the treaty said to reduce the number of nuclear weapons on both sides over an outcome which would have appeared impossible even a decade ago i think we will be presented with a flick of this historical moment the green light has been given in around six weeks to russia and the united states will exchange information on all. and in two months they will resume regular check ups of the nuke stocks and perhaps most importantly their reduction the pact was backed by both presidents but it still took nearly two years of talks and internal disputes until the treaty was ratified by both country's parliament 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 and the regional text remains untouched by the. way of threats from hopes on both sides but.

we see that the start treaty that started with the reception was also on the table at the munich security 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 responsibility for the safety of the other according to maintaining a balance is essential for everyone security and he stressed this is a unique chance to work together. an 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 it want to see patients or the idea of take it or leave it doesn't work here if we don't work together she will have to compensate like. an emerging imbalance. getting rid of old cliches and dividing one that's the message voiced by most here in germany. a country was

learned from bitter experience. is all about little what 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 already to follow serious collective work in the key area of year in global policy the time has come to take a choice between common strategic interests immediate political expediency. but clearly not everyone is able to get rid of old stereotypes we are proceeding with it because of the threat we face from iran not from the soviet union. when you look from the former. no this meeting in munich is fast becoming a major stage for people to look forward to among other issues dominating the talks were the current unrest in 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 for cybercrime what 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 of 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 in the case of russia and the united states for the next decade you've got this kind of arty munich. dr adrian pops from the university of canton britain has a treaty marks a real milestone in russian u.s. 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 us russian relations and i think both sides will want to build on this indeed missile defense has been one of the most divisive issues but as we saw in november at the nato summit in lisbon president via the is

prepared to discuss this and also prepared to consider russian participation in a missile defense shield that it's not aimed at russia but in fact is a rogue states and so it would really help to diffuse tensions of the last few years and move forward in a more positive spirit both sides that's also been the case in the past with previous treaties so i don't think that is any different. real threats always exist both sides have you very careful as to where they want to put out because that would really set back relations by by many years. in age of president hosni mubarak has made an attempt to call on the country stand situation by reshuffling his government the leadership of the ruling party including mubarak's son resigned in response to violent protests that angered the earth thirteenth day however the eighty two year old president insists on staying in office until elections take

place in september meanwhile people around the world to to the streets demanding his review resignation western leaders were quick to align themselves with the protests but as lauren it explains cause for democratic changes are u. turn after decades of supporting mubarak regime. president obama started a my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful and it must begin now and then faithfully one after the other one the other governments followed suit caught the show by 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 calling 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 rights 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 and 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 i don't want this broadcast for could you see it on the fence so much and was robbed i mean it is not to say going overboard out there just saying to us we are curious for a transition where is this peaceful transition where 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 cubes 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 the united opinion putting sanctions on. it's a complete turnaround for the western world. which is always supported hosni mubarak is a force for stability in the region the 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. in egypt. 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 that 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 this 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 to alter a middle east policy and security james dancehall believes the u.s.

has invested too much into it gypped to just stand idly by. no one will ever think that the u.s. is a neutral arbiter in this affair i mean clearly it's got a huge amount of vested interest in egypt egypt is the cation of the second amount of u.s. military assistance in recent history so the u.s. is not under any illusions of its role and its relationship with the country and of course it supported the mubarak regime for decades i think that the obama administration's response is characterized by extreme amounts of fence sitting and i think it's only come to this point where clearly the population of egypt has totally and utterly rejected mubarak and his regime that they decided to take action now this of course brings us to the next question is that how deep will this change go the population of egypt have clearly shown again that they were except staying for even a few more months so what happens next because his regime is far more than him and of course the cronyism the petroleum guard system the senshi built in the country

will remain the politics of that will remain too unless there is a significant alteration of the constitution and the politics of egypt and that of course remains to be seen with american support that level because of course it's instability that's associated with such an incredible change in such a large country. well still ahead on the program out of side but not out of mind the people of ukraine's capital kiev demand to know what happened to your eccentric mayor who has been missing from public why for several months. and a false fear of the presence of weapons of mass destruction drew america into a war with iraq but could the same happened with iran we'll look at how the u.s. media is ratcheting up public suspicion. and russia's security services say they know who might have organized the deadly suicide bombing at moscow airport last month and mr gaiters told russian president dmitry medvedev they are stepping up the hunt for those behind the attack but we have welcomed progress into the

investigation but warned that it's too early to say the case has been sold meanwhile a video has emerged showing russia's most not of man or terrorist who marched threatening an attack on moscow and comes less than two weeks after of the suicide blast of the capital's domodedovo airport took thirty six lives and injured more than a hundred people but as a cause you know there are reports this address is believed to be a claim of responsibility for the bombing. thank you of course have accepted that conclusion and have accepted the responsibility and claim of responsibility based on one fact in that video is standing with two other men both of whom he refers to as his brothers the man on the one side. appears to resemble the man authorities believe to be the suicide bomber who detonated the explosive device at the airport many 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 of course has made similar videos before he is russia's most wanted terrorist and a leader of an extremist organization operates in the north caucasus previously. 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 and injured there has been no official reaction to the video so far earlier this week russian president met with the heads of the investigative committee and russia's security service the f.s.b. both these services have reported to the president that they have identified the suicide bomber they believe him to be a young man twenty 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

a 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. 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 russian president has commended officials on all the steps that they have taken but warned against calling the case closed too soon before every investigative action has been taken. reporting there now 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 president medvedev unveiled a monument to the late leader in his hometown of you have to remember in the euros

praising him for leading the country through the difficult nine hundred ninety s. four years after yeltsin the day after his legacy still has many russians divided some admired 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 r t's talk show spotlight yeltsin's widow and her husband had to make a number of difficult decisions during his time in office. it was a time when there were ration cards and when there was nothing at all in stores and more importantly there was nothing left to stock them up when he became president in one thousand nine hundred one when what did he have to do. was sit and wait for rights to go again. i remember very well when president mitterrand came with a visit in one thousand ninety one and then chancellor kohl came later. 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 b. 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 is that the u.s.s.r. was not repaying any loans so mitterrand said can you imagine what it would have been a famine broke out in such a multinational country as yours it would have been much worse than yugoslavia. i know they were sure of that and we are a nuclear power and by containing all that and mr mitterrand's words boris yeltsin not only saved russia but also europe and the world. and to watch the full interview with the widow of russia's first president boris yeltsin log on to our

web site r t v dot com there's also plenty of other news and else is available for you there and 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 caviar is heading back to european markets after a long standing ban to find out more on the story had to our website r t v dot com . and listen take a look at some other stories from around the world and three million people in ukraine's capital kiev have been left scratching their heads after their eccentric mayor has gone to a wall and he has not been seen in public for six months and even by his standards that he turned a vet's case behavior is radek how even the country's prime minister has to manage to know his whereabouts. investigates the case of the missing mayor. main gear for green that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become

a bad 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 maybe a ski has been a journalist delight from singing at a press conference. taking a dive in front of cameras to prove he was mentally sound in the eccentricity of kiev smellier earned him the nickname spaceman among locals yes i am a space and be true if he had gone to space it might at least explain the mystery of where he actually is that's because the last time should not be askew was seen in public that was almost six months ago which is troubling not just ordinary citizens but those at the very top as well. as the authorities to fine tune events

in tell them that the people of kiev miss him and want him to return to work. off to an avalanche of criticism was dumped on youths mayor following a devastating winter in two thousand and nine the city's snow clearing year was overhauled by the government chilly bad ski cap he supposed but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alex sound a lot more but he's giving nothing away about the mystery man a. 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. six months ago your. post has been. using. this whether it is from a look at the jury. resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly and you should maybe it's 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. of ski reporting from kiev ukraine. and the us media has 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 the publication made some american news channels hand at future attacks on the us by iran but there are still those who think the threat is an exaggeration . a book are found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on the high alert fox news alert our new terror fears the book was reportedly published in iraq and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the us they would not give us a picture of the book they would not be able to personalize 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 the reporter good point out of the end could mean something and it could also mean nothing the international community is worried about iran but the american media go way beyond that seeking to make the country the all bogeyman get a scratch on the earth but no politician ever lost a. new newscaster every got negative publicity from. it is an industry in the united states that whenever you have something negative that you want to say about the middle east or about the islamic world you can always attack iran every chance is taken to toss the rain into a story that has no connection with them a terrorist like with suicide bombings in moscow to help us in places like iran to get more russian cooperation with al qaeda in 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 a leaked release of u.s. secret diplomatic cables despite having baths the mounds of material at their disposal to troops from the new york times chose to go biggest on the ranch with a four page article alone focusing on the country but the demonize they should have you ran is not new in the us media has been going on for years despite no proof tehran was building nuclear bombs people are out to kill us i feel that this is the most dangerous country. do you think the world understands how evil this regime is a nuclear iran can pass on nuclear military capabilities to terrorist organizations and why is america city like apache waiting to get spanked smashed killed what is it a whole city is going to get hit with a nuke some american news outlets of being major cheerleaders in fear mongering which back in two thousand and three landstuhl 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 scratch 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 to al qaeda was whipped up to justify the invasion reasons later proven to be false the question is could the same approach be used with iran 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 we don't maybe know months from now maybe a year from now you'll hey remember that young poor you know the internet's how i look at news very often it's cumulative as far as the viewers are concerned here is also a cumulative gotta check on r.t.e. in washington d.c.

. and russia's first the mastic only produced passenger plane and over twenty years has been cleared for the skies this week so why superjet one hundred cost around one billion dollars to develop and involve thirty international airspace companies given the go ahead for commercial flights and russia it's set to replace an aging fleet of a one hundred thirty four jets so why planes to introduce stories so hope plans to introduce the super jet on to the global market and the middle of twenty one and after it goes european aviation safety checks. and. well let's take a look at as what else is happening elsewhere in the world a massive flooding caused by a monster and rains have claimed at least thirteen lives and displaced war than eight hundred thousand people in northern sri lanka local officials say thousands of houses have been destroyed and manning roads damaged the government has deployed the army to assist in the evacuations in january more than a million people were hit by flooding in the country which claimed at least forty

three wives. time protesters staged their rally in the country's capital saturday night urging their prime minister to step down over a territorial dispute with cambodia 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 cold and tensions have been high on the border or ties dispute cambodia's ownership of a world heritage listed 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 the death came as a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the unrest which ousted president all of a day and ben ali was shortened by two hours. on just a few moments we expose the fabrications and cover ups made by the us government to promote a war dubbed as the american holocaust

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a key arms reduction deal between moscow and washington finally comes into force as the sides launch the start agreement in munich. egyptian president hosni mubarak. rest in the country shuffling his government and protest for his resignation that answered their thirteenth day. and russian security services claim they know who have organized moscow airport bombings that killed thirty six people meanwhile a video of russia's most wanted terrorist threatening an attack on the capital appears on the internet. well next our special report looks at the reasons and hidden motives behind nearly five million deaths ordered by generals war. the sciri was that they were bombing only steel and concrete that it would as

a surgical war that they were. you know maintaining bad metairie instead when i got over there i found out that church hospital hours is entire villages were being wiped out people just discovered the states but fighting an entirely different kind of war than it claimed it was violating all of the international laws of war. for new ten years the u.s. sprayed more than one thousand million gallons of agent orange which contains the lethal chemical dioxin on vietnam cambodia laos and thailand not just jungles were sprayed three thousand one hundred eighty one villagers and as many as two million people were also directly sprayed this morning continued long.