the problem is number one the protesters will be spreading themselves out quite often and they will soon need to leave number two they strong hold their toughness quickly 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 they 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 to supposing that march to come to take place the protesters for their side have spent the night into 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 you have both of them in this stand off position and the intimidation on the fallen 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 the streets we're just two three streets away from tackiness way if i can also talk to you the office that we 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 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 immediately 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 over of 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 of the meddling the interference that the international community has particularly with its high stakes here in egypt president obama started to 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 buying them a cot to show these democratic change has to stop. it needs to happen now to 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 two hundred and fifty thousand people in the streets of cairo protesting for democracy this is how democracy happens but what right did 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 armed a gypsy regime and now they are talking about democracy and respect the for the rights of this and so obama's speech i want this bomb they're spread pretty sitting

on the fence so much and was robbed i mean it is not the same going on the boat out there just saying to us we are curious for a transition where is this peaceful transition or 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 by luis on the grounds that they indirections well in some way invalid or there was some irregular as well they're all sufficient irregularities in the british elections without your knowledge you opinion putting sanctions on bond 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 and 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. 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 and you'll have the. it's the worst case scenario so the. minute you can see beyond. the fall of all of which suggests that western countries should stand back and let the egyptian people exercise their sovereignty the president of the united states would call to move immediately and. to make changes as if we are the fifty third 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 this 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 possibly was a majority. and you know saddam hollande has achieved analyst out as long policy dot com says the u.s. seems to be afraid of losing its influence in a jet. 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 is 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 promo barak

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 in a way whereby they have until september to adapt to influence to try to use propaganda to decide to use covert and overt operations as they have since one thousand nine hundred eighty three in the middle east to shape things 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 with regard to government arts economics with regard to the way that they live their lives. and we have more reaction to events phyllis bennis from the

u.s. institute of policy study says that what i have are forms its 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 accord 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 you can have your say about egypt's revolt on our website at r.t. dot com here are the results of the online voting so far well as

a you can see from our charge forty nine percent and almost half of the viewers believe that what is happening in egypt is street democracy in action around a quarter think the protesters in cairo are the dawn of a new internet based world order eighteen percent said their revolt is a rent a crowd coup and tamper sand described it as pure arche well these are the results so far here on our website but the voting is ongoing so you can always 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 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 art is going to 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 listen it was the 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 in itself to be challenged although lawmakers insisted that the patriot act would be used just for anti-terrorism federal authorities had used its powers far more broadly the senate intelligence watchdog found that without any judicial checks government employees journalist 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 suspect that they were useful and some of them congressman could sanish them as the act is supported in congress where you drew 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 piece of

advice is largely ignored by today's america reporting from washington i'm going to check out our team. while you have your say on this or any other story that we're covering for you on our website r.t. dot com there's also plenty of news blogs and feature stories let's take now let's take a look at 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 criticism of the country's leadership. and russia resumes blackadder exports to europe after a long term ban so what led authorities to once more give it the green light to get all the answers. now from frying hands of war memorials to mass rallies ukraine's ultra nationalist want the world to hear their message of hate for the new government has made it

a priority to fight extremism starting by stripping a nazi collaborator off the hero of ukraine a war as he 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 ration recently activist of a ukrainian radical nationalist party kooked 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 by jean christie jenkins sees little surprise as to why this happens in one day ukraine but 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 result of pro fascist propaganda like the rehabilitation of nazi collaborators like shaquille bitch and on their music but

it's them the two nationalist army leaders to band been there and i'm sure give each 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 brand that i had no right to bear the heroic accolades. 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 nationalists towards bad from renaming the streets after a vendetta to raising funds for the monuments people in this part of the country

stressed that their loyalty to been there will stand firm. on darrell 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 we're. turned into actions nationalist wings organized a series of extremist attacks this summer during russian back to arc's visit to ukraine they bomb the church and have also vandalized soviet era monuments and the country is left to wonder what reaction would follow shoot another controversial world war two ukrainian be deprived of fuse hero status on february the sixteenth according key it will decide whether i'm on 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 the decision ukraine will still remain divided over its perception of the past. r.t.

reporting from kiev ukraine. now let's 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 salih 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 protests inspired by tunisia's revolt and the turmoil in egypt president saleh has been in power for nearly thirty two years. now i'm down man held without charge for eight years at guantanamo bay has died in custody reportedly while exercising the military said his death resulted from natural causes but it is 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 in guantanamo since two thousand and two. in australia the threat of flooding is hampering the clean up operation from the cycle which has ripped through

queensland's northeast coast. 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 tease moscow out team is getting out of moscow they've travelled to london where host martin andrews continues to explore russian history and culture and that's coming up in under ten minutes time here in. london one of the most visited cities in the world dove into the cultural scene here to see how in many areas it's been a huge influence fifty years in the past in the west may have battled it out with. the now many believe it's a time when both working together to celebrate the success. company was created a century ago the productions of various ballets revolutionize the twentieth

century and still continue. to influence cultural activity today celebrating the company's keep period of activity this major exhibition reveals jackalopes influence on twentieth century arts design and fashion and includes hundreds of objects including giant theatre costs which will cost team set designs props and posts just. other races up to date here in our t.v. let's now take a look what's happening in the world of business carrying us here with us.

welcome to business star economist nouriel roubini to do forecasts russia's inflation will hit double digits this year in the first month of the year consumer prices in russia have already climbed to two point four percent topping the market expectations while the government's official inflation forecast for two thousand and eleven is still set for six seven percent. explains why inflation is on the rise and how western roots to pursue economic growth so far the growth rate. in the recall very 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 percent and that are called video good old shows all the wrong four percent i think that not all of it is a little bit while that emerging markets inflation dizzy and my reach double digits of five percent or more of the central bank is being cautious and raising interest

rates and inflation might be gold also higher i think that the way to deal with the fact that they will give it all but they need to limit the inflation just to make sure that. you're and if you make structural reforms if you're free on private enterprise if you make more efficient state and all that enterprises if you have more incentive to run to burn earth then potential growth. and inflation is going to stay on the control. tell us how to look at the markets asian share as a mostly high it led by japanese stock sony has added one point nine percent and bank climbed over three and a half percent in the wake of their earnings report the touchy raised its full year earnings forecast by fifteen percent of markets in hong kong shanghai seoul and taipei among others are closed for the record their holiday. and worse is already here. clime full of third day this week advancing half

a percent of the start of the trading session among the games are energy majors gas from my look or so is bad bank economics and your political west may take turns to drive market sentiment today tell monday at that criticised investors will continue to keep an eye on the situation in egypt. the market story is going to be focused again on what's happening in egypt and you know is this. protest in egypt going to spread is the oil price going to spike higher 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 on 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 said food prices reached a historic high last month the rising cost of staples were was among the triggers behind the protests in egypt tunisia and elsewhere but hugh hendry c.e.o. of x x lexica asset management says the world has not yet seen prices peak i coach is 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 we're not we haven't seen all time high prices yet in the the biggest agriculture part of which is corn. give us six months we might see a. that's an update for now but you can always find lost hours if you log on to our website.

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read this is her job as a treat. welcome back to join us here watching. and here is a look at 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 and while the u.s. calls for a smooth transition of power many point to the hypocrisy of its decades long backing of mubarak's regime. nationalism and vandalism intensify in some parts of ukraine as the. national hero tile titles the converse of words given by the previous ukrainian president. rushed to

stay on the patriot act before it runs out some congressmen say of the growing violation of civil liberties under the pretext of fighting terrorism. you're watching r t live from moscow now martin andrews explores the rich tapestry of russian culture in great britain that's coming up next. hello and welcome to the show or be visiting different cities exploring russian life history our culture we begin with one of my favorite cities in the world london london one of the most visited cities in the.