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 their protesters and make that march to the presidential palace the road to the presidential palace is lined with soldiers with armored personnel vehicles with jeeps so the army very much in control and into supposing that march to come to take place the protesters for their side have spent the night in town here square people have been encouraged 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 barack supporters in some of the alleyways you have your anti mubarak supporters in other alleyways and we have both of them in this stand off position and 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 these 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 passive on the streets were just two three streets away from tacky square right now as i talk to you the office that we broadcast into from looks like any other presidential building on the outside we've taken down all signage we keep the doors closed if possible we keep them locked because they really is the fear that journalists particularly foreign crews are being targeted and last night i was prevented from going out and filming on the streets because i was told that was simply too unsafe for me to be on the streets and if i insisted on being on them to make sure that i was on the streets with you gyptian nationals 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 backed caretaker government in egypt but the call coming out from the united states is for a transitional government to be put in place in me. we've 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 affairs 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 saying that the egyptians need to decide for themselves what way they want to move forward in the future my colleague image in london took a look at the role of the meddling the interference that the international community has particularly with its high stakes here in egypt president obama started it is 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 and that. these democratic change has to start now . it needs to happen now for greater 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 one 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 they supported the egyptian regime for such a long time and in fact they are they give the regime and now they are talking about democracy and respect the from the right side of this into obama's speech i don't want. to be sitting on the fence so much. i mean it is not the same going overboard out there saying that's the appearance for a 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 by russia we can put sanctions for example this week so i put sanctions on. the grounds that they in directions were in some way invalid or there was some irregularities well they're all sufficient irregularities in the british elections without your knowledge you opinion putting sanctions on by it's a complete turnaround for the western world. which is always supported hosni mubarak is a force for stability in the region the us gave him one and a half billion dollars a year for his armed forces alone it was western support that kept mubarak in power betraying an inherent misunderstanding of the way society operates according to

chatham house 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'll be the muslim brotherhood. in egypt. it's the worst case scenario so the. minute you can see beyond never really fall in all of which suggest that western countries should stand back and let the egyptian people exercise that sovereignty the president of the united states would call 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's future is 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 best approach is

conspicuous in its absence it sends a message to friends and foes alike in the region when the going gets tough don't count on us a message that's likely to further destabilize an already deeply unstable part of the world's. majority. and here's a bell mohammad who's a chief analyst at islam policy dot com says the u.s. seems to be afraid of losing its influence in egypt. 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 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 away 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 regard to economics with regard to the way that they live their lives. and we have more reaction to this phyllis bennis from the u.s. institute of policy study says that whoever 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 and to egyptian collaboration with israel in the siege of gaza and you can have your say about egypt's revolt on our web site at r.t. dot com and here are the results of the online voting so far well almost half of our viewers which you can see on the chart forty nine percent believe that's what is happening in egypt is street democracy in action around a quarter of those think the protests in cairo are the dot of

a new internet based world order about eighteen percent of the revolt is a rant a crowd. and tam percent of the years describe it as pure autarky these are the results so far by the voting is ongoing and you're welcome to let us know what you think on this issue at r.t. dot com. the u.s. congress is trying to renew the patriot act which allows law enforcement agencies to search telephone and e-mail records lawmakers insisted amos to defend the public from the threat of terror but many say the cost to civil liberties is just too high arches going to account 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. reasonable certain 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 in 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 spied by wiretapping large groups of phone numbers and monitoring e-mail addresses in ball instead of meeting 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 on our team. and you can have your say on this or any other story at our website or to comment there's also plenty of news blogs and

feature stories here's what else is online for you right now. russia's prime minister tackles the country's opposition find out what he thinks that he's opponents and their criticism of the country's leadership. and russia resumes black carrier or to europe after a long term ban so what led authorities to once more give the green light to get all the answers at r.t. dot com. from frying as a war memorials to mass rallies ukraine's ultra nationalist want the world to hear their message of hate but the new government has made it a priority to fire extremism starting by stripping a nazi collaborator of the hero of ukraine award and r.t.s.

alex here chef ski 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 deliberate disick race shown recently activist of a ukrainian radical nationalist party cooped ags in 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 should as a rule actions like these are an attempt to write off the sacrifice this country made to be liberated from the nazis in the result of pro fascist propaganda like the rehabilitation of nazi collaborators like you keep it and don't dare to produce them the two nationalist army leaders to ban ban there 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 and a cause which in office the author proved in court that been there had no right to bear the heroic accolade. 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 the nationalist told bed from renaming the streets after been there to raising funds for the new monuments people in this part of the country stressed that their loyalty to been there will stand firm but. under no walls is on the way to be our hero this is what we believe in

and no court decision will ever change. but at some point words turned into actions nationalist wings organized a series of extremist attacks this summer during russian back to arc's visit to ukraine the bomb the church and have also vandalized soviet era monuments and the country is left to wonder what reaction would follow should another controversial world war two ukrainian be deprived of his hero status on february the sixteenth according to key if will decide whether i'm secure 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 reporting from kiev ukraine and i will take a look at some other stories from around the world in two thousand and ten straight or to capital of yemen and other cities on

a day of rage aimed at forcing president assad 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 to me just revolt turmoil in egypt president salva has been in power for thirty two years. and afghan man held without charge for eighteen years at guantanamo bay has died in custody reportedly while exercising the military saudi's death resulted from natural causes but it is still under investigation a forty eight year old was suspected by the u.s. of being a recruitment officer for the taliban is the seven. detainee to have died at guantanamo since two thousand and two. tell you the threat of flooding is hampering the cleanup operation from the cycle in which has ripped through queensland's northeast coast cycling 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. well this week our team is moscow our team is getting out of moscow and they've travelled to london where host mark manders continues to explore russian history and culture. to one of the most visited cities in the world down to the cultural scene here to see how in many areas russia has been a huge influence fifty years in the past bush on the west may have battled it out with cultural competency the nominee believe it's a time when both still working together to celebrate each other's success. wow absolutely breathtaking the soviet embassy moved into this building in nineteen twenty nine also that is hard to house it was one of the few venues in the area the bravely use the number thirteen zero.

zero zero. that brings us up today here in our business news is next. welcome to our business program good to have you with us this hour star economist nouriel roubini dr doom forecasts russia's inflation will hit double digits this year he explains how the country needs to cope prices at a pretty we can all the girls. so far the growth rate. in that has been disappointing you probably because there was excessive amounts of that the leverage

in the financial system or parts of the corp of the world so while china india brazil are growing six to eight nine last year that are called video growth in russia was only around four percent i think that not only that is low growth but to other emerging markets inflation dizzy in my reach double digits of time percent or more of the central bank has been call shows 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 get what they need to limit the inflation is to make sure that. they are 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 turbo nurse then potential growth can be high. and inflation is going to stay on the control. let's have a look at the market's performance shares are mostly higher with japanese stocks

leading the way as opposed to margin between me paul stevenson intel metal industries lifted hopes for hopes for more consolidation so he has added one point nine percent and softbank climbed over three and a half percent in the wake of the earnings reports markets in hong kong shanghai seoul and taipei have closed for the holiday and russian markets saw a slight correction on thursday as investors sought to take profits out of the week . retreated with gas for one and a quarter percent monday and appeared to says on friday the investors will continue to keep an eye on the situation in egypt. the market starts going to be focused again 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 we expect some news coming out on. russian 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 cut last month the rising cost of staples among other the triggers behind the protestant egypt tunisia and elsewhere but you hendry c.e.o. of a collective asset management says the world has not yet seen prices peak culture as the one sector in the world which was on correlate 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 we're 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 the. that's all for now and more coming up in less than fifteen minutes out. well when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage the physical environment in

which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemical sort of whether it's on a sonic boom say tractor beam mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or it's destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for women purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that they are shall be taken in war to protect and by against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that. we use special old french and accessory quit meant. they are

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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 large to push president mubarak from power and while the u.s. calls for a smooth transition of power in egypt many pointed hawk or some of its decades long backing of mubarak's regime. nationalism and vandalism intensify in some parts of ukraine is the authority. of the national hero tiles the converse posthumous awards were given by the previous ukrainian president. and as u.s. lawmakers rush to extend the patriot act before it turns out some congressmen say

represents the growing violation of civil liberties under the pretext of fighting terrorism the act was hastily adopted after the nine eleven attacks and enabled authorities to spy on american citizens. now if you have a taste for danger our special report is for you in free flight is coming up next. you. never did like this before. so how does it feel. to. these people don't have a room where you. all that's needed is a steep hillside or with each leads to go there is always a.