accusations over who is behind a weekend of bombings in syria fly between rebels and the government with damascus claiming saudi arabia and qatar left traces of their involvement at the crime scenes. post revolution the old ways still dominated egypt's food critics accusing the new islam a strong parliament of turning the constitutional assembly into a farce live analysis from cairo short in r.t. . and surface over america's cherished image as a democratic bastion as washington gets even tougher in a bid to silence homegrown protests the top stories this hour.

internationally is a comment live from moscow this is. the syrian regime has pointed the finger at saudi arabia and qatar saying the arab states were involved in the chain of weekend tara blasts in syria's largest cities the gulf nations have been accused by assad's government of whoever carried out the attacks which left around thirty people dead and dozens injured parties are going to boycott who's in the region as the latest. the two sides involved in this conflict the opposition and the syrian government obviously blaming each other for the twin suicide bombings that took place in damascus and the serious second largest city off aleppo over the weekend now opposition says that everything has been staged by the syrian government to sort of deflect attention from its own crackdown on its people while the syrian government obviously disagrees with that and the latest example of violence is yet another

added that armed gangs terrorist groups are present in the country that they're being fly announced and supplied by major world powers particularly saudi arabia and qatar a high profile arab diplomat said just today over there that saudi arabia has being sunday ammunition to the syrian rebels mainly through jordan just this morning major clashes between gunmen armed gunmen and the syrian army to place in damascus and they're pretty upscale neighborhood got houses many embassies and this is really a new development because up until now it didn't ask this was pretty much spared all those open clashes. and sort of. researchers from sort of his university says the syrian people are falling victim to saudi arabia and qatar as brutal tactics to push their political agenda. these are two states that are very autocratic they

have a strong relationships with the west they get a lot of funding militarily from the worst so perhaps it suits them to the seeds of discord not only in syria but you know it's spilling into iraq it's spilling into jordan and of course it's spilling out here into lebanon. and so they've made it very clear over the past several months wants regime to topple that they're willing to do anything that they can to make it happen whether it's bullying needs diplomatic arenas or whether it's funding the militant groups in syria and unfortunately the biggest losers of the syrian people. well still to come on the program the academics questioning the right to life as two professors come under fire in the u.k. for advocating the use of what they call after birth abortions. and also this hour still to come threats and counter threats fly over iran's nuclear program as israel's intelligence service admits tehran hasn't decided to develop atomic

weapons. and egypt has unveiled the line up of a long awaited government panel task of creating a modern democratic and inclusive constitution but already human rights groups are unhappy claiming islamic factions of banded together in order to dictate just who gets to write a document and just a year since the revolution hopes or change of all but evaporated in the going to has this report khalid saleman could be poster boy for egypt's revolution young educated a t.v. talk show host and politically active he was among those whose protests on tuesday where toppled the regime of president mubarak last year but like many others who were on the streets with him he doesn't feel things in egypt have changed for the best. we were in against mubarak as a person we were against the whole system against oppression and injustice

a lot of scarcity we're programmed lucian their actions sure they're applying this seems to me used by you. the ruling military council or staff replaced hosni mubarak who rejections accused of corruption and nepotism economic mismanagement and human rights abuse but a thorough look at scarce policies until the situation eerily similar if not worse now he will get protests that are suspended with live ammunition instead of rubber bullets as was the case on the boards you get the more strikers who get referred to military through putin's other than what it is because it's in the last year you have more than thirteen thousand egyptian citizens who got processed through military tribunal that's where you more than what mubarak did during his thirty years of rule the streets of cairo teeming with tourists before their evolution i now consider dunseath even by those who have lived in the egyptian capital all their lives you can't find the police in the street and even if they are there they

don't really help anyone. you know it's like a kind of they are punishing the people because the they're done the revolution so they're not doing their or their work the they don't care about what happens and the deliberately neglecting. every single crime that is happening and they just did choose to turn their back and some believe revolutionary parties choose to turn their backs on the military council questionable policies seemingly comfortable with the way things are. and a lot of revolutionary forces sided with the military council still leading deals in four evolutions has given more ground and ignored them in the demands of the revolution most of the political elite. looking at fixing things now changing. a real possibility now is the revolution entering the second stage this time prompted not just by the young and the educated but by the poor and the unemployed whose

numbers have been steadily rising since the military council came to power the situation is really getting worse and i believe that these people who are really suffering nowadays because they can't even. they can't afford to work to feed their families and these people are really they are going to leave the sky and there's. a wave of revolution if you can what you want to call this like a second wave of evolution but it's going to be really really aggressive and really really violent and bloody these days that are here square is filled with vendors there in your cellars i don't know you and if you would sense but from time to time things get heated up again those who have spent their days and nights here just a little over a year ago barack regime say their job is far from over and the revolution continues in those courts here cairo. and let's get more perspective on the where politics and tangling egypt's progress joining me for that is dr margaret

backcrosses professor of political science at holborn university live in cairo what a year ago this month for gyptian skewed to vote in a referendum many thought would mark a new beginning for your country was it a new start. yeah it was a new start but you can't compare like the right situation with the wrong choice so you tell the people it's either to select the religious view of the secular view and you cannot tell them you started by the constitution or do you start why didn't you just lay to him and the executive council is first so the the constitution is the framework where you construct the structure of the political system then you put the pieces of the puzzle you don't you just don't put the pieces of the puzzle then you look for the

comprehensive framework but what about that constitution you're talking about being influenced by a majority of islam as some people are very fearful of the consequences of that is that something the country should be worried about. well you know it's a like a surge and it has started i believe that this search have said has already started and it's going to continue on since it's legitimate by the people when the people chose the prison by islamised. chremes so they have all the right through put this constitution however the other view the letters say that it's not the members of the parliament by cameron parliament of egypt is going to put the constitution according to the constitution declaration the panel is going consists of one hundred members we're going to put the new constitution should reflect all the political streams of the of the nation so we

have it's a very fluid see situation political situation really reflect the needs of the population i'm somewhat concerned about that islamic influence or what sort of elements within that constitution could cause concern would there be any well first first dates whether this state is going to be secular or religious first what's the political orientation what's the relationship between the executive authority and the alleged to both ali. now is the shape of the government going to be parliamentary republican presidential a mixture of those political systems so all those fluid. situation it's it's very it's it's very hazy now you talk a little early other concerns you talked about the priority of the constitution and also legislation what about the economy there in egypt surely that's the priority

isn't isn't it not at this stage. yeah it's like all the parties are struggling to get a larger portion of the big cake so the cake is not the great the bait and they started struggling over it and the cake is not very tasty because the economy is suffering from a big crisis now economic this economic crisis might be a curse for those who are going to rule and the beginning so it's going to be the bad situation so it's better of to start with the first priority to erect this situation erect the economic crisis then strive willingly who's going to do what it really interested in your thoughts we start pushing it i'm talking about it portress professor of political science how when university then carry thank you for being with us and. thank you. u.s. police are investigating the death threats they received via twitter after hundreds

of protesters mocking occupy wall street six month anniversary clashed with offices in new york scenes of police brutality toward peaceful demonstrators make many question america's image as the god deal of democratic values and freedoms and is to report our explains recently expanded restrictions on the protests so only through any criticism. it's a country that extols the virtues of liberty i'm like no other. since september some six thousand seven hundred americans protesting against economic inequality and corporate greed have been arrested and silence. a police offensive aimed at crushing occupy wall street has succeeded in shattering america's globally marketed brand of freedom but it makes people realize it's because of devastating states or

our ability to compete in a place of dissent america and how to challenge that and how press that is and i think people thought they were free or to dissent and great until they tried. in america it is a criminal offense to exercise freedom of speech and if then it's deemed nationally significant such as presidential conventions and debates. protesting in areas where the u.s. president or anyone protected by the secret service may be visiting is considered a felony punishable with he finds they're not continuous in jail the federal restricted buildings and grounds improvement act known as h r three four seven is a lot most americans don't know about but you don't have to do a lot to feel its force we represent people who are charged with felony offenses solely because they put up posters they put a. signs asking people to join in demonstrations and they've been arrested by the police detained held on twenty five thousand dollars bail in charge of felonies

with nato n.g.a. protest posters popping up nationwide u.s. lawmakers are tightening up a recent act in men's include prohibiting protests around the white house and broader language to make arrests and prosecution easier i think this is a specific response sort of the fear that we are actually going to have you know like. transforming the political landscape peter davison was arrested twice last year while taking paul in legal nonviolent occupy wall street demos in new york if you like near the beginning that works here in government here we certainly sprinkle democratic. words all over everything as if you know like we have all these freedoms that we actually don't buy new reality where it's here that just about any american engaging in political protests. can be prosecuted unsound it rages affront to civil liberties and the first amendment and. i have my personal

personally have been arrested several times protesting. have been mr meaner so now would be a felony and i it's just unconscionable that the congress passed this on experience we don't for it's bickering i want the reached consensus when it came to clamping down on constituents only three are left officials voted against expanding federal restrictions on protests while u.s. leaders can't resolve issues like national debt and that's the wrong on the scene each when it comes to how to handle all those citizens flooding the streets to demand change and accountability. artsy new york. reacting to being cut off by the swift banking system iran is now threatening to block the strait of hormuz a major global oil shipping now that warning comes as u.s.

and israeli intelligence agencies the cia and mossad admit that iran hasn't yet decided to develop nuclear weapons but let's discuss this in depth and i would preserve russian he's a political analyst and historian joining me live in london where the wrongs pretty frightening for quite a while to shut down the strait of hormuz could we really see this happening. well i think what we're seeing at the moment has been is the culmination of a long term that lived on zone of us to force the iranian government and what corner to force them into a position where they're left with an invidious choice between on the one how into steer a course between on the one hand seeming to be bullied and giving in and appearing weak and on the other hand alone themselves to be provoked and allowing themselves to be forced into a confrontational position gives reasons for going with these financial story just to ask the reason for pushing iran into the corner all of it based on the supposed

nuclear ambitions that now as i just mentioned mossad the israeli spy agency is now joining the cia and imaging that iran has not decided to develop nuclear weapons but what do you make of that turn in the vents. well that was an extraordinary development particularly in a very detailed story that appeared in the new york times on sunday now those stories don't appear by accident and i think what that reflects is the reaction of professionals in the intelligence community diplomatic and intelligence professionals who wants to appear are having their reports having burwood abused for political and or geological reasons there's a political ideological agenda in washington and tel aviv to an extent here in london as well to willfully misinterpret intelligence to slant or to spin to use the term that's become used recently to spin intelligence in a direction that forces people on the path to war we saw it in iraq where they were

they were there were absolutely disastrous consequences from intelligence the intelligence process being abused and i think we're seeing it now here in iran and the developments on sunday where certain people certain individuals spoke out of course on condition of anonymity senior people in the intelligence services who once again can see the work being done drop all their years of professional work being undone by a politically motivated ideological agenda of special interest groups driving the agenda does that not suggest some sort of internal conflict going on in israel when we see israeli politicians simply ignoring their intelligence agency. yes well of course as far as israel's concerned there's been a conflict in a sense going back right to the foundation of the israeli state between those people that want forced the agenda of them of them israeli state a state that of course has no warders these are the design istar bhushan was to

extend from the nile to the euphrates and the hard liners are a great the way back to the nine hundred forty s. wanting to force that it isn't easy to perfectly right the legacy of the shore and just very quickly go from one side doesn't think there is some sort of threat then why are we seeing mystery assassinations taking place there of nuclear scientists in iran which of course tehran is blaming not sad. yes and i think the conflict within mazar is between people who want to put pressure on to carry out assassinations to do that sort of thing and those people who want an all out military strike and that their alternative policies rather than complementary ones or just very very briefly to strike despite using a political agenda within the e.u. of course putting a lot of pressure on. iran do you think in the light of these messages from the cia and mossad will we see an easing of tensions though despite what the politicians are saying. well that depends on that depends on who those politicians all are the

main binders of the drum for war have been sarkozy in france cameron here sarkozy might no longer be in power in a few weeks time very likely won't be in power and as far as cameron's concerned if he wants to go all the way for military conflict with iran he will face big problems with his liberal democrat colleagues in the coalition that could be a deal breaker for that some of those liberal democrats in the coalition will they get courageous enough to stand up against cameron that could determine london's policy peter great to talk to you thank you for your thoughts peter rushing there live in london. head to our web site r.t. dot com for for any. as you may have missed plus the latest on the world's top stories here's some of what we've got lined up for you right now nato fail to investigate scores of civilian deaths during its richer campaign in libya says human rights group amnesty international dissatisfied by endless apologies from the alliance. class chaos and violence erupts in greece once again though this time

it's not about the economy as enraged football fans set fire to a stadium you can watch a full footage in r.t. dot com. the. two professors are created a public storm in the u.k. of an article advocating the use of so-called birth abortions they say it's merely an academic discussion with the medical journal which published the article defending the debate but for some the idea is a step too far resulting these are the reports. surely through course was eight months pregnant when she found out her son would be born with down syndrome even as late as that the only advice she got was to have an abortion doctors tried to persuade sam's condition it would be a struggle not worth living but six years on the only struggle mother and child

have had was ignoring that advice i could start all over again and i was choosing not to say and i was treated as something as something to back up manatee actually i was treated as if i was just a bit stupid. it is very sad to think that they are the people who are giving advice. they have a duty to everyone they take me to put their life and they day i love to them i think i failed i feel that our children know where because they're big they're not worth saving they're not well happy and that really isn't the case that stereotypes just been taken a whole lot for. or there by two ethicists who argue that it's ok to kill babies even after they're born the controversial comments were published by the oxford educated professors in a leading british medical journal they dismiss newborns as potential not actual

persons they say killing them snow different to normal prenatal abortion but critics branded infanticide it was a speculative case and this particle has been defended on the grounds of free speech but would we accept for example an article advocating that jews or blacks were not persons only potential persons and they could also be killed asked the question is a newborn child any less of equal member of the human family than a member of a certain race or of one gender or the other what really is the difference the authors of stoked an ethical storm by advocating after birth abortions in all cases even if the babies are not disabled abortions are only permitted in britain on non medical grounds during the first twenty four weeks of a pregnancy the authors have now received death threats and say they were merely making an academic discussion they refused to give an interview but it's

a lie in the journals editors defend our job is to publish arguments for. issues so that people can live in the long run some of these issues are very complex and personally for example i don't agree with the. conclusions of the paper i would like to defend people's right to express the use and other people's right to respond to them academic discussion or not the articles prompted outrage not only amongst pro-life groups but also mothers of children with disabilities who declined the option of abortion it was a horrific article it was horrible. it seems to be a trend now to say that. in these children shouldn't be here it's not something terrible it's not awful just because it's not what you imagined doesn't mean it's not something fantastic because having sam in our life is amazing

absolutely amazing sam's a member of his local swimming club and plays football to seeing him here it's hard to believe how doctors could say his life would be a burden on the bennett. senator got to take a moment time now to check out the stock markets oil prices currency rates daniels' they're going to close look at all these numbers at the business. is there since the last stand we'll hear what wall street spells back from morning losses is now in the black list have a look at how those u.s. markets are performing the bells slightly higher while the nasdaq gained almost one percent stocks in united parcel service or u.p.s. are on the rise after it agreed to buy european rival t.n.t. for almost six billion dollars we were all this confirmed will pay a quarterly dividend in the fourth quarter of this year its shares are up more than one percent e.u. markets this still slightly down from the eight month highs we saw last week b.m.w. has lost almost two percent after goldman sachs took the auto giant off its

outperform list of the german call me because in its wake russian indices they finished in the rid off for a good start this morning trading was pretty light on the first day of the week. movers nels burbank lost half a percent after its head denied rumors of a privatisation road show in april. plunged after revealing worse than expected net profit for last year comers is the top gainer on the my six that's often the anti monopoly watchdog allowed to buy another ten percent plus one share in the russian truck make up crude prices been mixed to production high canals but from saudi arabia as being balanced by a growing fears of a u.s. military strike in iran. says the euro's a bit higher against the dollar and the ruble strengthened against both the greenback and the euro in other news from the expanding partnerships with e.u. companies got time for a moment we'll have more in fifteen minutes for you here on r.t. .

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