that he step down immediately 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 sort of went and 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 are not negotiations and it's only said that it went to go and meet with him and to see what was the position of the government how much it was reputed to do to meet them halfway and to put the demands of the people across as far as we can gauge the the media is uncertain 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 prayer sessions 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 martyrs 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 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 one of many now assume it is widely regarded here as mubarak's right hand man and people prefer him possibly to mubarak 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 hour. egyptian intelligence

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 leading needs to stay out of egypt and i say is my colleague in england 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. the show these democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now for 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 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 you can redeem for such a long time. and now they're talking about democracy and that's what the feeling right out of this into obama's speech by the. city sitting on the fence so much. i mean it is 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 it was western support that catch mubarak in power betraying an inherent misunderstanding of the way society operates according

to chatham house the way regimes like survive. is by making themselves useful. to the west so they 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 third of the united states we are not trying to play a role in egypt steam chase a dangerous game for the west and lead to hosni mubarak enjoyed strong support from american cofa many is that now at the first sign of trouble that the group is conspicuous in its absence it sends

a message to friends and foes alike in the region when the going gets tough don't count on us the message that it's likely to further destabilize an already deeply unstable possibly well it's your enemy it's o.t. . stay with us as we continue our weekly wrap up here on r t coming up later human rights groups versus george w. bush i know why the former president has ducked out of a visit to the land of peace and chocolate. to reboot its commercial aviation with a brand new airliner that's just been cleared for takeoff we've got the full details in a few minutes here on our teeth. 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 out of all airport thirty six people were killed and 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 still need time to determine if he was in fact the culprit meanwhile a videos emerge showing russia's most wanted man terrorist leader 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 as our reports 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 live at first to ask his brothers the man on the one side of the call model 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 of course 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 do they made the fact they 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 sorties caterina's are of the bring us the latest on the investigation into the bombing of moscow's domodedovo airport almost two weeks ago . the new deal on nuclear arms reduction between russia and the us has come into force nearly a year after it was signed by the two countries presidents the treaty known as the new start is being held as a proper reset of relations between the two nations but 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 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 to russia and the united states will exchange full information on all their strategic facilities and in two months they will resume regular check ups of the 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 you're a member there were. threats from hoax on both sides but luckily this is all and now we see that it was well the start treaty that started the reset process also on the table at the munich security forum was another initiative backed by moscow the building of a unified anti missile defense system which includes russia the united states and the european union all sharing the responsibility for the c.v.t. of the others according to some of you i would offer maintaining a balance is essential for everyone security and he stressed this is a unique chance to work together. and i think an 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 any reason 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 but . 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 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 soviet this meeting in munich is fast becoming a major stage for people to look forward among other issues dominating the talks were the current unrest in egypt the peace process in the middle east iran's nuclear program north korea frozen conflicts and for the first time in forty seven years cybercrime the security there was that's the nickname this conference has been given by some 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.

coming away soon it's no joke in moscow as skiers and there are thousands slide into the capital to see a survivor just shapes and sizes from across the country test their mettle of an annual ski marathon find out what attracts them a couple of minutes. 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 avoiding arrest journalist afshin rattansi believes it's unlikely bush will be held to account by an international court. my understanding is the center of the can constitutional rights 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 driven people it's dick cheney it's filled as dick cheney's chief of staff we don't have rumsfeld's memo was 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 a cameraman for a canary satellite t.v. channel who was incarcerated in going to animal for years and we mustn't forget forty eight year old died a few days ago after being gone time of a nine year. old's without charge of course and tortured by the 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 training torture is at the school of americas and of course we must remember that the obama administration still is going to open so people are being tortured to this day specter from journalist offshore tansey turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe tunisia remains tense after the ousted president ben ali left the country two people were killed seventeen

others injured in the tunisian town of catherine police opened fire on demonstrators are out of thousands are protesting the resignation of the former the local police chief who they claim abused a woman from a local community many in the country remain distrustful of police who they blame for carrying out the oppressive policy of president ben ali was ousted last month. protesters demanding the resignation of the talian prime minister silvio berlusconi have clashed with police outside his villa. the demonstration turned violent when police moved in to stop the protesters from reaching the residence the villa became the focus of an investigation after it was alleged that berlusconi few hardy's with young women that is currently being investigated on suspicion of having had 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 as happened off the southwestern coast of india and

all now be taken to mumbai and handed over to authorities pirates mainly from somalia have been highly active in the indian ocean in recent years and three thai vessels were reportedly captured last year. three americans accused of spying in a legally entering iran have pleaded not guilty on the first day of their trial in tehran they were arrested last year while hiking the year the iran iraq border the hikers insist they didn't cross the border and if they did it was only by accident but iran insists there are spies working for the u.s. the trial has increased the already high level of hostility between the two nations . those tensions with iran were stoked by an unlikely way this week when u.s. authorities discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers in the arizona desert no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media was quick to make their own conclusions artie's got a cheeky on reports. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most

watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert new terror fears the book was reportedly published anywhere and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would not give us a picture of the book they would not be able to personalize in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn't stop the channel from making a big scary deal of it story although they reported it point out at the end it could mean something and it could also mean nothing the international community is worried about iran but the american media go way beyond that seeking to make the country the wall bogeyman the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost by attacking iran know. every got negative publicity from your own. industry in the united states 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 terror like this suicide bombings in moscow going to help us in places like iran get more russian cooperation with afghanistan things like that are they going to wise up and help us a little bit the pick and choose style of reporting which shapes the american usage and it became all the more 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 us media is being going on for years despite no proof tehran was building nuclear bombs these people are out to kill us i feel that this is the most dangerous country in. the world do you think the world understands how evil

this regime is a nuclear iran can pass on nuclear military capabilities to terrorist organizations 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 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 friendly about long range weapons of mass destruction and links to al qaeda was whipped up to justify the invasion reasons later proven to be false the question is could the same approach be used with the ran 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 yeah we don't maybe know months from now maybe a year from now you'll hey remember that yeah poor yeah that's how i look at news very often it's cumulative as far as the viewers are concerned fear is also a cumulative got to check out our t. washington d.c. . more you can find more on this in everything we cover online tom here's a look at what's on our website right now. a boris yeltsin through his wife's eyes and what would have been the eightieth birthday of russia's first president nyima yeltsin gives an exclusive interview to our team plus. using sports to promote religion american churches gather on super bowl sunday to pray for the world to stop watching porn you can touch all that and more a click away at our t. dot com.

the mayor of ukraine's capital kiev has been missing for months and now the prime minister is demanding someone find him one local official has reassured ukrainians that. he is alive and well but that's not enough for the government parties alexei or shared ski 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 its key 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 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 just like you would like the authorities to fine tune events 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 chill of its key cap he's supposed but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexandre popof 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. the roots of this guy's show who launched six months ago even his one. off to the post has been. a tool that is a rule of the conditional this whether it is from a look at resorts in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly on each of 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 kiev's mayor the next year or so of ski odyssey reporting from key if you crane a brand new russian passenger plane has been cleared to fly into the world of commercial aviation the sukhoi superjet one hundred is the first airliner designed in the country since the soviet times a plane with a capacity via capacity of about 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 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 of the moscow region for an annual ski marathon this year marks the races this year's race marks the fiftieth anniversary of yuri gagarin's historic first flight into space r.t. sorry for a slip up 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 save a seventeen thousand participants age they vary the twenty regions every russian the very really catering to ages sizes and abilities now this year's event thirty k. to be marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight in these guys against the racing eva three distances we go through to columbus is

a tangle of it isn't 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 the pair of skis and a house certificate so everyone here now gearing up for the cross-country slope and looks not suspect taters around to enjoy the event to thirty. if you minutes we expose fabrications and cover ups made by the u.s. government to promote a war in our special report american holocaust you may find some of the images in the report disturbing but first i'll be back with a recap of our headlines stay with us.

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