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 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 nuke 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 you're a member there were. threats from hoax on both sides but luckily this is 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 so you are off 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 to rescind 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 the experts. a lot remains to be done to irreversibly overcome the accumulated historical cliches phobias and suspicions all countries need to follow the principle of the indivisibility of security we already 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 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 soviet 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 there was that's the nickname this conference has been given by some sense 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 this kind of arty munich. that a day when pops from the university of canton britain says the train marks a real milestone in russia 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 research in us russian relations and i think both sides 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 is not aimed at russia but in fact is a rogue states and it would really help diffuse tensions of the last few years and move forward in a more positive spirit both sides can pull out that's also been the case in the past with previous treaties so i don't think it's any different. real threats always exist and both sides have to very careful as to whether they want to put out because that would really set back relations by many years. and in egypt 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 there and here they are thirteenth day policy or reports from cairo. today has been dubbed the day of martyrs and if you

look at taft square which really has been the focal point of these demonstrations it's 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 to 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 group 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. i'm sure the sides are eager to reach to each and agreement or at least an understanding of how

to find a solution to the present crisis 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 the ruling this country by himself so if president if president mubarak leaves the scene right now i guess i get this they would crumble but what about the united states what kind of question are they putting on him well i hope that the americans would keep out of this crisis and they would let us find a solution because the messages they are sending to misinterpret interpreted by. many opposition. and i wish that they would stop giving on the situation in egypt right now. 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 protest but as laura am of explains calls for

democratic changes are a u.-turn after decades of supporting mubarak's regime. the problem president obama starts today is 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 this you feel 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. could be sitting on the fence so much. i mean it is not the same going on what are you 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 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 came and 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 luis on the grounds that they in directions were in some way invalid

or there were some irregularities well they're all sufficient irregularities in the british elections without your knowledge. european union 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 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 survive. is by making themselves useful. to do so they have to convince the world that. if they leave the muslim brotherhood do have to publish. it's the worst case scenario so the. minute you can see beyond the over 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 if we are the fifty third 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 is that now at the first sign of trouble this uproot is conspicuous in its absence this sends a message to friends and foes alike in the region when the going gets tough to count on us a message that's likely to further destabilize an already deeply unstable because it was no rabbits or t. . and so we had a 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 was 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 the same happened with iran we'll look at how the us media is ratcheting up public suspicion. and 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 the are stepping up the huns for those behind the a tad bit of 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 hakim are threatening an attack on moscow. it comes less than two weeks after a suicide blast at the capital airport to thirty six lives and injured more than one hundred people but as we know as our in our reports this address is believed to be a claim of responsibility for the bombing. many of forces have led have accepted that conclusion and have accepted responsibility and claim of responsibility based

on one fact in that video is a standing with two other men both of whom you were first to ask his brothers the man on one side of the uk will modify appears to resemble the man of dorothy's believed to be the suicide bomber who detonated the explosive device adam idea 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 vocal lot of of course 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 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 and injured there has been no official reaction to go kumar of videos 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 these 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 do that a 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 because here and as our reporting there 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 it would have been boris yeltsin's eightieth birthday present to be out of unveiled a monument to the late leader in his hometown of give us remember in the euros praising him for leading the country through the difficult nine hundred ninety four years after yeltsin death his legacy still has many russians divided and some admired him for promoting civil freedoms and democracy while others this buys him for the corruption and economic suffering that marked his presidency in an interview with artie's talk show spotlight yeltsin's widow ninus as her husband had to make a number of difficult decisions during his time in office. it was a time when there were russian colleagues and one there was nothing at all in 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 sides of the same saying no actually 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 well 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 on the whole world the use the cell 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 you is it would have been much worse than yugoslavia. they were afraid there would be war no they were sure of that we are a nuclear power and by containing all the odds and mr metron is words that 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 website r.t. dot com there's also plenty of other news and analysis available for you there 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 head to our website r.t. dot com. to other news now 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 slanted train of at ski behavior is directed now even the country's prime minister has demanded to know his whereabouts. 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 but locals are bewildered as to who should take the credit as the man in charge of the city has gone missing. the mayor i am definitely. in five years as city's top dog and each and 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 sane the eccentricity of kiev

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 mystery 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 him 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 chimney cap he s'posed 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 post has been. this. whether it is from a luxurious 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 but it's your show of ski reporting from key of ukraine. now the us media has gone wild over an iranian book found in the arizona desert its contents lists 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 i knew 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 see 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 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 by

attacking iran. every got negative publicity from. it is an industry here in the united states that whenever you have something negative that you want to say about the middle east world you can always attack iran every chance is taken to posse ran into a stories that have no connection was it like this suicide bombings in moscow going to help us in places like iran 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 obviously in the wake of the week he leaks release of u.s. secret diplomatic cables despite having best amounts of material at their disposal to choose from the new york times chose to go biggest on he ran with a four page article alone focusing on the country but they demonize ation of iran is not new in the u.s. media has been going on for years despite no proof tehran was building nuclear

bombs these 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 why is america sitting in 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 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 rent a bit of news about a suspicious iranian book in the middle of nowhere is nothing but is 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 yeah 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. . rushes first the mastic we produce passenger plane in over twenty years has been cleared for the skies this week the super super jet one hundred cost around one billion dollars to develop and evolve thirty international aerospace companies now given the go ahead for commercial flights in russia it's set to replace an aging fleet of t. one hundred thirty four jet planes to introduce the super jad into the global market in the middle of the twenty eleven after it undergoes european and asian

safety checks. now a brief look at some other world have. winds massive flooding caused by 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 then roads damaged the government has the poise 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 lives. and two people were killed in tunisia after a 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 das came as a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the unrest which of president. ali was shortened by two hours. to bushfires driven by hot summer

winds are raging on the outskirts of perth australia as west coast several homes have been destroyed and hundreds of others have been evacuated the blazes were fanned by a massive cycle that struck the country's eastern seaboard on friday cycle and yes 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 add for you some extreme and risky forms of flying our special report i'll be back with our top stories in just a few moments. we

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your weather team here is 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 agreement 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. rest in the country by every shuffling his government the protests for his immediate resignation have now entered their thirteenth day. and russia's 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. threatening an attack on the capital has

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