until the september elections tell me how the mood on the streets today. well today muslim prayers have just finished and any moment now the christians will hold their mass and what we know to seem today is this alternating period groups happening between christians and muslims coming together and really pushing across in a sense of solidarity today nearly two weeks of demonstrations has been dubbed the day of martyrs these players did it catered to the people who have been killed in the violence over the past two weeks now the crowds continue to throw in tahrir square and a call went out earlier today for a million people to come into the streets the mood there one of the volatility one of anger and one of the still insisting that president mubarak to step down there is a strong army presence as there has been for the last few days they are maintaining a presence along the perimeter we as journalists have been prevented from going in for the so we having to rely and not on the voice of the electrons that are coming out from there but this we're going to still remains mubarak step down mubarak step

down people saying that they will accept nothing short of that the focus today sunday is also on the talks that are due to begin any moment between the opposition groups and the vice president almost to them and what is significant is that costly to those talks is going to was in gravity which is the largest opposition group here in egypt it's it has about thirty to thirty five percent support base before the brotherhood insisted that they would not talk to the government they of course are after all here in the fact that both groups have come to the party shows a significant stick on both sides but the brotherhood we understand is split not everyone within the organization supports the fact that the group is talking to the government and the official message coming out of the group is that they just want to hear what greek government is prepared to do and that anything short of an announcement that mubarak is stepping down they will not accept outside of the square it's almost business like normal the shops the banks the businesses. in

today for some three hours and since that curfew was lifted has been growing on the banks people not to list all the money because of course there's a fear and a panic that the violence and the demonstrations are not. enough when you talk about in some parts of the city that it's business as normal we've got some economic saying these protests were costing the country three hundred ten million dollars a day but now when we talk about these demonstrations have started roughly two weeks ago we immediately heard from washington d.c. saying calling for a peaceful transition of power to effectively take place in cairo as soon as possible and recent days we've heard western powers western european powers condemning the violence does it seem that western powers are now aligning themselves with the protesters and suggesting that a puppet democracy could be implemented in that country. people who have very much do understand the situation as if the west is coming on board with a strong message that it supports the people of egypt and once them to decide their own future that that might be the message that the west is thinking that's pushing

across but it's not the message that's being interpreted by people who have an egypt if we look at the shift in position particularly of the united states egyptians did feel that mubarak was very much and merry can. not of course of an american agent but there certainly felt that he was someone who pushed the american agenda exactly how that all baradei who are coming forward as representing this opposition bloc he has put himself up as a candidate to head an interim government figures that are not supported by the average people because essentially they believe that these are people who come from the same cloth that we support from place to machine and the western interests in this country so devalue corn on the streets of cairo and other cities is that people here want to decide their own future so yes they might see this shift in terms of the american government initially supporting the vatican now presenting itself or supporting the people on the streets but it is understood by the people on the streets that this is the same american administration and they're very careful and very no. of us of the other the united states or europe to dictate who

will be based on leadership my colleague in england it's true and this phenomenon and put together this report. 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 bind them and caught the show but 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 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 armed they do feel regime and now they are talking about divil christian respect the from the right side of this and so obama's speech i looked at this bible study could be sitting on the fence so much and muster up i mean are these not the same going on the boat out there saying guys we're 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 came and they said oh we can intervene in yugoslavia we can intervene in by russia we can put sanctions for example this week they put sanctions on. the grounds that they and elections were in some way invalid or there

were some irregular as well they're all sufficient irregularities in the british elections where that you know it's 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 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. the fall of all of which

suggests that western countries should stand back and let the egyptian people exercise that 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 day the west and leaders hosni mubarak enjoyed strong support from america and co for many years but now at the first sign of trouble their support 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 no rabbits r.t. . now the landmark arms treaty between russia and the us to reduce their nuclear arsenals is now officially in effect science launched a new start agreement at

a special ceremony at the security conference ongoing in munich. words put into action a historic exchange of ratification documents and the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is officially in force and when it comes to the button that has worried most over the years the one that would unleash nuclear 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 over 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 six weeks to russia and the united states will exchange for information. and in two months. of the nuke stocks and

perhaps most importantly their reduction the pact was backed by both presidents but it still took months 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. regional text remains untouched. from hopes on both sides but. we see that it. started with a reception also on the. other 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 others

according to maintaining a balance is essential for everyone security and he stressed this is a unique chance to work together. and you can 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 of course the idea of take it or leave it doesn't work here if we don't work together she will have to compensate like it or not an emerging imbalance lawyers are getting rid of all cliches and we received dividing one that's the message voiced by most here in germany a country which learned from bitter experience what you know 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 the land tick in global policy the time has come to take

a choice between common strategic interests really 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 and. when you look from the former. 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 conflict and for the first time in the forty seven years cybercrime what 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 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 this time in the case of russia and the united states for the next decade you. still to come on the program here out of sight mind the people of ukraine's capital demanding to know what. has been missing from public life now for several months. and the false fear of the presence of weapons of mass destruction drew america into a war with iraq but could the same happen with iran look at how the u.s. media is a ratcheting up of public. security services who might have been behind the deadly suicide bombing at the moscow airport last month investigators told the russian president they are stepping up the hunt for those. progress in the investigation. say the case has been solved meanwhile

a video has emerged showing russia's most wanted terrorist. threatening in. less than two weeks after the suicide blast at the capital's. took thirty six lives and injured over one hundred people. are reports this address is believed to be a claim of responsibility for the recent warming. many of course have accepted that conclusion and have accepted the responsibility and claim of responsibility based on one fact in that video standing with two other men both of whom the first two asses brothers the man on the one side. appears to resemble the man authorities believed to be the suicide bomber who detonated the explosive device at the airport and 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. harris 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 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. 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. out of other reporting well this week commemorated the man who had presided over the full of the soviet union and the country's transition to democracy i would have been a boris yeltsin's. president unveiled a monument to the late leader in their hometown of. praising him for leading the

country through the difficult nine hundred ninety four years. his legacy has of so many russians divided by him. freedom from democracy. for the corruption and economic suffering that marked his presidency. well we have an exclusive interview with boris yeltsin's widow on our website dot com there's also plenty of other news and analysis available for you there as well here's a preview of what's online for you. infringing on civil liberties the u.s. trying to renew the country's patriot act. he. is heading back to european markets. to find out more on this story. that is. our two other news other news now here on r.t. and three million people in ukraine's capital kiev have been left scratching their

heads after their. has gone he has not been seen in public for six months even by his standards of. behavior is considered to be rather erratic now even though the country's prime minister has demanded to know his whereabouts. investigates the case of the missing. 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. definitely. in five years as city stopped. 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 kiev

smellier earned him the nickname spaceman among locals. 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. the authorities define sure novitsky people 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 chilly s'posed but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexandre. 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. post. this whether it is from a look sure. resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly a need 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 kiev's mayor this year a show of ski reporting from key if you crane. u.s. media has gone wild over an iranian book found in the arizona desert it its contents lists the details of past terror attacks carried out by suicide bombers and militants the publication made some news channels into future attacks on the us

by iran but there are still those who think the threat is one massive exaggeration . a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on the high alert fox news alert i knew terror fears 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 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

a. newscaster every got negative publicity from around. the 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 toss the rain 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 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 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 the demonize they should have iran is not new in the us media has been going on for years this pike no prove

tehran was building nuclear bombs. are out to kill us i feel that this is the most dangerous country in. 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 there 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 frenzy about long range weapons of mass destruction and links to al qaeda was whipped up to justify the invasion the 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 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 fear is also a cumulative get a check on our teeth from washington d.c. . or an author is coming here live from moscow for us now at twenty five minutes past the hour time to check out some of the headlines from around the world this hour massive flooding monsoon rains have claimed at least fourteen lives and displaced more than one million people in northern sri lanka local officials thousands of houses have been destroyed and many roads damaged the government has deployed beyond me to assist in the evacuations for some areas it's the second time they've been affected by this and january more than

a million people were hit by flooding in the country which claimed at least forty three lives. i know 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 cast off the hundreds gathered demanding the resignation of the police chief the deaths came as a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the on rest which ousted president is in a belly was shortened by two hours. to bushfires driven by hot summer winds are raging on the outskirts of perth on australia's west coast several homes have been destroyed and hundreds of others have been evacuated the blazes were found by a massive cycler that struck the country's eastern seaboard on friday cyclon jassi also exacerbated the flooding that continues to affect the region the floods have been the country's worst in decades killing thirty five and causing an estimated

five point six billion dollars. well russia's first domestically produced passenger plane in over twenty years has now been cleared for the skies at this week sukhoi superjet one hundred cost around one billion dollars to develop and involved thirty international interest rates companies are now given the go ahead for commercial flights in russia it's set to replace an aging fleet of one thirty four jets plans to introduce the super jet onto the global market in the middle of two thousand and eleven after it undergoes european aviation safety. well over seventeen thousand skiers are leaving their footprints in the snow in the moscow taking part in one of the biggest cross-country ski races in all of russia correspondent sara is among those watching the picturesque competition. but there are where here at the most. i knew

a cross-country skier event one of the largest ski marathons in russia now teaches that there's a seventy thousand participants they put. in russia only if they're really catering to ages sizes and abilities now this year's event thirty cases marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first man faced by these guys again he's racing eva three to go forty kilometers ten kilometers in five kilometers for the children and it is a great advantage each time i have he said lazy people participating in the back all we need to join in the events of the pair of skis and house a typical so everyone here now carrying up the cross-country slope i look for lots of spectators around to enjoy the event to. reporting that. shortly we'll be discussing what multiculturalism in europe is a blessing or a curse a recap of our top stories coming your way in just a few minutes. of

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become three. see what nature can give you. with the top stories all today and of the week you know where you're with us right now my. production deal between moscow and washington finally comes into force two against all for a much hyped reach that information for the now the start agreement that was launched by russia on the us in munich will see the countries also know slashed by . president hosni mubarak attempts to calm beyond rest in the country by reshuffling his government program for his immediate resignation after now into that thirteenth day. and russia's

a security services claim they know who might have organized moscow's 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. while multiculturalism is costing europe its right to free speech that's the opinion of danish m.p.'s. he was convicted on charges of making an unseen muslim hate speech coming up in our exclusive interview he shares some details of the case to stay with us. this is playing ball while you're associated with an aggressive stance towards. your recent a variety is derived from your treatment by your own legal system do you feel betrayed.