have been incited from outside. i think we can safely discard foreign involvement as a factor these are purely internal affairs after they began however other countries definitely became concerned about what was happening of course i was in washington d.c. when the riots in egypt began with meeting with state department officials we had a bilateral meeting on the middle east settlement i saw that my american counterparts were really shocked by the scale to which the events in egypt had escalated and incidentally the cia and other intelligence agencies were quickly criticized for not predicting the possibility of such an rest almost immediately though they became very active president obama called mubarak several times he was still president mubarak at the time but they also maintained contact with general omar suleiman the u.s. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff maintain contact with his counterpart in

egypt all the channels were immediately activated even former diplomats who were well connected in cairo flew over to egypt to help the embassy there why did the united states abandon so quickly and you know this was america's position from the very beginning in his conversations with mubarak president obama strongly recommended that president mubarak step down before september because mubarak said initially he would step down in september that was leaked to the media and reported by several u.s. newspapers gets at the same time it was clear that the us found itself between a rock and a hard place on one hand it had to maintain its image of a country that supports democratic revolutions the rights in egypt were democratic not islamic there were no islamic slogans no green flags all people wanted was to put an end to corruption and to allow normal economic growth to develop. the

primary protest was against the regime so the us had to maintain his image by supporting the riots is on the other hand they had to do all they could to retain their influence in egypt and other countries the us strongly relied on the barracks regime in egypt and on ben ali's regime in tunisia so they were looking for a way out of this predicament at first they hoped that general suliman would remain in power this was obvious since hillary clinton said that he might be the interim ruler until the election then it turned out that people didn't like him because of his close ties with mubarak then the military stepped in. some say that the united states was actually happy to see unrest in egypt because it diverted attention from . the position of the new what do you mean it diverts attention from israel israel too is now facing serious problems due to the riots for instance they've

opened the rafa crossing in fact it was opened some time ago they just closed it during the crisis so now israel doesn't know what the new egyptian leadership will do whether they'll maintain the gaza blockade only sin aside along the egyptian border with i read an article in the wall street journal that said the military and intelligence communities in israel are in favor of preparing for re occupation of gold at the same time many experts say that would put israel in a position where a large scale bloody war would be inevitable. so we can't say the situation was instigated by israel or that its purpose was to divert attention from israel this was a social explosion and that's the way we should view it more with this process is slightly different in different countries take bahrain for instance twenty percent of the country's population is sunni eighty percent to shia leadership all sunny shia muslims consider themselves oppressed now the. they want to be represented in

a coalition government they're in talks now and they may find a modus vivendi in bahrain in other countries the phenomenon is purely social i'm sure islamic groups will take part in it but we have to differentiate between a minute we shouldn't paint everybody with the same black stick take the muslim brotherhood in egypt for instance it is a movement that now wants to become a political party they already have twenty percent of seats in the parliament they are proposing a social program with the movement is actually a combination of different forces there was a very interesting story in a local newspaper about the muslim brotherhood having a youth wing and a women's women were these two groups detach themselves from the rest of the party and joined the protest is that to mean something we should not view the world in black and white it is very unwise. for the roles of

a person still everybody is wondering if there is uprisings may islam assize the region instead of democratizing it. you know any of them wish it was know who i don't think that's possible let's look at what brought about the riots many people believe that all arab states sooner or later and up having an anti colonial revolution not so those revolutions are not just anti colonial they're directed against to authoritarianism regime. also we probably underestimated the way new technology effects arab countries why did the rights happen in june is here in egypt because these are the most advanced arab countries the internet and television and mobile phones helped so organize people there is a youth group called the april sixth movement in egypt that has approximately seventy thousand members of the movement is internet based these young people

spearheaded the street protests when the internet was invented a long time ago why are these uprisings happening now and why are they happening in such close proximity if you use the riots in egypt i think happened largely because people saw on television what was happening in shoe newseum with that so it's a domino effect and i think so yes. he also mentioned that this uprising is with fact the israeli palestinian settlement doing that new forces may emerge in the middle east and that they may be able to dominate the region. it is hard to say what is going to happen at the moment we've seen the statements made by the prime minister of the palestinian authority saying he is ready to form a coalition government with a mass that is also a repercussion of recent events at the same time it helped relieve pressure in the

region when the egyptian military which is currently the defacto government announced they would observe all the agreements previously so. find work including the nine hundred seventy nine treaty with israel open so it's hard to judge the situation right now and i can give a direct onset i think it will become clearer after time has passed in any case i think it might force the israeli leadership to give up their policy of maintaining the status quo in the middle east so far the israeli leadership has been leaning towards preserving status quo and abandoning the idea of a peaceful settlement despite numerous un security council resolutions and president obama's cairo speech israel kept building new settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem sabotaging all attempts at negotiation i think recent events may cause them to reconsider their policy because global trends and not in

favor of israel's anik sation policy would in fact they cannot really an x. the west bank or no if they were to annex the west bank israel will cease to be a nation state it will become a state of two nations and they realize that that's why they want the status quo they want to preserve the current state of affairs. when this series of uprising started some comparing them to the color revolutions even though these two things are very different what lesson can we learn from these uprisings in the arab world or lesson we should learn that things a never completely calm they like to see always rippling and it's not just the israeli palestinian conflict or some other conflicts between various arab states discontented people especially young people can also create waves they don't have

any prospects for the future so they go out into the street they staged rallies in terri a square and in similar places in other arab countries this is something we have to take into account but thank you very much for this interview.

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a simulated mission to mars the volunteers and halfway through the fund for twenty days experiments in a moscow. touchable the sport. hello and welcome to this portion of the headlines talks in europe to scarring to become the first russian team to reach the last sixteen in the europa league after taking a one zero lead in that time with monica. while leaving the blues as their domestic season starts chelsea look to base their hopes of silverware as they go to copenhagen in the champions league. alex thomas likes debutant thomas has won the goal ignites west ham as they thrashed burnley five one in the f.a. cup to avoid the drop in the premier league. so to start with football and looking to become the first russian team to reach the last sixteen of the europa league

they take on prague so long ago this tuesday evening the muscovite side are firm favorites to go through off the net since twenty ninth minute strike ensued they won the first leg one in greece last week and the school in moscow is the only all the sauce that contains god's favor having won all four of their high games in the cure game counterpane. scored just five goals in the rightfully so far this season however it has got a lot to regular match played recent months since the russian crimea meet and then move them. on me while there are also two first leg time is from the last sixteen of the champions league taking place and choose day night with chelsea looking to boost their flagging domestic season with european success if they travel to copenhagen while making that made me parents in the front stage call on travolta he has pledged to remain in charge of the blues off to seeing his side squander a five point lead at the top of the premier league and slipped to fifth twelve points adrift of meat has managed to united and to return to places one saturday

the f.a. cup holders were not so much of the tournament after losing four three on penalties at home to have its own however remains confident his side get back on track. wait there is one is not finished or. maybe it could be the best years on the become. part of. a memory could be the bushies or maybe could be the worst. i don't know but wait we judge is not is still alive and standing in the way of a place in the last eight the chelsea copenhagen team that surprised many in the group stage after a draw with barcelona wins against russian champions rubin and cyprus and i passed the danish need is now on a winter break so when lack of much play could work in west london side's favor that's despite this confidence running high in the home town. somewhere where players sold off that they think they are

a better side than chelsea even so maybe i should talk a little with talk them down a little with. us played in this team for the first time i really lost all they won the two games. so they think that it is as easy as this so i think that confidence is very very high in the team. well miles west french run is up leo play his two spanish one is up real madrid the businesses are in fine domestic form coming off the back of three straight victories in the league but in the old seen here in training nothing history on this side they have recorded a drill all best in all of this six previous encounters with way out in this competition and it was the french side who put an end to the spanish giants last year also in the last sixteen so there's only his men maybe the favorites but they'll make. you know everyone knows how important is the champions league for the glove for ourself and going to go through so we have to blame both.

and do in the game describe their way out so away from home is important so tomorrow when they also describe them to get results. moving to english football now and west ham's thomas hitzlsperger believes his side's f.a. cup victory over burnley gives them the confidence to avoid relegation from the premier league after they trying five one to set up a quarter final clash against stoke after on grant's side remain in the league's bottom three the german midfielder made his hammers debut after a six month injury absence and opened with a trademark thunderbolt after twenty three minutes then called on call looked to be offside and to handle the ball when he started home just after the restart and just two minutes later this classy lot of carrots keep that lead grant even three no winston reid then headed in his first goal for the club as the home side looked to be cruising however a shocking defensive mix up and gifted jay rodriguez

a consolation for the visitors but freddie says a fine high finish wrapped up a comprehensive five one victory however west ham now face liverpool stoke tottenham and manchester united as they battle to retain their premier league status. taught them are also in action as tuesday night following up their famous champions league victory for the seven time you can challenge ac milan and could go stood with pictures blackpool in the english premier league side have managed only one win in twenty eleven percent to sixteen collecting just called points from the available twenty seven the last time but will be talking to the field brodie as a four one win in september nineteenth fifty six. basketball and in the n.b.a.'s most talked about transfer carmelo anthony has finally learned where his future lies the small forward has been traded from the denver nuggets to the new york knicks in a move which also sees russian rookie to the famous goal of going the opposite direction but it's before all the business took place it was showtime in los

angeles the all star game once again pitted against each other the west and east on sunday and once again it was kobe bryant who stole the show the self-proclaimed black mamba top school thirty seven points in fulton downs to help the west win is impressive effort to fall short as the train. allstar record of forty two points in one nine hundred sixty years but it's still good enough to give dr his record i think the title of wrong james start at least this triple double twenty nine points twelve rebounds and ten assists proved to be too little as the restaurant it's one hundred forty eight two hundred forty three is the last of the transfers being done in day returns to regular business just fifty nights. i mean while london twenty twelve organizers have unveiled the first completed venue for the upcoming olympics and the velodrome track cycling venue is deemed to be the fastest in the world seventeen months ahead of the twenty twelve games on the first they didn't run in southeast london the venue was able and on tuesday with the help of great britain

cycling to the construction cost one hundred fifty two million dollars and took on a full wants to build and loves those getting a feel for the ten the track right from siberian pine and four time olympic champion so chris hoy. i think it's a fantastic facility in terms of writing it's it's very smooth it feels fast it's a spectacular venue you know you can just get a sense of what is going to be like on the day when you walk in here and there's six days and screaming fans hopefully a few union jacks there to. and finally to i saw where the last games of the regular season concluded on sunday in a moment we'll see all the final weeks highlights but first let's take a look at the playoff where sixteen teams are in the hunt for the goring cup currently held by zero zero zero s. western champions local television outfit konami qualified to the playoffs for the first time on the internet campaign against the latvian do not live in the russian capital spots i've traveled north to play star studded scots and petersburg on

school days and such as long as they set us that while the eastern conference will see regular season champions i'm going to start with a few make the team play last year at the same stage. to live out your life there's c.b.s. and you come and you get on top of one of the books i need to time to go and cut when boss or to kazakhstan to face bodies the playoffs begin on wednesday the final series taking place in mid april. so the stakes are bound to be raised when the playoffs gets underway but for the time being that's all highlights from the last week of the regular season in the kontinental hockey league. really. really.

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this is r.t. welcome if you just joined us just after nine pm here in moscow my name's kevin know it and the main story tonight thousands of refugees are fleeing their homelands in search of a safe haven in europe as political unrest escalates across the arab world faced with a deluge of immigrants italy is raising concerns about security on its borders parties a good press can offer as it's one island struggling to cope with the influx right now no home no job and no guarantees the wife of a refugee. had to leave i can give you my should i have no money and a familiar story here. a tiny italian island in the mediterranean around eighteen miles away from the coast of north africa it's always been the main route for refugees but since the recent revolution in tunisia it's become swamped by thousands.