destruction today we take another 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 the 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 to remember there were. threats from hoax on both sides but luckily this us all 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 n.t. 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. and 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 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 old cliches and the recent

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 but . 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 a land tick 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 old 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 major stage for people to look forward 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 cybercrime the security dad 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 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 going off. and an injured president hosni mubarak has made an attempt to calm the country stands situation by reshuffling his government the leadership of the ruling party including mubarak son resigned in response to violent protests that and heard their thirteenth day well for more on this we're going now cross live to our correspondent paul thier who is

in the capital for us paula president mubarak's opponents have already called his attempts to ease the tension in the country as cosmetic changes that did not satisfy the population demanding his resignation so what's the mood in cairo at the moment. well today has been dubbed the day of martyrs and if you look at tufnell square which really has been the focal point of these demonstrations it slowly become a tent city as yet again today a call goes out for a million protesters to come out to the streets and demand that mubarak step down at the same time the outside life here in cairo is slowly returning to normal the banks are open there are people queuing there they've been advised not to take out all the money the shops are open the businesses are open and traffic is back on the streets at the same time the country's vice president omar suleiman is meeting for the first time with the largest opposition to the muslim brotherhood and with me to discuss this i have invested a hussein have eighty who is

a political analyst and former assistant foreign minister do you really think that these talks with the muslim brotherhood will develop into anything. sure to sides are eager to reach to each and agreement or at least an understanding of how to find a solution to the present crisis does it indicate that there's a growing fundamentalism a growing islamic extremism on the streets. it all depends on how you define extremist or fundamentalists let me say that i don't consider the muslim brothers as extremists or fundamentalists but it's true that extremists. egypt but they are taking a back stage now is it likely that they see the muslim brotherhood playing a greater role legally on the egyptian political scene well according to the egyptian constitution nor part is a. to be constituted on the religious grounds if the muslim brotherhood would accept to form a party not on the religious grounds i don't see any reason why they shouldn't have

that presumably because still insisting that he will remain in power until september who is advising him well we have we have a state in this country and president barak is not in this country by himself. so if president if president mubarak leaves the scene right now i guess i get the state we would come back but what about the united states what kind of pressure of a pushing on him well i hope that the americans would keep out of this crisis and they hope they would let us find a solution because the messages they are sending out in this entire thread interpreted by the many splinter the position but this and that they will stop giving out on the situation what kind of declarations are being misinterpreted all that the creations ever since the outset the onset of this of this crisis and you feel that they are confused they don't understand they don't

understand what's going on and as president mubarak told the president the president president obama he doesn't understand. you have a former army officer do you think that we could see a split within the military ranks over this whole issue no i don't i don't i don't think so. the egyptian army is a highly disciplined army president mubarak is a war hero is the supreme commander of the armed forces and he he promised in and speech on february first that he one present he want nominate himself for a sixth term in office and get this is an engagement and promised not only in front of the nation but in front of the army well the army likely play a more a bigger role on egypt in egyptian politics and teacher. the army the gyptian army if they got on tour of what we call here the constitution and the constitution and stability of this country this is the role of the egyptian army and i'm sure it

would initial unless egypt unfortunately. would descend into chaos but at the moment the mood on tough is anything but chaos we understand that a waiting has been planned for later today and at the same time for sunday mass christian egypt's sions are planning to hold prayer. there so a lot of excitement a lot of service as the demonstrations the commitment on the streets and the protests here in cairo continue it's back to you in the studio paul thanks very much indeed for bringing us the day for the views of your guest there was saying how ready for my assistant to foreign minister. and egyptians and activists around the world took to the streets demanding hosni mubarak's immediate resignation western leaders were quick to align themselves with the protests but as laura evident explains calls for a democratic changes are a u.-turn after decades of supporting mubarak's regime. president obama starts today's my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be

peaceful and it must begin now and then faithfully one after the other one the other governments followed suit and that these democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now the growth of 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 then they give the regime and now they're talking about democracy

and respect the feeling right out of this and so obama's speech i want. to sit on the fence so much it must. i mean it is not the same going on the boat out there saying that's the appearance for a transition where is this peaceful transition there is 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've always done things western they've used this humanitarian or good moves they said oh we can intervene in yugoslavia we can intervene in byelorussia we can put sanctions for example this week so i put sanctions on. the grounds that they in directions were in some way invalid or there were some irregularities as well they're all sufficient irregularities in the british elections without your knowledge you opinion putting sanctions on by it's a complete turnaround for the western world. which is always supported hosni

mubarak is a force for stability in the region the us gave him one and a half billion dollars a year for his armed forces alone it was western support that kept mubarak in power betraying an inherent misunderstanding of the way society operates according to chatham house the way regimes like revived. is by making themselves useful. to the west so they have to convince the world that. if they leave it'll be the muslim brotherhood. in egypt. it's the worst case scenario so the. minute you can see beyond never really fall in all of which suggests that western countries should stand back and let the egyptian people exercise the sovereignty the president of the united states would call to move immediately and. to make changes as if we are the fifty first state of the

united states we are not trying to play a role in egypt's future is a dangerous game for western leaders hosni mubarak enjoyed strong support from america and co for many years but now at the first sign of trouble the support is conspicuous in its absence it sends a message to friends and foes alike in the region when the going gets tough don't count on us a message that's likely to further destabilize an already deeply unstable part of the world's a majority. and still ahead on the program this hour out of side but not out of mind the people of ukraine's capital kiev demand to know what happened to their eccentric mayor who has been missing from public life 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 happen with iran we will get how the u.s. media ratcheting up public suspicion. before that russian security services

say they know who might have organized the deadly suicide bombing at moscow airport last month investigators told russian president dmitry medvedev they are stepping up the hunt for those behind the attack but that of welcome progress into the investigation warned that it's too early to say the case has been solved meanwhile a video has emerged showing russia's most wanted man terrorist dog whom are threatening an attack on moscow comes less than two weeks after the suicide blast at the capital's domodedovo airport took thirty six lives and injured more than one hundred people but as a country it is our in our reports this address is believed to be a claim of responsibility for the bombing. maybe a forest have accepted that conclusion and have accepted responsibility and claim of responsibility based on one sat in that video is standing with two other men both of whom live refers to as his brothers the man on the one side of

appears to resemble the man of dorothy's believed 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 lot of the force has made similar videos before he is russia's most wanted terrorist and a leader of an extremist organization that 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 dmitry medvedev 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 your 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 his side 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 do that 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. that is our 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 the extreme border in the year olds phrasing him for leading the country through the difficult ninety nine four years after yeltsin's death his legacy still has many russians divided some admire him for promoting civil freedoms and democracy while others despise him for the corruption and economic suffering that marked his presidency. we've got an interview with boris yeltsin's widow on our website r t dot com there's also plenty of other news and analysis available for you there right now let's take a look at what's there. infringing on civil liberties we do as authorities are trying to renew the country's patriot act which gives them sweeping powers to illegally spy on people. and russia's black caviar is heading back to european

markets after a long standing ban find out more on this story as well as others had to own website art dot com. and to other news now three million people in ukraine's capital kiev have been left scratching their heads after their eccentric mayor has gone on a wall and he has not been seen in public for six months and even by his standards lenny. behavior is erratic now even the country's prime minister has demanded to know his whereabouts are just 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 and each year maybe it's 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 define to novitsky in tell them that the people of kiev miss him and want him to return to work. after an avalanche of criticism was dumped and gives mayor following a devastating winter in two thousand and nine the city's snow clearing gear was overhauled by the government chill of at ski cap he s'posed but the real man

running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexandre popof he is 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. post. this. whether it is from a luxurious resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly a need should maybe it's good runs the city from remains unclear but with the prime minister inquiring for his whereabouts the long vacation could soon be cut short for kiev's mayor but it's your show of ski reporting from key of ukraine. the us media has gone wild over a rainy

a 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 hint at 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 new terror thiers the book was reportedly published in iran and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger a 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 did point out at the end it 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 wall bogeyman the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost. or ever got negative publicity from your own. industry here in the united states that whenever you have something negative that you want to say about the middle east or don't use moment world you can always attack iran every chance is taken to toss the rain into a stories that have no connection with it 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 choose from the new york times chose to go biggest on e ran with

a four page article alone focusing on the country but they demonize they should have iran is not new in the us 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 smacked 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 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 the rat 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 you know 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 got to check out r.t. washington d.c. . and russia's first a massively produced passenger plane in over twenty years has been cleared for the skies this week the savoy superjet one hundred cost around one billion dollars to develop and involved thirty air national airspace companies given the go ahead for

commercial flights in russia it's set to replace an aging fleet of a t one hundred thirty four jet so why plans to introduce the super jet onto the global market at all of twenty eleven after it undergoes european aviation safety. and else take a look at one. this happening elsewhere in the world and the massive flooding caused by a monsoon rains have claimed at least thirteen lives and displaced more than eight hundred thousand people in northern sri lanka local officials say thousands of houses have been destroyed and mannie roads damaged the government has deployed the army to assist in the back you ations in january more than a million people were hit by flooding in the country which claimed at least forty three lives. 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 a police chief the deaths came as

a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the unrest which ousted president ben ali was shortened by two hours. and two bushfires driven by hot summer winds are raging on the outskirts of perth in australia's west coast several homes have been destroyed and hundreds of others have been evacuated the blazes were fanned by a massive side of the struggle the country's eastern seaboard on friday psychology as he also exacerbated the flooding that continues to affect the region the floods have been the country's worst in decades killing thirty five people and causing an estimated five point six billion dollars in damage. well that brings us up to date here on our team and i'll be back shortly with a recap of our top stories.

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find out what's really happening to the global economy cars a report on. this is coming to you live from moscow a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest 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 of riemann that was launched by russia in the u.s. and munich will see the country's arsenal slashed by a third. egypt's president hosni mubarak attempts to calm the unrest in the country by reshuffling his government to protest for his immediate resignation now and they are thirteenth day. and russian security services claim they know who might have organized moscow airport bombings that killed thirty six people meanwhile

a video of russia's most wanted terrorist dog whom are threatening that 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. while multiculturalism is costing you or it's right to free speech and that's the opinion of danish m.p.'s ball he was convicted on charges of making and to a muslim hate speech coming up in our exclusive interview he shares some details of the case. mr lang well while you're associated with an aggressive stance towards islam your recent a variety is derived from your treatment by your own legal system too you feel betrayed by the system that you've been defending first. my server for those aggressive to.