thousands gather on 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 enter their second week. and once those regimes are overthrown the town doors polk's is open france's fresh initiative to set up a humanitarian corridor in syria seen by many as a first step toward military intervention in a country torn apart by violence. preparations in place for a possible escalation of violence in northern kosovo local serbs say nato backed forces have broken earlier agreements by trying to tear down a border barricade

a move that led to fierce clashes. and in business russin bello a sign a landmark energy deal means it will get a heavy discount on gas pipelines in return gets one hundred percent ownership and that was the strength of the journey for more on that and other stories in our business bulletin it's twenty. seven pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story cairo's tahrir square again packed with people gathered for friday prayers with the threat of continued violence lingering in the air clashes have seen more than forty people killed since saturday's angry protesters call for the military authorities to hand over power to a civilian government policy or has more from cairo. the situation gets still tense and still very unpredictable i've been walking around the streets talking to people

they for jobs it's a last chance to friday that there's a difference of opinion difference in opinions in terms of how today will pan out some of the protesters have been talking to say that they're very fearful that they will be violence tonight and that the whole situation will the same she cannot see any chaos that on the other hand are just as many protests as i've seen talking to said that they believe that today will mark the end of this whole face and say too much these are protests to six flags on monday to unbosom the parliamentary elections they feel that the army should be given a chance that there is also a group of them a short distance from here who we are hearing are planning a march to tough to square one if indeed these markets were up close the military come here and they clash with the majority of people here or not prime minister we could see violent clashes now the futurists are still standing by their regional command and that is for the army to stick stance immediately the owners response was up this would be a trail that is quote i think possible for it if they think given and so in line

with the successes they've appointed a new prime minister gamal i'm sorry was part of the barak era has done little to convince people here that the army is serious about transferring power the incident was one of the things over for human rights and that the tear gas being used by the security forces has been found internationally not the people here needed human rights mixed up in the system confirmation that people have been leaving the past week for securing from local officials that at least twenty two people who were killed were killed by live rounds with top disappointment many of them die from a single one of whom to the french they chased that same time we are hearing that a lot of the fire to kill these protesters came from the post so this does seem to suggest that the army and police are using snipers the white house as if. the statement in which you get a minute he can give a college the key to civilian government and other than that the international

community has launched none about what is happening here in egypt in stark contrast to the way they reacted to the violence in syria just yesterday be avidly kneecapping time of anything discussing the protests and the demonstrations can they focus on what was happening in syria they'd given an ultimatum to damascus to act fifty eight five hundred strong observer mission and we're not hearing reports that the mathis had missed and did nine i would have to give it's not up agreement that it would allow distance information to come to you if indeed this is true the arab media have mentioned that it will happen health posts of last sanctions on the country the different reactions by the international community to egypt and syria have many sequel to see papa seek and double standards. palos following the situation in cairo and you can read her latest updates on artie's twitter feed one of her latest messages she reports that egypt's highest sunni has thrown his

support behind the protesters in tahrir and unprecedented move against the government position and see policy for yourself or catch our reach weeds out hearts underscored. and staying with our top story for a moment with this is live video from tahrir square where thousands are protesting against the military government after friday prayers the threat of continued violence is lingering as more than forty people have been killed in violence since saturday because his military rose have appointed a new prime minister and promised presidential elections summer of next year but protesters still demanding an immediate transition to a civilian government. the muslim brotherhood considered a terrorist organization in several countries is likely to pick up several seats in the egyptian parliamentary elections dr marcus papadopoulos an analyst from britain's politics first online magazine says if the revolution of backed by

western leaders results in islam is taking power the same leaders might launch strikes against egypt. if the people vote them in the people vote them in and they are very very popular. you know it could be another snow day like in the gaza strip . five or six years ago most people in the gaza strip voted for hamas you know democratically and the west that's achieved his pain. a mess since then so i can honestly say what they could do if they if it's muslim if the muslim brotherhood comes to power becomes a parallel of course if that was to happen then you could see in a few years' time. all the british press them for us talking about how awful the regime is there how dangerous that is and then you're back to a situation again with as discussions about nato airstrikes against the chips the toher flashback comes up in cross talk later today host peter lavelle's gets discussed the new uprising and how the u.s. and other western players already. had the second chance now they've had

a chance to hurst what they could have said in the case of. it because they have absolutely no kind of consistency they have no real policy and they have nobody in direction what they want they're hoping at the moment is somehow that the military would regain control and ensure a more kind of snow transition in favor of their own interests and outlooks for that he's in. syria now facing punishing sanctions from the arab league as a diplomat from the body says damascus ignored 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 one country this is also the first time a major power has formally called for a fourth intervention in the uprising against the assad regime but there are questions about power says go to efforts as i see these artes tests are still your

reports. thanks to the libyan intervention of french president nicolas sarkozy back to string a first for his country first call for nato to impose a no fly zone over libya. first to officially recognize the opposition as libya's only legitimate government first to strike with libya now in the rearview mirror syria appears to be the next stop france is once again but first western nations suggest an international ground intervention in syria calling for a quote secure zone to protect civilians and first to endorse the exiled opposition syrian national council plans is a county where human thing governs and it's very very popular agreement between most of the left and most of the right about and sarkozy has to say the intervention so it seems to me that the small even more aggressive than obama would be even though he doesn't have the military strength of the highlands and sweeping popularity at home is what circles he needs if he intends to let the french decide

his fate as president and that's what he told elections. president nicolas sarkozy talks about the syrian crisis he's spoken to ricky because you know he's really really. bad situation when when it comes to the polls he's using certain phrases as a way. to work to be seen as provocative the way he was with libya but what the french government deems a success doesn't seem to be too promising for those living there posted after 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 militias with no access to courts story functioning judiciary many are still armed scenarios some warn it could be repeated in syria and once those regimes are overthrown a 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 and my own view is that these the ends to these regime should have been the people themselves critics of france's latest move of raise a question of whether any foreign intervention in syria would absolutely and the upset a lot of countries have taken a slightly more cautious step it seems that the french leadership is putting its foot down and planting its plug out of everyone else french assertion is not entirely welcome by syrians themselves a lot of it. actually would not welcome need to be true western forces or even if. you can do to the regime and against foreign intervention and for all the gains france is get out of intervention in syria even critics wonder if it's really worth it but at least no one can argue about who said it first dozen or so you r.t. brussels. russia under barry director of the center for middle east studies tells

r.t. that it's not just for violence in the country that western leaders might want to punish the syrian government. when sarkozy came to the pilot in two thousand and eight he went to syria and do. a new page with assad and then mr obama sent his. before the congress where. anyway it wasn't for the blue eyes that see the strong carts in iraq lebanon and the relation with iran and palestine c.v.r. did not give the worst in the same sense two thousand that's right syria is the target not i don't have any explanation for the behavior of the arab league except one explanation. and maturity and the professor. writers of the right things for american. companies are paying for the arab league because

they were all the states of america and they can control the majority of the companies who. work in this position. still to come here on r t europe's money continues to dry up as investors take flight. closely i think the whole thing will break up it's proved to be unworkable . and britain is preparing for it with the country's chief regulator planning for a euro split scenario all the details coming your way shortly. plus the terror suspect who says he was tortured by u.s. interrogators in europe we hear why this could lay bare the cia's secret prison program. but first tensions running high on serbia's border with northern kosovo was neither of the conflicting sides seem prepared to rule out a further escalation of violence local serbs say nato forces are to blame for breaking in agreement by trying to remove a barricade blocking the way to one of

a number of disputed checkpoints the move prompted violent clashes that left dozens injured on both sides are you are going to have has the details for me tributes. last night passed here in northern koslow without violence does not mean that the source of tension has disappeared two nights ago on the twenty third the native like a force tried to remove a barricade that has been put up by the ethnic servin minority here it was made was stiff resistance tear gas was used more than twenty people were injured and the operation by the k. four 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 manned by people and people say no they're not going to abandon them are planning to put up even more of them now but untrained eye these road blocks 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 did period 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 course of zero since the course of what 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 their land a part of serbia of course the majority albanian council was consider their territories to be independent but so far at least they have been allowed a measure of source of fish and see a measure of independence and an ability to be in contact freely with the mainland serbs now in july they came a threat to this albanian they wanted to control the customs control all the goods and all because coming into the area now the serbs didn't just see this as a formality they sort of as an infringement of their remaining freedoms calling this a slippery slope first control of the customs then perhaps control of the police

coming in here and be able to control the territory and finally the remained of the serbian population at first they put out these barricades to be. and this happening supposedly a compromise solution was found but instead of the albanians be able to take control of customs this control would go back a full with the serbs they did not trust a full they said that make a full is basically protecting albanian interests i'm the kind of class that we saw the night before when the cable was trying to read the diary kate's. that's a clear illustration of priorities lie and we'll keep you updated on developments in northern kosovo igor god knows who follow that report is there right now and we're sending along his feeds as there are his tweets as they are sent along his twitter feed igor saying there is no sign of tension easing as local serbs seem set on not letting go of the road blocks serbian made of all ages he says taking turns

guarding them from a nato baquet for troops and you can follow his twitter feed yourself as that party underscore on. british banks may be getting ready for euro zone break up in the latest sign that the single currency split may be on the table risk management plan by a 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 thinks the eurozone leaders have been unable to learn 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 and 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. among them is the main financial center in europe and it's not surprising that our 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 commit

recklessly improve their competitiveness they need to be focused now that he's not welcome you 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 has got us into the mess in the first place. head over to our t.v. dot com for all the world to wrap it up on ryan ariel find us by story at a pivotal point iran arrested while the alleged cia agents supposedly snooping into the country's controversial nuclear program. and how's this for a fabric a eg find out why a museum dedicated to the we're now russian jeweler has supported over a million dollars for these apparent breakfast left over as all the details are served up at r.t. dot com.

the lid could be lifted further on secret cia prisons across central and eastern europe a terrorist suspect who's been held for ten years without charges says he was tortured at a facility in lithuania and he's taking the country to court the baltic republics already admitted to housing a secret cia rendition center artie's alexei or shapes and he has more from vilnius . terror suspect abu zubaydah now at guantanamo a prisoner has been in washington's hands for almost a decade the alleged 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 reports and also from reports of the international committee for the red cross that people who pay there was tortured in the hands of the cia.

he was subjected to very cruel predicament. mock executions and waterboarding which is a lot of fronting. he seems to have every reason to hold a grudge against washington but from behind bars of the by the file the rather surprising lawsuit against sleep twenty m. he claims that in two thousand and five he was held in a secret cia prison in the baltic state in plenty of bears responsibility for its role in facilitating the operation of a cia program others obey the request of the european court to recognize him as a victim of and forced disappearance secret detention and torture plain and territory a secret cia prison in a small country in central europe that may seem like a conspiracy theory to some but not just right activists when they have cia planes landing looking to be have the records of conversation between the fenian

security officials and between him and top politicians bilby don't have to argue about the prison it was clear the question is how many people they brought and most probably closer to moreover when you're authorities did not even deny that there were secret cia facilities on their soil for some reason though they are refusing to comment on a blizzard biters lawsuit mr pilots just believes there is simply scared and they knew or accept people who maybe tortured them if we knew and that is twice as bad as it could be but i think that responsible officials from the united states and and from. including george w. bush should be brought to international hague tribunal for crimes against humanity against prisoners it may take months for the by this 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 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 little few against the country and experts are now speculating what the political consequences of this case may be let's see reporting from building is in lithuania so now to some other stories making headlines across the globe a police phone calls been released of confessed norwegian mass killer anders breivik during two calls the thirty two year old offer to surrender but went on to kill more people on into island killer told investigators that he tried to call police ten times as officers tried to reach the island by boat brevik admits to killing seventy seven people in the island massacre and a bomb attack in asa low in july. brush fires

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 homes destroyed by the blaze and emergency warning remains in effect authorities hope that rains forecast for the next few days will help contain the advancing flames. bargain hunters have hit the stores in a big way in the united states annual black friday sales many shops opened a few hours early to accommodate long lines of shoppers keen to bag a post thanksgiving discount black friday isn't a holiday spending spree it isn't just a holiday spending spree it's also a key test of the u.s. economy with consumers predicted to part with some nearly five hundred billion dollars. and returning briefly to our top story a look at live pictures from cairo's tahrir square where thousands are protesting against the military government following friday prayers today's protest has been

called by some of the last chance friday more than forty people have been killed in violence since saturday as darkness has fallen over the right of where youth violence still lingers in the year military rulers have appointed a new prime minister and promised a presidential election next summer but protesters are calling for an immediate transition to a civilian government we'll keep you updated on the story throughout the day. coming your way shortly cross-talk goes behind the reasons for egypt's renewed protests in a few minutes and asked what the people there hope to achieve with were demonstrations but first the business news stay with us. how about the business here on our t let's go to the top story this hour russia and belarus have signed a landmark energy deal prime minister putin says the agreement will be good for years to come and sensibly but it was will get a heavy discount on gas supplies in return russia will take one hundred percent

ownership of its neighbors transit system barton is a castro had cautious with his house. the deal cuts the price that pays for russian gas by about half the us have paid three hundred dollars roughly for every thousand cubic meters of gas that it got from russia it will now pay just over one hundred sixty dollars e.u. countries by comparison paid a market rate of about four hundred fifty dollars per thousand cubic meters in return the russian gas monopoly gas problem will get to by one hundred percent to rearrange fifty percent of the fellow russian transit company bell trans gas but improved in the prime minister said it's a big deal for both sides get to some she's done that skit a discount with better rules to save at least two billion dollars we also agreed on gas comes acquisition of one hundred percent of the shares of trans gas this will

ensure the unconditional transit of russian gas european consumers through the territory of reuss but russia is keen to secure its gas transit routes to europe it has the north stream pipeline going straight to germany around twenty percent of its gas goes through to europe but the vast majority still flows through ukraine belarus 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 trans gas although some of the russians may feel that they have lost out in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to work as much money as possible. and to cut down on the gas price . let's have a look at the markets commodities first oil is next this hour investors are still concerned about possible supply shortages france has proposed here an embargo on

imports from iran after the international atomic energy agency said the country still developing a nuclear weapon however this is being offset by the. economic picture which is weighing on crude u.s. stocks quickly turned positive after opening lower investors are hoping u.s. consumers would carry the day that kicks off holiday shopping and put concerns about the eurozone on the backburner but worries about europe's debt crisis is still there after it was forced to pay seven point eight percent to borrow for two years at that option. european stock markets largely reversed course turning early losses into slight gains britain's footsies high as bargain hunters stepped in after nine consecutive sessions of losses banking shares are among the top gainers on the footsie with world bank of scotland up four point three percent and lloyds banking group. up two point three percent down here in russia markets and mixed on friday the r.t.s. last point is slightly down and the noise extends was one point three percent out

the close now let's take a look at some individual shovels on the rise x. energy majors and it on the rise gas from again over two percent while they have finished over three and a half percent and the black bt bank bounced back from early losses finishing point eight percent higher. chance of lukoil has just posted nine losses results russia's biggest private oil firm made a net profit of nine billion euros a thirty percent increase over last year the results are down as forecast which we're looking for a forty four percent rise on average the oil and gas output from the company slowed by nearly five percent in the reporting period. russia's fourth largest steelmaker m.k. has agreed to buy australian iron ore company flinders mines in a deal worth more than half a billion dollars but price is at an eighty percent premium to the firm's market called the deal will allow m.k.

to get a slice of the resource which pilbara iron ore project in western australia that brought mounting senior analyst at the pits have a nice it's a good deal for ever ok even if it has paid quite a lot. i wouldn't use the words true expensive but if the market is where the market is now if i think they were they were generous again i don't think they wanted to be more these are these are one of the last dependent junior companies of these sort of grades and in the western australia so they didn't want to be basically want to walk in the board and walk in the shareholders with such a lie but they did that so the chief did which is very positive for m.k. we salute them on that but it is that high scores. for now i'll be back with one about forty five minutes new last year as we have coming up next. the real.

issue is that so much to me there's a huge music issue at the time i think mark with the new tensions and speaking down many of the hopes that the heart of the egyptian revolution is mubarak's military establishment dream. journey the length of life.