today's news in a week's main stories on r.t. . while the most violent clashes since the egyptian revolution during more than a week of protests were growing calls for military rulers to go ahead of monday's election. from defiant to defendant colonel gadhafi as most influential son will stand trial in libya despite concerns that the judicial system is a shambles and a fair hearing is impossible. russia gets turned over the planned u.s. missile shield in eastern europe as president medvedev warns of deploying strike systems unless moscow's assured it's not

a target. and let him approach it is formally selected as the ruling ignited russia party's candidate to run for president next year. welcome this is r.t. it's now nine pm here in moscow you're watching the weekly with me kevin owen it's a round up of the top stories from the past seven days and we start in egypt where the military leaders warn of grave consequences if the crisis doesn't end it comes just a day before the country's first parliamentary election since the fall of hosni mubarak the muslim brotherhood branded a terrorist movement by some countries claims it's set to win a majority of seats there is a listen now it's got the latest from tahrir square. but when you talk to people here on talk to or about the muslim brotherhood most of them talk about it as their

revolution being hijacked because the organization is very well organized itself they claim that they're going to win some forty percent of the votes on monday's election and they're a movement that is really use this revolution to mobilize people here on the square angry about that and in fact some analysts that we've been speaking to from around the globe feel but if they do come into power there's a very big chance of that but it could serve as a pretext for some kind of similar nato mission here in egypt as we saw perhaps in libya if the people fight the main the people for the main and they off a very popular. of course if that was to happen then you could see in a few years time. old british press western press talking about how awful the regime is there how dangerous it is and then you're back to a situation a game where there's discussions about nato airstrikes against egypt and then of course there's the news that the former head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog. is really to give up his name on the ballot for the presidential

elections to take over and run emergency government here in egypt people here on top here very supportive of that so in terms of the popularity of the muslim brotherhood and the support from baradei back may be another situation where we see some kind of tension or clashes between those two factions there's a sense now that anything can happen at any moment it is fairly quiet we're expecting a much bigger markets throughout sunday and then into monday what happened here over the past week has really changed the game here easy people are furious and zero in september there were protests and people were still saying that nothing has changed that's gaffers just like mubarak anwar speedball are still in positions and egypt has not seen its promise democracy people now are much more determined to make things change and that's going to play into elections tomorrow in the sense of the security situation a lot of people are going to vote not just because they feel like it's useless

because they're afraid that it might be too dangerous to go to the polls. in this in our reporting there from current issues also covering the latest developments in tahrir square through twitter and this report about the egyptian army chief claims the new constitution will not affect the military standing in the country you can keep up to date with the latest from her and this is twitter tags on your screen right now. it's not just egypt's fate is being decided in cairo but syria's future as well arab league members have in the past couple of hours approved unprecedented economic sanctions against a mask is over its crackdown on protesters the measures were voted for by nineteen other twenty two nations and they include travel by and on senior officials freezing deals with the syrian central bank and suspending flights into the country damascus is a really condemned the move is a betrayal of arab solidarity dr reddy a mauser from the university of better mind in beirut told me earlier that such president of action against an arab country by the league discredits the

organization itself. the arab league is basically digging its own coffin here and it is publicly declaring that it has no more legitimacy in the our world so it is no longer speaking for the arab people are representing are of interest in any way whatsoever when we look at who is really pushing for these decisions within the arab league we see it's primarily being led by the g.c.c. the gulf countries particularly qatar and saudi arabia and when we look at the credibility of these countries i mean that if you want to take one example when we had mass protest and by hurricane protests that that the government of the day and responded with brutality against protest in which the people were asking for democracy and reform as is their legitimate right the g.c.c. countries did not ask for sanctions against the bahamian government for the suppression rather they introduced their own armed forces into bahrain and supported the repression so when you have these very countries hear themselves condemning repression committed by another arab country they like any credibility

to call for that so again what is this arab league it's not it's another farce it's another joke about that was imposed upon the arab world by the former colonialists that were here on our website we're asking if you believe there's a need to sort of a humanitarian corridor of syria this is what you're telling us the overwhelming majority of you say such a vision would just be another name for regime change seventy two percent or forty percent of you think it's long overdue eleven percent of you said the west simply has no money for it of a minority three percent believe the situation really isn't that bad stage partido composter yourself. to libya now where moammar gadhafi son and one time heir apparent saif al islam awaits trial for war crimes courts gave in new libyan rulers demands this week that he should be tried on home soil instead of the hague that's despite warnings that a fair trial is unlikely because the country's judicial system is in disarray as it is over bennett explains. say feliz

long get daffy he's a man with a lot to say he's the last chance the world has to know how they get their fee regime turned from public enemy number one to bosom buddies with britain and the other western powers but the international criminal court in the hague says it's not going to extradite him allowing libya to try him instead with libyan officials already calling for the death penalty many fear it's a tactic to keep those dirty secrets hidden forever that's a controlled forum where the the western interests look at look at what happened with the trial of a lot of it you can be sure that the information that they could offer family has about the relationship between gadhafi and the cia over decades will not come out safe good effie was his father's right hand man the crucial mediating go between with the west he enjoyed a playboy lifestyle in london counting tony blair peter mandelson and prince andrew

amongst his pals there are even reports he was entertained at buckingham palace this is where safety that he was given a place to study i want to london's top universities because even invited back here to do a speech as recent as last year was introduced by his old professor as someone who looks to democracy civil society and liberal values for the core of his inspiration a far cry from the good that he's previous role as international pariahs libya's oil wealth meant it had a lot to give some details of what britain won in return have already emerged safe get their fees album art it was given one and a half million pounds by his charitable foundation as part of a deal to educate hundreds of libya's future civil servants and it wasn't just britain according to gadhafi libya funded nicolas sarkozy's path to the presidency but they get that he's fall from favor was sudden and spectacular according to save their former friends have been try. to cover up any links since turning against

them desperate to stave off a trial at the international criminal court. and a little of what they are trying to negotiate with us a deal to get of this the we will take care of the court what does it mean that means is the court is controlled by those countries. which attack us with and i don't think it's going to be in anyone's interest for this to come out of the new government to maybe one blood that's my reading of it in europe want silence and wants to do is move on a chapter because of course the hypocrisy in the double dealing of europe at the one hand condemning human rights abuses rather limited kind of wide the same time deporting gadaffi as enemies back to libya who were tortured almost at the very point when tony blair was meeting gadhafi in the tent so i think there's an awful lot of truths that ought to come out and i really doubt it ever will if you search

was. libya insists it's capable of giving a fair trial despite its judicial system not being independent for over forty years is still unclear where safe gadaffi will be trying to rival ruling factions of fighting over who gets to exact revenge for the death penalty likely it seems safe gadhafi and his secrets will be silenced either bennett artsy london. still ahead for this hour your across. the euro's crisis is taking its toll on everyone including their. what raises eyebrows is the fact that they're played at a time when millions of you citizens are bearing the brunt of harsh sturdy measures imposed by the very same institutions they work for. but we look at what the commissioners are happy and compare the scale of their hardship with that of the ordinary citizens in europe's debt crippled ship is also coming up to what to expect next from iran as the islamic republic severs diplomatic ties with britain

now we look at how further international pressure on terror around may. russia's president sent a strong signal to nato countries this week over their plan the european missile defense shield to meet with dmitri medvedev said if it goes ahead without guaranteeing russia's safety moscow will deploy its own missiles over he says the door for dialogue remains open paper all of the reports. hope. of the years of talks surrounding the united states proposed missile shield in eastern europe russia says the u.s. still won't give adequate assurances over who will be targeted prompting stern words from president made yet of. other measures are insufficient russia will deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west in order to prevent fire damage from the u.s. missile systems deployed in europe the deployment of the is going to missile system in the coming year and region will be one such step. there is also the possibility

this could derail the landmark nuclear disarmament process agreed to by russia and the us. have got to give me an extra couple link between strategic offensive and defensive weapons reasons could emerge from russia's withdrawal from the strategic arms reduction treaty this is a vision within the content of the treaty rusher in the united states had hoped to reset relations between the years of drift during the bush administration remarks from president obama in two thousand and nine led to optimism that the missile defense program would be scaled down but the united states now plans to increase the amount of countries which will place missile defense systems all of those nations are in russia's backyard going against assurances from washington that they would do no such thing a move that political analysts say is a game of brinksmanship with a potentially devastating outcome once one side has missile defense playing courage that sidetracked to launch

a first strike so this kind of movement these kinds of threats actually increase the chance of a no clear war washington maintains that it shield would protect against nuclear attack from so-called rogue states like iran those following the systems development believe it only ever had one target young american version of it directed against iran which is completely absurd every joke all it's a collateral is no this is directed against russia and this is not the obama administration this is a pentagon program and there are also those who laid the blame for escalating this situation at the door of weapons manufacturers but i think it's being driven by the the military industrial complex and the united states that's getting billions of dollars in contracts to build these missiles the irony is that we have professors like that ted postol on the red military people that. say it could never actually

work stresses that russia remains open to dialogue with the united states and nato over missile defense issues but if that dialogue is to take place then a clear legal framework must exist saying who is the real target peter all of a r.t. . but in a putin's officially been chosen as the candidate to represent russia's biggest political party at next year's presidential election at the united russia convention in moscow the prime minister outlined the direction he'd like to take you for elected next march. over was at the conference now it's ambition to run to seek reelection as president in this country in several months from now he had been russia's president for two terms from two thousand to two thousand and eight according to the constitution one cannot keep the top job for three terms in a row that should let him acquitted when the upcoming presidential vote will be the first leader in modern russia to keep this post for six years today in his speech

he was talking about the way the election process is going on in this country he said that some of the criticism from the opposition is justified but he also warned meanings to specially from the west and he said that in the first place elections in this country is a domestic affair of russian. i know that representatives of some foreign states pay money to so-called receivers of grants and instruct them how to do certain activities to influence the election campaign in the country in the long run it is as people say a waste of time and a waste of money firstly because judas is not the most respected character in the bible and secondly they should rather channel this money into settling their state debt and cut short an effective and costly foreign policy our foreign partners will be better to unite their efforts with us to fight against the challenges and threats to the modern world. many describe as upcoming sunday's parliamentary

elections as a legal status for prime minister that is popularity in this country the most recent public opinion polls show that united russia remains number one party in this country with fifty three percent of the voters supporting the party while opposition meanwhile claims that united russia party his popularity is dropping steadily and that set me up coming forward is lining up to be one of its worst performances ever in prime minister vladimir putin acknowledged that problems do exist in the united russia party but he also warns that a defeat of the ruling party would mean that the country could plunge into an economic crisis similar to the crisis which has gripped the whole of europe now and he said that it was only thanks to you not to russia's majority in the last elections that russia survived the economic crisis of two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine. london told us that putin can bring stability and protect the country's interests if you look back to two thousand russia was in crisis

because of the mad nine hundred ninety s. and putin gave russia stability and to give it respect and that was very very important during the period he was president going to twenty two thousand. he gradually became harder and he fell out with practically everyone he represents if you like russian nationalist lines the outside world doesn't really like that russia is enormously rich in hydrocarbons and this will give russia a seat at the top table they are told the world is rather nervous about that especially the united states and the european union because at this time they're very weak they're weaker than the been since one hundred forty five so therefore russia at present it has a strong leader and putin is a strong leader will be in a position to drive russia russia forward and. arrange certain things according to russia's interest. let's check out was over the r.t. dot com right now words my on my we find out how america's black friday left one

shopper black a blue tale of these pictures we're just showing you now a grandfather's wrestled to the floor by cops a left bloodied in front of it young grandson of who's accused of shoplifting during the annual spending. so mine also this to. everything here storm we are is because we are from the land we traveled to gaza to explore how palestinians say they refused to be bombed out of their homes by israel. but another tough week for the european union with italy's borrowing costs reaching record highs well above the levels that triggered meltdown in other nations well the shock news pushed the euro to a seven week low ratings agencies of also don't grade hungry portugal and belgium

a number of italian banks were also dealt a ratings blow as e.u. leaders pledged even more cuts to combat the crisis but for the euro crowd capital of brussels leading by example doesn't seem to be a popular idea as tests recently are found that. this is become a familiar sight in the streets of europe symptomatic of the euro crisis and now it seems that the tide of discontent is rising within the plush walls of the vast european commission bureaucracy. staff unions are threatening to go on strike after rejecting a proposal by the commission or the e.u. civil service to save a one billion euros over seven years by reducing pensions increasing working hours from thirty seven point five to forty a week raising the retirement age limiting pay rises and cutting five percent of jobs but then. they get a one point eight pay rise. and they say it's

a union representing lower paid staff says the media tends to lump them with the fat cats who get most from the e.u. gravy train he wants the highest salaries of those at the top to be slashed instead the commissioners have privileges which indeed normally stopped on time they do not contribute to their pensions we pay eleven point six percent and they do not contribute anything but some politicians are astonished at the notion of a strike by officials they claim are featherbed it while ordinary workers are losing their jobs and face hardship they get excellent health care free education for their children to private schools here wonderful pension deal and you wonder people listening to this at home looking or. perhaps earning working ten hours a day these guys are grumbling because they're being asked to work eight hours a day while they're perfectly within their rights to contest the proposed changes to their working conditions or raises eyebrows is the fact that they're complaining

at a time when millions of e.u. citizens are bearing the brunt of harsh austerity measures imposed by the very same institutions they work for not to mention the twenty three million who don't even have jobs to speak of to remove one or two perks to suggest that perhaps they take a slightly lower percentage increase is hardly going to bring the world to an end still union members are adamant they're getting the short end of the stick against . you know putting everything on the show does the secretary's we think that the salary cap is much too high and we would like to close that gap and many of us would be ready to pay for it but whether european taxpayer share the same willingness to sustain the benefits of their civil servants in brussels at a time when they themselves are forced to accept a steady measures is another question tesser cilia r.t. brussels. so as a new bureaucrats rushed to protect their pay were new protests abruptly in

portugal one of the first to you state's coast feel the full force of austerity throughout the country transport of public services were paralyzed as thousands rallied against yet more cuts the strike organizers argued that if the cuts continue or trickle sentencing further investment advisor patrick told us brussels decision makers admit it's not a make or break for the eurozone. right now and there is definitely are pople smell of fear in brussels over what's going on when you're in the euro parliament in the coffee shops the huddled corners are discussions of whether the euro was going to survive in any shape or form this crisis is like a pound of financial panic because ultimately you have individuals who are managing pension funds for yourself or myself all over the world and when they wake up in the morning and they've got to go and do something with our money for the next five or ten years ultimately they're their most important facet right now is to keep

that money secure and as i'm sure you can appreciate it nobody really feel you see if in the euro zone germany either has to decide that it wants to basically take away the ball and through a lot of other members out of the euro zone because they view them as not being worthy of being membership or they're going to have to essentially bite their tongue and they're going to have to come forward and do something with the marketplace and in some way find a solution petri young and greece has been relying on international cash injections for well over a year known as finance minister still says though that his country's finances are in mortal danger here next hour to talk to the man who exposed the country's debt. he says greeks have been offered no options other than painful austerity measures. the block me every day they're saying to them that look if you don't do what the europeans are saying if you don't accept this they're the miserable imposed by the government then baby i am there. it will be it's every day black me so they are

afraid. iran's parliament approved the cutting of diplomatic ties with britain and withdrawing their ambassador from london the decision comes less than a week after the u.k. banned its financial institutions from doing business with it was part of a new wave of sanctions that western countries including the u.s. are imposing on iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program but there are fears that such punishing measures will only provoke. all the signs are looking exactly like they looked in the period of two thousand and one to two thousand and three here in the us with this you know drumbeat of hysteria. it weapons of mass destruction if you really want to get a country to get a nuclear weapon then just keep threatening it with attack the sanctions will probably have a negative effect on the u.s.

goals of trying to drive a wedge between people in their government i think what you'll see in iran is probably something similar with the reli by people to their government and to the you know nationalistic feelings when they're under attack from countries like the united states in israel elsewhere around the world tonight people in pakistan are venting their anger over nato's admission that a coalition helicopter was responsible for killing up to twenty eight pakistani troops dead pakistani soldiers have been buried and push out in a ceremony attended by senior officials including the army chief in response the country's authorities are demanding that the u.s. air base used to launch american drones. prince william's taken part of the naval rescue mission saving to russia. the sailors from the irish sea their cargo ship the swallow and sank with eight members aboard the british royal navy has released video footage now of the rescue operation is the duke of cambridge was copilot of the sea rescue seeking helicopter that lifted the two seamen to safety five

mariners is still missing and one body has been recovered from the water. several hundred anti nuclear protesters were out in force in germany with some even time selves to relic tracks to help stop a cargo trade which was carrying a shipment of eleven nuclear waste containers to a storage facility demonstrator says unsafe the annual shipment from france has been a regular focal point for protesters as nuclear energy has become unpopular in the country since the one nine hundred sixty novel disaster in ukraine germany has yet to decide where the radioactive material will be stored in. a high tech update so the way of private recapped updated the week's major news stories for you on today's news as well it's our review of the week here on our team from moscow.

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