office and the u.n. want to frame this argument is that assad is having a crackdown on dissidents these are not dissidents these are in some cases armed insurgent and they're being backed in a material way by the u.s. and by some of these countries who actually are in the league guitar also has an interest in regime change in this country libya has sent al-qaeda fighters under the command of their tripoli governor to go and fight in syria this contravenes all united name laws ok if the u.s. is actively involved in supporting this they are culpable in international court injections are once again having to the polls in a third round of parliamentary elections it's widely expected that as long as groups will win and take over from the current military rulers in the run up to the final round of voting has seen clashes between the army and protesters as well as

police raids on non-governmental organizations as a religion are reports discontent with the current regime is running high. the revolution may have toppled hosni mubarak the manager accused of corruption and suffocating freedom but now it's the ruling supreme council of armed forces which finds itself in hot water with the west following raids on human rights organizations last week i feel this is a very dangerous situation because you have elections. but the people in the streets pushing. links with these groups so that the big tension really between. left jobs cell phones and more than twenty boxes of documents were reportedly seized during raids by the police authorities promised all will be returned yet several questions are made what prompted the raids and what could possibly be so suspicious about n.g.o.s durations in post-revolutionary egypt. the members of the arabic center for an independent judiciary never did get an official

explanation for the confiscation of their documents or the eviction from their office that followed. we don't know what they were searching for we told them we could give them anything they wanted but they came in search everything and didn't give a simple answer whether they wanted bank statements or anything else from him sitting on a sidewalk by their former office the vix to n.g.o.s workers point out a certain irony this never happened when mubarak was in charge this is our surprise . to the police but. to consistently just. can't take a position. against the human rights the. police say she. says. this is a. human rights activists in egypt believe the rays are attempts to punish them for

accusing military rulers of failing to carry through democratic reforms but. observer say the authorities are becoming increasingly wary of the ever watchful eye from washington and the true purpose of raids is to prove foreign funding over . which authorities accuse of destabilizing egypt and seems to be a. military. machine that. is very disillusioned with the friendship with the west may be trying to find evidence to prove some of the trouble on the streets. has been to. washington tirelessly repeats the old adagio of the importance of its relations with egypt as a key player in the middle east but polite talk may hide a very different agenda washington doesn't want stabilization they want to. show that they can you know as

a leader in the entire region egyptian activists aren't too happy with western help which they say can do more harm than good. i don't like the way foreign countries put pressure on egyptian authorities that the pressure has to come from the egyptians and we as a human rights organization should provide it. whatever the real reasons for the reins of n.g.o.s says the increasing internal strife in the country could portend a shipwreck not just for egypt's relations with the west but for the country's revolution in cairo. r.t. . and coming up shortly on r.t. making the russian army fighting fit we'll look into how moscow was reversing a downward spiral for its military with billions reforms and new weaponry. new people. rule here. residents of a quiet german town. but are there africa.

investigates. iran has successfully test fired a selection of different missiles on the last ten days of naval war games in the gulf western powers have described the exercise is evidence of iran's volatile behavior france said the missile test sent out bad signals to the international community iran also held the next guys simulating the shutting down of the strait of hormuz though it said it had no immediate intention of actually doing so earlier today ron threatened to blow off the world's most important oil route if the west stepped up sanctions against the country's nuclear program on saturday u.s. president barack obama signed a bill targeting iran's oil and financial sectors sighed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says america is provoking iran. it is really the americans that are being provocative they are trying to make ordinary iranians suffer at the

same time you see senior american officials and politicians constantly calling for the assassination of iranian scientists of iranian military commanders of politicians and the constant threat of attacking and bombing the country so really the problem lies with the united states the maneuvers in the persian gulf are basically to show the united states that iran is strong and can protect themselves and it is basically the only way in which to force the united states to recognize that certain lines just simply shouldn't be crossed if the americans. try to make the iranian economy suffocate the iranians will have no option but to respond in a sea of severe manner this is a region where an extraordinarily large amount of oil and gas. goes through and if there is insecurity in the region it's not just the strait of hormuz if there is

a conflict in the persian gulf tankers who will be at risk while installations who . morris tells and this instability will go beyond the person involved it will i think for oil exports and gas exports will be at risk in central asia and throughout the middle east and there will be a lot of. backlash from the public throughout the region the collapse of the military oriented saw has seen a gradual decay of russia's armed forces and major reforms have been put in place to put them back on track moscow will pour over a six hundred billion dollars into refitting the army over the next ten years and there's a new man in charge as well russia's form and void to nato will now put his longest period to good use helping revamp the country's military that explains why changes are needed. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they but i'm for certain falling behind enough for

a behind some of the larger arrivals new equipment is a priority there's also a dire need for reforms in organization recruitment training pay and military doctrine the government has promised six hundred forty billion dollars over the next ten years to buy new weapons russian arms manufacturers are no longer what they used to be i mean she just army now is in need of contemporary modern equipment and if the russian defense industry can't yet provide us with what we need we'll bite it brought new purchases include this lander so ship them a strong book from france lorries from italy and flying drones from israel drones or through the particular problem the defense ministry dismayed by the russian company tasked with designing and building them yet either when i asked them what was their problem and what prevented them from producing good vehicles the

enterprise's bosses found plenty of excuses such as the absence of engines gliders exaction and i now know how much money they received and i saw the rubbish they produced not all new russian made weapons are falling below standard the su thirty four fighter bomber is widely considered an exceptional aircraft but so few have been delivered that the older models they were to replace are starting to fail although russian design has come up with some excellent hardware for instance in terms of fighter combat aircraft some time the industry has trouble in maintaining these at a high level and producing about the kind of numbers of the armed forces needed and the reforms still have angry opponents to both in and outside the armed forces many of them argue that the we are mint is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons undermines russia's military. and. we are becoming dependent on foreign suppliers of spare parts for military equipment on foreign military personnel

training on foreign supplies will specifically fuel and lubricants and other substances needed for the new equipment norms. in two thousand and eight russian forces pushed the children of the out of south in just five days but experts were dismayed at how outdated and clumsy the russian army looked when faced with real position it reinforced the need for serious change the money being thrown at the problem is vast regiments of rubles on the road onto enough most here at the defense ministry no no before the armed forces are ready for more than conflict a very long and very demanding war for for must be won here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia and moscow and so has the sour here in r t the key to success. the same question everybody answer the former all over the world are there we radiate so we like it i do it because. when we started i

didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the line to become a farmer the more i really felt i was a person. we hear from the man a move to russia years ago to explore the country's think like that lands and transform them and to flourish in businesses he reveals his roots in our special series and find there. and now a look at some other stories from around the world tens of thousands have rallied in central bill to pass to protest against the new hunger in constitution a day after it came into force activists chanted anti-government slogans and denounce president viktor orban central ride regime as a dictatorship they say the new laws will undermine democracy and pans the legislation was pushed through parliament last april despite criticism from the u.s. and. in the u.s. we're probably. presidential hopefuls are competing to win over the people of iowa and the first election of the voting season the polls are the first in

a state by state conscious to choose the republican contender for barack obama's white house chair in next year's presidential election candidates ron paul rick santorum and mitt romney are the current favorites around one hundred twenty thousand are expected to vote in tuesday's election. massive forest fires have swept through chile southern and central regions with one confirmed death and over twenty thousand tapped as a forest land destroyed hundreds have been forced from their homes as firefighters battle to control the blaze that spread across three provinces south is currently suffering from a prolonged drought and the heat wave making it highly vulnerable to fires at israeli tourists has been accused of negligently starting the blaze while camping in the region's tourist pain national park. up to fifty thousand people have fled their homes in south sudan and scores are feared dead in the latest rash of inter-tribal violence at the weekend thousands of armed

tribesmen descended on the town of bor forcing their rivals take refuge in the bush un and south sudanese government have bolstered their forces in the area in an attempt to bring the situation under control the un has warned that the escalating violence could lead to a major humanitarian tragedy. in the past few years many e.u. countries have seen a growth. in germany more and more young people are joining the groups some point to poor economic conditions others say immigration policies are to blame it workers going off now reports on what's driving youngsters along dangerous path. a quiet down disturbed. a small community divided. it began with the appearance of nazi symbols then the local social center was burned to the ground your own office was also vandalized says for him the final

straw was when. through the town's main square. i used to be afraid but it helps not to act alone to have support i became a public person with our initiative and it sort of my protection the end the initiative is actively supported by around fifty locals retired and armed with posters they stand up to those who are often much younger and looking not too friendly like this young man who openly calls himself a neo nazi and admits encouraging a teenager to set the social center on fire he now faces up to two years behind bars and we won't let me rule here yet not all locals agree the initiative is often criticized the neo nazi party even being three percent of bullets at the most recent poll in the election did. split our town some say we're exaggerating and are only making things worse by attracting too much

attention but i think they're simply afraid. activists say it's easy for us to recruit new members especially among disillusioned and dejected teenagers with poor infrastructure and high unemployment and few social schemes which the town can offer it's often simply boredom driving them to extremes when the population of just around six thousand people sausan is a typical small german town far away from large industries and financial centers life here is called peaceful or at least for two thousand and nine mr van. and the other activists are not going to back down until life returns back to normal but unfortunately the problem. in germany exists on a much wider scale thousands of. police and activists and in november german authorities called two suspects

believed to be. terrorists keep them for years in killing at least foreigners but. its money struggles with. the trouble. it causes. conflicts and. we have a kind of rage. as you know escalated. education germany's spending billions to call the eurozone crisis but ignoring economic trouble at home could be spirit if. it may be for disenfranchised youth the entire country toward some of the biggest mistakes of the past. germany. civil rights groups have slammed a controversial new to fans bill signed by president obama the last arises

indefinite detention of terror suspects without charge or trial president obama said he had serious reservations about the bill and will not put all of it into action but human rights groups call it a blight on. future presidents could use it to its full was expand this comes as. a prison remains open almost four years after president obama promised to shut it down sara flounders from the international action center says the new bill violates the basic democratic rights that the u.s. claims to fight for. their. attention. without odd trial without charges being held by the us military who previously could not legally operate within the us only around the world the us says that they're speaking for democracy around the world for human rights around the world well really the us wars are

a form of absolute terror there is no other way of explaining secret rendition torture kidnapping targeted assassinations drone attacks on countries which the us is not even in a declared war this is coming at a time of new struggles here in the us at a time when there has been a mass movement the occupy wall street movement in more than a hundred cities across the country and every one of those occupy movements were shut down illegally by the police both president obama has violated the very pledges he made to shut down guantanamo to expand and open the rights here and yet you have an even more reactionary hoofing pledging more wars expanded us agenda of broad and against the rights of working people right here at home and all this is in a time of great economic crisis and hardship for millions of people right here

a huge cowper list meltdown of the economy rising unemployment and homelessness and new struggles. more stories news and analysis online and here is some of what's lined up for you this hour. tough times for the euro the ten year old single currency holds a grim prospect of well as recession looms we've got the details. and zooming in on israel's secrets a turkish satellite is to blur the lines for its pictures sounds a former ally in focus for the world's eyes all that much more. is.

from the. video. and. we're going to introduce you to foreigners have achieved success by doing business in russia now pathfinder series we talked to the ex-pats who discovered the country's potential.

job of this used to earn a living trading co and great britain bought fifteen years ago he moved to russia married a russian woman and became a farmer he now owns one of the country's most profitable daily farms. when we went on these lines people hadn't worked on the between two years we had forest growing today these lines are now working we have a whale of a four thousand take does this year ten twelve years ago the people applying approval for old milk and even as a rule we started our project we thought we could make money out of that we talked to various parties a place it was a good idea the mill market will be there and we went ahead. the first problem we encountered i think with normal was that the work as expected that they'd lost by by mr starlin now john had arrived in the first year that we were here we were changing ninety percent of the stuff every month we couldn't find anybody that we thought could manage such a modern farm so in the end we decided that to cover our risk we would look

overseas and i interviewed many people and in the end we have a young american now running the farm he's been with us for six years with his family we should look at the manure more what do you think it's good it's. nice color. cows are the easiest thing to manage as people because the problem probably number one problem i saw with people was they never had to take on responsibility for themselves now we've kind of. made this a team effort here where people have personal responsibility and. we go as far as to tell them each day what they have to do and what has to be faced and certain forms to fill out so that we can see they did their job either you love money or you love russia without that you can't work it because the frustrations of the bureaucracy is the main thing there are just too many laws every day you just finding new ones in a farm in the west a husband and wife and an accountant an external accountant can run the farm here

i've got fourteen people in the office it really is the sense that in order for you to get a desired it's a very long road in the west it's faster you need to do some treatment which. typically here on a russian farm there's someone that's your boss. and someone's boss is someone else's boss here we don't have that it's me i'm the boss of the farm and then we have workers that's it there's no middle management. it was much harder ten years ago we had to go running around asking do you want. in these ten years the market has evolved we've got investments now we've got down on the good we've got em in from germany we've got company and we've got pepsi if you work it properly you've got big plans you can do big problems and just really efficiency of scale and more efficiency that's the real big advantage in america we don't have that chance anymore because the land's all taken it's very expensive to begin farming here we have a chance to take as much land as needed because it's not used. and their ears are

cold and temperature was ok this morning there's always a challenge and america gets boring after a while everything's there everything's simple here. the same question everybody answered the farmer all over the world although we radiate so we like it i do it because. when we started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the line to become a farmer the more i really felt i was a real person i come here and i see the effect of the lives of over one hundred people the local community know in the shops become better and we're producing something that really is worth something i spent all my life selling and buying millions of tons of coal i never sold a cold paper here i'm seeing the product i get a great sense of satisfaction by doing. and all bring in more from our special pathfinder series every day here in r.t.s.

we need more business trailblazers in russia's capital and in just a few moments here in r.t. we ask former german chancellor gerhard schroeder if there is a way out of the economic crisis that's threatening the e.u. is very existence far before that though i'll bring in headlines. white stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is mesmerizing. but this beauty brings death at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers per hour. stepping down of

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with here's a reminder of the top stories arab league observers say syrian leaders have pulled heavy weapons out of key cities and released three and a half thousand prisoners by the body confirm snipers are still a threat and call for an end to the shooting. egyptians had to the polls in the third round of parliamentary elections with a vote expected to be dominated by islamist groups but it was recent raids on foreign n.g.o.s it's fear the military's grip on power could remain as strong as ever. and iran's missile test in the gulf draw western condemnation tehran also held an exercise simulating the shutting down of a key oil route but said it had no immediate intention of actually doing so critics

say the u.s. is provoking to iran by slapping down even more sanctions. well that's we talked to former german chancellor and current chairman of the nord stream gas pipeline he tells r.t. about the benefits of energy cooperation between russia and the e.u. and discusses ways for the eurozone to escape its debt crisis. gerhard schroeder was chancellor of germany from one nine hundred ninety eight to two thousand and five he's now chairman of the board at nordstrom russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea europe mr further why should the e.u. increase its dependence on gazprom or. opinions guide or stance on we're not talking about russia's dependence we're talking about cooperation between russia on the one side and the european union on the other in the energy sector the new stream is viewed as a priority project.