ensure its interests are preserved. also promises of a new beginning have made as russia's foreign minister meets his british counterpart to try to put the cause behind them and work on common interests. practical steps towards improving a rocky relationship and work towards developing a stronger partnership i'm here in london to bring you all. also russia securities back in the spotlight after fresh violence leaves five people dead in the country's troubled northern caucasus region. plus while european leaders say multiculturalism has failed in austrian acts of it says she's been tried and found guilty for saying much the same thing in her criticism of muslims and their return .

is for russia and around the world this is r.c. with me us about all of us thanks for joining is the uprisings in tunisia and egypt have triggered a domino effect of grow reform protests across the arab world with made me key to american foreign policy the popular push for democracy in the region is creating difficulties for washington's fierce pro israel had turned out middle east correspondent paula sneer as the nation. in yemen for the concept of day violence broke out between pro and anti-government demonstrators it happened a number of cities a number of people were injured and analysts have gone so far as to say that the next few weeks are critical for president abdullah abdullah saleh who has been in power for more than thirty years we've witnessed also in both plain protesters killed by the violence happened in a signal to session that was marking the death of one protester yesterday monday and here to the violence is almost unabated between pro and anti government demonstrate. there's the problem of a flame is that you have

a seventy percent majority that is shiite and you have a small sunni monarchy and that is what the confrontation is over we witnessing violence in research in iran today members of parliament called for the execution of two leaders of the opposition parties they charged them with orchestrating these and two government demonstrations on monday there were protests across the rally tens of thousands of people taking to the streets there and even a new revolutionary guard used batteries and tear gas injuring a number of people and killing one person not egypt too has not seen an end to the upheaval there the parliament has been disbanded the constitution is frozen while the army that is in control says it is reworking a new constitution the strikes in egypt are continuing and the army insistently calling for calm a lot of concern from the united states and israel and other people watching the developments here in the middle east the united states does not have

a stronghold in iran and that is why we've seen harsh words from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton she called the rainiest regime hypocritical she said that on the one hand president mahmoud after the image that had readied behind the protesters on the streets but now when his witnessing it in his own country he's used harsh violence against them this is a big concern for the united states wants to do with iran and at the same time it's very nervous that as it watches events in egypt which supported president obama for thirty years it now has to redefine its role there and also send out a message to other regimes in the region that it has a bet that it will not leave them in the dark as it did many say in terms of mubarak not israel is very cautious about what is happening certainly is concerned more long term that they could be some kind of a radian state some kind of islamic republic now much closer on its borders than it is in. and sticking with the middle east with time to author changes says the u.s.

have massive financial and political assets that they can give region. clearly the united states will support anything that will promote what they want to be all regime change in iran especially considering that you ran is such a powerful country from the point of view not only of its potential military and also its potential with oil but also its potential as being a theocracy we are in the you slimy world the house of dollars based in tehran hold great sway over the literally hundreds of millions of muslims so whatever happens in rand is far more important than even what happened with saddam hussein in iraq we have to understand that what the united states now i believe is trying to achieve is a way to promote change in a way that will facilitate things for them the best instrument they have to control the country is so-called democracy because holy for democracy it is basically a vote counting system handled by the mass media where you can get the guy who wins

whether it be a president or prime minister or a senator or a deputy is the want to counter with all the support of the money power whether it be for his counting for media and t.v. time and so forth so for example in the control of argentina democracy is the best way they have to control the country against the people's interest and i think when they hear that they are promoting democracy in egypt i tremble for the egyptians because it was going to be a democracy when the brand as it was promoted in argentina horrible or or those sort of throughout latin america it will only help to support the long term objectives of this global power structure operated from europe and from the united states and not the actual interest of we the people to say that in a very local and generalized manner. and we also spoke to professor robert springborg from the u.s. naval postgraduate school who says that with i didn't know to call this place in the ranks they gyptian the tradition has more to worry about than he left

interference they will not want to fully democratize egypt they will not want the military to be so subject to civilian political control so they will be reaching out to civilian politicians who are willing to allow the military to continue to have old women power and continue to have a very important economic power and the military will seek to ensure that it is those sorts of people who are occupied to whether the presidency whether in parliament whether in the media and so we can anticipate that there will be some opposition arising from the still young political force there is awareness that the concern with the business enterprise has got in the way of the military approach. the primary concern of the minister of defense and those around him his business not the military there are officers who are professional and who think the business

of the military should be the military not business itself so the high command is going to have to rustle without problems. and so to come for you this hour speaking out and multiculturalism can land you in a courtroom and also. we have to respect individuals in our society and we have to ask them to integrate and we have to help them to live and so find out what happened to free speech activists who didn't agree with this viewpoint and proclaimed multiculturalism a failure. hold the line between downing street and the kremlin is to be set up to improve communications between moscow and london announcement was made on the fast official trip to london by russian foreign minister sergey lavrov meeting his british counterpart william hague is the highest level visit since relations declined after former russian security service agent and extended to name who died from poisoning in london in two thousand and six he's

a lawyer and has been following the meeting for us. we have seen a series of meetings today which have really focused on the positive points in what has become a rocky relationship between russia and the u.k. and because of that a lot of what was talked about was economic ties and trade ties or trade in russian and you came up with a lot to do around seven billion dollars and russia is one of the most important trading partners for a minute with a lot of growth were outlined six priorities for improving the trade relationship he talked about finance he talked about working together in the nanotech. energy efficiency it was one of these big projects coming up for russia is the end lympics cooperation on olympic infrastructure strengthening the small and medium business in russia simply being the business environment in general they also talked a bit about modernizing communication links between london and moscow this is obviously a lover off first visit to london in this particular official capacity let's hear

what he said about the communication ties that they're looking to improve. visit to london the invitation of the government. relations based on partnership and economic cooperation between our countries on the. greens on. the british prime minister. it's an important element of our communications that's meant to take a. little she. talked about how important u.k. was it's part. of the e.u. i don't partnership but it hasn't dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let him. see a patient steady improvement in relations it will take time giant leaps

it is a very measured steps this welcome visit an important steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office. working practical relationship. issues and on global issues it is undoubtedly one of them being trained but it does seem that in the past every attempt has been made to put this relationship back on track it's been deemed railed in some way in the latest example of that is new carting the guardian correspondent who was refused entry to russia this month there was something wrong with his accreditation that's why he wasn't allowed back into the country but of course that's not the only thing where when this relationship was the matter of alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six the british law enforcement's main suspect is under a new gulf war who is now a dual deputy and it's against russia's constitution to extradite him that's something that the british have been calling for for some time now but it hasn't

happened also there are forty people around about living here in the u.k. who are wanted for crimes in russia. and refusal to extradite them as well the most notable is bodies but it's old ski the russian tycoon and also. the former chechen leader and alongside the bilateral relationship these two countries have and are trying to improve there's obviously that cooperation on the international stage and in terms of that they have issued a joint statement on afghanistan which talked about transfer of power in afghanistan also talked about troop withdrawal set atop assessing a sort of timetable for that and also the fight against the production of drugs in afghanistan which is a huge problem with russia in terms of transport routes they also go on nuclear issues russia has been an important negotiator with iran in terms of its nuclear program lover of said that rather than introducing further sanctions iran should

join the nonproliferation treaty and should also try to become part of the i.a.e.a. and that and only that will convince the world that iran has no hostile nuclear ambitions that it does indeed want a nuclear program merely for domestic use. laura and then reporting on the line mark visit of russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to london. five militants have been killed in a special on to ten operation and more violence in russia's troubled north caucuses three police died in a gun battle while two officers were killed in twin suicide attacks in douglas stan the incidents come as russian president dmitry medvedev ordered in terms of measures to fight terrorism following last month's suicide bomber demanded of an airport in moscow in which thirty six died catarina was out of a brings us all the details. a number of terrorists were surrounded by a local law enforcement a gun battle in shoot and in which five militants were killed one is supposedly on

the run and is being sought after as we speak in the gun battle and this of course is just the latest installment in the ongoing battle against terrorism in russia specifically in the volatile caucasus region one of the a suicide blast that was a detonated in a village in the republic of the guest on that was a car that was detonated by a suicide bomber he himself was in the car force and died on location another suicide bomb that also took place in that same village and a guest on a woman who walked up to a military outpost and detonated a suicide belt with a bomb of course killing herself killing one. security officer and injuring many others russian authorities specifically the russian president dmitry medvedev has ordered security forces to be stepped up a lot not just

a notch on all major transport hubs in russia as of course including airports train stations metro stations the investigation into moscow's airport bombing is still ongoing but we do know that authorities have now managed to learn the identity of the suicide bomber attacks are coming out as soon as the identity of the suicide bomber was established the authorities or so now gathering more and more information not only about the man himself but also about all of his accomplices who helped him put together the detonating device and who actually named if so make sure that he got to the airport that he detonated that device everyone and anyone of course who came into contact with the suicide bomber is now under even further scrutiny from the security forces the president ordering heavier police presence. a lot more devices such as metal detectors to be implemented on train stations for control to be doubled at airports and that of course is being implemented as we

speak the full effect of those measures is of course yet to take place as it is quite a serious amount of work for the security forces. there is also has correspondent catherine azar reporting that russia's fight against terrorism. the controversial debate over multiculturalism in europe has now taken a new twist as more migrants freed that troubled countries in search of stability and security europe is giving them the cold shoulder more than five thousand. base past week and its interior minister claims they could jeopardize the institutional and social structures of the continent in the past four months the leaders of western europe's three largest democracies germany britain and france have each declared multiculturalism a failure meanwhile of free speech activist and also criticized it has gone on trial for speaking out against bernie just proves that the charges of inciting hatred and violence were dropped she was found guilty of. racing really just

symbols elizabeth also is appealing the case and claims she should not be prosecuted for expressing her views. said why some of free to speak out while others are not. just. a european citizen peacefully debating islam with is nothing unusual in a march a cultural country like france but it's a tall not always discussed in such gentle fashion but i do not to burn the koran about your. studying what islam will be learning how to. know your enemy elizabeth subject to change has been on trial and on charges of making what is described as a hate speech against his. left we all strand magazine recorded and published a speech at one of his seminars lending her. i have nothing against people who want

to practice their faith. but i would like them to do this in the privacy of their own homes your ideas she says are nothing new and when europe's political elite express them they are not prosecuted for the same views multiculturalism has failed this is nothing new and my group and i have been saying this for years now all of a sudden. and others come out of hiding and agree with us i don't know why but elizabeth subjects will proponents say she crossed the line here a speech is up raged not only the muslim community but also made. it's not a matter of free speech that i can spread hatred about large groups of society you know we have to respect individuals in our society and we have to ask them to integrate and we have to help them to integrate yet european leaders such as german chancellor angela merkel french president nicolas sarkozy and british prime

minister david cameron say multiculturalism in europe isn't working there are huge muslim communities but frequently such as in all strata they leave in their own areas a physical sign of non integration there is this should extend vienna is known as the little people here speak their native language they prepare their national dishes and wear the clothes which they are used to and this is exactly what hell is about subject wall found here a fellow like south taking a stance against self segregation at talk which was once taboo is now at the top of the european political agenda with multiculturalism now open to multi criticism from some of the continent's most influential political leaders within. to see how their views much debate on the ground and the future shape. our team from. now on to some other international headlines this hour thousands of

protesters have clashed with police and demonstrations across turkey commemorating the i rest twelve years ago of a prominent kurdish rebel leader stones and firebombs we're told that the police had protesting the twelve cities across turkey by kurdish acts of is demanding the release of separatists chief of the tree line it was captured in one thousand nine hundred nine and sentenced to death and later commuted to life imprisonment treason at least demonstrators were detained. a senior politician in south sudan's fighting party has accused northern forces of backing the rebel groups that attacked and killed over two hundred people last week then one georgia of the victims are civilians and include children u.n. officials have called on both sides to immediately agree to a ceasefire southern sudan will separate from the north in july after a ninety nine percent vote in favor in a referendum last month. and the talent judge has given the go ahead for the

trial of prime minister silvio berlusconi he's facing charges he paid for sex with a significant number of young women including a seventeen year old girl and used his influence to cover it up if convicted of the billionaire prime minister could face up to fifteen years in prison but this county has strongly denied the allegations calling the case a farce the trial is scheduled to begin in early april and will they had power three judges all of them women. and the nasa spacecraft star does has started behaving badly the first pictures of a comet it's flown pause the close encounter will give scientists unique information on how these great balls of ice and role change of the towing the cross just taking more than seventy high resolution images scientists say the pictures show evidence of a crater on the comet which may have been created by and. if enough the craft which visited in two thousand and five life. the winter olympics in the russian city of sort of pro chain with only three years left to make all the preparations and all

she's safe and now is it caught up with the c.e.o. the twenty fourteen organizing committee dmitri trenin xango to get the latest on the build up to the games that interview is out next. thanks.

thanks a lot for being with us today my pleasure right so three or so ago till the opening of two thousand and fourteen in sochi you said in one of your recent interviews that time is your main challenge how ready are you does this mean that maybe you're afraid that you're not going to be done on time you wrote we're just in the middle for wonderful journey to deliver the most in the way to ever olympic and paralympic games which will celebrate this period when you more than russia sustainable positive changes. which interim will inspire the world with them we just now look forward to changes in the region i can tell you of the three years to be games. where in good shape we deliver and everything within budget time so no dumps that rush will be prepared for the games

at the highest possible level so you have test competitions going on in february on the slopes in sochi how do you think they're going to be assessed the european cup will be the first international exam. with the presence of international olympic committee and i know that. both from the i.o.c. from claude killy the great will come to church the slopes and how well way again i said the first test event well it's been one year since to vancouver olympics what do you think you've learnt there and what are some of the things that maybe you're implementing in sochi the first to fall we were very much. inspired by the success reach over again eyes or so in terms of the creating the wonderful electric i would say atmosphere in gauging all the nation around one

or the project. secondly we were very impressed with great sports results which a national team in the but. it's also a great lesson there and certainly the proper planning to keep photos of success and that is why we have to be ready for any unpredictable thing like remember what happened there the region the which was secured for the snow for one hundred thirty years suddenly was suffering with their local small so we have to predict ever seen and to be ready to deliver what we promised now there's been criticism that canadians both bills to so-called white elephant. the bank or a facilities weren't being used enough do you fear the same thing about sochi where trying to be in the way to frame everything we created and submitted for the i.c.

consideration very soul it and sort out a legacy plan what will be with the meaningless until after the games were and the rest some interest in initiative again we're trying to be innovative there are three venus which will be disassembled and then move to another region and the assembled those that. this month will it's not. temporary this is completely permanent meaningless but you can imagine how excited the region who are now building to host the real lympics venue in the city which never hosts the game but that's same thing they did in london right the venue that they had for the olympics was completely dismantle yes but dismantled it means that they will be disappeared but power will be working and sort of a real sport and the multipurpose mean you. in

a different region but in accordance to the same is a limp expander let's talk about the mascot everyone's dying to know what the mask is going to be do you know it's going to. who knows this will be the democratic election i guess how does the process go. this there are several stages of selection of the moscow but the first to fold was a missional white complain and i'm really proud to say that this is the first time in the history of the olympic movement when all the nation express on these. and the must quote candidates their nation will do. they submitted to the candidates more than twenty four selves and different pictures did you expect so much people to participate frankly no we didn't expect expect that it will be real national interest and we're very happy that it was

a computer and you query. are your world. central spars. very good clue bream goes on moscow it is a candid to be on the top of the rim then a professional jury. presented by did most of the nice things respected presented from the lead sports science and of course culture and art selected the short least. eleven candidates they must quote which will be. then submit the play to the audience and the people will be. like for you revision it was the same approach same system for those can do that which will be the most desirable who will tell the most interesting

story and will come to the audience a police to me so it will be like that thank you very much for this interview thank you. well. the british style stock. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report. download the official. called touch from the top story. one life on the go.

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