mubarak's out the army is in and the question now who's next. to this. 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 knolls limitation when the decision was taken not to open fire not to do any slaughter with within their own people most of the ability to be the next controllers on 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. protestors refer to

supposedly. the state of emergency. drill in a country where nearly thirty years but the market will be buying me some cold assurances among white rice would be skeptical on. 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 emergency all of the. component of the government apparatus were not arab like the present on our. border or. generals and for as long as a state of emergency remains in place the hopes that brought millions of egyptians to the streets remain up in the air that. 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 it is because we live in a bad neighborhood day you have here in israel to move to see our elected politicians . as real as another state in the region. in part by hearing and to. democratic. israel routinely we lose wars of aggression against neighbors and karen train. journey is 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 what 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 and many protesters might be wondering what

exactly they were out on the streets for policy r.t. tel aviv well with us voicing its support for the revolts one expert in the middle east believes that the wave of demonstrations casually pose a threat to america. one so we definitely do have the peoples of different countries on burien of the round definitely of the rack of movie of yemen of egypt we've seen it 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 control even and probably is going to be used to favor the interests of certain global power structures lote 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 journal i situation which the united states has for the state department finding

very difficult to control. now the big guns of america's military establishment taking a defensive action on capitol hill to protect their budget defense secretary robert gates warned that cuts any deeper than the seventy eight billion dollars proposed by president obama would have quote tragic consequences but artie's christine for solid who's really standing to benefit. 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 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 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 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 nascar. 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 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 solent it's a simple is the hand 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 i do 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 seen now some experts believe

the pentagon's warnings of catastrophic consequences caused by the cuts is just blackmail to get more money. it's a cut in the planned 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 there is 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 in the navy in 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. well. to remember there are plenty of other stories. you'll find waiting for you right now. speaking out and the politician is in trouble for his views on. the country twenty years ago which match the official line. with his most famous. you can also watch the best videos on our you tube.

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continues to face social and economic turmoil the recent elections that were widely criticized russia's envoy to the u.n. pointed to a number of. the radical parties were able to gain votes with high unemployment rising poverty. republic of kosovo is offering football ground for hardline islam there are now growing fears the region could be turning into a major terrorist hub right in the heart of europe and as sarah ferguson has been finding out extremist rhetoric speaking imported alongside foreign aid. 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 strain. on the mental strain from the harbison so i think when you have this kind

of ideology saying you have to literally follow the child from the qur'an. you can quite easily have a situation where for example terrorist acts can be justified when 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 bring in food which we need for i would children of the order but with nearly half the population employed and widespread poverty closely 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 the 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. has been right for the mosques are supposed to be carefully monitored by the islamic community in course of a way to ensure that their adhering to moderate teachings. try not to be under the layer control because really how to appoint the mom and v other some companies to really do appoint a month 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 was able to operate for ten years though they're being closed down now locals are asking why it

was left to them to take action. because you could tell there was something not tried going on there were young children full body karma and she was taking the religious trips abroad so we felt 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. very well you countries also continue to pump billions in aid into gaza four but allegations of drug trafficking human trafficking and misuse of public funds persist austrian m.p. johan who was a member of the council of europe says the e.u. and the un are only keen on investigating the alleged crimes of their parents. the european look was that the serbian side the bad side the evil side and that we have

to investigate the crimes of the evil side the evil side which was also the loser of the conflict in the end of the military might of nato and the united states prevailed over the loses and europe and the united states where on the winning side it was not so much an interest to find crimes of the allies which was the albanian side in this after the need to intervention and the de facto creation of an independent kosovo state and nato and e.u. protectorate as we saw it in the last years before independence well the things were so father to return to serbia the problems were almost impossible because this would have resulted certainly not a round of war the permanent administration of course a war as a colony or as a protector it was not feasible as well so in the end there was no other way than granting independence which was to my feeling not right because it was against

international rules against the law of the people. well nato is keen to get the few remaining western european countries not members of the alliance on board sweden is one of the latest now to be enticed but as i get to know a swedish until nato activist tells us here at r.t. 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 do what are they promising them or i really i don't have the answer because for me it's insane. 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 you know bill good. in every place they are violating international law

all their lives lading all treaties all treaties and they come away with it. and you can catch that full interview in about fifteen minutes time right here on can i get to some other news making international headlines around the world this hour and a tour boat has sunk in how long in northeast vietnam killing eleven tourists and a local guide it's believed at least twenty one foreign travelers were on the vessel when it went down before dawn local officials said nine people and six crew had been rescued so far it's not clear why the boat sank but it's known that the weather was calm at the time of the incident. the u.s. senate has voted to extend the controversial patriot act for ninety days it's giving lawmakers time to discuss its future the anti terror laws allow enforcement agencies to stop phones access business records and carry out surveillance on

suspects but the act has faced criticism among those who consider these powers an infringement of civil liberties the extension. comfortably approved by a vote of eighty six to twelve. colombian rebels have released the last two captives of a group which had been expected to be freed last weekend the former freed a thirty five year old police major seized in two thousand and seven and an army corporal captured in two thousand and eight it brings the total number of hostages released over the past week to six countries president criticized the rebels using them of kidnapping to factory workers during the same period. well 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 the i.m.f. has called for a new world currency to ensure stability but financial pundit says without the backing of resources it would just have no value. as you. 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 for buns than are made of cardboard rice from made of plastic go to cities in china i want to say i work 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 only thing 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.

or you can watch the kaiser report in just over an hour's time here on out so you don't want to miss that now let's take a look at the latest business news with that's next. time for your business update a very warm welcome from his joining the elephant oilfield project and leave it in an essay over the telephone energy company any the deal was sealed during brushing president richard vedder of a visit to eaton on wednesday the agenda of the visit included a number of all the economic issues archie is now finding is in rome with the details well first of all an agreement was signed on russia's involvement in developing the elephant oil field in libya russia's gas from will acquire thirty three percent stake in the project taking half of the shares from its value is any company in the south stream project was also discussed during president visited his visit to rome the gas pipeline that's meant to deliver gas from russia to the south of europe of course energy corp is crucial for russia and italy but also the two

countries have agreed to invest jointly into major infrastructure and energy projects in the north of africa members of the russian delegation have also said that they expect up just thirty italian companies to participate in russia's skolkovo innovation center where we're 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 partners and with small research groups that are interested in cooperating with school. it's a leaves russia second largest trade partner in the european union after germany and according to preliminary reports trade volumes have increased by nearly twelve percent since two thousand and nine reaching up to thirty six billion u.s. dollars last year. let's have

a look at all of the markets are doing that sour european stocks have slipped into redbud just marginally as a lot of corning's musette some stocks in. motion europe's biggest defense contractors p a systems has done four percent after its profit missed estimates but banking shares operation the indices higher royal bank of scotland is braley four percent and lloyds banking is gaining two point six percent resource shares are suffering as well it strategies down about three percent and b.h.p. billiton is suffering a loss of one point three percent. and here in russia indices are still trading in the black this hour how well the failed to continue the steady rise soon in the morning meanwhile brant crude oil was about one hundred four dollars a barrel in the middle east tensions investors will be expecting also another bunch of statistics from the u.s. to later in the day and this time do us inflation data will be in focus let's have a look at some of those figures all the blue chips are most of the blue chips

acquiring this sour spare bank is gaining on the news that it could sell off its world related assets worth of one point two billion dollars or so nice this year is down about one percent whether after negative news unfortunately is the pricing coming out of asia and gold is rising as the price of gold reaches eighty dollars an ounce. russia has almost quadrupled its exports of diamonds during the first nine months of last year bringing it to an almost two point two billion dollars and overall revenue at the same time the import of gemstones fell by more than two fought of russia's main diamond producer with ninety seven percent market share and accounts for twenty five percent of global production. news a south african business delegation has a rived in moscow to boost trade and investment ties. solve africa told business

archie that energy would be among top areas for future corp. has brought a big need for. 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 tenet to clean our sources of energy we are also attracting and we have russian companies that are involved in initiatives in south africa. the listing author 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 railways. this is the government to decide what will be the formula or prioritization of this company that is not settled yet sure you know if if the real gears of the procedure will fly pure then possibly unloveable but if it's real be it if it is the direct selling there to build build russia. russia's leading search engine yandex has landed in the top fifty most innovative companies in twenty eleven placed higher than clover like giants i.b.m. and microsoft fast company magazine who complied who compiled the list twenty six place in the list of the most innovative forms of the world this year was the first time ganders was included in the list noted for the process of

searching bypassed amazon which took the second place in the next lots of the top three spots were taken by apple twitter and facebook. that wraps up the business board and joined me in one last time from.

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question on the dot com. it's now at two thirty pm here in the russian capital. political reform with uncertainty in the middle east and north africa as the domino effect continues in libya is no country to see clashes on its streets. america's top military officials and god over the budget defense secretary robert gates warms the options would have tragic consequences but protecting the military is pushing massive cuts over to the rest of society. and three years since declaring independence because of our continued 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. that most western european countries are fully paid up . members of nato but a small number are not and the alliance is keen to bring the rest of them on board sweden is among those nations but a peace activist norberg tells us here at r.t. that moves to tempted into the arms of nato are just another example of america's ongoing quest for influence that's coming up next in our interview show. i got a norberg 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 are.