sigyn flared up. these are the images from seeing from the streets of canada after . trying to look for asians room today. thousands gather right in cairo's tahrir square for massive protests planned as a final call for military rulers to hand over power as the most violent rallies in egypt since mubarak's fall under their second week. and once those regimes are overthrown a pandora's box is a friend says fresh initiative to set up a humanitarian corridor in syria widely seen as a first step toward military intervention in the country ripped apart by violence. and preparations in place for a possible escalation of violence in northern kosovo local serbs say nato back forces grow girly or agreements by trying to tear down a border barricade

a move that led to fierce clashes. six pm in moscow why not try as i did to have you with us here on our t.v. our top story cairo's tahrir square jam packed with people gathered for friday prayers with a threat of continued violence lingering in the air recent clashes have seen more than forty people killed since saturday as angry protesters call for the military authorities to hand over power to a civilian government or his policy or has more from cairo. the situation gets still tense and still very unpredictable i've been walking around the spray exposing to people they all drive to today the last chance friday that they have a difference of opinion difference in opinions in terms of how today will pan out some of the protests i've been talking to say that they very fearful that they will be financed tonight and that the whole situation will the same into an arche and

chaos that on the other hand they just as many protesters are in talking to he said that they believe that today will mark the end of this whole phase as they term it these are protesters who clad on monday to go and vote in the parliamentary elections they feel that the army should be given a chance that there is also a group of them distance from here who we are hearing are planning a much tougher to square that if indeed these markets who are close to the military come here and they clash with the majority of people here who are not prime minister we could see violence clashes now these protesters are still standing by their original demand and that is for the army to step down immediately the only response was if the city hates the trail that is quote the trust will far exceed the safe been given and so in line with the sense that they've appointed a new prime minister amal guns army who was part of the barak iraq has done mitchell to convince people here that the army is serious about transferring power the sentiment is also one of anger over the course of human rights is that the test

being used by the security forces has been found internationally not that people get needed human rights mixed up in the system confirmation that people have been leaving for the past week or securing from local officials that at least twenty two people who were killed were killed by live rounds woodstock disappointment many of them die from a single one of the wounds to the french the british the same time we're hearing that a lot of the fire that killed these protesters came from a post so this does seem to suggest that the army and the police are using slices of the white house as if. it is a statement in which against the minute he handed a college picky to a civilian government but i think in that the international community has launched the be about what is happening here in egypt in stark contrast to the way they reacted to the violence in syria just yesterday the arab league carrying time of anything discussing the protests from the demonstrations can they focused on what is happening in syria they've given the name consummates and to damascus t x fifty

eight five hundred strong opposite of the mission and we're not hearing reports that the masses have missed and did nine i would just have to keep it's not of agreement that it would have allowed this of the information to come for you if indeed this is true the arab league has mason that it will set a whole host of last sanctions on the country the different reactions by the international community to egypt and syria have you had many people this up to see and double standards. paul is closely following the situation in cairo you can read her read her latest updates on artie's twitter feed in one of her most recent messages to reports that egypt's highest sunni and mom has thrown his support behind the protesters an entire year and one president had moved against the government positions the power was made for yourself or catch our reach we at all or to underscore khan on twitter. for more perspective on this we're joined live by

political activist marwan a shell joining us live from cairo. thanks very much for joining us here on r t now the military government has made some concessions like issuing an apology and appointing a new prime minister but it doesn't seem to have appease the crowds why do you think that is. well to start with we didn't need this kind of point someone else now. i'm a lawyer a professional international arbitration and a political activist as well what i have been witnessed since the revolution in january i trust that the scaf did not understand the demands of the people or understood and doesn't leave power historically speaking people are convinced that scaf is not going to leave power and the military rule in egypt is not going to end this way so there are two choices it's either to end the two for the staff to be to be understanding enough people to be comprehensive enough for the scaf in order for it to step down or the other option will be that the people will propose

a shadow government and impose it to the scaf the move to assign an ex prime minister who had a good reputation would not do any good for the crowd again it is the choice of the scaf just not to forget just to keep in mind behind as a background the hardest thoughts the scaffolds assigned by mubarak anything from mubarak would as well supported and support out front and support his regime so that all of the staff try to do is putting the n.d.p. members on the p members in one bundle with the revolution which would not march well the main trigger is of the revolution twenty fifth of january worried the members of the n.d.p. who practiced corruption throughout the last elections and has come to power with a paralyzed parliament the same issue is going to happen again seventy percent of the people running to elections this fine are actually members. of the political party was this saluted and the members were not exiled so or at least they were not

abandoned for practicing the political life in egypt again for five years as the pros and the treason lot was help asked that means that our trial is a joke so people now understood and again the emergency rule was back after the demonstrations before the israelis. you know what's clear is the staff is taking the same path as mubarak everyone knows this for a fact the bit of respect people have or the majority of people in the houses have for the scottish collapse and so i think it's very wise now in order to make it to keep the revolution white while it's not actually white enough these days. to is this got to be smart enough to step down immediately or the demonstrations will never end so the demands are very clear and you go over power to a civil committee that would guide the country and would have no legitimate superpower will have the normal did it our of the president and the staff is

currently replacing the parliament and placing the president and they say you have executive authority represented in the government that was led by shut off who was . who was. the frontline that the staff is using to confront the people and they claim that he's from the and he's the son of the revolution and all that and all the alibis i had i think this are after jump in here with one more question initially there were reports that the muslim brotherhood was behind the protests now we hear that they have formed an alliance with the military council what do you think is behind this move. but i don't i don't think that there is made with anyone but there are people on the individual egyptians these are the normal egyptians who do not have any political orientation anywhere and love the freedom and want the best for egypt they need to practice their civil rights and demonstrate properly without. any damage or any harm to the public domain or the public buildings and they were very peaceful the cost currently between the ministry of interior and the

people is actually led by the scaf the minister of interior. ministry of interior used extreme violence against the demonstrators under the rule of the staff and under its own witness the people were killed by three that's really bad weapons i think there has to be international trial i think you could see the sunni's currently working on this and we'll have trials like norberg and talk to the square to execute the old regime and the bark of the work regime and as well the members of the staff that involved in the. last incidence i think the lights are not going to. unfortunately i'm sorry i can leave it there we run out of time but i appreciate your thoughts political activist i shall thank you for joining us thank you very much. and the tire flashback comes up in cross talk later today pirro avails guest discuss the new are rising and how the u.s. and other western players are reacting. they've had the second chance and they've had a chance to rehearse what they could have said in the case of this is fluff there

because they have absolutely no kind of consistency they have north korean policy and they have not indict action what they what they're hoping of the moment is somehow that the military would regain control and ensure a more kind of slow transition in favor of their own interests and i'll go for that he's in. syria now facing punishing sanctions from the arab league as a diplomat from the body says good mask is in. nord friday's deadline to accept foreign observers meanwhile france is actively seeking international support for a humanitarian corridor to be set up in the crisis torn country it's also the first time a major power has formally called for foreign intervention in the uprising against the assad regime but there are questions about paris's go to efforts as artists are slowly reports people are thanks to the libyan intervention of french president nicolas sarkozy bad destroying a first for his country first a call for

a need to impose no fly zone over libya. first to officially recognize the opposition as libya's only legitimate government first strike with libya now in the rearview mirror syria appears to be the next stop france is once again the first western nation suggests an international ground intervention in syria calling for a quote secured zone to protect civilians and first to adores the exiled opposition syrian national council the finances of council human thing the evidence is very very popular agreement between most of the left and most of the right of the other and some because the press the savior of the intervention so it seems to me that the small even more aggressive than obama would be even though he doesn't have the belief that he's trying to do that and sweeping popularity at home is what suckles he needs if he intends to let the french decide his fate as president and it's one in twelve elections it's. presumed you could have sarkozy talks about the syrian

crisis he's popular he's popular because that and those are really really. god situation when and when you come from the pause he's using certain phrases as a way to. try to be seen as provocative the way he was with libya but where the french government deems a success doesn't seem to be too promising for those living in the post about the era of violent clashes between rival militia groups have continued adding to the death toll a new u.n. report says that some seven thousand people are being held in libya detention centers controlled by bullishness with no access to courts or a functioning judiciary and many are still armed scenario some warn it could be repeated in syria and once those regimes are overthrown pandora's box is opened in other words chaos can be the result while one is always happy to see the end of brutal dictatorships my own view is that these against these regime should be the

people themselves critics of france's latest move of raise the question of whether any foreign intervention in syria without the bloodshed a lot of countries have taken a slightly more cautious step it seems that the french leadership are putting its foot down and wants and it's why head of everyone else french assertion is not entirely welcome by syrians themselves a lot of opponents in syria actually would not welcome intervention. or even if. you can get it to the regime and against storing it conventional and for all the gains france is get out of a diversion in syria even critics wonder if it's really worth it but at least no one could argue about who said it first just or so you r.t. . director of the center for middle east studies tells r.t. earlier that it's not just for a violence in the country that western leaders might want to punish the syrian

government. at the power in two thousand and eight he went to syria and you open it and do. a new page with and then mr obama also sent his. before the congress work out of an idiotic night anyway it wasn't for the blue eyes but that's that syria has strong hearts here i live on and the relation with iran and palestine c.v.r. did not give the worst thing a sense two thousand and eight that's right syria is the target now i don't have any explanation for the behavior of the arab league except one explanation. and maturity under the pressure. of the united states of america because countries are in the arab league because they were ordered by the united states of america and they can control the majority of the arab countries who. are. taking this

position to our senior. stay with us here on r.t. still to come europe's money continues to dry up as investors take flight. closely i think the whole thing will break up but it's proved to be unworkable britain is preparing for it with the country's cheap regulator planning for a euro split scenario we've got more coming your way. and the terror suspect who says he was tortured by american interrogators in europe we hear why this could lay bare the cia's secret prison program. but first tensions run high along serbia's border with northern kosovo as neither of the conflicting sides in prepared seems prepared to rule out a further escalation of violence local service a nato forces are to blame for breaking an agreement by trying to remove a barricade blocking our way to one of the disputed checkpoints the move prompted a violent clashes that left dozens injured on both sides or he's eager or going to

have has more for me. last night passed here in northern koslow without violence does not mean that a source of tension has disappeared two nights ago on the twenty third the native baquet falls try to remove a barricade that has been put up by the ethnic serve in minority here it was made was stiff resistance tear gas was used more than twenty people were injured and the operation by take a call had to be abandoned now yesterday we drove around the area and these barricades which have been up here for around four months still are by people are saying that they're not going to abandon them and planning to put up even more of them now that at one trained by these roadblocks these barricades the most just seem like piles of rubble a majority constructed and nobody would think that would be a cause of such a bitter conflict but in order to understand why they're here we need to go back to july as we know the serbian people here the ethnic serbs are in

a minority only constitute about ten percent of the population of kosovo since the kosovo has been recognized by several countries they've also lost any kind of legal status they still consider themselves citizens of serbia and they still consider land a part of serbia of course the majority albanian cannot consider their territories to be independent but so far at least they have been allowed a measure of self-sufficiency a measure of independence and an ability to be in contact freely with the mainland serbs now in july became a threat to this albanian said that they wanted to control the customs control all the goods and all the cars coming into the area now the serbs didn't just see this as a formality this orders as an infringement of their remaining freedoms they're calling this a slippery slope first to control the customs and perhaps control of the police coming in here and be able to be told there are three and finally they're made of the serbian population at first they put out these barricades. to prevent this

happening supposed to be a compromise solution was found where instead of the albanians be able to take control of customs this control would go to the native like a full who decides they did not trust a full set of the k. full is basically protecting albion interests i'm the kind of class the resort the night before when the cables tried to rip the barricades for the service here that's a clear illustration. these laws of course will keep you updated on developments in northern kosovo artie's you've. just heard from in that report is there at the moment and we're streaming his tweets as he sends them he says there's no sign of the tension currently using local service seem to be not letting go of roadblocks serbian men of all ages taking turns guarding them from the nato back pay for troops who can follow the beat yourself and were retreating it our key underscore. british banks getting ready for euro zone break up in the latest sign of that the

single currency may be on the. pick single currency splitting may be on the table the risk management plan by senior u.k. regulator comes as the euro continues to weaken hitting a seven week low on friday professor david middleton chairman of the institute of economic affairs says the eurozone leaders have been unable to learn from the lessons of their own mistakes. the euro is in such trouble it's obviously not going to continue as it is personally i think the whole thing will break up it's proved to be unworkable one of the lessons is that the people running the eurozone haven't been able to look ahead after all the u.k. and london is the main financial center in europe and it's not surprising that financial people are used to looking at it as part of the trade several of the countries in the eurozone are insolvent and that means really unless they can be ridiculous we improve their competitiveness they need to default now that is not welcome news and people are trying not to talk about it they keep saying they've

got the political will to do whatever is necessary but what we have to remember is this whole thing is a political project and it's the political will that is go to us into the mess in the first place and you could have over to our tea dot com for the world rock adlai here's what you'll find a spy story at a pivotal point in iran arrests twelve alleged cia agents supposedly snooping into the country's controversial nuclear program. and how's this for a faberge egg find out why a museum dedicated to the are now russian jeweler support out a million dollars for these breakfast leftovers all of the details served up at r.t. dot com. the lid could be lifted further on cia secret prisons across central and eastern europe

a terrorist suspect who's been held for ten years without charge says he was tortured at a facility in lithuania and he's taking the country to court the baltic states already admitted to housing secret cia detention centers artie's alexei he has more from vilnius. terror suspect abu zubaydah now at guantanamo prisoner has been in washington's hands for almost a decade the a legit al qaeda recruiter has not been charged with anything just yet however he claims that crimes were in fact committed against him during his interrogation by the cia there is evidence. from u.s. internal government records and also from reports of the international committee for the red cross the couple who bear was tortured in the hands of the cia. he was subjected to very cruel treatment for example paul markets accusations and waterboarding which into what marc drowning. he seems to have every reason to hold

a grudge against washington but from behind bars by the file the rather surprising lawsuit against lithuania he claims that in two thousand and five he was held in a secret cia prison in the baltic state in training bears responsibility for its for all in facilitating the operation of the cia program i was obey the request of the european court to recognize him as a victim of and forced disappearance secret detention and torture on plane and territory a secret cia prison in a small country in central europe that may seem like a conspiracy theory to sun but not just right activists we have cia planes landing looking to be have the records of conversation between the fenian security officials and between top politicians. you don't have to argue about the

prison it's mostly the question is how many people were brought and most probably cloture moreover when your authorities did not even deny that there were secret cia facilities on their soil for some reason though they are refusing to comment on the booze abiders lawsuit mr pilots just believes there is simply scared and they knew we had to accept people who may be tortured and if we knew and that is twice as bad as that would be perfect but responsible of which was wrong united states and and from. including george w. bush should be brought to international hate for crimes against humanity against prisoners it may take months for the widest lawsuit to bring any results but even at this early stage it has highly explosive potential say experts as it may trigger actions in other european countries poland macedonia and romania along

with little. and you have all been accused of having cia prisons on their territory but it's the first time that their former detainee has decided to file a lawsuit against the country and experts are now speculating what the possible consequences of this case may be let's hear a chance to see reporting from vilnius in this way to. him out of some other stories making headlines across the globe a police phone calls been released this confessed norwegian mass killer anders brave a hearing to calls the thirty two year old offer to surrender but went on to kill more people wanted to island the killer told investigators that he tried to call the police ten times officers tried to reach the island by boat anders breivik admits to killing seventy seven people in the island massacre and i'll bomb attack in the in july. brush fires are raging through a popular west australian tourist region with hundreds of residents evacuated from the area the town of margaret river has been hit hard with dozens of houses

destroyed by the blaze and emergency warning remains in effect but authorities hope range forecast over the next few days will help contain advancing flames. we delve into moscow's archives of the on guard in a couple of minutes but first the business news with kareena stay with us here on our city. hello and welcome to our business out there as our we go straight to our top story a russia and belarus have signed an landmark energy to prime minister putin says the agreement will be good for years to come essentially where there was will get a heavy discount on gas supplies to in return russia will take one hundred percent ownership of its neighbor transit system now at least on barton is a gas headquarters with the details right now hello again charles so the deal is done can you give us some details on what's being agreed. the deal cuts the price that pays for russian gas by about half the us had paid

three hundred dollars roughly for every thousand cubic meters of gas but it got from russia it will now pay just over one hundred sixty dollars a huge countries by comparison pay the market rate of about four hundred fifty dollars per thousand cubic meters in return the russian gas monopoly gas problem will get supply one hundred percent already owns fifty percent of the belorussian transit company well trans gas got an input in the prime minister said it's a big deal for both sides. it's a sushi stillness discount to save at least two billion dollars we also agreed on gas comes a quiz ition of one hundred percent of the shares of bill trans gas this will ensure the unconditional transit of russian gas european consumers through the

territorial pillar reuss. russia is keen to secure its gas transit routes to europe it has the nord stream pipeline going straight to germany around twenty percent of its gas goes through to europe but the vast majority still flows. through ukraine. this was an important deal with rampant inflation and a trade crisis it needs all the money it can get and it'll raise two and a half billion dollars from the sale of tranz gas although they sold to some the russians may feel that they have all of stone in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to win this much money as possible. and to close down on the gas price. ok thanks very much reporting from gastroenteritis the nasca on his landmark energy deal between russia and belarus cars go straight to the markets a european stock markets have reversed from earlier losses and are higher this hour

ahead o. for us opening markets performed weaker after an italian bond auction produced record high yields investors continued to fret over a lack of solutions to the eurozone debt crisis hungary has become the latest in line of nations to have its credit rating downgraded to junk status and here in the russian our kids a mix this hour the r.t.s. is losing around point four percent wava lies it is is up just a notch let's take a look at some individual channels otherwise like this our energy majors are on the rise gazprom is adding one point three percent so i was never there were two percent in the back and review that has switched into negative territory following early gains it's losing almost two percent. ok that's it for us out i'll be back with more about fifteen minutes meanwhile stay with us the headlines up next.

the. culture is that so much a given to his music is a minute to mark let me new tensions and violence put down many of the hopes of the hard to be egyptian revolution is mubarak's military establishment angling to remain. wealthy british style. sometimes the tires on.