politics tonight fears mind over the future of egypt where they are all qaeda linked the muslim brotherhood movement is poised to clinch victory in the coming election. the son of russia's antivirus software google you gain custody has been reportedly kidnapped for ransom in moscow why not all the details in just a few minutes. and doctors warn the people exposed to the gulf of mexico oil spill could face a greater risk of cancer a year on many who took part in the clean up operation is seriously ill while officials try to sweep the story under the rug.

over it even chew for me kevin owen it's now eight pm here in moscow this is the r.t. news channel and our top story ahead of september's election egyptians are raising the memory of ousted president hosni mubarak by destroying icons and remaining staff and renaming streets and while the west is cheering for democracy in egypt there are fears now the vote could bring about an unwanted regime outies the remix cover story. the more things change the more they stay the same certainly that's how it seems in egypt where the army is clearing cairo's tahrir square of demonstrators to show everything's back to normal and they're not wrong after a month of upheaval it's very much the same people in charge as before there's

a concern that they may have already the dictator they haven't really to take ship deep concerns as to whether the reforms have gone far enough whether the restrictions on the role the military is still too great for trees to emerge in egypt and that is the debate this calmly polarizing society that but without the army a power vacuum and poised to step into that vacuum the muslim brotherhood links to al qaida the brotherhood is understood to be multiplying and organizing from the mosques according to their spokesperson they expect to win seventy five percent of the electoral seats they contest in september's election some expect something more sinister there might be a deal. between the army and between the muslim brotherhood to share power and basically hijack the whole revolution this is the all those and the best organized political movement in the opposition so far and of course if the field is more or less been leveled now after what has gone there have more chances than others who

are not organized back at the beginning of the year european leaders appeared to adopt a hands off approach to supporting democracy in egypt. to show these democratic changes to start. needs to happen now for growth for freedom and democracy in egypt . but americans are now arriving in droves to exert their influence over the democratization process it's very worrying to see so many advisers from washington arrive in cairo and perhaps try and hijack the revolution for washington but we must always remember that egypt was a strategic lynchpin of washington foreign policy that all important and the nile river basin so we'll see the forces aligned against any leader that doesn't worry egypt washington will there for a try and get it on. but what if it's the muslim brotherhood although the west has

had some dealings with the brotherhood acted very differently towards its roots organization hamas classified by some countries as a terrorist organization in two thousand and six have mass won a democratic election in the palestinian authority in response to middle east quartet employees to fear sanctions according to the merriam webster dictionary the definition of democracy is government by the people but what will happen in european corridors of power if the people of egypt sees what's perceived abroad to be the wrong governments the world the way the results of september said the rabbit loved to. libya an arab nation spied wages example struggling to overthrow gadhafi regime after two months of fighting nato allies have announced plans to send military advisors to the rebel side quarters to try to help the opposition break the stalemate with pro-government forces russia's foreign ministers warned that putting international law officers on the ground there could have been predictable

consequences. the latest developments in libya are not making us happy it's a clear launch of the ground conflicts we consider these moves extremely risky which could lead to unpredictable consequences. if in cases in history when it all started we seem to get military advisors and then it drags out for years and resulted in hundreds and thousands dates on both sides we call on everyone to respect the un resolution in solving this conflict as an excuse to the rebels are heavy weaponry moving further west from their base in benghazi towards the capital reports suggest over ten thousand people have died since the uprising began back in february france has promised to intensified nato led airstrikes to we can get these offensive answered or activist brian becker told me the escalation of force by the allies could eventually lead to a full scale invasion. the real goal from the beginning has been to topple the

regime they never say we're going in to take oil that would not be a very hard work cause they have to give the mission some sort of noble cause in this case protecting civilians in other cases protecting democracy or freedom or stopping terrorism i think a lot of people see through this in the american people by the way they see the war in afghanistan ten years in the war in iraq eight years in another war in a muslim country the american people don't want this they are being told that there's no money for nurses and teachers and firefighters because the country is broke but seemingly endless funds for another war in another muslim country can ruin sarkozy and obama say khadafi must go in the bombing doesn't work doesn't that then mean in order not to feel that there has to be endless escalation an escalation ultimately leads to a military invasion if they can't stop or oust gadhafi i think that's where this is going even though they say it'll never happen. so becoming a program combat terror. being a policeman in brussels north caucasus region is

a notoriously dangerous job we go on patrol in total and on the front line of the fight against islamic insurgents joined us on our special report just a few minutes. it's another to moscow where the son of russia's most prominent antivirus guru is going to post he's reportedly been kidnapped for ransom a correspondent in his can offers the latest on this developing story tonight. alleged kidnapping happened a few days ago it's only on thursday that these news came out according to reports twenty year old yvonne yes he was kidnapped right next to his work in moscow and on the same day his father you gave just yesterday who's the founder of one of the biggest antivirus software production companies in the world he reportedly received a phone call from the kidnappers who demanded three million euros in ransom this is not yet been confirmed by the authorities although he did confirm that yvonne

gustier ski is missing also reports that uganda had called his former address and his work address posted on the wall of the social network so perhaps that could have helped organize this alleged kidnapping when it comes to his father you've got to be a ski he founded his company back in one thousand nine hundred seventy his rauf is asking me to be worth around eight hundred million u.s. dollars at the moment is police and the federal security service are searching for his son so we know for now of course we'll be monitoring the story as it develops. the head of the program a blast from the past trips across siberia find out why over seventy years ago thousands of russians volunteered to build a railway system in a remote region of the country which is still running strong today. next a year after one of the worst environmental disasters in history the gulf of mexico oil spill b.p.

is trying to shift the blame by suing its contract is millions of gallons of oil spilled from the deepwater rig following an explosion which killed eleven people and while b.p. fights over big bucks in court it's the locals that are bearing the brunt of his gun and shoot you can it's got the story. five million barrels of oil in combination with almost two million gallons of highly toxic chemical dispersants used to fight the oil spill a cocktail that contaminated not just the water in the gulf but found its way into people's blood a year after the disaster an environmental group tested the lot of dozens of cleanup workers as well as residents of coastal areas they found levels of bandying thirty six times higher than normal or call. shader true want to work in the open a bottle or even. clinton matter and work as a boat engineer he says he was in perfect health before he was exposed to the toxic

chemicals in the gulf now he's fighting a bouquet of illnesses gardasil flugel thought a lecture of military officials from clayton is not alone in his fight george price owns a small boat yard in louisiana perfectly healthy just a year ago he has lost thirty pounds in the last few months george was diagnosed with severe anaemia on a sunday and must still hold the story and will be no you really know dr michael robert chom who's been practicing medicine in louisiana for forty years says he's never had such an influx of patients with respiratory and blood issues he fears the worst it's a distance trooper and authorities for calls robbie cha is one of a few doctors who is outspoken about gulf coast residents sometimes connection with the toxic chemicals that they've been exposed to many other doctors refuse to recognize the cause as dr robert shaw says either because they don't have the

necessary training or they don't want to be caught up in court. and environmental justice group polled residents in several coastal communities almost half said they had experienced health problems like coughing skin and eye irritation or headaches that are consistent with common symptoms of chemical exposure doctors say the consequences of having for example being seen in the blood could be a lot more serious it can cause a decrease in red blood cells leading to a need or cancer of the blood forming organs it's very clear when you look at the ingredients both of which is considered so. it is considered as where a hazardous material total with the ingredients in the toxic this person's. and when you mix those together it actually creates a stir it's all times more toxic and these are exactly the types of chemicals that are truly not literally in people's blood many of us back to gulf coast residents

and those involved in the cleanup of the gulf say their are alone in their fight with the consequences of last year disaster and many of them likely to don't even have health coverage issues through. your version of worship every day marine biologists are saying it's going to take at least twenty years for the gulf ecosystem to recover president obama signed the country's environmental agency to investigate health effects of the spill but many gulf coast residents are sure the agency will do its best to sweep the findings under the rug and then a second recording from washington r.t. . and it seems that no lessons have been learned since last year is our story the filmmaker scott roberts says that all corporations are more concerned with making profits than regulating the industry i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that well companies really don't. care about the consumer you know it's business as usual they're making billions billions of dollars in profits americans we like our big choice we really don't like to

sacrifice our lifestyle for the better of the long term good it seems in the car companies are producing cars that s.u.v.s trucks things that really aren't that great on fuel economy we as consumers are buying them so they're going to keep making up i think it comes down to money i think oil companies they throw some money towards the alternative fuel industry and doing research you know a lot of that is green washing but why change business as usual when you're making billions of dollars and we need powerful leadership in washington d.c. who's not afraid to point the finger at the oil industry create new legislation consumers need to find you know we live in a society where people know more about the american idol contestants than they do their own representatives we all have to get involved we have to push legislation and we have to vote in the people that are going to make a difference and do something about it. your voice your opinion and the stories that we're covering here in our teeth you can by going to our website have your say

r t the of conduct their as well though just reminded his stack of plenty of features away can be discovered around the clock quick look at what's on my feed tonight the life of be careful we go it's tracking your research is a ringing in the privacy alarm off of discovering that i phones trace and store they use every movement of food for thought plus the u.s. pastor who rose to infamy by burning a koran is now planning an armed rally outside the largest mosque in america from keep track of that story it's at r t dot com tonight. dozens of militants have been killed many terrorist attacks prevented following recent security raids in russia but the country's southern republican dug a star still remains a hotbed for extremists with police there putting their lives on the line hoping to

put an end to the violence that is tom gardner reports next from the north caucuses . on the frontline and dug a stone in southern russia this isn't a battlefield of tanks missiles but of daily skirmishes bombs and hit and run attacks controls. the. u.s. i'm afraid there has to be someone to do this job and recently the dangers of the job could be home with. as this c.c.t.v. footage shows militants drive up and fire a burst from a kalashnikov into the police station door before speeding off. five minutes later a second car left behind explodes seven policemen wounded the local prosecutor's office and federal security service building took the brunt of the blast. the local police chief is under no illusions about the viciousness of their opponents. the

police we have to use only legal means to fight these militant however there is one birth here when he's bad it's these things like blowing up cars in busy street must fight them in their own way the town of kids will get itself is a modest training center surrounded by villages many of which are friendly to the hardline one hardly form of islam and militants it's typical of many such places which is north caucasus which is struggling with radical islamic insurgency locals refer to people joining the militants as having gone to the forest but can't understand how they justify their acts of god and i know that what gets it is crucial to find a common language when those in a forest but there should be a way to reach some compromise question others sometimes it feels like i live not in dagestan but in afghanistan real muslims wouldn't go to the forest islam is a social religion and the forest is real animals not people give us

a boost and you would not be more cursed the hard beasts they're killing their brothers they're not real muslims you muslim monsters that are in the towns five hundred police are mostly muslim just like the militants even so they are usually the main terror target but they're keen to distinguish between hardened terrorists and new recruits tell you it's going of course young people who made a mistake in wake of the forest should be given a chance to mend their ways but those who persisted killing civilians and policeman will destroy them afterward seen enough of his opponents to know about their methods and motives however dangerous they are he doesn't think he faces especially . those who go to. for easter just. criminals they're just scum and it's awful to be using islam to disguise theory. but at the police station they're reinforcing the concrete barricades they want to be prepared for the next wave of kalashnikovs car bombs were at

a checkpoint on the outskirts of the town police say their life here over the past decade has been one of virtual partisan warfare and yet nobody seems to be able to answer those two most obvious questions how or when it might tend tom barton r c darkest. of the world news headlines tonight asylum seekers have burned down an immigration detention center during riots in sydney they threw roof tiles and other objects and firefighters were called in to put out blaze riot started with detainees protesting over rejected asylum applications police say that no injuries have been reported in that all that has now been restored this trial has recently seen an increase in the number of asylum seekers arriving from sri lanka afghanistan and iraq. but it was quick with a six magnitude rocked eastern northeastern japan no tsunami warning was issued and there are no immediate reports of any casualties or damage meanwhile though japan has declared the twenty kilometer evacuation area around the stricken fukushima

nuclear plant an official no entries the band comes after police found more than sixty families still living inside the affected area following the march disaster the plant crippled by both the earthquake and the tsunami has been hit by a series of explosions and radiation i did this is the latest footage we've managed to get obtained by a remote controlled robot out japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant but robots are exploring damaged buildings and taking radiation readings in areas that are considered just too dangerous for humans to enter the plant on the northeastern coast was devastated by that quake and subsequent tsunami that hit japan in march. two cargo ships are believed to have been hijacked by somali pirates in the indian ocean an italian vessel has been seized about four hundred miles off of man's coast but no demand for ransoms yet been made and a second vessel a south korean cargo ships carrying a crew of fourteen south koreans and six indonesians solar center was shipped to the scene to help locate the vessel piracy is not an all time high in the area

despite a multinational patrol efforts. we turn our attention to eastern siberia next where our closer team has been seeking out new treasures and experiences for you to enjoy across russia. and there we go on the map the region lies some six thousand kilometers away from moscow it borders china mongolia and the this location became the bedrock full one of the if not the most ambitious projects in the soviet union of the time construction on the so-called bad railway line began over seventy years ago linking people from different parts of the country at least a suburban store to some of the people who brought their everything and headed east . young and optimistic they came from different soviet republics they unified in the same belief that if they built

a more mainline regional prosperity would come known as the bam it was meant to protect the country's border with china to support the trans iberian real road and to transport the area's natural resources patriotic romanticism fueled the project but it also diversified the region by bringing indigenous people together with newcomers like bam crew members like emir in libya shandor. we don't regret coming here will love the beauty of the north in one thousand nine hundred ninety two during the collapse of the u.s.s.r. we moved back to cause us down for a while but then returned in july we will mark our thirty first anniversary living here prison labor laid the first tracks in one nine hundred thirty eight building that up in one nine hundred seventy four with a soviet secretary general famously declaring that only clean hands to build a dam burst the recruitment of members of the communist union of youth good politics to plans after course the soviet union as the construction project of the

century some who will work projects for massive feel that many failed to fruition with the fall of the u.s.s.r. came a style of mining projects companies simply stopped investing in the exploration of natural resources so with little to no product to transport and a peaceful relationship with china critics challenge the band's worthiness of its multi-billion dollar price tag we tire geologist alexander has mixed feelings he's proud of what he and his colleagues accomplished however he's also disillusioned by time and really benefits dried up when the nation transition to democracy. search for any person benefits or profits and not period of time when we were young and healthy in our old. the cain temporary homes during the picture as landscape visually reminds locals that economic prosperity has not yet come but

a new anticipation hands and the real world that was a really traveled increase in passenger and cargo commutes companies are investing in mining exploration is running up hope that the real could be key in transporting out resources in bringing millett the local economy here to call dan it's a band from ukraine. in my native town they think is the road to nowhere but i think it's the road to the future we did the best we could not paid much a did the utmost for the whole want that's how we lived. build a long lasting legacy for the nation that he shared it and many who work to mine believe will finally meet the benefits of their sacrifices. r.t. . great story will work continue my travels and your attention hour with more sights and sounds like a russian. sports in twenty minutes time snipes and this is interview as well we'll

talk to the president of dagestan on the program in just a couple of minutes after the latest business with. thanks kevin alone welcome to business are seeing the russian current as of team are considering suing b.p. violation of its company's shareholder agreement the consortium of russian shareholders a r so the lawsuit may take place in two weeks time however the amount of the claim has yet to be revealed earlier it was reported it may want up to ten billion dollars from b.p. and tell you the british royal family signed another gets gratian shares what agreement with another russian oil major that's right and that they are consider the move to be against the drawbacks of the dream of temporarily block he was most interested. from one understanding you show four was made to the range of seven billion for fifty percent my understanding that a a all want of her number because. some sort of midway.

would could be arranged but again this said mr that was one of the key partners of a. essentially state of the more interesting history i mean you know this negotiation slash political game will continue but i'm always confident that would not derail the agreement and the strategic the world wants of the p.t. we have publish. of us played host to the arrival of the first commercial flight of the new sukhoi superjet one hundred the aircraft named out of the first manned space in your garden was caring and spoke of class three of passengers on the ship from getting as the first russian passenger plane produced in twenty years superjet is intended to be a competitor it's a rival medium range aircraft manufacturer like found this from broadview brazil's . stock markets now and the u.s.

stocks are slightly positive after a strong wednesday session they're driven by apple and morgan stanley in the first a session of first quarter earnings with sales of its life for its stock is the sun . saying look at europe now and the mixed feeling at the close that technology sector stocks were leading the big gains both in london and in frankfurt chip equipment maker holding up more than one point six percent. here in russia the markets and also on a mixed note that the head of european easter holidays the r.b.s. was up half a percent in my six down point one percent secular why this is happening. on one hand gas promise gaining two percent this is because it's announced that it's not yet joining the elephant field in libya therefore it will have any turmoil kinds connected with all the political turmoil that's going on over there polymaths all

is down four point one percent among the top losers today that's after the company published disappointing results. in while we are seeing also make special lights words putting on the no twenty cents no major correction the year brant down fourteen cents at one hundred twenty three and a half dollars per barrel. gold prices are continuing their advance their fifteen hundred and almost six dollars at the moment silver is standing up forty six dollars but sure. it's its highest level in three decades worldwide inflation that concerns of causing investors to look at say stocks. and economic news consumer prices in russia grew as much as four point one percent so far this year the pace of growth has its celebrative compared to last year when it reached three point four percent in the same period of the duma putin earlier pledged to maintain inflation with seven and a half percent. losses international reserves jumped to their highest level in more

than two years helped by a rising euro euro denominated assets account for forty percent of reserves which now equal to more than five hundred billion dollars but that's still lower than china's and japan the ruble the city a new record as highway oil prices are fueling prospects of faster economic growth in the country and also of course because of the dollar fall the russian currency gained almost one percent versus the dollar on wednesday the greenback now costs around twenty seven point nine rubles that's the lowest in twenty seven knots prime minister putin is calling for further strengthen the ruble in order to make it a reserve currency on the post soviet space. kevin with the headlights in a stable. we'll

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