misters in fact many of them are very disappointed a fair amount of starting to make their way home they do not want to be outside in the night but having said that there are still hundreds of thousands who remain into his square hundreds of thousands remain in alexandria the country's second largest city when you look at some of the bam is that people have been displaying particularly in alexandria there they're not just calling for mubarak to step down they calling for him to be assassinated they calling for him to leave the country the organizers are encouraged they've been void by the numbers that turned out to many people saying that the numbers on the streets exceeded a million more than the one million more number that was called for on tuesday so we do expect that these demonstrations demonstrations will continue making his face known in toughness which was also the secretary general of the arab league say he was welcomed he was cheered and he actually said that he might consider standing for the gyptian presidency now no doubt he will have to resign from his current post to take up this new post but it certainly is putting

a new face in the political arena also appearing a tough to square with the country's defense minister and this naturally was well come out a crowd it did make him feel secure that the army and the government would not carry out any kind of crackdown against them it is also indicating that there are some kind of divisions within the government between those who feel that mubarak should step down right now and listen to protesters demands and those who still support him and what he stated that he wants to stay in power at least until september he was not in tough wisco it was mohamed el baradei he is the figure that has emerged as the leader of an interim government in fact we haven't seen him in this way for some days now and this does point to a knowledge of problem in terms of who is leading this opposition they've been able and to know to rely on the spontaneity be anger the frustration that has brought people to the streets but very real questions asking what are they going to do and what can they do when the president simply does not listen to their demands to step down before sunset friday they're also. there are legal hurdles that the protesters

themselves would have to overcome there are question marks hanging over issues such as how do you nominate presidential candidates and who's actually allowed to run for office and then of course earlier in the day we did see where is that was a moment when everybody came together in midday prayer they're saying that this was not an ideological movement it was not a political movement and he actually praised the army and the soldiers for marketing involved and managing to maintain calm throughout the day friday well the european union has been meeting in brussels and their twenty seven the e.u. member states issued a statement very much in line with what we're hearing from the american government and that is a call for mubarak to step down as soon as possible for the process to be put in place that would lead to free and fair elections there is one proposal on that on the table coming from the american administration that the current vice president omar suleiman would head up an interim government and that seemingly seems as if that is something that the egyptian people would support perhaps not in the long term then did that then in the short term we're also hearing from the un

secretary-general ban ki moon and he has called for elections to be held here in egypt as soon as possible and not only to be held in september but by and large we've had a lot of criticism on the streets to any kind of international affairs interference the egyptians themselves saying that this is an internal domestic issue and really the world community was from must remain out there's a lot of criticism being leveled at the united states in particular that people here feel is playing a double game as my colleague laura emmott explored from london president obama started a my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful and it must begin now and then gratefully one after the other one the other governments followed suit. to show these democratic change. needs to happen now for greater freedom and democracy. and it seems that the. 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 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 gypsy regime for such a long time but they are they give the regime and now they're talking about democracy and respect the from the right side of this and so obama's speech i looked for it could be sitting on the fence so much. i mean it is not the same going overboard just 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 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 they put sanctions on. the grounds that they in directions were in some way invalid or there was some irregular as well there were 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 has always supported hosni mubarak as 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 kept mubarak in power betraying an inherent misunderstanding of the way society operates according to chatham house the way regimes like 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 and you'll have to. 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 instantly 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 for 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. well there's been a lot of speculation that the un rest in egypt is being fueled buying stream with groups operating in the region but. author of the big humanitarian imperialism says supporting dictatorial regimes is also a form of extremism. i think what we're seeing now is the total collapse of american and western policy in that region and israeli policy in that region which was always to support dictatorship that were supposedly friendly to the west and friendly to israel but of course as you have seen. seen eastern europe if your friendly government that are unpopular then in the end it turns against you because the people are against you in the government and they're being overthrown and that's what's happening now so you know you can call them extremists if you wonder there's nothing you can do about it we are thrilled to see these so-called

extremist by supporting the horn extremism because why isn't it extremist to support a government which is vastly unpopular as mubarak has been for many years and why isn't it extremist to support israel as we have been doing for so many years which is not accepted in the region and doesn't care to try to be accepted in the region that's small to nice now still to come in the program a moment in history rather stand by that shape and in a symbolic victory and an agreement to make accidental cards to the nuclear. u.s. lawmakers are pushing for a renewal of the patriot act which allows security agencies to carry through private telephone and e-mail records the majority of congressmen insist the law to fans the public from the threat of terror but is not is the damage that she can reports many people view it as a violation of civil liberty. 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 the sorties 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 the senate lawmakers hadn't even read what they were passing what happened once the patriot act was passed the fourth amendment rights to. reasonable certainty 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 privilege is 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 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 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 suspect that they were useful and some of them congressman could sanish says the act is supported in congress you 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. and on real security conference attended by many of the well the political elite has started in munich this year will be even more high profile with russia on the u.s. exchanging the recently something style of treaty bringing into effect major nuclear disarmament. is in germany for us. it's quite a significant event in terms of both global security and global politics because the issues discussed at this conference ranged from the current service in egypt to the situation in the middle east to nonproliferation. lancets security in general in the middle palooka lead to explore in these discussions and that's why this conference is all who is often called there has been

a security dialogue because it really shows the tendencies of global politics for the rest of the year although it is a formalities the moment that the president supports going feasible for russia and the united states have been really pushing for from the very beginning or prove that you start if you wish since the negotiations on this treaty lasted for were a year before the treaty was signed by the two heads of the to me a venue for a last off internal discussion especially in the united states which lasted for around ten more months and then it was finally first ratified by the u.s. congress and by both houses of the russian parliament and signed by the president and now this formal exchange will feel ratification documents is well before the treaty can come into force which is aimed at reducing the number or strategic arms on both sides by over one third so it was quite a significant event both in terms of the view of the shoes between moscow and washington and in terms of global security. here with alice he good to have you

with us in the international headlines this hour and the clear up operation started in the north state of queensland after cycling yet seen his home wednesday it's been confirmed one man was killed that's a result the counts agree fine storm flooding and heavy rain a hindering rescue efforts as emergency teams trying to help coastal communities australia's prime minister described the damage as massive. the radio tanking of indian students in the us. since school's angry protests in new delhi indians attending the trolley value nefertiti california have been asked to wear electronic ankle times so immigration authorities keeping track of that university was shut down last month the miscues to being a fund to help illegal immigrants enter the country the indian government school the american actions in he made and demanded the times be ruby. next martin andres

exposed the rich tapestry of russian culture in great britain that's coming up next . hello welcome to the show will be visiting different cities exploring russian life

history out culture we begin with one of my favorite cities in the world london london one of the most visited cities in the world and delve into the cultural scene here and you'll 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 the cultural and political wars but now many believe it's a time when both old working together to celebrate each other's success first we enter a series building situated in nazi hellgate both this impressive location is the residence of the russian ambassador kensington palace gardens for the most expensive and elite addresses in the british capital. first across a possum bus it is in public figures grace to lose an extravagant gifts from various leaders and dignitaries adorn the rooms. wow absolutely breathtaking the soviet embassy moved into this building in one nine hundred twenty

nine also known as her into the house it was one of the few venues in the area the bravely use the number. that scene of anything another interesting fact is that they just pay one pound a year for the rent here but on the flip side of that the british embassy residence in moscow pays just one ruble which is actually fifty times cheaper a good price for both every year the u.k. consular section issues two hundred thousand visas for russians who want to visit london the russian embassy says it supports the russian business while in britain offering assistance wherever possible but how does the embassy help british and russian relations i think the russian culture needs no major introduction or advertisement here in united kingdom because russia is a branch of the european christian civilization and i think we share the same. values who enter and i'll use the same perception of the good and bad. of life and

if you will and. there's also strain as a cultural barrier between the two nations the russian cultural heritage is extremely. popular here to keep them grounded whenever the russian theater's russian troop for several arrives. it always attracts. a big big number of fans and the audience it's not all about embassy parties illegal drugs and the g.i.p. just said partying in dreams like this many young middle class russians live in london and that brings us to this week's guests. limited me a little bit why do you think russians love london so much certain status i guess that all of the people that rational like it makes here aristocracy celebrities it

was different it wasn't the say that we had in russia. you know you could go to elton john ball here you can do it now prob in moscow but you couldn't do that before so people i guess were reading me detracted by all that i knew were from magazines so i presume that you were out every single hour to different events and functions that's through a lot of what's the obvious and social scene like here russians don't seem to congregate just in one place if you go to nobu if you go to zoom if you go to new how you will hear russians russian speech so it would be. glamorous places i guess for the new generation of russians who grew up around europe the most expensive places are not necessarily the best so you'll see a lot of people you know going to shoreditch hanging out in self they prefer their friends be rather than. well as i.

would like to thank you but. the casino russia and the former soviet republics is not all about bush and pancakes why not try something new and right in the heart of london is now the bone destroying some accounts in the name of the beatles. opened in two thousand and ten and already has gained a reputation visit a venue he specializes in central asian cuisine offering its international guests a chance to taste the exotic flavors of his extended a mission in stylish interior to the kitchen you can see chefs at work making delicious bread in clay ovens and pulling needles into shape following the recipes which you've been passed down through generations these recipes has been passed on . and my mother she's very much in control in the kitchen she makes sure that every single thing is done according to

the recipe and she's very hard in the kitchen just to make sure that every single thing is just. an author a huge success worldwide and particularly in the british capital base alone achieving almost one billion dollars in sales in the last decade several options are held in london every year during various pieces from different periods which are an interest among. recent sales highlights of nineteenth and twentieth century russian paintings icons and other works of art including having jenner. it's a frenzy of excitement among the collecting cheesey predominately the market for russian painting russian bias but interesting enough when the artists leave russia . especially after the revolution is such a sure guy lincoln didn't skin suit. that becomes very international so we have a wide range of international clowns for those artists but for pure russian artists

by russia i always get very excited about anything russian says but to be honest i think the most exciting thing i'm ever so. rich in new york and it made me incredibly price of sixty million dollars. moving outside now and some experts said the russian leader said market in london has kept many companies alive for the past five years the new wealthy russians the famous london square as an elite central areas of the capital are the places to live in the places to be seen over the past twenty years thousands of wealthy russians have moved to london with large houses in a sense that batching millions of pounds many local state agents have welcomed the new russian custom is. why the british capital well that's why they're out. of the treasury and very famously wrote the book london proud of the oligarchs here

in london yes the london grad because so many wealthy russians have moved to london for the last ten years and i think most of the other famous all they go but also a lot of more middle class russians have moved here as well i think they like the lifestyle of london and the history like the prague this is. the russians like the schools as well so they bring the children and the families. and i think that's the main reason why the rights to decide to fight me to scrap to go great it will this is. just to squelch is otherwise known as red square people so the russian is a big houses. down the street. and you have most poultices houses here will cost at least fifty. pounds sterling to buy. it's

a very historic square i think most of the russian. boy here because they feel it's part of the british establishment. or the fall of the ruling elite. for like. moving to a final location at the victoria and albert museum a temporary exhibition on the influential russian artistic director. he founded one of the most exciting don'ts companies in the twentieth century. douglas imaginatively combine dance music and arts to create theater his dramatic performances transforms dance reawakening interests in ballet across europe and america knowledge of the company's revolutionary ballets filtered through theatre fashion and to daily life including interior design and style all around the world . starts company was created a century ago in the productions of paris revolutionize 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 feats accosts original costumes set designs props and posts is an impressive collection so where did they get all the exhibit items from what i think the remarkable thing is actually two thirds in the. way obviously having a museum like base is very helpful. for departments but we do have a wonderful. and of performance here and so the cloths and the costumes basically come from those. six cost to the rest. and we have this this wonderful wealth. collaborator jugglers worked with stravinsky picasso and. just like many past and present artists whose work you celebrated and studied all over the world.

is staggering in many ways and in most major cities around the world you can now find out for yourselves. museums. and you'll see that russia is closer than you think. fortunately that's all the time we have on this week's program i'll see the same time next week for more cultural adventures around the british capital until then for me and the rest of the team here at the victoria and albert museum bye bye for now.

and i hear him ok this is. eleven days of violent unrest in egypt the country's prime minister calls on and see protests and for the. military full. beans to get the crown cairo's main splat. some major political figures in the west bank demonstrators trying to our speed gyptian leading to criticism they're taking sides in the names of the last five. and sacrificing freedom for patriots is the new u.s. lawmakers are planning for denying essential civil liberties with a renewal of the patriot act allowing me on limited spying on states is just.

coming up. guess discuss israel's reaction to egypt's turmoil and whether it could lead to the end of the cold peace between the two countries heated debates and cross talk is that. it is. easy to. follow in welcoming cross-talk prime peter lavelle the rise of a new middle east with the spectacular changes occurring in egypt what will become of the israeli egyptian peace treaty to go she did it camp david three decades ago can israel only negotiate with dictators and despots. and. to discuss the future of israeli.