live pictures from cairo as a national address from the egyptian president hosni mubarak to remain in office until september but handing power to the vice president. a surprise visit by the president for new concerns over transport security in russia . discovers major lapses at one of moscow's main road stations. also reporting the new exodus christians in iraq being driven out of their country calls and sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. u.s. politicians famous for the people they make when uprising of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule.

from our studios here in central moscow this is the twenty four hours a day the egyptian president hosni mubarak evolves to remain in office until september in a televised national dress he said he will not step down and foreign pressure he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar. pointed out the demands of the. and legitimate. they will receive hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square erupted into angry charts against him it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of between pro and anti-government protesters. well with the u.s. major player in the region professor michael vlahos of the u.s. naval war college told me earlier that the outcome of the protests is vital for

washington. 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 called stability. when we president obama calling for an orderly transition in egypt or thought william and bell says the u.s. has long been planning to get rid of the barack his opposition to some of washington's policies in the middle east. mubarak's government realize that the u.s. was preparing a regime change that along the lines of the so-called color revolutions in georgia ukraine and so forth. activists to the united states sometimes for a seat in the state department sometimes at the national endowment for democracy or freedom house and these are all quote unquote private n.g.o.s that specialize in training for washington and. what's going on is really a major not the stabilization of u.s.

ally mobarak has been opposed to most of us policy views or be around we will be persian gulf nations and visibly 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 when that was author william and dol talking to us from frankfurt and we'll be following this story for you but for more updates go to our website that's our dot com online all the time but as i say we'll bring you more here on one screen here on r.t. as we get further developments from egypt. in russia an urgent investigation has been on staff to the president personally discovered major security lapses in a railway station in moscow it came in to me to me that have paid a surprise visit to one of the capital's main stations and as sarah first discovered the shuttle check up has caused many red faces. start and the passengers . train station with the extremely surprised today by the arrival of president

meditative plans to check out the security systems at the train station we know that he was extremely displeased with what he found when he entered the station he couldn't see any police officers though in 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 stars and the son of the police officer here and he was actually quite angry when he was questioning the as to why exactly these measures were in place but 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. their standby duty and ruwi station holds we've walked around the whole together with the minister but i haven't noticed a single priestman that transport security has been the talk of president medvedev is agenda since. the date of course and today carrying out spacek is showing that he's extremely serious in ensuring that the measures and now up to scratch no when

he visited here is he said he spoke today stuff and we've heard him speaking at the crime instead 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 measures 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 there from president they'd have again in the wake of the attacks we heard him talking very seriously about what he calls a sit. fadia really they need to get this it's a standard now and they're going to be very serious about implementing this and if

people on the job we've had in say they'll simply be replaced by people who are we've already seen a number of high profile firings that monk of the chief of the federal transportation security says again today this highlights may just security lapses possibly the firings to come but the essential message now is that the security system needs to be tightened and uncompromising going to continue until that. reporting there from central moscow will still to come in the program that a brain drain in the baltics. if you were one of the highest levels of immigration. many of the young people who i've spoken to say they see their future employment beyond the borders to the country. we explore why so many people in the fall when you are looking abroad for opportunities. and germany's chancellor is quizzed over the killing of dozens of afghanistan civilians and to talk about his.

story start a comeback for sectarian violence has forced iraqi christians to seek haven in the relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion sebastian monna reports from iraq those who stayed continued target 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 they lack any i went out with my arms just to buy some chocolate and come back and went out and didn't see anything i just had the bomb and i fell to the ground and the room was lying in the street with her foot dangling from her leg her father i had rushed outside.

i saw my daughter lying microphones it was a live and. my daughter was lying in the growing and people were running. mate everything was covered in dark street and charge of us so i picked up my daughter with her legs dangling i almost lost it i was shaking my daughter's gaited she's been hit by a bomb but. it 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 leaving 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 for seven years in the military under saddam hussein i'm an iraqi christian and i don't have a square foot of land to my name why. it looks my crime many in the church feel that countries in the west are responsible. merican are liars we don't trust their reputation is terrible because everywhere they have light us train the sunni and shia and they just watch while they kill it is impossible not to see all these murders and 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. u.s. 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. to come 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 you know group of our members of congress visited with her choose a great leader but we also had the opportunity meet with members of the opposition many of whom have fellow countrymen residing in prison have been beaten and tortured. during the same conference the former presidential candidate don't one of the most influential

republican senators refer to russia as the soviet union we all know that our missile defense rather modest. earmarked and. 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 ever has a nation has suffered from incredible disease the winner of hearts and minds of millions of americans sarah pailin 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 mrs paling has further contributed to her credibility in foreign affairs when commenting on the u.s. stance with regards to morris career 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 figures so sarah palin you know who could see russia from her door in our 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 generally americans. indifferent they don't pay attention to world events and you can easily manipulate them krus of their public ignorance or ghastly after waging wars in iraq and afghanistan for years figures

show most americans still have difficulties finding the countries on the map getting the idea that. if the public is not able to notice the ignorance of their politicians they won't be able to hold them accountable for their decision some say that is one of the biggest threat to democracy in america i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . but remember there's always more news on our web site for you to don't come here's what's. right now despite the attempt to use like a one hundred twenty thousand dollars bus driver here russia takes people on this road after finding bags of cash. and customs officers in russia get into hot water after it appearing in rap video showing the bling side of the job but these stories and more all of website on t.v. dot com online all the time.

the wind 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 people even more aggressive. young educated and unemployed the rhenish to choose 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 solar

a day and i decided to offer to ireland to live 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 that 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 four 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 so it's not so bright. but a death sentence. 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 with the flood maybe it is to provide conditions for people to study because now it's really difficult because it is becoming expensive for people spend money on something when we have to earn money moving i can do. about i think we have to rearrange back system access some sort of people for especially for young people any changes come too late for rena she's already made her move to pastures new and the search for employment in western europe these are all other r.t. the list. the german chancellor angela merkel is being questioned over a military airstrike which killed dozens of civilians in afghanistan's condemns province almost two years ago it comes as the country's parliament voted to extend the military mission in the country by one year after hundred forty two people were

killed dozens of them civilians a result of the 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 peace activist jens wagner says the nato countries are just a hop it's controlled by the hands of the us when it comes to the war in afghanistan. from the point of the americans germany is certainly reluctant but from the point of view of the german pope population. the government is eager to be in alliance with the united states in the question of afghanistan and it other questions what really happens is certainly a play. completely of a chess game on. on the international scale that is led by the united states foreign policy and united states think tank. the europeans and the

nato countries are allies in this system and as i said they try to benefit from. resource influence from oil influence the politicians are in the close alliance or close dependence with the military industrial complex so they are in this thinking. of gaining from this war only in minor questions can nato allies deviate from this from the general united states strategy. when after a brief look at some of the major headlines from around the world this hour in our world update at least six people are being killed and six injured after a small plane crash to cork airport in the republic of the. aircraft overturned and caught fire trying to land in heavy fog and manx to plane and make two previous attempts to land it when travelling from belfast in northern ireland accidents is the deadliest in irish aviation since one nine hundred sixty eight. suicide bomber

dressed in school uniforms struck at a military facility in northwestern pakistan killing at least thirty soldiers and we over forty others attack it detonated his explosive laden fist during early training session in the city of marjah and incidents described as one of the worst against pakistani security forces in recent months militants of carrying out scores of suicide bombings and other terror attacks in the past few years in the region killing thousands. well that's the news from around the world this hour here on r.t. no relations between london and moscow have been rocky in recent years with many unresolved issues still hanging over to an r.t. spoke to the new russian ambassador to britain alexander about how we expect the relationship to progress well that interview is coming your way in just a few moments and i'll be back with a summary of our main news in about eight minutes from now.

today i'm at the russian embassy in london talking to mr alexander who's just taken up the post as the new russian ambassador to the u.k. thank you very much for talking to us he congratulations on your new pasting and a very warm welcome to london on a human level relationships between the u.k. and russia are very good lots of work in russia russian culture is widely celebrated tear but on a diplomatic and political level they're not so why do you think that well i think it's the task you know for the diplomats and for the political leaders you know to get the of course. to do their best to have.

political relations and as far as the russian britain rationed i would like to say that the last year was very fruitful from that point of view there were two meetings of the. president of russia and the prime minister of britain that was in canada and then saw we expect the visit of lager all of this will be next week which is very important. mr hague was. in russia you know the negotiations were very productive and we expect the visit of mr cameron this year with i mean the embassy we're studying preparing this visit so the. texture of the political contacts a very important but i would like to see what is. it's even more important that you know of course the. as you said the. the connections between the people and the russian culture is the probably this is

the test for that and we know that a lot of events going on in london a lot of people are coming russians feel comfortable in london with thousands of them who doing business who just simply leave here and what is very important that the economic relations are going very well and the recent deal between the b.p. and the rusty after was just one of the examples but if you look at the in the broader sense what's going on the to the business this the good indicator is the level of the trade but the last meeting of the international committee of trade and investment just showed that we had six day mentions directions of the corporations and we are planning to cook rate in different areas like for example. the brits will help us to make the international financial center we expect to

cooperate on the energy efficiency so basically i am very optimistic about the economic areas of cooperation between our two countries and as far as your job case what areas of your target set that you will focus on in times of cooperation altshuler frankly i have to to to to to to point to know all the all the areas still so this is politics definitely this is economy this is technology because you know we're building skolkovo with the brits building you know the same center not far from london reason regime we're in favor of the better conditions you know we want the same conditions that we have with the european union and we're ready you know to move in this direction and definitely we'll try you know to see good reaction you know from the u.k. the run no. small questions in the by the tribulations you had of the press department at the ministry in moscow how do you assess the british press particularly the notes taken up by tabloid newspapers do you think that british

people can get an accurate perspective on international affairs from the press well i think i think that the first of all the british press is global they're not concentrated just on the local issues they're taking the issues globally and in this sense they're very competitive second you know there is a fast growing internet. and the third or what is very interesting to me is that the in britain you are trying to find the new with how you know to present the news and the last idea of murder you know to issue the the new let's say the between the new space between the i mean in the internet in the in the printed version it's a very interesting it's very challenging question and of course definitely it's very interesting you know for the russian press because you know if you look at the russian internet you know it's basically the same as in the u.k.

but if you have a global look at the press of the u.k. i would like to see that they get. adequate picture was going on in the world and on the national level to the u.k. still harbors people sort under the russian legal system people that they still ski . and most recently mocked. the subject of the largest claim ever made in the u.k. commercial court and what do you think it would take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with russia you just cannot say you know in general. this is there are some specific case and of course we have to deal with the every specific case you know case by case basis again thank you very much thank you.

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tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's a sonic boom six tractor murdering mammals or it's the burning oil fields in iraq or straw. in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there shall be taken in war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that. will. remain.