the civilian rule is any closer to reality. mubarak's out the army's in and the question now who's next. that. country's going to. start saying 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 drop and fire not to do any slaughter in. within their own people most of the ability to be the next the controllers in 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 stays 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 general and. protesters reserve to

supposedly eventually the state of emergency. drill in a country where nearly thirty years but the must. be buying me so called assurances among didn't quite rightly 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 emergency all of an. essential component of the government apparatus when our arab like the present are. more or. generals and for as long as a state of emergency remains in place the the hopes. millions of egyptians to the

streets remain up in the air but egypt is 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 emergency doors our marriages even the small he is because we live in a bad neighborhood day you have. in israel to know this is our elected politicians . israel is another state in the region. in part by hearing and good. democratic. it is real routinely we lose wars of aggression against neighbors and karen train. journey three years old is not a state of emergency in israel is living its usual life no one moved from from the center for themselves or from the north to the center but whatever 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 the 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. one so we definitely do have the peoples of different countries of burien of the round definitely of the rack of libya of yemen of egypt seated who really want to have change now the other aspect that i think that we have to be very careful about is that this will be and i think it is probably being either macro managed and controlled lieven and probably is going to be used to favor the interests of certain global power structures load the united states would like to see regime change in iran but at the same time they would like to see no regime change in bahrain and in egypt they probably knew that regime change was on the way because of the age of hosni mubarak and what iraq is another problem

altogether so i think that we have a generalized situation which the united states in 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 and secretary robert gates want cuts any deeper than the seventy eight billion dollars proposed by president obama would have tragic consequences ortiz christine frisell looks at who's 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 assist 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 two thousand and 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 or low of them have mobilized to hold on to what they get to make it politically costly for any congressman or woman to go against. here's congressman 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. 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 no scar. usually

pleas for money come cloaked in the name of life or death drastic reductions in the size and strength of the us military make millet 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 see by 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 in washington christine for them now are to. run because from the antiwar

coalition says america is a warfare state of the military budget will only have a growth. it's just a slowing of general increase next year for instance the defense budget goes up by five percent at the same time the government with the new budget eliminates two hundred federal programs now the words if you look at all of the aggregated spending for war in america it's about one trillion dollars a year so there we tend trillion dollars or more over the next ten years so that if you go back for the past fifty years the defense chiefs the captains of industry the captains of the military industrial complex say the same thing there is always a some new enemy some great scare some catastrophe lou mean unless the defense industry the war industry really gets everything that it wants and so this country is not a welfare state is the conservatives claim it is a war for state it is in many ways the hidden hand of politics in washington is

that war machinery itself it's becoming a completely militarized society here with r.t. still to come this hour locked up the land of liberty and justice deals one one of more with the other we take a look at woman to redress the balance. three years after declaring independence kosovo continues to face social and economic turmoil russia's envoy to the u.n. has criticized recent elections there citing numerous violations bitterly chokin there's also voiced concern that radical parties were able to gain votes with high unemployment and rising poverty the self-proclaimed balkan republic of kosovo is offering fertile ground for hardline islamic there are now growing fears the region could be turning into a major terrorist hub right in the heart of europe and the center of first has been finding out extremist rhetoric being imported alongside foreign aid. press timing cause of a'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 islam. is taking the most fundamental a strain. on the mental strain from the harbors and so i think when you have this kind of ideology saying you have to literally follow the child from the koran. you can quite easily have a situation where for example terrorist acts can be justified hobby is i'm originally 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. who don't have

jobs sure the charity. food which we need for i would children of the order but with nearly half the population employed and widespread poverty because of it could be becoming a fertile breeding ground for the influence of well financed wahabi 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's being bought in their hobby ideology as well a lot of the saudi money is i mean this is tied up in ideology and i don't think saudi arabia massively keen on the west especially for. building a democratic structure which we. see as being right for the mosques are supposed to be carefully monitored by the islamic community in course very to ensure that their adhering to moderate teachings. cannot be under labor control because really have to a point of view some comes to really do

a point three months re control however recently a mosque was closed down after a petition to remove him and he was allegedly using money to win over the poor it was the fair legally built mosque in the town of marina that the him out was able to operate for ten years though they're being closed down now locals are asking why it was left for 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 through the back door right into the hearts. surface r.t. . nato is keen to get the few remaining western european countries not members of

the alliance on board sweden is one of those being enticed which is like mr norberg a swedish anti nato activist tells of to the expansion is simply part of u.s. attempts to strengthen its influence 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 it isn't same these policies it's true it's pure insanity whoa many things can the united states government show that they don't care if about peoples when they show they torture in for instance all these terrible torture places you know bill good i.e. . in every place they are violating international law they are violating all treaties all treaties and they come away with it i.

you can catch the full interview in just over an hour here on r.t. . remember there are always plenty of stories for you to explore at r.t. dot com here's a look at what you'll find there right now facing jail for speaking out the lithuanian politician is in trouble for his views on who's to blame for the deadly unrest in the country twenty years ago which don't match the official line. and why bieber wouldn't get bieber in the u.s. the teen pop sensation described american healthcare as evil says he's glad he's canadian the full story of the dot com. now some other news making international headlines a series of blasts have rocked a military base in tanzania killing at least seventeen people according to the country's prime minister it happened at a munitions depôt near the airport in the country's largest city doris here put reportedly closed as a result of the explosions which also wounded dozens police have set up an evacuation center for people living near the base

a similar incident at another tanzania and ammunition facility in two thousand and nine killed three people. 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 tap phones access 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. release the last two captives of a group which had been expected to be freed last weekend before the thirty five year old police made just 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. is the self-styled land of the free but also

the country with more prisoners than. anywhere else now one activist has his own almost protest against the criminal justice policy in the us he says something needs to change in a system which is too quick to condemn people to a life behind as honest 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 does still exist in the united states of america to him and his supporters and slaved 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 room in the same area were. disgusting to me is not somewhere i want to be. 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 he says three the self-made convict says one of the biggest problems is american prisons are big business when you get in thirty three thousand dollars a year because the rate of human being is like this kind of like a photo you know of them is par for every rock you bring me.

how many rocks would you bring and in this diary khana meet many youngsters are so . uk between a rock and a hard place you can't love the whole country and especially during the recession you know crime and poverty is synonymous if you've got poverty you want to have for michael also cites a flawed justice system for the high conviction 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 eight hundred is 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 look at all saw and now we all in the whole instance the church in 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. the global financial crisis has shaken confidence in future economic security and politicians continue to debate what to do the managing director of the international monetary fund has called for a new world currency to ensure stability but financial pundit max kaiser says without the backing of resources it would have no value. go down and connect all the dots you find that the underlying earth's resources are collapsing and that everybody's addicted to online virtual playing with themselves on these various games using a virtual currency so there is no intrinsic value once again it's based on forest that don't exist. you know court buns that are made of cardboard rice from made of plastic go to cities in china i want to say i worked on farmville you know thirty

seven virtual credits divided by an i.m.f. dollar and s.t.r. people other than me explain something to you the owner allowing natural resources of the globe that are the basis for the global economy are disintegrating until you come to terms with that no amount of virtual credits on the farm bill is going to save you from extinction. if you can what's the cause a report in just over five minutes here on our t.v. first a look at the root business news with you that. hello

and a very warm welcome to the business date and gazprom is joining the elephant oil field project in libya in an essay to with the telephone energy company any the gas giant will get thirty three point three percent or half of any stake in the project worth around one hundred seventy million dollars in return any will be given access to energy projects in russia the deal was sealed during russian president dmitry medvedev visit to eataly on wednesday it still has to be approved by the only been authorities scorekeeper president that have exceeded their excess energy has become the key sector for corporation between russian and italian companies. where we are discussing a number of projects with italian energy companies including as well as machinery manufacturing firms i hope will reach agreements with both big companies that will become our anchor partners and with small research groups that are interested in who are breeding with schoolgirls who. the listing off the russian rail operator

freight one may take place in london though the issue is still open to question that's according to president of russian way of where this. this is the government to decide what will be the formula or prioritization of this company that is not settled yet sure you know the fifty years of the procedure will fly pure then possibly unworkable but if it will be if it is the direct selling there to build build russia. that's have a look at how the markets are faring this hour asian stocks are mostly higher japan's nikkei rose point five percent in the afternoon trade with some export focused blue chips rising up to overnight. and hong kong's hang seng is currently trading one point three percent up. and in russia the indices are continuing their upward trend taken from wednesday indices are nearing

a one percent gain in less than one our time of one hour time of trade on the good chances to stay up on positive quotes in the u.s. and asia and high oil price and another bunch of statistics from the us to later in the day will be aite by investors here let's have a look at some figures all the blue chips are climbing this hour as burbank continues to gain for a second straight session most of the energy shares are gaining ground on higher oil. and michael stein head of equity research at crete year says that despite the lack of new domestic data investors will continue to be upbeat about russia as 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 in state it global issues macro issues like us c.p.i. data were quite positive on russia overall right now the sentiment as i indicated

towards russian assets is quite positive a valuation is remain attractive and 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 could benefit from rising commodity prices doff said some of the impact of inflation michael stein from a creative and a south african business delegation has arrived in moscow to boost trade and investment ties. solve africa told business archie that energy would be among the 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 our energy sources so one of the areas we're looking to cooperate with russia is in the area of nuclear in the area of all tended to clean our sources of energy. attracting and we have russian companies that are involved in initiatives in south africa. that's it for now join me in less than one else time for more business news and more website dot com slash business.

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with all to your top stories be this hour for political reform with certainty in the middle east and north africa as the domino effect continues libya is the latest country to see clashes on the streets. america's top military officials stand guard over their budget as defense secretary robert gates warms the production's would have tragic consequences but protecting the military is pushing massive cuts onto the rest of society. and three years since declaring independence kosovo continues to face social and economic turmoil there are now fears it could be turning into a training ground for terrorists as aid from saudi arabia is coming in alongside extremist islamic teachings next finance pundits. but move from

cleaning up the stables on wall street to the fall because a report next here on alt. keyser this is the kaiser report you know the value of real farms and cities is going down due to the eco eco disaster of degradation of the ecology and deflation in the economy but the value of virtual forms in the cities is going up can this be stacy herbert tell us all about it yes max there is a global conflicts going on between real and fake we can't tell the difference anymore between real value and fake value carlyle group lost one hundred five million dollars on a fictional chinese for a street.