you see more tear gas fired into crowds of protesters in egypt as people vent their anger against the military rulers for not doing enough to stop wednesday's football violence seventy four dead. the un makes headway on a new resolution on syria references to regime change and move it wants to russia's concerns. on the close up on the boat all polling stations across russia do just as well kept or installed on the prime minister's words. is the eurozone doomed or has indeed risen from the dead it depends on who you're talking to for more on the conflict of opinions join business in twenty.

around the world and around the clock this is very warm welcome here our top story now protests rage on across egypt with reports of at least three killed and some four hundred injured as police fired tear gas to disperse crowds we've been seeing more tear gas fired into crowds within the last hour on the arrest broke out after wednesday's violence when seventy four people died in post match clashes in cairo protesters continue to gather around the teary ministry blaming police for not doing enough to prevent some pitched deaths. to step down journalist khaled leaves the forces in egypt banking on the unrest. at this stage it's very difficult to say who is actually behind the violence and whether it was

a spontaneous all straight it but what's certain is that there's a security vacuum and in egypt and this security vacuum is intentional the police and the security apparatus has wanted to since the revolution began has wanted to punish the people for the rebelling against it and and so. like in the immediate aftermath of the revolution the police disappeared off the streets and now they haven't returned to full capacity the supreme council the armed forces since owsa have been trying to sell themselves as a guarantor of peace and stability in egypt and so they jump on every opportunity to drive home the message that egypt is in like. mayhem and chaos and the only way we're going to get out of this is be you to support us as your leader is basically the changes that have the codes so far have largely been cosmetic ones to

try and give. the army the generals a sheen of legitimacy but i don't think they have any intention of stepping down just yet unless forced to do so by the street. well tell us what you think about the latest clashes in egypt at r.t. dot com they were asking you why commerce failed to return after egypt's revolution last year so far mostly believe it's because it's the same officials who were in power in the house to president barack obama in the country now a quarter of the continue on the rest is in the interest of radical groups some peoples of the river to sit down and slightly fewer say the unrest continues because high unemployment exists those are the figures now you can help change that . dot com. you can see firsthand those events on fold in cairo at r.t. dot com we're streaming the protests for you live on our web site there. the u.n.

is edging closer to a deal on syria with a new draft resolution softened to overcome russia's objections references to present us stepping down on an arms embargo have been dropped from the revised text which is still pending approval from moscow continues to warn it will oppose any attempt even to into targeting the syrian regime parties and see churkin has more now from new york. after three days of diplomatic deadlock over this arab and western backed regime change resolution it looks like russia's calls that it would not support such resolutions have finally been heard and we're seeing somewhat of a game changer take place delegates and diplomats seem to have agreed on new elements that they are considering putting into a new document and we do know that these new elements are being sent over to governments at home for consideration approval and deliberation and form what we know russia's a master to the u.n.

has said that this does not mean that anything has been fully decided yet and russia continues to reiterate that even if the hint of a regime change clause continues to be presented in such a resolution it would not be supported now what we what we're hearing and some reports that this clause will actually be nonexistent in this new text being considered whereas earlier the arab league and the west have been seeing that the syrian leader needs to step down if this does not happen within fifteen days further measures could take place another clause that we're hearing is going to be removed from this document is the arms embargo that russia has also been opposing but from what we understand what will continue to remain in a new text is a support of a facilitation of a political transition now of course they have to again say that some of the details are still largely up in the air some diplomats are saying that a vote could come very shortly we will just have to wait and see exactly how events

play out the security council in the days to come. because of this editorial politics first magazine the use the u.s. has to be to seeing you hands in damascus. western interest in the conflict in syria isn't guided by wanting to advance human rights democracy or the rule of law in the region if it was about that then we'd probably see an american naval flotilla off the coast of saudi arabia which happens to be one of the most repressive and brutal regimes in the world it follows a pro western foreign policy syria is a huge player in middle eastern politics and the west principally america has a very problematic relationship with syria so it would be very much within america's interests for the syrian government for president assad to fall from power and for a more accommodating a more sort of pro western government to come to parallel should that happen that would give. almost full dominance politically in the middle way

so instead of western governments the british and the american and the french ones talking about president assad stays being numbered they should be more responsible in their outlook and the main focus should be on bringing pace to syria. marcus papadopoulos senator of politics first magazine talking to us from london there now there's a lot more coming up in the next few minutes with you just to the extreme. it's scary and it's freaking people like this is a misinterpretation of our secret groups the hard line rhetoric from a radical islamic group folks building society doing. also a shock u. turn in the long running spybot assad the father of slain. exam the backtracks on accusations that he was to blame for his son's death. for the live

pictures from every polling station in russia will go online and stars and where cameras are installed across the country ahead of next month's presidential election was introduced by current prime minister and presidential candidate let me put it in as one step towards stopping fruita in the vote what is going off the details. inch after inch mile after mile big brother is preparing to cast his eyes on polling stations as the massive campaign to install web cameras is in full swing across the entire nation but actually sometimes but i think if anything i asked a central electoral commission which is to install web cameras at all polling stations across the country so that everyone could watch online what's happening there almost twenty four hours a day so when they go we want them there. the idea was put forward following the biggest protests in russia since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. with tens of thousands demanding fair elections so wiring up over ninety thousand

polling stations is the scale and around a half of a billion us dollars is the price tag. the system is not be made only for one day we help this project want only develop elections acknowledges but will also help modernize telecommunications infrastructure across the entire country. all cameras will be feeding the videos the film to local digital storage facilities after computer processing will be then sent to seven large storage and distribution centers via cable radio and satellite these centers will then broadcast the information to several web portals it's estimated that all together the cameras will film and broadcast four hundred and ninety years of video information in good quality however there is still down to this technology will help make the vote more transparent. you'll get a stone i'm sure the observer is going to be able to check advance if these cameras

work or not now. everyone knows about cameras in supermarkets but this still doesn't stop robberies from happening. every ballot box will be monitored way to cameras one with the general view and another with a close up of this lot there are many ways to rig a vote and the cameras don't provide a hundred percent guarantee against them but using that should still make it much more difficult to stuff boxes course there's nothing new in c.c.t.v. or web cam or. routing them to monitor elections on such a scale is a first for any nation and regardless of the success of the idea everyone will be able to monitor the vote online and not to mention no one is against having more real life observers on the spot in what is going on r.t. moscow. well that voting video isn't online just yet but there's a lot that is streaming right now and you can check it out at r.t.

dot com government websites in ukraine suffered a two day blackout after being attacked by could groups shutting down the farms sharing. the s.s. crew members will be stocking extra duty by days find out what's the course of the day to dot com. the u.s. announcement that its combat operations in afghanistan will end earlier than expected a state of confusion among afghan officials who say it could be a disaster for the whole transition tat american defense secretary leon panetta said earlier the country wants to switch to a role of supporting and training local forces before the end of next year war correspondent and author eric margolis thinks the upcoming election is the main motive for decision. first of all pressure from other this year's elections poll shows sixty percent of american voters are fed up with the war in afghanistan or

against that the price is approaching one trillion dollars a time when washington's very hard cash is cutting budgets and obama wants to be reenergized democratic party member he was he's presidency brown is going to repeat student nine states and this is a very important step you must draw to a smaller number a fortified bases will conduct drone attacks will conduct special forces raids it's not over yet in afghanistan the what's known as the eighty thousand in us paid mercenaries who are in afghanistan remains uncertain. it's not only in afghanistan away on certainty it rains they taught taber investigate why russian seem unable to find common ground over a missile defense shield in europe. old means of protection can be used. when global supremacy is at stake.

between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine u.s. has spent fifteen billion dollars in the prostate for the entire program that we are dealing with right now is another hundred fifty billion dollars that's larger than many country's entire military budgets went off and becomes the best for the fence. that's our special report in about fifteen minutes time. they may be a minority but they are making their presence felt in belgium a group of radical muslims are attracting mixed public reaction ranging from fear to ridicule and as a test also discovered their extreme message may contradict if they are indigenous they tend to observe. bearded wearing a comma floss jacket and constantly surrounded by men fall out of his hard not to

notice he heads the islamic fundamentalist group sharia for belgium in september the group opened the country's first sharia court in antwerp to mediate domestic disputes among muslims with our own system. of handling things if you want to accept it accept it if you don't that's your problem but there is a judgment if you if you're a muslim you will go to paradise if you are this believer you will go to hell. any further controversy may have ended there if that was all there is to it that video such as these. have caused outrage. and freedom of speech and. the hatred incitement to violence starts we have. leadership here for he openly. said. i should be. i should be killed because i am an enemy of islam in january and work

or prosecutor recommended two years in prison and a fine of five hundred fifty euros for about a seven for inciting hatred and violence against muslims that's in addition to fourteen police court convictions and criminal convictions for robbery defamation and violence. just a few people maybe a dozen of people maybe two dozen of people dressed like. middle age. and green flag. and. yet it has its repercussions on other muslims. this kind of group of course they are moved but they have no religious background it is a minority perhaps that in search of an identity. that's. and the misses they're using it's scary and it's freaking people were. people

unfortunately just kind of group shows about image of islam and most muslims condemn this kind of radio this is a misinterpretation of her secret. muslims comprise about six percent of the belgian population one of the highest rates in europe and is expected to rise to more than ten percent by two thousand and twenty the muslim who live in belgium. they are belgium from the region turkish origin and the first declination of. mostly radical groups such as those of the islamic fundamentalists comprise a minority and it's not representative of the muslim community in belgium nevertheless politicians analysts and even the belgian muslims themselves acknowledge that the problem is what these groups symbolize radicalization the process its spread and the allure of extreme views. just are so you r.t. brussels. world news in brief for you this hour cambodia supreme court has

sentenced a canary which is chief and his call me a week to nothing prison thought crimes committed while buying a horse detention center field charges rejected playing on the waters while ever seeing the water in execution more than talk thousand victims is already serving a thirty five year prison sentence for crimes against humanity. rescue teams are continuing to battle heavy seas and strong winds the search for survivors after a ferry sank when you give me three hundred fifty passengers and crew aboard almost two hundred fifty people were plucked from the sea but many are still missing the ship's operator said the vessel had sent a distress call but then contact was lost most of the passengers were university students and trainee teachers. has already claimed a hundred sixty four lives in eastern europe as countries struggle with record low temperatures heavy snow falls cause widespread transport chaos and power outages

the hundred died. just plummeted to minus thirty two celsius as the victims most people. i don't expect to u.-turn from the father of the former f.s.b. officer who was poisoned in london six years ago he says he had been wrong to accuse but putin of being responsible for his son's death daughter said his claims have been driven by grief and hatred adding he had no idea that his son alexander worked for british intelligence wanted to get on the pitch over his historic well first hand. but is. this is how we found mike that leads me and co praying in his tiny italian apartment no electricity no gas no porch water. if it wasn't for the help of various people i would have died from hunger or frozen to death the last time i took

a bath was on christmas day we expected more because six years ago after his son former aphis be officer aleksandr litvinenko was poisoned in london he was taken care of by some very powerful patrons like self ixil tycoon raised result ski and ahmed zakayev and a tourist former chechen militant both hiding in the u.k. . yet extremist yo dorset there is give me your yep or your dorothy would be. won by three thousand and co sent a letter asking to be interviewed by russian television we expected more of the same but instead. we're going to. be made of each if you watching this program please forgive me for all the slander the thai said and wrote about you for the hatred i had for you even only i had known my son worked for british

intelligence i would not talk about his death he could easily have been shot as a double agent betrayers should be shot what else can i add to this. the u.-turn vaulters sas came when his sons we doe marina bin and co revealed to the british media that her husband had worked for m i six further details followed when a newspaper launched its own investigation alexander litvinenko was receiving a retainer of around two thousand pounds a month from the british security services at the time he was murdered it is understood that sir john scarlett now head of m i six and was based in moscow was involved in recruiting him to the secret intelligence service. at first by turnitin and cole like many others claimed his son had been poisoned with polonium two ten on putin's order the former f.s.b. officer and fierce critic of the kremlin alexander litvinenko spent twenty three

days in a london clinic slowly dying from a toxic substance possibly consumed through a cup of tea even before police in london started questioning suspects the victim's father was actively kucing the russian government today by their admits he was saying only what the west wanted to hear. of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idiot enough to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and their suspect and a little boy is not a fool either it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me viger now believes his son fell victim to his own game of double agents now he wants his words to be heard but the media outside russia which once beat down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests. why is that why because they like it when i scold the regime i was a rude treasure for them in the hall there are very few people who would say as

many horrible things about me as i did. living in two thousand and eight but that i'm living on call flat russia for sanctuary needs healing is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sunni it offered to new anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today by the living and co is still afraid to open this door not because of putin though but because of his landlord to whom hills a lot of money this miserable life has made him a slave of his sanctuary. but surely the namco sold everything he had in russia to come to eataly he opened a small business several years ago but it went bankrupt things got worse after the seventy three year old had buried his wife but are now fears here a casket could be removed because he hasn't paid the cost of a burial plot and it's been months since the electricity was shut off to his flat he's lost forty euros went on

a gas canister and that is gone to your new this is how most of us look at the neighbor in the store to let the southern wind inside. do is east and there's russia your mother who learned it from tourists who want to go home to russia. i do want to stay here. in the grandchildren aren't t. sity got eataly time now for the business update with dmitri. welcome to the program guess appears to be disappearing under mysterious circumstances summer between russia and europe consumers on the continent are complaining about supplies are for them during this period of exceptionally cold

weather basically says it's getting twenty percent less than usual while austria and slovakia claim a thirty percent drop the countries get the gas from transit link which goes of through ukraine however both moscow and kiev denied there have been any changes in volumes. market watchers expect the darkness of eurozone debt problems to get some light ratings agencies state and poor's expects the currency union to gradually climb out of its mild recession in the second half of this year and into twenty forty the firms the chief european economist john we shall see explains. the risks of a more severe recession. that could go into twenty thirteen are significant we estimate about forty percent probability yet i think we have to look at all the factors there has been some and co edging devore upwards inside the year was own

and outside the eurozone what we expect is the moment from emerging markets particularly. a shout to strengthen again in the second half of the and that should be supportive of a very gradual recovery in the eurozone we also expect that investors confidence will gradually come back as they do up in central bank continues to provide ample liquidity to the banking sector in the euro zone. not everyone agrees saxo bank is predicting an economic apocalypse with the european equity markets losing a quarter of their value this year we asked the office of the best seller extreme money such as he does which scenario seems more likely to him. well i think the best way to describe the s. and p. report is whatever they're smoking i'd like to have some as far as the sex of bank report goes i think they are believers in the mayan calendar which believes that

the world will end in two thousand and twelve but i think the major thing is that when you look at the situation there is no way that europe is going to have a small recession it's going to have a longer a say shit because the government spending will have to be cut and that has been the major stimulus which kept these economies going the second thing is the banking system in most of these countries is not creating any credit will not be able to create this technically if you are honest about it they are marginally solve them to bits and we still have not resolved the debt issue and the real question is what will happen to portugal what will happen to spain what will happen to italy and there is absolutely no result on the part of the european leadership and the european economic community because there is really no easy solution. the big question now is what's the price europe could afford to pay to pull itself out of the crisis we asked the director of the international sense of from monterey and banking studies in geneva to put

a price on it for us. private's estimates by university researchers put the cost of restoring bank fails to about one thousand billion so we come close to ten thousand young girls we don't need to spend it but we have to have beach ready and having it straight he will stop the crises that two ways to doing it one is true announced we will do it if need be that will scare the market and stop immediately the prices. that i don't think will happen what will happen is that they will spend and spend and spend. we would see the markets and in europe they are trading slightly higher in the past couple of hours as investors are looking ahead with optimism to key us non-farm payroll data just just two minutes later the russian markets are struggling for direction this friday still looking flat to pose over c.r.t.'s and the my sex one more hour to go of trading

for take a look at the main movers paul news gold is outstandingly up thirty six and a half percent more than in finland the most in three years and media reports that it's london listed parent will make a buyout but there's a change of fortunes in v.t. b. it's down half a percent while the world's top on and energy stocks are mixed this hour gas problem is just down by a. secret at the exchange rates and now the euro is trading just another child versus the dollar and both the european and the u.s. currencies are gaining a small fraction against the russian. oil is mixed this hour light sweet is down seventeen cents brant is at one hundred twelve and a half dollars a barrel. and that's your business update we will be back in fifty five minutes time with another tuesday.