the plans are. weeks of vast on the rest finally see hosni mubarak step down leaving the military in power but there are concerns that the country's future is now under the control of a force largely fine ask why washington. i'm not at this time a candidate for the presidency i will decide. whether i will become one party takes a sneak peek at who might be the potential candidate for the twenty twelve u.s. presidency and what their rhetoric might mean for the country and the rest of the world. have a loaded alternative to south africa's vuvuzela us ukraine is getting ready to introduce fans of the twenty twelve year old cop the old slavic instrument that will have

spectators at the very pitch. ten am here in moscow this is r t welcome to the program it would have shown president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down ending a standoff lasting more than two weeks while barack obama welcomed the move saying that the voice of the people have been heard but since america backed the fall of dictator and his thirty year regime there are those who question the sincerity of the u.s. sentiments. reports. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy for gyptian to have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day off the u.s. congratulates egyptians for getting rid of a repressive leader it's

a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have they been doing for the previous years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of power but some analysts say the u.s. is still pulling the strings. long term alliance with israel a deep partnership with egypt we as a country have provided more than one hundred billion dollars in aid to both of these countries there's a real investment here the force now in charge in egypt is the country's military largely financed by the united states the army will be in power until egyptians choose their next president it is the second largest recipient of american aid in

the world after his neighbor as well the u.s. is pumping billions of dollars into the egyptian military which gives washington huge control over the running of the country and its future although the official u.s. position is that it's up to the egyptian people to choose their next leader some analysts say it's very likely the country's next president will be subject to american approval what took place in egypt was a military coup in a military coup inside the art of mubarak and suleiman and of course there are also military men that there will be no posed by the chief of the army and the minister of defense they have a very close relationship with the pentagon always very very close to robert gates the. so it's going to fold at least. this past week so obviously washington will be supervising in the saying that athens tahrir square in cairo now celebrates the end of ruled by an autocratic leader who restricted political freedoms and damaged

economic progress so too did people on the streets of kurdistan and ukraine in recent years after so-called democratic revolutions with western approval but the leaders who came to power were leader rejected by their own people the characters are many of the people power of being where but also people who. have. been just a change of racism. some say the lesson that the west to learn from recent revolutions is to abstain from supporting a leader just based on how convenient they are for the west rather than how much they can do for their people going to check on our t. washington d.c. . investigative journalist robert dreyfuss says that now that mubarak has stepped down and had power to the military america is uncertain of which side to back next even though there's a lot of celebration and jubilation going on in cairo we don't know really whether the military is going to give up its power and authority and if they do to whom how

far will they share or what's going to happen the most likely course is going to be a prolonged period of very difficult talks between some emerging group coming out of the protest the united states was certainly involves behind the scenes in a very intensive way when it became clear that mubarak was was in trouble they wanted him out now do they want the military to stay in power do they want the protesters to take over i think is something in between you know and they're really confused the obama has been a step or two behind throughout this entire process british journalist and war correspondent yvonne ridley says hosni mubarak delayed his departure to take care of his multibillion dollar fortune. the problem facing a dictator like mubarak is that when you have many billions stashed away. he obviously had to seek assurances that his are wouldn't be frozen as has happened in

switzerland to save hurt already there are lots of things that i think he's had to sort out and this obviously been a lot of deals going on behind the scenes but at the end of the day the victory is with the people they got their way i was in tahrir square just on tuesday and it was an electric atmosphere they got their rewards that patience paid off and coming up for you in a few minutes learning for mubarak's downfall of find out how karzai using the events in egypt to solidify his power and protect himself against similar uprisings in afghanistan. all american billionaire donald trump could be the next u.s. president as a twenty two a presidential race nears he joins possible republican challengers who've been trying to win over conservative voters in washington. he was there.

if you've been wondering who i am one of you. could possibly how we got over let washington up the jeep already. one day become the next u.s. president. while i'm not at this time a candidate for the presidency i will decide by june whether or not i will become one of the the if you came to the right party that's precisely what drugs were meaningfulness the pack everything here the fact that the next president of the united states. it's a good place you don't throw away and though he hasn't officially announced it it is going to take a lot more of the new rhetoric to put americans back to work it's going to take a new president all eyes were on mitt romney i want to make this very clear if i were to decide to run for president who according to a recent rasmussen poll leads obama in a potential presidential race in two thousand and twelve and who just recently

opposed the new start treaty which would limit the amount of nuclear weapons in both the united states and russia and which was supported by leadership of both parties neustar needs our national security. and potential candidate michele bachmann had quite a few eloquent things to say about u.s. foreign policy particularly china with all the money that we owe china i think we might rightly say who is your daddy but in this interview when discussing foreign policy bachmann it wasn't joking this is the time where we need to be on red hot alert five alert and instead of calling back and taking our weapons off the table we need to care and another presidential hopeful has been gearing up for years now especially when it comes to dealing with iran and ahmadinejad he gets to i thought tel aviv maybe the israelis use nuclear weapons and he would accept that in a minute. because he believes everybody in tehran goes to heaven and everybody in tel aviv does and now he's really angry at the u.s.

president the obama administration is wrong on terrorism wrong on iran wrong in the muslim brotherhood wrong on hezbollah but hating obama is where the agreement seems to end because this year here's the compromise that conservatives also will have to make we will have to look long and hard at the military budget. thank you it's going to be i knew there had to be some dissension so. some fresh faces are willing to say in with the new out with field the tea party is interested in selecting our tea party candidates not just all the not just all of the. establishment republicans but establishment republicans there may be the temptation to x. everything including the defense but still have something to say and the money to not only say it but also to believe that the united states is becoming the laughing

stock of the world because delusion john beaner by the way is flying commercial these days. oh yes i do it's a new day no matter how obvious always has a place in society but when realistic ideas too often get drowned out you cannot say that the doubling of the military budget in the last ten years has all been spent wisely and that there's not any waste in the job. you just be on you. r. t. washington d.c. . well whoever becomes the next u.s. president one of the main challenges they'll face is the growing budget deficit well that us report shows in january it rose to almost fifty billion dollars that's seven billion more than last year and with a struggling economy and suffering its twenty eighth consecutive month in the red some wonder if the u.s.

might end up going broke well in her show the resident laurie harshness hits the streets of new york to find out if people really think america is on the brink of going bust. the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's. not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need

increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the u.s. economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got. thirty three hundred million people to make sure that they're healthy and have enough food and all that kind of stuff. how do you. you. you have to. cut it other places maybe stop going to war with so many people. as a real or. there is a lot of countries that are surviving for the interest we're paying so it's good for us to be in debt you think debt not this much is it ok that our country is built on a deficit system. if you look at a lot of companies now they are so no it's not but we should be built on a surplus either do you think the rest of the world needs us to be in that yes

i do feel like questions like these are sort of useless to people like me pick. is it feels like it has nothing to do with me at all whether or not you think america can ever go bankrupt the bottom line is with a deficit that continues to grow something's gotta give one way or another. still ahead for you this our family support knows no borders we reveal our despite severed ties with moscow cash flow from russia to georgia grows every year that's due to money transfers from those who left their country in search of a better life. and a landing on mars just hours away the crew of the longest space flight simulation in history repairing mankind for a real trip to the red planet. well if there is one thing

the two thousand and ten south african world cup will be remembered for it's the constant lead of the vuvuzela but some are determined not to be outdone by the infamous horn with ukraine and poland set to host the two thousand and twelve european championships locals have decided it's a perfect opportunity to promote the european cousin alexei or chef he has this story. remember the whole mark sound of last summer's football world cup the distinctive drawing of the traditional south african horn there was still a. meet its equivalent for the euro two thousand and twelve championship to be held in ukraine and poland this whistle is called this is only named and shaped after a cool and just like there was a lot it dates back thousands of years but at the report of the trip only a culture where there's

a leap to came from united money countries ukraine poland moldova romania and the balkans we want to use it at the twenty twelve championship to let everyone know of our roots we're not saying this instrument is purely ukrainian i would rather say it's purely slavic. those behind the idea to use this is relieved at euro two thousand and twelve say they will try to avoid there was ill effect which brought complaints from sound that the powerful pitch of the african horn was irritating and drowned out the atmosphere and like a monotonous roar of a who was ill of this ukrainian musical instrument provides a far more melodic sound and just about anybody can play just about any tune. professional folk musician maxime because nukes as any football fan would master this instrument in no time and there was particularly keen could play even more

than just football songs. not so the lows that your boys are you see it took me less than five minutes to teach you how to play it's really easy to use i've been playing for some time and i've learned to play tunes digital in many other musicians as the costs under five dollars coming in various sizes and either clay or plastic but this spotter has been making these birdies for most of her life says the more natural the lead thirty the more positive vibe lire make sure their ratios as a lead comes from the ukrainian soil our country is friendly ever passed in coming here for the twenty two of couple feel it and this is elite cilla transfer the positive emotions of our land to every family eases one of. those pushing this is the need to hope it will become the unofficial emblem of the euro twenty twelve

championship the sound feeling stadium next year in ukraine and poland will tell how successful they have been. r.t. reporting from ukraine. where you can always find more and have your say on this. as we're covering on our website that's r.t.e. dot com here's what's on line for you right now follow the blog of a private r.t. correspondent sean thomas as he and covers the hidden secrets of antarctica and find out what it feels like at the other end of the earth. and the arc goes high tech we explore the very modern past of modern art as artists swapped the paint brush for the laptop. if you believe.

a life in georgia can be tough especially after the country severed all relations with moscow its largest trading partner and benefactor well every year thousands of georgians pack up and set off in search of a better life in russia but as artie's that is biologically reports it's a lonely life for those left behind. going to going on a mission phoebe happy and don't forget about us here come and visit don't miss lewis asked us to show this video greeting to her relatives she sends her best wishes to her son her daughter in law and the grandkids who live away in russia for the seventy three year old we really hope to. learn his hard nowadays oh i can get is if you are here and there. for this big georgian family moved to

rochelle fourteen years ago and even though it's hard for these people to make ends meet every month they send money to their relatives and police eat and they're not the only ones with your own families like the gross this really is transferred more than seven hundred. million u.s. dollars to georgia making russia the biggest cash supplier for this caucasus republic the number of such wire transfers has been growing steadily over the past few years giving a strong boost to georgia's economy and even though in two thousand aid bill e.c. officially broke all diplomatic ties with more school and council direct flights between the two capitals it didn't stop georgians from by greeting to russia with the hopes of finding jobs and a better wife we came here as refugees the neighbors were kind to us and they helped a lot so now after all these years we communicated with the rest of the family over the internet sometimes who make the phone calls and the wire money to them whenever

we can money you know is not nobody's daughter in law living in a small mining town of his video in southern russia she relies on her husband by bill small business income that lets the whole family live in russia being put their children situation and supporting their elderly relatives no i didn't see this picture of her nor his video message finally reached its recipients my year in medina i haven't seen their grandma for more than six years now they're hoping that some day wife in georgia will get better and visiting the relatives will be as easy as going to the bank and making a mani transfer dinners bill or r g this video for southern russia artist military analysts colonel. sprains how president karzai fearful of the events in egypt guarded himself against a potential u.s. backed coup. when the whole international attention has been foreclosed on the

unraveling situation in egypt suddenly popped up on the headlines with his new and to american rhetoric this style to deprive the united states any opportunity to swap or to dismiss him with a more pliable pseudo democratic leader he decided to regain the initiative and momentum and to capitalize on and to american sentiments in afghanistan thanks to american occupation now he is in charge. clinton used to call narco state due to drug trafficking has acquired total financial independence from the united states or international community it's to president obama whether he has the guts to learn the less sum from cairo to arrange the preventive palace in kabul before this situation in afghanistan

completely out of american control. now let's take a look at some other major headlines from around the world hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of the pakistani city of karachi calling for the hanging of a u.s. embassy worker accused of killing two pakistani men allen davis claims he shot the men in self-defense after they attempted to rob him and two weeks ago in the city of lahore u.s. embassy representatives have called for his immediate release due to his diplomatic immunity or washington hinted that financial aid to pakistan could be affected and that the country's ambassador to the u.s. may be expelled. a powerful six point eight magnitude earthquake has struck central chile disrupting power and communications and causing thousands to flee it was centered in almost the same spot as last year's quake which caused a tsunami and devastated coastal communities there have been no reports of injuries

and the president appealed for calm and praise chileans for their quick reaction. to more hostages have been released by rebels from the revolutionary armed forces of colombia a council money marines were handed over to the international red cross in southern colombia and transported to the capital bogata it follows the release of another captive earlier this week fork is reportedly holding at least fifteen more people who have been trying to exchange for captured rebels. thousands of greek transport workers to the streets of athens in the latest set of strikes a protest against public sector reforms employees of the capital's transport services all walked off the job for several hours to attend the demonstrations the reforms part of the government's austerity measures are a precondition to a one hundred billion euro both of the i.m.f. and fellow u.b.s. nations. now the longest space flight simulation in history

a five hundred day mission to mars is reaching its destination as the astronauts prepare to lie. on the red planet later today with a crew of three volunteers will leave their spaceship where they've been a lot since june for a first spacewalk on the martian surface well fake as it may seem be ongoing experiment is more than virtual as it helps repair future astronauts for a real trip to mars. after more than eight months flying to the red planet the isolated mars five hundred crew are preparing to go where no man has gone before they prepare to take their first tentative steps onto a mock mars this but we've been through it this thing related surface of mars now only three of the six are actually going to be entering here and they're going to be carrying out experiments in collecting found other programs as a means that mars is going to be monitored for russia's real life mission control

and in reality though the crew the space ship and the planet's surface all just part of the simulated experiment will be one that comes complete with mach emergencies scientific experiments space food and no natural light its purpose to learn more about the physical and psychological demands of long distance space travel the head of the project tells me it's a new team perhaps to avoid any tensions and the experience itself is a tough challenge for the crew to have to deal with the monotony but thanks to this program of drills the men are in a good condition and we hope. they will be able to walk on the planet's surface the crew volunteers are being paid it's a long haul experiment that still has a while to completion in fact it won't be until november six hundred forty days after they first began that the men will get to touch down back in reality was the

experiment gives a unique insight into the long term space travel techniques it will be a long while yet before the real thing till then this simulation is as close as it gets to witnessing a real mission to mars sarah r.t. . coming up later in the program. r.t. continues its exploration of european capitals through the prism of russia's cultural influence today's market action is in london to see how the city has benefited from what russians living there have to walk for. with normal russians actually moving to the u.k. every year no one's according to the self loathing grads on the site ready experts say five small presses about the c.e.o. writes the first thing first off it.

was the old. i'll be back with the headline shortly do stay with us.

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