and this is obviously to deal with the government's stance that president mubarak cannot step down despite that the man from protesters on the streets that he step down immediately and tell the constitution is dealt with the committee has been given one month to compete with some work it is significant that the vice president almost a month met with opposition groups and that among those opposition groups was the muslim brotherhood the muslim brotherhood is banned here in just a few days ago they were saying that there was no way they would meet with the government until mubarak step down now the brotherhood is at pains to say that its position has not changed that it has called these talks not negotiations and that's when he said that it went to go and meet with him and to see what was the position of the government how much it was prepared to do to meet them halfway and to put the demands of the people across as long as we can gauge the the need is one solution but it's not so much that people are fearing more violence it's really the uncertainty of what comes next today sunday we've met you can witness the various precisions being held by coptic christians as well as muslims they've come together

and they've been praying for the people who died today has been called the day of mass has the message that they've been putting out is that this is a people's revolution this is a democratic revolution for the first time we've noticed a real desire for people to get fresh with some kind of normality the banks were open earlier for free for three hours there have been some businesses to open their doors the figures being bandied about is that this crisis has cost this country three hundred ten million dollars a day totaling three point one billion dollars so there is a very real desire from most people in the country that while they sympathize and empathize with the protesters for some kind of normality to return to the streets of egypt just yesterday the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton speaking in munich said that the washington the american administration would support a government that is headed by almost sort of man he is the vice president that is currently meeting with these opposition groups now superman is widely regarded here as mubarak's right hand man and people prefer him possibly to mubarak but there's.

we don't believe that a government headed by him will be anything different to what they say seen at the moment his nickname is mr torture because of the position he's held for so many years in the intelligence service here he was the chief of egyptian intelligence so when those kind of statements come out of the american administration they just reinforce the feeling on the streets here that the united states and european powers and the rest of the world really needs to stay out of egypt and if it is my colleague in england took a look at the phenomenon president obama started it is my belief that 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 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 three

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 gypsy 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 for the rights of this into obama's speech imo. it could be sitting on the fence so much and most of that 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 it's a complete turnaround for the western world which has always supported hosni mubarak as 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 in society operates according to chatham house and the way regimes like survive. is by making themselves useful. to do so they have to convince the world that. if they leave it'll be the muslim brotherhood. in egypt that it's the worst case scenario so the. minute you can see beyond never really fall or all of which suggest that western countries should stand back and let the egyptian people exercise their sovereignty the president of the united states would call us 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 cho is

a dangerous game for western leaders hosni mubarak enjoyed strong support from american cofa many is but now at the first sign of trouble the support 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 part of the world's no rabbits are to be looked at on middle east policy and security experts james downs name says the u.s. is too much at stake in egypt to let the country deal with its political crisis on it saying. no one will ever think that the u.s. is a neutral arbiter in this affair i mean clearly it's got a huge amount of vested interest in egypt egypt is the cation of the second amount of u.s. military assistance in recent history so the u.s. is not under any illusions of its role and its relationship with the country and of course it supported the mubarak regime for decades i think that the obama

administration's response is characterized by extreme amounts of fence sitting and i think it's only come to this point where clearly the population of egypt has totally and utterly rejected mubarak and his regime that they decided to take action now this of course brings us to the next question is that how deep will this change go the population of egypt have clearly shown again that they were except about staying for even a few more months so what happens next because his regime is far more than him and of course the cronyism the petroleum guard system the senshi built in the country will remain the politics of that will remain to unless there is a significant alteration of the constitution and the politics of egypt and that of course remains to be seen with american support that level because of course it's instability that's associated with such an incredible change in such a large country. middle east policy and security expert sharing his thoughts on the political crisis in egypt on the u.s. and. while you're with the week here on the still to come america's media is

tightening up the heat on terror. there's a frenzy over the latest claims of a mounting threat from the islamic state the truth behind the heightened. commercial aviation with a brand new airline which is just being cleared for norms. russian authorities are searching for two people from the republic of english believed to be connected to the deadly terror attack on. thirty six people were killed and more than a hundred injured in the blast at one of moscow's busiest travel hubs almost two weeks ago now with the two men could be linked to the twenty year old who's currently suspected of being the suicide bomber were his body parts were found at

the scene but russian investigators say they need time to determine if he was and found the culprit meanwhile a video has emerged showing the most wanted man model threatening honest how come the capital the chechen terrorists when. a year two years i'm bloodshed and. many now but even his way of claiming responsibility. in that video is standing with two other men both of whom he refers to ask his brothers the man on the one side. 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 a. 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

a 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 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 a do they made 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. well that was aussies katherina bringing us the latest on the investigation into the bombing of moscow's domodedovo airport almost two weeks ago well they knew a deal on nuclear arms reduction between russia and the u.s. has come into force nearly a year after it was first signed by the t. countries presidents the treaty known as the new star since being hailed as a proper we set of relations between the two countries but it sounded to corpus cannot reports 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 and 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 to russia and the united states will exchange for information on all. 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 do you regional text remains untouched remember they were ok for the way of threats from hopes on both sides but luckily this is. and now we see that it was 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 anti 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 the view i would offer maintaining a balance is essential for everyone security and he stressed this is

a unique chance to work together. in 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 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 with an emerging imbalance. getting rid of all cliches and we're really seeing dividing one that's the message voiced by most here in germany a country which learned from bitter experience what you is all about. 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 are ready 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 an immediate political expediency. but clearly not everyone is able to get rid of all the 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. this meeting in munich is fast becoming a major stage for people to look forward among other issues dominating the talks were the current on 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 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 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 was going to munich. now it's no joke. is in their thousands fly the capital enthusiastic all ages shake sounds amazing from a country test themselves in an annual. find out what a try. to check out some other stories making headlines around the world this hour under the remains tense weeks after the president ben ali left the country two people were killed and seventeen others injured in the tamils in town. when police opened fire on protesters around the house and were demanding the resignation of the local police chief says they claim abused a woman from the local. many in the country remain distrust for the police who they blame for carrying out their oppressive policy of president ben ali was ousted last month. the indian navy has seized more than twenty pirates and rescue two dozen

last. a hijacked totally fishing boat it happened off the southwestern coast of india will now be taken to mumbai and handed over to authorities pirates and mainly from somalia have been highly active in the indian ocean for in recent years and three times vessels were reportedly captured last year. five homes have been destroyed in hundreds of others evacuated as fires rage in western australia the blazes were found by a massive cycling that struck the east of the country on friday cycling see also exacerbated the flooding that continues to affect the eastern region they've been the country's worst decades killing thirty five people and calls and billions of dollars and. three americans accused of spying and illegally entering around 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're spies working for the u.s. the trial has increased the already high level of his dignity between the two nations. well those tensions with iran was stoked in an unlikely way this week u.s. wealth already discovered a book instructing a rainy and suicide bombers in the hours in the desert when no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media work quick to make their own conclusions as. you can report. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on the high alert fox news alert on new terror a few years the book was reportedly published in iraq and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s.

they would not give us a picture of the book they would not say 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 to 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 a. newscaster ever 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. you can always attack iran every chance is taken to toss the rain into a stories that has no connection with a terrorist like this suicide bombings in moscow going to help us in places like iran we 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 he ran with a four page article alone focusing on the country but the demonize they should have iran is not new in the u.s. media is being going on for years despite no prove tehran was building nuclear bombs says 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 landstuhl war that was started on why the same

people that want to cause regime change in iraq are now saying we need to do regime change in iran fear mongering can have major consequences creating a climate of scratch which could justify any action in the name of providing safety for the american people that's what happened in iraq where a friendly about long range weapons of mass destruction and links to al qaeda was whipped up to justify the invasion reasons later proven to be false the question is could the same approach be used with iran a bit of news about a suspicious iranian book in the middle of nowhere is nothing but is 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 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 get a check on r.t.e. washington d.c.

. this week russia would have been the eightieth birthday of its late president yeltsin he was at the helm during the country's first turbulent steps to democracy to the fore with all the soviet union president dead of unveiled a monument to russia's first lead in his hometown of vehicle break and murals he praised yeltsin to sticking to the democratic for the very tough time of the country's history four years off to yell for the russians still debate legacy and its impact on russia's future and while some praised his attempts to promote civil liberties others blame him for the corruption and economic suffering of the. now the mayor of ukraine's capital kiev has been missing from loans so now the prime minister is demanding someone finds him one local official has reassured ukrainians that live in the chair in the van ski is alive and well but that's all of that for the government. investigate the mystery. 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 i am definitely. in five years as city's top dog 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 just like you would like the authorities to find 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 chill of at ski 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. post. this whether it is from a look at your. 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 forty gives me your looks your share of ski odyssey reporting from kiev ukraine. now a brand new russian passenger plane has been cleared to fly into the lucrative world of commercial aviation the sukhoi superjet one hundred first and line are 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 promote the superjet home to the global market later this year after it undergoes european aviation safety checks. we've got all of these and much more of course on our website r.t. dot com has had a quick look at what's most of the right now are using sports to promote their

religion american churches down there on super bowl sunday to pray for the world to stop watching porn. and splashing out on the culture and save petersburg famous barrier skate here it is said to become one of the most expensive piece of projects in the world its renovation. now this sunday is no day of rest the cause of russian athletes thousands of strapped on their skis and headed to the mosque a region for an annual ski marathon this is race marks the fiftieth anniversary of you to god and historic first flight into space slid to the starting line. we're here at the most. annual cross-country ski event one of the largest ski marathons

in russia now is a huge event they saved seventeen thousand participants a day from a twenty region every russian a very really cage race ages sizes and abilities now this year's event predicated steve marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight in these guys are going to be racing eva three distances he got forty kilometers ten kilometer race and five kilometers for the children and it's a great event a huge turnout of the said lazy people participating in fact all we need to join in the event is a pair of skis and a house certificate so everyone here now carrying up the cross country slug i look for lots of spectators around to enjoy the event to say. coming up we explore the issue of multiculturalism in europe that's right after a quick recap of the latest headlines of the week's top stories.

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see what nature can give you. that makes headlines of the week's top stories here on our team changes problem isn't any just the government the women with the opposition and added to the table from both sides are planning to set up a committee to choose no reform after thirteen days of rallying demonstrators continue to demand the president's resignation but he has so far it seems promising not so wrong for reelection and stands. also russian investigators are hunting two men with possible links to the suspected gunman dead of every suicide bomber it comes as the russians most wanted to model one nation crash and tell a story

a newly released video shows the two well this is one of whom appears to be this is . also this week it's a fresh start for moscow and washington and new nuclear arms reduction treaty comes into force it took over a year off to be signed by the two countries present. and well as the mayor gets a case of hiking seeking clear his ukrainian officials such for the lead says he's been able to six seven months he prayed in prime minister says the public misses him and wants to see him back that what. multiculturalism is costing europe it's wrong to free speech that's the opinion of danish m.p.'s ben lang balla when he was convicted on charges of making an anti muslim hate speech coming up in an exclusive interview he shares his views with r.t. .