this week's top stories in egypt. the previous. constitution. and. democracy and an external agenda could be behind the events. russia's most wanted terrorist. attack exposed lapses in the country's security a major transport. legal limbo waiting to see if he'll be extradited from london to face questions. his supporters claim it's.

with a look back at the top stories from the past week the latest developments this is r.t. here in moscow the military council in egypt has dissolved the parliament and suspended the constitution off to president mubarak stepped down and handed power to the army for eighteen days of unrest across egypt the military authorities have now begun clearing the makeshift tents in tahrir square at the center of the protests for hundreds of thousands of people residents resignation on friday was hailed by the u.s. president as a victory for democracy the result can reports washington's long term support for the alstad president questioning the sincerity of. hostility mubarak from power is eventually departure not without the. help of

washington he had a phone call from the white house that persuaded him to leave the former egyptian president left cairo just hours after he addressed the nation saying he was not going anywhere the screws have been put upon him by the army no doubt and by the u.s. state department it was a very serious race for washington and in the end they decided it would be safe to dump mobarak in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy with the cheerleader in chief brock obama gyptian said made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day but it's egypt's military largely financed by the united states which will now control the country until it gets its tools their next president they have a very close relationship with a pencil don't always very very close to robert gates they talked on the phone at least five times this past week or so or because the washington will be supervising

him missing that happens that's unlikely to satisfy the overwhelming desire of many egyptians for change which drove the revolutionary events of the past few weeks if you heard the slogans that were being chanted it was egypt egypt egypt meaning we have fed up of being bullied by foreign powers and forced into peace treaties makes don't do us any good and our generals bowl to directly with billions of dollars by the pentagon mubarak is yesterday's man for the us now after thirty years of being their top pants man in the arab world when a blind eye was turning the west to appalling human rights abuses under his rule bigger problem with the us policy and that is cozying up to. dictators in the first place that we really don't need to cozy up to and then when they get into trouble we get into this hypocritical position of supporting an autocratic regime. when

we're spouting democratic rhetoric here in the united states mubarak was kept in power by american support and huge payments to making him one of the richest men in the world we had a lot to do with mubarak being in power and staying in power like we subsidize and we own him he's our puppet dictator he does what we tell him because he gives so much money he's gotten probably sixty to seventy billion dollars and understand his family has sixty or seventy billion dollars stashed away in swiss accounts and other places around the world as yet there is the second largest recipient of american aid in the world after its neighbor israel the us is pumping billions of dollars into the egyptian military which gives washington huge control over the running of the country and its future now celebrates the end of rule by an autocratic leader who restricted political freedoms and economic progress so too did people rejoice for a time on the streets of carious then 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 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 some say 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 got a check on our t. washington d.c. . the mood of discontent in the region has also been spreading to algeria where thousands gathered to demand the resignation of the president more than thirty thousand policemen have been deployed to prevent an uprising similar to that in egypt hundreds of demonstrators have been detained in clashes across the capital algeria's the country has been under a state of emergency for nineteen years allowing authorities to outlaw public demonstrations in the wake of the uprisings in tunisia and egypt the government

said it would lift emergency room. you're watching live from the russian capital we've got more ahead for you this hour by the guardian newspaper is going through a bitter breakup with its former collaborator wiki leaks and there's even been threatened with libel charges by the whistle blowing website. and under attack we look at the plight of iraqi christians forced to flee their homes after being continuously targeted by extremist groups. their stories told to come but first this week one of the world's most wanted terrorists claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on moscow's busiest airport last month the deadly bombing drew attention to serious security lapses the transport hubs which is president medvedev discovered himself have all been addressed. over this report. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives have been

taken by his deadly complain j h in-born said this week he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the my deah the airport one of meet the claims in a video message posted in an extremist website he described the suicide bombing as his special operate and promised more terrorist attacks security experts say the massachusetts enforces why he's no longer described as just a chechen warlord but as an international terrorist these groups. around the world you know their own downfall shouldn't operate in parts of afghanistan but some have been skeptical whether mark was indeed behind the bombing the terrorist is stalking himself they say as a self-styled bin ladin to make sure foreign investments. he's a man who wants to put all the trappings of bin ladin is and if you will listen. to his actions and therefore it's not always clear how much authority he really has in

fact from within his own group there was a rebellion i think of last year when he resigned and then he waved his resignation and the younger members apparently wanted him out so it's not quite clear where they who is in charge of a barge number of these militant groups or where they can simply putting himself in a position of their own near in order to gain more authority and self meanwhile this week security forces arrested three suspected accomplices of the former all three are from the north caucuses republic of english and are believed to have known about the attack planned by a twenty year old evil with a manhunt is on for seven other suspects wanted in connection with the bombing at the security operation gathered pace the president shifted the focus from what has been down to sort out the aftermath of the tragedy what is being done to prevent similar tragedies from happening again and the best thing to do he decided is to go

on inspection personally. he checked security at one of moscow's busiest railway stations and was left unimpressed to say the least. that's what i see private security agents here but where is the police and where are any metal detectors i don't see them we don't have metal detectors that's true these factions didn't reveal any says the t.v. either and just to compound concerns no police in sight. through the whole station and i haven't seen a single policeman no police but there's a church well at least you have some place to pray. but the time when people relied soley on god not police may finally be over russia's anti terror law is likely to be seriously amended so just as the country's police force is now undergoing a major overhaul it's hoped the changes to the police will put an end to cop

corruption and security lapses. r t. the extradition hearing of wiki leaks founder julian assange has been adjourned until the end of february he appeared in court in london on friday as he continues his fight against extradition to sweden where he faces questioning over sex crime and a geisha and he claims the case is being fabricated so the u.s. can use weeden to get its hands on it and the finale explores the cozy relationship between washington and stockholm. sweden a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states the country that gave us our but flat pack furniture for dollar meatballs top model and one bombshell may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be supersized just the other day the deer hunter

for. it was shown again on swedish t.v. for some the sixtieth time it's an awful film it's the worst propaganda of politics through the back door like swedens times with nato you have the military and some politicians cropping intensively with the united states and with nato and the large mass of the population being totally unaware of all the stuff going on but it's not just what swedes are taking in but also what their leaders are ready to give from julian assange to terrorist suspects to nato support when america wants something they get it but why and what's in it for this so-called neutral nation they get. all the benefits of being an intelligence partner of the united states without the baggage of being in nato it's a partnership decades in the making there is. a willingness to.

do the ariens of the united states over many years from. questions of. making asylum seekers in sweden available to the cia freddy's is particularly strong now with a raid leaning government in sweden and with the us wanting him for spying in sweden wanting him for sex crimes julian assange is wanted by quite a team and the songe wiki leaks case seems to be just the next continuation of this very old intelligence relationship here's some other relationships we dug up julian assange ticks off the us with fierce reaction from one of the country's most notorious neo cons is not a particularly credible source and mobile and he is a hero to murder my mind as it is a criminal only ought to be hunted down and grabbed and put on trial for war used earlier these words from karl rove who claims he's part swedish and just happens to

be advising the country's pm. while the former swedish minister of justice is a partner in the firm who filed charges against a songs for sex crimes with another link to the us thomas von stroheim is claimed to have handed the cia asylum seekers from sweden who were then tortured the questions about neutrality became even even clearer thanks to some of the documents from exactly within leaks the big question now is there enough room in the british justice system to protect julian assange from the united states and sweden america and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's in no way are to stockholm sweden. journalist rod rodman believes both sweden and the u.k. will face heavy pressure to comply with washington's interests in the case. the world should know that the united states is the world's greatest terrorist and all

the wars that they conduct the torture they conduct it so many horrible crimes have been revealed already in the united states continues with the same policies they make some excuses here or there and their former president he admits it in his own autobiography that he gave orders for torture so i'm skeptical that just because one knows how bad the the devil is that that will curtail them from from prosecuting. on the on the other hand sweden of course or great britain if they if they delivered him that would be bad propaganda for them the people would be very upset most people i think would be very upset but again that's not the only determining factor for a government to make a decision as to whether or not they cooperate with the united states i mean the united states has so powerful they can they can harm economically and politically both the swedish government and the british government. when the wiki leaks founder

julian assange has also said for another high court battle he's accused the guardian newspaper of malicious libel over its tell all account of the online whistleblower the british chinese also being blamed for adjusting wiki leaks diplomatic cables to fit its editorial policy when aussies or emirates has more now on the rift between the x. friends thing. they were bedfellows in exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks in the guardian has rapidly fallen out of love and it's turning nasty in the original agreement between wiki leaks and its partner publications the partners was to help publish cables on the whistle blowing web site blocking out names to protect the innocent was allowed but sources close to wiki leaks maintain the guardian went one step further accusing the newspaper of redacting the cables to suit its own political and editorial agenda something the guardian denies one of the alleged missions focuses on iranian

dissident politicians and the guardian we. live in. they don't want such things to be known for their own deals they will basically want to cover the world and saw the view they cut out everything that was negative a bold girl position. in such a way the reader of the guards or. any reader of the killer would never know how those people who view. the guardian reports early have been a is just another political liar an intriguer. but what it leaves out is his why did description of the opposition as lacking organization and preaching problems of ultimate direction and leadership specific opposition figures are. stubborn but not charismatic. courageous but with

a few institutional allies hatami cautious and weak in cables about the activities of western companies in kazakstan the guardian failed to publish details of alleged bribery the actual cable talked of an internal investigation in a western company over five years during which former employees caused the company to pay five point two million to agents with in town the disappearance would influence because our professionals to allow the company to obtain business in other words bribing officials for contracts two of the companies allegedly involved british gas and any italy's gas giant that this isn't necessarily the story that the guardian wants to tell that the that there are editorial pressures on them but it also could be simply the lawyers at the guardian are getting a bit jumpy and saying well look we can't accuse people of bribes because they're incredibly powerful they're rich and this is one of the problems with a lot of libel and the lawyers at newspapers is that they're actually only afraid

of the rich and powerful ordinary people they will say almost anything about them because these people don't have the means to sue the guardian. verging on rude in kyrgyzstan. although britain's prince andrew may have wished the guardian had edited information about his behavior in kyrgyzstan more thoroughly elsewhere some media commentators say the reason for the guardian's alterations was to help simplify the information it's the only way it could be done there's so much material and it is so a lot of the form that it is is difficult to inaccessible it has to be translated into journalism people understand the guardian declined to give us an interview but did send a statement saying they redacted cables for two reasons to protect sources who might be placed at risk or. to protect the guardian from legal action under u.k. libel law but being sued is something the guardian might have to get used to wiki

leaks founder julian assange is threatening legal action over the newspaper's book which i thought alleges contains malicious libel wiki leaks made a political choice when it decided to publish through the guardian a left leaning paper that takes a liberal lie but certainly in this case it has to be the wrong one and with the guardian's recent publication of a book portraying the newspaper its dealings with wiki leaks in it deeply under favorable lights it's a relationship that's gone truly sour your and it's artsy. and the moscow correspondent for the guardian newspaper is now back in the russian capital after being denied entry to the country last week luke harding had been stopped a passport control upon arrival and sent back to london russia's foreign ministry said the journalist haven't followed the rules for accreditation to work in the country and had visited border zones and classified areas without permission the reporter was told he was free to return and work in russia as soon as the remedies

of these breaches were correct. well you can always find more and have your say in the stories we're covering on our website dot com here's what's online for you right now. twelve championship promises a new wave of excitement and a brand new soundtrack and fun out of traditional instrument which hopes to strike a chord with fans. and months of space travel finally about to pay off for the landing on the red planet funny how the crew of the simulated mission is preparing to go where no man has gone before. former u.s. secretary of defense donald rumsfeld has lifted the lid on life at the helm of the war on terror by publishing his memoirs entitled known and unknown it charts how

he's down to two american presidents gerald ford and also george w. bush an interview with the fox news channel he not only defended the iraq invasion but also called guantanamo bay as detention center one of the finest prison systems in the world. from the anti war coalition says it's because of rumsfeld that the world now sees america as complicit in the business of torture. set up an interrogation regime that allowed a starting of course anchoring with grave that allowed the american government to be understood by the entire world is nothing but torture torture incorporated that he helped set up along with the cia not only not only the. u.n. described as a torture center but all sorts of black cold prisons and secret detention centers where people were horribly tortured and murdered in fact and now he has to describe this is something that was good so of course from the point of view of rumsfeld and

bush and cheney they want to rescue their image they want the american cause. media did treat them kindly they want of course as they do constantly to make millions of dollars from this kind of promotion but i think the record is so clear the world recognizes the bush administration as nothing but torture inc and at the center of that at the center at the top of the command was donald rumsfeld secretary of defense ongoing sectarian violence is forcing iraq's religious minority to seek safe haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of christians have fled there in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and as sebastian now reports from iraq those who remain are putting their lives in danger. 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 the lack i want to put 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 but. i saw my daughter lying. it was a live and. my daughter was lying in the growing and people were running showing everything was covered in dark street and charge of glass so i picked up my daughter with her dying i almost lost it i was showing my daughter's gait she's been hit by a bomb. luckily i had was able to get her to a doctor who could repair her leg but others have not been so lucky in october last year fifty six people were killed by militants when they attacked the our lady of

salvation church in baghdad in the following weeks dozens more were killed in attacks across the country many fear that eventually christians will be driven out of iraq completely of the eight hundred thousand christians in the country before two thousand and three almost half of fled in the past month alone four thousand have moved to the comparative safety of the northern kurdish region here they can worship and live in peace but in living 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 these women said i served first seven years in the military under saddam hussein i'm an iraqi christian and i don't have a square switch of lines in my name why what's my crime many in the church feel that countries in the west are responsible. americans are liars we don't trust their reputation is terrible because everywhere they've been they have like the us train the sunni and shia and they just watch while they kill us 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. earlier this week german chancellor angela merkel has faced questioning over a military strike which killed thousands of civilians in afghanistan almost two years ago after hundred forty two people were killed the majority of them civilians as 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 rejected claims the parties in her coalition government covered up the incident so it wouldn't affect results in an election at the time the chancellor's testimony came a couple of weeks after germany's parliament voted to extend the military mission

in afghanistan by one year jens wagner an anti-war activist and analyst says it's the us who determines when nato forces should withdraw from the region. that germany mission in afghanistan basically will end when the united states foreign policy wants it to and that's the basic line to what it boils down to the overall gain in the park to start afghanistan and iraq wars is totally different from any kind of humanitarian mission all. democracy mission for democracy or anything like that in the long run everything will be done to maintain a strategic dominance of this region by united states and nato countries germany only benefits in the context of thinking. of the. resource wars of us dominated foreign policy the europeans and the nato

countries our allies in this system and as i said they try to benefit from resource influence and of nato domination for the middle east and for the energy rich countries and for the support of the dollar system as world currency. well we've got plenty more stories coming your way in the next here on r.t. including american dream or american nightmare cities across the u.s. are hard hit as the government faced with record debt slashes wages and cuts vital services. with guns per person than in any other european country many swiss are wondering if it's time to finally say farewell to arms. plus the problem of under-age drinking russian youngsters are finding it easy to buy spirits without being asked for id a lack of law enforcement is leaving the country

a teenager. those stories still to come in the next hour an hour to you i'll be back with a look at our main stories in about two minutes from now stay with us here in moscow.

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