today's news in the week's main stories on our t.v. clashes in cairo as protesters gather on tucker square head of the country's first parliamentary elections since the out saying a process. colonel gadhafi is most influential son saif al islam is a set to stand trial in libya despite concerns over the country's justice system and speculation holds information 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 knew that some folding states pay money to influence the election

campaign in that 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 rob the channel this money into settling this thing down to here it's a new boss some words of advice from prime minister gordon as he is officially nominated by the ruling united russia party as its candidate to run for president in next year's election. using common law broadcasting to you from the heart of moscow it's for and here i'm karen tara to with our top story now as to her square remains 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 artes and he said no way brings us the latest from cairo. when you talk to people here on talking about the muslim brotherhood most of them talk about it as their revolution being hijacked because the organization is very well organized itself and they claim that they're going to win some forty percent of the votes on one day'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 that 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 for the media and they are very 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 where there's discussions about nato airstrikes against egypt and then of course there's the news of the former head of the u.n. you know want someone who. 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 on top here very supportive of that so in terms of the popularity of the muslim brotherhood in the support for all barrin i 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 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 works people are still in positions and egypt has not seen its promise of democracy people now are much more determined to make things change and that's going to play into the 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. that was our tease in eastern only reporting from cairo's tahrir square you can also find all be up to the minute developments on our twitter page there and he said reports that the square is packed with medical personnel and ambulances in case of violence escalates only the parliamentary elections follow her for more updates and he says twitter tag is on the screen now. let's move on now to syria where damascus is now facing a series of unprecedented sanctions approved by the arab league the measures are being implemented after the country refused to allow access to four thousand foreign monitors to assess the situation on the ground and failed to stop

a bloody clampdown on anti-government protests the sanctions include a travel ban on senior officials freezing deals with the syrian central bank and suspending flights into the country some experts believe the move could plunge the country deeper into economic crisis although the leaks said it didn't mean to hurt ordinary people damascus has already condemned the move as a betrayal of arab solidarity dr romania masri from the university of them on in beirut told r.t. the organization is no longer speaking in the name of the arab people. if 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 it is no longer speaking for the our people are 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 their legitimate right the g.c.c. countries did not ask for sanctions against the bahamian government for these for pressure rather they introduced their own armed forces into bahrain and supports of the repression so when you have these very calm trees 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 colonialist that were here. 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 you if you believe there's a need to set up a humanitarian corridor in syria here are the results so far the overwhelming majority says such a mission would be just another unnamed for regime change thirteen percent think it's long overdue

a similar amount of you say the west simply has no money for it and the minority believes the situation really isn't that bad at this stage dot com 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. leader son tried in the hague but this week he agreed that he should be tried on home soil that's despite warnings that a fair trials unlikely because the country's judicial system isn't disarray as i've heard 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 the loss 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 safety daffy was his father's right hand man and 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 he was even invited back in 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 or 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 safe their former friends have been trying. to cover up any links and 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 deal we will take care of the court what does it mean. that means is 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 blood that's my reading of it europe. and wants to move on to try to because of course the hypocrisy of your one hand condemning human rights abuses rather limited coming to the same time deporting. these back to libya who were tortured almost at the very point when tony blair was. in the tent so i think there's an awful lot of truths that ought to come out and i really. believe so. libby insists it's capable of giving a fair trial despite its judicial system not being independent over forty years is still on a clear way it's safe he will be trying to rival the ruling factions of fighting over who gets to exact revenge with the death penalty likely seems safe gadhafi and

his secrets will be silenced on the bennetts london so i have for you this hour you're across in brussels say the euro crisis is taking its toll on everyone including them. what raises eyebrows is the fact that they're complaining at a time when millions of e.u. citizens are bearing the brunt of harsh a steady measures imposed by the very same institutions they work for and we take a look at why e.u. commissioners are unhappy with their long and compare their hardships to those of ordinary citizens in europe struggling nations. and what to expect next from iran as the islamic republic's embers diplomatic ties of britain we look at how further international pressure on tech crunch 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 when the video also pointed out that the door for dialogue remains open peter oliver has the details. zero hope

on top 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 stern words from president made yet of yes repeated other measures are insufficient russia will deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west and south east in order to prevent fire damage from the u.s. missile systems we deployed in europe and the deployment of the is going to missile system in the coming region will be one a search step. there is also the possibility this could derail the landmark nuclear disarmament process agreed to by russia and the u.s. . but 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 just

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 shield would protect against a nuclear attack from so-called rogue states like iran those following the systems development believe it only ever had one target young american version it's directed against iran which is completely absurd every joke little analysts know

this is directed against russia and this is not the obama administration this is a pentagon program 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. ted postol on the red military people that. say it could never actually work yet it stresses that russia remains open to dialogue with the united states and nato over 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 says u.s.

policies are laying the groundwork for a new round of cold war era arms race but i think it's long been the policy of the u.s. to push forward the 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 and 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 is taking policies that are only going to grease the amount of nuclear weapons by both russia and china if these missile defense deployments continue the ruling united russia party has unanimously voted

to nominate its leader prime minister vladimir putin ten as presidential candidate for the march fourth elections if he wins he will take up the post for six years. has all the details. now it's a vicious bloody murder who typically run to seek reelection as president of 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 important in the upcoming presidential vote will be the first leader in modern russia to keep this post for six years today and his speech will still being 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 greetings to specially from the west and he said that in the first place elections in this country is

a domestic affair approaching already did it because 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 that 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 more they want. many described as upcoming sunday's moment elections as a legal status for prime minister causes popularity in this country the most recent public opinion polls show that united russia remains number one party in this country they were fifty three percent 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 its enormous

performances ever and prime minister vladimir putin acknowledged that problems do exist in the united russia party but he also warns that a deep beat of 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 the united russia's majority in the last elections that russia survived the economic crisis of two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine. pressure expert martin mccauley from the university of london says putin will maintain stability and promote the country's image on the world stage 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. 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 and i recall a single this will give russia a seat at the top table they are told the world is rather nervous about that especially the united states 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 it has a strong leader and putin this is probably will be in a position to drive russia's rushing forward and. arrange certain things according to russia's interests. at r.t. dot com right now how america's black friday left one shopper black and blue. a grandfather is wrestled to the floor by cops and left bloodied in front of his young grandson after being accused of shoplifting during the annual spending spree also online. dealers. we traveled to gaza to explore how palestinians say they refused to be bombed out of their

homes by israel. and south the city of former education minister is heading the presidential runoff race with just over half of the votes counted all of geoid was to get rid of five percent lead over her main rival emergency situations minister on the eve you look all in all over twenty seven thousand people have voted in the tiny south caucasus country the elections are the first since south the city and it's a clear of independence in two thousand and eight following the five day war with georgia. the european union has suffered another tough week italy's borrowing costs have soared to record highs way over the level 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 capital of brussels is not willing to set an example for the people. 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. they get one point eight. 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 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 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. working. these guys a grumbling. 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 harsh a steady 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 they take a slightly. a 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. you know putting everything on the shoulders of the secretaries we think. the center we've got is much too high and we would like to close that guy up 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 does or cilia r.t. brussels and as artie's financial guru max kaiser tells us euro zone leaders are

only putting off the inevitable and a wholesale shake up of the financial system the arrow was supposed to restore peace and harmony i'm in the euro zone but they're breaking down along country by country divisiveness once again and this can't end good because these countries let's not forget have spent hundreds of years at each other's throats now we're back at it you have to understand this is a systemic problem that requires a total re architecting of the system and a total execution in one way or another all these factors that are just predatory leeches a cancer on the system they add no value they simply make things worse not take a profit from the chaos they're trying to refloat trillions of debt and say it's a brand new day and look great for about maybe twenty minutes but then we'll be back to exactly where we were where we started which is a massive debt deal leveraging sovereignty being lost amongst all these euro zone countries and predatory i.m.f.

bankers on the loose rope bankers looking to destabilize countries for a quick buck. iran's parliament has approved severing diplomatic ties with britain with due to withdraw their ambassador from london soon the decision comes less than a week after the u.k. banned its financial institutions from doing business with the tap room 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 that 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 year in the u.s. with this you know drumbeat of hysteria. 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 and 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 now more of today's international headlines people in pakistan are venting their anger over nato submission that a coalition helicopter was responsible for killing up to twenty pakistani troops 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. prince william has taken part in a naval rescue mission saving two russian sailors from the irish sea their cargo ship the swan led sank within eight crewmembers aboard the british royal navy has released video footage of the rescue operation the duke of cambridge was copilot of

a helicopter that lifted the two seamen to safety five mariners are still missing and one body has been recovered from the water. several hundred anti-nuclear protesters were out in force in germany with something even tying themselves to railway tracks they hoped to stop a cargo train which carrying a shipment of eleven nuclear waste containers to a storage facility which demonstrators say is unsafe the annual 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. in just over a quarter of an hour a shocked death wales's football manager and former field star does just forty two years of age more on that in the sports news with kate but it's a headline update next year on our team just a couple minutes. to

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