scientists are 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 and its allies 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 that oil installations

will be at risk war is hell and this instability will go beyond the persian gulf it will i think of 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 egyptians are once again heading to the polls in a third round of parliamentary elections that's wildly expected that islamic groups will come out on top and take over from the current military rulers but the run up to this vote has seen clashes between the army and protesters as well as police raids on non-government organizations and those that even go school 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 secularists who have links with these groups so that the big tension really between kyra 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 remain what prompted the raids and what could possibly be so suspicious about energy all of the races in post revolutionary egypt . and the members of the arabic center for an independent judiciary never did get an official explanation for the confiscation of their documents or the victualling 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 of everything and didn't give a simple answer whether they wanted bank statements or anything else other than macand sitting on a sidewalk by their former office the vixen to ngo workers point out

a certain irony this never happened when mubarak charge this is. the first but the. tickets. just. can't take a position. he moderates the. suits. says a new. human rights activists in egypt believe the razor are attempts to punish them for accusing military rulers of failing to carry through democratic reforms but western. observers say the authorities are becoming increasingly wary of the ever watchful eye from washington and the true purpose of raids is to approve foreign funding. which authorities accuse of destabilizing egypt and seems to be a strand of opinion inside the military inside the state machine that. is

very disillusioned with the old friendship with the west and may be trying to find evidence to prove that some of the trouble on the streets. has been in some way fostered by these. 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 be permanent so that they can you know use that as a lever in the entire region egyptian activists aren't too happy with western help which they say can do more harm than good. and i don't like the way foreign countries 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 offices 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. . coming up on our team making the russian army fighting fit. we'll look into how moscow is reversing a downward spiral for its military with billions poured into performance and new weaponry and. then this new book has been that we won't let me all nazis rule here residents of a quiet german town are determined to stop a neo nazi epidemic from spreading but are their efforts enough r t investigates. the arab league says syria's government has withdrawn heavy weapons from cities and released some three thousand five hundred prisoners but the body confirms snipers are still posing a threat and called for an end to the shooting meanwhile syria's state run news agency says an explosion has had a gas pipeline in the rest of homes province one of a number of similar attacks since the ten month long unrest began activists claim

hundreds have been killed since the monitoring team arrived last week drawing criticism both from within syria and the arab group advisors to the league said observers should be withdrawn because of the continuing violence their mission is to ensure compliance with a peace plan in the country analysts patrick henningsen thinks events in syria are being manipulated with western powers and arab allies backing insurgent groups to promote regime change. a lot of these so-called human rights reports definitely skewed in favor of whatever the current western policies coming out of the us or london and paris of what they would like to see happen in syria which is . people in the u.s. state department in the u.k. foreign office and the u.n. want to frame this argument is that as is having a crackdown on dissidents these are the dissidents these are in some cases armed insurgents and they're be backed in a material way by the u.s.

by some of these countries who actually are in the league the chart also has an interest in regime. in this country libya has sent al-qaeda fighters to under the command of the tripoli governor to go and fight in syria this contravenes all united in a laws ok if the us is actively involved in supporting this they are culpable in international court since the collapse of the military oriented soviet union russia's armed forces have suffered a gradual decay and major reforms have now been put into place to take them back on track moscow will pump more than 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 former envoy to nato will now put his long experience to good use helping revamp the country's military artist tom barton explains why these changes are needed. the russian armed forces

the pride of the nation or are they there was one force a certain falling behind and have fallen 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 will bite or broad new purchases include this land assault ship the mistrial got from france lorries from italy and flying drones from israel drones has proved a 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 their 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 designers come up with some excellent hardware for instance in terms of fighter and combat aircraft some time the industry has trouble in maintaining these at a high level and should produce in about the kind of numbers of the armed forces needed and the reform still have angry opponents to both in and outside the armed forces many of them argue that the we are moment is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons undermines russia's military. independence commission. 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 say of those in two thousand and eight russian forces pushed the children army 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 the regiments of rubles on the road onto enough most here at the defense ministry now know that before the armed forces are ready for more than conflict a very long and very demanding war for reform must be won here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia it's an ati moscow still ahead for you this hour the key to success. the same question everybody answer the farmer all over the world how do we radiate so we like i do it because. when we

started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the land the became the farmer the more i really felt i was a person we hear from the man who moved to russia years ago to explore some of the country's neglected lands and transform them into a flourishing business success he reveals his secrets in our special series of pathfinder. and now a look at what's making the news around the world this hour. tens of hundreds of thousands have rallied in central budapest to protest against the new home going constitution a day after it came into force activists chanted anti-government slogans and denounce president viktor orban space center right regime as a dictatorship they say the new laws undermine democracy and threaten judicial independence the legislation was pushed through parliament last april despite criticism from the u.s. and new. in the u.s. republican presidential hopefuls are competing to win over the people of iowa in

the first election of the voting season the polls are the first in the state by state contests to choose the republican contender for barack obama's white house chair in the presidential election later this year candidates ron paul rick santorum and mitt romney are the current favorites around one hundred twenty thousand are expected to vote in tuesday's party election. and afghanistan a suicide bomber on a motorcycle has killed five people including a police officer in the city of the hut an official said the explosives were set off near a police checkpoint injuring sixteen others there was no clear target for the attack but it may have been aimed at a police vehicle that was operating in the area. massive forest fires have swept through chile's southern and central regions with one confirmed death and over twenty thousand hectares of forests destroyed hundreds have been forced from their homes as firefighters battle to control the fierce blaze that spread across three provinces chile's south is currently suffering from

a prolonged drought and heat wave making it highly susceptible to fires and israeli tourists has been accused of negligently starting the blaze while camping in the region's top is the pain national park. in the past few years many e.u. countries have seen a growth in neo nazi groups and in germany more and more young people aren't joining them some point to poor economic conditions all they're saying immigration policies are to blame you're going to school all of now reports on what's driving youngsters along such a dangerous path. a quiet down to. 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 your nazis marched through

the town's main square. i used to be afraid but it helps not to act alone to have supporters i became a public person with our initiative and it sort of my protection the end of it is actively supported by around fifty locals many retired and armed with posters they stand up to those who are often much younger and are 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 the bendix new book within that we won't let me go now sees rule here yet not all locals agree the initiative is often criticized the neo nazi party even being three percent of votes at the most recent local call and election day of. the incident split our town some say were 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 new nazis to recruit new members especially among disillusioned and dejected teenagers with poor infrastructure and high unemployment and few socialist skeets which the town can offer it's often simply boredom driving them to extremes . well a population of just around six thousand people is a typical small german town far away from large industries and financial centers life here is called and peaceful or at least it used to be before two thousand and nine mr vantine and the other activists are not going to back down until life returns back to normal but unfortunately the problem with neo nazis in germany exists on a much wider scale thousands of new gather for angel marches in dresden often clashing with police and activists and in the german authorities two suspects believed to be members of a terrorist so that it is keep them for use in killing at least ten foreigners but

. it's money struggles. trouble of course economic interest causes. conflict and. solve we have a kind of rage but now the rage was you know escalated racist education germany's spending billions to call the eurozone crisis but ignoring economic trouble at home could be spirit if you want to. be. disenfranchised you drank the entire country towards some of the biggest mistakes of this past. germany. civil rights groups have slammed a controversial new defense bill signed by president obama a law authorizes indefinite detention of terrorist suspects without charge or trial

president obama said he had serious reservations about the bill and will not make use of all of its provisions but human rights groups called it a blight on obama's legacy as future presidents continues it to its full its fullest extent this comes as the notorious guantanamo bay 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 around the world. there is the threat our mass detention without our trial without charges being held by the u.s. military who previously could not legally operate within the u.s. only around the world the u.s. says that they're speaking for democracy around the world for human rights around the world well really the u.s. 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 u.s. is not even in a declared war this is coming at a time of new struggles here in the u.s. 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 place he made to shut down guantanamo to expand and open the rights here and yet you have an even more reactionary grouping pledging more wars expanded us agenda of broad and against the rights of working people right here at home and all this is in the 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. well plenty more stories news and analysis online at r.t. dot com here's some of what's lined up for you right now. tough times for the euro the ten year old single currency's prospects for twenty. as recession looms large on the horizon we've got the details online. and zooming in on israel's secret satellite is to blur the lines for its image sensitive former allies leaving and sharp focus for the rest of the world to see much more at home. is.

the official. from the. little. video. and. obama you want. to. call. two twenty two here thanks for being with our two where we continue to introduce you to foreigners who have achieved successes by doing business in russia and our pathfinder series we talk to experts who discovered and realize the country's full potential.

john copy ski used to make his living trading coal in great britain but fifteen years ago he moved to russia and became a farmer now married to a russian he owns one of the country's most profitable dairy 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 people are paying a bubble for old milk and even though the rouble 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 workers expected that they'd lost by by mr stalin and now john had arrived in the first year that we were here we were changing ninety percent of the start of the month we couldn't find anybody that we thought could manage such a modern farm so in the end we decided 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. how 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 theist 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 they're just too many laws every day you just finding new ones in a farm in a western husband and wife and an accountant an external accountant could 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. in these ten years the market has evolved we've got investments now we've got. we've got. one from germany we've got companies and we've got pepsi if you work here properly you've got big plans you can do big problems and should really efficiency of scale because learns more efficiencies 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 is needed because it's not used. and. then temperature was ok this morning there's always a challenge in america gets boring after a while everything's there everything is simple here. the same question everybody. over the world 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 became the more i read you felt i was a real person i come here and i see the effect of the lies of the 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 colored paper here i'm seeing the product i get a great sense of satisfaction by doing.

and will bring in more from our special pathfinder series every day here on our more business trailblazers. in just a few moments we ask former german chancellor gerhard schroeder if there is a way out of the economic crisis that's threatening the very existence before the. another look at today's top stories.

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thanks for being with us two thirty here in moscow we go now to a quick recap of your headlines around warns the united states it will take action if an american warship returns to its base in the gulf where has been test firing missiles there is criticism that the u.s. is provoking clamping down evermore crippling sanctions. egyptians head to the polls in the third round of parliamentary elections with the vote expected to be dominated by islamists groups but with the recent rains on foreign n.g.o.s it's feared the military's grip on power could remain as strong as ever. and arab league observers say syrian leaders have pulled heavy weapons out of the cities and released prisoners but the group is still looking for ways to end the ongoing

violence meanwhile syria state run news agency says a new explosion has had a gas pipeline in the rest of homes probably. next we talk to former german chancellor and current chairman of the north stream gas pipeline schroeder 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 stay with us. good for the world chills love germany for. two thousand and four if he's no chairman of the board at nordstrom. the baltic sea to europe for the war should increase its dependence on goes pro. i know. god will see we're not talking about russia's depend we're talking about cooperation between russia. and the europe.