protesters demanding egypt's military leadership step down are greeted by two gas and rubber bullets and caro's tahrir square as the rallies for the country's cabinet to resign these are live pictures from the heart of cairo. that's tough to. leave something they can tell us is a demonstration it seems to amount. to the chance of just a few months. more sco rounds on the west accusing it of hurting prospects of peace talks in syria where violence between protesters and government forces carries on

unabated. and it runs banks all cooperation with london as tehran feels more mistrust come its way. the u.k. slaps fresh sanctions on iran after concerns over its nuclear program severing all financial ties with the country more details to follow. international news and comment live from moscow twenty four hours a day thousands are massing in egypt's tahrir square the morning the country's military rulers step down in the third day of clashes police to protest as with tear gas and rubber bullets at least twenty four people have been killed in the largest demonstrations since febreze uprising that ousted dictator hosni mubarak. is in current. the mood is incredibly happy but people here are very very angry they very frustrated and they say they going no way they paid to sit what's

a way to being hold a stake in the revolution out many of the protesters i've been talking to say that they expect to die in the polls that we just heard reports that a few people have been that injured possibly killed there are still radix some violence amongst the protesters and security forces it's very difficult to tell exactly what's going on inside this crowd and certainly people are afraid they frightened but people saying that they really have a real sense of making history and making sure that this time the tough here demonstrations will would be violence that we've seen over the last few days has been the worst violence witnessed in egypt son was this a last second wave of the army and the police force to be at this point when you see people saying that this silence points to these things generals and the way they operate what are required to sixty six feel that. the chief of

a state of one can say that is the main reason why the trials in the streets despite the fact that they are parliamentary elections things get all the way the first such elections because it was the to say that they would often be successful in any way and that we would see if we can change to remain in power most people here in fact all the people that are still there has been any change anything the only thing that's changed is that back in favor when we saw the first evolution there was a real sense of hope a real sense of wanting to make a different country in a sense that it could be achieved this a lot of despondency there's a lot of disappointment and that's why what the seeing this outburst of anger and frustration on the streets of toughness square the irony of all of this is that egyptians are mourning that the violence we are witnessing here my. he couldn't half excuse for the military transcending power to perspire knows each and so you could see this kind of violence and this kind of our point of view that people

became seeking to protest is exactly listening to the slogans students running on the military to step down just saying here has the we take it on us this is an inspiration to people this revolution will succeed. well for more on these developments in caro i can talk to dr ideals shamu he's a foreign policy expert he joins me now live from the u.s. we've just heard that egypt's state television is saying that the cabinet has submitted his resignation to the ruling military council that's the latest development there encourage hello is this news going to affect the atmosphere here square when it appears the protesters on anyway. i think that's a very good start but with the military on notice that they can no longer kill people and arrest people and wounding people and torture so all of them feel free to have extremely limited democracy as long as they say in power and do whatever

they want in terms of budget and they could try trial washington isn't out the violence shouldn't stand in the way of next week's election question is why is it really completely ignoring the crackdown we're seeing the moment on the protesters leading to these civilian deaths well i guess it is a buyers. they have a conflict they have a tension between two goals one to have democracy but as long as the egyptian government has a compliant government or foreign policy and that's one of the conflicts are serious and and announcement they want to be egyptian military to give up some of the fat about mark foley so far think a party you don't want to transfer power which we do not agree with. the muslim brotherhood by any chance i mean got to the west doesn't want well i think there is a person on a. muslim brotherhood party and gyptian party the

muslim brotherhood if you don't want has been for several decades they have never shown the same tendencies as alex lamas have shown so there isn't really little reason to doubt their sincerity in terms of there will be peace was there will be democratic and they will allow all parties to function. it's perhaps the military wary though of the muslim brotherhood their eyes some speculation the muslim brotherhood is behind these protests demonstrating to the military that the people still have a voice and want to have their voices heard is it a case perhaps of the muslim brotherhood against the military here. no mark completely i i think the military is wary of democracy because they want to get their budget complete cleared the way they wanted them out they want and they want their power to be extended and they want to keep having the emergency iraq when they want it so they really when when they can't remember is what general sort of

mubarak iraq are saying is this a light and basically that's was what it was cool your whole world was from birth into true revolution and democracy and the people of egypt have been very smart they saw actually died that they are even undemocratic and they want to maintain the military power and the fantasy is not what the people want to see are we actually now witnessing an ongoing revolution here or perhaps a second revolution i think it is a an ongoing drug abuse and the people of egypt have shown a tremendous courage to make sure that the military. relinquish power to the people if they really truly economy democratization for the next week supposed to be holding an election well a parliament is is coming then we leave basically that that that powers of the parliament at least temporarily legislative power until the presidential power

election to occur but there are going the so i guess the they have an hour here i'm allowed to maintain their. military foreign policy expert deal shimmery thank you so much for your time and so much go has accused the west of stirring up tensions in the arab world by calling for the overthrow of the syrian regime russian's russia says that calls from certain states for the syrian opposition to avoid dialogue with the government only provoking further violence are these people out of or as this report. what we heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov today was him reiterating russia's position on the ongoing conflict in syria that position is that they want to see negotiations regime change become the final outcome in the conflict sergei lavrov called what he called the western calls for assad to step aside and also for the opposition in syria not to negotiate with as such he called

a provocation saying that that would not bring about peace that would only stir on the opposition to continue the fight for through seen so far over the last eight months has resulted in three and a half thousand people being killed in that country is the laughter of saying that this international provocation should not have happened of course of course you in syria we're now seeing a situation where the arab league is calling for a whole to violence and the beginning of dialogue and western countries and the capitals of some countries of the region and making calls to the country expressly recommending the opposition hold no talks with the acid regime it looks like a political provocation on an international scale yes violence has to be stopped but just unarmed has to be addressed to the authorities and the only groups in the syrian opposition now this isn't the first time they said to love for all of us accuse the west of neza ling in the syrian situation you know he also suggested that there was a shadowy hand of western governments behind the arab league decision to suspend

syria from their group last week now. because the last country to be suspended from the arab league before syria was libya and not in this situation the in libya the what we saw in libya is something that russia really does not want to see happen in syria also the syrian opposition were here in moscow last week their leaders also saying they did not want to see a civil outcome is what happened in libya where international intervention took. street intervention straying well beyond the parameters of un resolutions that were laid down this type is something that both russia and the syrians want to avoid happening in that country. iran of reporting there still ahead this hour for you on r.t. conservative solutions you center right leaders take the helm in madrid we hear these voices doubting whether the new faces will do anything to lead them through mounting debt and sky rocketing one. of the afghan elite backs plans for

u.s. troops to stay after the twenty fourteen withdrawal deadline explain why afghanistan could now be stuck with a permanent foreign presence. those who are still to come but first the u.k. has declared it severing all ties with the reigning banks the us is also announces joint britain and canada in targeting iran's economy with new sanctions over its controversial nuclear program that is i would bet it has the latest from london. the u.k. has imposed fresh sanctions on iran severing all financial ties it has with the country this is come from the announcement was made by the u.k. chancellor george osborne ordering all of the u.k.'s financial institutions to stop doing business as of now basically with the iranian counterparts including the central bank of iran saying that it is for reasons of national security for the u.k. and also the security of the world and what prompted this move these latest sanctions on iran is the latest report on iran's nuclear program out from the international

atomic energy. the i.a.e.a. who kind of brought up fresh concerns that iran is actually using its program to develop nuclear weapons and this is something that iran denies it insists its nuclear program is purely for civilian and scientific use is the first time the u.k. has actually used these powers created under the two thousand and eight counterterrorism act to act in this way and cut off countries whole banking sector several countries all impose sanctions on iran in the last few years in fact as regards its heat nuclear program and really they haven't had much effect actually is one of the story's been rumbling on for a number of years and russia is opposing the use of sanctions and this time this latest one is actually russia actually came out and said that should sanctions be imposed will be seen in the actual international community as an instrument for regime change in iran that's come from russia's deputy foreign minister and so they strongly oppose any sanctions they say that this report from the i.a.e.a. shows nothing new and therefore why impose fresh sanctions however the call for

sanctions has been strongly backed up by israel and the u.s. and now certainly the u.k. is in those calls. reporting there will be more and if i can now talk to political analyst chris bambery he joins me from london. so what is the point of imposing new sanctions we just heard our reporter bennett there saying that recent history really does show they haven't worked. well i think the first question to ask is britain is forced in with these new sanctions or all the all star actions against iran. petty as you said haven't worked but i think this is a ramping up of the pressure on tehran and we have seen israel while being for an attack on. iran we've seen israel a century i don't really. need to be inside binya but it's flynn's flying back into his proposed test its capacity to launch an attack on iran and why i need to agree to that i don't know we've seen israel launching into the contents of

a ballistic missile in recent weeks and we have this force of the moment i would israel sitting in a conference discussing a nuclear free middle east well it is the only power in the middle east which has a nuclear program something it denies it's a secret program it's refused to admit it and we do know it prepared to use those nuclear weapons if it from itself in a losing side in any war with an arab with an arab states and britain france provided the means for the abuse of nuclear weapons and i think the most questions over america too because america has not signed up to a whole raft of treaties and agreements on nuclear weapons or the comprehensive test ban treaty the one and. prince we see america greeting and developing is all and you quote weapons programs from the replacement of trident britain to replace trident to battlefield nuclear weapons and we see america installing a missile defense shield and talk planning to put weapons into outer space picking on iran but they're picking on iran because clearly they don't trust iran with

a nuclear weapon george osborne has said today we're going to do this to improve the security not just of the whole world but their national security the united kingdom he's not scaremongering by any chance. nor would you trust israel with nuclear weapons because i think israel must be one of the few states in the world you think could use nuclear weapons if push came to shove in the arab world and there's a broader issue here there are no sanctions we couldn't. by britain or america again so you really are for its occupation of supplying weapons of torture so back when there's been nothing done to pull the plug by britain america yes i will regime in yemen which is murdering its own its own people they are very selective in the use of sanctions of course they do nothing about it pakistan is an unstable state with nuclear weapons and you know of course it has been an ally of britain america inside that and i think people are asking what are britain america doing here they are marching to the drums of war once again clearing weapons of mass destruction we've heard these queens before some ten years ago in relation to iraq

sanctions were used in iraq to soften up the country in preparation for a military strike i would be very worried about that and to be honest alliance of britain and america planning for for attacking around little britain as contingency plans to support an american based attack on iran is a frightening prospect and lastly america is the only states have used these weapons in one thousand nine hundred eighty five and it goes around the world dictating our country should do chris let's get back to the sanctions issue here your there in the u.k. how would it be seen by financially as people in business then the u.k. i mean this is quite drastic isn't it cut these ties could these new measures perhaps back down the u.k. at a very sensitive economic time well to. do rather better the british economy so maybe this is not a good time to be because he ties with iran and i think also britain's reworking the world his prose precious few friends and moments with russia is followed david cameron's follow up with germany i would nicholas so cozy in france it seems to me that america or britain once again to be following america going this route at this

time is a corner is going to chew well if it is bad news and britain can't afford any more economic biased news policing sanctions or get involved because i think it will put strains on there so i don't know why it is big successive british government says one hundred forty five forward america. whatever military and other adventures it is putting in and once again britain is jumping at the bit to put sanctions on around and we should get people in a round of memories of what britain has done there that britain and america were involved in one nine hundred fifty three in overthrowing a. government democratically elected government which nationalized british and american oil interests they put the shah in power a brutal regime which is for the overthrow in one thousand seventy nine revolution and people remember britain and america's role in this world or perhaps when washington starts talking about sanctions the way the remembering to do the tear

gas being fired by. an army into here skill has made in the united states written on those canisters there's they're supplying weapons to the egyptian military so they're putting sanctions against again against their own it's a topsy turvy world and america and britain are fine once again guilty hope ocracy chris perry live in london thank you very much indeed for your thoughts here of r.t. . spain is shifting right to attempt to balance the books the country's conservatives have one of the landslide victory in a general election they now have to tackle record unemployment over twenty percent and find a way out from underneath a growing part of that resulted in english has been hearing spaniards don't hold much hope that the new crew will bring any change. this is what the spaniards want from the elections but it's very unlikely they'll get it the popular party may have won sunday's polls but it's highly unlikely they're in for an easy term the reality of the economic crisis in spain means five million people out of work one and a half million households are without a wage earner and if you know that employment rate which has shot up to nearly

fifty percent this is a state of affairs the winner will have to deal with but will they really be able to make a difference probably not believes gail allard an economics professor at madrid's i even a school we're going to have to cut benefits sharply we may have to differentiate among recipients of benefits we may have to live in a program through this could really be. we may be seeing the death knell of the welfare state but most pain years have had enough with budget cuts and empty promises protests by the fifteen m. movement the so-called indignant marchers have been spreading throughout spain since march and many people have chosen not to go to the polls on sunday believing politicians will not help the country i think people have been disappointed with the choices they have all through throughout this campaign really for the last couple of months at least because i think they feel that there isn't a great deal of difference between the two candidates in terms of what they want to

and it seems there is no easy way out of the current economic downturn in fact some of the minorities in the parliament believe spain is a vicious circle and. it's all policies are being dictated to in brussels the elections will help in creating more jobs it will be the opposite public expense will go down people's purchasing power will go down that will mean fewer investments and that translates into unemployment. and though there may be new faces in the spanish government they will have to deal with the old problems in much the same way meaning nothing is likely to change for spain years already tired of the economic catastrophe and the country it is. madrid. new leaders are struggling greece and italy are in brussels as they try to prove their country is on track with debt cutting reforms form a central bank and lucas papademos needs to secure the next e.u. and i.m.f. bailout tranche without which athens will go bankrupt before the end of the year greek george catron got us talking a little earlier he believes the rescue cash will not help and neither will the

leadership of unelected technocrats very probably won't go to take this cause but of course this is not going to save us because as you look at these austerity measures are going to be implemented there is no way out for greece neither for the other countries of the eurozone. the lack of democracy because it's a clear message not only with prime minister that it never has never been elected but to impose us policies that are completely out of starts with a majority of the population that is the key not all the case or for lack of democratic legitimacy but also if not also blamed the political party system is completely bankrupt completely discredited and unfortunately we can look to get. a political life in this political and can address cannot be i think through crowd pick one without any kind of democratic and political it's a theme i see so this kind of period of but i didn't was at the podium now it is

not going to last both because this is meant. exactly because big love any kind of approval of the electorate. well money matters have been chewed over on our website at the moment economists are predicting the fall of the u.s. dollar within a decade china becoming the world's strongest economy and its. currency. as we could. face is extradition to sweden have a sexual assault charges among likely support it comes to his defense as a world renowned in the school as well and the witch hunt against. plans for american troops to stand off going to start off of the twenty four team put out that line of causing divisions in the country and idea was approved by political and community leaders but strong protests right in afghanistan where some experts believe that the political elite in both countries have a vested interest in u.s. troops staying in afghanistan for as long as possible the current ruling elite

is completely dependent on us military the moment americans are out these people don't have a chance to stay in power many of them are proxies. the various. american organizations n.g.o.s military intelligence and other departments of the government they have different lengths and they're all dependent on the americans the moment they're gone these people are down this is simple is that it is very important to remember that afghanistan today is the largest base of operations for the cia anywhere in the world they are no longer operating like this in africa or in latin america where it used to back in the one nine hundred eighty s. and before understand is an important base of operations they are testing new weapons over there now let's remember that the cia drones were tested here and perfected here and of course they're sitting in the backyard of major powers in the region russia china iran pakistan other countries it's very important for them to

be here inside washington d.c. there are people who don't want to get out of. no matter what they would not let go of the strategic piece of mind. for example take the moment i'll be back with some of our main news stories in about six minutes from now in the meantime business is next with korea. welcome to our business update this hour russian markets had a bad day on monday following equities around the world markets tumbled on concerns of the sovereign debt crisis could spread to the euro zone's biggest economy. has warned that the cost of french debt and its weak economic outlook threatening its aaa credit rating it also sees rising risks for germany due to its banks exposure to troubled european economies now let's have a look at the global markets performance here is russia where two main bourses closed deep in the red affected among other things by dropping the oil price rise across over four and a half percent the biggest slide since a so before let's have

a check on some of the individual shambles of m i six decline was led by russia's biggest coking coal producing met show that dropped almost eight percent noisemaker was also among the top uses falling around five percent and energy shares which we retreated all rolled crude prices lost nearly four percent the european stock markets closed lower as well the banking stocks on the pressure lloyds banking group well seven percent on the footsie all the dax covers bank all six percent among other banks shares the p.b.c. group sank ten percent on speculation back make profits that it. has stocks in the u.s. are promising after congress this latest bid to resolve the federal budget gridlock appear to fail that could lead to broader automatic cuts from the train social spending still stocks among the top decline as are known metals costs and it all falls for a third day in new york on signs that the u.s. lawmakers about agree on cutting the budget deficit countries for hours as much as

twenty two and a half percent light sweet is trading at over ninety five dollars per barrel while brant is with just under one hundred and six dollars a barrel rather you can provide proof here wraps up today's trade report. we have clearly seen a risk trading session across different. geographies and there hasn't been a single reason behind it other than an accumulation of reasons from the past a realisation that there's been no progress in terms of the european for full debt resolution the sky high yields and cost of funding for the european sovereign debt market is continuing concern for investors globally and here at home in russia as well and there's no visibility in terms of the the way it all can end really in any forseeable future and if anything the markets are starting to price in a potential scenario which was considered unthinkable back a few months ago that the european monetary union can be dissolved and then i can

is and could be created whereby some purple countries could exhibit. one of the roguelike has been put on the path of russia's privatization program this time by the government to ensure it gets a fair price for state assets to prime minister shares in state companies should be sold no lower than their initial list prices the proposal has already been approved by the prime minister over the reports of last year the government and elves the large scale privatization plan but top officials blame turbulence of the financial markets for messing up their parents. so for me of the business team here in r t join us again tomorrow with more business stories from russia.

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