us and its allies continue to pressure iran. think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that erodes iran is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it is quite remarkable because that really does is tantamount to an act of war and and really the i think the only logical outcome for this is another increase in military tensions between the countries involved in that region that are already on the knife edge of military tension so it is quite an explosive thing to be talking about and i think the escalation in recent weeks with the recent ten day military drill in in the straits of hormuz has to be weighing heavily on the minds of of the u.s. and others but but i think really the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormuz or attempt to do so would only be an absolute last measure resort for a country that relies on the importation of refined gasoline and other things

through the very straits that they would be sensibly sabotaging and planting mines in so it's it's quite remarkable to think that that iran would do that in any other situation other than they felt that the entire existence of their country was under threat so adding more sanctions to to the mix is is really just a recipe for military disaster i think those talks between israeli and palestinian negotiators and over here have ended without breakthrough but side fail to pave the way for a restart of still middle east peace talks with new construction of just settlements in occupied lands the key obstacle blocking progress point to syria has more from the middle east for us. these talks between israelis and palestinians with representatives of the mideast quartet i'm avoiding government have ended with no major breakthrough and that was to be expected the stumbling blocks were essentially the positions of both israelis and palestinians hold like a major position being that of settlement construction because it's interesting that while these talks were happening in the jordanian capital here in israel the

israeli lands administration and mounds that it was issuing tendency for three hundred new homes to be built across the green line so you're hearing again from the palestinians that there's been no real commitment from the israeli side to stop with the settlement building the issues on the table really issues of security issues of borders with palestinians again reiterate to make order for these raids to withdraw to the one nine hundred sixty seven borders to release all palestinian prisoners as an indication that there aren't serious about resuming direct talks they have been no direct talks more than a year we have the issues on the table of course coming from the israeli side is that they want to see a real sign of commitment from the palestinians for there to be no further attacks no further of the rockets fired from the gaza strip into israel removed certainly is one of pessimism and no one on either the israeli or palestinian side by and large really believes that they can be

a resumption sucking out of direct talks anytime soon and that's why we've heard comments from the course of the day coming from people like the israeli defense minister with the right saying that these are negotiations about negotiations now we are hearing from the jordanian foreign minister he says that evo there was no breakthrough today the tweets would hold in a positive light and that jordan is intent on holding future talks between israelis and palestinians in the future so there is of course some kind of pace at some kind of optimism that perhaps there could be a breakthrough but certainly that breakthrough did not come today for the palestinians from this side have said that if there is no real commitment shown from the israelis and they all consider. a number of options and among those options are going to the united nations security council and cooling to the declaration of a palestinian state some something that they have not done in the past because of american pressure they're also considering going to the u.n. security council and willing to oversee mission against israeli system and building

and also for the united nations to stand international observers here to the west bank and of course we're always interested in your opinion and those peace talks are the subject of our latest online poll so head to our web site on the dot com to take part and right now the majority says it's either a new chance for both sides drew fused to a compromise or will mean new and impossible israeli demands of palestinians so the second highest number of voters saying the outcome will be positive no matter water and will mean the first move towards peace since september twenty tan and minority claim it will establish new and unrealistic palestinian demands of israel gone like coffee and while you know that these stories we're covering for you on our website as well. so check out predictions on how the russian economy will perform in twenty twelve it's all on our website business section where experts modern whether rushes to form part of the world trend towards recession. egyptians are voting in the

third round of the first post revolution parliamentary election the country's leading islamist party is expected to dominate with results june ten days to vote will see a transition of power from the army which has been in charge since the toppling of president mubarak in february last year barak in the meantime is on trial charged with complicity in the killing of more than eight hundred protesters during for a breeze popular uprising last month the previous round of voting was overshadowed by violent clashes between protesters and the army and the government raids on chartable organizations last week have also added to the bad feeling these are reports from cairo. content 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 phyllis's

a very dangerous situation because you have the elections on the one hand producing . but the people on the streets pushing for change of secularists who have links with these groups so that the big tension really between washington and kyra left off 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 n.g.o.s peroration 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 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 mccann

sitting on a sidewalk by their former office the vix it ngo workers point out a certain irony this never happened when mubarak was in charge he says i would surprise. the police but the. ticket system just. can't take a position. against so he moderates the activity and the race will be finished. and 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 western observers 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 again is ations which authorities accuse of destabilizing egypt the 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 some of the trouble and this has been in some way fostered by these n.g.o.s washington tirelessly repeats the old adagio of the importance of its relations with egypt as a key player in the middle east but blight talk may hide a very different agenda washington doesn't want stabilization they want permanent arnie's 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. i mean 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. motherly for must 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. . and made mistakes but terry kali's says that in order to stabilize egypt the military has to give its people all they want and step down. large majority of egyptians want the military to be a defensive outfit defending the country against. attack or intervention and not play a political rather tall because for the last thirty to forty years egypt has essentially where they were under mubarak or under some dark being a multi to indicate to share run by the middle or korean people want an end to that so when the military want. more barack on trial again it's an attempt to divert attention from its own rule in the concrete barriers who want to be this really

worrying people and that is all should be discussed and checking the. jim carrey is so i think to show that foreign buyers are manipulating of concrete and so cruel which is again nonsense i think washington has a great deal of influence within the military after all we hear billions of dollars i mean begin a billion dollars a year that's a huge amount of money. raising out there reforming and modernization of its armed forces the military hasn't been a top priority since so many at times but the kremlin is now eager to say that's right. bartle reports change is long. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they the russian forces certainly 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 for the next ten years to buy new weapons but russian arms manufacturers are no longer what they used to be that he 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 buy into broad new purchases include this london ship the mistral port 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. i asked them what was their problem and what prevented them from producing good vehicles the enterprise is bosses found plenty of excuses such as the absence of engines gliders except chatter 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 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 rearmament is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons undermines russia's military in. dependence. we are becoming dependent on foreign suppliers of spare parts for military equipment on foreign military personnel training on foreign supplies with specific fuels and lubricants and other substances needed for the new equipment norms say over the years in two thousand

and eight russian forces pushed the georgian army out of south said here 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 a for must be won here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia tom watson r.t. moscow. and some other world news and briefly the first to leave where fighting has broken out in the center of the capital between two armed militia groups leaving five people dead the clashes to have started after former rebels based in tripoli arrested fighters who belong strobes rival you from the city of misrata. witnesses say the tripoli militia arrested six men brought them inside

a council building and beat them out and detained them resulting in tears battle choosing vote machine guns rocket propelled grenades and anti aircraft guns mounted holding the bear and an october there are concerns of a growing hostility between rival tribes of. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its a service from syria crisis voice doubt over the definition of the marches of the country and it concerns that first is that still coming on to government protesters . this is where the trouble a gas pipeline exploded in khost province which the government has blamed on terrorists five thousand people have been killed in syria since the uprising began . last march. thirteen people have died in three separate bomb blasts in the afghan city of kandahar in the first a motorbike ball that detonated explosives at a police checkpoint killing four civilians and one police officer official say the target may have been

a nearby police vehicle the second attack of the day to be against a nato convoy killed a child that was nearby. the taliban says it has struck a deal with qatar to open a political office that the plan is being seen as a major step towards ending the ten year war with afghanistan germany and the u.s. have been urging the group to great representatives able to start peace negotiations the u.s. and tyler but have previously held talks of issues such as the release of i'm going to prisoners from guantanamo bay. republican presidential hopefuls are bracing themselves for the iowa caucuses that he told in two thousand to twelve primary season in the u.s. in paul's are the first out there in the new six month long process of choosing the republican contender to challenge brought the barber who is seeking a second term in the white house hot seat own poll rick santorum and her trolley are the frontrunners vying for the republican nomination around one hundred twenty

thousand are expected to vote in the party's election for us. to work. despite a dark past with fascism like many other european countries germany is seeing is surge in support for near nazi groups and it's a problem that sometimes drives whole towns between those devised by the whole time between those unstable extremism and those trying to make a stand he's a group is going off investigates was driving young people down a violent 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 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 n.t. nazi initiative is actively supported by around fifty locals many are 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 in this new book but we won't let me go now sees rule here yet to not all locals agree the initiative is often criticised the neo nazi party even being three percent of votes at the most recent polls on election day but on ten thousand beans it had split our town some say where 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 social skills which the town can offer it's often simply boredom driving them to streets where 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 it used to be before two thousand and nine mr vantine and the other activists do say they are not going to back down until after it turns back to normal but unfortunately the problem with neo nazis in germany exists on a much wider scale thousands of new gather for a needle marches in dresden often clashing with police and fascist activists and in november german authorities called two suspects believed to be members of a terror cell that is keep them for years in killing at least ten foreigners but.

it's money struggles which are igniting the trouble of course economic. causes families conflict and families. solved we have a kind of rage but now. as you know escalated racist education germany's spending billions to call the eurozone crisis but ignoring economic trouble at home could be. if you have to check it may be too long before disenfranchised you drank the entire country toward some of the biggest mistakes of this past. or to germany. up next we'll talk to former german chancellor and current chairman of the stream gas pipeline guy how true to what he tells us here about the benefits of energy corp but. in russia and discuss ways for the eurozone to escape its debt crisis.

gerhard schroeder was charles love germany from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand and five he's now chairman of the board at nordstrom's russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea europe mr further why should the e.u. increase its dependence on gazprom is kidney. opinion. 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 north stream

is viewed as a priority project both by russia and the e.u. because it's been part of europe's energy networks since two thousand and six recognized by the european parliament and the e.u. council of energy minister brussels wants all russian energy companies not just gazprom to be allowed to export gas to europe what are the implications of that for gas problem and europe. regulator e permission is not the issue but the e.u. germany and the rest of the e.u. nations need gas to sensibly reform their energy policy russia on the other hand has to sell gas to keep its budget in order so there's a codependency which is a good thing i would be happy to see european companies invest into russia and european markets open up to russian companies it's a good free market economy i think europeans need gas gas has many uses you with the political uncertainty in north africa it's good. to have a stable partner that you can rely on and russia is one you know better than anyone else for instance that britain recently switched from export to imply that europe

needs a gas supply to maintain a stable mix of energy sources but it's climatic conditions require that it needs norway's gas but also russia's gas and therefore i think opening the market up to russian companies would be a wise move of. the name to do some officials oppose russia whatever it does yet as is ford or most mon i guess it is so we have to admit that what i hope we will get over it of it's understandable that the european union needs russia geopolitically but the reverse is also true it's not a question of the time has come to start cooperating and stop looking back at ideological differences that misrata could russia switch supply eighth to china if brussels keeps up its hostility was that it's unknown as it towards your informant's of wishes in a situation where it could ship gas to china and all of asia and europe i hope russia never has to make a choice the russian government is evidently pro european but europe cannot keep

pushing russia or away it hurts russians pride we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of shipping to asia europe has no such alternative and europe's geo political position will only improve if it manages to enter a tight hard to ship with russia one and at the same time grant a session to turkey that would be a sound strategy and into the future the rest is yesterday's debate unless and is dead but of guess that with this a huge debt crisis mr sarkozy says no hero no europe surely europe worth of oil without the euro so on that. i know for more this is a quote from a successor in office likes to yours of course europe's going to have problems if the euro has problems but there's one thing you can be sure of the euro is going to survive as a common currency that even it theoretically. things turn out differently which i find very improbable of you we will still have a united europe it is. you were chancellor when greece cooked its books to join the

euro should you have stopped athens from joining the single currency club in new. york i do not think that was our situation of the european commission its employees that had to conduct the inspections they had let us know that we could take the responsibility for greece's e.u. a session on ourselves but it was a purely preparatory mission conducted by the european commission not the national government we had made the decision to take greece in we could not claim without having firm proof that the information we got then was diplomatically speaking not entirely correct very much keep in mind that the european parliament voted in favor of greece's membership almost unanimously including the conservatives who are now trying to distance themselves from that decision sometimes in politics you don't want to believe things that he wants condoned or actually happening. unless either the commission was wrong or the handling of greece has been wrong since it ended

which which is it ends in the it's pointless to talk about how things were in the past we're talking about the future i hope we manage to keep greece in the eurozone for that to happen i hope the package of aid agreements that european leaders have agreed on is implemented if that's the case then i think we can start taking care of stabilizing the market because it was a great deal of help from greece of course there is one point i would like to make in that the country should not be broken down not only does greece need a budget discipline which is of course true but what greece needs most are investments that it would be good to see wealthy greek citizens who are currently investing abroad pay taxes in their own country instead of looking for investment opportunities is there a red line beyond which germans they we're not going to bail out southern europe anymore or does germany have a historic bed. i think europe has france but they've been digging about depth i'm not against discussing a red line the problem is that if you start to talk about

a red line then you'd eventually have to correct it germany is interested both politically and economically in a functioning europe the economic interest is easily explained that forty percent of our export goes to the european union and beyond that if those countries are hit by a crisis then so is germany secondly or both the lesson we learned in the past and our prospects for the future dictate that germany is not strong enough geopolitically to play a significant role in a game where the u.s. is one superpower and an asian leader in this case china is the other new european state is only a united europe can take on a role like that if that's why germany is interested in a united europe that not just because of the past but for the sake of our citizens future that will come from the lord of the gerhard schroder chairman of the board for the north stream gas pipeline thank you for speaking with r.t. .

tragically and goes down. one hundred morning. what is now. more than sixty square kilometers so in one month all the mistakes. and those who are still surprisingly alive and fighting are just. very bad out here. but i'm not saying hardly any birds squirrels you know. darts you know i don't know what's going on here. mark green on our team. soon which will brighten if you move on from some stupid.

stunts on t.v. dot com. this is also a coming to life the most of the headlines. provoking tension the pentagon says u.s. warships will continue to sail in the arabian gulf despite end of rain in warning to stay away meanwhile to iran successfully test fired missiles during naval exercises claiming it is prepared to hit a bomb if the top of. the first talks between israel and palestine in for two months and with no breakthrough new construction of true settlements on occupied lands remains the main obstacle to resuming stalled peace negotiations. on the winds of change the russian army marches on would to organization and with the

ground and came to return to soviet era military. context of lies up next the story of a catastrophic environmental disaster and all special report tom creek. we're right at the eight hundred foot elevation level right here and a lot of. mine discharges are coming up right at the. i. and you can tell that when the the red water mixes with the clear water that's the difference although this looks clear it's still got a lot of metals in it because it's discharging out of the chat. the sides of the mine that has the minerals in it are submerged beneath the water and it's isolated from oxygen oxygen is the key. you know back when they were first on up there was a lot of oxygen.