step to ensure it will never be pushed. to last for the next ten years the treaty said to reduce the number of nuclear weapons on both sides by over a third an outcome which would have appeared impossible even a decade ago i think we will be presented with a photo of this historical moment the green light has been given in around six weeks russia and the united states will exchange full information on all their strategic facilities and in two months they will resume regular check ups of the new stocks and perhaps most importantly their reduction the pact was backed by both presidents but it still took nearly two years of hard talks and internal dispute until the treaty was ratified by both countries parliaments and even then only after the two sides had made so-called special statements or recommendations but they were non-binding and will not affect the actual implementation of the deal the original text remains untouched by there were. threats from hopes on both sides but

. and now we see that it was well the start treaty that started the reset process also on the table at the munich security forum was another initiative backed by moscow the building of a unified anti missile defense system which includes russia the united states and the european union all sharing the responsibility for the safety of the others according to some of you i would offer maintaining a balance is essential for everyone security and he stressed this is a unique chance to work together. in agreement to discuss the possibility of a joint anti missile shield doesn't automatically mean russia is ready to join the program which is being drafted without its participation was the idea of take it or leave it doesn't work here if we don't work together russia will have to compensate like it or not an emerging imbalance. getting rid of all cliches and we're

receiving dividing lines that's the message was by most here in germany a country which learned from bitter experience what being divided is all about that's the proof that it was there which there were a lot remains to be done to irreversibly overcome the accumulated historical cliches phobias and suspicions of all our countries need to follow the principle of the indivisibility of security we are ready to follow serious collective work in the key area of year land in global policy the time has come to take a choice between common strategic interests and the immediate political expediency . but clearly not everyone is able to get rid of all the stereotypes we are proceeding with because of the threat we face from iran not from the soviet union. when you look from the former. this meeting in munich is fast becoming a me do stage for people to look forward other issues dominating the talks were the

current on egypt the peace process in the middle east iran's nuclear program north korea frozen conflicts and for the first time in forty seven years cybercrime the security there was that's the nickname this conference has been given by some since it's a great opportunity for world leaders and top level politicians to share their views on key contemporary issues and many say every year this forum reveals the true direction of global politics for the near future and this time in the case of russia and the united states for the next decade you've got is going to. munich. and dr adrian pops from the university of can break the treaty marks a real milestone in russia yes relations. the reset has often been dismissed as just nice rhetoric with little action but now we have a concrete outcome of the reset in u.s. russian relations and i think both sides want to build on this indeed missile

defense has been one of the most divisive issues probably as we saw in november at the nato summit in lisbon present is prepared to discuss this and also prepared to consider russian participation in a missile defense shield that is not aimed at russia but in fact is a rogue states and so it would really help diffuse tensions of the last few years and move forward in a more proper to both sides that's also been the case in the past with previous treaties so i don't think that is any different. that's always a. this time both sides have to very careful as to what do they want to put out because that would really set back relations by many years. image of president hosni mubarak has made an attempt to calm the country stand situation by reshuffling his government will either ship of the ruling party including mubarak's son resigned in response to violent protests that antar their thirteenth day

however the eighty two year old president insists on staying in office until elections take place and september in while people around the world to the streets demanding his immediate resignation western leaders were quick to align themselves with a protest but as laura and explained cos were democratic changes i return after decades of supporting the bark's regime. president obama starts today 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. to show these democratic change has to start now. 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 one 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 egyptian regime for such a long time and in fact they are they do feel regime and now they are talking about democracy and respect the from the right side of this and so obama's speech. is bob going to sit 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 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 is a sovereign state but what they have always done the west they've used this humanitarian or good moves 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 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 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 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. in egypt. 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 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 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. leading opposition activist mohamed el baradei has warned that demonstrations could become even more vicious if president mubarak refuses to step down but some else say egyptians should also hold off on pinning their hopes on a pro western barty. mama el baradei eyes a belated attempt at getting in on this opposition movement well it may be too late he's part of the international crisis group a murky elite group with close ties to western interests as the people of egypt have shown such courage in the face of such u.s. backed terror that has occurred in egypt for the past thirty years to the people of egypt want mohamed el baradei i think that's doubtful at best this is a storm very much of the americans own making and i think the people will remember that the bullets fired at them are made in the united states that president obama has close ties with all these companies raytheon boeing these are the companies that have the air of president obama and those jets flying over cairo alexandria

sue as in other cities they're american so if this is a sudden switch by the americans to suddenly think well maybe we can put more of their baradei and i think it may be too late. author and journalist afshin rattansi from london there are you watching r.t. live from moscow there's more news and analysis on the situation in egypt on our website r.t.e. dot com and still ahead on the program out of side but not out of mind the people of ukraine capital kiev demands to know what happened to the or eccentric mayor has been missing from public life for several months. and all spear of the presence of weapons of mass destruction drew american into a war with iraq but could at the same happen whether iran and we'll look at how the u.s. media is ratcheting up the public suspicion. russia's security services say they know who might have organized the deadly suicide bombing at a moscow airport last month investigators told russian president medvedev they are stepping up the hunt for those behind the attack but if you welcome progress into

the investigation but warned that it's too early to say the case has been solved meanwhile a video has emerged showing russia's most wanted man terrorised off tomorrow threatening an attack on moscow comes less than two weeks after the suicide blast of the capital's domodedovo airport took thirty six lives and injured more than one hundred people well let's now cross live to our correspondent katrina czar with more on the story as you mean does this mean march has claimed responsibility for the domodedovo bombing. many seem to be appear of many seem to be willing to accept that statement and actually look at the statement posted by russia's most wanted terrorist dr a lot of online as a sort of a claim of responsibility despite the fact that the man does not actually out right claim organizing the horrible attack on moscow's airport which killed thirty six people and injured nearly two hundred no maybe

a force of let's have accepted the conclusion and have accepted a lot of responsibility and claim of responsibility based on the one that in that video. is standing with two other men both of whom you were first to ask his brothers the man on the one side of appears to resemble the man authorities believed to be the suicide bomber who detonated the explosive device at the much of the airport killing the self thirty six others and wounding nearly two hundred people that is of course one of the main reasons the many believe that this video is a sort of a claim of responsibility they also believe that this is one way to date the video despite the fact that it has been posted nearly two weeks after the blast and there is no date on the video that itself many have already said that the presence of this young man who does appear to resemble the man authorities believed to be

responsible for the blast is a signifier in itself bill called lot of force has made similar videos before he has russia's most wanted terrorist and a leader of an extremist organization that operates in the north caucasus previously of course he has been found guilty of organizing many terrorist attacks the most recent of course being the moscow metro bombings in march two thousand and ten when dozens were killed hundreds more injured and of course this could be his latest claim and as of the video itself says more bloodshed and tears will come to russia in the year twenty eleven and that more aggressive actions is planned by the will modify his terrorist organization in the weeks and months to come up is going to have there been any common saw from the authorities in relation to the video so our. to the video itself not any official reaction so far for us it is

a sunday we don't yet know whether there will be any official reaction immediately but we do know that the russian president a meeting with has met with the heads of the russian security service the f.s.b. and also the head of the russian investigative committee both of these services have reported to the president that they have identified the suicide bomber they believe him to be are young men twenty you are a year old young men are originally from the north caucasus who was quite high on drugs intoxicated with some illegal substances which the security services believe is one way that these terrorist organizations are controlling those that they set up to as suicide bombers they've also said that they could potentially have identified the men masterminding this terrorist attack that of course the details of that are not revealed a to the day of the fact the investigation is still ongoing but they've also said that they've arrested they've actually detained some other people who they believe

to have been involved and preparations for the terrorist attack on the mindset of a several other people are still being sought after across russia outside of the country itself we do know that the russian president has commended all the actions that have been taken so far and all the steps that have been accomplished but has warned security services against calling the case solved too soon he said that all investigative actions need to be taken before a case is called solved or closed and that a court case may well be necessary before that happens no case should be considered solve especially a case of such seriousness such as of course the recent terrorist act in moscow as the my head of the airport. and i could rant thanks very much indeed for this up because you guys are over there. to other news now here in r t he was also a politician everyone considered eccentric but even by your standards caves mayor

lenny to trinidad ski most recent behavior is erratic he has not been seen in public for six months and ukraine's prime minister doesn't know where he is are these leaks here chef ski investigates the case of the missing mayor. many if agree that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a better place to live in but locals are bewildered as to who should take the credit as the man in charge of the city has gone missing. the mayor. definitely. in five years as city's top dog he has been a journalist delight from singing at a press conference. taking a dive in front of cameras to prove he was mentally sane the eccentricity of key of smear earned him the nickname spaceman among locals yes i am a spaceman absolutely true if he had gone to space it might at least explain the

ministry of where he actually is that's because the last time should not be askew was seen in public was almost six months ago it is troubling not just ordinary citizens but those at the very top as well. as the authorities defined in tell him that the people of kiev miss him and want him to return to work. after an avalanche of criticism was dumped on gives mayor following a devastating winter in two thousand and nine the city's snow clearing gear was overhauled by the government chill of its key kept his post but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexander pop off he's giving nothing away about the mystery may. villa looks deserted only his mother in law was captured by our camera security guards say they have not seen its principal resident for quite a while. i saw him last year six months ago even his.

often. use of. this whether it is from a luxury. resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly and you should maybe it's queue runs the city from remains unclear but with the prime minister inquiring for his whereabouts the long vacation could soon be cut short for gives him a year the next year a share of ski reporting from key of ukraine or sells more news analysis on our website r.t. dot com here's a taster of what's online right now infringing on civil liberties the u.s. authorities are trying to renew the country's patriot act which gives them sweeping powers to legally spy on people. and russia's black carrier is heading back to european markets after a long standing ban to find out more on this story had to our website r t v dot com

. and this week russia commemorated the man who had presided over the fall of the soviet union and the country's turbulent transition to democracy tuesday would have been boris yeltsin's eightieth birthday present he had of unveiled a monument to the late leader in his hometown of the in the you were also praising him for leading the country through the difficult one nine hundred ninety s. four years after yeltsin as they have his legacy still has many russians divided some advice him for promoting civil freedoms and democracy while others despise him for the corruption and economic suffering that marked his presidency in an interview with talk show spotlight yeltsin's widow ninus says her husband had to make a number of difficult decisions during his time in office. it was a time when there were russian cards and when there was nothing at all in the stores and more importantly there was nothing left to stalk them up there when he became president in one thousand nine hundred ninety one what did he have to do.

sit and wait for rights to begin. i don't remember very well when president mitterrand came with a visit in one nine hundred ninety one and then chancellor came later. but they both said the same saying no actually mitterrand said that in one thousand nine hundred five when he came to russia to attend the day celebrations. he was already very ill at the time we had a long conversation and he said you know i came here because of your husband. i think mr president did everything possible to save people. not only in russia but also in europe and the whole world he said and the u.s.s.r. was not repaying any loans so mitterrand said can you imagine what it would have been if famine broke out in such a multinational country as yours it would have been much worse than yugoslavia they were free no they were sure of that and we are

a nuclear power and by containing all that and mr mid terms words in the term my saved russia but also europe and the world. want to watch the full interview with the widow of russia's first president boris yeltsin log on to our website our teen dot com they asked me as gone wild over an iranian book found in the arizona desert its contents list the details of past terror attacks carried out by suicide bombers and militants a publication made some american news channels hand a future attacks on the us by iran but there are still those who think the threat is an exaggeration. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert time new terror fears the book was reportedly published anywhere and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s.

they would not give us a picture of the book they would not say if it's personalized in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn't stop the channel from making a big scary deal of it story although they reported it point out at the end it could mean something and it could also mean nothing to the international community is worried about iran but the american media go way beyond that seeking to make the country the wall boogie man the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost. every got negative publicity from an. industry states that whenever you have something negative that you want to say about the middle east. you can always attack iran every chance is taken to posse ran into a story that has no connection with a terrorist like this suicide bombings in moscow going to help us in places like iran to get more russian cooperation with afghanistan things like that are they

going to wise up and help us a little bit the pick and choose style of reporting which shapes the american usage and it became all the more obvious in the wake of the week he leaks release of u.s. secret diplomatic cables despite having vast amounts of material at their disposal to truth from the new york times chose to go biggest on he ran with a four page article alone focusing on the country but the demonize they should have iran is not new in the u.s. media has been going on for years despite no proof tehran was building nuclear bombs stage people are out to kill us i feel that this is the most dangerous country in the world. do you think the world understands how evil this regime is a nuclear iran can pass on nuclear military capabilities to terrorist organizations so why is america sitting here like apache waiting to get spanked smack killed what is it a whole city is going to get hit with a nuke some american news outlets have been major cheerleaders in fear mongering which back in two thousand and three legged stool war that was started on why the

same people that want to cause regime change in iraq are now saying we need to do regime change in iran fear mongering can have major consequences creating a climate of spread which could justify any action in the name of providing safety for the american people that's what happened in iraq where a friendly about long range weapons of mass destruction and links fall kaido was whipped up to justify the invasion reasons later proven to be false the question is could the same approach be used with the rent a bit of news about a suspicious iranian book in the middle of nowhere is nothing but as the news reporter pointed out in isolation this is just a piece of information yeah we don't maybe know months from now maybe a year from now you'll hey remember that young poor yeah that's how i look at news very often it's cumulative as far as the viewers are concerned fear is also

a cumulative get a check on r.t.e. in washington d.c. . and abroad brief look at some other stories from around the world the massive flooding caused by rains have claimed at least thirteen lives and displaced more than eight hundred thousand people in northern freelance local officials say thousands of houses have been destroyed and many roads damaged but government has the poit the army to assist in the evacuations in january more than a million people were hit by flooding in a country which claimed at least forty three lives. time protesters staged a rally in the country's capital saturday night urging their prime minister to step down. over a territorial dispute with come bolivia demonstration followed a skirmish between the two countries left at least five people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes a cease fire has since been called and tensions have been high on the border were ties disputed bodies' ownership a world heritage list a temple. two people were killed in tunisia after police opened fire on protesters

attacking and trying to burn a police station the incident happened in the northwestern town of caf after hundreds gathered demanding the resignation of the police chief das came as a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the unrest which ousted president but ali it was short by two hours. and in just a few moments we expose the fabrications and cover ups made by a us government to promote a war dubbed as the american holocaust but a reminder of our top stories is on its way first.

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welcome back here with our team here's a look at the top stories the key arms reduction deal between moscow and washington finally comes into force two years after a much hyped reset of relations was announced the start agreement that was launched by russia and the u.s. in munich will see the country's arsenal slashed by a third. and egypt's president hosni mubarak. rest in the country by reshuffling his government the protest for his immediate resignation that. they are now taking on a global scale. and a russia security services the no hope of organized moscow airport bombings that killed thirty six people meanwhile a video of russia's most wanted terrorist. threatening an attack on the capital has

emerged next to him is someone who appears to be the man blamed for blowing himself up at the airport. well that special report is coming your way on the mass slaughter ordered by generals in the vietnam war it looks the reasons and hidden motives behind nearly five million deaths. how many people died in the vietnam war we knew no more of the americans with some precision it is just over fifty eight thousand each with his or her name engraved on the vietnam memorial in washington d.c. but how many of you to me not to mention laotians or cambodians died.