weeks of demonstrations has been dubbed the day of martyrs these players did a catered to the people who have been killed in the violence over the past two weeks now the calls continue to throng in toughness square a call went out earlier today for a million people to come to the streets there one of what activity one of anger and one at is still insisting for 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 have until i am not on the voice of the electrons that are coming out and they'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 between the opposition groups and the vice president and most of them and what is significant is that costly to those talks is that it 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 step 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 from the group is that they just want to hear what the government is prepared to do and that anything short of an announcement of mubarak to stepping down they will not accept egyptians did feel that mubarak was very much and merry couldn't simply face them out of court or in an american agent but they certainly felt that he was someone who pushed the american agenda figures rachmaninoff 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 fear by the average people because essentially they believe that these are people who are all cut from the same cloth there are people who support the western machine and the western. interest 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 this they might be this shift in terms of the american government initially supposed to know about it can now presenting itself is 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 nervous of allowing other united states or europe to dictate who will be basically leadership my colleague the only image in the room and 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 off to the other one the other governments followed suit. these democratic change has to start known it. 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 more injured 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 agency regime for such a long time and in fact they are they do feel regime and now they're out of talking about developers here respect the for the rights of this into obama's speech i was . going to sit on the fence so much it was up there i mean it was not the same going overboard and just saying that's the appearance for a transition where is this peaceful transition it's a complete turnaround for the western world which is always supported hosni mubarak is a force for stability in the region the u.s.

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 and the way regimes like survive. 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 and it's the worst case scenario so that the minute you can see beyond never really fall or 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 steve chase

a dangerous day in the west and lead as hosni mubarak enjoyed strong support from america and co for many is that 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 part of that was your m h r t. you are with the weekly here on r.t. and still to come america's media hot on the heels of terror. industry. you have something you want to see. you can always run as a frenzy over the latest claims of a mounting threat from the islamic state that is american fame on growing everything it's cracked up to be. russia rebuild its commercial aviation with

a brand new airline which is just being clear we've got the full details in a few moments right here on our. russian security services believe a twenty year old man from could be the suicide bomber behind the deadly terror attack on the domodedovo airport thirty six were killed and well over a hug. injured in the blast at one of moscow's busiest travel hubs that was almost two weeks ago no suspects body parts were found at the scene but russian investigators say they need time to determine if he was in fact the culprit meanwhile a video showing russia was a most wanted man. threatening an attack on the comfort of the church and terrorist went on the promise of a year of tears and blood and as all of our reports now believe it's his way of claiming responsibility for the bombing. in that video is a standing with two other men both of whom we never first to ask 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 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 force has made similar videos before he is russia's most wanted terrorist and a leader of the terrorist 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 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. suicide bombers they've also said that they could potentially have identified the man 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. out of the reporting that. well the new deal on

a nuclear arms reduction between russia and the us has come into force nearly a year after it was first signed by the two countries presidents the treaty known as start is being held as a proper reset of relations between the two countries but as r.t. if you go to preschool for ports it's only the beginning of a long road to scrapping cold war era stereotypes. 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 the 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 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 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 months 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 remember there were some ok from the way of threats from hopes on both sides but likely this is all and now we see that it was with the start treaty that we started with the reset process

also on the table at the munich security forum with. 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 others according to you i would offer maintaining a balance is essential for everyone security and he stressed this is a unique chance to work together. and if 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 we're receiving dividing lines that's the message wars by most here in germany a country which learned from bitter experience what being divided is all about.

a lot remains to be done to irreversibly overcome the accumulated historical cliches phobias and suspicions 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 all the stereotypes we are proceeding with 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 and north korea frozen conflicts and for the first time in forty

seven years cybercrime the security there was that's the nickname this conference has been given by some since it's a great opportunity for world leaders and top level politicians to share 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 munich. snow joke here in moscow skiers and their thousands slide into the capital. and sizes from across the country to test themselves in ski marathon find out what attracts them in just a couple of minutes right here on r.t. . now let's get to some other stories making news around the world at this hour and it remains tense weeks after the after president of the left the country two people were killed in the tunisian town of kef when police opened fire on protesters

around one thousand were demanding the resignation of the local police chief who they claim abused a woman from the local community many in the country remain distrustful of police who they blame for carrying out their repressive policy of president ben ali who was ousted last month. and the indian navy has seized more than twenty pirates and rescued two dozen hostages from a hijacked thai fishing boat. it happened off the southwestern coast of india they will now all be taken to mumbai and handed over to authorities pirates mainly from somalia. in the indian ocean in recent years and three vessels were reportedly captured just last year. thirty five homes have been destroyed and hundreds of others evacuated as fires rage in western australia the blazes were found by a massive cycler that struck the east of the country on friday cyclonic also exacerbated the flooding that continues to affect the eastern region they've been

the country's worst in decades killing thirty five people and causing billions of dollars in damage. and the three americans accused of spying and legally entering iran have gone on trial in tehran they were arrested last year while hiking near the iran iraq border the hikers insist that they didn't cross the border and if they did it was by accident but iran says they are spies working for the u.s. the trial has increased the already high level of hostility between the two nations . while those tensions with iran were only stoked in an unlikely way this week u.s. authorities discovered a book and structuring iranian suicide bombers but in the arizona desert no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media were quick to make their own conclusions as artie's guy nature can reports. 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 a 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 be able to 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 in point out of hand 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 boogie man the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost by attacking iran. 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. you can always attack iran every chance is

taken to posse ran into a story that has no connection with amateur like this who is not buying these in moscow 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 people 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 here like a patsy 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 threat 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 rent a bit of news about a suspicious iranian book in the middle of nowhere is nothing but as the news reporter pointed out in isolation this is just a piece of information we don't maybe know months from now maybe

a year from now you'll hey remember that young poor yeah that's how i look at news very often it's cumulative as far as the viewers are concerned fear is also a cumulative get a check on our team from washington d.c. . and we're coming to you live from the heart of moscow you always thought so you now want to choose day russia remember its first president boris yeltsin headed the country during its first turbulent steps to democracy after the fall of the circuit you know he would have been this week president medvedev unveiled a monument to the late peter in its home town know you could have been back in the year rules he praised yeltsin for not shifting away from the palace of democracy at a crucial time for the country in the one nine hundred ninety s. four years. though his legacy still divides russians some of my him for promoting some. freedoms while others are blamed him for the corruption and economic suffering of the time yeltsin's widow told us here at r.t.

that her husband had to make a number of tough decisions to save not only russia the whole of europe. 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 nine hundred 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 v. 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 that the u.s.s.r. was not repaying any loans so mitterrand said can you imagine what it would have been if salman broke out in such a multinational country as yours it would have been much worse than yugoslavia. they were afraid they would be war no they were sure of that and we are a nuclear power and by containing all that and mr mitterrand's words were result in not only saved russia but also europe us and the world we've got the full version of our exclusive interview with on our website that's r.t. dot com you can logon to hear more about the president and his time in power. well the mayor of ukraine's capital kiev has been missing for months so now the prime minister is demanding a someone find him one local official has reassured ukrainians that leonid is alive

and well but that's not enough for the government. investigates the mystery. many in kiev 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 and 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 kiev smellier earned him the nickname spaceman and when locals yes i am a spaceman absolutely true if he had gone to space it might at least explain the ministry of where he actually is that's because the last time should not be askew

was seen in public was almost six months ago it is troubling not just ordinary citizens but those at the very top as well. as the authorities defined in tell him that the people of kiev miss him and want him to return to work. after an avalanche of criticism was dumped on gives mayor following a devastating winter in two thousand and nine the city's snow clearing gear was overhauled by the government should live up to your supposed 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 it's prince of. president for quite a while. i saw him last here about six months ago even his work. often to my post has been. we are told that he is abroad on

vacation all this whether it is from a luxurious resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly any child 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 mayor. well it's your show skeet see reporting from key if you crane. a brand new russian a passenger plane has been cleared to fly into the lucrative world of commercial aviation sukhoi superjet one hundred is the first airliner designed in the country since soviet times the plane with a capacity of around one hundred passengers is set to replace russia's aging fleet of short range jets the designers will come out the super jet on to the global market later this year after it undergoes european aviation safety checks. michel we've got all these and many other stories for you on our website at r.t.

dot com let's have a brief look at what's waiting for you right now i dare you to promote religion american children gather on super bowl sunday for the world to stop watching. calendar splashing out on culture st petersburg a famous theater become one of the most expensive projects in the world after its renovation. well this sunday is no day of rest for scores of russian athletes thousands of strapped on their skis and headed to the moscow region for an annual ski marathon this year's race marks the fiftieth anniversary of yuri gagarin's historic first flight into space sarah first slip herself to the starting line. we're here at

the most. annual cross-country skier event one of the largest ski marathons in russia now is a huge event they saved seventeen thousand participants they've made the twenty reaches every russian if they're really kate's race ages sizes and abilities now this year's event predicated marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight in these guys are going to be racing eva three distances to go forty kilometers tangle of a place and five kilometers for the children and is a great event as he's tired of the said lazy people participating in fact all we need to join in the event is the pair of skis and a house certificate so everyone here now gearing up for the cross-country slog our looks and lots of spectators around to enjoy the event to say. now as we explore the issue of multiculturalism in europe that's right after

a recap of the latest headlines of the week's top stories do stay with us. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global

economy in cars a report on. the latest headlines on the week's top stories here on nazi. government agrees to. in a bid to cling to power and stop the mass protests now in the thirteenth day demonstrators are demanding the president resigns but he has so far refused promising not to run for reelection instead. also as investigators examined the remains of a twenty year old believed to. have a suicide bomb a video emerges over russia's most wanted terrorist threat. afresh. the footage shows him with two men one of whom appears to resemble the suspect found in

moscow. the russian capital and washington overcome years of debate as the new nuclear arms reduction treaty comes into force with both sides of the past and start over it took over a year after being signed by the two countries presidents. as government officials. ukrainian prime minister. misses him and wants to see him back at work. multiculturalism is costing europe its right to free speech that's the opinion. he was convicted on charges of muslim hate speech now coming up in our exclusive interview he shares his views with us here at r.t. .