and till the constitution is dealt with the committee has been given one month to complete its work it is significant that the vice president almost sentiment met with opposition groups and that among those opposition groups was the muslim brotherhood the muslim brotherhood is banned here 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 it pains to say that its position has not changed that it has called these talks or not negotiations and it's really said that it went to go and meet with them and to see what was the position of the government how much it was a period to meet them halfway and to put the demands of the people across as well as we can gauge the the media's on solution but it's not so much that people are fearing more violence it's really the uncertainty of what comes next we witness the various procession is being held by the coptic christians as well as muslims they have come together and they've been praying for the people who died today has been called the day of matters 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 back to work in some kind of normality the banks were open earlier for three hours there have been some businesses who have opened their doors the figures being bandied about is that this crisis has cost this country free hundred and 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 many now assume is widely regarded here as mubarak's right hand man and people prefer him possibly to a break but they certainly don't believe that a government headed by him will be anything different to what they've seen at the moment his nickname is mr torture because of the position he held for so many years in the intelligence service here he was the chief of egyptian intel. someone was

kind of statements come out of the american administration they just reinforced the feeling on the street that the united states and you with him powers and the rest of the world waiting needs to stay out of egypt and if it is my colleague came in and took a look at the phenomenon 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. to show 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 a hundred and fifty thousand people in the streets of cairo protesting for democracy this is how democracy happened 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 you feel regime for such a long time but the regime and now they're talking about democracy and respect the feeling right out of this and so obama's speech by the. police in on the fence so much. i mean it is not the same going overboard 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 catch 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 have to go with that. brotherhood. 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 sovereignty the president of the united states would call. at the end. to make changes as if we are the fifty fifth state of the united states we are not trying to play a role in egypt steve schafer dangerous game for western leaders hosni mubarak enjoyed strong support from america and the many is that now at the first sign of trouble that the cruelties conspicuous in its absence he sends

a message to friends and foes alike in the region when the going gets tough don't count on us the message this like this if they do stabilize an already deeply unstable because it was the rabbit so keen to stay with us as we continue our weekly wrap up here on r t still to come human rights groups versus george w. bush. and why the former u.s. president has docked out of a visit to the land of keys and talk with us. russia reboot its commercial aviation with a brand new airliner which has just been cleared for a launch we've got the full details in a few minutes here on r.g.p. . first though russian authorities are searching for two people from the republic of the english believed to be connected to the deadly terror attack on a dead of all airport thirty six people were killed more than one hundred injured in the blast at one of moscow's busiest travel hubs almost two weeks ago it's thought the two men could be linked to the twenty year old who's currently suspected of being the suicide bomber his 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 has emerged showing russia's most wanted man doku umarov threatening an attack on the capital the chechen terrorist went on to promise quote a year of tears and blood as artie's catarina zoravar reports and many now believe it's his way of claiming responsibility for the airport bombing. in that video model is standing with two other men both of whom lever first to asses brothers the man on the one side i'll still call model appears to. 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

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 go 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 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 in 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. over bringing us the latest on the investigation into the bombing of moscow's domodedovo airport almost too weak. a new deal on the nuclear arms reduction between russia and the us has come into force nearly a year after being signed by the country's two presidents the treaty known as the start treaty has been held as a proper reset of relations between the two countries but as r.t.c. or piskun are 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 news to digital 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 a for this historical moment the green light has been given in around six weeks to russia and the united states will exchange full information on all that. 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 they were ok for the way of threats from hopes on both sides but luckily this is all and now we see that it was with the start treaty that we started the reset process also on the table at the munich sick. really 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 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 all cliches and we're receiving dividing lines that's the message was by most here in germany a country which learned from bitter experience what being divided is all about but . a lot remains to be done to irreversibly overcome the accumulated historical cliches phobias and suspicions 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 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 soviet this meeting in munich is fast becoming a major speech 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 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 this time in the case of russia and the united states for the next decade you've got this going off munich.

it's snow joke in moscow as skiers in their thousands slide into the russian capital of all ages shapes and sizes from across the country test themselves evaluate scheme marathon find out what attracts them a couple of minutes. first though former u.s. president george w. bush has canceled a visit to switzerland citing security concerns but human rights groups say they had prepared a criminal case against him on charges of authorizing torture and that he's simply afraid of being arrested a journalist believes it's unlikely bush will be held to account in an international court. my understanding is the sense of a construct situational writes has a two and a half thousand page document they're releasing in the next twenty four hours in geneva but it's difficult to know where to start with george w. bush because it into a car drove people dick cheney it's call rumsfeld is dick cheney's chief of staff we don't have rumsfeld's memoirs this is about illegal wars and so on but this case

i think centers around two individuals in particular one of whom i've met cameraman for a category satellite t.v. channel who was incarcerated in guantanamo for years and we mustn't forget forty eight year old died a few days ago after being on time for nine years also without charge of course and tortured i think international law has proved pretty useless when it comes to torture will any of these come to pass to actually indict all these people including of course tony blair here in britain very doubtful in the hague won't touch the people that really are responsible for torture in such a major scale and for training tortures at the school of americas and of course we must remember that the obama administration still has going to animal open so people are being tortured to this day. commentary from journalist. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe tunisia remains ten weeks after the ousted president ben ali left the country people were killed seventeen

others injured in the tunisian town of caffe when police opened fire on protesters around a thousand were demanding the resignation of the local police chief who they claim abuse the woman from the local community many in the country remain distrustful of police who they blame for carrying out their oppressive policy of president ben ali who was ousted from power last month. protesters demanding the resignation of italian premier silvio berlusconi clashed with police near his villa outside and along the demonstration turned violent when police moved in to stop protesters from reaching the residence the villa became the focus of an investigation after it was alleged berlusconi threw parties there with young women he's currently being investigated on suspicion of having sex with a seventeen year old moroccan belly dancer charges he strongly denies. the indian navy has seized more than twenty pirates and rescued two dozen hostages from a hijacked thai fishing boat that happened off the southwestern coast of india they

will all now be taken to live by and handed over to authorities pirates mainly from somalia have been active in the indian ocean in recent years on three type vessels were reportedly capture at last year. three americans accused of spying and illegally entering the iran have pleaded not guilty on the first day of their trial in tehran they were arrested last year while hiking near the iran iraq border hikers insist they did not cross the border and if they did it was just 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 . those tensions were on were stoked in an unlikely way this week u.s. authorities discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers in the ara zona desert no one knows quite how it got to the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media was quick to make some of their own conclusions artie's guy nature young reports from washington. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most

watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert on who 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 point out at the end 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 bogeyman the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost a. new. city from an.

industry that 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 it like this suicide bombings in moscow going to help us in places like iran to get more russian cooperation with afghanistan things like that are they going to wise up and help us a little bit the pick and choose style of reporting which shapes the american usage and it became all the more obvious in the wake of the week he leaks release of u.s. secret diplomatic cables despite having vast amounts of material at their disposal to choose from the new york times chose to go biggest on 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 it's 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. world do you think the world understands how evil this regime is a nuclear iran can pass on nuclear military capabilities to terrorist organizations and 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 scratch which could justify any action in the name of providing safety for the american people that's what happened in iraq where ever friendly about long range weapons of mass destruction and links to al qaida 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 rand a bit of news about a suspicious iranian book in the middle of nowhere is nothing but as the news

reporter pointed out in isolation this is just a piece of information you know you 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 t. washington d.c. . you can always get more on this and everything that we're covering a click away at our team dot com here's what's online for you right now. boris yeltsin through his wife's eyes on what would have been the eightieth birthday airbrushes first president yeltsin gives an exclusive interview to our t.v. plots. using sports to promote religion american churches gather on super bowl sunday to pray for the world to stop watching porn you can catch all that on line and more at our team dot com.

the mayor of ukraine's capital kiev has been missing for a month so now the prime minister is demanding that someone find him one local official has reassured ukrainians that leonid chen of etsy is alive and well but that's not enough for the government artie's alexei or chefs he takes a look at the mystery. many here for 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 he has been a journalist delight from singing at a press conference. taking

a dive in front of cameras to prove he was mentally sane the eccentricity of key of smear earned him the nickname spaceman among locals yes i am a spaceman absolutely true if he had gone to space it might at least explain the 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 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 have kept his post but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexandre popof he is

giving nothing away about the mystery may. villa looks deserted only his mother in law was captured by our camera security guards say they have not seen its principal resident for quite a while but. i saw him last year six months ago even his work. often. has been. this whether it is from a luxury. restored in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly on each of maybe its good runs the city from remains unclear but with the prime minister inquiring for his whereabouts the long vacation could soon be cut short gives him a year the next year ski reporting from key if you crane a brand new russian passenger jet has been cleared to fly into the lucrative world of commercial aviation the 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 promote the super jet on to the global market later this year after it undergoes european aviation safety checks. this sunday is no day of rest for scores of russian athletes thousands of strapped on their skis and head into the moscow region for an annual scheme marathon this year's race marks the fiftieth anniversary of yuri gagarin's historic first flight into space sarah for slid to the starting line. at the most. i knew a cross-country ski event one of the largest ski marathons in russia now is a huge event there's a vista seventeen thousand participants it's a day from a the twenty region and russia and the event really catering ages sizes and abilities now this year's event thirty kate said t.v. marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight and these guys

are going to be racing eva three to the physical forty kilometers ten kilometers and five kilometers for the children and it's a great event a huge kind of thing said leza people participating in fact all we need to join in the events of the pairs gave a house a ticket so everyone here now carrying up the cross country float and loads and lots of spectators around to enjoy the event to say stay with us here on r t coming up an exclusive interview with danish m.p.'s for a long ballet who believes that multiculturalism is costing europe its right to free speech but first i'll be back with a recap of our top stories stay with us you are.

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thirty am in the russian capital these are today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on our team change promised in egypt as the government reaches agreement with the opposition to stave off both sides are now planning to set up a committee to look at constitutional reform after thirteen days of rallies demonstrators continue to demand the president's resignation but he so far refused instead promising not to run for reelection. also russian investigators hunting two men with possible links to the suspected domodedovo airport suicide bomber this comes as russia's most wanted. terror onslaught newly released video shows him with two others one of whom appears to be the suspected bomber. also this week it's

a fresh start for moscow and washington as the new nuclear arms reduction treaty comes into force it took more than a year after being signed by the country's two presidents. and where is the mare a case of hide and seek in kiev as ukrainian officials search for the city's leader who's been a wall for six months ukrainian prime minister says the public this is him wants to see him back at work. culturalism is costing europe its right to free speech that's the opinion of danish m.p.'s prolonged ballet who was convicted on charges of making an anti muslim hate speech coming up in an exclusive interview he shares his views with. this is laying ball well you're associated with an aggressive stance towards islam your recent a variety is.