today. the simpsons are triumphant as weeks of mass and rest finally see hosni mubarak step down beating the military in power but there are concerns that the country's future is now under the control of a force largely finest by washington. i'm not at this time a candidate for the presidency i will decide by june whether or not i will become one r.t. 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. a melodic alternative to the south africa's ukraine is getting ready to introduce fans of the twenty twelve year old to an old slavic instrument that will have spectators at fever pitch.

eleven am here in moscow this is our team thanks for joining us now egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down and in a standoff lasting more than two weeks well barack obama welcomed the move saying that the voice of the people had been heard but since america back the fall of dictator and his thirty year regime there are those who question the sincerity of the u.s. sentiments artie's going to check out reports. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy for gyptian said made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day. 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 i been doing for the previous. yes 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 aren't mubarak and suleiman of course they're also military men but there would be no close by chief of the army and the minister of defense they have a very cool relationship with the pentagon don't always very very close to robert gates they talked on the phone at least five times this past week so obviously washington will be supervising any sing that happens 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 came who. into power leader rejected by their own people or characters for many of you people power of being where. people could. have. been just a change of race is there. something the lesson that the west could 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 a power to the military america is uncertain 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 groups 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 obama has been a step or two behind throughout this entire process of british journalists 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 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 from mubarak's downfall i doubt how president karzai is using the events in egypt to solidify his power and protect himself against similar uprisings in afghanistan. american billionaire donald trump could be the next u.s. president as a twenty twelve presidential race nears he joined a 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 on let

washington co-op the tea party. 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 and i will become one if you came to the right party and that's precisely what it is worms undervalues the people to see pack everything here the fact that that's just the united states . it's a good place stone's 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 leaves 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 alarm 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 wipe out tel aviv maybe the israelis use nuclear weapons and he would accept that in a minute. because he believes everybody into iran 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 on the

muslim brotherhood wrong on hezbollah but hating obama is where the agreement seems to end because this year here is the compromise that conservatives also will have to make we will have to look long and hard at the military budget. thank you i knew there had to be some change and so. some fresh faces are willing to say in with the new out with the old 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 boehner 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 job wing of the military budget in the last ten years has all been spent wisely and that there's not any waste in the joke. he just be on you. r. t. washington d.c. . oh well ever becomes the next u.s. president one of the main challenges they'll face is the growing budget deficit where this report shows in january it rose to almost fifty billion dollars that's seven billion more than last year and with the struggling economy is 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 harford has 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 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 us 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 know. you have to. cut it other places maybe stop going to war with so many people. as a real work believe me there's a lot of countries that are surviving off for the interest we're paying so it's good for us to be in doubt you think some debt is 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 build on a surplus either do you think the rest of the world needs us to be in that yes.

i feel like questions like these are sort of useless to people like me big. 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. and still ahead for you this our family support knows no borders. despite severed ties with bosco 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 wife. and landing on mars just hours away the crew of the longest space flight simulation in history preparing mankind for a real trip to the red planet. and if there's one thing the twenty turned south african world cup will be remembered for it's the constant brute of the us

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 cause it artie's alexei or she has this story. remember the whole mark sound of last summer's football world cup the distinctive drawing of the traditional south african horn that will. meet its equivalent for the euro two thousand and twelve championship to be held in ukraine and poland this was so it's called this is really named and shaped after a cuckoo and just like this it dates back thousands of years but what the report of the trip only a culture where this is elites a came from united many countries ukraine moldova romania and the balkans we want to use it at the twenty twelve championship to let

everyone know. we're not saying this instrument is purely ukrainian i would rather see it's purely slavic. those behind the idea to use this is a leader at euro two thousand and twelve say they will try to avoid the will was ill effect which brought complaints from some that the powerful picture of the african horn was irritating and drowned out the atmosphere unlike a monotonous the war over 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.

nor was 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. in many other musicians. costs under five dollars coming in various sizes and either clay or plastic but this potter has been making these birdies for most of her life says the more natural the lead certain the more positive vibe they make sure their ratios as a lead comes from the solo ukrainian soil the country is friendly every person coming here for the twenty two hours couple feel it and this is a little a transfer the positive emotions of our land every family uses one of those pushing this is the lead so i 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 and you can always find more and have your say on the story . we're covering on our website that's our team dot com and here is what's online for you right now of follow the blog of the credit 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 our goes high tech we explore the very modern of modern art as artists swap the paintbrush or the laptop. into.

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 our kids denise polaski reports it's a lonely life for those left behind. are going to be on a mission field media 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 and the grandkids riverway russia for the seventy three year old we really hope. we don't live as hard nowadays oh i can get is if you love her here and there. for this big georgian family moved to russia fourteen years ago and even though it's hard for these people to make ends meet

every month they send the money to their relatives and police and they're not the only wants west your own families like the gros the swedish transferred megan. 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 canceled direct flights between the two capitals it didn't stop georgians from my 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 this video in southern russia she relies on her husband bill small business income that lets the whole family live in russia being put their children situation and supporting their elderly relatives oh i didn't see this picture of her the latest video message finally reached its recipients maja and martina haven't seen their grandma for more than six years now they're hoping that someday 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 a lot r g this video for southern russia our military analyst colonel you have got all kosher explains how president karzai fearful of the events. guarding himself against a potential u.s. backed coup. when the whole international attention has been foreclosed on the unraveling situation in egypt suddenly got

a lot of popped up on the headlines with his new end to american rhetoric this style 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 that preventive palace in kabul before this situation in afghanistan completely out of american control. well let's take

a look at some other major headlines from around the world hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in 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 man in self-defense after they attempted to rob him two weeks ago in the city of lahore and u.s. embassy representatives have called for his immediate release due to his diplomatic immunity or washington hinted that the national 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 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 councilman and a marine were handed over to the international red cross in southern colombia and then transported to the capital it follows the release of another captive earlier this week before is reportedly holding at least fifteen more people who they have been trying to exchange for captured rebels. thousands of greek transport workers to through the streets of athens and delays the latest set of strikes a protest against public sector reforms employees of the council's transport services all walked off the trial for several hours to attend the demonstrations the report forms part of the government's austerity measures are a precondition to a one hundred billion euro loan from the i.m.f. and fellow european nations. now the longest space flight simulation in history a five hundred day mission to mars is reached. it's destination as the astronauts

prepare to land at the red planet later today while the crew of three volunteers will leave their spaceship where they have been lost since june first spacewalk of the martian surface or fake as it may seem to be ongoing experiment is war the virtual 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 preparing to go where no man has gone before they prepare to take their first tentative steps onto a mock mars surface but we've been through it this thing the surface of mars now only three of the six strong crew are actually going to be entering here they're going to be carrying out experiments in collecting phone calls other programs. the mars is going to be monitored for russia's real life mission controls and in reality though the crew the spaceship and the planet's surface all just part

of a simulated experiment will be one that comes complete with mock emergencies scientific experiments. and new natural light it's purpose to learn more about the physical and psychological demands for 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 really good condition and we hope. they will be able to walk. 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 would be until the vendor six hundred forty days after they first began that the men will get to touch down back in reality it was

the. experiment gives a unique insight into long term space travel techniques it will be a long while yet before the real thing until then this simulation is as close as it gets to witnessing a real mission to south sea. well coming up next hour r.t. continues its exploration of european capitals through the prism of russia's cultural influence today martin andrews is in london to see how the city has benefited from what russians living there have to watch for. more and more russians actually moving to the u.k. ever hear the ones are calling the cell phones in crowds of sites ready experts say the small russian suppose that this is their rights to say british economy.

i'll be back with the headlines shortly do stay with us.

well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's our sonic boom six tractor mammals or it's the burning oil field syria or iraq or story coral reefs 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.

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