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am of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program now with libya and in the throes of violence and bloodshed anti-government unrest in the middle east and north africa is showing little sign of dying down however is one of the countries that managed to break a decades long cycle of suppression but the question remains whether those fighting for reforms will get the change they crave artie's clear all of our reports from cairo. one month on from the outbreak of the revolution itself mubarak stepped down from power many protesters who stood up to the egyptian regime jubilant what they achieved. the works that. it was announced that we had on the screens on the square and it was just couldn't resist for a second to get overwhelmed by the joy of getting rid of that big figure of corruption in the regime western leaders were quick to throw their support behind the popular revolution in the country dick spent the last two years under. these

democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now the growth of freedom and democracy in egypt ultimately that the united states can't because of sort of dictate what you happens but you know we can but what we can do bill is we can say that the time is now for you to start making a change in that country or other support wasn't the only thing coming from these nations during the uprising western rumors were rife that mubarak had fled cairo he's headed to germany and he said british foreign secretary william hague said that colonel gadhafi had left tripoli in the midst of the ongoing crisis there but protesters are now very heated up it's all very hot in each of these countries and the fact that they might be falsely made to believe that they have won that they have achieved a victory is very dangerous because they. heating up of the situation opens the door for all the countries of the structures to come into egypt and to come into

libya into coming to tunisia and all of the other countries to try and take some advantage in some cases might be greater from what is happening in the chart show of a political party's headquarters in a country policed by the military todd levy image many in the west would associate with a democratic nation however this doesn't stop world leaders from speaking about a newly democratic egypt. the country is now being watched over by the armed forces while a partial curfew was still in place in cairo many key figures of mubarak's regime remain in the current cabinet including prime minister major features a figure of hate for the revolutionaries who met with david cameron during the british need his visit visit there was termed silence in some circles as cameron was on his way to the gulf states to hold the u.k. arms industry. in egypt are calling for a million man march to demand a new cabinet so how do those who helped barack feel about the future the army is

in charge they're taking they're taking action they are the hand the upper hand to give everyone everything on control so yes. more and more to figured that out and hated and think about how we're going to deal with it we don't want to like who plays a military regime with another. potentially elections could take place at around six months of a political sources in the country suggest this could come too soon for a nation of just three decades of dictatorship peter all of a cairo egypt. meanwhile libyan leader colonel gadhafi is fiercely firing to retain control of the capital as he's faced with more defections from his own regime much of tripoli is currently deserted with reports of uprisings and nearby towns after more than a week of revolt demonstrators have taken over the east of the country the u.n. security council and washington have. demanded an immediate answer to the violence considering sanctions against libya for colonel gadhafi is bloody crackdown on

protesters after some reports say the army used air strikes against its own people several hundred protesters are said to have been killed but their real death toll is feared to stand up more than a thousand. and he was shot a former m i five agent says some western countries are exploiting look rid of relationships with libya ask it off he vows to fight till the end. it's just a very brutal is here of the regime that's been in place and the fact that the west has been cozying up to gadhafi ever since two thousand and three when he came in from the cold in the came on you ally in the war against terror means that he's of course very tuned up with lots of new weapons which are being supplied by countries like france from the netherlands and the u.k. so he's in a very strong position and also a very strong position financially to fight back and i think perhaps that some of his new friend within the west are a little confused on how to respond to what to do about if he had come in from the cold he was the sort of poster boy of being opposed to take the ship of course off

from saddam hussein who did offer up what little technology had which might mean taking him towards a situation where he had weapons of mass destruction and then of course he was welcome back into the international fold with gnomes and has been allowed to start opening up his country to a certain extent but certainly financially so he's in a very different position and i think because of that because he's been held up as the the way to go the way that the west can deal with middle east and. bring them back into the fold they really just don't know how to handle this sort of backing off but they don't want to support the protesters either. more on the repercussions from the rest of north africa and the middle east coming your way shortly but first let's take a look at what's ahead this hour a criminal or a political pawn. as we get these founder julian assange waits a ruling on his extradition to sweden his supporters claim the case of. fearing for his faith. in the u.s. . by the end of the year and nasa will no longer be able to say on humans into

space find out how the americans are dealing with this dance to their national pride program.

more now on the effects of the revolts in north africa and the middle east italy has declared a humanitarian emergency on its island of lampedusa as the small land mass drowns under a wave of illegal immigration from the unstable region five thousand refugees have already reached its shores with warning of up to three hundred thousand more to come we were just going off has the details. a few miles off the coast of north africa the tiny italian. fishing in toulouse sources all being called. for the first time in years the boats are in harbor and the nets are drawing the

best of us. they're always out here we haven't gone out to sea for twenty days now . since the recent uprising in tunisia the island has been flooded with refugees over five and a half thousand arrived in just two weeks sometimes up to three hundred refugees crammed on just one tiny fishing boat to make the perilous journey to the mediterranean. doesn't have. many of those who have nothing to turning local life here on its head with no money and jobs they have already been cases of and theft not to started leaving the lights on at night they always wonder ronde none of the local civil used to lock their doors now that this people here will feel uncomfortable at a game due to its location a lot of people are with refugees but never so many in such a short period of time and with many voices strong beliefs official say identifying

genuine cases is one of the biggest problem that. we are historically a free nation and we want freedom of his step we want to live like a prophet told us and to live in an islamic state of the most at this refugee center where they're provided with food water clothes and medical aid all financed from the state budget is designed to house only around eight hundred people so under tight security hundreds of refugees are flown to the mainland the. central plains yesterday but in average two planes with refugees leaving every diet made whether they go to turn a polemic. italy and tunisia used to have an agreement under which most were fiji's were intercepted before. or even reaching the island but now that the government has been overthrown the floodgates have opened and with violence

continuing to spread in both north africa and the middle east already ward streets up to three hundred barrels and would be. a little. more decades limpy do them manage to remain a tiny isolated world of its own the locals will hold the line and no one was afraid to leave their doors on one side something she said the biggest wave of refugees may still be there the police want this tiny island but the entire continent you want the small board you want to do you know we. as a storm of protest batterers the arab world europe is bracing itself for a human avalanche experts believe the influx of immigrants will be a real test for the continent. the europeans thus far even though there are an aging population in western europe even though there are a dwindling population in western europe are not ready to receive more african

migrants or arab migrants you also have some other voices in europe being raised where they're suggesting that there is a crucial moment where the europeans need to be seen to be doing more for the safety of libya and they should not be talking about sanctions because those company activated quickly and they're not going to have an immediate impact they can freeze the assets of gadhafi and family if they want to but again he's fighting for his survival he's fighting to the death he said so so something a little bit stronger than sanctions is called for. the unrest in north africa and the middle east will force its way into the jan to at a meeting between prime minister why the report and top european officials the russian premier is in brussels for major talks with the european commission the sides will focus on trade cooperation and high technology and moscow's bid. join the world trade organization and the new russia partnership agreement is also on

the table. the u.s. says it's ready to start new talks with russia further a nuclear arms cuts earlier this month a key new treaty the new start between the two countries came into force which will see both sides slash their arsenal spies third former u.s. national security advisor brant scowcroft told r.t. that the deal is a way to make sure nuclear weapons are never used. both sides have ratified the new start treaty and that is. a major step forward what it really does is that is continue the framework that we've built up really over fifty years of how to talk and how to deal with the military nuclear issue that if it continues that process and now we can look at ways we still possess over ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so we need to work together to ensure that those weapons are never never need to be used and that is to increase the stability of

the nuclear bomb so whatever the problems between us through has no incentive to use them and i think now the way is clear for us to sit down and have that coming discussion there's still there's so many nuclear weapons out there but it's not just a matter of numbers it's doing the kinds of things that ensure that those weapons are never going to be used and that take that'll take a lot more discussion of goshi ation thoughtfulness on both sides. but i'm sure we can make progress now that we've laid the groundwork for further steps. and you can watch the full interview on our team about fifteen minutes time. now the founder of the controversial whistle blowing web side we can weeks join a songe will learn a few will be sent to sweden to face sex crime charges

a long cord is due to the leverage judgement later on thursday on whether stockholm's extradition bid will be successful songe denies the allegations saying they're part of a conspiracy to hand him over to the u.s. he outraged washington after his website published american secret war logs and diplomatic cables laura amatus following the case. the court's been looking at whether the european arrest warrant for ourselves was issued correctly and whether it would be an abuse of justice to send him to sweden for questioning during the three day hearing earlier this month the defense team focused on what they termed the bizarre handling of sex crime cases in sweden there's no bail and trials are held behind closed doors which they say justice won't be done the defense also pointed out that solves could be held with no contact with the outside world in a prison complex which is being criticized for its treatment of prisoners the defense also attacked the swedish prosecutor bringing evidence that she has

a grudge against men and is a radical feminist they called the warrants disproportionate and said the rape charges which he's wanted for questioning wouldn't be crimes under british law so as his lawyers accuse sweden of politicizing the issue calling into question the independence of the judiciary in this case the defense is main fear is that if extradited to sweden our soldiers could be sent from there to the u.s. to face espionage charges a member of the u.s. justice department. in london has stressed that no charges have been brought against us on in america but confirm that there was an ongoing investigation into wiki leaks whichever way the verdict goes today it's very unlikely that this will be the end of the story the losing side has a right to appeal in the high court and will definitely use it some are saying this case won't be resolved until the summer. laura am reporting there ya go to r.t.

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the official. from the. video. in the palm of your. comb. to look at some other stories from around the world a new zealand's prime minister has announced the death toll from the country's devastating earthquake has risen to ninety two police say up to one hundred twenty bodies may still be inside one of the buildings hardest hit by new zealand's devastating earthquake two days after the shock had over two hundred people are still unaccounted for police and rescue crews are continuing to comb top. buildings but many are fearing the worst your initial shock. a former serbian police chief

has been jailed for twenty seven years for crimes against humanity a u.n. tribunal in the hague found was to georgevitch played a key role in the murder of more than seven hundred ethical costs of zero nine hundred ninety nine the court also ruled he was responsible for the dipper taishan of at least a further two hundred thousand judges said george mitchell was a close aide to the late president slobodan milosevic was crucial to the success of the criminal enterprise. authorities in peru and believe you have declared a state of emergency as massive flooding effects both countries in believe the three people died and almost seven thousand were left homeless as a result of the strong rains hitting the country for the past few weeks rivers burst their banks watching farming land and residential areas and there were similar scenes and put rumors some three and a half thousand people lost their homes. an armed group has killed at least ten

soldiers loyal to ivory coast disputed president laurent gbagbo the army vehicles were attacked by a group of supporting al assad atar who's internationally recognized as the winner of last year's election and african union backed panel is currently trying to resolve the deadlock some three hundred people have died in violence between supporters of both men following the disputed poll. after the u.s. president barack obama decided to change his country's space program russia will be the only nation able to send people into space next year is going to found out what the last man for americans. by the end of this year nasa will no longer be able to send humans into space according to obama's plane responsibility will go to private companies which are expected to come up with cheaper ways to ferry astronauts to low or. orbit they know that they have a big step to take when they if they're thinking about putting humans into space

and that's going to take a you know the next phase of their development so i have a oh gosh i. can even estimate exactly no one can say for sure when the private american companies will come up with a new spaceship for years to come it will be the russians so use that's going to be the only means for people to reach the international space station which is perfectly fine with the leaders of russia and the u.s. but doesn't sit well with many americans how could this how. we could make it to the moon first and build this wonderful equipment and then. and now we're were reduced to being passengers on a russian ship and that's that's sort of it's so a wounded pride thing one declined revealed itself in comments by some american lawmakers astronaut scientists and former nasa officials comedians in the u.s. did not miss out on poking fun at american sense of pride so we pony up the cash

then after a ride on the hope of the backseat all the risk is take the wheel. yes you know they're not going to let us touch the radio they will let us eat snacks or stop to use the bathroom should have gone before we left. use but those the nasa who now actually work with the russians like astronaut sunny williams have different sentiments i couldn't imagine when i was growing up walking through red square or going to a russian company and working hand in hand with my russian colleagues or going to their families homes and having dinner with them and likewise when they come to the u.s. and so i think. maybe we're not competing but we're to working together i think it's more of a time of joint cooperation and learning from one another that's just as healthy as the competition we had in the past it's not the first time. americans have to rely on the russians to take their crew to space they depended on washing rockets during

the two year grounding the few s. spacecraft after the two thousand and three space shuttle columbia disaster columbia exploded during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere all seven crew members died shuttles track record includes another tragedy in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the space shuttle challenger broke apart seventy three seconds into its flight. path the russians so use proved to be the safest way to deliver people to space and now with the shuttle retiring it will be the only way we're no longer racing against an adversary we're no longer competing to achieve a singular goal like reaching the moon. in fact what was once a global competition is long since become a global collaboration the leaders of both russia and the u.s. are saying space is no longer a place for competition it's now a ground for cooperation but the question remains if ever wanted here in the world was ready to fully accept it. are to washington d.c.

. brings us up to date here in our remember our web site r t dot com i'll be back shortly weather headlines before that though we'll take a look at what's happening in the world of business with the u.s. stay with us. hello and a very warm welcome to the business day it's good to have your company soft commodities have skyrocketed in the past month supply concerns cocoa and coffee have jumped to the highest level in nearly three decades sugar is up forty percent in one year while cotton has averaged forty five percent since the beginning of twenty eleven jack or john from the end of futures group says although harvests have been poor there's also been a fundamental change in demand we should support prices over the long term. a lot of that has to do with the fact that we are looking at what war emerging can. nations and economies turning into developing economies you know when you've got

rising middle classes china is a wonderful example of that where we have more and more people going from an agrarian lifestyle into an urban lifestyle the demand for soft commodities around the globe is increasing we cannot stop that and it's not just want to just that are set to go hard chances are oil prices of two hundred fifty dollars a barrel within five yes as a result of the new demand fundamentals remember what we're talking about is maintaining purchasing power parity over the course of the next few years because if we take a snapshot of commodity prices over the course of the last decade we've seen very stagnant moves we've seen very little movement as far as real fundamental core inflation goes but i believe what we are going to see head of us primarily driven by what the central bankers are doing is going to be a very very quick acceleration in the velocity of the rise in commodity prices for brains and i believe energy i think while is going to be

a wonderful commodity i think in another five years we'll be talking about two hundred two hundred fifty dollar oil just from the fact that the dollar will depreciate and the demand will continue to grow. let's have a look at the markets now and asian stocks are mostly down for the second day hampered by the leap in prices and weakness on the wall street japanese exporters stocks were pulled down by the continued strength honda motor down one point four percent and sony down one point three percent to byrnes nicky's losing point seven percent this hour on paula thanks saying it's bucking the trend for point seven percent. spare banks minority shareholders are asking for big twenty ten divisions they want to pay much to increase to fifteen percent of the bank's net income from the current ten percent that's after the banker four to five fold increase in net income for twenty six billion dollars but the head of profound

government growth says dividends want to be raised until at least twenty thirteen as the bank needs the money to modernize although the development strategy doesn't prevent burbank from raising the bonus for the top men are just three fold. and european officials are expected to ask lead to a portion for a commitment to economic reforms necessary for russia to join the world trade organization the prime minister is in brussels to discuss w t o energy ration great and investment issues russia is the last major economy that isn't in the w t o to go she has been going on for two decades are now in nearing resolution officials in moscow have repeatedly stated that twenty eleven is the year accession will finally be achieved or whether despite the formal declarations business leaders and officials still believe with not a foregone conclusion. so from me for knowledge join me in one answer time for more business news.