porter the father of fled the country and rest is also an agent for the wider region to protests in yemen bahrain and morocco middle east expert and himself but she told us that global dominance groups are behind the times. we might be getting rid of of thirty forty or fifty euro regime but many of these countries certainly in egypt certainly libya certainly in tunisia and back karim that might be getting themselves into just as bad or even worse trouble if they don't really understand the social proof so this is going on and we our full interests that may be driving them from outside of the middle east because i think this ties into a more global pattern where we have to understand the major geopolitical long term planning emanating from such organizations as the council on foreign relations the trilateral commission and the bluebird group who have for decades been fighting the arab world and have been fighting the sovereign nation state as an institution on

a global basis so in a way if they can get rid of these strong mad men whether it be hosni mubarak in egypt or colonel gadhafi in libya and try to transition has i was saying before to a more rural chaotic and more controllable western style democracy that would serve in a privilege to serve what we have to be very careful about the various readings that we make of this is a very important that both the pro protesters on one side and the government of egypt whether it be in libya whether it be in a back rain or in tunisia should understand how powerful social forces they are up against the psychological warfare tactics that are being used and they should not allow themselves either side to be used by interested objectives which are completely outside the interest of libya against all the egyptians or the tunisians or the iraqis or just about any country that is having such turmoil in the middle east at present. john laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation in

paris says the us is not going to surrender its position in the middle east in the case of egypt and as in the case of the other countries the interest of the united states is to preserve is to present the appearance of change while maintaining political control that is what the americans are about revolutions to legitimize a continuation of of the status quo effectively the american double standards in the middle east are so breathtaking that. one doesn't really know what to say i mean let's start with the most obvious example saudi arabia the biggest strongest richest ally of the united states in the middle east except for israel is saudi arabia and now saudi arabia doesn't even profess democracy it doesn't have a single ounce of democracy in its constitution or in its political practice and yet that country is always cited as the as you know as the americans greatest

fellow which of course that is the american simply turned a blind eye blind eye to the nature of the regime there but there is another aspect of those double standards which is important to mention and that is the flirtation with the forces of islam it's important to understand as we discuss the relationship between authoritarian regimes often military backed in the middle east on the one hand and the forces of political islam on the other it's important to understand that the americans are capable of playing both sides of that game. to talk about the reaction to the middle east across the atlantic this is going to county washington d.c. for very good evening to you all prices climbing we're hearing in response to the rest how does that affect the u.s. economy in the global economic balance then what's the word on your side of the pond. well kevin as the region becomes increasingly unstable the price of oil spiked on global markets it is now at its highest level since before the two

thousand and eight financial crisis libya where protests are much more violent than they were in egypt or anywhere else now has the richest proven oil reserves in africa it is the twelve largest oil exporter in the world and it threatens to disrupt supplies i mean all these protests not only that but there are questions as to who will control the suez canal a major oil shipping lane americans have their fleet in bahrain to patrol the canal and keep an eye on iran but bahrain is now in deep crisis and nobody knows what's going to happen so the u.s. might be losing control there experts say if the andress continues and the crude oil prices can be growing as they are now the u.s. is going to be hit really badly especially now that it's struggling to climb out of recession there are there are reports that a number of western oil corporations might temporarily gain from this spike in oil prices but the political unrest in the region makes it all too unpredictable you know what about the political reaction the u.s. was so vocal was. comin so we heard from the white so so far considering this latest wave of unrest. well kevin given all the big interests at stake in the

region there is no more democracy chanting going on in washington there have been a few statements from u.s. officials calling for leaders of libya bahrain and others in turmoil to show restraint in hadley handling the protests and that's about it no more of that epic coverage of the map democracy in making kind of things something that we saw a little more than a week ago when obama delivered all these passionate speeches on people of egypt making their voice heard and embracing democracy there is no more of that now with the exception of iran of course the u.s. is for anything that's against that the iranian leadership but the situation in some other countries seems to have spiraled out of control with egypt analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely financed by the united states and is now in control of egypt but in other countries in libya for example the u.s. doesn't have that same leverage so they are much more cautious calling for

democracy in those countries i spoke to some experts here they say washington's biggest fear is that those uprisings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states and many analysts analysts say for the u.s. it's not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interests just two months ago secretary of state hillary clinton pronounced herself very impressed by the progress that bahrain is making on all fronts she said that's quote there seems to be a strong. broadly held commitment to democracy. that was that was before pro-democracy demonstrators filled the streets and the government responded with deadly force it leave you to experts say the u.s. would so much rather have things as they were off he was never their favorite leader that's what for about some seven years ago he agreed to open up a leave us all the riches to the west and to let them invest in oil production so they kind of left him a little but now with protests crowding like why are wildfires across the region the u.s. seems to to have little control over what's going to happen next. as

a city girl i want to difference a couple of weeks make don't they going to check on a correspondent in washington d.c. thank you for your insight on the strength of this story major powers are proposing more financial assistance to north african countries amid the wave of revolts in the region but artie's financial guru of most colleges says the union doesn't have the money to help its own members a little bit of nations outside the block they can print more money but as they print money it drives the cost of food on the futures market precious metals higher they're just exacerbating the problem because they have no actual physical cash they just print fear out debt which makes the price of food go higher so the first thing the e.u. could do is shut up and not do a thing because they're just making the situation worse they they they're completely corrupt they have absolutely no ability to assist whatsoever because they have no money and they keep printing fake money which is driving the price of food higher which is causing more revolution. no it's because they're more from him

later i was more commented opinion in our debate show cross talk to later in the day people of ellen his guests discuss why countries of the middle east spend so much on their military and how the u.s. justifies its big business in the region. south of the g.c.c. states to me here in part are somewhat comparable to a singapore of switzerland their swap populations they want people to know they have weapon system a basically want to be left alone saudi arabia does have some incursions into yemen and is using its shiny kit purchased from the us in other states so i'm not sure about the nine or so where one can of course discuss the hooty problem there but to say that they're not using it at all i think it would be a question that. it. was. more the day's top

moving stories to rein in warships sort of parse through egypt su is can now choose day it will be the first time a rainy and naval vessels have sailed those waters since the country's nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution they have been due to enter the canal or monday but their passage is be delayed the ships are heading to syria for a training mission israel or the u.s. have expressed strong concern over the move saying it escalates already high tensions in the region paul asli is following developments for us in tel aviv. there's many prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he views with most gravity the passing of these two iranian warships through the suez canal to the mediterranean sea he says that it's really an attempt by tehran to take advantage of the current situation to exploited and to extend its regional influence we also heard from the israeli foreign minister of adore lieberman and he says that this is nothing short of provocation israel and iran have not head 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 is really soon relations are strained israel convinced an israeli official saying as much over the past few years that iran is supplying weapons to syria that ultimately land in the hands of his 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 there 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 of 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 reporting 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 there for data on the supply ship to go through. fall asleep still to come on the program not just man's best friend. hated dog is a man's best friend but of course if you're blind a guide dog is the same it's more than just companion said but we've got the story of one man who wants to take care of result a pet just a she'd been taking care of him really heart wrenching story going to joy that like . his jewish community is demanding compensation from the government for property stolen by the nazis during the second world war but many believe the case is likely to be rejected in a country where s.s.

forces are seen as liberators from soviet occupation artie's peter oliver reports from the baltic state. thousands of law being jews were robbed of their property money and in many cases their lives by nazi treats one of the major issues is how much it on the side of nazi germany of view today so very. unfortunately many believe the lothian waffen s.s. who fought against the bolsheviks were liberators but they in fact were bandits and robbers they have seen documents listing real estate that belong to jews killed in ghettos i think their property should be returned the amount of reparations claimed by latvian jews around sixty five million dollars the country's government says that they will continue to hold talks with religious leaders in order to come up with a solution however those in power draw their support from nationalist groups who are far less diplomatic when it comes to the issue. lottery and administration is not responsible for the night you doing on the holocaust began our country was

under occupation by definition lightly and i thought at least cannot be responsible for actions of occupants local jewish leaders say that they only want what was stolen to be returned however they realize that this may be difficult with current attitudes in latvia while they wish as we need the property to solve our social problems like develop education culture if it meant say no synagogues and cemeteries of course it's hard to find our lives when you need to take back certain property but i hope people will understand and justice will be done a short distance from the capital is the forest where thousands of jews were executed it serves as a poignant memorial to those who lost their lives but in central riga there are equally chilling monuments to the holocaust like this synagogue which was burned to the ground with worshipers still inside over sixty five years after the end of the second world war the burnt out shell of this synagogue serves as

a reminder to the tensions that still bubble between the local jewish community and those latvians that consider. troops to have been heroes well while the government continues to draw most of its support from nationalist organizations a resolution to this conflict seems a long way off piece for all of r.t. riga latvia get more depth as well when the stories we're covering on our website are almost a big selection of stories therefore let me run through a few of what's online tonight and i'll tell you what you can discover why a twenty million dollar fleet of your. russian tycoon boris predators or ski has been seized in france to get the backstory there online tonight. the spy in the sky former russian agent anna chapman what she's doing now well she's turning her attention to the cause make or stay with me she's got plans to add so much glamour to the country's space industry again make a smirk at r.t. dot com.

the dire economic situation in the united states has created a youth unemployment bomb with millions of graduates failing to find jobs to stop paying off their college debts and those lucky enough to find work a massively overqualified for their positions in the reports the international children's fund has worked for almost a century help the less fortunate than other nations now we want to tell you about a problem a little closer to home. for only fifteen thousand pennies a day you'll get everything he needs to survive the idea of adopt a grad maybe a joke but modern day post college survival is most certainly not have seventy six thousand dollars haunted by tuition debt larry's one of america's college degree

owners facing a job market that has long ago thrown out the welcome mat young people have twice the unemployment rate of most americans college grads are stepping out into the world in the worst time to try to land a job with around two million of them unemployed forcing many to forget about their skills and agree to any job are now for over three hundred thousand waiters and over eighteen thousand parking lot attendant working in the u.s. are said to have a college degree moreover the u.s. bureau of labor statistics suggests as many as seventeen million americans with college degrees are forced to work jobs requiring less skills than a bachelor's degree provide raising an entire generation of janitors with ph d.'s as we have an ever higher percentage of kids in college and ever higher percentage of kids graduating at the same time as ever more companies are hiring fewer people

so what better time to question whether education really is the best investment bed with america's traditional promise of a dream life after college students aren't told however is that the cash and time they are. investing is going to come back to bite them. at twenty two charles with a bachelor's in film and a dream of directing is already getting ready to settle for less you do wonder. because of this because of the economy he's looking for any of the lable jobs to pay off his student loan debt but has not been able to find any paid work. sixty five seventy thousand college. tuition. apart from weaving a dream career goodbye another big trend according to analysts debt driving much more than career choice if you want to help poor children as a physician good luck with your four hundred thousand dollars and other words

people's college and university that is beginning to pick their careers who they marry where they live with the economy in other countries pumping in full mode job hunting overseas is becoming a lot more attractive than in the u.s. a lot of my friends are considering jobs outside of the u.s. in india they're considering i didn't and china to sri with fifty thousand dollars of college debt says debt works hand in hand with american culture take it or leave it but it's the cost of living the american life that educational. debt taking out loans. car isn't safe so you just live from one day to another the u.s. wants to hold top position as world leader in the number of college graduates at the same time not enough jobs are being created and debt piles up forcing millions of americans to settle for less than what they dreamed of when covering that higher education and r.t.e.

. news stories not a high court in india is upheld the death penalty for the only surviving one of the two thousand and eight by a tax. payer was rejected he's been convicted of multiple murder and conspiracy as as well. waging war against india around one hundred seventy people were killed when the ten pakistani government attacked two luxury hotels in a city person could still take his case to the supreme court. at least thirty people have been killed and nearly forty wounded in a suicide bomb attack in northern afghanistan a device was detonated near the entrance to a government office where crowds of people were killing for national id cards violence appeared on the rise in the region which is believed to harbor taliban hideouts. the may be man's best friend but for some people dogs are also a lifeline to the world and when the eyes of one man's guide dog started to falter the owner spared no cost to keep his four legged friend on the road but as r.t. sarah firth finds out next the government is not so quick to stump up the cash to

train more of these vital animals when alexis shiloh's guy don't bear said began leading him astray he realized that rather than a visual aid this might be more of a case of the blind leading the blind the chip to the vets and here's where suspicions. we find cataracts on the dogs eyes and how to take urgent measures. but as they say a dog is a lie and despite the large cost of the operation lexie was determined to find a solution. i don't like to think about how much it cost me i took extra work and saved my pension for surgery and it was worth it you do it or do we have to stop the inflammation and then remove the islands from the dog severely damaged i the surgery was successful and the dogs now able to see again. in a country with a very quarter of a million blind and visually impaired the number of guide dogs available is wastefully inadequate training center in the outskirts most gay is one of only

relatively few and the only one that's government funded there are eighty dogs being chained here in the center at the moment now the training of the dogs typically start somewhere between ten months and two years old and many of the puppies are bred in the third. but the school's in a catch twenty situation it will receive further government funding to increase the numbers trained until demand is higher but the demand remains low as many simply can't afford the expense of keeping impacts and in a country struggling to adequately provide for the blind guy don't completely valuable as alexa a well known these bruises will like a member of the family which is always in the same room as me and i'm one. they say that dog is a man's best friend but of course if you're blind a guide dog is so much more than just companionship it's a chance to mobilize is so to really get your life back and that's why it's so

important the more guys like this are trained up there for. your all to do over the top stories are two to five sports ahead for you soon in twenty minutes in fact kate's got the news that russian football clubs have one foot in the last sixteen of the europa league that should burke more on the business now vocal reviews here . power welcome to business thanks for joining me russian gas giants gas problem is rejecting a request from german utility. that its russian gas purchases be linked to the spot market price long term gas supply gas supply contracts between gas from and european customers a link to the price of oil that formula has attracted increasing criticism from europe as a price of oil has rallied strongly guess from c o x m l or explains why gas can be traded like oil dollars for the share of sport trading will not be harder than

fifteen percent on the european gas market because gas is not a traditional exchange commodity like oil gas cannot become a readily exchange commodity like oil because of its physical characteristics. and yandex is planning to place its initial public offering worth up to one million dollars this summer russia's leading internet search engine has hired deutsche bank and morgan stanley under way for the i.p.o. and plans to trade on the nasdaq stock exchange the search engines offering could become one of the largest companies in two thousand and eleven and will surpass mail dot ru's nine hundred million dollars i.p.o. last november your give a wrong call from invest cafe believes potential investors should approach would care. to look at the market is now entering a new stage in the vein of the y2k bubble whereby investors will be cautious when looking at yandex probable valuation of seven or eight billion dollars in reality this tendency is very dangerous because buying the shares in the hopes to then sell

them playing the speculative game mean some will manage to get off the train but others will be jumping out of the skyscraper in fear of the credit. now at some of the markets european shares declined on monday as investors nervously watched tensions spread across the middle east and north africa the u.k.'s footsie slip point two percent several of its mining stocks got a boost from the rally in gold and silver prices gold for april delivery surged above one thousand four hundred dollars an ounce in electronic trading on the globe x. . russia stocks climbed by the most in more than a week political unrest in the middle east lifted world prices russia's biggest export earner and that in turn lifted energy shares on call from isaacs and the r.t.s. was experienced one point three percent higher its biggest gain in three days and taking a look now at some of the individual. country's biggest clue producers added three

percent and we're calling it quits two percent at one point seven percent. income which is the stalks you rose. reducers are two percent two and half percent so. related stocks are doing well gold stocks are doing well poor loser all too is up over two percent and the stock that. is news ing is utilities were hurt some populist comments by prime minister putin in the last week who wants to clear through surprise. shares of bank of moscow stuart four point eight percent on monday as five representatives of v.t. bank were elected to its board as despite the bank of moscow's president and co owner under a boarding stating they had been no negotiations with bt regarding a possible takeover you also said that the fair value for the bank was between

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questions on the dot com. monday night here in moscow it's now eight thirty pm these are all top stories middle east on fire protesters in libya burning government buildings the misreports of the country's leaders fled experts and politicians blame western involvement for stoking the violent unrest in the region. writing past wrongs latvian jews want compensation for what they lost during world war two and claim their governments turning a blind eye to the crimes of the nazis who consider the liberating force of the country's official history. the us is facing an increasing population of out of work graduates as the struggling economy fails to provide employment. some experts

believe that the u.s. bogged down in wars impressed by emerging powers will have to rethink soon its role in world affairs but norwegian sociologist yorn goldstone goes one step further by predicting the fall of the us empire in the near future his interview coming up next. r.t. sitting down with professor johan galtung an internationally recognized founder of peace studies and author of more than one hundred fifty books his most recent book is titled the fall of the u.s. empire and then what professor galton thank you very much for sitting down my pleasure in two thousand you had predicted in forecasting that the united states would fall apart would crumble in twenty twenty five and then after.