his former interior minister will face the judgment of an egyptian court side by side the judges ordered the trials to be merged into one monday's hearing was short as the lawyer for mubarak and his sons also for time to review evidence overturned on september the fifth. wheeled into court on the sick bed he's on trial for corruption and ordering the killing of protesters in febreze uprising there's been clashes between pro and anti mubarak supporters outside the hearing and those who still support the former president saying the trial is a way to relate to. even those on top his square during the uprising say the current military rulers are committing the same crimes. so young to vote yet old enough to die for his country this war was just seventeen wanted tips and police killed him on the toughness where last winter today adorns one of cairo central thoroughfares there's even a talk of naming a street in his name what makes someone

a more fair and. well in the age of right now if the date of those gone down prior to mubarak's resignation of celebrating this who lives with the rider future of their country those killed after his ousting sometimes are free to ask criminals to undermine their country's democratic stripes and it doesn't matter that they share the same goals and they have these days just this is about power and not the other way around this young man also account of himself among the children of the revolution older brother he celebrated mubarak's departure from power or to taking it for the and to the police say three months later he was killed and what his brother believes was a government sanctioned shoot out i mean his little bed and my brother dead and a bullet went through his will hit and it came down to the right and i saw it was no one here has a weapon like this only soldiers. like families of victims whose deaths are now

being pinned on mubarak these people receive no monetary compensation for their laws in fact they're increasingly worried that the new military authorities may persecute them as thugs is became an own compassing term for those who don't appreciate the ruling military clique and i saw this about this we expected the army to intervene to protect people who just don't mind answering but instead they started to kill people themselves who didn't expect that something that if the supreme council of the armed forces as an interim caretaker when mubarak stepped down brought to power by the protests the generals nevertheless don't show much liking for mass gatherings the cradle of the egyptian revolution is now cordoned off by riot police those protesting accused of public disturbance to military trials in the last seven months there have been more people put on military trials

than the number of people that were put on movie it was under president of the president of war so that's really president mubarak's regime individually of course there are thousands of cases that have been put. been arrested and put on trial and sentenced within the span of two to five days sent horrible sentences starting from three years up to twenty five years as current his forehead still hasn't healed but these activists believes he got off lightly from seasoned counter with the police a month ago a son of the former presidential contender who was jailed by the mubarak's regime nor says the new authorities are just a brutal version of the all and it's extremely few that there is very little difference between the people who are ruling us know. that many of the crimes the hosting were committed to his people are currently being committed. to

us now by the people who are really with the disguise of the revolution he gives 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 blood is still being spilled on the streets of cairo it's not a boycott artsy it's a. well for analysis on the situation in egypt right now let's cross to asia times correspondent pepe escobar he's joining us live there in sao paulo now following that report we've just seen do you think there has been any significant change in egypt since the fall of mubarak. well it's barrack inside a cage on a stretcher how about that for change but the saying is i would argue that the key witness in the whole process is going to be field marshal tantawi is being that mubarak some defense minister for two decades so them fellers going to tell us

whether mubarak ordered the interior ministry and the defense ministry or goals to shoot protesters all or if the interior minister out oddly he himself took this decision i'll sing this will be the crucial part of the trial it's not going to happen within the next three weeks of course it's always been adjourned to september so maybe we're going to hear about. what i was going to say by the time egypt is going to have elections so can imagine this extended ram a dent deep soap opera drama merging with the people going into streets to elect the new generation who's going to rule egypt this is going to be simply heard of in the modern middle east interesting enough east talk about the t.v. coverage that actually doesn't appear to be happening the next time around the house it's not going to have your right to judge the rule that it's going to be closed to two media which is this is what most of the egyptian population has

waited they wanted to see live but the problem is there's going to be a lot of contradictions they're going to call a lot of witnesses that worked thrown mubarak of course they're going to try to exculpate themselves so we don't know what that if if the region is going to rat on itself in fact i know because and of course it does raise that question massive pressure from those who asked him about other countries who supported the revolution will they have a fair trial these two and of course the others who are standing trial it's very hard to say because basically this is demote barack the gene on the dock it's not only move it's mubarak's his sons and suzanne his wife is not dead. because basically her fortune was more or less confiscated by just eighteen she made a deal with the new regina which is basically a deal ridging briganti need to trade her welse for she's not going to be part of the trial she won't be accused of any six but she was behind barak's decision for instance to become

a that they will back dynasty he was going to hand over power to his son gamal basically because pressure by his wife suzanne what are your thoughts about the outcome of the trial what could happen you think it's very early to tell but like i told you before the fact that mubarak is in a cage and he's being on trial this could be the beginning of the new middle east but we don't know what's going to happen deal actions because if hillary jean triumphs in the elections if we have somebody like the airports and the. former secretary of the arab league or even mohamed el baradei who is called goes with the muslim brotherhood or even another candidate which is a region candidate refinance and we did p.r. by some firm in washington d.c. for instance not seeing a sense of the change and this is what that the real square protesters do with their eyes full course laser focus on this trial at all times so you can sound also that the trial may not be the outcome granting the wish of the majority all the

gyptian no it could not it could not a depends. the fence team is very good this probably the best collection of lawyers i would say perot region lawyers in egypt at the moment so and mubarak is if he split it is split understand which would be a major coup for the defense there is still a lot of old style egypt's support for mubarak people who profited from the regime and specially people linked to the armed forces who profit from their regime for thirty years so it's not a done deal that is going to be convicted at all so this. evolution when we look at it in what five ten years time a good moment in egypt's history or no yes no you're totally right it's i would say it's a crossroads for the beginning the first bangs remember condoleezza rice this is the real course banks of the new middle east defected are the data for thirty years

and in fact dictatorship in egypt had to go for more than forty years it's actually on the stand now it's a huge huge step ahead the problem is this is still too early disses it's not it's not a river aleutian it's a transformation the real revolution will be for instance if this trial is the rail or if the elections are bought by the previous regime again are we going to have a real revolution on the streets because people who went to various square and more than eight hundred people were actually killed by the mubarak regime and their relatives and their supporters they will stand for any single last stand a real transformation it's always good to hear we have to say thanks so much for your thoughts on your time joining us live there in thank you. in syria the intense government land and sea assault on the coastal town of latakia is thought to have claimed another twenty nine so it's the latest outburst of violence

in the brutal crackdown on protestors that are 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 has told me here in our to the right western support for the opposition is fueling the violence. ten days ago president sajid said he was going to allow multi-party system in syria but i think the opposition 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 this very dangerous situation where we could be heading into civil war we don't know too much about you who's. we're seeing things in the west through a very sort of biased view because you know that you're positioned to trade as whites and white there are absolutely fantastic democrats of course i'm sure there are people in the opposition who are like that but when we 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 but we're going

to let in syria is a very helpful tool and if there is a. new regime falls we could be into iraq situation where we have sick tarion violence developing we could have attacks on the christian community she inverses sunni and the 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 and we only way we can prevent that from happening is if there's internal dialogue in syria. this is not you live here in the russian capital still to come in the program universal diversion peace activist in israel a new conflict with lebanon saying the government wants to divert attention from its own blunder. the decision to cut america's debt rating sparked chaos on the world markets with panic leading to trillions worth of sell offs but the move led to a drop in the shares of standard and poor's itself one of the esters flock to buy freshly downgraded u.s. treasury bonds leaving many to ask what grade the rating agencies deserve themselves. mr reports. breaking news the united states has just lost its

top notch triple a credit rating from it was the downgrade heard round the world in a strong reaction to the rating downgrade told us well it's dead standard and poor's took the u.s. from straight aaa student to one not 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 failure of the present united states i think this is a tea party problem the greater in chief says the u.s. is becoming a bit more unpredictable in terms of the conduct proposed to roll through some of the other governments that were a stoic response from the downgrade or that helped ratchet up that the yeah tricks of the debt ceiling debate with the help of the other ratings agencies of course stealing the show from bickering 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 jim 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 these lead 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 ratings 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 dead 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 tess to the too big to fail banks and insurers during the financial crisis they missed many of the big bankruptcies they gave high investment

go. ratings to lehman to bear stearns right to the very end gee they gave a aaa rating to to almost the day of collapse 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 judged paying the bill and i'm around a big old berkshire the 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 deal about what those rules end up looking like saw it would surprise me if they were trying to curry favor with certain politicians 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 s. and p. because of government debt berman where the government ran up that debt in part because it bailed out the big banks and a.i.g. back in two thousand and eight 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 an f. which makes you wonder if the ratings agencies themselves deserve a downgrade lauren lester r.t. washington d.c. . here with r.t. and all of the news stories and features are available free on our website that's an r t don't call them here's a quick look at what's available for you and the stories of the past british spies

plotted to feminize had none. into his food and all the bizarre plans from the u.k. intelligence services. return to the norwegian island where he went on the rampage and shot dead sixty nine people that's on you tube page and also check out other social networks to share your views and opinions. in a recent match it. will be remembered not only for goals but also for the brutal nazi influence violence which flared up at the stadium this latest incident has added to

fears that racists and hooligans may spoil the european football championship that ukraine next year. in kiev near naziism has deep roots in the country's football fan culture. the beautiful game turned ugly the second half of genomics you first just got about to live off several dozen fans brutally attacked as two words he was trying to take down banners supporting world war two insurgent army leaders. and the months. until he says he was simply trying to enforce the law yes. i saw the banners and the fans to remove them this violated the norm that no political agitation can be used at football games they refused and i tried to take them down myself the next thing i remember is someone hitting me on the head and dozens of feet kicking me on the ground. 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 one nine hundred forty s. they fought alongside the german inflate is killing civilians russians poles and jews without mercy more than sixty years later and was nearly killed as well but he's not sorry about his actions. and criminals is no place for nazi isn't these banners are being hung by the same people who attacked veterans and the night fish year ukrainian football is no stranger to off pitch violence and nazi slogans the same football fans who crossed with the police are often seen in the marches at times carrying symbols for britain by football organizations in some experts blame the trend on the ideology of the previous administration. ultra nationalism has been radicalized in ukraine that's because for five years it's been strongly supported by the ruling elite no ultra rights

movements are infiltrating football supporters and nobody does anything about either the authorities know the football clubs the dinar maccie of clubs as it carries no direct responsibility for the incident with andre. chance logans like glory to ukraine to heroes death to enemies these laws unite fans in ukraine but will do everything to avoid incidents like this one those people are provocateurs and will stem from food trends it's an excuse that would not stand up next year when ukraine and poland co-host the european football championship with the eyes of europe focused on key of bettors commemorating the likes of which if still a feature in twenty twelve could seriously harm the country's reputation for instance poland has no second opinion about them called. nazi war criminals with less than a year remaining until the final game of the euro two thousand and twelve championship its 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 rid of them and racism not tolerated in europe if not experts say then could face serious sanctions from the european football governing bodies. r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. but it's not just in the sports stadiums either near not as often come out in the streets in ukraine as you can see for yourself. dotcoms video section this is from this year's victory day commemorations in the western city hundreds of chanting praise for nazi collaborators and war two veterans footage is online for you right now at video r.t. dot com. peace activists in tel aviv believe a new israeli lebanon war is now inevitable they say now is the perfect time for

a new conflict to shift international attention from social protest within israel as well as the possibility a new palestinian state could be recognized reports there's still a lot of tension from the previous war. five years on instance the last israel. and israelis are convinced his below is we are backed by syria and iran. unfortunately. to a much. the goal of which to wipe out hezbollah to disarm and to out one last. enemy at the border but say the critics thinking a war is inevitable is simple israeli propaganda churned out for their own purposes various like every five years very subtly they like to just avoid the sense of war they want to defend 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 when it's a week at some point. and as fate would have it it's not only his but now that's weak these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing me toughest challenge of his two and a half year premiership these social protest i'm on 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 patient these people who are conducting the process. the same people who will go to the army to fight a war and such a war would also potentially distract the united nations and international

community from which a palestinian state which is on the cards for approval next month policy. must be peaceful and must. ties this event. short on them. and there will be people who. should back. don't you ever really if this is really what everybody is preparing for and among the occasional border skirmishes and incursions it's really just a matter of time until the next scale conflict policy r t. well that's all the news we've got for you for the moment here in r.t. next it's time for the business news with marina stay with us live here in moscow. hello and welcome to the business here on our team now the russian shareholders and

p.r. taking their british counterparts back to the stockholm arbitration tribunals they want a final ruling on whether b.p. broke the shareholder agreement by trying to organize the arctic exploration and share swap deal with ross that there are some shareholders say they are not seeking compensation for the swedish court instead they have lodged lawsuits in russia claiming damages to the company amounted to three billion dollars. there were also financial markets are heading for the third straight session of gains that's after the most volatile weeks since september two thousand and eight or despite the current positive movement david jones from i g index believes the market may still plunge even deeper. the risk is even though we've had a fairly quiet couple of days the risk is we could carry on in the weeks ahead it's very similar to 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 lower again i think we have seen quite a big change in sentiment towards stock markets over the last few weeks you know investors are very worried about the situation of course we have the u.s. that went down to the wire getting that ceiling where i used we had to downgrade by the u.s. we've still got all these problems in continental europe with it's really inspiring and so growth is a very good there's every the risk of a double dip recession but i think the immediate risk is for the stock markets to slide a bit. let's take a look at the markets overall has been up and down pretty much all day but right now it's in the black both light sweet and brown so again over a dollar to light sweet edging towards two dollars. precious metals are next this hour of gold this catchments breath after breaking a new record on thursday it's currently losing point one percent silver is gaining slightly it's trading at thirty nine dollars per ounce. and u.s. stocks are on the rawest helped by porpora deals including google buying most role

of ability for twelve billion dollars in cash we see the dow jones approaching one percent there. and over in europe markets are trading in positive territory shares in recruitment and staffing firm michael page went down sixteen percent after this appoints of first half results banks are up in frankfurt with commerce bank in the lead gaining point six percent. and here rochelle bourses and at the trading session strongly up energy and mining stocks were among the main gainers the r.t. has gained almost four percent while my psych's added almost three percent so let's take a look at the market movers on the bisects russian still major severstal. gained almost two percent after reporting its twenty percent rise and that profit for the first half that's all mine or all school nicole was no exception they gained one percent of the company's board and another share buyback program as a wise of all and all major also there was also off the company's revenue rose

thirty three percent in the first half of the year but it's now over twenty two billion dollars. that's all the business is for now the headlines on that so bill. can hear dr swan's policeman's wives ministers why not just. if you didn't find me if i could just live through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are two options that i saw at that moment either i'm going to kill him i'm in jail or he's going to kill me.

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from the russian capital with. the former egyptian president charges of corruption and ordering killings in the court but many. little has changed since he left. investors worldwide to u.s. government bonds in defiance of a debt markets in shambles raising tough questions over the trustworthiness of credit rating agencies. and. cranial football matches on the brutal violence in stadiums leading to fears hooligans could ruin the european championships to be held next year. with another summer fifty minutes from now the mean time we talked to the president to russia's republic of chechnya about the fight against terror and the role of sharia law in society.