he said i say it's nearly a week since he gyptian generals promised to lift a fifty year state of emergency but there's still no sign of when that will be the army knows his limitations when the decision was taken not to door open fire not to do any slaughter him. within their own people the most of the ability to be the next the controllers the controllers of egypt but they do want to be the controllers of the peace and therefore the army if it once can keep the state of emergency in place for as long as it says it's necessary but not everyone thinks its intentions are noble finian cunningham is a middle east expert in bahrain from way visual and internet communications have been cut by the authorities in egypt similar. protesters were. supposedly. in the state of emergency. drill in a country where nearly thirty years but the must. be buying we called assurances

among them to be skeptical on each intentions of the military my mind is a photographer who couldn't wait to capture egypt's revolution on film but he was stopped at the border by gyptian soldiers. so just how different is egypt today under the generals from the egypt of yesterday under mubarak which an emergency all of the. central component of the government apparatus when are arab like the present. war or. generals and for as long as a state of emergency remains in place the hopes that poured millions of egyptians to the streets remain up in the air but egypt's not the only country the middle east that lives in a state of emergency across its border here in israel depending on who you talk to this country to has its emergence. soon there was no marriages even the small it is

because we live in a bad neighborhood day you have. in israel to most receive our elected politicians . israel is another state in the region. in part or somebody and it. becomes democratic. but israel routinely relist war of aggression against neighbors and karen stranger. is generally not a state of emergency his will is living its usual life no one moved from from the center for themselves or from the north to the center but where ever it is there's no denying that a country in a state of emergency is a country where democracy is ignored and if in egypt the generals don't make clear signs to move towards democracy soon in many protesters might be wondering what exactly they were out on the streets for policy r.t. tel aviv with the u.s. showing its support for the revolts one expert on the middle east believes the wave

of demonstrations could actually pose a threat to america. i think that we have to do a double reading about this one so we definitely do have the peoples of different countries on burien of the round definitely on the rack of libya of yemen of egypt we've seen it in the last month who really want to have change now the other aspect that i think we have to be very careful about is that this will be and i think it is probably being either macro managed and controlled to do them and probably is going to be used to favor the interests of certain global power structures no doubt that the states would like to see regime change in iran but at the same time they would like to see no regime change change in bahrain and in egypt they probably knew that regime change was on the way because of the age of the mubarak and well iraq is another problem altogether so i think that we have a generalized situation which the united states especially the state department

finding very difficult to control. the big guns of america's military establishment are taking defensive action on capitol hill to protect their budget defense secretary robert gates want cuts any deeper than the seventy eight billion dollars proposed by president obama would have tragic consequences christina fossil looks at who is really benefiting. times are tough for many on main street but most in government agree before assisting people like this it's more important to assess people like this. perhaps this is one reason the us military budget is more than fifty percent of the entire world and once again the top brass came to washington to defend defense it is my judgment that the department of defense needs an appropriation of at least five hundred forty billion dollars for fiscal year two thousand and eleven for the u.s. military to properly carry out its mission maintain readiness and prepare for the future defense secretary robert gates also discussed cuts he's made to the military

budget on programs no longer needed what you may not know is that most of the seventy eight billion dollars he's cut would take place in twenty fourteen and twenty fifteen when there will be a new secretary of defense and possibly a new president still and this was his announcement last month that i'll describe how these reform efforts are followed through to completion will make it possible to protect the u.s. military size reach and fighting strength despite a declining rate of growth and eventual flattening of the defense budget over the next five years as far as that flattening budget here's a look at current spending compared to previous war efforts and even after the cuts experts say in twenty fifteen the military budget will still be about one hundred billion dollars larger than in the bush years and about fifty billion more than the reagan years so what's going on here economist richard wolfe says it's simple all

the beneficiaries of government spending the companies that get subsidies the military producers who sell goods to the government the working people who get some benefits even if they're small all of them have mobilized to hold on to what they get to make it politically costly for any congressman or woman to go against them here's can. grisman buck mckeon chairman of the house armed services committee who has fought cuts tooth and nail there will be winners and losers in this process tough choices must be made but i will not support initiatives that will leave our military less capable and less ready to fight guess where his top campaign contributions came from lockheed martin northrop grumman boeing and general dynamics. in addition to the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the health and safety of men and women serving and there are also other expenses more than eight hundred military bases in places like the marshall islands and

a seven million dollars sponsorship by the army of notecard. usually pleas for money come close in the name of life or death drastic reductions in the size and strength of the us military make milla armed conflict all the more likely with an unacceptably high cost in american blood and treasure but the real treasure lies with those with the real power according to trends research institute director gerald solenn today it's as simple as they had writing on the wall it's called the military industrial complex is in charge of the nation and until that changes there will be an invisible cloak around the pentagon that will allow no one to touch its budget what you will think are the things that are sacrifice the basic cuts in services the roads that go on repair and people who are forced to live on the streets and a continuing decline in the health education and overall quality of life for most

americans and washington christine for them now are. some experts believe the pentagon's warnings of cuts of consequence is caused by further cuts is just blackmail to get more money. it's a cut in the play and growth in spending so we're actually going to spend more next year than we spent last year according to the obama administration or that's what they'd like congress to do so it's not really a cut and then the seventy eight billion over five years is about two point five percent of what we were planning to spend so if you think that's a major cut fine but it's just two point five percent so it's not very substantial when they're saying the cuts are catastrophic you saying the continuing resolution that congress wants to pass for the rest of two thousand and eleven doesn't have as much money as they've asked for so the seventy eight billion they say well that's sort of ok because that's what we asked for they're sort of being alarmist about the two thousand and eleven budget we need money for the rest of the year and they're saying if we don't get enough it's going to be end of the world i think obviously they have

a parochial interest in being alarmist about that but as far as china goes i mean china is always a always something that people who want to spend more money particularly on the navy and the air force like to talk about it's a big power it has a big military so it's an easy easy way to justify a whole lot of defense spending if you think we have something to fight a war with china over still ahead for you this hour kicked out a russian martial artist loses his boy in norway. plus the learned of liberty and job he steals the one. we take a look at one month to redress the balance. it could be a major terrorist hub forming right in the heart of europe with high unemployment and rising poverty the sofa claimed balkan republic of kosovo is offering fertile ground for hardline islam and this has been finding out extremist rhetoric being imported alongside foreign aid. press time in cosby's capital and the mosques overflowing ninety percent of the population here are

muslim and known for their liberal interpretation of the faith but there are now growing concerns that a fundamentalist strain of is a hobby as is taking the most fundamental strain very fundamentalist strain is from from the harbors and so i think when you have this kind of ideology saying you have to literally follow and shout from the qur'an. you can quite easily have a situation where for example terrorist acts can be justified well harvey is a region it's from saudi arabia and many mosques destroyed in the balkan conflicts are being rebuilt with saudi money in fact the saudi government has poured tens of billions of dollars into building mosques schools and charities worldwide charities that in kosovo helping support poor members of the community. don't have

jobs sure the charity bring in food which we need for which children most of the order but with nearly half the population employed and widespread poverty closer they could be becoming a fair breeding ground for the influence of well financed. the impact of saudi financing in course of a now is clearly evident and the fear is that it's not just the money that. there will be ideology as well a lot of the saudi money is often this is this is tied up in ideology and i don't think massively keen on the west especially for. building a democratic structure which. as being right for the mosques is the place to be carefully monitored by the islamic community in course of a to ensure that their adhering to moderate teachings. cannot be under labor control because really hard to appoint the mom and v.

of the some companies to really do appoint their moms re control however recently a mosque was closed down after a petition to remove him and he was allegedly using money to win a for the poor it was this illegally built mosque in the town of marina the v.m. i was able to operate ten years though they're being closed down now locals are asking why it was left of them to take action. because you could tell there was something not tried going on there were young children full body cover and she was taken the more religious trips abroad so we found we had to do something about it. the moderate muslim community here has made it clear that hardline teachings will not be tolerated but there are warning signs the fundamentalist islam to be sneaking in the back to the right into the hearts. r.t. . one muslim nation looking to move closer to europe turkey coming out later this

hour i've met a norberg a swedish. first tells all to the push for turkey to join the e.u. is actually part of the u.s. and nato is attempt to strengthen its powers in europe and beyond. what are they doing to get them on the hook what are they doing what are they promising them or i really i don't have the answer because for me to insane this policy it's pure insanity oh many things can the united states government show that they don't care about peoples when they show they torture in for instance all these terrible torture places in album good i.e. . in every place they are violating international law they are violating all treaties all treaties and they come away with it.

you can catch the full interview in around fifteen minutes here on our two he had a fearsome reputation in and out of the ring linked to me oh nazis and being caged in a mental institution in russia before breaking out with his bare hands and escaping to norway but if you just love the sequel now be extradited back to russia after his bid for political asylum or was delivered a knockout blow one court or of a has the story. request was sent by the russian prosecutor general's office to norway asking that this man be returned to russia to stand trial he is of course wanted here in this country for a number of robberies he is also of course known for many strange and bizarre acts he is a self-proclaimed in relative to some sort of pagan gods that he believes to be of russian descent he has called himself the lord of the more obscure forest which of

course is a region in russia has denied christianity as this country's religion has proven itself to be a hardcore neo nazi and even the fighters themselves of course not the m.m.a. fighters the mixed martial arts but perhaps other well known figures in the fighting community have all said that as a fighter and even as a human being vicious love dot sick is not one of them and he of course continues to shock the public with his escapades the latest of course being that he broke out of a psychiatric hospital apparently allegedly tearing at the fencing with his bare hands and then rode in a boat to norway from st petersburg that is how he arrived in that country and asked for political asylum that was refused to him and he's currently serving a prison sentence there for illegal possession of and on the registered firearm of

that prison sentence will continue up until may receive eight months behind bars as soon as may which locked out six may be extradited back to russia he of course and his lawyers say that they will fight this decision by the no fourth stop does it is already considering asking for political asylum in both law to be and looking at. all. remember there are always plenty of stories for you to explore at all t. dot com here's a look at what you'll find there right now facing jail beaking out lithuanian politician is in trouble for his views on who's to blame for the deadly arborist in the country twenty years ago which don't match the official line. and one of the world's most famous teenagers pop star justin bieber says he's no interest in becoming an american citizen he's blaming the country's health care for his decision to find out why. now some other news making international

headlines the u.s. senate has voted to extend the controversial patriot act for ninety days giving lawmakers time to discuss its future the anti terror laws allow enforcement agencies to phones business records and carry out surveillance on suspects but the act has faced huge criticism among those who consider these powers an infringement of civil liberties the extension was passed comfortably approved by a vote of eighty six to twelve a series of the military base in tanzania it happened at the munitions dump near the airport in the country's largest city dar es salaam the airport reportedly closed as a result and there's no information yet on any casualties police have set up an evacuation center for people living near the base explosions at another times and. in two thousand and nine killed three people. you bro bulls have released the last two captives of a group which had been expected to be freed last weekend before

a thirty five year old police major seized in two thousand and seven and an army corporal captured a year later it brings the total number of hostages released over the past week to six the country's president criticized the rebels accusing them of kidnapping two factory workers in the same period. and the british navy has stormed a pirate ship in the indian ocean to free five people who've been held captive for . three months the hostages rule the yemeni fisherman the british crew said they found and destroyed the pirates weapons including grenades and three skiffs used to launch attacks the raid was prompted by reports from a nearby merchant vessel of the somali boat acting suspiciously. is the self-styled land of the free but also the country with more prisoners than anywhere else now one activist has launched his own unorthodox protest against the criminal justice policy in the u.s. he says something needs to change in a system which is too quick to condemn people to a life behind bars as

a situation reports. the parking lot where the prison cell where the man inside it the inmate michael to bond moved in out of his own free will michael spent thirty hours building his prison cell made out of plywood and even parts of his own homes rooftop his generator strategically placed right here keeps the cell lit and warm throughout this cold winter months the main goal of the man once convicted of armed robbery to bring down the number of prisoners in the u.s. slavery still exists in the united states of america to him and his supporters in sleeved are over two million prisoners packing jails across the u.s. a country with the highest prison population in the world yet they eat sleep and use the same in the same area were. discussed in the movie is now somewhere i want to be in. the ex-con is now teaching children about the horrors of

prison life to deter them from crime in the future. a message reaching these kids and one that mike hopes to get across to the masses writing a book with the same title from inside his cell he lends support to those for whom crime is part of everyday life. right now the self-made convict says one of the biggest problems is american prisons are big business and thirty three thousand dollars a year. is like this come on. for every rock you bring me. how many rocks would you bring and in this diary khana meet many youngsters are stuck between a rock and a hard place you can't the whole country and especially during the recession you know poverty is synonymous if you've got poverty you want to have michael also cites a flawed justice system for the high can. fiction rates especially of the poor with

lawyers selling freedom to the highest bidder if you can't afford to pay for the case you want to get crazy town where is the counterpart the money is gone a little bit of time the locals are attracted to mike like bees to honey in their town the problem is too large to ignore six or seven or eight hundred it's getting arrested each day a problem across the us but less than five percent of the world's population but almost a quarter of the prison population of the planet haircuts are mike's big talent and talent he acquired behind bars where his creativity was born and later led him here the man will remain in his cell until the end of the month by which time he hopes his message will have hit home until then look at our song now we all in the hole in stacy churkin our party philadelphia we've been getting more reaction on this story glenn ford editor of black agenda report thinks it will be hard to change

a prison system which is so deeply flawed. people who would in slave black folks and the people in my circles don't consider that the main impetus to to mass incarceration is money it is a political tool to control folks but if you want to do that you have to get large segments of the society on your side you have to make prison profitable for lots of people lots of companies and you also make it profitable for little towns in upstate new york and downstate illinois towns that would be suffering serious terrible unemployment if they didn't have a prison in their county so you you you you do two things you whip up a and hysteria which is really a racial hysteria and the numbers show it around mainly drugs and you create a profit motive for people to vote to incarcerate masses and masses of black people

and it works and that's why we have by far the worst imprisonments record on the planet i'll be back with headlines shortly but the business news is next. that's right time to have a look at the world of business gas prom is joining the elephant oil field in libya in an effort swap deal with the talent energy company any the gas giant is taking three thirty three point three percent or hopeful in his stake in the field for a role one hundred seventy million dollars in return any will be given access to energy projects and wash up that it was sealed during russian president dmitry medvedev visit to the chilean one state it still has to be approved by the libyan authorities and any also agreed to sign the sale contract for gas production in the siberian fields of civet in the. let's have

a quick look at the markets asian stocks are mostly higher japan's nuclear rose point five percent in the afternoon trade with some exports focused blue chips rising after overnight u.s. gains hong kong's hang seng is flat this hour. and russia ended wednesday's session on a positive note pushed higher by rising oil prices and optimism in the u.s. and europe both they are chasin the mice it's gained more than point six percent. and michael stein the head of the research would have created this as that despite the lack of new domestic data investors will continue to be russia's commodity prices remain strong. if you look at the calendar there's not a lot expected on the domestic side for the next couple of days and a lot of our clients are looking very closely instead it global issues macro issues like us c.p.i. data or quite positive on russia overall right now the sentiment as i indicated

towards russian assets is quite positive value ations remain attractive if you look at the world globally right now there's a lot of inflation concerns and if you're an investor it's makes sense to invest in a market that has a lot of commodities so that you know you benefit from rising commodity prices some of the impact of inflation. michael stein from a creature and a south african business delegation has arrived in moscow to boost trade and investment ties and best they don't solve africa told business archie that energy would be among top areas for future cooperation. africa has brought a big need for energy we are not short of energy but we have very tight margins we are increasing our investments and we are calling for investments into the area of energy because we are doing a number of things we are working to increase our capacity to produce electricity

but we are also diversifying in the just sources so one of the areas we're looking to cooperate with russia is in the area of nuclear in the area of all time and to clean our sources of energy we are also attracting and we have russian companies that are involved in initiatives in south africa. ok and that wraps up the business bulleting join me in less than one out time and get more stories from our website r.t. dot com slash business. download

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who threw stones on t.v. don't come. to. the mall for political reform or met through violence uncertainty in the middle east and north africa as the domino effect continues libya is the latest country to see clashes. on its streets. america's top military officials stand guard over their budget as defense secretary robert gates wants the production's would have tragic consequences for protecting the military is pushing massive cuts to the rest of society. and the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo could be turning into a training ground for terrorists there are fears aid from saudi arabia is coming alongside extremist islamic teachings coming up next swedish peace activist i met a norbert tells our team moves to him sweden into the arms of nato is just another

example of america's ongoing quest for influence. i didn't know where berg is on a mission her goal to tell the world how far and how much nato has gone in taking over the globe and tells our t. why the activist has dedicated her life to stop what she calls the u.s. nato war machine in the south korea and japan where you guys were there so proud to be one of the guys. why did people know so little about nato sweden cooperation they sort of don't think about the connection between afghanistan the troops we have in afghanistan and nato it's sort of kept aside so people in this country they are not in for.