will face the judgment of an egyptian court signed by signed a judge's order the trials to be merged into long monday's hearing was cut short his mubarak's lawyer and his sons also for more time to review evidence now overturned on september fifth wheeled into court on his bed is on trial for corruption and ordering the killing of protesters in febreze uprising clashes between pro and anti mubarak supporters outside the hearing those who still support the former president say the trial is nothing more than a ruse to humiliate him. even though i'm told 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 tucker square last winter today his portrait adorns one of cairo central thoroughfares there's even a talk of naming a street in his name what makes someone and more fair and. well in the age of right

now if the date of death of those gunned down prior to mubarak's resignation celebrated as a truth. with a brighter future of that country those killed after his ousting sometimes are free to ask criminals to undermine their country's democratic strides and it doesn't matter that they share the same goals and they'd have these days just this is about power and not be out their way around this young man also counted in south among the children of the revolution but his older brother he celebrated mubarak's departure from power or to fear taking it for the and to the police state three months later he was killed and what his brother believes was a government sanctioned shoot out the men as well and on the snipers showed my brother dead the bullet went through his forehead it and it came out on the side and i saw it no one here has a weapon like this only soldiers. like that. i'm lisa 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 studs is became an all encompassing term for those who don't appreciate the ruling military click and as most of us are bodies we expected the army to intervene to protect people who just took mines but instead they started to kill people themselves who didn't expect. that it to 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 caught protesting accused 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 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 a score of his forehead still hasn't healed but these activists believe 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 nourse as the new authorities are just a brutalized version of the or 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 world are committed to his people are currently being committed. to us now by the people who are ruling 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 held on the streets of cairo it's not a boycott art it's up to the current contenders for the presidential elections in egypt often no chance of major political change says asia times correspondent pepe escobar 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 dearie gene triumphs in the all actions if we have somebody like the airports and the. former secretary of the arab league or even mohamed el baradei it was called closing with the muslim brotherhood or even another candidate which is a region candidate revamps and we've good p.r. quite some fairly new washington d.c.

for instance we are seeing a sense of change and this is what that the real square protesters do will be with their eyes full cause lee's are focused on this trial at all times and coming up later in the program here on our t.v. spill that's been kept under wraps a ruptured pipe off the coast of scotland has leaked more than two hundred tons of oil into the north sea in just five days and there's no end in sight. that's still to come for me but first the decision to cut america's debt rating sparked chaos in 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 on investors flocked to buy freshly downgraded u.s. treasury bonds leaving many to ask what grade the rating agencies deserve themselves auntie's or mr reports. 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 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 reining it in a tea party downgrade a lot of it has to do with the failure of the president of the 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 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 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 that missed many of the big bankruptcies that gave our investment here. ratings to lehman to bear stearns right to the very end gee they gave a aaa rating to to almost the day it collapsed 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 a big goal of berkshire 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 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 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 lyster r.t. washington d.c. . and john schoen is forced to admit an oil leak from a platform off the coast of scotland which has released more than two hundred tonnes of crude into the north sea said to be the worst spill in more than a decade it began five days ago but was only acknowledged by. company two days later it's now being given widespread coverage but was virtually ignored by media organizations for several days that's no surprise to adam ramsay he's event manager

of the people and planet student organization who believes it's not the first time the government has been complicit in oil industry cover ups i think the people who are used to dealing with cho 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 all the environment get in the way of getting the way of their profit margin and so so i think we certainly don't know for sure how bad it is but we do know that this is a serious bill 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 has been of their souls 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 is their major incident really not reported in the u.k. press peace activists until of the 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 of new palestinian state could be recognized and as part of the reports of still a lot of tension from the previous war. five years on instance the last israel lebanon will and israelis are convinced his below is we arming itself backed by syria and iran we can anticipate unfortunately to get all your asian in the situation to a much bigger. the goal of which to

wipe out hezbollah to disarm and to add one last. enemy of the border but say the critics thinking the war is inevitable is simple israeli propaganda churned out for their own purposes various like it would have five years very slowly very large to just require a defense 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 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 beloved that's weak israeli 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 patient these people who are conducting the process. of 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 working a palestinian state which is on the cards for approval next month the policy. must be peaceful and must then months later and to. dramatize this event. we're short on them. and there will be people who. should back. and. this is really what everyone is quickly pairing for and among the occasional border skirmishes and aerial incursions it's really just

a matter of time until the next full scale conflict policy r.t. tell of of. the recent match should deny kiev 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 co-host next year and is not easily found in kiev near narcism has deep roots in the country's football fan culture. the beautiful game turned ugly in the second half of do not make you first about the level of several dozen fans brutally attacked just you word he was trying to take down banners supporting world war two insurgent army leaders. and romance is here which under he says he was simply trying to enforce the law yeah. i saw the banners and asked for fans to remove them this violated the norm no political agitation can be used for poor 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 point in ukraine some here see them as freedom fighters and heroes others 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 sorry about his actions. and criminals is no place for. these banners are being hung by the same people who attacked veterans and. ukrainian football is no stranger to off to trial 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 movements are infiltrating football supporters and nobody does anything either the authorities know the football clubs the dinar maccie of clubs as it carries no direct responsibility for the incident with andre. like to ukraine. death to enemies these fans 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 each

feature and 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 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. come up to nineteen minutes past one in the morning here in russian capital it's have a quick look at other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the day at least sixty people died and dozens more injured in a wave of deadly explosions that hit several cities across iraq it began with the twin bomb blast that rocked the bustling market of the southeastern city of could no one's claimed responsibility for the sudden violence that flared in up to nine

cities the attacks come two weeks of the country's authorities pronounced announce their plans to hold talks with the usa for keeping some american forces in iraq beyond twenty twelve. on the conflict in libya is gathering pace as rebels push to force government troops out of zawiya fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli opposition forces are using pickup trucks stacked with machine guns and. weapons to fight their way through the strategically important city is to close is the frontline has come to tripoli and several months of his interior minister reportedly left the country soon after with his entire family and travel to current . seven russian service men have been severely injured after militants opened fire on of the attachment of troops in the republican in the north caucuses medina has the story. according to what we know so far that was the real ambush russian

military forces came under a sudden following the border between and english seven russian troops were injuries and everything happened at around seven pm moscow time and 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 research taking place and. done just last friday at the latest a major a two plays in the capital city of that used on the where six militants a war killed and according to russia's tarus committee one of these militants was a terrorist named 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. 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 for now i'll be back with the headlines of some of our main stories we in just a few minutes from now before that though we talked to the president of russia's republic of chechnya about the fight against terror and the role of sharia law in society. thanks.

well this is a good bit of thank you very much for having us here in. the simple school thank you for coming. in here illegal armed groups being destroyed the number of attacks on policemen is not decreasing their level it seems like terrorist groups are rapidly increasing their numbers by your estimation how many terrorists are active in to north caucasus 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 tell us 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 . in me that. has proclaimed the caucasus 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 armed groups. of. course nicko 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 but i told him islam is encouraged in the chechen republic are you not allowed to build mosques or to take the hard shell or are you banned 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 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 they are ill 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 there in the hopes of sort of longer keep it a little more with why negotiate what we have to talk about the russian authorities are doing everything for them to come and live peacefully 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 not who should we negotiate with just imagine to go see 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 they know that they have no future for them and if we gave power to them they would not know what to do with this power look it's funny indeed that therefore they had better apologize to the people of the chechen republic and russia and to muslims in amman you would forgive them the mission of a lock professional of course allow is for giving us that we should be forgiving each other and for the sake of people and for the right because it wasn't you wouldn't 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 they. are definitely a religious man but you're also a statesman which means you have polled the russian constitution should there be a borderline between them in a modern society. mass abuse would 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 within one. 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 credit for more of course yes why not how. everything is being done for that or not republic so 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 else. 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 d.n.c. 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 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. if you have an enemy you have to deal with him. i don't have anybody 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. just afraid if you. said one of them i would be happy if they told me frankly what i did wrong to somebody personally the man 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. well what kind of person are you really. 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 but if a person lies i can tell him he's lying i lived this life with the awareness that it may ended any moment but what matters most is reputation and dignity to save human face so let's say thank you very much thank you.

good to have you with this is our top stories now the former egyptian president is charges of corruption and ordering killings in the current quarter of many who acted to depose him say little has changed since he left. the rest as world wide rally to buy u.s. government bonds in defiance of a debt down that left markets in shambles raising tough questions over the trustworthiness of credit rating agencies. and strike ukranian football matches unleashing brutal violence in stadiums leading to fears who could ruin the european championships to be held there next year. well not to bring it up to date from the moment. should be here in less than thirty minutes as the news continues on r.t. in the meantime cross talk and peter lavelle and his guests debate whether.