today's news in the week's main stories on our team clashes in cairo as protesters gather on tucker square ahead of the country's first parliamentary election since the out saying of the bark. colonel gadhafi is most influential son saif all islamicists to stand trial in libya despite concerns over the country's justice system and speculation he holds information the west would rather bury. and russia sends a strong signal to nato countries this week over their plans of a 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 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 giudice is not the most respected character in the bible and secondly they should grow the channel this money into settling this is doing damage while some words of advice from prime minister putin 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 on the seven o'clock here in moscow to our top story now as to where 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 animal 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 artie's an isa now i brings us the latest from cairo. 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 and they claim that they're going to win some forty percent of the votes on one day's election in 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 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 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 a game where there's discussions about nato airstrikes against egypt and then of course there's the former head of the you when you you know want someone hama. 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 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 of 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 anwar speedball 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 vote not to. because they feel like if you go because they were afraid that it might be too dangerous to go to the polls. that was artie's an isa now we're reporting from cairo's tahrir square you can also find all the up to the minute developments on our twitter page there any so reports that 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 screen now. it's not just egypt's faint that's being decided in cairo but syria's future as well arab league members have on sunday approved unprecedented economic sanctions against a mask this 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 author webster tarpley says the revolution in syria and elsewhere in the arab world is nothing more but a well planned spy agencies is 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 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 terrorist commandos it's a joint production of. most. of the french

after libya becoming a bloodbath with one hundred fifty thousand dead and now with egypt showing what it was all along it was no revolution 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 to spread the model of the cultural revolution to see people power cool backed up by terrorist troops 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 exploiter 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 the country's judicial system is in disarray as i've heard 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 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 relationships between gadhafi and the cia over decades will not come out safe good that he was his father's right hand man in 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 safe gadhafi was given

a place to study i want to london's top universities he was 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 think 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 safe their former friends have been trying. and to cover up any links since turning against them desperate to stave off a trial at the international criminal court. and those doing what they are trying

to negotiate with us a deal to adhere to this the we will take care of the court what does mean that means is at its core 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 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 your foot the one hand condemning human rights abuses rather limited kind of wide at the same time deporting gadhafi 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. you have to. 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 where safe gadhafi 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 on the bennetts artsy london. so i have for you this hour you're across in brussels say the euro crisis is taking its toll on everyone including. what raises eyebrows is the fact that they're complaining at a time when millions of e.u. citizens are bearing the brunt of part of a sturdy measures imposed by the very same institutions they work for we take a look at why e.u. commissioners are unhappy with their laws and compared 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 teheran may. also

a safe haven for fascists we examine the case of a nazi war criminal who lives as a free man in the baltics raising questions over why some countries are void pursuing the horrifying crimes of the past. 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 the nato countries proceed with their plans without guaranteeing russia safety but with video also pointed out that the door for dialogue remains open artie's peter oliver has the details euro hope only one 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 stood words from president made yet of. other measures are insufficient russia will deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west and south east in order to prevent damage

from the u.s. missile systems deployed in europe the deployment of the is going to missile system in the coming that region will be one such step there is also the possibility this could be real be learned nuclear disarmament process it greek to blame bush or the us. but got to give me an extract of a 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 would replace 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 will 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 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 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 president medvedev stresses that russia remains open to dialogue with the united states and nato. 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 gunn y'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 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. their ruling united russia party has unanimously voted to nominate its leader promiser vladimir putin as its presidential candidate for the march fourth elections if he wins he will take up the post for six years artie's it at that and i'm going to show has the details. now it's a vicious bloody murder to temple 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 he were to 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 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 approaching already video 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 this 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 them or they want. many described as upcoming sunday's parliamentary 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 with these two three percent of the voters supporting the party while opposition meanwhile claims that united russia party's popularity is dropping steadily and that certainly upcoming vote is lining up to be one of the norse performances and prime minister vladimir putin acknowledged that problems do exist in the united russia party but he also warns that i didn't beat up the ruling party it would mean that the country could launch 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 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. pressure expert martin mccauley 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 you give 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 lying to the outside world doesn't really like that russia is enormously rich and i would call a little this will give russia a seat at the top table they are two of the world's rather nervous about that question the united states european union because at this time they're very weak they are weaker than the vincent twenty forty five so therefore russia at present

it has a strong leader. in this. position to drive russia's russian forward and. a range setting things according to russia's interest. in south a saudia a former education minister is heading the presidential runoff race with just over half the votes counted. has secured a five percent lead over her main rival emergency situations minister are. all in all over twenty seven thousand people have voted in the tiny south caucasus country the elections are the first since south the study of declared independence in two thousand following a five day war with georgia. the european union has suffered another tough week and italy's borrowing costs have soared to record highs way over the levels that led the meltdown of all the e.u. nations the news calls the euro to plummet to a seven week low rating agencies have also downgraded hungry portugal and belgium a number of italian banks have faced a ratings blow e.u.

leaders pledged even more cuts to combat the ongoing crisis but i stress are silly reports the 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 because they work. 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. a slightly lower percentage increase is hardly going to bring the world to an end and 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 that 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 sturdy measures is another question tess or cilia r.t. brussels. iran's parliament has approved severing diplomatic ties with britain with teheran 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 tapper on that was part of a new wave of sanctions that western countries including the u.s. imposed on iran over its a legit 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 two thousand and three here in the u.s. with this you know drumbeat of hysteria. and 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 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. one of the world's most wanted nazi war criminals remains a free man in europe and israel's leading human rights group this week rounded on the stone is decision not to bring me kyle got to trial as a complete failure of justice it's not the first time a stone has been accused of harboring fascist as alexei had assessed the reports. mikhail ghosh coffee is rated eighth in simon wiesenthal list of most wanted nazi war criminals but when you persist in which he participated in a murder of three thousand jews and bell roost in the one nine hundred forty s. documents of the proving it were invited for the story and or others as well because then you know a story is anti-fascist committee says the proof of god's course atrocities in a belorussian 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. called was deported from the us and stripped of

u.s. citizenship that says a lot doesn't it gave him shelter and try to hide in here but then under international pressure the authorities had to initiate an investigation. every road brought in the results after months of investigation a story in authorities closed the case a well grounded doubt remains that they got a score of mentioned in the material is not the me how you're going to score who is at present a citizen of the republic of a stone in 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 are here with this prosecution the 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 the astounding ins these stories have totally failed in terms of prosecuting. it's clear that there's absolutely no political will to bring these people to justice and they're going to school 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 but recently this man made just about every headline in a stone almost on the scale of a national holiday the country marked the ninetieth birthday of the only remaining holder of the iron cross one of the highest medals of nazi germany sixty five years ago the nuremberg tribunals sentence 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. today's international headlines now prince william has taken part in a naval rescue mission saving two russian sailors from the irish sea their cargo ship the swan lands sank with eight crew members 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 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 some even tying themselves to railway tracks they hope to stop a cargo train carrying a shipment of eleven nuclear waste containers to a storage facility which demonstrators say is unsafe the annual shipment from france has become 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 permanently. in mexico thousands of people have chosen an unusual way to protest against the violence that has plagued the country since the beginning of a war against organized crime launched by president called that all over fifty thousand people have been killed in the five year long campaign to symbolize the victims of bloodshed demonstrators painted their faces as skulls and carried blackened mexican flags as a sign of mourning. cross-talk is on the way after a recap of the week's main news in today's headlines on terror your with our team.