we've been camped out in tougher square for the last week and a half to march to the presidential palace now it is questionable whether in fact this march will go ahead it was planned already a few days ago that did not materialize at that stage the problem is number one the protesters will be spreading themselves out quite often and they will see me to leave number two they strong hold their toughness clearly they've been barricaded the high concrete slabs and concrete blocks they have their reinforcements in place they understand the situation and they really have a stronghold from which to work they will be putting that into some kind of question if they call with a protest and make that march to the presidential palace the road to the presidential palace is lined with soldiers with all the personnel vehicles with jeeps so the army very much in control and to supposing that march to come to take place the protesters for their side have spent the night into his square as we're talking the sun is slowly rising here in the egyptian capital people have been intelligent to come to the square there was a night of relative calm relative to what we've seen in previous nights they were

sporadic clashes you still have your pro barak supporters in some of the alleyways you have your anti mubarak supporters in other alleyways and you have both of them in this stand off position the intimidation on the foreign journalists has increased a number of my colleagues have been beaten have been arrested have been detained i myself was stopped at an army checkpoint last night late last night and we were making our way back to the hotel and there i was held for forty five minutes as they checked my bags if they took some of my colleagues out of the car as they questioned me and cross-examined me the soldiers themselves did apologize for having to do this and they said that the situation was such a security risk that they really could not let anybody pass around these streets with just two three streets away from taqiyya square right now as i talk to you the office of the broadcasting to you from looks like any other there's a danger building on the outside we've taken down all signage we keep the doors closed if possible we keep them locked because there really is the fear that journalists particularly foreign crews are being targeted and last night i was.

vented from going out and filming on the streets because i was told that was simply too unsafe for me to be on those streets and if i insisted on being on them to make sure that i was on those streets with egypt in nationals. well paula tell us more about the international reaction to the most recent developments. well the united states has said that it is in direct talks with hosni mubarak and it is encouraging him to step down as soon as possible one of the scenarios they've put forward is that of a military that caretaker government in egypt but the call coming out from the united states is for a transitional government to be put in place immediately we heard the same court come from the un secretary-general ban ki moon from european union countries but the call coming from people here on the streets of egypt is stay out of our fears egyptians criticizing the international community for meddling in internal domestic issues and this was the message from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov it was a message that was well received here in egypt evolve saying that the egyptians need to decide for themselves what way they want to move forward in the future my

colleague your image in london took a look at the role the meddling the interference that the international community has particularly with its high stakes here in egypt. president obama started a my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful and it must begin now and then faithfully one after the other one the other governments followed suit. these democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now the growth of freedom and democracy in egypt and it seems the theme was contagious as the call for a new egypt spreads uncontrolled across the western mass media there were two hundred and fifty thousand people in the streets of cairo protesting for democracy this is how democracy happened but what right do u.s.

and european leaders have to get involved in what's essentially domestic unrest about dissatisfaction with a ruler who cares what they want in egypt certainly not these demonstrators at the egyptian embassy in london the worst of us i'm sorry to say is very critical. that will stand it if you. want to be supportive you can redeem for such a long time but they give you a key and all the security of this. in egypt is a dream by no means to a lot of extend way that money can bring. peace and no way it will get to governments. so the regime they are talking about democracy and respect the freedom and rights of this into obama's speech. could be sitting on the fence so much. i mean it is not the same going on what are just saying that to be a clearance for transition where is this peaceful transition there are shades of

past conflicts in the world's attitude to the situation in egypt according to william spring he campaigns against nato aggression egypt is a sovereign state but what they have always done the west they've used this humanitarian or came and they said oh we can intervene in yugoslavia we can intervene in bhalo russia we can put sanctions for example this week so i put sanctions on. the grounds that they and elections were in some way invalid or there were some irregular as well they're all sufficient irregularities in the british elections without your knowledge you opinion putting sanctions on. it's a complete turnaround for the western world which is always supported hosni mubarak is a force for stability in the region the u.s. gave him one and a half billion dollars a year for his armed forces alone and it was western support that catch mubarak in

power betraying an inherent misunderstanding of the way society operates according to chatham house and the way regimes like mubarak survive. is by making themselves useful. to the west so they have to convince the world that. if they leave it will be the muslim brotherhood and you have the public. in egypt and it's the worst case scenario so the. minute you can see beyond never the fall of all of which suggests that western countries should stand back and let the egyptian people exercise that sovereignty the president of the united states would call on us to move immediately and. to make changes as if we are the fifty first state of the united states we are not trying to play a role in egypt steve chase a dangerous game the western leaders hosni mubarak enjoyed strong support from america and co for many years but now at the first sign of trouble the support is

conspicuous in its absence this sends a message to friends and foes alike in the region when the going gets tough they don't count on us a message that's likely to further destabilize an already deeply unstable possibly was a majority. and the u.s. of dol mohamad who's a chief our status long policy dot com says the u.s. seems to be afraid of losing its influence and eject. if we pay attention to the rhetoric of the u.s. they'd like you to believe that they're not doing anything but somehow the mubarak regime gets their hands on an awful lot of excess cash to buy one point five billion dollars worth of weaponry and all the weapons the tanks the tear gas that you see used against the egyptian people to try to quell this revolution is in fact funded by american tax dollars not to mention the fact that the pro mubarak counter-revolutionary force that just happens to appear from the most egypt's thirty million impoverished people probably was paid off with dollar bills so we

have to really look at the fact that egypt has been a functioning american empire a client state for our well over thirty years and the simple fact of the matter is is that there is no more you know polar power in the world america is going to try to bargain in a way whereby they have until september to adapt to influence to try to use propaganda to try to use covert and overt operations as they have since one thousand nine hundred eighty three in the middle east to shape sayings in their direction but it apparently seems as though this strategic blunder of entering into a war of attrition in iraq and afghanistan is now starting to weigh on the world and the world is going to have to let people in the muslim world decide for themselves in this regard the government regards economics with regard to the way that they live their lives. while we have more reaction to this and phyllis bennis from the u.s. institute of policy study says that ever forms egypt's next government its policies on the middle east conflict will change. we've heard from

a number of people that are in the leadership of this huge coalition that is carrying out the anti mubarak protests who have all said look we're not going to renege on the camp david accords we don't want to go to war with israel we don't want to change that and of course we should note although they don't all talk about it the want to have billion dollars of u.s. military aid is tied directly to the terms of that agreement if the agreement is abrogated they may not get that money what will change is the inclusion of egypt in israel's effort to isolate gaza i think we will see very quickly with any new government if it wants to maintain the credibility of its people and then to egyptian collaboration with israel in the siege of gaza and to have your say about egypt's revolt on our website at r.t. dot com and here are the results of the online voting so far well almost half of our viewers as you can see on the chart was forty nine percent believe that what is happening in egypt is street democracy in action and around

a quarter of the viewers thing the protests in cairo are at the dawn of a new internet based world order about eighteen percent of the revolt is a rant a crowd coup and ten percent describe it as pure autarky these are the results so far but the voting is ongoing and you can still have your say at r.t. . now the u.s. congress is trying to renew the patriot act which allows law enforcement agencies to search telephone and e-mail records lawmakers insist the aim is to defend the public from the threat of terror but many say the cost to civil liberties is just too high our reports. major provisions of the patriot act about to expire are due to be extended by lawmakers brought in by the bush administration as an emergency anti terror measure the act gives sweeping powers to these orders to spy on people but the u.s. senate's judiciary committee is in a real hurry to rubberstamp rather than discuss and debate the far reaching

measures they expire in three weeks and i think there is not time really to go through. a major change in those there was no time either for real debate back in two thousand and one when the patriot act was adopted weeks after the nine eleven attacks according to congressman dennis close senate lawmakers hadn't even read what they were passing what happened once the patriot act was passed the fourth amendment rights to. unreasonable searches to be protected from unreasonable search and seizure just thrown out the congressman was one of the very few who openly oppose the act we have a challenge to the essence of our democracy with the very existence of the patriot act and of course its name the patriot act who would want to oppose the patriot act because it makes it sound as though you're

a patriot if you're for it but actually. the idea of tying patriotism to destruction of cherished constitutional privileges needs itself to be challenged although lawmakers insisted that the patriot act would be used just for anti-terrorism federal authorities have used its powers far more broadly the senate's intelligence watchdog found that without any judicial checks government employees journalists anti-war activists and others had been spied on over the last six months more than twenty anti-war activists around the country have been subpoenaed after the f.b.i. raided homes in chicago and minneapolis reportedly using patriot act powers to round up american citizens there's ample reason to believe that when you create massive databases of politically potentially very useful information about both innocent and guilty people eventually someone with access to that information will

misuse it and we see all the time how people who become politically engaged are politically threatening are subject to disclosures of sensitive information about them the patriot act allows security services to lawfully spiny by wiretapping large groups of phone numbers and monitoring e-mail addresses in ball instead of needing a warrant each time the national security agency has even intercepted bill clinton's private e-mails later said to be an inadvertent mistake among millions of other pieces of correspondence snooped on a privacy watchdog suggest that since two thousand and one the f.b.i. has intelligence investigations have compromised the civil liberties of american citizens far more frequently and to a greater extent than was previously assumed supporters of the act say it's needed because of the terrorist threats that we've had thirty six stored in terrorist attacks since nine eleven well do you know for a fact that it was thanks to the patriot act that the attacks were prevented it's difficult to say that for sure because when you look at court records and other

documents that are available you can you say in these cases. there were cases where patriot act like tools would be useful and so we can surmise and suspect that they were useful and some of them congressman could sanish says the act is supported in congress due to a climate of fear so you have a whole nation of fearful people promoting fear you cannot have a democracy if the democracy rest upon fear you cannot walk in faith in freedom and fear at the same time americans have a great deal of respect for their founding fathers and one of those wise men benjamin franklin said quote those who give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety and of quote it seems that piece of advice is largely ignored by today's america reporting from washington i'm going to check out our team. you can have your say on this or any

other story on our website r.t. dot com but there is also plenty of news blogs and feature stories there for you and here's what else is there right now. russia's prime minister tackles the country's opposition find out what he thinks of his opponents and their rights to criticize the country's leadership. and russia resumes black caviar and export to europe after a long term ban so what led authorities to once more give it the green light get all the answers at r.t. dot com. what you take a look at some other stories from around the world and thousands have demonstrated in the capital of yemen and other cities on a day of rage aimed at forcing president saleh to step down the rallies follow an announcement by the president that he would not seek reelection in two thousand and

thirteen that move came as an attempt to diffuse protest inspired by tunisia's revolt and the turmoil in egypt. as in saga has been in power for nearly thirty two years. now get a man held without charge for eight years ago in tama bay has died in custody reportedly while exercising the military said his death resulted from natural causes but it's still under investigation the forty eight year old was suspected by the u.s. of being a recruitment officer for the taliban he is the seventh detainee to have died of guantanamo since two thousand and two. it's really of the threat of flooding is hampering the cleanup operation from the cycle own which has ripped through queensland's northeast coast cycle and yes he is reportedly losing power now with evacuees returning to their homes and airports reopening one of the strongest storms on record destroyed dozens of homes in a region already suffering from last month's devastating floods one person has

reportedly died and several remain missing. from frying as a war memorials to mass rallies ukraine's nationalists want the world to hear their message but the new government has made it a priority to fight extremism starting by stripping and nazi collaborator of the hero of ukraine award as i. found out nationalism is a growing threat in some parts of the country and rooting out its darker side is proving far from easy. an innocent joke or a deliberate disick ration recently activist of a ukrainian radical nationalist party cooked eggs and bacon on the eternal flame in caves memorial park a monument to the red army soldiers who died liberating the country from the nazis rather deputy. sees little surprise as to why this happens in more than day ukraine . the nation was brainwashed by five years of you sugar's rule actions like these

are an attempt to write off the sacrifice this country made to be liberated from the nazis in the resulting pro fascist propaganda like the rehabilitation of nazi collaborators like you keep it and been there the two nationalist army leaders to be on monday and i mention here which were made heroes of ukraine by former president. their groups are seen by many as nazi collaborators first they fought the german invasion then turned against the soviet troops at times using gruesome tactics against civilians the former president's decision split open ukraine ideologically now with victory on the court which in office the author proved in court that been there had no right to bear the heroic accolade for. the laws that only a citizen of ukraine can become a hero and been there wasn't a ukrainian citizen but the law doesn't matter to some people here they believe the really crane is in the west of the country and they don't want to find any

compromise here. the court's decision caused a massive public outcry in the west of ukraine and nationalist hotbed from renaming the streets after a vendetta to raising funds for new monuments people in this part of the country stressed that their loyalty to been there will stand firm. on darryl walls is on the way to be our hero this is what we believe in and no court decision will ever change that. but at some point words turned into actions nationalist wings organized a series of extremist attacks this summer during russian pair two arks visit to ukraine they bombed the church and have also vandalized soviet era monuments and the country is left to wonder what reaction would follow should and now the controversial world war two ukrainian be deprived of his hero status on february the sixteenth accord and keep will decide whether i'm on strike a which will also

be stripped of his medal and while experts say he is most likely to follow been there us footsteps they say no matter their decision ukraine will still remain divided over its perception of the past let's see russia see reporting from kiev ukraine. well if you have a taste for danger that our special report is for you in free flight it's coming your way later today but here's a preview. we use special old french and accents require them and. they are ready for replay. you can off ones there became their gravity. to the those people with courage and their previous life. and what you saw. in

a free flight. well brees is up to date here in r t and business news is next with kareena. welcome to business thanks for joining me a story called a missed nouriel roubini doctrine do forecasts russia's inflation will hit double digits this year he explains how the country needs to curb prices and push you can on the growth. so far the growth rate of russia in that has been disappointing you probably because there was excessive amounts of that the leverage in the financial system or parts of the corporate the world so while china india brazil are growing six to eight nine percent last year that are called video girl shows only around four percent i think that not only that is low growth but compared to other emerging markets inflation dizzy and my reach double digits of five percent or more and the central bank is being cautious and raising interest

rates and inflation might be gold also higher i think that the way that russia has to deal with the fact that they want to grow but they need to limit inflation is to make sure that. and if you make structural reforms if you free up private enterprise if you make more efficient than other enterprises if you have more incentive to run to bring earth then potential growth can be high. and inflation is going to stay on the control. have a look at the markets asian shares are mostly higher with japanese stocks leading the way as. a proposed merger between steel and sumitomo metal industries look at hopes for more consolidation sony is at a one point nine percent and so bank climbed three point six percent in the wake of their earnings reports supporting the market in pounds and the russian market saw a slight correction on thursday as investors sought to take profits. only in the

weak energy shares retreated with gas pump shedding over one and a quarter percent monday says on friday investors will continue to keep an eye on the situation in egypt. the market state's going to be focused on what's happening in egypt is this. protest in egypt going to spread is the oil price going to spike that's going to be a big driver for the restraint on the other side we've got some expect some news coming out. numbers from gas problem roster after markets can be very focused on those particularly on rosner strategy especially in the context of b.p. deal that's going to get a lot of attention and the third point is we've got u.s. non-farm payrolls u.s. employment report this is always a big trading day when we have those numbers coming out from the u.s. and the market we're looking for any evidence of economic recovery in the u.s. . the u.n. food and agriculture organization says food prices reached a historic high last month the rising cost of staples was among the triggers behind

the protests in egypt tunisia and elsewhere but hugh hendry c.e.o. of eclectic asset management says the world has not yet seen prices spike likely cultures the one sector in the world which was uncorrelated to the banking sector to the madness of credit to the madness of the us economy. and it's no having its turn. some dispute that we're seeing all time high prices were not we haven't seen all time high prices yet in the the biggest agricultural product which is corn. give us six months we might see that. and that's all for now more coming up in less than fifteen at. all.

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watching r.t. coming to life from moscow these are the top stories protests and violence are expected to flare up again in egypt as the opposition calls for yet another million strong march to push president mubarak from power while the u.s. calls for a smooth transition of power in egypt may point to the hypocrisy of a decades long backing of mubarak's regime. nationalism and vandalism intensifies in some parts of ukraine as the authorities strip wartime nazi collaborators of their national hero titles the controversial posthumous awards were given by the previous ukrainian president. and as u.s. lawmakers rush to extend the patriot ad before it runs out some congressmen say it represents a growing violation of civil liberties under the pretext of fighting terrorism the

act was hastily adopted after the nine eleven attacks and unable authorities to spy american citizens. the headlines here in our team now martin andrews explores the rich tapestry of russian culture in great britain that's coming up next. hello and welcome to the show be visiting different cities exploring russian life history our culture and we begin with one of my favorite cities in the world london london one of the most visited cities in the world and to the cultural scene here you see how in many areas russia has been a huge influence in the.