international news and current live from moscow this is r t with twenty four hours a day deposed president hosni mubarak and his former interior minister will face the judgment of an egyptian court so and by side the judges ordered their trials to be merged into one monday's hearing was shorter as the lawyer for his son's also for time to review evidence that return on september the fifth wheeled into court on his sick bed is on trial for corruption and ordering the killing of protesters in february uprising there being clashes between pro and anti barack supporters outside the hearing those who still support the former president say the trial is a way to humiliate him. on the book and found even those on top here 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 boy was just seventeen

when it tips and police killed him on that toughness where last winter today he's portrayed adorns one of clyro central thoroughfares there's even a talk of naming a street in his name what makes someone and more appear and. well in the age of right now if the date of death those gunned down prior to mubarak's resignation celebrated as a true. rider future of that country those killed after his ousting sometimes are very serious criminals who start to undermine that country's democratic stripes and it doesn't matter that they share the same goals and they'd have these days just this is about power and knowing the other way around this young man also counted them south among the children of the revolution because his older brother he celebrated mubarak's departure from power or to fear of taking it for the and to the police state three months later he was killed and what his brother. leaves was

a government sanctioned shoot out the men as an army sniper showed my brother dead the bullet went through his forehead and it came out on the other side and i saw it that no one here has a weapon my deuce only soldiers do like families of victims whose deaths are now being pinned on mubarak these people receive no monetary compensation for their loss in stacked they're increasingly worried that the new military authorities may persecute them as thugs is became an all encompassing term for those who don't appreciate the ruling military. and as. we expected the army to intervene to protect people just don't minds but instead they started to kill people themselves who didn't expect. that. 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 from mass gatherings the cradle of the

egyptian revolution is now cordoned off by riot police those caught protesting the use of public disturbance and sent 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 the president of the. president of war so that president mubarak's regime individually of course there are thousands of cases that have been put. have 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 scar on his forehead still hasn't healed but these activists believes he got off lightly from these encounters 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 brutalized version of the all it's extremely clear that there is very little

difference between the people who are ruling us now. and that many of the crimes the hosting were committed to his people are currently being committed to us now by the people who are ruling 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 body is still being spilled on the streets of cairo it's not a boycott r.t. it's up to the current contenders for the presidential elections in egypt off a no chance of major political change so says asia times correspondent pepe escobar the fact that mubarak is in a cage in he's been on trial that this could be the beginning of the new middle east but we don't know what's going to happen deal actions because if durie jeem try and skin the all actions if we have somebody like the airports and the. former

secretary of the arab league or even mohamed el baradei who is called those who are the muslim brotherhood or even another candidate which is a region candidate revamps and we good p.r. right some fairly new washington d.c. for instance you know see a sense of change and this is what the real square protesters do will be with their eyes full leisurely full course on this trial at all times. and on our website we're asking you what the decision to ban live broadcasts from the barracks trial means and if we look on screen we can see that most think it's an attempt to calm the conflict in society twenty five percent say it's a sign the new regime isn't into democracy or justice in the same amount say so far it's normal as most countries would do the same and eight percent think it means the result of the trial is a foregone conclusion log on have your say because to hear from. in syria the intense government land and sea assault on the coastal town of latakia

is thought to have claimed another twenty lives it's the latest outburst of violence in the brutal crackdown on protestors that has 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 journalist neil clark has told r.t. the outright western support for the opposition is fueling. ten days ago president and sad said he was going to allow multi-party system in syria but i think the opposition been emboldened by the support they 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 and we don't know too much about you know his unit we're all seeing things in the west through a very sort of biased view because you know they looked opposition arbitrators was white they're 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. regime falls we could be into iraq situation where we have seen terri and violence develop we could have attacks on the christian community she immerses sunni and the real fear is that syria could just blow up that we could have a terrible terrible civil war we've got to prevent that happening that we only way we can benefit have. internal dialogue in syria. still to come in the program this hour universal diversion peace activists in israel fear a new conflict with lebanon saying the government wants to divert attention from its own blunders. story still to come but first seven russian servicemen have been severely injured after militants opened foreigner to attach much of troops in the republic of interest in the north caucasus or canal crossing live to artie's medina question of if she's in the

region so that the you know bring us up to date with what we know about the situation so far. well according to what we know so far that was the real ambush russian military forces came under a sudden following near the border between english and chechnya seven militants were injuries and everything happened at around seven pm moscow time and the moment of the whole area is closed off by russia's investigation committee meanwhile operations continue across the whole area of russia's north caucasus and primarily of these arrays for taking place and. done and just last friday of the latest major raid happened and the capital city of the. six militants were killed and according to russia's tarus committee one of the militants that was a terrorist. and to here was as he had. that was carrying out multiple attacks

on of the russian military forces also russia's committee had contacts whether the georgian special forces and at the same time a further search operations for russia's most wanted terrorist continue across this area all manner of claimed responsibility of for a number of terrorist attacks for a number of dad the terrorist attacks that has russia's capital moscow this year and of the year before but still russia's military forces say they haven't found him yet but what we know so far is that a further social operations are going on here in russia's north caucasus ok thanks very much indeed dana for the question of russia's republic of. the decision to cut america's debt rating sprawled on the world markets with panic leading to trillions worth of souls but the move led to a drop in the start of the pools itself one of the to buying freshly done greeted

u.s. treasury bonds leaving many to most what grade the rating agencies deserve themselves while these loyalists are reporters. breaking news the united states has just lost its top notch triple a credit rating from it was the downgrade heard around the world in a strong reaction to the rating downgrade. 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 the tea party downgrade in 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 some of the other governments that were a stoic response from the downgrade or that helped to 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 of these late 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 that missed many of the big bankruptcies they gave on investment. 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 by paying the bill and i'm rounding a big goal of berkshire but mr buffett also pointed out the market requires it because these ratings agencies have 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 wouldn't 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 per member 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. . you're with news stories and futures are available for you on a website that's it on t.v. don't call him his equipment what's available there for you right now should you

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recently. will be remembered not only for goals but also for the brutal nazi influenced violence which flared up at the stadium this latest incident has added to fears that racists and who may spoil all the european football championship in ukraine co-host next year. deep roots in the country's football fan culture. the beautiful game turned ugly in the second half of. several dozen fans brutally attacked. he was trying to take down banners supporting world war two insurgent army leaders. and. he says he was simply trying to enforce the law. firms to remove them this violated no political agitation can be used for ball games they refuse to try 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 point 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 invaders killing civilians russians poles and jews without mercy more than sixty years later and was nearly killed as well but he is not story about his actions. and criminals is no place for. being hung by the same people who attacked veterans and. fish year ukrainian football is no stranger to off pitch violence and nazi slogans the same football fans who cost with the police are often seen in the marches at times carrying symbols for bitten by football organizations in europe some experts blame the trend on the ideology of the previous administration. ultra nationalism

has been radicalized in ukraine because for five years it's been strongly supported by the ruling elites no ultra rights movements are infiltrating football supporters and nobody does anything either the authorities know the football clubs the do normal key of clubs as it carries no direct responsibility for the incident with andre. like to ukraine. death to enemies these laws in ukraine but everything to avoid incidents like this one those people are provocateurs and. 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. calling them nazi war criminals with

less than a year remaining until the final game of the euro twenty championship is 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 color going ism and racism not tolerated in europe if not experts say then give 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 neo nazis often come out on the streets in ukraine as you can see for yourself dot coms free video section this is from this year's victory day commemorations in the western city of hundreds of far right even as chanting praise for nazi collaborators in the sorting world war two veterans the rule footage is on life you right now it frees video dot. com.

shape the future flight. our team takes to the max air show. peace activists in tel aviv believe a new israeli lebanon more is now inevitable they say that now is the perfect time for a new conflict to shift international attention from social protests within israel as well as the possibility of new palestinian state could be recognized and as part of the reports of still a lot of tension from the previous. five years on instance the last israel lebanon wall and israelis are convinced his below is we arming itself backed by syria and iran. unfortunately. in the situation to a much bigger. the goal of which to

wipe out hezbollah to disarm and to add 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 sore loser they like to just require a defensive 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 hizbullah 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 it's we

these were any prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing me toughest challenge of his two and a half year premiership these social protest demands for netanyahu to make drastic change which is why some suggest there's nothing like a wall to quieten these young protesters it's certainly the good patient these people who are conducting the process. are 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 work igniting a palestinian state which is on the cards for approval next month the policy. must be peaceful and must then months later and. the lama ties this event. will shoot on them. and there will be people who. should back. this is really what everybody is preparing for and among the occasional border

skirmishes and aerial incursions it's really just a matter of time till the next full scale conflict policy r t. twenty three minutes past the hour now here in moscow time to update you on some of our other world headlines this hour a wave of deadly explosions have caused carnage across iraq two twin bomb attacks in the city of crude claimed the lives of thirty five people and wounded dozens there are seven blasts followed them in a province of the media at least ten dead no one took responsibility for the flurry of violence that has had up to nine cities. in fighting in libya continues rebels trying to force government troops out of a strategic city fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli the opposition using pickup trucks with machine guns and weapons mounted on them fighting their way through. the close is the frontline has come to tripoli in months and there are reports that libya's interior minister may have left the country to defect.

well that's all the news we've got a few just for the moment next the business news with marina stay with us from our live here on r.t. . hello and welcome to business here on our team now there's been a significant step forward in their gas the sphere that russia and belarus the prime ministers from both countries have agreed to a new pricing formula i don't need any right here in moscow and that is that you know that has all the details. put in a cold when you try to sing formula at integration reducing coefficient it's not clear what it means yelps but as the bell of his prime minister said they liked it the way it sounds puts it more in that whatever it's amounted to it would not be a gift prize reductions would be dependent on gas problem acquiring the fifty per cent off bellerose pipeline operate the beltran's gas that it doesn't already own

if other these concessions are present they mean new opportunities for russian companies. that are. the poorest states of the belorussian economy puts a new we can you go share take a position its currency has crashed since the beginning of the year and central bank recently raised interest rates took twenty two per cent bellerose is desperately in need of hard currency and russia is almost the only country in a position to lend a hand that is also willing to do so. the world's financial markets are heading for the third straight session of gains and that's after the most volatile weeks since september two thousand and eight despite the current positive movement though david jones from i g and 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 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 and of course we have the u.s. that went down to the wire getting that ceiling where i used we had the time go by the u.s. we've still got all these problems in continental europe with it's really inspiring so growth isn't very good there's definitely a 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 all has been pretty much up and down all day right now it's in the line both light sweet and brant are gaining over a dollar with the light sweet edging more towards two dollars. and precious metals are mixed this hour at gold this catch in its breath after breaking

a new record on thursday it's losing point one percent this hour silver is getting slightly it's trading at thirty nine dollars per ounce. and u.s. stocks are on the rise helped by corporate deals including google motorola mobility for twelve billion dollars any cash the dow jones is getting almost one and a half percent while the nasdaq is getting one percent so let's take a look at the russian forces as they end up the trading session strongly our energy and mining stocks are the main gainer is in the r.t.s. gained almost four percent while my sex added almost three percent let's take a look at the market movers on the my sex motion still matrices that stalin gained almost two percent after reporting that's one percent rise in that profit for the first half that's not my normal cynical was the exception of game one percent the company's board said another share buyback. graham is advisable and finally our major also left there's also off the company's revenue rose thirty three percent in

the first half of the year reaching over twenty two billion dollars. that's all business is for now the headlines are next so they'll.

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if you just joined us for one welcome this is. top stories now this hour. the former egyptian president charges of corruption and ordering killings in a car of course but many who acted to depose him say little has changed since he left. investors worldwide ready to buy u.s. government bonds in defiance of a debt marked down the markets in shambles raising tough questions over the trustworthiness of credit rating agencies. to strike at ukrainian football matches on the people in stadiums leading to fears who could ruin the european championships to be held there next year. another update from fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we talked to the president of russia's republic of chechnya about the fight against terror and the.