after weeks of antigovernment the egyptian president prepares to address the nation bring you live pictures from. the cia says it expects him to step down within hours fuelling further criticism that the u.s. is pulling the strings that. the new exodus christians in iraq driven out of their country with attacks targeting the minority group. a surprise visit by the president. transport security in russia as to me. personally major lapses of one of moscow's main train stations. some u.s. politicians famous for the blue advising the world on democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule.

from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the egyptian president hosni mubarak has to address the nation later tonight the cia says it expects he'll resign however the country's information minister has denied the report gyptian military forces have announced they are siding with the protesters and that the president will meet their demands more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of clashes between pro and anti government protesters well these are live pictures from central square where massive crowds are staying put as you can see they're refusing to leave until the president stands down with immediate effect. professor at the u.s. naval war college michael told me earlier that the money the u.s. has been pouring into corrupt regime has been with the direct aim of securing

american influence in the middle east. but the u.s. got. in a sense step by step it got sucked into our. approach to the middle east where the middle east became the greater middle east including pakistan the most important focus of american foreign policy and in the case of egypt there were two dynamics at work one you had. the camp david accords and that sort of locked in a yearly buy off of egypt in other words egypt was being egypt's peace with israel was being paid for every year and if you look at it that way that helps explain why the u.s. has been locked into this important financial transfer year after year after year but also egypt became something of a substitute for the loss of iran and being one of the anchor core countries

in the arab world maybe the core country this was seen as a great triumph for us. foreign policy and so we were almost immediately heavily invested in maintaining what we call stability. william and dull says the u.s. is nonbeing planning to get rid of the bar for his opposition to some of washington's policies in the middle east. mubarak's government realized that the u.s. was preparing a regime change that along the lines of the so-called color revolutions in georgia . and so forth bringing young egyptian activists to the united states sometimes received in the state department sometimes at the national endowment for democracy or freedom house these are all quote unquote private and she also specialized training for washington. and. what's going on is really a major not enough destabilization of the u.s.

ally mobarak has been opposed to most of us policy views of iran we should be persian gulf nations and these will be levanon over the last several years so he's become in effect a thorn in the side of washington's greater agenda since two thousand and one well still to come on the program this hour in r.t. a brain drain in the baltics. if you wait he has one of the highest levels of emigration you many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of their native country. we explore why so many people in the way you are looking abroad for opportunity. and germany's chancellor is quizzed over the killing of dozens of afghanistan civilians in an airstrike two years ago. those stories still to come but first an urgent investigation has been launched after the russian president personally discovered

major security lapses at a railway station here in moscow and it came with me to meet video paid a surprise visit to one of the capital's main stations that was artie's sarah firth discovered the check up has caused many red faces. star and the passengers. train station feel extremely surprised today by the arrival of president. plans to check out the security systems at the train station we know that he was extremely pleased with what he found when he entered the station he couldn't see any police officers there and a metal detectors now he was accompanied by the heads of the federal security service and the interior ministry we know that he addressed the staff and the son of the police officer and he was actually quite angry when he was questioning that as to why exactly these measures were in place. as for the order i haven't seen a single policeman at the railway station i understand that there are c.c.t.v. cameras but still what about standpoint duty standby duty in ruwi station holds

we've walked around the whole together with the minister but i haven't noticed a single priestman turn school security has been the talk of president medvedev agenda since. the date of course and today carrying out he's extremely serious in ensuring that the measures and now up to scratch know when he visited here is he said he spoke today stuff and we've heard him speaking at the coming today of course the finger of a play pointing a number of authorities that he really highlighted the federal security service as really holding top responsibility and what he was saying to them is they really need to be making sure that they're doing their job not just immediately after the attack but they're putting these merged in place that will stay in place. from now on the federal security service will be responsible for coordinating security measures on transport the railways must be protected exactly the same as airports you must know what your officers are exactly doing at that moment they must not

drink tea or walk without any purpose they must do their work. so strong was surfing present they'd have again in the wake of the attacks we heard him talking very seriously about what he calls a sin. the failure really they need to get this is the standard now and they're going to be very serious about implementing this and if you follow the job we've had in say simply be replaced by people who are we've already seen a number of high profile firings the. chief of the federal transportation security says again today with the sport highlighting some major security lapses possibly some further firing stickpin but the essential message now is that the security system needs to be tightened and uncompromising and the shakers going to continue until that's in place so if earth reporting there from central moscow sectarian violence has forced iraqi christians to seek haven in a relatively calm more than region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group in the years following the two thousand and three us led invasion

and sebastian more reports from iraq those who are continue targets of extremists. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdish region because they become targets of extremist groups in the country in two thousand and seven miriam was hit by a bomb that was planted outside her house black i went out with my arm just to buy some chocolate and come back and went out and didn't see anything i just heard the bomb and i fell to the ground miriam was lying in the street with her foot dangling from her leg her father i had rushed outside but. i saw my daughter lying on the groaned it was a live and. my daughter was lying in the growing and people were running shouting everything was covered in dust and shards of glass so i picked up my daughter with

her legs dangling i almost lost it i was shouting my daughter has been hit by a bomb. luckily i had was able to get her to a doctor who could repair her leg but others have not been so lucky in october last year fifty six people were killed by militants when they attacked the our lady of salvation church in baghdad in the following weeks dozens more were killed in attacks across the country many fear that eventually christians will be driven out of iraq completely of the eight hundred thousand christians in the country before two thousand and three almost half of fled in the past month alone four thousand have moved to the comparative safety of the northern kurdish region here they can worship and live in peace but in even their homes they've lost absolutely everything many like miriam's father and are forced to make a living cleaning toilets in bars and restaurants. i served first seven years in

the military under saddam hussein i'm an iraqi christian and i don't have a square foot of land in my name why what's my crime many in the church feel that countries in the west are responsible. americans are liars we don't trust them their reputation is terrible because everywhere they've been they have light the us train the sunni and shia and they just watch while they kill us it is impossible not to see all these murders but they don't get involved. it's the end of a long day and time for the family to go to bed everyone gets ready and eventually the lights are switched off in the darkness and uncertainty miriam and the rest of her family are left to dream about and hope for a better tomorrow sebastian meyer r t so i'm in the iraq. german chancellor angela merkel is being questioned over a military airstrike which killed dozens of civilians in afghanistan's quds province almost two years ago it comes as the country's parliament voted to extend

the military mission in the country by one year of two hundred forty two people were killed dozens of them civilians as a result of a strike on two fuel tankers hijacked by taliban militants the incident sparked a political storm in germany claiming the jobs of several top military officials a host of the business and government conservative placed in berlin told me earlier that the nato countries including germany are just dancing to the beach of the us. we are there because of nato to put it straight because washington ahd it to be there and it is going to continue no matter that seventy to eighty percent of the german people are opposed to this military to get engaged still the politicians are not listening and that means they must be more afraid of washington than they are the old people and of course this is a very severe. decision to go against your own people is to be elected politician and bear means that our democratic structures are no longer well

functioning our mass media are lying constantly about the afghan war our politicians are lying and the whole selection process even of members of parliament to be candidates for to stand for election is not democratic anymore we are killing mostly civilians there is no sign of any better future through nato in afghanistan in fact we are losing this war we are losing the good will of the population. the way is experiencing a worrying brain drain with a population plummeting by more than ten percent in the last ten years and the impact of the world financial crisis has made the outflow of people even more aggressive. young educated and unemployed the rhenish cave which is a twenty four year old computer science graduate she can't find work in her native build this so is headed to another country in search of a job she's one of the lucky ones she'll be reunited with her mother and father who

have already made the switch i have finished university here and i couldn't find a job because of their economic. situation in the country so my parents and they are living in ireland for a six year seoul already and i decided. to ireland today with them and to find a job there more and more lithuanians are falling victim to the baltic brain drain young people finish their studies at home and then look for a job in western europe where salaries are much higher however the global financial crisis and crippling recession in countries like ireland means that the move abroad doesn't always provide the opportunities it once did its always so risky but. it's now a days it's better to go to ireland. to find a job there. is job then sitting just here and doing nothing this lithuania is carrying out

a census in march to determine the current population demographic preliminary government statistics for twenty ten show last year alone an estimated eighty three thousand people left the country many in search of work elsewhere lithuania has one of the highest levels of emigration in the e.u. many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of their native country this is one of the reasons that the twenty eleven census that will take place here will be the most comprehensive in the nation's history. with questionnaires in english russian polish as well as if you were in the department of social statistics a desperate to find out how many people are living in the country they expect to see the two thousand and one population of three point four million for by almost five hundred thousand with no apparent end in sight to the exodus the long term estimates paint a bleak picture for the next forty years here it's not so bright. but

it's excellence. in the year two thousand and fifty will be only. five million pounds the task of bill this is to try and keep the best and brightest from being lost to the brain drain to safeguard the future but how social security the second is to provide health security is a flood maybe it is to provide conditions for people to study for us now it's really difficult because it is becoming expensive for people spend money on something i mean after money and move you know you can do. about i think we have to rearrange tax system taxes some for the people for especially for young people any changes come too late for arena she has already made her move to pastures new and the search for employment in western europe these are all other r.t. the list. remember there's always more news on our website. and here's what's.

right now despite the tempting sight of one hundred twenty thousand dollars a bus driver in russia takes the other this road to finding bags of cash. the web site customs officers in russia get into hot water appearing in an amateur rap video showing the bling side of the job can find out about these stories and more on our web site that's all. us politicians don't often hold back when it comes to their views of the world but it seems they haven't always check their facts there's got to check on reports it's the american people who are becoming the butt of the joke advising other countries on democracy seems to be a must for any u.s. politician and some of them get so carried away that they confuse what countries

exactly they're talking about i also want to thank the president with the way now group of our members of congress visited with her yesterday in great leader but we also had the opportunity to meet with members of the opposition many of whom have fellow countrymen residing in prison have been beaten tortured our gallery. during the same conference the former presidential candidate on one of the most influential republican senators referred to russia as the soviet union we all know that our missile defense rather modest. earmark. we are proceeding with it because of the threat we face from iran not from the soviet union but senator mccain's gaffes don't stop there i'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle particularly given the situation on the iraq pakistan border

probably only in mccain's mind did pakistan share a border with iraq but he's not the only u.s. politician who's quick to share their expertise in world affairs without checking some facts george w. bush will not prides himself on having pushed democracy in egypt during his presidency thought africa was a nation africa's a nation or suffers from incredible disease the winner of hearts and minds of millions of americans sarah paling two thought africa was a country some two years ago but now nothing seems to stop her from handing out advice on how to deal with egypt this is paling has further contributed to her credibility in foreign affairs when commenting on the u.s. stance with regards to north korea obviously got to stand with our north korean allies were bound to create by trees and worry about by well the paradoxes is that politicians who really know nothing about these things have to appear to know something they have to speak out on all of these issues to be considered credible sig years so sarah palin you know who could see russia from her door in her window

you know is now an expert on russia or whatever else the reason why us politicians feel free to make bloopers on international issues could be that many of their audience is can't catch the inconsistences well it's very easy to manipulate people when they don't know anything so they generally americans are indifferent they don't pay attention to world events and you can easily manipulate them cuss. after waging wars in iraq and afghanistan for years figures show most americans still have difficulties finding the countries on the map giving the idea. of if the public is not able to notice the ignorance of their politicians they won't be able to hold them accountable for their decisions something that is one of the biggest threat to democracy in america our reporting from washington r.t. . time now for

a brief look at some other major headlines from around the world in our world update at least six people are being killed and six in journal a small plane crash to cork airport in the republic of violent the commuter aircraft overturned in court or trying to land in heavy fog the mancs two plane had made two previous attempts to land it had been traveling from belfast in northern ireland the accident is the deadliest in aviation since one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. to a suicide bomber dressed in school uniform was struck at a military facility in northwestern pakistan killing at least thirty soldiers and wounding over forty others detonated his explosives laden early training session in the city of marjah an instance described as one of the worst pakistani security forces in recent months but a sense of carrying out scores of suicide bombings and other terror attacks in the past few years in the region killing thousands. of close up team continues its discovery the western area now as it explores life in and around the city of.

well this time the team discovers how russia's elderly are struggling to get by in the remote villages where they make up the majority of the population with tiny pensions and poor health care the older generation is in need of food medical assistance and support. listened to their stories. it's her daily exercise by breaking the ice in the well she'd much rather do without it but then she'd have no water the seventy seven year old lives in her native village on her own most obvious that self no no we don't mind living like this we don't want to die but we do have a huge problem with water you know what yes water seems to be the main concern for these women but once they start talking more problems come to surface ask what if we can't get an ambulance out here probably because we're old and they think we're not important. out of thirty people in this village twenty are over the age of

sixty we have no access to running water medical help or food so for them it's not so much about enjoying life as it is about survival the main problem of these women is their age miniscule pensions and poor healthcare make the lives of russia's elderly all but unbearable but many say the way the elderly are perceived in the country is even more lamentable that you. as a woman even if friends between russia and the west is that are not country old age is considered to be a time of loss and reminiscence whereas in the west it's a time for new possibilities with modesty give nobody believes russia is in a dire need of more social programs to provide care for the elderly one woman in the jeffs is already doing her part they do for a private retirement home came to natalya when her mother died and she was looking for someone to look after her father the color bend and her high status job effectively and started her own business and when you see that you're good at what

you do it's incredibly satisfying oh people come in frightened at first and then they start considering your family member it's especially satisfying when you realise you doing something important you unfortunately these village women cannot afford to live in a tireless home like millions of russia's elderly and they're forced to rely on their own strength in good spirits while they still have them in college go our teen. well had to bring it up to date for most of you but with a summary of our main news stories in about seven minutes from now in the meantime the business is next with dmitri stay with us here in moscow. welcome to business the government's intervention in fuel pricing has led to a reduction in the cost of diesel for consumers that's according to russia's anti monopoly watchdog the watchdog opened a formal investigation into three of the country's top oil producers for price

fixing after prime minister questioned why fuel prices were rising faster than crude oil two years ago the watchdog already imposed fines of nearly a billion dollars against the likes of ross there lukoil and fixing prices but consenting to sealing off the general direction of the national energy security fund believes fines are not the right way to ensure competition. the problem is that we cover nor when the refineries and us all serious refineries there that we have to integrate to the ground and in my opinion if we really want to struggle for law or prices across the wall we must simply not about fines we must think about structural reform of our industry we must have independent refineries and only i see that this is the only one we have to struggle with high oil prices if we want. to we must have a real computer vision of our market we'll have no independent for the news there

will be more competition. and so you can look at the markets that's right we are live at half past twenty three hundred here in moscow u.s. markets are lower despite a strong jobs report akamai technologies well sixteen percent at one point on the nasdaq up to the company said competitors are forcing it to offer lower prices for its web streaming service. european stock markets ended thursday session lower led by heavyweight banking stocks also air france shares were down seven point seven percent of the airline issued a profit warning on its head said there was excess capacity on some routes the dax managed to recover at the end of the surge russian. stocks end of the session deep in negative territory third session of losses in a row first as are shifting their assets out of developing countries concerned that inflation will hurt growth in emerging markets energy majors were the main drag as well dropped to around eighty six and a half dollars a barrel throughout the session was the sixth day of decline from there it was

dropping just two of percent at the close investors were worried but the refiner could suffer the most if the russian as a monopoly watchdog forced fuel prices drug maker protagoras down two point seven percent at the close after reporting twenty times revenues rising nine point one percent is going to west. this is not been the best of the week for russia and again i think it will turn out to be having been one of the worst performing emerging markets story here is the one of the best performing workers so far this year it's easy to profits when you when you when you made some so i think what we're looking at is profit taking having basically been on the forefront for this week. you know the new. plan to chell piper has stopped an upcoming initial public offering to two unfavorable market conditions to company a plan to sell around thirty percent of its shares on the my sixty r.t.s.

and the london stock exchange in a bid to raise up to eight hundred twenty eight million dollars but analysts predicted the i.p.o. what about now between two and two point seven when you. ran out and says it lost twenty one million euros from its involvement with the russian carmaker after last year there are no ads it expects along with its alliance partner need to acquire a controlling stake in afterbirth by the end of the year. that's all from me joining my colleague tomorrow morning eight twenty moscow time bill is next with the headlines.

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