today's news and the main stories from the week on r.t. in turmoil the most violent clashes since the egyptian revolution during more than a week of protests with growing calls for military rulers to go ahead of monday's elections we've got the latest also from defiant to defendant colonel gadhafi as most influential son will stand trial in libya despite concerns that the judicial system there is in a shambles and a fair hearing is not possible. russia get stern 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 polluted formally selected as the ruling united russia party is

candidate to run for president next year. welcome this is r.t. it's now ten pm here in moscow you're watching the weekly with me kevin i mean it's a round up of the top stories of the last seven days and we started 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 said to win the majority of seats in this scenario has the latest from tahrir square. but when you talk to people here on talk here 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 one day's election their movement that is really this revolution to mobilize people here on the square angry about that and in fact some analysts that we've been speaking to people 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 fight the media and they off a very popular. of course if that was to happen then you could see in a few years time. all the british press western press talking about how well for the regime is there how dangerous it is and then you're back to a situation again where there's discussions about nato airstrikes against egypt and then of course there's the news of the former head of the un you know once saddam ahmed el baradei is really to give up his name on the ballot for the presidential elections and take over and run emergency government here in egypt people here are

very supportive of that so in terms of the popularity of the muslim brotherhood in the support for all barrett i'm back maybe 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 marts throughout sunday and then into monday what happened here over the past week has really changed the game here easier people are furious and one september there were protests and people were still saying that nothing has changed the staff is just like mubarak and barak's people 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 not 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. and this

in our reporting there from cairo she's also covering the latest developments in tahrir square on twitter for you and this is latterly writing of medical personnel in our village has a gathering in the square now in case violence breaks out on the eve of the parliamentary vote you can follow all the latest smear on twitter and this is twitter tag it's on screen there you can see it. it's not just egypt's fate this being decided in cairo but syria's future as well 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 out of twenty two nations and they include a travel ban or senior officials freezing deals with the syrian central bank and suspending flights into the country damascus has already condemned the move as a betrayal of arab solidarity dogs around here mastery from the university of bottom and in beirut told me earlier that such unprecedented 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 our people representing our 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 of 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 in beheading protests 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 these repressions rather they introduced their own armed forces into the train and supports of the repression so when you have these very contrary is here 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. now on our website we're asking if you believe there's a need to set up a humanitarian comb corridor or in syria this is what you've been telling us to that question and again the overwhelming majority of you say the mission would be just another name for regime change is going to present actually of last thirty percent meantime the years long overdue similar amount of you are just a bit less eleven percent say the west simply has no money for it and the minority believe the situation really isn't as bad that stage this stage click on the r.t. dot com also. in libya moammar gadhafi son and one time heir apparent file islam awaits trial the war crimes court gave in to new libyan rulers demands this week that he should be tried on home soil instead of the hague despite warnings that a fair trial is unlikely because the country judicial system is in disarray results

of a bennett reports. 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 the good the afi 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 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 get that he 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 daffy was given a place to study i want to london's top universities because even invited back here to give 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 his previous role as international pariah is 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 trying. to cover up any links since turning against them desperate to stave off a trial at the international criminal court. and that is what they are trying to negotiate with us a deal of years of this the we will take care of the court court what does it mean that means is the court is controlled by those countries. which attack us but then i don't think it's going to be in anyone's interest for this to come out of the new government in libya want blood that's my reading of it europe wants 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 at the same time deporting gadaffi 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 will. you see

i. see libya insists it's capable of giving a fair trial despite its judicial system not being independent for over forty years is still unclear when it's safe get that he will be trying to rival the ruling factions of fighting over who gets to exact revenge for the death penalty likely it seems safe to death and his secrets will be silenced either bennett artsy london. still ahead for you this hour your across the same brussel say the eurozone crisis is taking its toll on everyone including them. raises eyebrows is the fact that they're complaining at a time when millions of your citizens are bearing the brunt of harsh sturdy measures imposed by the very same institutions they work for well we look at what the commissioners and compare the scale of their hardship with that of the ordinary citizens in europe's debt crippled nation also had feared what to expect next from

iran as the islamic republic said as diplomatic ties now with britain we look at how further international pressure on iran make. russia's president sent a strong signal tomato countries this week over their planned european missile defense shield me to medvedev said if it goes ahead without guaranteeing russia safety moscow will deploy its own missiles although he says that offer dialogue remains open paper all of us got the story. 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 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 would not get 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 limit the years adrift 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 it 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 nuclear 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 the 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 lay 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 at mit ted postol former 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 here in moscow the prime minister outlined the direction he'd like to take if elected next march as a country to groucho 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 if were to win 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 the son of the criticism from the opposition is justified but he also warned the meanings to specially when we're on 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 threat to the modern world. many describe as upcoming sunday's parliamentary elections as

at least asked for prime minister's questions popularity in this country the most recent public opinion polls show that united russia remains number one party in this country we were 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 though it 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 at the ruling party would mean that the country would launch 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 russia expert muslim a caller from the university of london believes 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's stability and he give it respect and that is very very important during the period he was president in two to two thousand and eight he gradually became harder and he fell out with practically everyone he represents if you like russian nationalists line the outside world doesn't really like that russia is enormously rich and i would call them. this would 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 present it as a strong leader and putin is a strong leader will be in a position to drive russia rushing forward and. arrange certain things according to russia's interest. thoughts there of martin mccauley over the r.t.

dot com right now homeric is black friday left one shopper black and blue grandfather's wrestled to the floor by cops and left bloodied in for the be young grandson of the big kid to shoplifting generally annual spending spree pictures that online also while you're there. if you think you are strong we are staying the course we are from the land a report from gaza exploring how palestinians say they refuse to be bombed out of their homes by israel. is put in another tough week for the european union with italy's borrowing costs reaching record highs well above the levels that triggered meltdowns in other nations shawnees pushed the euro then to

a seven week low this last week ratings agencies of also downgraded hungary portugal and belgium and a number of a tally of banks were also dealt a ratings blow as the leaders pledged even more cuts to come but the crisis but for the euro capital of brussels leading by example doesn't seem to be a popular idea as artie's. found out for us. this has 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 halls of the vast european commission bureaucracy the. 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 you know they they get a one point eight for a 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 of the e.u. gravy train he wants the highest salaries of those at the top to be slashed instead the commissioners have privileges which in the normal stopped in time. 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 that 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 working ten hours a day these guys are grumbling because they're being asked to work. 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 a sturdy 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. 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 shoulders of the secretaries we think that the center we got is much too high and we would like to close that. 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 sturdy measures is another question tess or cilia r.t.

brussels. so as a you bureaucrats rush to protect their pay when you protests in portugal one of the first to you states to feel the full force of a stir throughout the country transport and public services were paralyzed as thousands rallied against yet more cuts the struggle organizers argued that if the cuts continue which goal will sink even further investment advisor patrick young told his brussels decision makers it's now make or break time for the eurozone. right knowing there is definitely a 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 about whether the euro was going to survive in any shape or form this crisis is like a pandemic 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 their their most important facet right now is to keep that money safe and as i'm sure you can appreciate it nobody really for 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 for greece has been relying on international cash injections for well over a year now and it's finance minister still says his country's finances are of mortal danger so in less than ten minutes tonight r.t. talks the man who exposed the country's debt disaster he told us 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 if their demands are imposed by the government then baby i am there. it will be it's every day blackmailed so they are afraid. the rands parliaments approve 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 iran that was part of a new wave of sanctions that western countries including the u.s. imposed on iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program but other fears that such punishing measures will only provoke iran. ball the signs are looking exactly like they looked in the period of two thousand and one to two dozen three here in the us with this you know drumbeat of hysteria and the weapons of mass destruction if you really want to get a country to get

a nuclear weapon and 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 rallying by people to their government and to the you know nationalistic feelings when they're under attack from countries like the united states and israel. couple top world news stories people in pakistan are venting their anger of a nato admission that a coalition helicopter was responsible for killing twenty eight pakistani troops dead pakistani soldiers have been berry push our way in a ceremony attended by senior officials including we are marching in response the country's authorities demanding that the u.s. vacates an air base used to launch american drones to more world news in brief prince william has taken part in a naval rescue mission saving two russian sailors from the irish sea the cargo ship the small and sank with eight crewmembers aboard the royal british navy has

released video footage of the rescue operation and see that the second is the duke of cambridge was copilot of the sea rescue seeking helicopter that lifted the two seem to safety five mariners is still missing though one body has been recovered from the water. several hundred thousand nuclear protesters were out in force in germany was some even tying themselves to railway tracks they hoped to stop a cargo train which was carrying a shipment of eleven nuclear waste containers to a storage facility which demonstrator says i'm safe the annual shipment from france has been a regular focal point for protestors as nuclear energy has been in the country since the one thousand nine hundred six chernobyl disaster and ukraine germany is yet to decide where the radioactive material is set to be stored per. programs continue in just over a quarter of an hour shock death wales's football manager and former field star dies the age of forty two years old kate scott more on that for you but it's

a headline update next year on our team with me kevin i know in just a couple of minutes. i had to go through ten year old boy. we train them how to use our

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