angry calls for the end of military rule in egypt as the army races to make concessions promising to transfer power. cuts of. police brutality tens of thousands gathered here in times square details in just a few moments. moscow slams the u.s. for punishing iran over nuclear suspicions saying sanctions contradicts international law and future towards. back from the stars three spacemen plant their feet on firm ground as their mission ends after six months in orbit our top stories this hour. in business russia and belarus resolve their long lasting

gas dispute master blaster cut the price and half from man's starting next year to join me for a full birth record breaking. international news and comment live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day hundreds of thousands on karros tahrir square are staying put despite concessions being made by the military rulers the council has agreed to bring forward the transition to a civilian government and appoint a new prime minister thousands of been running for four days and clashing with police demanding the army resign. following the unrest in the egyptian capital. a cashless of the police officer continuing our estimates between six thousand people have some of the protests and insults and serious cuts that was holding up then as the shunting told the committee to step down it will support the goals of the

possibly the office make shift to make sense as until to two they are still mostly by standing in a staring way injured people every couple of minutes you'll hear an ambulance that's trying to get to the polls to bring people that this world is now the sun we might see what happens in a few weeks that it was the same players and much the same punches that came out of the body of the chips it was in the body that time it wasn't what it was and that it was due to the timing is the same each day once the heads of the army now have to sit down they say that the army has to play they cost the state the army is causing any of the promises it was missing almost i wanted to take sixteen degrees ten days ago to sign the speech it was also the day said they should never have missed the states a ship from maine here until they would finish it was finalized as one young man could see me he said we had to come up to the ministry on

a silver platter so quiet down and out of the bank was a lot of frustration and a lot of noise coming out of don's one time a woman say council has been trying hard to bring the situation under control but have announced july the first next term as the deadline by which they will have presidential elections the people get that is something to this whole two days at the same time in which a concert is holding emergency talks with the range of political figures there was on the bar a day before the head of the international atomic energy agency a position here in egypt any rights to the promise the next prime minister and what we're hearing is that all politics indicates that it is ok to do this and he is prepared to. on the government only on the condition and it's a very important function that there is no interference of id that's what i'm going to answer which i want to try but it's that it happened the last two days now the

new kid stuff has expressed deep regret it has. returned the former prime minister to resign at least last night has said that the interim government was the interim government yesterday has not desire to return to power we keep money to make a decision and each meeting if it's to bring the situation back and control to really i think the single people here saying that the minute we can get out of once right now is not sufficient they want them and not just the one thousand people have a day and interim government because they say that many of these people very much are putting the same strings i did much the same i'd have my wife is the chief of the ways i cannot change if people think we are in the last lasting change to this country so are there is there at the center of the egyptian resistance there are live updates of the unrest twenty four hours a day on her twitter page she tweets that people want the military out and say that ahmed el baradei is supported by the west and you can follow her twitter page for

the latest news from current or for more on the situation developing there in egypt we can now talk to the thing the journalist only in bristol in the u.k. so mohamed el baradei he said that he's ready to head a government if then when a treat give him complete control when you get what he wants. well i think it is quite possible he's certainly a very good choice as you may remember he's the former head of the international atomic energy authority he was ousted because he wouldn't go along with what they were saying about a wrong he's actually potentially a real someone that the people can trust from the west and from most importantly from within egypt but let's not forget field marshal tantawi the chap who's in charge now he was mubarak's defense minister for twin. two years so he's really a representative of the old regime and what particularly also with these amnesty because it's not looking all that good the arab spring has turned very sour and this is looking more and more to the egyptian people like a military coup and one strung out military coup rather than any kind of real

revolution so that seems to be the situation apparently seems to be a fantastic person if he can and he does have a total free hand to do what he wants there a way of defusing this situation because the parliamentary election campaigns are supposed to begin on monday and things are looking very good for that right now but odd things looking a little better now that we are seeing the military making concessions talking about obviously appointing a new prime minister talking about bringing forward a date to transfer power and of course we've just heard also are just really on the words a referendum on power as possible surely all of these are good indications are they not and should appease a protest. well they certainly are good indications but then we've had this before you can never be entirely sure what we've got is a kind of military oligarchical elite in egypt and of course there needs to be some elections soon but at the moment it's really difficult to tell i think these concessions have only been my and the idea of el baradei being the sort of

transition prime minister has only been made because the people have turned out in force over the last few days and let's not forget the tactics that the police and the military of been using against these originally peaceful protesters the fact that they've opened fire with live rounds and also with this kind of what they call in c.s. gas which is put something like fifty to one hundred people in hospital god knows what iconic assays but they certainly should have been used this is the reason why so many people have turned out so angry it means the military doesn't seem actually in control of their own police force the other thing about all this is that the former interior minister is potentially a really serious criminal and i think what's happening is that the military are actually reluctant to allow the democratic process to proceed in egypt because they know many of mubarak's former government of possibly some of them will be tried and put in jail but what about the timing of all of this is saying people are turning out now and are extremely angry the protests are growing and growing all of

a sudden this is happening just a week before the elections why no. well this is a really good question because why was it that the police and the military decided to get tough with small groups of protesters in the square just a few days ago in the run up to election it's a very very sensitive period and if they wanted those elections to go ahead smoothly the last thing they should have been doing was cracking down particularly with. gas this kind of particularly. in human potentially as well illegal methods they're not obviously interested in peaceful protest right now but it may be that the hundreds of thousands of people that turned out in the square will force them to actually start listening and to allow peaceful protests again what about the repercussions elsewhere could this unrest trigger similar demonstrations in the countries that have experienced uprisings in the recent past like libya and tunisia. well i mean since you mention two newsier because the whole process of the arab spring started with tunisia and we had really

immediately with their election the third most popular party hashmi handiest party was. many of the candidates were after the election an old i'm told that they couldn't take their seats now this is a serious problem if you think about it if you're going to stop somebody standing in an election you should do that before they stand for the process that they put themselves forward not after the election after they've lived so i think we should be keeping our eyes really quite closely on how this whole arab spring how the election process is take place of course there's no elections in places like saudi arabia and in bahrain where i understand there are even more disturbances and these are the places that we really need to make sure that we focus not necessarily just syria some of these other dictatorships the french essentially i mean there are kingdoms dictatorships and they're very much in the pocket of the west these other countries we've got to keep an oil nose to tell you gosling lived probably in bristol thank you. thanks bill. you an assembly human rights committee has agreed

on a resolution condemning syria for its eight month crackdown on protesters damascus has already called it a declaration of war against the country kucing britain france and germany are sponsoring the mandate for more on this i'm joined now by artie's report is your. decision mean for damascus. well bill at this point this decision. a resolution by the u.n. human rights committee is more of a symbolic kind of pressure by the international community rather than carrying any legal weight the resolution does not mention any sanctions on syria but it does call on the country to end all human rights violations and of you since according to the united nations thirty five hundred people have been killed since the fighting in the uprising in syria began eight months ago as you mentioned the

syrian ambassador accuse the west of declaring a diplomatic war against his country by sponsoring this resolution many believe many experts believe that western powers are using this as a first step to bring this issue back to the u.n. security council as our viewers may remember last month when a resolution was introduced to the security council against syria how condemning syria russia and china vetoed this resolution saying that situation that took place in libya should not be repeated in syria russia believes that there should be dialogue first and foremost between the syrian government and the opposition groups russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says of course russia is calling for an end to the violence all countries want to see an end to the violence but it has to be done through negotiations and mediation and the international community should not be taking sides in this circumstance so. the attempt to bring

this issue back to the security council through our resolution or whether it be calling for sanctions or condemnation against syria you can expect it may well in fact be vetoed again and that's just me saying russia has been very clear on its position on syria but what could the growing pressure on syria mean for go wider region what are the wider implications. well the wider implications of that is that it could potentially destabilize the entire region even more we just heard our poll is reports from egypt we see what's happening there i despite the fact that bahrain is one of the co-sponsors of this resolution that was a i dropped it by the u.n. human rights committee bahrain is having its own internal conflicts its own internal. we see how it is it's such a fragile moment right now for different areas within the middle east and many experts believe that. international pressure on one country came just cause more

uprisings in that country and other countries bordering it so clearly it's a very tense sensitive time for not just syria not just egypt but when you look in that entire region and there house to be kind of agreement into how it should be handled and handled very carefully because if one country feels an enormous amount of pressure by the international international community meaning many experts believe that it could cause more problems than the world is actually prepared to deal with at this moment. there in new york thanks very much indeed. we come to you live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. still ahead this catch the first minutes old terra firma of the three space travelers who safely returned after six months in orbit. russia has called the new american sanctions targeting iran's financial and energy sectors unacceptable and contradictory to international law most who's also

underlined that such measures would hurt the chances of renewing talks with iran over its nuclear program from the decision to cut all ties with iran. the measures a result of the latest u.n. atomic watchdog report that suggested to iran is building a bomb something iran strongly denies new sanctions talking to iran. suspected of iran's nuclear program. secretary of state hillary clinton warned that increasingly aggressive action against the country will continue and other governments to put pressure on terror. analyst chris bambery has been telling me that he thinks this approach by the west resembles a lead up to the iraq invasion. this is a ramp up of pressure on tehran and we have seen israel being for an attack on. iran we've seen is essentially a dummy really. inside thin year but it's back into how it compares

to test its capacity to launch an attack on iran and why need to agree to that i don't know we've seen israel launching and into. misato in recent weeks and we have this force at the moment of israel sitting in a conference discussing a nuclear free middle east when it is the only power in the middle east which has a nuclear program 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 in that and i think people are asking what are britain america doing here they're marching to the drums of war once again quailing 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. britain as contingency plans to support an

american based attack on iran is a frightening prospect. despite all efforts from e.u. politicians and duty appointed technocrats the sovereign debt crisis continues its march across the euro zone spain's boring cost soared as investors showed little faith in the country's newly elected center right government italy's mario monti is in brussels to convince european leaders his country's economy is back on track and his commitment to the single currency hold strong after his own meeting in brussels greek prime minister lucas papademos has promised his country will receive the next bailout tranche before the end of the year he pledged to go through with cuts and workers are already planning another major strike the first round of the technocrat control the sarah firth as been hearing the leaders or i should say the new leaders of crisis hit countries are still struggling to get the backing of the people. the changing face of europe here in democracy as the euro crisis continues to claim political heads and elected leaders have taken the reins and greece and italy his

government is informed. explicit. it expresses a task to do what europe's or requires new leaders have been holding close talks with their european counterparts have a dame the past before and her. others would call it impossible in trying to balance the knot crissy with debt reduction it seems for now the last is one out the problem is that there is no. sure many academics or other groups that have concrete suggestions or another suggestion for the crisis in italy i speak with economists my chalet to second day about why when it comes to finding a solution to the crisis and people seem to be being left out to be equation what we've seen happening here a crisis has seemed to

a lot of people very very confusing. economic and political games as they began to fires they'll take it back and give the decision to the people here this is affecting my. river and the. process. of. moving. because there was so. could happen dres suggestion of a referendum and it's believed by his sharp exit eventually people are going to have to be asked what they want despite strong euro same rhetoric that there's no alternative to being inside the euro it's become increasingly clear that there is and always has been a choice it's about time that people were allowed to make one people are afraid in the block me every behavior saying to them look if you don't accept what the europeans are saying if you don't accept this there is the misery imposed by the

government then. it will be hailed as leading the year easing still remains an extremely unpopular prospects say to you is simply continuing along brussels path which until now has meant more stary to painful job cuts will bear louts solution all of which has led to growing social unrest threatens to undermine the whole concept of european unity. german chancellor angela merkel insists investor conference call be restored purely financially she said europe needs a coherent political answer talk to richard wellings from the institute of economic affairs told me a little earlier that it can't be found in technocrat leaders because they created the failing system. the irony is of course that many of these technocrats were the architects of the disastrous euro project in the first place so it really is pretty

annoying that they're now in charge of all these countries are the real problem of course is that the system itself is fundamentally flawed because it doesn't work having a one size fits all monetary policy has huge geographical area and we don't have a safety valve like we have in the united states like labor mobility and allowing whole regions to decline decade after decade so really this is to me is flawed and the only long term solution is actually an orderly break because also germany's political elite is now hugely powerful because they actually hold the purse strings refused where i mean are these reforms going to be successful if they can't carry the people with them we don't really have much of a democracy left in europe i think there is a fair chance there will be some sort of rebellion hopefully political war not anything worth but of course there we could see a rebellion among the german people because they're the real losers from fiscal integration so german taxpayers and german savers who if we do get fiscal integration will actually be bankrolling southern europe in perpetuity so they're

the really big losers. well across the atlantic people continue to express their anger against corporations and politicians all the latest from the occupy wall street protest is available for you naughty dot com. they can find out of our at least twenty six journalists being rounded up across the country where they claim they've been handcuffed frozen to the ground and pepper sprayed in a direct threat to press freedom in america. find out how russia's communists are using kalashnikov rifles to win the country's parliamentary elections and why it's wrong the anger of the designer of the iconic weapon all of the tells for you twenty four hours a day at r.t. dot com. some other world news in brief for you this hour in world operated very nearly twenty two minutes past the hour in the russian capital the international criminal court says colonel gadhafi son arrested in libya this weekend can be tried in the country for behavior judges must be involved so wanted for alleged war crimes by the i.c.c. could face the death penalty in libya it comes as the country's new cabinet is

being selected three months off to colonel gadhafi was overthrown the transitional authority is tasked with drafting a constitution and holding elections as well as balancing rival regional factions competing for instance. pakistan's ambassador to the u.s. has resigned following claims he asked for washington's help against his own country's military. is accused of compiling a memo seeking u.s. assistance to avert a military takeover in pakistan after the killing of osama bin laden in may he denies the allegations made by a u.s. based lobbyist rose highlighted the divide between pakistan's weak so brilliant government and the military and washington's shadowy role in the country. a roadside bomb in the somali capital has left eleven people dead and many injured officials say the explosion targeted the city's airport in the normally safe district of mogadishu air is also home to over nine thousand members of the african union force in has recently been pushing al qaeda linked insurgents out of the last

neighborhoods under their control. in the capitol. and the south korean parliament became a battleground when an opposition lawmaker decided to throw what's being called tear gas powered up it was angry that ruling party lawmakers pushed for a long haul free trade deal with the u.s. economy speaker was seen driving his eyes after being pals with the chemical ratification of the trade deal with washington was agreed despite strong opposition saying it favors us over self korean workers. and it's been a soft landing on the step of present stand for a russian soyuz capsule and its crew and russian american and japanese space travelers returned after a six month stint in orbit and artie's timebomb reports now from mission control after a descent from the international space station the soyuz module has safely touched down in a step in kazakstan so touchy protocol work survey volkov and mike fossum have been

up on the international space station for six months conducting maintenance and experiments they also had a tense time up there in august of progress supply module crashed on the way up to the i assessed bringing supplies and that raised many questions over the reliability of the soyuz vehicle all launches were suspended for a while so the crew that was supposed to come up to join them had to be delayed they had to send down videos explaining the hundreds of process that's gone ok the new crew is now installed up there and mike fossum so it's. uncertain evolved often i'll back safely on earth after their stay in space. reporting their business update is next with kareena. welcome to our business out there it's also better with a wrapping up their long lasting gas dispute that is to use paper cites

a source close to talks saying moscow will finally cut the price in half for me starting next year that means bellows will pay around one hundred fifty dollars per one thousand cubic meters a cash country has long been struggling to get discounts especially because it's creating a common economic zone with russia an exchange for price cuts minsk agreed to sell its gas transportation network the countries are to sign agreements the other week stocks in europe broke on tuesday after an expense involved option for spain also affecting the markets was data showing that the u.s. economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than initially estimated to put the last over a quarter of a percent of the german dax the one point two percent dragged by commerzbank which has fallen fifteen percent and here in russia stocks finished in the black reality has ended. point four percent in the block of them isaac's was slightly under one percent higher now let's look at some of the movers on the mizen banking stocks

were among the gainers on tuesday will be to be edging point eight percent in the black. point two percent in mining companies looking to buy a strain i reproduce the lender's nine and personalising maker was among the top gainers it's reported an almost three full increase in net profit for the first time months of india now the markets are extremely volatile are all related stocks could prove a good strategy says that you. there isn't really a seat have been when markets sell off but you can find a relative shelter in russia and from that point i would recommend the oil and gas sector the oil has been particularly resilient over the last several months and reflecting of the oil strong fundamentals strong solid demand and reasonably tight supply out there in the market the oil and gas stories could be reasonably defensive and otherwise potentially a different story sort of focus and different stories as well companies which have

a track record of strong dividend yield in the oil and gas sector versus only remaining independents a backer producer is up for sale newspaper says the bar will most likely be sold to imperial tobacco the u.k. based imperial seeking to challenge its main competitors and russia mainly philip morris british american tobacco company hopes the deal would allow it to increase its market share from seven to twelve percent net profit corporate box told thirty one million dollars last year. that's not for me but don't forget to log on to a website called.

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