that some members of an army unit have sided with protesters say follow islam get out he also confirmed rioters seize military bases tanks and other equipment and warned of a looming civil war that could wipe out the nation's oil well. meanwhile in other developments across the region rioters continued to clash with government supporters in the yemeni capital sanaa with gunfire heard in the streets while in bahrain opposition is preparing for talks with authorities after deadly clashes with government forces saw six people killed and dozens wounded also morocco we're seeing on arrests with at least five thousand people taking to the streets of the capital rabat demanding king mohammed give up some of his powers middle east expert mahdi dariya snows and mariah tells r t that although the region is in turmoil it's hard to say whether it will see any fundamental changes. these are revolts they're not revolutions yet people's mindsets are revolutionary they want change they're fed up with these or revolts until the structures in place change it won't be

considered revolutions in order for democratic position to occur people need to elect their officials right now we're not seeing that we're seeing the status quo in egypt the military is taking over it nothing's changed it's a formal change because the more barak was a part of the military the military housing all right one of the united states and its allies are pleading we had their backs what they're doing right now is something that we call creating a challenger discourse counter discourse is now we have a party in governance and in opposition to get control of both sides now i'm not saying that the protests aren't genuine the protests are absolutely genuine an organic but the fact is that the united states is trying to put its own opposition figures into position this includes the wisemen in egypt which are unelected individuals billionaires people who were it part of the status for part of the regime in fact who did nothing were mobarak was in power. authorities in the

country is experiencing an arrest or dancing to the tune of the west rather than listening to the people according to the president of the u.k. arab lawyers association. certainly the unifying factor that is that all of them have had enough often enough of dictatorship the governments that have all been so subservient to the west that this goes against the will of the people in that region generally speaking the interest of the national interest of the west is contradictory to the national interest of that region that of countries have a problem with israel they have a problem with the americans they have a problem with capitalism and this is going to this is a unifying factor at. the least textured expert adrian believes the us is trying to use on a rest in the region for its own interest but it could have difficulty controlling it once so we definitely do have the peoples of different countries of better range of the round definitely on the rack of libya of yemen of egypt seated 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 leave them and probably is going to be used to favor the interests of certain global power structures float out 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 for the state department finding very difficult to control. israel has expressed strong concern over iran's dispatcher of two warships across egypt suez canal prime minister netanyahu says the move will bring even more attention to what already unstable region two ships are due to sail through the canal one day on the mediterranean they'll be the first

iranian warships to navigate these waters since the country's islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine dollars more from tel aviv. this many prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he views with at most gravity the posturing of these two iranian warships through the suez canal to the mediterranean sea he says that it's really an attempt by terror and to take advantage of the current situation to exploited and to extend its regional influence we also heard today from the israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman and he says that this is nothing short of provocation israel and iran have not had diplomatic relations for the past thirty years and israel is concerned that iran is sending weapons to its neighbors that will ultimately be used against the jewish state israeli soon relations are strained as well convinced an israeli official saying as much over the past few years that iran is supplying weapons to syria that ultimately landed in the hands of hizbollah in lebanon now the united states is adding fuel to the whole situation

the u.s. state department recently set up a twitter account and it is using their twitter account to post tweets in farsi that supports anti iranian government demonstrators out on the streets of tehran we haven't seen the u.s. state department do anything like that supporting or even expressing any kind of opinion on the same kind of demonstrations that are happening in yemen since nine hundred seventy nine since the iranian revolution they have been no iranian warships that have actually passed through the suez canal this is the first major diplomatic headache for the egyptian interim government for the ruling military council as you well know president mubarak had a close relationship with the united states he was an ally. the u.s. and at the same time relations between him and the rand were strained for the past thirty years it is not clear exactly why they gave permission we haven't had any insight on that but what we have been told reported is that it dipshit officials have checked the cargo they are confident that there is nothing suspicious on board

and as a result they have allowed their free data on the supply ship to go through. european union is launching a mission to help italy deal with a wave of immigrants from north africa more than five thousand people poured in from tunisia alone during last week and officials agree the situation is out of control the wave of migrants comes just as europe is seeing a vicious debate over multiculturalism as the native leaders of major nations admit it's not working in spite of the current mood however one outspoken critic from austria has gone on trial for speaking out against the rights of religious groups. that up with the war. was really just a night for a european citizen peacefully debating islam with a muslim is nothing unusual in a multicultural country like stream but it's a topic not always discussed in such gentle fashion i find you not to burn the koran but your readers. might studying what islam will be learning how to play to

know your enemy elisabeth's supper to channel has been on trial in a vienna court on charges of making what is described as a hate speech against islam a left wing all strand magazine recorded and published a speech at one of his seminars lending who are in court 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 here ideas she says are nothing new and when europe's political elites 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 wolf opponents say she crossed the line here a speech is upgrade not only the muslim community but also made. it's not

a matter of free speech that i can spread hatred about law. troops 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 most he calls his money 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 districts in vienna is known as a little stumble 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 subaverage wall found here a fellow like sounds taking a stance against self sigrid geisha a topic 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 we've yet to see how their views might fully influence debate on the ground and the future shape. exceeding of their children our team from vienna. stay with us here on our coming up a stained anniversary of all of our years and separately and independence from serbia unfazed by recent reports of grave crimes allegedly headed by its leader. and brainy and politician gets in trouble for doubting history as it's written he says in court after saying soviet soldiers didn't kill civilians civilians in his country twenty years ago. or is there a new week in leeds revelations appear to show washington attempting to pressure a nato diplomatic cable released by the whistleblower says the us what as far as snooping on the allies as top official or his catarina as our reports on the

allegations. cat among the pigeons whistle blower week strikes again this time at the very heart of needle according to documents published by two european newspapers a u.s. mole was planted right in the office of the alliance's secretary general several of the cables revealed by wiki leaks indicate america is trying to control nato from within reporting confidential information back to washington this point of view is supported by some of the documents allegedly sent by u.s. diplomat jeff raft. went under spog rasmussen was looking for closer ties with the collective security treaty organization made up of former soviet states the u.s. was quick to veto the idea after a private dialogue with the u.s. representative to nato rasmussen took all mention of the two organizations growing closer out of his address to the alliance in two thousand and nine but why would the u.s. try to pressure its allies. as one of nato is key players the u.s.

tries to prevent the alliance from growing too close to the russia in the former soviet bloc because the region is of strategic interest to america they of course would prefer to build exclusive bilateral relationships the strong ties between two military organizations such as nato and the c.s.t. is not in u.s. interests. this is an odds with the image of the alliance tries to project a strong union where every opinion matters. a group dominated by the united states of america that in fact it's not an alliance of tool in the sense of being sovereign states. it's a bogus alliance people in the street understand that washington is calling the shots so. left right left right we're much so this is this is what is happening in reality that people know da. humans published so

far haven't exactly uncovered anything groundbreaking but if every member of nato is supposedly equal it has raised questions over whether the u.s. will really trust the alliance at all catarina zavala r.t. scores of civilians have been reported killed in the nato led operations in the north east of afghanistan over the past few days women and children are said to make up almost half the casualties another thirteen dead right then a fight is taliban militants nato has officially confirmed its troops were involved in ground an air operations but denied civilian killings member of the afghan parliament daoud sultanzoy says such incidents only help the taliban recruit new members among desperate locals. it's an ugly or no warrant no one wins but the insurgency thrives on mistakes off the government out of the international community and in civilian casualties are the perfect mistakes for them to thrive on

and to to seize up on in a news public opinion and their own favor and also a government that inefficiency and government problems add to that so this is something that the international community and afghan government has to cope up but then learn and also try to isolate the population from insurgency. stay with us here on our coming up over jewel trip to outer space we take a look at a unique simulated journey to the right by a multi crew and what it could mean for real space travel. was about to be opposition in the head it's a recipe for stable country according to the president developer to stay with us for analysis. first though kosovo has marked three years of soft proclaimed independence from serbia the region's unilateral move was backed by the u.s. and seventy five other countries most u.n. member states including russia have not recognized it as a separate nation the anniversary was marred by

a recent council of europe report the document claims kosovo's leaders including its current prime minister were responsible for serious crimes during the war in the late ninety's these include executions of duction is an organ trafficking claims that serbia wants the un to investigate these campaigner marco gas it says the u.s. and e.u. don't want their roles in the balkans conflict to emerge. the key thing is when we go back to those eleven years to when serbia was being bombed when people were being butchered on bridges in schools and hospitals and rowing stations where people were being killed in the name of our supposedly good albanian leadership that needed protecting with its population those crimes that were committed a great service at that time were so huge that to admit that in fact the reality was that the albanians the us was sponsoring at the time were indeed all steelers and slavers and villains in a variety of different kinds would be to the legitimize one's own propaganda

operation so they couldn't go back from their original claims without admitting that they'd be lying all along particularly in one thousand nine hundred nine and that would have meant those who bombed serbia were culpable in criminal terms for that bombing and should answer before an international court so of course it would be very difficult for them to say actually yes we are indeed wrong we were wrong we supported the wrong side and that and that was one step too far for them this seems to be nobody charged with the task of actually investigating these findings so it will require a brave brave security council and a committee a security council one that wants the truth to actually appear and i have my doubts whether that will appear out of the security council. president to beller says the opposition will be quote bashed in the head on less at stops the stabilizing the country alexander lukashenko sworn in comes just days after the first person involved why there was mass protests and minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets as polls closed

in december's presidential race over six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates editor in chief of the magazine russia in global affairs tells r.t. that although the opposition in dollars is weak it's still making president you can shank on nervous. opposition below so as not serious enough to really challenge his rule and. actually the election results we should cause was falsified by you in the m.k. is a fair and free election i'm afraid of the person who would leave the military as much but he he would do it at the same time it's quite strange that he blames the position for being so much important. and why in this case. huge repression so it seems that will crush him because steele is quite nervous about any kind of. allowed activities and opposition is weak his nervous. r.t.

dot com is where you can check out all our stories blogs and analysis wherever you whenever you like and what's online for you right now. fasten your seat belts russia is developing a product powered train i can take passengers farther faster than ever before plus . so she gets the thumbs up as russia's top brass hits the slopes about will host the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics. a unique mission imitating a return trip to mars has reached an important milestone as friday marked the midpoint of the eighteen month virtual journey two crew members carried out a second walk on the mock martian surface three russians two europeans and a chinese volunteer are taking part in the mars five hundred project they've already spent eight months in

a set of windowless tubes with time like conversations with mission control and e-mails to their families as their only outside contact scientists are studying the psychological effects of such a long journey the third a virtual walk should happen tuesday and it'll be followed by a nine month journey home when a shell from the european space agency explains what the team hopes to learn. we have to assume no it's this is xander from russia and from china doing their second mass walk and you see a simulated martian surface which is no more than forty square meters and what we see other two were in the in their space suits which are pretty so close to what we would expect for real martian martian mission and what the two were doing is collecting soil samples and preparing them to bring this simple spec home as we have the cord which of course would not be there or on the real mars and that corridor supplies the other two astronauts. with electricity and also with air and

of course in the real martian mars mission that all would be in the big take to us to know what's scary and they are on the break they are doing very well so that. everybody was really surprised that everything is going so well everything one of the reasons for that is that they have this really very interesting goal of simulating the first walk on the mars and what we can see now is that the two are going to take a break in this special chairs because each of the space the woods is aboard the thirty five kilogram and also if you would expect a real mission on mars we could expect that after ten or fifteen minutes astronauts would would have to take a small break the major point here is that they are really all everybody of them is really focused on their task and that's that's the main reason why this is so so

real and so close to reality. turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe at least ten children have died in the orphanage fire in the coastal town of hoppe salu with western estonia the majority of them were disabled thirty seven children nine adults were inside the building when it caught fire the cause of the blaze is unknown yes tony and president has declared monday a day of mourning throughout the country. seventeen people have been wounded in two successive attacks by suspected muslim insurgents in the south of thailand the first happened in a karaoke restaurant that came under heavy gunfire half an hour later a car bomb detonated nearby last week another blast wounded eighteen people and said buildings on fire in the neighboring province over four thousand people have died in insurgency related violence in the country in the last seven years. the ugandan president will remain in power for a fourth term after the electoral commission confirming he won sixty eight percent

of the vote in the country's recent election where use of ynys main competitor and former ally secured only twenty six percent and outcome that's being rejected by the opposition while the election was largely peaceful the president vowed to lock up any protesters attempting egyptian style demonstrations. lithuanian politician faces trial for questioning the official version of violence surrounding his country's path to independence he claims soviet troops were not responsible for killing demonstrators during clashes twenty years ago but his opinion has landed him in deep water or he's peter all over takes a look. january nine hundred ninety one fourteen protesters dying after clashes with saudi troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state of bill if you win you however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence that disagree with the fish occasion of the events this polanski this is

a member of the vilna city council and says soviet soldiers were responsible. basing my opinion on the witness list and on the book which was published by the former head of parliamentary national security committee chair so he wrote in his book and nobody denied that but from this tower representatives of liftin and all for a case where shooting down into the crowd. and other businesses where i know who lived in that area and still live pointed to valve's houses here on the roofs off the shelves is better people for the shooting and they sold them. for a ship in years on historical events are nothing unusual some are based on newly discovered evidence others merely conspiracy theories what's different is that mr pullets gives his argument that it was lift you a me and gunman that were responsible to london in jail i'm facing

a charge of. up to two years in prison i mean i i may receive a fine for up to two years in prison i think this is absolute from term in terms of human rights and freedom of opinion absurd or not it's the law if you win but also as well because boards are part the lithuanian penal code provides for criminal responsibility for the public thing aisle of genocide crimes against humanity or work crime rules people who believe so these crimes are more victims should be held responsible as in one thousand nine hundred. nation against lithuania and its citizens falls under the definition of a war crime if you could because as an elected official mr play at this is a mune from prosecution however he has waived this right and is prepared to stand trial local historians question plaits gives his sources back the official version of events. on the one hand there were civilians who wanted self-determination

on the other hand it was military might in my assessment the events of january nine hundred ninety one were an attempt to solve a problem the use of force claimed innocent lives. but should questioning history bring with it a criminal investigation. i don't think that this is a reason for a person to be prosecuted it's his personal opinion your thirties have overreacted but it's up to the lawyers to decide it's a provocation but it's based on certain logic lithuanian authorities did make attempts to provoke the soviet authorities and compel them to start solving the lithuanian issue. should he be found guilty by the courts in his native lithuania and gladys polanski says he will appeal to the european court of human rights an appeal he's convinced would be carried out from a jail cell history may not agree with the opinion of mr polanski comes to the events of january one thousand nine hundred one however those same historians are

unsure whether it's the role of the legal system to determine who can say what about the circumstances of the deaths of fourteen people here in vilnius peter all over r.t. lithuania going up in a few minutes of our schools of interview on how the fight on drugs is progressing in afghanistan with the un stop cutting our products official stay with us.

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four thirty am good to have you with us here as we give you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on our team mass public protests sweeping across the middle east and north africa demonstrators are taking to the streets of the libyan capital tripoli is after at least two hundred people reportedly shot dead in the country's second city benghazi during a week of on the red sea. as thousands of immigrants fleeing vienna rest in north africa fled into italy european union rushes to head off a humanitarian crisis and this is top e.u. politicians play multiculturalism has failed on the continent. where we could be so embarrassed for the u.s.

as the latest cables reveal washington has been spying on the nato chief proselytized documents expose a mole in the office of secretary general anders fogh rasmussen and they show america's influence in alliances relations with moscow. and a fifteen month long moscow based simulation of the journey to mars reaches the halfway point with researchers taking a space walk on a mock version of the ride by scientists hope the virtual journey will bring the real thing a small step. up next we hear from the u.s. the head of the un office on drugs and crime about the international effort to prevent the massive flow of drugs from afghanistan how it's going so far stay with us. i'm here talking to mr u.t. federal to he's the head of the u.n. office for drugs and crime russia has long been trying to get drug production included on the list of international security threats mr pitt also thank you very much for.