all. india is available it is the move to join the hoods over the violence the great way to go to the grand imperial true and george weston. you can a letter to her to say don't need to go publicly and read the same the colonel was

her job as a retreat. egypt's former president hosni mubarak is wheeled into court on a hospital bed in a car or you're looking at live pictures inside the courtroom there well where the trial will be held the six months after a mass protest forced from power there you can see over the mubarak inside the cage he's facing charges of causing the deaths of at nearly eight hundred fifty people during the revolution and also set a trial with his a to see more life pics coming throughout the day. the u.s. swallow selfmade a bitter pill to avert the devastating default a country that never has a days to jump at the chance to advise other nations through their economic struggles and turns out to be prepared to have its own crisis. and moscow once again calls at the u.n. to target the syrian regime urging for action to push the warring sides towards

dialogue to end the escalating violence in the country but this comes as fresh protesters are reported on. in business pay pal could invest up to twenty five million dollars in russia the world's largest online payment portal plans to open a moscow office this autumn join me for full business boards for twenty minutes. after one pm here in the russian capital you're watching our team now to our top story egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak is in court on a six but a facing trial six months after being toppled while outside the court clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of the top leader leaving one person dead and at least fifteen

a wounded barak's charge with the killing of protesters during the february uprising as well as corruption let's cross live to our correspondent outside of borger who's in cairo for us so excited about finally the ex leader has been brought to trial but there was a lot of speculation over whether he would even make it to court was there. absolutely detest the speculations continued to operate until the wee hours so was there whether or not hosni mubarak will be able to make it to the courtroom now i he found i went to great lengths to protect him as the frail old man who is now being subjected to these procedures why the opposite of the strong man image that he enjoyed most of his life now over the past few months. multiple reports of his poor how he's been found seems sad that he was he suffered from our hearts told he was suffering from a recurrence of his stomach cancer that he was slipping in and out of consciousness that he was experiencing

a major afraid of depression that he was refusing to take solid food than just a couple of days ago his lawyer went on public television saying that he was so frail that he needed assistance every time he went to the bathroom now taking into account this prideful male culture all of. it is a really embarrassing revelation but nonetheless the defense team used to drive the point that mubarak is really frail and that he may not be able to stand up until it's very and now for many egyptian people especially those who are. being out on the back in january and february all these the reports are poor how nothing more than just the actually except ploy to distract attention from the crimes that he stands accused of these charges include conspiring in the

killing of about eight hundred thousand people he's also faced with multiple charges of corruption and it found guilty he indeed could face a death sentence by hanging now it needs to be pointed out that so far we haven't heard anything from mubarak but in the task. interrogation that were leaked to the press we know that he denies all the charges he says that he never gave any orders of using violence against the protesters and that he does not accept responsibility for these crimes that he now stands accused of looking at well of mubarak is accused of causing the deaths of nearly two hundred fifty people during febreze revolution but since then more protesters have died so just what has changed in egypt in the past six months. well exactly that except that attested in fact how much or how little some would say things that really change in the end it just mubarak is accused of killing those four thousand four hundred people but

dozens of people have been killed on the top ridge square ever since he sat down and the only difference between these two groups says that those people killed in the initial uprising and now refer to as martyrs that families are receiving pensions and those who were killed out towards after mubarak stepped down from office are referred to as dogs and criminals and as you just pointed out another person was killed in the clashes today and i have to tell you that there is a growing sense of disillusionment within just a society as regards to the foods of this revolution many people feel does life has really become worse ever since hosni mubarak stepped down from power many welcome his trial but to tell you more how things changed here own the ground here's my reply here's a report by my colleague money for an ocean on. this quaint cairo is now one of the most famous in the world many around the globe even those with

little knowledge of arabic know its name means liberation well the revolution of january put this part of the globe on the map but apart from that what else did it bring the people of egypt. this man has been running his own business for thirty five years it used to bring him enough money to send his son to study to canada and take his large family abroad one. between the economic devastation caused by and rest and political uncertainty muhammad's enterprise has been badly affected now he can barely a food to feed his children he says the wind of change may have brought freedom to egypt but it's brought as survivals tong in its wake. it's really like that you know i love the revolution when it happened i welcomed it that looked at the time like a light at the end of the tunnel you see it's not getting better we have nothing to

eat don't tell me about democracy for hungry people it just doesn't matter. the plight of poverty fuel the revolution your growth has dropped from five to just one percent some thirteen million people live below the breadline unemployment has hit twelve percent. egypt's revolution was regarded as the most successful arab spring chapter it took eighteen days to end one of the world's longest dictatorships former president mubarak will face justice within days charges of corruption and sanctioning killing which carries the death penalty but five months on there is little satisfaction and dictator free egypt is far from the best place to live and the people. and. the people know about mubarak as well much. of the. a bit of loot and this is

a very good result people are indeed tired even those who back the changes this young man is from the revolution youth caliche and he tries to remain optimistic but he says sounds a lot like south conviction that you cannot ever say we've been living under mubarak for many many years too many i'd say but it's great what we did but we do need to be more patient and this is difficult we have a lot of problems right now but we do need to wait for a little longer. recent need demonstrations in the free square show that this toy system has been pushed to the limit and it's protests versus patients in the battle to save egypt from crumbling further. r t cairo. plenty more stories ahead for you this hour. so we had to georgia to check out what's behind tbilisi's thirst for glitz and

glamour and how president saakashvili plans to win the public support by turning up the music. the u.s. narrowly missed as a potential default signing into law an emergency budget deal that leaves both sides of the months long political debate disappointed while the country that once advised russia during its worst economic crisis failed to avoid its own for national embarrassment r.t.c. got that in a great show there has been investigating why washington refuses to help itself. congress has now approved a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert a default there would have devastated our economy the u.s. just had to swallow this bitter pill but many still adulthood will how the patients recovery but will instead prove to be a poisoned chalice our economy is not growing at all in fact unemployment remains very high foreclosures remain very high no recovery is taking place and are we on

a suicide mission we may be gesturing you know the kind of deal with debt at the same time make it impossible for the government to play any role to save the economy in the economy is going down rapidly at some point shortly after the collapse of the soviet union russia became an american laborde tree for nearly economic theories but can americans take their own advice now to deal with their own economic crisis we prefer to live within your means the same advice they gave us without knowing our economic and social realities as we. speak to the russian guy how did russia central bank in the immediate post soviet period the year he took up the job in one thousand nine hundred two so the worst for figure inflation in russia's history the us the sarra came to nando's the communist economy was in collapse but there was nothing to replace it with. so perhaps the situation was

disastrous for it was over one hundred billion dollars in gold in foreign currency reserves will listen fifty million which effectively means new. people to reformists of the damned government remember how in america's advice so-called shock therapy was a plight the markets might have got the therapy but the people got the shock empty shelves and must pull their teeth go for as one politician said to move from a market to a communist economy is easy it's low. trying to turn your query into fish soup but to do the opposite is much harder it's like trying to revive the dead fish it took you wouldn't rush a decade to revive it's a quarry him and return to economic growth transforming the country's fortunes after the disaster of the nine hundred ninety s. but with the us now the patient in dire need of it could all make surgery will soon see the maps and they thought it was good enough for both soviet russia will be

feed for america it's in the direction of our t.v. more. general solenn to from the trance research center to told r t that despite the last minute debt deal the us is doomed for another great depression. the american economy as well as much of the global economy is heading into the greatest depression anything everything that they're doing is not going to salvage it you know what's a reputation a reputation is by what you delivered in ited states can't deliver the united states can't deliver on its wars that loses wars whether in iraq afghanistan the war on drugs the new war with libya they're losers they the government did everything that they touch look at all the trillions of dollars the tens of trillions that have been pumped into the system since the panic of zero eight struck by the federal reserve by d.c. with stimulus bailouts too big to fail everything they do they turn to failure the

business of america when i used to be a young man it used to be business now the business of america is war and you can see by the new ones that obama's started and the old ones that he keeps going have the violence in syria is picking up pace with reports of government forces have richelle to storming the opposition stronghold of hamas and are cracking down on protests across the country around one hundred forty people are said to have been killed over the past few days meanwhile the u.n. is locked in heated debate over what action to take on the crisis artist but in a fortnight has the story. the united nations security council wrapped up their second day of consultations surrounding the violence in syria with what many believe is at least a draft text that each member of the security council will now bring back to their respective capitals there is a divide among security council members on where the condemnation along the u.s.

and its western allies believe there should be a direct condemnation against the syrian government and the syrian president for the crackdown against anti-government protesters that have been taking place since mid march yet other countries like russia china india brazil and others believe that there should be a much more balanced approach that whatever words are used in any text that is put forth by the security council should not exacerbate an already sensitive circumstance in syria now russia has said in the past that it opposes on balanced measures such as saying sions that could create an even bigger problem and the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin has said that resolution dealing with libya he believes was dealt with very frivolously and the security council can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and cannot do when it comes to the situation in syria we're concerned

about the one and some of these coalition of the conflict and we think that these circumstances the security council. that have signaled in favor of going to go in the addition and ending the violence the security council will convene again wednesday morning to continue taking on this issue of syria and all the violence that has been going on for more than four months there. and the u.n. mandate to protect civilians in libya has come under fire for the way it's being implemented while some countries feel the nato led coalition is using it to try and topple colonel gadhafi a political analyst michel chossudovsky thinks going down the same path in syria could involve the entire region in war people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance we see it didn't in libya it was absolutely no justification for the intervention in libya. you know an

insurrection which which took place in eastern recently and is even less of a justification for an intervention in syria is a very important country and if there's military intervention in syria then we are in for an extended war which goes from the mediterranean right to the chinese border because then you have integration of the of the walk the earth has not gone as far on iraq of course palestine lebanon on and so we're in for a much larger war let's understand that any kind of military intervention in syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement all responsibility to protect we have devastating consequences and lead to a military escalation of a vast area. and still ahead in the program alarm bells go off in the balkans nato opposite's process along the north border between kossovo and serbia to keep

a close watch on the rising ethnic tensions. there a grand m.t.v. concert has rocked the republic of georgia in an event to some locals have branded a waste of taxpayer money but with the economy struggling and unemployment running rampant georgians have questioned how their president coughed up the cash for such a spectacle and as reports of really is hoping his approach will strike a positive note with voters. targeting the m.t.v. generation the state funded pop concert in between me has certainly attracted some big names i like so much and u.k. good here's georgia that was. fired so a lot of. this president pakistani popularity continues to fall specially among the older generation and he's now trying to appeal to

a much younger crowd it's not the first time the president's case heat up the stars what many see as a bid to win popularity. with the socceroos were smart for a specialist over more than a period i'm sure you know how to restore which are the across the system inside the country but it's the same time the maid was brought down by. brewster and diplomats or was pro-government the p.r. conscious president has often used music as a political weapon this pop song commissioned ahead of the teeth thousand and eight presidential election uses his nickname in the humble title me sure is cool. you know any other normal country where pop singers or rock singers are printed of all the president all these high profile publicity stunts they come at a cost. i dunno where they got the money to bring such stars to juju to pay for the

equipment because government funds come from the money of taxpayers like me and according to you can take money from such bonds but i want them out of that was the concert will certainly have gained the country attention in the west beyond beautiful but to me it is still a country where human rights violations are not uncommon international groups such as human rights watch say that the government was responsible for widespread abuses last year police brutality. and abnormally high conviction rate in calls cited as some of the serious concerns in fact police tactics were evident when a protest in the center tbilisi recently was violently dispersed. the incident spokes international calls for an independent investigation what's known as being forthcoming save the government has found time to plow money and energy into tasting this pop concert and as the stars take to the stage police brutality and

lack of government accountability issues it seems that can be brushed under the red carpet it's been clute the biggest party to the critics of the events are being quick to point out the likely contact early in the very seriously she's really good friends in the country copeland who is still going to be in the party's favor and the music. there are the beliefs. of modern music isn't the only new initiative associated with ga go to our website r.t. dot com for more details news updates and videos georgia makes tourism a high priority as the country considers legalizing cannabis in a bid to boost the number of foreign holidaymakers. in other news the mayor of the lithuanian capital gives his citizens a tough lesson in proper parking by driving an armored military vehicle over

a luxury car. but also online u.f.o. fans are jumping for joy after a swedish explorer slide an extraterrestrial object lurking at the bottom of the baltic sea drawing harrison's with an infamous spaceship from the legendary star wars film series. well nato has sent additional troops across of those north border with the serbia after an escalation of violence as belgrade calls for a peaceful resolution well the reinforcement will bolster a lion's force is already patrolling the area one officer was killed in clashes between kossovo special forces and ethnic serbs when police took control of two disputed border crossings special forces were sent to the border by the cost of

a government to enforce a trade ban on a serbian imports it was in response to belgrade existing embargo on costs have been goods which has been in place since cost of zero so you know a lot of old declaration of independence in two thousand and eight more a smuggler ski a serbian a canadian a film director says that serbia is under pressure from the e.u. to recognize kosovo. situation in kosovo is very unstable this is due to the illegal acts of the so-called government of course of all it is not helping the saddest talks of course in the negotiations that are due to continue this september and the whole escalation of violence is simply not going towards a peaceful solution that everybody is hoping for but considering that the international community has an interest in solving the so-called north kosovo issue it would not be unreasonable to suggest that they are trying to sort of fix this issue as fast as possible and i strongly believe that if force is necessary to do

what they have planned they will use it and we must also remind ourselves that the e.u. . of belgrade as an unwritten prerequisite to recognise closer as independence and this would mean the belgrade should accept kosovo's sovereignty and territorial territorial integrity which which is very complicated to explain to the people of serbia this escalation of violence of course it is not helping belgrade because. the people of serbia. really see this as a provocation and it is making their sentiment against reaching a compromise. not not very favorable for tried your side serbia has already made many concessions for the so-called republican polls so they recognize their documents their i.d.'s their license plates so i think calling for the albanian negotiations is another call for serbs to accept more things that are just leading

to serbia recognizing kosovo well now let's take a look at some other top news from around the world at least thirty four people have been killed and dozens injured in two days of clashes in the ongoing violence in a pakistani city of karachi reports say bodies were found scattered across different parts of the country's largest city some are riddled with bullets and a showing signs of torture police believe about two hundred people were killed in karachi. in july alone the city has a long history of ethnic religious sense of terry and violence among the city's main political parties. twin explosions have struck western baghdad killing four people and wounding thirteen others officials say the first blast occurred near a local convenience store with a second bomb going off a few minutes later when police and witnesses gathered at the scene this comes after iraq's political leaders gave the government the green light to negotiate with the u.s. for a possible deal to keep their troops in the country on

a training mission. colombian authorities have captured two suspected leaders of a cocaine operation involving the transfer of twenty tons of drugs per year to the u.s. violent submarines police say the arrest was the conclusion of a six year investigation into the drug ring the men were apprehended after the u.s. coast guard announced the capture of a submarine off the ground during coast it was carrying seven and a half tons of cocaine the haul has an estimated a street value of one hundred eighty million dollars. i'll be back with a recap of the top story soon but first the business news with kareena. hello and welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me pay pal is weighing plans to open an office in moscow this old song according to the better mr newspaper the world's largest online payment

portal is planning to invest twenty five million dollars in russia pay pal is coming hand in hand with its own or online auction site e bay you know to operate in russia needs to sort out online transactions and delivery while it's in talks with d.h.l. about postal services will be transferring money to say new pals move looks reasonable given russia's booming online payment market. prices for jet fuel in russia about to take off again the country's key suppliers hike fuel charges by up to ten percent on tuesday while companies say that high global kuku prices and domestic shortages are spurring the increase in addition like a few is being driven by higher traffic volumes from russian airlines jet fuel prices have risen twenty five percent this year with a previous hike in early june. that's brings us to the markets oil is declining for a fourth day in its longest losing streak since may investors bet the signs of

a slowing u.s. economy may fall to fuel demand in the world's biggest consumer of crude gold is edging higher this hour earlier the yellow metal losses much up six percent in egypt trading silver is half a percent european stocks mark the stock markets a lower fall in for the shop losses in the u.s. and asia among the big early movers shares and french banks as it has a rather soft seven point four percent after it warned that profit targets for next year may be on the team. and here in moscow markets that diving into negative territory losses in asia both the odds he has in mind six down one point three percent now let's have a look at some individual moves on them isaacs this hour energy majors among the main losers weighed by a low crude price gas problem is shedding almost one point one point three percent rosneft is dropping around one percent banking stocks are also in the red with be a down one point two percent bucking the trend is pulling metal adding one point

two percent. gas from the us has boosted its first health net profit by seventy four percent to two point six billion dollars oil on the gas but not for gas palm says the results are driven by haiku prices an improvement in sales. that's all the business for now but for more stories always log told website r.t. dot com slash posts.