the grand imperial truly the taj we're still. you can a little closer to civility to go and. read this in the kernel was such a retreat. soon clear that there is very little difference between the people who are. just the former egyptian leader returns to court productiveness say those who replaced him in power are committing the same crimes under the guise of the revolution. is that israel is building a new assault to wipe out hezbollah in lebanon five years after the last deadly exchange and with the hope of quelling social protest. and the beautiful game becomes an ugly neo nazi breeding ground in ukraine. that hooligans could ruin the hosting of if you wrote two thousand and twelve.

global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow with me wrong were some shock egypt's former leader hosni mubarak has been back in court on this monday though the hearing it did not last long with mubarak's lawyer asking for it to be postponed to have some time to review the new documents he requested the court is now in a recess for deliberation hosni mubarak is on trial for corruption and ordering the killing of protesters in february's uprising and those who were on a square back in february say this changes little as the current military rulers are committing the same crimes but excusing it with revolutionary rhetoric on a boy to reports from cairo. too young too cold yet old enough to die for his country this boy was just seventeen when egyptian police killed him on the tucker square last winter to say he's more true one of cairo central thoroughfares

there's even a talk of naming a street in his name what made from one end mortar and another. in egypt right now if the date of those gone down prior to mubarak's resignation well abraded it's patriots who lives with the writer future of their country those killed after he's out think sometimes are free to ask criminals to stop to undermine their country's democratic strides it doesn't matter that they share the same goals and they could be days just so this is about power and not be other way around this young man also counted from south among the children of the revolution if you see older brother he celebrated mubarak's departure from power or to taking it for the and to the police a few months later he was killed and what his brother believes was a government sanctioned shoot them in islam and if you should my brother the bullet

went through the school gate and it came out. i saw it and no one here has a weapon like this only soldiers. like families of victims whose that's now being pinned to mubarak these people receive no monetary compensation for their laws and start they're increasingly worried that the new military authorities may persecute them studs is became an all encompassing term for those who don't appreciate the ruling military. and i would. expect to be only trying to lean to protect people just. but instead he started to kill people. who didn't expect. that the supreme council of the armed forces served as an interim caretaker when mubarak stepped down. but powered by the protest that generals nevertheless don't show much liking for mass gatherings a cradle of the egyptian revolution is now cordoned off by riot police those caught

protesting these are public servants and sansom military trials in the last seven months there have been more people put on military trials than the number of people that were poor muti it was under president of the most is the president of war so that's really president mubarak's regime individual of course there are thousands of cases that have been put have been arrested and put on child and sentenced within the span of two to five days sent horrible sentences starting from three years up to twenty five years that's currently or had still hasn't healed but these activists believes he got off lightly from these encounter with police a month ago the son of the former presidential contender who was jailed by the north partes regime nor says the new authorities are just a brutal eight version of the all and it's extremely few that there is very little difference between the people who are ruling us now hosting the world and that many

of the crimes the hosting world are committed to speak are currently being committed. to us now by the people who are ruling is the supreme council of armed forces. whether it is using violence or pressing. the public or even if it's manipulating public opinion but sadly in this is what hurts more is that these crimes are now being committed with the disguise of the revolution it is these bloody t. shirt as a reminder that the egyptian revolution is far from over the former president is now on trial for his role in the mass killings but the body is still being built on the streets of cairo i think about artsy it's at. now to syria where the intense government land and sea assault on the coastal town of thought of

claimed at least another twenty lives it's the latest outburst of violence from the brutal crackdown on protesters that have seen over one thousand seven hundred people killed since march global pressure is mounting on the country's president to kick start reforms and stop the bloodshed assad made some promises weeks ago but as journalist neil clark told us the outright western support for the opposition is fueling the violence. until there is a go present and sad said he was going well now multi-party system in syria but i think the opposition have been emboldened by the support they are getting from foreign countries such as the usa france etc and i think that's what's really creating is very dangerous situation where we could be heading into civil war we don't know too much about you who's you know we're obviously we're seeing things in the west through a very sort of view because you know the opposition is white and white they're absolutely fantastic democrats of course i'm sure there are people in your position who are like that but when you contrast it with the situation in bahrain we didn't

get the statements from the u.s. saying that the government must go the opposition must take power within that in syria isn't very helpful at all and if there is a. raging force we could be into iraq situation where we have sick tarion violence developing we could have attacks all the christian community she endorses sunni and real fear is that syria could just blow up but we could have a terrible terrible civil war we've got to prevent that happening any any way we can prevent that from happening is if there's internal dialogue in syria. a little bit later here on the program we'll look at how the developments in syria might impact the situation in the wider middle east some believe that with president assad busy clinging to power israel might venture into a fresh conflict with neighboring lebanon that's coming away in just a few minutes. distrust of the economics ratings agencies is growing with their activities being investigated both in the u.s. and in europe in a dramatic reversal of fortune the shares in standard and poor's parent from fell

sharply over the past week on the vest as keep pouring money into the u.s. treasury bonds sees a loyalist to investigate whether the credit rating is are actually credible. breaking news the united states has just lost its top notch triple a credit rating from it was the downgrade heard around the world and the strong reaction to the rating downgrade china has told us well it's. standard and poor's took the u.s. from straight aaa student to one notch below for the first time ever bad marks were handed down for the nation's debt and politicians inability to agree on reigning it in a tea party downgrade a lot of it has to do with the fate of the president of states i think this is a tea party for the greater in chief says the u.s. is becoming a bit more. a stalwart response from the downgrade or that helped ratchet up the the yeah tricks of the debt ceiling debate with the help of the other ratings agencies of course

stealing the show from it kareen politicians with their eyes on the debt deal they may be missing really a larger concern because there is growing evidence today that the u.s. credit score is going to get hit now that the u.s. has gotten hit just how much does s. and p's mark actually count well not much according to some like investor jen rogers but it's not because the country isn't broke america is going down the tubes where the largest debtor nation in the history of the world it's because of the source of these let rating agencies have been wrong about nearly everything for the past ten or fifteen years don't pay any attention to them so just how does the report card stack up for the major beatings agencies themselves they are s. and p. moody's and fitch let's assess test one the mortgage crisis of two thousand and eight these are the same agencies that rated the toxic sub prime debt aaa so i mean how do we take them with any level of credibility after that. well let's see if

they get any from tests to the too big to fail banks and insurers during the financial crisis many of the big bankruptcies they gave our investment. rating still being meant to bear stearns right to the very end they gave a aaa rating to the almost the day the last good grades for firms that collapsed or were bailed out because of bad debt in fact the financial crisis inquiry commission said the three credit ratings agencies were key enablers of the financial meltdown and this brings us to test three ethics ratings agencies are paid by the investment firms they grade and moody's and s. and p. are publicly traded which means they may be more driven to increase profits for shareholders raising this debate right now you have the companies that are are being judge of paying the bill and they get like i'm rounding a big old bird but mr buffett also pointed out the market requires it because these ratings agencies has been around forever so they're in shrine by government

regulations which oh yeah they have a stake in test for objectivity frank legislation the financial reform has restrictions on rating agencies and the rules that are yet to be written and they carry huge diogo with those rules up looking like so it won't surprise me if they were trying to curry favor with alterations in fact they've spent a combined total of one point seven six million dollars this year lobbying washington over the regulations which brings us full circle to the downgrade of u.s. credit the u.s. was downgraded by at n.p. because of government debt per member of the government ran up that debt in part because it bailed out the big banks and a.i.g. back in two thousand a remember the one saddled with all of those bad mortgage bonds which the ratings agencies graded triple a when in reality they were a d. or and makes you wonder if the ratings agencies themselves deserve a downgrade lauren lyster r.t. washington d.c.

and i want to come to you live from the heart of moscow and british prime minister david cameron has reiterated the zero tolerance approach to england's rivals a day courts have been working throughout the night to deal with looters with almost eight hundred at this point charged now with taking part in britain's worst on russian decorates political analyst john research says it won't be long before more disorder or perhaps as arrests alone so if the fundamental courses. this isn't something that can simply be. streets with water and plastic bullets it isn't something that can be and it isn't something that will be going posing in prison sentences we've seen one. for you jailed for six months for stealing one pound of the gospel of water in the united kingdom that was there is greater inequality any point for the last two hundred years it's not easy as you go back to the slave trade to find such despair of the rich and of course what you expect if you show

people repeatedly the most expensive consumer goods tell them that their sell worth the life but their respect from other people will be judged by the degree to which they can obtain these goods and then deny them the ability to get them because the wage is also low or because there are no jobs at all because of endemic poverty this is the combustible material that's been building up at the bottom of british society for a generation ago only really the surprise is not that the riots happened but the people or these are some of the issues that have to be addressed and simply doing the police more powers even the police are recognized. would solve the problem. and tries to keep a lid on any further street violence we're asking whether you think those zero tolerance approach will work here's how you voting right now r.t. dot com let's have a look at these numbers here so far just over a third say the policy won't be tolerated by the public thought he one percent

think it will be ineffective or even a sign of weakness a quarter believe it will work but with society while the remaining eleven percent this hour say zero tolerance is ok as a temporary step but only until everything is down have your say and article. brutal violence marred ukraine's football championship this month with stadium a steward of britain after he tried to remove banners featuring the names of nazi collaborators it's thought that i may or not since i'm now was deeply rooted in fan culture but i had high level support from the orange revolution league as of two thousand and four but it's also used alexi irish asking reports it's a headache for the current government with ukraine judah co-host next year's euro championship. the beautiful game turned ugly in the second half of genomics here first discovered partly wolf several dozen fans google its act as to word he was trying to take down banners supporting world war two insurgent army leaders. and

roman c.-h. until he says he was simply trying to force the law. firms to remove them this violently you know political agitation can be used for programs and i refused and i tried to take them down myself the next thing i remember someone hitting me on the head and dozens of feet kicking. under here which is status has long been the main talking points in ukraine some here see them as freedom fighters and heroes others that's the majority of the population call them nazi collaborators in the 1940's they fought alongside the german invaders killing civilians russians poles and jews without mercy more than sixty years later and it was nearly killed as well but he's not so worried about his actions. which were murderers and criminals is no place for. these banners are being hung the people

who attacked the british army veterans in the fall of one may the night fish here ukrainian food was no stranger to off pitch violence and nazi slogans the same football fans who cost with the police are often seen in the nationalist marches a sign scaring symbols for didn't buy food bull organizations in europe some experts blame the trend. on the ideology of the previous administration. nationalism has been radicalized in ukraine because for five years it's been strongly supported by the ruling elites you know. are infiltrating football supporters and nobody does anything either the authority nor the football clubs the key of clubs as it carries no direct responsibility for the incident with andre. to ukraine. to enemies these laws. everything to avoid

incidents like this when people are provocateurs. friends it's an excuse that would not stand up next year when ukraine and poland co-host the european championship with the eyes of europe focused on cue commemorating the likes of. featuring twenty twelve could seriously harm the country's reputation for instance poland has no second opinion about them calling them nazi war criminals with less than a year remaining until the final game of the euro twenty championship it's a brand new stadium looks set to be completed on schedule the question is whether the authorities would be able to use their remaining time to get. and racism. if not actually a very serious sanctions from the european football governing bodies. reporting from kiev in ukraine. it's not just. nazis i don't hold back

from the streets of ukraine you can see for yourself at r.t. dot com free video here this is actually from his victory day commemorations on the questions of you know hundreds of far right youths chanting nazi collaborators and assaulting world war two veterans. are just online for you right now free video. israel might start a new war with lebanon at least that's what peace activists and protesters and fearing are five years since the last deadly assault on his northern neighbor they believe a new conflict could be used to shift attention from israel's own ongoing social protest as well as trying to topple hizbollah from power. five years on since the last israel lebanon will and he's really so convinced his belief is we arming itself that i say react and when we can anticipate

unfortunately. in the situation to a much bigger. a goal of which to wipe out hezbollah to disarm and one last. enemy of the border but say the critics thinking a war is inevitable is simple israeli propaganda churned out for their own purposes various like a war every five years very slowly very like you just provide a defense of war we want to be friends themselves while blaming the war from the beginning but if war is on the cards now is as good a time as any syrian president bashar assad is struggling to stay in power and hizbollah in lebanon can't be sure of his support a fall of the syrian regime may create a new government which may want to shift away from the iranian alliance in turn then my trigger is but then my trigger is are all to go and try to take as well and

it's a week at some point. and as fate would have it it's not only has been up it's weak this is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing the toughest challenge of his two and a half year premiership these social protest demand for netanyahu to make drastic change which is why some suggest it is nothing like a war to quieten these young protesters it's certainly the great temptation of these people who are conducting the process. the same people who go to the army to fight a war and such a war would also potentially distract the united nations and international community from which he denies it the palestinian state which is on the cards for approval next month policy. they want peace for must then months later and. the lamarck eyes this event and israeli army short on them. and there will be people killed. back. don't you have. this

is really what everybody we're preparing for and among the occasional border skirmishes and aerial incursions it's really just a matter of time until the next full scale conflict pulis the r.t. tell of of. if you want to talk calm you can hear the iranian president's assessment of the arab world and his battle to convince the world. the nuclear weapons are used to being treated as a nuclear weapons or weapons of the previous century. also exclusively tells us here at r.t. about iran's reputation over its atomic ambitions and nato's moves in libya among many other subjects being discussed the full interview online now the. dramatic. chair of state turns to tragedy in the u.s. when a stage collapses and high winds have killed at least five people injured. or

eight zero to twenty three pm on monday here in moscow let's check out some other world news for you here on r.c. . libyans to fight to retake towns held by rebels in an audio message of broadcast on state television it's his first public address since the rebels launched their offensive around tripoli. the capital if the rebels take control of some. they will have surrounded tripoli by land with nato ships blocking the city by sea . snow has been the pulling in new zealand's capital forecast is describing it as a once in a lifetime if it really gets any snow at all and the few which is the following

sunday and monday of probably the most they've had in least thirty years some transport destruction and cause a few road closures were a few snow men as well as some fun out there in this weather forecasters predict the cold snap to continue through wednesday. blasts ripped through at least five iraqi cities killing up to seventy people most of them in the south east was taking of course twin explosions at a market there left at least forty two dead dozens more wounded but seven blasts also rocked the rest of it diyala province killing ten no one has yet admitted the attacks across the country. all right out of the recent news i dimitri is here. thanks rory hello and welcome to business r.t. russian shareholders in c. and he'll say king their british counterparts back to the stockholm arbitration of you know they want to final ruling on whether b.p.

broke the shareholder agreement by trying to organize the arctic exploration and share swap deal with last near the russian shareholders say they're not seeking compensation for this we just bought instead they have launched lawsuits in russia and have initially claimed they have issues of three billion dollars and world financial markets are heading for the furred straight session of gains and after the most volatile weeks since september two thousand and eight despite the current positive movement david jones from i g index believes the markets may still plunge deeper. the risk is even though we've had a fairly quiet couple of days the risk is we could carry on going lower in the weeks ahead it's very similar the sort of moves we're seeing in markets to what was happening three years ago when we had the banking crisis and then we had plenty of volatility big slides go quiet for a bit and then just move again i think we have seen quite a big change in sentiment towards stock markets over the last few weeks you know

there's a very worried about the situation of course we had the u.s. that went down to the wire getting their debt ceiling raised we have the downgrade by the u.s. we've still got all these problems in continental europe with italy and spain so growth isn't very good the risk of a double dip recession but i think the immediate risk is stock markets to slide it . so you look at the markets now we start with commodities is marginally up as a confidence in the economic recovery slowly returns to the market but that's actually changed over the past are we seeing a decline now of almost one dollar for light sweet crude and sixty two cents for brains. precious metals off lots of negative this hour gold is catching his breath after a break you knew right from first day and is now losing ground a third of a percent silver is also down around one fifty percent. european markets are still up in trading however they have lost some of the initial steve day of gains we're seeing still she has

a recruitment and staffing firm michael page fell at one point sixteen percent after a disappointing first half of the us banks are in frankfurt the commerzbank years in the lead is up around two percent that's our. russian boars this hour in the black with energy in mining stocks among the main gains let's take a look at them is the snapshot of the main movers on the my six russian steel major seven star is gaining more than one percent of reporting a twenty percent rise in net profit for the first half metals mine another list maker was no exception it's up two percent the company's board is meeting to consider making another offer to its major shareholder roussel to buy back shares and that will major of course nafta is also what the company's revenue rose thirty three percent the first of the year reaching around twenty two billion. for investors who are keen to jump into the russian market at the moment to west and from out on says the range of interesting stories is quite limited where you want to be if you have to be of russia it's going to be telecom select it will soonest

and some selected utilities select your teams is difficult because you have the election side to it but i do think when it when it comes to cyclical stocks you have to be very careful financials in russia looks fantastic to be honest but the problem is that when you see an architect goes down because of financial crisis you are going to see financials being hit in europe and the us the russian banks that are listed and our previous sound will get punished by association. and also from this edition of the business news on the road see come up next the headlines with. the book.

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