the military takes charge of egypt and while the west heralds the album think of the president as a triumph of democracy analysts wonder just how much of an american agenda that new democracy will involve also. united states is becoming the laughing stock of the world the faces of potentially from next american president as well as their bold plans for the country to reveal whether the conservative party conference in washington plus. as ukraine prepares to co-host the next euro championships we discover a traditional instrument that might cast out seeing the world cops infamous

retailers. six pm in moscow this is coming to life thanks for being with us first up this hour the egyptian military has started moving barricades at tahrir square despite there still being thousands thronging what was the center point for the historic op evil in the country president mubarak finally stepped down on friday ending a standoff lasting more than two weeks odds are now on the egyptian army which has taken charge to see if it will be able to prepare the country for presidential elections in september iraq obama along with other world leaders welcomed the move saying that the voice of the people has been heard but since the u.s. backed the fall in dictator and his thirty year reign there are those who question the sincerity of. sentiments and as our can reports washington is not likely to

take a back seat when it comes to egypt's new politics. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy or 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 they been doing for the previous eight 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 you placed in egypt was a military coup in a military coup inside the art of mubarak and suleiman of course they're also military men but there will be no pulls but i. 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 all the washington will be supervising any seing 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 today 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 later rejected by their own people or parties for many of these great people power of being where the. people who. have been might. be 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. . there now and author and middle east expert tariq ali believes the u.s. was playing a risky game during the days of the egyptian on rest. the attempts made by. mubarak's deputy to cry and crush the demonstrators through violence free. ben the choice is very clear that they call in the army to carry out a blood in buried square in front of the world and that was too risky an option for the gyptian army because it might have split the army the generals might have carried out the orders if the pentagon had approved them but young officers whose children whose families whose brothers and sisters involved in this uprising might have desisted so it was a very serious risk for washington and in the end they decided it would be safe to

jump to mubarak and mubarak then refused to carry out orders from the pentagon but only for twenty four hours he resisted for one day in the next day he was gone because the army told him he had to go and the army. treated martial power weak the defense minister as we've already heard is a close ally of the pentagon then takes orders direct the big question washington has is nothing should happen to destabilize their. israel that is all they're concerned about and they're also concerned about the effects of this are people now on jordan on yemen and who knows even in saudi arabia and bahrain so regardless of what washington wants it come to try to control the situation. but in a few minutes more analysis of the ripples spreading out from the egyptian on the rise our military expert examine how the president of afghanistan is trying to

shield himself from a repetition of the events in cairo also. we've there's a lot of countries that are so vital for the interest we're paying them so it's good for us to be in doubt you think so. not this watch how deep in debt can the u.s. for bankruptcy come from knocking president tries to find out on the new york streets . out of the euro two thousand and twelve championships in poland and ukraine the hosts have unveiled a new tune for object and maybe a small but they hope their traditional instrument will pack just as lot of punch as its african cousin did last year ours is alexy yourselves give reports now from ukraine. 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 was so it's called this is only named and shaped after a cuckoo and just like there was a lot it dates back thousands of years but at the border the triple your culture where there's a leak came from united money countries ukraine poland rumania and the balkans we want to use it at the twenty twelve championship to let everyone know of our roots we're not seeing this instrument is purely ukrainian i would rather see 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 the will was ill effect which brought complaints from some that the powerful pitch of the african horn was irritating and drowned out the atmosphere unlike 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 fulcrum using 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 wonder. in many other musicians. costs under five dollars coming in various sizes and either clay or plastic but this potter has been making these birds for most of her life says the more natural there's only thirty more positive vibe where

they make sure their ratios as a lead comes from the soil ukrainian soil our country is friendly ever passed in coming here for the twenty two hours couple feel it and this is the least cilla 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. still to come here on r.g.p. approaching. the red planet crew of mars five hundred mission is nearing its destination and although it's only virtual the scientific worth of the experiment is very real. also coming up how the diplomatic breakdown between russia and georgia is hurting everyday lives we look at families forced apart by politics.

as potential u.s. presidential candidates start putting their minds towards the twenty twelve elections the list of burning issues for the republican candidates is growing longer by the day but one of the biggest is military spending and all the possible runners are having their say on the issue. looks at some new names on this. if you've been wondering who i am one of you. could possibly how are we going to let washington co-op the jeep already i. 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 if you came to the right party and that's precisely what it is worth a hundred thousand people to see pack everything here the fact that that's the

united states you can. get just a 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 his role as use nuclear weapons to iran he would accept that in a minute. because she 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 in 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. you get we knew there had to be some extensions so. some fresh faces are willing to say in with the new out with the old but establishment republicans there may be the

temptation to axe 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 laughingstock of the world 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 joke. he just be on you. r. t. washington d.c. . well no matter who becomes the next president one of the main challenges they'll face is the growing budget deficit biters report so it's risen to almost fifty billion dollars leaving some analysts to warn the us has passed the point of no return our very own new york resident laurie harford this hits the streets of the big apple to see if people really think america is 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 out 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 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 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. it

feels like it has nothing to do with. 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. well after months of space travel a crew of three is finally nearing their destination a red planet of a mission is only a simulation it comes complete with all the trying of space flight a lengthy journey of solitude and of course the basic food our two sarah for a found out how this unique experiment repair mankind for a real trip to mars. after more than eight months flying to the red planet the isolated mars five hundred crew preparing to. 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 samples other programs emphasis on really as a means to mars what is going to be monitored for russia's real life mission controls 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 markham urgencies scientific experiments space the 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 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 that. they will be

able to walk. planet's surface the crew volunteers are being paid it's a lot of the experiment still has a while to completion in fact to leave then the six hundred in food he 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 the long term space travel techniques it will be a long while yet before the real thing until then this simulation is this close as it gets to witnessing a real mission to mars south sea. and you can get a full account of the mars five hundred expedition on our website r.t. dot com there's plenty of other news there as well stories and features here's a preview of mass action making one of the presidential candidates in kazakhstan promises to marry off all the single women in the country. and ever wondered

what it's like to live in antarctica well find out of one of our blogs as our very own sean thomas uncovers the hidden secrets of the frozen land that's at our t.v. dot com also don't forget to check out our facebook and twitter pages. if. you. fearful of the events in egypt the afghan president hamid karzai is trying to safeguard himself against a potential u.s. backed coup that's the view of our teams military analyst colonel uganda her shop.

when the whole international attention has been foreclosed on the unraveling situation in egypt suddenly got a side popped up on the headlines with his new and to american resume 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 some from cairo to arrange the

preventive palace in kabul before this situation in afghanistan we'll come. to of american control. a brief look now at some other stories from around the world thousands of people have gathered in the capital of algeria to demand the president's resignation riot police have been posted around the city to prevent an uprising similar to that in egypt witnesses say there have already been clashes between demonstrators and security forces the government also suspended trains and blocked websites such as twitter and facebook. and arrest warrant has been issued for x. pakistan military ruler pervez musharraf in connection with the assassination of former prime minister benazir bhutto was sharp is to appear in court on the nineteenth of february if he fails to do so he stands to be declared a wanted fugitive who share of denies allegations that he knew about the planned murder and that he failed to ensure the protection of the opposition leader bhutto

was the victim of a shooting and suicide blast in two thousand and seven during her election campaign . and a powerful six point eight magnitude earthquake has hit central tuesday although it calls thousands to flee downed power lines and communications no injuries have been reported the chilean government also reassure the public over fears of a tsunami the president said the tremor was an aftershock from the lots from last year's eight point eight strong quake that was that one was centered in almost the same spot and cause mass devastation of coastal communities. as russia's city of sochi gears up to host the twenty fourteen winter games it's olympic slopes are being put through their paces for the first time the black sea resort is hosting the russian cup in alpine skiing the first international competition at the venue the european cup will start next week and was till the end of the month over one hundred sixty athletes are participating as part of preparations for the winter

olympics. the tough economic situation in georgia is forcing thousands of people to pack up and set off in search of a better life in russia tbilisi may have. severed all relations with its neighbor but it happily welcomed vast swathes of money that flow into the country on a daily basis one of the few ways those left behind can survive. the me happy and don't forget about us here come and visit us no one has 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 they are her only real hope. the leg is hard nowadays oh i can get is if you are here and there is half of 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 and they are not the only

ones last year alone families like the gross the chivas 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 police the officially broke all diplomatic ties with moscow and cancel 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. came here as refugees the neighbors were kind to us and they helped a lot so now after all these years we communicated the rest of the family over the internet sometimes to make phone calls and 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 very work in southern russia she relies on her husband

bill small business income that lets the whole family live in russia being for 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 my imodium that 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. argy this video for southern russia. coming up in just a few minutes our team continues its exploration of europe's capital and travel to london three our russian culture is being welcomed there too in the moscow team as it discovers that many russians are enjoying their home away from home on the attempt. with normal russians actually moving to the u.k. every year no one's according to the self loathing grads in a fight ready experts say fast morris says writes the first thing first make.

the i want an update on our top stories coming up shortly after.

well one one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to 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 sonic booms or factory marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields in iraq or gets destroyed 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 one by. against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol

has taken exception to that. are. going. to rally will sell lots of fear will be wrong wrong they will wear uniforms that will damage is in the black for them anything but very little damning to white. and they are the key to our problem our own writing.