former interior minister will face the judgment of an egyptian court side by side a judge's order that trials to be merged into one monday's hearing was cut short his mubarak's lawyer and his sons off for time to review evidence will return on september the fifth wheeled into court on the sick bed is on trial for corruption and ordering the killing of protesters and five result rising have been clashes between pro and anti mubarak supporters outside the hearing those who still support the former president say the trial nothing more than a ruse to humiliate him because. 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 wanted tips and police killed him on the tough areas where last winter today he's portrayed adorns one of cairo central thoroughfares there's even a talk of naming a street in his name what makes someone

a mortar and. well in the age of right now if the date of death those gunned down prior to mubarak's resignation celebrated its patriots who gave their lives with a brighter 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'd have these days just this is about power and not the other way around this young man also a columnist in south among the children of the revolution with his older brother he celebrated mubarak's departure from power or to fear taking needs for the and to the police three months later he was killed in what his brother believes was a government sanctioned shootout the man is going and on the snipers shot my brother dead and a bullet went through his fool hit and it came out on the side and i saw it was no one here has a weapon like this. only soldiers do like families to victims whose deaths are now

being pinned on mubarak these people receive no monetary compensation for their loss in fact they're increasingly worried that the new military authorities may persecute them a studs became an all encompassing term for those who don't appreciate the ruling military clique and as the source of bodies we expected the army to intervene to protect people who just don't mind and spirit but instead they started to kill people. who didn't expect. that if the supreme council of the armed forces as an interim caretaker when mubarak stepped down brought to power by the protest 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 caught 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 the 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 a scar on his forehead still hasn't healed but these activists believes he got off lightly from season 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 brutalized 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 whole thing both are committed. to this people are currently being committed to

us now by the people who are ruling with the disguise of the revolution because this bloody tea sure is 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 built on the streets of cairo and a boycott arson effect while speaking to me from cairo dr marshall turned director of the center of political and strategic studies says the judge's ban the trials broadcast because he doesn't want to see ugly scenes during the hearing trial will continue to be a bubbly trial it will be under the eyes of the media and of the public but not will not be on the t.v. will not be immediately on t.v. when everybody can hear it at home some people are concerned about within this would be a fair trial or on the other hand the others are concerned about. the bill it is of

. making games or deals or some other issue that he is really here is very important because apparently there's odds in this trial is going to invite a number of prominent officials in the current egyptian government from the military and from the civilian side to this to try in this court and apparently as i just don't want to make it a kind of ourselves as. far as the witnesses who are now occupying we're assuming official positions exchanging. accusations. well still to come on the program this universal diversion peace activists a new conflict with lebanon saying the government wants to divert attention from its own blunders. and the spill that's being kept under wraps a ruptured pipeline just off the coast of scotland has lead to more than two hundred tons of oil into the north sea in just five days with no end in sight.

and story still to come but first the decision to cut america's debt rating spark chaos in the world markets with panic leading to trillions worth of sell offs but the move to a drop in the shares of standard and poor's itself on investors fought to buy freshly done graded u.s. treasury bonds leaving many to ask what grade the rating agencies deserve themselves. as this report. 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 in a lot of it has to do with the failure of the president a stage 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 condor proposed to roll it through to some of the other governments that we still work response from the downgrade or that help 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 right . jer's but it's not because the country isn't broke america is going down the tubes we're the largest debtor nation in the history of the world it's because of the source 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.n.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 grade ratings to lehman to bear stearns right to the very end gee they gave a aaa rating too 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 being

judged paying the bill and i'm around in a big old berkshire the 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 and 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 aston p. because of government debt burden member of the government ran up that debt in part because it bailed out the big banks and a id 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 lyster r. t. washington d.c. . royal dutch shell has admitted that more than two hundred tons of crude oil have leaked into the sea just off the coast of scotland in just five days the spill said by a government spokesman to be very serious and described as the worst the country has seen for more than a decade wasn't knowledge by the oil giant for at least two days out and ramsey event manager of the people and planet student organization has told me earlier that the government has simply been complicit in oil industry cover ups. i think the people who are used to dealing with show wouldn't be surprised at all about the lack of communication it's worth remembering that it was only a few days ago that they admitted after years of lies and cover up their role in the enormous spills across nigeria this company has never let the truth or in fact people's lives or the environment get in the way of getting the way of their profit

margin so so i think we certainly don't know for sure how bad it is but we do know that this is a serious spill we know for certain it is the worst spill in this country in more than a decade i've seen very little coverage of this at all and i'm saddened to say that i'm not at all surprised how little coverage there has been of this always but as i said it's the biggest in ten years but it's important to remember that the government and the scottish government have both got long histories of being hand in hand and in the pockets of the oil industry in this country and so with the government to the only other potential monitors of this doing everything they can to keep it quiet on the show and shell particularly not talking about it it's not surprising that the media covering it again and again not surprising but very sad as you say a major incident really not reported in the u.k. press recently denominate here 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 racism hooligans may spoil the european football

championship that ukraine co-host next year and as artie's alexei yet to be found in kiev new naziism is deep roots in the country's football fan culture. the beautiful game turned ugly in the second half of you know my cue first off several dozen fans brutally attacked a steward he was trying to take down banner supporting world war two insurgent army leaders. and. until he says he was simply trying to enforce the law. for fans to remove them this violated 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. 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 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'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 red army veterans of the night 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 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 elite no ultra rights movement or infiltrating football supporters and nobody does anything about

either the authorities know the football clubs the dinner marquis of clubs as it carries no direct responsibility for the. incident with andre. chance slogans like glory to ukraine to heroes death to enemies these laws cream 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 betters 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 calling them 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 hooliganism 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. 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 and as a reporter 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. in the situation to a much bigger. the goal of which to

wipe out hezbollah to disarm and to have 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 likely war every five years very slowly they like to just avoid the sense of war they want to be first 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 that might trigger israel 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 week these really 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 war to quieten busy young protesters it's certainly the patient these people who are conducting the process. are 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 wiki denies in a palestinian state which is on the cards for approval next month policy. must be peaceful or must. disarm our ties this event is only our way we're short on them. and there will be people who. should back. this is really a. fall and among the occasional border skirmishes and incursions it's really just a matter of time till the next conflict. to live. so

if russian service men have been severely injured after militants opened far in a touch of troops in the republic of english in the north caucasus. is force in the region. according to what we know so far was the real ambush russian military forces came under sudden find the border between now and seven russian troops were injuries and everything happened at around seven pm moscow time and to the moment of the whole area is closed off by russian investigation committee meanwhile operations continue across the whole area of russia's north caucasus and primarily these stories are taking place in english and doug has done just last friday of the latest a major a two plays in the capital city of the. where six militants were killed and according to russia's anti-terrorist committee one of these militants was

a terrorist named elwood and he was believed to be the had of the terrorist group about was carrying out attacks on of the russian military forces also russia's committee would have contacts with the georgian special forces and at the same time further search operations for russia's most wanted terrorist. is taking place here in this area a lot of claimed responsibility for a number of the terrorist attacks that has russia's capital moscow this year and the year before but still russia's military forces say they haven't found him yet but what we know and what we see so far is that further search operations continue here in russia's north caucasus. well that's all from me for the moment i'll be back with a look at all main news stories for you in about nine minutes from now before the tele teach talks to the president of russia's republic of chechnya about the fight against terror and the role of sharia law in society. exclusive interview next.

well this is a good bit of thank you very much for having us here in chief. thank you for coming . in here about illegal armed groups being destroyed the number of attacks on

policemen is not decreasing that level it seems like terrorist groups are rapidly increasing their numbers by your estimation how many terrorists are active sending or caucuses at the moment. the cokers if. i can't tell you about the entire caucasus but as far as chechens are concerned there are about sixty to seventy active students in the sunni's ters more about the tactics used by these bandits and those who attack your republic based in chechnya or do they travel from one republic to another throughout the whole north caucasus. emitter. has proclaimed the caucuses a single emirate so they are popping up all over the region when we defeat them here they appear in english and vice versa. or what drives young men from the caucasus to join you armed groups. of. course nic and it is something that

no one understands i spoke to a man who was to become a suicide bomber to sacrifice his life i asked why he wanted to do it he didn't understand me i told him islam is encouraged in the chechen republic are you not allowed to build mosques or to take the hardship or you ban from wearing the hijab or observing the song why do you come out and say i fight in the name of allah we are all muslims everything we do is for the good of the muslim people and religion where i am an abiding muslim myself i live by the laws of islam but what is happening between us he didn't answer me most of the people who chose to become suicide bombers are mentally retarded there is usually blind or deaf they find these people completely disconnected from the outside world and use them that's the cause of what is happening in our republic the caucasus russia and all over the world. you've spoken out against negotiating with terrorists or as you put it criminals do you maintain that position to these days put it all to the seriousness

that you know sort of. why negotiate what we have to talk about the russian authorities are doing everything for them to come and live peacefully but we have all the agencies for that and we eagerly welcome them to come and give away their submachine guns give themselves up. and then relevant agencies will deal with them if not who should we negotiate with just imagine negotiating with each and every one if they've killed a huge number of people that is why they are now scared to protect themselves they are now doing everything possible to attract young people so that they ensure their security and if they know that they have no future if we gave power to them they would not know what to do with this power look it's funny indeed and therefore they had better apologize to the people of the chechen republic and russia and to muslims and when you would forgive them commission of a lock professional of course is for giving birth that we should be forgiving each other and for the sake of people and for the right to go and push you would make

treason yeah you can hear me know why if they understood everything that if a person says that he understood everything i don't think he should be taken to prison actually i'm against people being taken to prison and. well there you're definitely a religious man but you're also a statesman which means you have polled. should there be a borderline between them in a modern society. most of the. sharia law obliges us to protect the constitution of the russian federation on the constitution of the chechen republic we should be carefully protecting the existing system i mean muslims. how do you think it's possible to foster tolerance religious and ethnic in our society and in our country because according to the latest events we're far away from that is it possible to bring up an ethnically tolerant generation but if they're more of course yes why not how. everything is being done for that in our

republic there is mutual understanding in all respects in terms of religion and ethnic origin mine we haven't had a single interethnic clash we live in build our future treating everybody equally but we give ethnic minorities an opportunity to promote their cultural heritage including their language and everything feels like a question you wanted to make chechnya a destination for tourists where you at right now could you imagine an english couple bunch of american kids visiting your republic for vacation but. there are a lot of tourists coming here we have a very unusual place in the density district a very beautiful place a lot of people are going there and there will be two tourist resorts there are actors performers officials come up with what do you make of the saying keep your friends close and your enemies even closer but i thought that was in a colorful it's very bad if you have enemies how can i keep him close by or even closer to. if you have an enemy you have to deal with him. i don't have anything so

i don't know where to keep of the court i have friends not enemies there is no such person who could sit down together with me and say i am your fellow ramsey here's what i don't like you without. respect i think you're just afraid if you look fierce they were both was there one of them i would be happy if they told me frankly what i did wrong to somebody personally and then i would at least have a chance to prove that it's not my fault and that they do not have a moral right to be against me that is why i believe that i have no foes i have friends my dream is to make everybody who has a bad opinion of me learn what kind of person i really am not well what kind of person are you really. here. i'm a very good person in all respects i try to be impartial if i do something wrong i apologize and i don't feel shy about it or if a person lies i can tell him he's lying i lived this life with the awareness that it may ended any moment what matters most is reputation and dignity to save human

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if you just joined us this is. top stories this hour a tough boss the former egyptian president charges of corruption and ordering killings in the cold but many who acted to depose him say little has changed since he left. invest as. a u.s. government bonds in defiance of a debt down the markets in shambles raising tough questions over the trustworthiness of credit rating agencies. neo nazis strike at ukrainian football matches on brutal violence in stadiums even to. could ruin the european championships to be held there next year. i'll be back with more of their stories more developments in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime it's our special report on an epidemic of domestic violence in the u.s. which digs into the psyche of big.