this is very much a dangerous war the rhetoric of this is specious led to prosecutors raiding seventeen offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign funds to promote and run in the post mubarak country activists however claim they are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with dreaming the people about with their brights but the scaf looking for enjoy. some agent against the regime and all the mind the round up of activists has also not had a son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood further fueling tension between cairo in washington. isn't simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. anything at all so this is a game and there it was military aid to egypt reaches one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been weeks to condemn this car

when in the days of blank checks are over or they condemned mubarak tons of times but at the end of the day the continued on flowing that the provide the support also continue flowing we don't order washington's so-called support for democracy getting that in the least and washington wants to step in always the situation as much as possible in order to get in to its interests they don't care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets protesting against car share the council's concerns about the engineer's motives short of the money we support the police and the army industries in these organizations because it's for a good minute agree some kind of suspicion that these are going to zation work according to a foreign agenda that harms egypt's interests i'm against the usa has had a hand in tips policy making for years but the whole n.t. and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the country's new authority cairo wanted to send washington and message that it's no

longer the silent dog it was under mubarak but an independent state which will last so the right any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing have a bigger you can see it over there this is in council of the armed forces or scaf now running egypt is in a very vulnerable position and this nationalistic pronouncement may just be a nationalist show put on to calm the people down and to win back a shred of credibility. here if you are to cairo for him change in egypt has severed previously well established ties between cairo and telling this as israel continues to take steps up for. rather isolated from their middle east neighbors policy is that some form of government members strongly oppose coming up in a few minutes a former senior television diplomat shares his views on the matter here's a preview. the right. profited from.

public. on defense issues and i think a lot about what a lot of what you say about you're wrong actually serves political ends and i'm. very angry about that i think it should be stopped it once it is very obvious that iran is pursuing. its position as a regional power but it is primarily a fancy primarily. response to. iran to protect itself. for most of you are of the recent severe weather conditions mean some transport disruption or worse but in ukraine the consequences are far more serious the country is in during its harshest winter in recent history with over one hundred lives lost to the cold in the last week alone are to ski has more when the thermometer hit minus

twenty seven degrees celsius last week got very frightened homeless and with a child to care for she feared they would both freeze to death until she found a public eating center in the key of park look at the school as a clearly schools were closed because of the trees and i had nowhere to take my daughter i was scared we first went to a train station to get warm but we were kicked out things got we found this heater tent. but there were many ukrainians who were not so lucky at least one hundred thirty five people are reported to have died because of freeze related injuries within only a week several thousand were hospitalized and have been on high alert upgrading the weather conditions to natural disaster status. the situation is serious but it is controllable the emergency ministry has set up thirty two hundred

heating centers nationwide for homeless and pensioners come here to turn this more than ninety five thousand people turned. this storm siberian cycle on hit many countries on the continent reaching as far as a telly of course with such extreme conditions ukraine is not the only country to experience casualties but why so many dead experts say the reason for that lies not in the climate but rather in key of social and economic policies with more and more homeless people on the streets the majority of the deaths were in eastern ukraine the region with the highest unemployment rate. the government hasn't created any jobs has no social programs and doesn't replenish the state but more and more people are finding themselves in the streets that's where there are so many dead because of the freeze heating centers help will save some people's lives but they won't solve the issue of deepening poverty such if there

are moments that would not scare anybody in this part of the world however meteorologists say that they expect at least minus thirty degrees centigrade over the coming weekend they already serious situation maybe even more difficult with at least eighty five thousand homeless people roaming the streets of ukrainian cities . reporting from kiev in ukraine. well the first adverse spaniard to win all three grand tours of road cycling alberto contador has been banned from this board for two years so find find out about his reaction with sports around a player in his in the program before that will take a look what's happening in the world of sports story business with karina. hello and welcome to business here and thanks for joining me this hour russia's outstanding domestic dead grew two in two thousand and eleven at the fastest rate in fifteen years the money the state owes to the population has tripled over the

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well maggie are watching r t live from moscow these are the top stories we're having live and soon hopes for a peaceful solution to the syrian crisis and russia's delegation to the country sees signs that both sides are ready for dialogue. the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows into a chasm after the european court of human rights orders the release of osama bin laden's right hand man again you are. out of washington stop military official has to pyro to try and suspend criminal charges against america. n.-g. o. members of the egypt's military leaders crack down on the western activists who

helped them to power of last year's. top stories here on r.t. well today we sit down with alan baruch a former israeli ambassador to south africa to discuss in-depth his country's foreign policy at where he thinks it will lead. there had his radio. who recently resigned from the government on grounds of principle he said he could no longer serve in a government whose policies he did not agree with ambassador thank you very much for joining us here in our team you resigned after more than thirteen years of service what was the final score when. and why. to greet the stuff of the foreign minister ministry of foreign and the banner

for him was who. desires peace needs to be careful rule. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche that. exists behind his political weight and i thought i could not. minister with this kind of statement is a statement supported by the majority of israelis i think we israelis we. we grew up. with you that. we need to be on alert. to any more most israelis live a life that is quite bad and you can of the environment here in the us or in europe western europe and you will find the israelis quite. easily integrating into society into

requirements in place and so on so it's not. the regiment it's society of my childhood. all the time it's at any given point in time but it is true that israelis are not naive and they believe that we can. survive here in the middle east. only if we are ready to fight for it and when you resigned we sent a message to all the staff of the foreign ministry explaining the resignation what to say the action and what is the general mood like among israeli public servants concerning the policies that i have to the friends i have no illusions some of us were frustrated by my letter. because it is outside of the code of conduct that you just drop out because you don't like the message the messenger has no view over the message that is the code of conduct and it's

quite legitimate to think in that way how many missions don't agree with the message and how many don't in the foreign ministry in my view. the large majority don't care there are professionals and whatever message comes for them to believe that they will do. there is. a solid minority ministry that is politically motivated to promote. israel. in its. a rather. hawkish. position it's just government it is is issuing. i think we do also have the lefties leftovers from the past but i think the minority your last overseas posting was as ambassador

to south africa what is your experience in south africa teaching as far as a christian nation is all its content. i think that israel is. in a danger zone to slide. by default. into. money for stations of apartheid if we don't take it. and i'm afraid we don't take care and there's going to contain in the united states as far as israeli policies on iran and palestine does how deep is the rift between the united states and israel or is it merely another quarrel i'm surprised to realize how deep the americans care for israel is comes to have the conversation the political conversation in the us. i also can see how. the aftermath of the war in iraq and in afghanistan. and the american city of the middle east.

could work badly for the image is present in the u.s. in the political discourse in the us. in the context of american interests god forbid that the u.s. will be more reluctant. to reach out for israel because our predicament now is like a result of a policy pursued by this kind of government in a way that i think is tragically wrong. that we lean to the american congress a single source of strength in our diplomatic fabric and that is. very dangerous what following on from much of playing is all has become increasingly isolated on the international stage what should the country's first

steps to bring it out of the isolation in my view this government. very explicitly. made a statement to the fake that. steps. intentionally. of that. paradigm of land for peace and of occupation is the key to. a settlement in the middle east. and into a new paradigm. that stipulates the ownership of israel exclusive ownership of israel. over the entirety of the land of israel which comprises in the in the eyes of palestinians palestine that paradigm is a dead end i think it is immoral morally and practically it's not sustainable and that is the reason why i left government i thought i could not serve that kind

of off message thank you moon the united nations chain has caught on is often end of occupation of palestine morning and that is why only the ten other israeli palestinian conflict what is the israeli government is willing to let israel does on the west bank and the gaza strip whatever it likes. and. things are changing fast on the ground in favor of entrenching israeli presence in palestinian areas i don't think really jerusalem pays much attention too much attention to what to the secretary-general of the u.n. is saying who can it's all the lion in the region considering that in the aftermath of the arab spring the middle east has become more radicalized i don't think israel is looking for allies i think israel is looking for. partners.

of convenience. one is jordan. who survivability in the way in the form we know it today how she made kingdom. so we entertain. a lot of common interests egypt is. consumed by its own revolution and as long as it doesn't pose a threat to us i think israel is taking a very careful distance and turkey. it cut a straw figure foreign policy towards one of the emerging powers in the middle green you that's why syria goes what is the best outcome for israel and why does the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants everything to change in syria if that would mean also i could mean another islamic state on the border i don't think israel came there. have an impact on the outcome of any regime change that

is underway anyway. so to ignore the fact that there is a regime change in the making in syria would be. unacceptable but at the same time we need to be very careful not to expedite it is there any way that it will cut the cord and i would make a military invasion of crimea the qatar headquarters and what would such an invasion mean for israel and for the region i can hardly see the arab world rigid minting around one force that is prepared to walk into syria physically and intervene then i don't see it happening how much of a play isn't around to regional security it is very obvious that iran is pursuing its position as a regional power. to serve interests that go beyond immediate borders of iran it is tried marilee defenses primarily it

responds to the desire of iran to protect itself that is one level the other is said the domestic political discourse in israel is the right wing always. profited from. public move on you defense issues and i think. a lot of what is wrong actually serves political ends and i'm. very angry about this i think it should be stopped. at once do you think your man could attack israel i don't think you could israel attack iran i don't know but common sense. is critically dependent on international legitimacy.

respond responses dry on iran would be legitimate. and i think. any cause. a preemptive strike on iraq ambassador thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. .

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a wall with patients and we have a federal law that mandates that you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you

knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. breezing live into hopes for a peaceful solution to the syrian crisis as russia's delegation to the country sees signs the both sides are ready for dialogue. the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows into a kassam after the european court of human rights orders the release of osama bin laden's right hand man and you are. out of washington stop military official has to cairo to try and suspend criminal charges against american and you know members as egypt's military leaders down the western activists who helped them to power a last year. elsewhere the top stories here in our sports next with andrew.

hello again good to have your company and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes by using his convictions cyclist alberto contador considers appealing against his two year ban after calling it a terrible injustice. plus russian olympic medal hopes are not only shared faces a frantic legal battle in her bid to compete at the london games. he goes on super bowl champions the new york giants lap up more glory during a spectacular victory parade in manhattan. but first disc raced cyclist alberto contador says he hasn't ruled out a painting against his two year ban failing a drugs test the spaniard was stripped of his twenty ten tour de france title after testing positive for the performance enhancing drug clenbuterol he held a news conference at his home town of pinto just outside madrid and told reporters

he had no intention of quitting cycling while also reiterating he failed a drug test as a result of eating contaminated meat an explanation rejected by the court of arbitration for sport. for maximum benefit in there though i try hard i cannot understand the ban imposed during the past months i have been trying to do my best to prove my innocence even dandelion five hours answering questions like you can plead criminal i also want. to know i will continue cycling i will continue practicing in a green way and i've done it all my entire life though i don't feel my best i think in the future at least will make me tougher. well his cycling team saxo bank are standing by him contador is able to compete again in august after his two year ban was backdated although that still means he will miss this year's year at italia tour de france and the lympics.