three. three. three both videos for your media project a free media. egyptians had to the polls for the first time since the fall of hosni mubarak amid questions over the legitimacy of the vote joining me and he's now in cairo for more details. american any e.u. diplomats converge on washington to draw a road map for the world's future while their respective water taps still basking in libyan success reportedly hash out similar plans for syria and iran. and baring their anger to the world a group of ukrainian women make a show across europe with a series of naked protests against the abuse of women's rights.

two pm in moscow i met president good to have you with us here on r t a top story egypt has taken the first step in a long parliamentary election process due to last into march while the current leadership says the ballot symbolizes an end to the country's recent upheaval sentiment on the street seems quite the opposite artie's an isa now why has the latest from cairo. well as egyptians had to the polls for the first time since the fall of hosni mubarak there are several concerns that i want to break down for you first of all this is just the first round of parliamentary elections and it's not even the whole country going to the polls it's broken up by cities so we're only going to see some million cities or so across egypt actually go and cast their ballot second of course it's the security and the in stable situation in the country we saw a vicious clampdown in clashes just ahead of these elections just this morning early part of apply pipeline was blown up that carries gas from egypt israel's

there are very serious concerns about security as a jewish friends had to the polls but also about the legitimacy of this vote of course after mubarak left power scour for the supreme council of the armed forces took over and some announcements from the head of the military just before this vote are very concerning one of course is that the parliament that is elected will have limited powers they won't be able to actually dismiss any kind of cabinet and we're also hearing that they won't actually be the committee that that that sets up this presidential election that is meant to happen now we're hearing some time in twenty eight thirteen with that said the people that i've had a chance to speak to are excited about the vote but many of them are being distant courage by the fact that a lot of people think that even if they do go to the polls it won't really affect this road to democracy or so-called democracy that egyptians on the streets have been fighting for in fact some of them say they will go to the polls only to point out and highlight the fraud that is expected and some of them will boycott the poll

altogether. some adoptions are bracing for the worst medics are lined up and security is tight for egypt's first parliamentary election since the revolution the country's only female candidate for the presidency expects the vote to be void. but since this message to the supreme council of the armed forces or scouse took a. over after mubarak we are as. movement. we are watching you. monitoring the election just to correct their mistakes and their products we have and our own good no waiting for democracy others are planning to boycott the ballot minya a protester at occupy cabinet says they are encouraging people not to vote trying to do we're trying to call the people to come zone here so we would be

a lot of people and nobody would vote and then they would know that these votes and this elections is not correct it's wrong how could you ask us to vote for a parliament which which you are building under you were in the scouts. the violent crackdown that swept over egypt just before elections seems to be pulling focus from the long awaited dream of democracy minya says if the vote goes through the military will succeed in covering up the blood spilled. like take them to courts or something like for the people the kills i got shot in my yard like here but of course it's not that big of deal like other people go now they're blind and a lot of them are did because of what happened was going to say when you were wrong the party likely to win a staunch number of seats is the muslim brotherhood considered a terrorist affiliated organization in some countries appears very popular here in egypt known for tight organization and

a hard islamist line also accused by some of wheeling and dealing with the military supreme council they are politicians and they mean the only strong that they won in that it would use an indian's and this not for that he would use this for the power of power that the people on talk rere have been fighting for on the streets to where you square people would love to have a strong presentation in the parliament. so i urge everybody it was was going to miss the election please don't do that. but what egypt wants and what egypt gets and so far proven to be two very different results many egyptians feel the political parties that are on the ballot don't actually represent the people and even more so their revolution in fact a lot of what you hear on top here is that the people running the country are not very different than mubarak and it's thought that they're very much running this

election. and he says they are to help you keep up on all the latest developments in egypt via her twitter stream and one of her latest tweets she says many women are wearing black as they vote in tribute to those who were killed during the revolution and he says twitter tag is on screen now check it out you can also see her each week that r t underscore on twitter. well to talk more about the significance of the parliamentary election in egypt and i'm joined live by the melody that i'll go watch chief of political sciences center in cairo thanks for being with us now one of the main demands of the toher square protests was to postpone this election and activists say the country is just not ready for it do you share that opinion. this is this is a struggle between two of you is one view that this is do you think that if it is to that point six is essentially made by. british show to diminish the nation brought this to other people do you think that people that politics should be

institutionalized should be taken over this to. put into institutions and i think the the large number of people who went to the ballot books today perhaps. as a second view ones towards institutionalisation to egyptian politics being the country towards some sort of the visibility so a bit out there that the head to head with this threat is even effective video fifteen this meant that in beginning a lot of changes to the country but. how to take it from here to the future people to some other approach do you think this process will be fair and democratic . by egyptian a standout is i think years and considering everything that i believe years it will be fairly presentation of the different political groupings yes there could have been it could have been bitter and i expect future election perhaps you would have

others would be much better we have a bunch of new political parties that. are important to the country but they didn't have enough resources they didn't have enough time to organize it's a try but by and large i think this we. will be a kind of a learning process for every step towards the future why do you think the ruling generals didn't respond to the protesters demands to delay the vote and decided to instead just go ahead with today's election. i believe it was kind of a tough call really i mean yes it wasn't the violence that. broke out within the past a week or so wasn't really conducive for a fair election but on the other hand the cancelling the election or delaying the election would rather raise more doubts about the seriousness and the credibility of the scare and about the political future of the country so it. was a very tough call and i think the i believe skaf took the right to the right

decision and the again the large number of egyptians now standing in long lines in the among the voting stations this to fight for that which party do you see as the front runner in this race. it is. the freedom and justice party of the byzantine of the muslim brotherhood all. been conducted and the best a few weeks say that. it is it's not yet there is no any indicators that it would be a kind of a measure of presenting the majority of winning the majority of seats in the parliament but definitely it would be the largest bloc and the parliament if the muslim brotherhood does come out ahead or does get a majority what changes do you expect to see in egypt itself. when i think it is politically speaking it's important to recognise to institutionalize

the muslim brotherhood as a political movement had been banned for long so bringing them to politics integrating them in a functioning democracy that is still very early on that ought to have really a functioning democracy but to do that this is important structural development in egyptian egyptian politics on the other hand it definitely it doesn't presume. inclinations of the significant part of the egyptian political i mean the conservative religious doubts about. relations with the west and that would mistake. their style toward israel more supportive of palestine absent of the attitude that the muslim brothers i would present think and i think it does that represent a significant part of the public probably attitudes in the egyptian society and finally briefly because we're running out of time the current military ruler field marshal hussein tanto we has warned of quote extremely grave consequences of egypt does not pull through its current crisis what do you think those consequences are.

oh well it is it is. painted he is indicating about the choice between a new organized order the only change and the other on the other side it's chaotic and. situation and instability so it sets a warning against instability and. would have sent a. this is a kind of. visualization of the situation but by and large the how the egyptian people also see it i mean we have he had a lot of voice is critical to the tactics pursued by this does and to have and this in chile the thing that the woman that he made was essentially made about this leave consider is if this is allowed to continue so now was it in a situation as ition with the people going to the folks perhaps we can get kind of short steps out of this crisis i hope all right thanks very much for your insight

dr camilla bad odds the wall chief political science center in cairo thank you well stay with us here on araa to you still to come later in the day the gloves come off in cross talk as artie's peter lavelle grills his guests over the role of western foreign policy in the arab spring full program coming your way in the next hour here's a preview. we saw a year ago almost to the turmoil in egypt which is now returning no democracy there obviously the americans with the west still waiting for a western friendly government to be imposed and this of course sucks up to the israeli situation so that the the border with gaza is controlled by the west and by israel so there's lots of problems and even the small country of kuwait has got a very hidden agenda there which we're not actually seeing in the media yet and of course the whole thing in syria we got another potential libya coming up here and

plans for two already in the arab countries to impose a no fly zone over syria where is this going to stop and i should probably point out that this idea of a wide arab spring is a bit of an exaggeration considering that even in bahrain or in any of the situations in which civil. segments of the society have risen up and demanded some kind of civil rights. in. syria is also feeling the heat as damascus is now finding itself battered by a slew of new sanctions from the arab league seen as punishment for the country's failure to accept thousands of foreign observers tasked with reporting the government's actions sanctions are intended to completely isolate syria which is

mired in an armed conflict between pro and anti-government forces measures include a suspension of flights to the country a blockade of the central bank and and an end to all trade with the state but the sheer breadth of the sanctions is drawing criticism with some concern that ordinary people will end up suffering the most as a result the arab league has lost its authority as the voice of the arab people according to dr rainey a mastery of the university of bellemont in beirut. the arab league is basically digging its own coffin here and it is publicly declaring that it has no more legitimacy in the arab world it is no longer speaking for the arab people are representing our adventurous to in any way whatsoever 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 we threw toilet against protest in which the people were asking for democracy and reform as is their legitimate right the g.c.c. countries did not ask for sanctions against the bahamian government for the

suppression but rather they introduced their own armed forces into a hurricane 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 our oblique 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 the arab league maybe the least of damascus is worries as representatives from the u.s. and europe are gathering in washington to discuss a much harsher solution and a joint summit later today the two allies will be talking tough on syria and iran with the hawks lobbies calling for regime change in one country and a preemptive strike on the other as artie's got a chicken reports the goals are often seen as far from democratic. splitting the spoils of war in the middle east and north africa the u.s. and europe are meeting in washington searching for new ways to fortify their global position now with syria and iran on their plate here at the white house european

leaders together with the u.s. president might be trying to turn political tensions around syria and iran into economic gain after all the decision on whether or not to meddle in a foreign country's affairs is never entirely selfless looking at the ranch for example a country with vast natural resources it's not hard to see the benefits in such a venture iran is the world's third largest oil exporter its seconding gas reserves the u.s. is not getting any of the rainy and oil europe on the other hand accounts for a significant part of iran's crude exports a year has severe energy problems there are a huge net importer of better europe has recently stopped buying oil from syria it might stop buying crude from iran as well if the e.u. decides to impose an oil ban on iran but analysts say it's not full long that the west would want to deprive themselves of middle eastern oil that would mean more oil more gas

a lower price of oil lower price of gas more steady supply. how to make it happen typically what they would like to do is make the population so you cannot make the measurable that they will seek to change the regime and the second way is to isolate the country from its neighbors to the point where you can safely without too many complications go in and simply attack iran and destroy the regime through destroying the country synch. the u.s. and the e.u. are trying to press the rands biggest trade partner china to do less business with tehran the u.s. is now calling on pakistan to stop building a gas pipeline with iran isolation seems to be the strategy we've seen change the endgame the benefits could be enormous can a check on our t. washington d.c. and always check out our website for the latest updates comments and videos out r t

dot com here's what's a click away right now oh boy oh rescue prince william tries his best to save the lives of a crew of sinking a russian cargo ship while he managed to pluck to get safety five remain missing after their boat was overcome by treacherous waters in the irish sea. and after the recent failure of russia's own rocket to mars the country's scientists once again looking to the red planet as a new probe has blasted off to mars on a nasa rocket more info on the device that said to unravel the mysteries of the red planet at r.t. dot com. a naked woman his city's central square is bound to gain some attention which is exactly what one protest group is hoping for a series of extravagant demonstrations against women abuse of women's rights have

been raising eyebrows all across europe so if he's alexei or ships he found out these ukrainian activists have their sights set on new horizons. oh yes. on a chilly morning in key of health naked women in racing outfits drink champagne and chant slogans this is how the feminine movement celebrated the resignation of silvio berlusconi several days prior to that the very same ladies were in rome voicing their support to the anti berlusconi protest even though it we had staged a lot of protests against berlusconi and his sexual adventures here in kiev and we are really happy his political career has finished this inhibition interrupted the landscape of somebody who came to the terran embassy not only to celebrate but the say that he needs to go on trial for his sexual crimes. for more than a week the cranium topless protesters had been making themselves heard across europe on a dedicated road trip to draw attention to the sexual exploitation of women in room

one of their activists made a revealing protest against injustice towards women in the catholic church in the vatican right in front of the pope. was before that they hit paris storming former i.m.f. banker dominique strauss kahn his residence. woman from italy came to us in switzerland and said we know that you're coming to rome and will be staging protests again berlusconi and the pope thank you they said for sharing our problems they are wild brother free rallies in ukraine have been making international headlines for several years now from protesting against the alarming rate of prostitution especially with the upcoming you are twenty twelve tournament exposing flaws in ukraine's politics now they're looking even further afield those of them

would do it within your could do worse what you went through the classic famine is no longer works it is if you excuse me impotent but what we do by. the desire in fact that's why not only ukraine needs it but europe as well who are planning to take over the world. while we see how well you were received in europe remember your colorful actions in ukraine where are you planning to expand now but of those . who receive lots of letters telling us to continue fighting against religious injustice towards women especially in the muslim states that's where we want to develop we are even ready to go to iran or any other islamic state to stage our topless protests knowing all risks it couldn't tale for us. they started out as a few enthusiastic complainer is now there are two messages go we global. in ukraine alone they have tens of thousands of supporters the family network has been set up in europe and now stretches as far as the united states still they say

they've got a lot of demons to fight at home. because you from kiev in ukraine now to some other stories making headlines across the globe this hour a controversial shipment of nuclear waste has arrived at its final destination in northern germany despite a vast three day protest that ended intense clashes with authorities anti-nuclear activists threw fireworks stones and painted police who responded with water cannons and tear gas thirteen hundred arrests were reported since the demonstrations started friday the nuclear industry remains extremely unpopular in germany one of the many countries affected by the disastrous fallout of the one nine hundred eighty six sure a noble catastrophe. these three people killed twenty seven injured after a powerful blast rocked the city hotel in southern philippines the strength of the explosion was so powerful that most of the second floor collapsed on the roof was blown off most of the victims were staying in the hotel for

a wedding celebration that was to take place on monday the city's population predominantly christian has been troubled by an islamic insurgency for decades. lots more still to come this hour we'll bring you the results of the latest round of the russian football premier league and our sports bulletin in about twenty five minutes but first the business news with dmitri stay with us. thanks matt called warrior a trade barriers against russia may finally be lifted as joins the world trade organization u.s. ambassador to moscow says congress could abolish the jaxon van eyck amendment next year so more on this some joined by our t's like she's at the u.s. embassy so we're going to see what difference will abolishing the amendment make. the amendment itself is an old amendment that would say that restricting trade privilege is today shouldn't that have limits of human rights and every gratian

that's in the whole formal agreement is canceled every year for russia anyway but there are now concerns that u.s. businesses could be affected with this amendment in place when russia joins would trade organization others because the amendment is inconsistent with the w t o a rules that say there are concerns now that american business is way with the some of the benefits that are going to be a pin to other nations by russia joining the trade body and as the ambassador has said today it's a cold war era relic it's been a long time coming for this repeal to happen and although it's unlikely it's going to be repealed this year it certainly gave me every day for the u.s. to twelve all right so thank you so much for the. financial tidal wave was frightening to europe many economists now for dictating a severe recession on the continent and twenty twelve as government significantly cut spending however this could be of great benefit to gold prices they'll tell me

from u.b.s. says the average price for the precious metal will reach two thousand seventy five dollars per ounce next year. gold reflects emotions fear bad current climate and fear about what lies ahead in this there's a mistrust of governments governments in europe and you know the debt management for many of the european nations there's a move certainly each word safehaven acid and what we saw in two thousand and eleven was a very volatile year for gold and for other assets we continue to see that expect that again for two thousand and twelve so at some time gold is approaching those record highs that people need to be perhaps a little bit more proactive be prepared to take profits with a view to coming back in again and buying goals in one hundred hundred fifty dollars lower. the former head of the european bank of reconstruction and development predicts the euro may not survive until christmas this year governments

and companies around the world are preparing for what could happen if the currency disintegrates but the matter of them cough skeered north capital believes while firms in russia would need government help to survive if the euro works for. strive to survive by hiking the domestic rates at the pump stations obviously after the station number two there will encounter the anger from the government then. there will be a clash the raids will be all the word and then the third stage russian companies will believe some sort of a living off tax and duties for the oriel in order for them to preserve positive trade you margins so we're made in the government who would have to make huge sessions to rational companies in order for them to survive.

no news is going to leapfrog and russia's oil market has. become the second largest oil producer in the country produced half a percent more crude during the first nine months of the year than lukoil and they say the latter has been concentrating more on foreign operations than domestic expansion. things is mostly to the markets oil prices are heading up a strong start to the all day shopping season in the u.s. likes we desired but over one hundred dollars per barrel this our brand is also two dollars eighty five cents higher european stock markets pushed higher also with investors driven by hopes that european leaders could be moving towards fresh solutions to the crisis in the euro region we can report said euro zone officials that agreed on a way to leverage the european financial stability facility rescue fund and that france and germany will also studying ways to deepen fiscal integration. and russia's markets are also positive the odds he has earned my sex up around three

percent this hour. take a look at what's moving the year my sex on a g. major of course i on the very buoyant world prices rose snapped up more than four percent financials are joining the global trend d.t.b. up more than three percent and carmakers sawers is also up on news of its joint venture with japan's master. the headlines are next on our season statements were.

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