to study constitutional reform and that this committee has been given a deadline of one month in which to deliver its findings it has also been agreed that the state of emergency here will be lifted now on sunday the vice president almost element mixed with various opposition groups and within those groups were representatives of secular parties were representatives of the muslim brotherhood were independent legal experts as well as a number of representatives for mohamed el baradei and he of course is the former head of the international atomic energy agency who has indicated that he will be prepared to head an interim government the muslim brotherhood really is the focus of the discussion and the debate here in egypt because before yesterday they said that they would not meet with the government if there was not agreement on president hosni mubarak stepping down the brotherhood has been at pains to say that they have not changed their stance they have thought it well these kinds of discussions and not negotiations and what we do understand is that there will be

through the day monday but what is noticeable is that the opposition voices are not that unified they certainly do need somebody to bring them together to keep the momentum and to represent their point of view because by and large every day that these groups the government despite their call for mubarak to step down immediately it is indicative that mubarak has no time in history perceived as winning this battle the longer he has to negotiate with these opposition greet the muslim brotherhood poses new questions for the international community than it does on says they have to be egypt and and they raise alarm bells to observers of what is going on because he's increasingly this felt that these protests and these demonstrations have taken and islam this and almost extremist trond on the streets of cairo i explored this phenomenon earlier in this package it didn't get more than a passing mention in the mainstream media has been or a mass and muslim brother. hood members in

a jail. keep from here well and want to while going on there is no way to go to lebanon from egypt only to go through this see them or to fight so who helped them any one of the thousands of protesters in egypt streets was support for the demonstrators has fade fast and although the muslim brotherhood the country's largest opposition group with an islamist agenda got involved only on day three that says mom do ramsey is part of the plan the muslim brotherhood will appear wonder sure the presidency with all that and when they have decided who are empowered to control everything as they work in every arab country there they're below the surface one and they're there now talking with the government and its supporters are here shouting on the streets in two weeks of demonstrations they are rallying call it hasn't changed step down mubarak i've made any movement of these friends traveled for forty eight hours today chad they've come all the way from in a trip to be part of what they believe is the new revolution sweeping the middle

east i was in eritrea and i know watch everything on t.v. and i wish i was here before but coming here now is my contribution the way i must you know my brothers in egypt to express that opinion without fear would and will never leave the blood of our martyrs who was killed in this revolution with a lead and then we'll both bugger the brotherhood get some of its funding from the ran and tehran is already cashing in its foreign minister says the protests show the need for an overhaul in the region and ayatollah ali khamenei has called the protests an islamic awakening there's an opportunity for an increased role for muslims in the international arena from a political and economic perspective for the first time in quite a long while six years ago the american national intelligence council which is linked to the cia's warned of exactly this it meant talk of opposing the global future it consisted of a caliphate and one big muslim state created through social unrest so down in the economy and probably just movements if such as. pan regional union did genuinely

come into being such a regional union would necessitate the breaking of very strong very resistant bonds that exist between the us and many of the participants in such a putative arab muslim world and the us is already feeling the heat with confusing messages coming from an administration that's unsure what to do when the protests first started president obama was careful not to abandon his old friend hosni mubarak but his loyalties soon shifted and he sided with the protesters to try and keep on top of things there was solve the shore of the muslim brotherhood reach the top of egypt's though impose their special agenda and hope that they'll go ahead to establish a religious state farther despite them saying they don't want to be in the government here they do they want to rule egypt and it's not just egypt many fear much of the arab world today saying if it can happen in the streets of cairo backups it can happen here so democracy does seem to be spreading so as the brotherhood sits down for talks with the government despisers it's not just egypt's future that's at

stake but so to that of the region two weeks ago if you would have asked anyone here whether they could envisage there was a brotherhood sitting down with the government and talking it would have been unthinkable that just gives you an indication of how far this country has come in a fortnight. when he leaves founder julian assange just to appear at a london court to fight extradition to sweden over alleged sex crimes he's a fan says that if handed over to stockholm he faces the risk of being eventually sent to the u.s. where he could get the death sentence a song drage washington by publishing tens of thousands of its military documents and diplomatic cables sweden denies any intention to extradite him to the u.s. but as we saw now we have found out stockholm may be far from impartial in this case. so we didn't quite live on neutral scandinavian nations the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has

a remarkably close relationship with the united states of the country that gave us our flat pack furniture store dollar meatballs top model and from on bombshells may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be supersized just the other day the deerhunter film was shown again on swedish t.v. for the. sixtieth time it's an awful film it's the worst propaganda in politics through the back door like sweden's times with nato you have the military and some politicians cooperate intensively with the united states and with nato and the large mass of the population being totally unaware of the stuff going on but it's not just what we are taking in it's also what their leaders ready to get from julian assange to terrorist suspects to nato support when america wants something

they get it but why and what's in it for the so-called neutral nation they get. all the benefits of being an intelligence partner of the united states without the baggage of being in nato it's a partnership decades to make it there's been a. to. do the arrogance of the united states over many years from. questions of. making asylum seekers in sweden available to the cia buddies is particularly strong now with a right leaning government in sweden and with the us wanting him for spying and sweden wanting him for sex crimes julian a song is wanted by quite a team and the assigned to wiki leaks case seems to be just the next continuation of this very old intelligence relationship here's some other relationships we dug up julian

a song just ticks off the us with fierce reaction from one of the country's most notorious neo cons is not a particularly credible source and love and he see as a you know tamil in my mind as it is a criminal only ought to be hunted down and grabbed and put on trial for war used earlier these words from karl rove who claims he's part swedish and just happens to be advising the country's pm while the former swedish minister of justice is a partner in the firm who filed charges against the songs for sex crimes with another link to the us thomas von stroheim is claimed to have handed the cia asylum seekers from sweden who were then tortured a question about neutrality became even even clearer thanks to some of the documents from exactly wiki leaks and if the u.k. can secure asylum for bodies because of ski and ahmed zakayev both wanted for serious crimes in russia it could be argued there's enough room in the british

justice system to protect julian a song from the united states of sweden merica and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's now a r.t. stockholm sweden. still having the program of those in teens exposed on the race cars in the rush fueled by the lack of strange and laws to prevent youngsters from being able to buy booze with the need to show id and. since signing of the start treaty it is now the task of russia and the u.s. to minimize the threat of terrorism getting hold of a nuclear arsenal. as the u.s. president's impending budget an ounce with looms there are some who say it will slash the amount going to poverty reduction programs but with many u.s. cities running on threadbare service levels already it's a cut they can ill afford artist lauren lyster has more. than sometimes it's the reality america cannot escape with the city's roughly two hundred eighty million

dollars debt more and more people are talking about bankruptcy news of debt like that hitting cash strapped cities and states all over the country altogether it could amount to two trillion dollars and a bill many may not be able to pay the problem of the state and local debt is more serious than the real estate bubble serious because with millions of americans still unemployed and losing their homes there isn't enough taxpayer money to pay creditors local governments which aren't allowed to operate in the red must come up with the cash this means some may be choosing between default or devastation in many cases it will be fairly simple for cities to cut services before they actually default on their debt cities and states coast to coast seem to be trying this route in the toll it's taking on the streets of america is undeniable. camden new jersey is the second most dangerous city in the country you didn't see many cops on the

streets to begin with and now. the city's had to lay off nearly half of their police force in detroit a city where people have been too broke to bury their dead this. cities too broke to repair dying infrastructure to fix roads or light. in the desert state of arizona cuts have been a matter of life and death. governor jan brewer taking a lot of heat over the death of another transplant patient after the state cut funding for the operations here in new york city huge piles of garbage like this one are all over city streets the city's behind on picking up trash after getting behind cleaning up after our snowstorm now public officials blame that on any number of reasons but one accusation that keeps coming up is this is the result of budget cuts cuts have consequences you can't just sort of cut there isn't enough wasteful spending so to speak to cut you're actually do have to cut services that people depend on analysts say the slashing will amount to an increase in

unemployment and a lowering of wages dragging more americans down and the economy with it all the prospect of bankruptcies threaten the pensions of public workers and may cause o'brian on the mystical body so that will push the significantly over the over the cliff. it's not the solution either scenario seems to be causing a widespread decline in the american city once relegated to inch in history it's the feedback forge economic shrinking downsizing and the urban sation exactly the same thing happened in the roman empire when in the end broom was left almost a deserted city and all of the production shifted back onto the land that's what you're faced here although the land in this case looks like it'll be broad rather than in the united states as investment he leaves to other countries threatening to take with it the american dream for a lister party in new york. and it's never been easier for teenagers in russia to

buy booze without being asked for id fueling under-age alcoholism was no stringent punishments many store owners turn a blind eye to selling alcohol to minors are these are in a lot. went in with hidden cameras to uncover the scale of the problem. some of these teenagers just may be russia's future and it's looking rather bleak. the problem is that kids are start drinking around fourteen fifteen years of age regularly the dependency takes a few years to four so when they are brought to us that has already been for them not always we can pull them out of this tough situation according to n.g.o.s there are anywhere from twenty to sixty thousand nine hundred in the country and many blame the fact that it's far too easy for a teenager to buy alcohol legal drinking age in russia is eighteen years old so how easy is it for a teenager to get his or her hands on some hard liquor we're going to follow a couple of enthusiasm a russian youth organization into that liquor store right across the street which

is one of the largest supermarkets selling hard alcohol to find out whether or not they will be successful in getting their hands on a couple of bottles of whiskey we've been in with a hidden camera but the experiment didn't work the first time around so no go hear the teenage girls were not sold any alcohol they were elsewhere than to the patient when they didn't provide it they were refused service but we're going to go to another place just down the street and see whether they will be able to get some vodka or beer there follow us. sure enough each of them had no trouble getting here from this. when confronted this serious woman got defensive but didn't seem too fazed with breaking the law i don't know that it goes ok how many times even we tell you not to sell alcohol to the under-aged and you still continue to do that. unfortunately practically every second or supermarkets sell cigarettes and alcohol

to adolescents and we have to make positive tendencies to russian parliamentarians have been trying to implement stringent punishments for those who sell it on cigarettes to minors but so far there has been very little prank. you know parents are responsible for the children until they turn eighteen. we make parents believe fine when the kids could drink it we raise deliver the responsibility because presently teenagers do all these things practically with a parent's permission. of this alcohol became an intrinsic part of the russian culture after world war two we have a tradition to drink for any reason and that's a huge problem we need to tackle fortunately many youngsters themselves realize the scope of the problem. they want to relax to feel grown no but i don't think if you drink two three bottles of beer you automatically become an adult as things stand there is little consequence or punishment for kiosk or store owners willing to cash

in on minors health but it could be the country's future at stake. forty. there's always more news and analysis on our web site r t v dot com and here's what's on the line right now. and anti islam march has been staged by whining with far right groups prime minister david cameron spoke of failing multiculturalism in modern day britain. and thousands of russian athletes get their skis on it in an annual cross-country race to find out more about this event have to our website our team dot com. former u.s. president george w. bush has canceled a visit to switzerland citing security concerns and came after human rights groups threatened protests and cold on the swiss government to detain bush for authorizing the torture of suspected terrorists journalist action returns it believes it's unlikely bush will be held to account by an international court. my understanding is the sense of a complete 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's an entire car drew of people it's dick cheney it's called 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 qatari 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 gone to her 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 torturers 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 and the key arms reduction treaty was finally given the green line by moscow and washington russia and the us will now start slashing their nuclear arsenals by third parties military contributor colonel again explains it's now their task not to lie the nuclear weapons fall into terrorists' hands. the latest certification of the start treaty is not the end but just a beginning of the r.t.o. spro says to definitely arise and to minimize the nuclear threat both from the rogue state and known state actors especially from deludes nukes that might wind up in the hands of terrorists who are enjoying the hospitality in the badlands of pakistan in fact on a bomb administration watch pakistan slowly but steadily has significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal both in the its first strike capability and the amount of the

cell material that could be easily employed for yet another one hundred nuclear warheads now the united states has a unique opportunity to exonerate its shattered image in the muslim world it has to persuade its most indispensable ally pakistan to stop sub but dodging the known fee cell material kind of treaty and to become a signatory the us to help pakistan to share that image as an international parea and to prove its ability and willingness to share their full responsibility as a respected member of the international community in that endeavor i'm sure the russian federation we will do its best to aid and support the united states effort in full accordance with the latter and spirit of just recently signed up and ready

if i start treaty. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world and shots have been freed along the border of thailand and cambodia for a fourth day in a row the conflict is centered around a tampa internationally recognized as belonging to can vote although tile sorties dispute this the clashes have so far claimed five lives since friday and forced the evacuation of thousands of villagers at a time military source reportedly described the latest skirmish as a misunderstanding. to bushfires driven by hot summer winds are raging on the outskirts of perth australia west coast fifty nine homes have been destroyed and more have been damaged the strong winds are hampering efforts to contain the blazes with water bombing aircraft affected meanwhile the cleanup from floods and cycle owns on the country's east coast continues the floods have been the country's worst in decades killing thirty five people and causing an estimated five point six billion dollars in damage. for towns there is demanding their

resignation over time in prime minister silvio berlusconi have clashed with police outside his villainy in the land demonstration turned violent when some members of the hundred strong crowd tried to break a security cordon around the residence the protests come as the scandal plagued leader and fans often come sort of with but he consorted with prostitutes mr berlusconi strongly denies the accusations and is about to continue to govern. while on a few minutes we talk to moscow police chief to discuss how to lower the capital crime rate but first a latest business news with kareena in just a few moments. her welcome to business thanks for joining me it's always biggest insurer generality because becoming the investor in the privatization of where the misty daily would pose to the rallies looking to buy roughly a five percent stake in russia second largest lender that's the which is currently

eighty five percent. state owned starts a road show to ten percent stake in the bank to raise around three and a half billion dollars it's the first big sale and rushes and big ambitious privatization program at bt raised around eight billion dollars in an i.p.o. last spring. and the price of brant crude oil soared past the one hundred dollars mark this mild this latest rise was reportedly due to the tensions in egypt however rule christophe b.p.'s chief economist and vice president says the growth comprised merrily from tightening oil markets. what has happened already over the last few months we call stable supply or demand the majority. but it was invisible the reason for this is we had so much floating storage oil stored over the sea that us disappeared didn't show up at official statistics no was december the official statistics to see the initial reports of the end of the third is the summary of that is that by the beginning of this year we will have to see will be reacting to

the image or as we continue to fall very sharply in the prices will start to rise. after increased production. let's look at the markets now european stock markets edge up in a relatively subdued early trading on monday that's following wall street's strong finish on friday and a good start to the week for the japanese market london's footsie and germany's dax are both up point seven percent this hour among stocks on the move shares in run gold resources advance two and a half percent after the group predicted a shop rise in production for two thousand and eleven and the housebuilder bell way rose one point four percent following a trading up day. at russia's markets are trading mixed this hour the r.t.s. is higher than mine six is losing a quarter of a percent energy and banking shares weighing on the indices. setting half a percent of them isaacs the weakness in the banks concept price is seen by analysts as a buying opportunity. and silvie need shares gained on reports that shareholders

that approved a merger to come. russia's largest independent gas producer nova tech expects to increase output by up to fifteen percent this year in january it perform better than gas problem which decreased production by about three percent compared to last year novacek is currently building a plant in the gaskins in insula the first field is expected in five times in five years time the company says it's investing one hundred million dollars into the liquefied natural gas project this year edition the gas producer is looking for us to to. it take. there's. there's. there's a. smaller company. so we're looking at a series of who have studied the geology study that we're

finished. here and there's already been fifty exploration wells are drilled and then gauge the contractor who which was. what we call the feed study and so we've completed the initial work and all the infrastructure activities underway in the. back with more in about fifteen.

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called a full seasons hotel the sultan which owns. hello welcome back if you're just joining us you're watching live from moscow with memory and josh a reminder of the top stories in egypt the government has offered new concessions to ease the tension in the crisis hit country but the opposition is holding firm in the early demands for president mubarak's immediate resignation meanwhile street protests show little sign of abating after two weeks of violence. we can lease founder julian assange to appear in a london court to fight extradition to sweden over alleged sex crimes in stockholm suppose a friendship with washington might see him traded to the united states were he could face the death penalty. the u.s.

by the publishing tens of thousands of its military documents and diplomatic cables . and as u.s. president barack obama implements a new budget some say it'll cut money going to poverty reduction programs but struggling with massive debts many american cities are already running on threadbare services. russia's police is john or go and major shake up following continuous accusations of corruption and abuse of power for more on this overhaul as well as the crime problems in russia's capital are to be sure now as he talks to moscow police chief. next on art. dressed as you like though mr coates of thank you very much for joining us today.