are makeshift clinics operating there as well a lot of fear a lot of anger a lot of frustration and there have been scenes of people also praying very square which is the size of about one mile there was a moment yesterday before these two groups went into a violent confrontation when. down and prayed between them and it seemed as if the situation could be defeated when all of a sudden seemingly out of nowhere mina rived on horseback and on camels and started whipping the crowd and we now understand that they are workers from the nearby giza pyramids are frustrated and angry that tourists have been kept away having said all of that a few moments ago the curfew was lifted and i needed to walk through the streets of cairo not far from tahrir square to get to this live position i had to pass through quite a lot of military checkpoints but having said that the military itself is not inside

turkey square there on the perimeter on the periphery and as i walked here i must have passed at least a half a dozen cars with foreign citizens holding up their passports scared and frantically making their way to the airport as international countries citizens to get out what is certainly becoming clear is that this is president hosni mubarak's immobilisation there are no doubts that these poor mubarak supporters are receiving support from the government there are fears that as the sun slowly starts to lift here in egypt they will receive reinforcements and that that violence will only intensify as the day carries on questions as to who can move forward mubarak certainly is not giving up without a fight despite the rallying call of these protesters for him to step down immediately mohammed el baradei is a figure that has been supported and is being supported by the west but he is seen here as really an american puppet and as a person who will follow the will of the international community much more than help follow the will of egyptians so they are. the hope that the military might

still intervene as i mentioned they standing on the perimeter but they would be the force that would be able to actually do something but the fact that they're standing there and doing nothing and not putting any push on mubarak to stop the standoff is sending out a message of a warning message that by the silence they almost seem to support him there is the question of course being asked about what this means for islamists we have heard reading cause not only here in egypt but certainly around the world as my colleague . found us. egypt in turmoil young men out on the streets calling for the unity of the muslim nation by sure. but this is in cairo it's london where young men are also out on the streets calling for an islamic state this is his but an organization linked to terrorist activities throughout the world it's banned in russia and in some arab countries including

egypt but in the u.k. it's allowed to operate freely in britain it's very hard in the current legislation to ban here's what i hear the government when they're out of power said they were going to i think once they're in power they've seen how difficult it is with the legislation specifically so i think they'll carry on monitoring the groups but won't do anything to prescribe the trouble in egypt prompted this london demonstration with the british arm of his but terror it jumping on the bandwagon to promote their own islamic state in front of the embassy in london there's a big demonstration in support and solidarity to the uprising in egypt and the. demonstration wanted to do it. in front of the embassy but actually they. refused and they said this is. demands and has nothing to do with it. and you want to put this down because this is. but according to.

the influence runs both ways the muslim brotherhood egypt's main opposition and a notable incisive of the current demonstrations is according to some a creation of british intelligence you might get the muslim brotherhood. they did. fifty's and sixty's some of those factions. the muslim brotherhood with the look into their background there. but they're essentially a fabrication of the global. outside muslim countries has put terror enjoys its strongest support here in the u.k. it's organized on university campuses including luton which was attended by the stockholm bomber and although the organization claims it doesn't advocate violence the links are there for all to see she bomber richard reid influenced by his but

terror preaches to british suicide bombers who attacked a bar in tel aviv in two thousand and three had contacts. who tried to detonate car bombs in london and glasgow in two thousand and seven influence by his but terrorism members while studying the government's policy on radical islamic organizations while they operate inside the law in the u.k. involves dialogue and debate groups like his but terry are allowed to demonstrate so you plainly hear calling for an end to democracy and the instigation of shari'a law but the violence in egypt has already spread to the u.k. in the form of demonstrations here at the embassy and the question now being asked is whether every voice with an opinion on egypt's future has the right to be heard your enemies r.t. . and international political consultant as it is rolled out particularly

afraid of an islamic takeover 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 israel's afraid of the 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 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 and there was already you know a politician who is saying that it 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. as the u.s. government struggles to decide on who to support in egypt for a faster side bahama durande says america has only one goal in the region to

prevent the arab and muslim world 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 bar a mouse with a man but on the other hand they tell the kids and people that they they hear their voices and they wish to pray for their freedom but we all know that the ruling establishment cannot last without american support and the chips in people know that these countries do not want them to be free not only because do they want the americans and the europeans who want to remain in power and have their head to be in these countries but they also know that an independent egypt independent jordan and independent arabia painting 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 and what you're actually coming to live from moscow in a few months moments a ticket to take off. russia's first mass produced passenger jets and sometimes gets ready to soar into high flying market plus. parties close up visits the town the produces the world's most popular weapons deals the secrets behind the famous kalashnikovs. well the new strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the us is now just wants to have away from finally coming into force it's been signed by president barack obama following months of hurdles and debate on both sides of the atlantic a story deal that will cut the country's nuclear arsenals by around a third will see its completion the saturday when the sides exchange sign documents are losing confidence has the 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 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 historic agreement has finally been pushed through and we await the exchange of the documents this weekend for it to fully come into force. and the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks has been nominated for a nobel peace prize the controversial news comes as its founder julian assange finds himself in yet another scandal this time with a new york times the paper made a fortune off the back of the u.s. diplomatic cables leaked to a biased songe but as i found out it's gravity would only go so far.

it was a love story in the making i don't blame the new york times for running the story i know mattick are strongly in with classified u.s. documents and american newspaper with the power to print that in june of last year i got a fairly mysterious phone call from the editor in chief of the guardian newspaper in london asking if we were interested in partaking in a vast trove of secret u.s. documents the new york times and julian a songe developed a relationship all other u.s. mainstream media outlets envied wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks the new york times first introduced readers to the popular whistleblower website in june publishing classified u.s. war logs posted on wiki leaks in the midst of declining readership and a shrinking budget a songe was a blessing for the times. the paper has printed two hundred stories on a songe more than five hundred wiki leaks articles detailing shocking field reports

of u.s. operations in afghanistan chaos and illegal activity behind the iraq war and embarrassing diplomatic tactics used by the us state department but like many passionate romances he told us he wouldn't sleep in one place more than one night if he had to the gray lady has kicked the blonde out of bed and is now selling juicy details of a six month affair for just under six bucks mitchell impressions of julian assange you know send up some red flags i did you know book called open secrets wiki leaks war and american diplomacy in addition to releasing the before video from the helicopter cockpit they released an edited version that had been turned into kind of a piece of the war propaganda new york times employees describe a songe as a source not a partner or collaborator a man who acted like a fugitive conspiratorial and contemptuous of the u.s. government it seems to me exteriorly opportunists to take the. information to deal

with the guy to use the information and then to say well he's more. of a villain or man on the loose or on the run when in fact they're using his information and trying to disparage his character at the same time the timing may not be a coincidence the u.s. justice department is conducting a criminal investigation into wiki leaks reportedly looking into the espionage act to prosecute a songe government official say publishing secret documents from the pentagon and state department created a national security risk controversy or wiki leaks founder this whole wiki leaks flat wiki leaks scandal but even mainstream media echoing the government's criticism talk much less about lindsay britney and charlie sheen when wiki leaks whacks the world with a new load of secret surrounding government corruption to do quite different good songe in an interview with sixty minutes says it's about giving people information

they need if you are a whistleblower and you have material that is important we will accept it we will defend you and we will publish it you can't turn away material simply because it comes in on states yet ironically our first amendment powerhouse within the united states is turning its back on a man utilizing free speech to garner government accountability and transparency they have a vested interest in new york times in making julian or son joe to be something that the public cannot rely on because once the rest of us began going to wiki leaks to get our information and we began by passing the new york times then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist a hero or just

a slimy heartthrob that. just source to reap the rewards and then. hurrying up or not r.t. new york. while r.t. spoke to swiss journalist al burka who thinks there could be a political agenda behind us on just case with the us driving it and he says there is a long history of american influence in sweden the full injury is coming up next hour . it's always had a big influence at least since the great wave of immigration of sweets states in the nineteenth century and that created a kind of a reservoir of goodwill interest in all things then underneath this all the time certain interests in sweden have been developing stronger and stronger ties with the united states and that is especially true of the military conservative elements of society helping out a number of also been conservative elements in the source of democratic party who

have been very pro-u.s. very pro-military especially those. unions that are involved in the arms industry but a really major turning point was entry into the european union. and european union as you probably know is in terms of foreign policy and military intelligence. and a subordinate to the united states really and nato is completely infiltrated you know so as soon as the social democrats announced that they were going to lead the country into the european union you started to see very clear signs that this region was adapting its foreign policy to. the needs of nato the interest of you with the united states and so forth. that russia's first post passenger plane

a super jet one hundred has been given the go had to take to the skies there's a lot expected of the aircraft with us designers confident it will be popular around the world and as are choosing a rod to explain its first flights will provide an opportunity to prove itself to the international market. at last cleared for takeoff the much trumpeted an offer delayed superjet one hundred is due to be certified to make commercial flights over russia and the former soviet republics portion the canyon though this it if it is the most important document to be given to any plane it's a ticket into the world of aviation and finally see how he will be able to deliver the planes to their minds that have been patiently waiting for their way in way that heavily backed by the government the super jet one hundred is the first mass produced civil aircraft launched by russia since soviet times with around one hundred seats it's aimed at the booming regional plane market taking orders for the

last five years the makers see holy promise to the super jet carrying passengers by two thousand and eight the tension problems have caused delays and many airlines to decision to wait and see as for now they have are all one hundred seventy orders bought and to all to gain profit they need at least. five hundred five five hundred six hundred orders sold its march walk to be done now that the super jets will exist as more than just as show exhibits so coy after opening the floodgates will open. the brazilian ambra and the canadian. have considerable head start's but they're more expensive the chinese rubber has been built but will not fly commercially for several years back when i was more than a student in your folklore a window of opportunity is by no means show it is not in sukhumi prove that they can manufacture the planes the russian market is a given since none of the other similar planes have been certified. internationally

but the demand will grow so large they will definitely get their shot. not except for the super jet will be receiving worldwide certification will see it spread its wings and sort into the high flying foreign markets in europe in and out see. an hour close of team takes to central russia to explore the motherland of the famous kalashnikov assault rifle the town of asia ask. if you ask is the capital of the more tan republican located in the western euro area formally an engineer in town and a close city during soviet times it's been a place where all kind of metal work was done especially the manufacture of machinery and weaponry it's also where a male kalashnikov design is famed a.k.a. assault rifle but it's not the only invention that the city's famous for. now

discovered. some call it the ultimate firearm that changed the world the famed kalashnikov assault rifle it was developed soon after the end of the world war two of an engineer at the weapons factory. it was created with the experience of war in mind with consideration for all the requirements for a firearm which were in place to run the war today our customers demand new quality is from the assault rifle they want a combination of a sniper and a short barreled weapon. that will have high accuracy it be easy to carry and use. that we build how that legendary weapon works in theory let's find out how it is in practice and what about a place to do that other then shooting range. the a k forty seven has a few moving parts so it does jam resistant to cold heats rain and snow it can lie

buried in sand for years and still be ready to use if you just clean it up a bit in the central russian republic of a as in the rest of the country members of the special operations units of the ministry of internal affairs rely almost exclusively on kalashnikovs and not just because they're made in the capital the yes many of them use the a k in anti terror operations in chechnya. when you're in combat it's very important that iraq will be easy to use and careful especially in the caucasus which i'd say it's the best weapon there is and deserves very high praise. isn't just the city that produces the world's most popular weapon it's also a stronghold of defense manufacturing and innovative technologies. is the leading producer of unmanned aerial vehicles in russia because they're hard to spot easy to use and can fly over places where humans cannot or should not set food rations ministries of defense and emergencies and anti-terrorist center arse. some of y'all

i was most prominent customers i think it's just because you need i mean when you live next door like i do to mr kalashnikov you know you have a story in your life to make it big so we try to make it back to our company started here because the main engine is main thinking block was here from centuries old weapon making traditions to the latest cutting edge technology when it comes to national security truly lives up to its reputation is russia's fortress of defense manufacturing he didn't go. to public order. well that brings us out today time for the business news with karina in just a few moments. our

welcome to business with me. 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 sell the decision came out the joint russian british venture tank a b.p. follow the complaint last month well sniffed and b.p. agreed and asked swap to form a partnership for oil exploration and russia's arctic russian british joint venture tanky b.p. is up in arms saying the deal violates its right across if you go on any beat you work in russia they are consortium which owns half. took legal action to block the agreement the sides have given until feb twenty fifth to resolve the matter. i'm sure there is an economic reasons behind it as well because be to include b.p. or error and i have some interest on those deposits as well as b.p. and particular the arctic once on

a barge into the sea plus it might be at this strategic part of the different strategy which our peers and my health however some experts say that tank e.v.p. could still participate in the admissions project. the t. and k. b.p. shareholders want to participate in the deal particularly want to participate in some major capital investments to explore for oil and gas in the arctic show they'll be happy to agree that their capital requirements are so years there's plenty for everyone to invest so i can't imagine that would be a problem for all the markets. and it's a look at the markets asian shares are mixed on thursday after a sluggish leads to wall street's trading was subdued owing to the closure of most of the markets let's also cautious up to to a mall in egypt took center stage again japan's nikkei is down a quarter of a percent this hour while markets in china hong kong and soul are closed for the lunar new year holidays in russia the us has in mind exposed closed higher on

wednesday rising oil prices sent energy shares higher. both and in the black mining shares were also among the leaders on the my six as no snicko climbed over percent oppose gold lower as gold prices have come down. and russia's first dodges banks bear bank plans to buy almost the whole of troika dialog as by the misty day reports the state bank will pay one billion dollars what eighty percent share in the investment company standard bank which now owns around thirty five percent of troika will be the first to sell its part of the buyout plan a rose after isabel bankside itself the task to create a full fledged investment business. moscow has been touted as a potential future financial center by many analysts and investors but william winters from mastercard worldwide says there's still much work to be done. well i think there's a tremendous amount of work that we need to be done there's infrastructure work

that needs to be done there's there's a creating a more robust the best capital market and financial market which is underway in russia but not completely and of course there are lessons to be learned in terms of things to avoid along the way in terms of market dislocations that come from from government subsidies or taxes that clearly came back to bite the western economies and pretty horrible ways in the last three years. and that's all for this hour more coming up in less than fifteen minutes from now.

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welcome back you're watching are you live from moscow i'm marina joshie these are the headlines and age of the army have reportedly started arresting anti-government protesters in the turmoil and kyle. row are also being felt in europe was the u.k. becoming a platform for radical islamist groups. president obama signs the nuclear cuts treaty between russia and the u.s. following months of hurdles and debate on both sides of the atlantic the historic deal is expected to come into force the saturday. and russia's first mass produced passenger jets in soviet times gets ready to soar into a high flying market after overcoming several delays the superjet one hundred is a bad to be approved to form commercial flights and russia and the c.i.s. . well they start he talks to director of the nato information office in moscow bob

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