today's news in the week's main stories on our clashes in cairo as protesters gather on talk of square ahead of the country's first parliamentary elections since the ousting of the no bars. colonel gadhafi is most influential son saif ali islam is to stand trial in libya despite concerns over the country's justice system and speculation he held information in the west would rather bury. and russia sends a strong signal to nato countries this week over their planned missile shield in eastern europe as moscow warns of deploying its own strike systems unless it's assured it's not a target. i know that some foreign states pay money to influence the election

campaign in the country and it is 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 rule the channel this money into settling this state don't last some words of advice from prime minister put in as he is officially nominated by the ruling united russia party as its candidate to run for president in next year's election. very warm welcome to you this is r.t. it's now three am here in moscow with our round up of our top stories from the past seven days as we go to our top story now into her square you have the scene of mass demonstrations the head of egypt's military gives a stark warning to protesters saying there will be grave consequences if the country fails to pull through the current turmoil earlier in the day he also met with top army political and revolutionary leaders to form an advisory council

designed to help the government during this transitional period this comes ahead of the country's first parliamentary election since the fall of hosni mubarak archies an isa now i brings us the latest from cairo. 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 has really used 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 them in the people by 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 awful the regime is there how dangerous it is and then you're back to a situation again with discussions about nato airstrikes against egypt and then of course there's the news that the former head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog mohamed el baradei is really going to give up his name on the ballot for the presidential elections to 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 baradei back would 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. 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 alexis tomorrow and so some of the security situation a lot of people are going to want to vote not to because we feel like if you close because they're afraid that it might be too dangerous to go to the polls that was artie's any so now we're reporting from cairo where you can also find all the up to minute developments on our twitter page there any so reports about the square is packed with medical personnel and ambulances in case violence escalates on the eve of the parliamentary elections follow her for more updates and he says twitter tag is on the screen now. it's not just egypt's faith that's being decided in cairo but syria's future as well arab league members have on sunday approved unprecedented economic sanctions against a masochist over its crackdown on protesters the measures were voted for by

nineteen out of twenty two nations and they include a travel ban on 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 meanwhile violence continued on sunday with syrian activists saying at least eleven people were killed across the country are author web search closely says the revolution in syria and elsewhere in the arab world is nothing more but a well planned spy agencies set up. the u.s. policy i think right now is to smash the middle east according to ethnic lines people complained that there are terrorist snipers who are shooting at civilians men women and children and blind terrorism random killing simply for the purpose of destabilizing the country i would not call this a civil war by any stretch of the imagination what you're dealing with here are death squads dealing here with terror commandos it's

a joint production of. six most of the. of the french after the libya becoming a bloodbath with one hundred fifty thousand dead and now with egypt showing what it was all along it was no revolution and it was a complete failure and now people are beginning to understand it notice that nevertheless mrs clinton and miss rice at the united nations are continuing to push this bankrupt discredited model of the color revolutions the cia people power called back by terrorist groups. and as usual we want to hear your opinion log on to our website r.t. dot com and take part in our latest poll this time we're asking if you believe there's a need to set up a humanitarian corridor in syria here the result so far the overwhelming majority says such a mission would just be another name for regime change thirteen percent think it's long overdue under similar amount of you say the west simply has no money for it

the minority believes the situation really isn't that bad at this stage log on to our plan and cast your vote. to libya now where moammar gadhafi son and one time heir apparent saif al islam awaits trial for war crimes the international criminal court originally wanted to see the x. leaders son tried in the hague but this week agreed he should be tried on home soil that's despite warnings that a fair trials unlikely because that country is judicial system is in disarray as i ever bennett explains. say fell islam gadhafi is a man with a lot to say he's the last chance the world has to know how the good that the 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 the khadafi family has about the relationship between gadhafi and the cia over decades will not come out so you get their fee 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. entertained buckingham palace this is where safety that he was given a place to study i want to london's top universities he was even invited back 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 get daffy libya funded nicolas sarkozy's path to the presidency but they get their free 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. a little 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 it's at its core 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 in libya want blood that's my reading of it 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 at 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. so i. libby insists it's capable of giving a fair trial despite its judicial system not being independent for over forty years it's still unclear where safe get that he 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 you this hour euro kratz and brussels say the euro crisis is taking a toll on everyone including them. raises eyebrows is the fact that they're complaining at a time when millions of e.u. citizens are bearing the brunt of course a sturdy measures imposed by the very same institute to work for it we take a look at why e.u. commissioners are unhappy with their lot and compare their hardships to those of ordinary citizens in europe struggling nations. and what to expect next from iran as the islamic republic severs diplomatic ties with britain we look at how further international pressure on tech around may pan out. russia toughens its stance on the planned u.s. missile defense shield in eastern europe president medvedev said moscow won't hesitate to deploy its own missiles if nato countries proceed with their plans without guaranteeing russia's safety but medvedev also pointed out that the door for dialogue remains open archies peter oliver has all the details zero hope only

one of the years of talk 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 stood woods from president made yet of. yes repeated if other measures are insufficient russia will deploy contemporary strike systems in the west and south east in order to prevent fire damage from the u.s. missile systems deployed in europe and the system of the deployment of the is going to missile system in the coming year and region will be one of 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 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 jemera conversion it's directed against iran which is called politically upsurge every joke all it's

a collateral it's 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 driven by the will . the military industrial complex in the united states that's getting billions of dollars in contracts to build these missiles the irony is that we have professes like at mit ted postol on the red military people that say it could never actually work president medvedev 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 seek. and nuclear disarmament campaigner bruce going all says u.s. policies are laying the groundwork for a new round of

a cold war era arms race but i think it's long been the policy of the u.s. to push forward these missile defense deployments literally surrounding russia and in addition surrounding china as well i see a public relations campaign being being created directed at the american people being directed at the people of europe in order to essentially demonize russia in order to justify these deployments so i don't think russia is being paranoid at all i think it's sad fortunate that we're going to see what appears to be a new cold war going to a new arms race unless people around the world begin to see that the united states the obama administration who wanted one hand has been saying they want to get rid of nuclear weapons but on the other hand it's taking policies that are only going to raise the amount of nuclear weapons by both russia and china if these missile defense deployments continue the ruling united russia party has unanimous

unanimously voted to nominate its leader prime minister vladimir putin as its presidential candidate for the march fourth elections if he wins he will take up the post for six years are going to have a has all the details. now it's a vicious bloody murder who travelled around 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 but should let him or putin win the upcoming presidential vote will be the first leader in more than russia to keep this post for six years today in his speech will still being about the way the election goes says is going on in this country he said but the some of the criticism from the opposition is justified but he also warned graining suspension were on the west and he said that in the first place elections in this country is a domestic affair approaching. 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 described as upcoming sunday's moment elections as a legal status for prime minister because popularity in this country the most recent public opinion polls show that united russia remains number one party in this country we were these two three were sons of the voters supporting the party while opposition meanwhile claims that united russia party is popularity is dropping steadily and that set me up coming though it is lining up to be one of these

enormous performances ever in prime minister vladimir putin knowledge that problems do exist in the united russia party but he also warns that a defeat all the ruling party would mean that the country could plunge into an academic crisis similar to the crisis which has gripped the whole of europe now and he said that it was only thanks to united russia's maturity in the last elections that russia survived the economic crisis of two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine. callie from the university of london says putin will maintain stability and promote the country's image on the world states. 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 he gave it respect and that was very very important during the period he was president of 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 in hydrocarbons and minerals this will give russia a seat at the top table they are child the world is rather nervous about that especially the united states and the european union because at this time they're very weak they are weaker than the been some twenty forty five so therefore russia at present if 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 interests. and south of setia a former education minister is heading the presidential runoff race with just over half the votes counted olive oil has secured a percent lead over her main rival emergency situations minister and i thought if you look all in all over twenty seven thousand people have voted in the tiny south caucus country the elections are the first and south a study of declared independence in two thousand and eight following

a five day war with georgia. that may or opinion has suffered another tough week italy's borrowing costs have soared to record highs way over the levels that led to the meltdown of other e.u. nations the news calls the euro to plummet to a seven week low ratings agencies have also downgraded hungary portugal and belgium a number of italian banks have faced a ratings blow while leaders pledged even more cuts to combat the ongoing crisis but as tests are sillier reports the euro crack capital of brussels is not willing to set an example for the people. 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 halls of the vast european commission bureaucracy. stuff 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 the other day they get a one point eight three 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 would be normally stop don't turn the. i 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 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 we are against. you know putting everything on the show does the secretary's we think that the center we got 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 sturdy measures is another question tesser cilia r.t. brussels. iran's parliament has approved severing diplomatic ties with the u.k. the move could see britain's ambassador expelled within weeks this comes in response to london banning its financial institutions from doing business with tech problems then a week ago 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 as blogger david lindorff tells us there are fears that such punishing measures will only provoke iran further. 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 u.s. with this you know drumbeat of hysteria and new weapons of mass destruction if you really want to get a country to get

a nuclear weapon then just keep threatening it with 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 one of the world's most wanted nazi war criminals remains a free man in europe israel's leading human rights group this week rounded on a stone his decision not to bring me of to trial as a complete failure of justice it's not the first time the stone has been accused of harboring fascist as on the ski reports. mickael guts coffee is rated eighth in simon wiesenthal list of most wanted nazi war criminals but when you post this in which he participated in a murder of three thousand jews and bill reuss in the one nine hundred forty s.

documents proving it were provided for the stoning in authorities because they knew them estonia's anti-fascist committee says the proof of god scores atrocities in a better russian concentration camp is solid and undoubted but instead of seeing off his days from behind bars he now lives the life of a free man in this baltic state. was deported from the u.s. and stripped of u.s. citizenship that says a lot doesn't it gave him shelter and try to hide him here but then under international pressure the authorities had to initiate an investigation however the probe brought no results after months of investigation estonian authorities closed the case a well grounded doubt remains that the god squad mentioned in the material is not the me i am going to call who is at present a citizen of the republican isto neah the case will be closed as it has been impossible for the investigative team to find any additional evidence the decision

raised eyebrows in israel at first but then simon wiesenthal center recalled which country they were dealing with they called washington spoke to the people who handled this prosecution united states and asked them whether there was any doubt regarding his identity and they said no none whatsoever. now this doesn't surprise me personally because for the last fifteen years i've been dealing with historians historians have totally failed in terms of prosecuting that you walk it's clear that there's absolutely no political will to bring these people to justice and the good school of story is not a one off case from sanctioning s.s. veterans marches to glorifying former nazi collaborators this has been tolerance policy for the past decade recently this man made just about every headline in a stone almost on the scale of a national holiday the country marked the nineteenth birthday of the only remaining holder of the iron cross one of the highest medals of nazi germany sixty five years

ago the nuremberg tribunal sentenced the nazi leadership to either executions or prison terms this trial of history was meant to get rid of nazism for good but the s.s. marches in baltic states and other cases of rehabilitation of fascism nowadays suggest that history lessons have not been fully learned. r.t. reporting from tallinn in a stone year. now more of today's international headlines people in pakistan are venting their anger over nato's admission that a coalition helicopter was responsible for killing up to twenty pakistani troops the dead pakistani soldiers have been buried in peshawar in a ceremony attended by senior officials including the army chief in response the country's authorities are demanding that the u.s. vacates an air base used to launch american drones. several hundred anti-nuclear protesters were out in force in germany with some even tying themselves to railway

tracks they hope to stop a pago train which carrying a shipment of eleven nuclear waste containers to a storage facility which demonstrators say is unsafe manual shipment from france has been a regular focal point for protesters as nuclear energy has been unpopular in the country since the one nine hundred eighty six chernobyl disaster in ukraine germany has yet to decide where the radioactive material will be stored prominently. so ahead we have an r t special report on how an abundance of food in one part of the world still leaves the poor hungry elsewhere but before that i'll be back with an update of our main headlines all that in just a couple of minutes time they're watching our.

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