this is r t and tonight israel wants its peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says it's terminating the gas export deal over payment in prices. the u.s. and afghanistan agree on a deal that could see washington provide military and economic help to kabul for another decade after the twenty four team pulled out like. the commitment is the reminder that while u.s. forces are drawing down in afghanistan over the next three years the military will remain active in that country long after that war and that in just a few minutes. and sarkozy slips the french president fails to convince enough voters now really losing to his socialist arch rival the head to head in a second round.

hello and welcome you watching are you know it's eight pm here in moscow and our top story tonight the middle east peace is taking another battering this time as egypt terminates its twenty year gas export deal with israel both countries insist is just a business dispute good observers in israel all it's putting their peace treaty on the line sarah ferguson cairo. well the head egypt stating gas company has said that this is a trade not a political issue at the time a nation of but deal with a verse some form of payment is another false reports of the coming from egypt that it's in some people in israel have interpreted that as a possible violation of the count david peace treaty that was signed between the

two countries in the one israeli opposition figures come out of one of the crisis in relations between egypt and israel and called on the us who is the sponsor of the gas deal between the neighboring countries to intervene and i was going to be said that there just a very controversial here in egypt a very unpopular amongst the egyptian people who view it as a deal which denied egypt a fair market price on gas provided to israel and also very much seen as representative of the much warmer relations between israel and egypt that were formed under the former president hosni mubarak said not a popular little it's certainly been a target for is that meant recently for the first time egyptians have been debating egypt's relations with israel quite publicly now the current rulers and the islamists in parliament have found that they're going to uphold international relations but so i think it's been a feeling here in cairo months

a lot of people that you could perhaps in the run up to the elections be about to see a rocky period in relations between the two countries those three front men currently for that presidential spot have placed it they're going to respect the peace deal a bit maybe every single one of them has said that they're going to be looking very closely at the fairness and appropriateness of this very unpopular guest. the u.s. could keep a military presence in afghanistan for at least a decade after its planned withdrawal in twenty fourteen is part of a new strategy that was agreed on sunday afghan officials said america will only be able to act with kabul's approval in what the agreement document describes as a plan to defend afghanistan and washington correspondent garniture can reports. the u.s. and afghanistan have agreed on the terms of this new strategic pact which the presidents of both countries still have to sign the document is needed to provide us forces with the authority to continue in afghanistan after the twenty fourth when the afghan government is scheduled to take full control of security there so

the majority of u.s. combat troops are expected to be out of the country by twenty fourteen but some combat forces will continue to go on missions and trainers and advisers the afghan security forces will also remain the strategic partnership agreement covers the period from twenty fourteen to twenty twenty four it does not address specific troop levels or the size or location of u.s. bases and this is something that many afghans are very much worried about and that is that the u.s. runs a permanent basis set up that would affect really keep them as an occupying power the withdrawal from iraq was also not complete the u.s. still has two bases there four thousand troops plus thousands of contractors but after the big scaled down iraqi sort of moved out of the media spotlight but the forces are still there the u.s. government is very anxious to tell the american people that they're leaving afghanistan especially anxious they become when some horrendous news makes it to the headlines which happens on

a regular basis the american people want their troops out and they want them out of the afghans want the same as we constantly see people there expressing outrage over the killing of so if you use over night weights and other actions that u.s. troops like the burning of korans or the troops cheerfully posing with dead afghans so both governments are anxious to tell their people that this is over but the remainder is talking about continuing military assistance equipment is a reminder in a way that while u.s. forces are drawing down in afghanistan over the next two years the american military will remain active in the country long after that. as you can a correspondent in washington therefore you know still ahead this hour the war games held in a more than sensitive region as russia and china hold their first joint naval exercises in the yellow sea we explain tonight what the political plans are sailing towards. on the second episode was slow due to sunday's hard hitting interview show airing on this channel on tuesday we look ahead to what's in store in just

a moment. next though with a tight fight for france's top job with president sarkozy narrowly losing in the first round to his socialist rival francois alarmed they have now got two weeks than to win over voters before the runoff poll for tea is across the election in paris. right now if you look at the numbers it is certainly neck and neck of the difference between at the top two candidates is very small on the right now it's a one point of difference and so the question that people be asking is which way will the voters who have voted for the other candidates how will they vote in the second round will be will it be a lot will it be sarkozy now for nicolas sarkozy he will have to try to get the voters of mud in the pen who was on the far right from the national front she had managed to get seventy point nine percent of the votes according to the exit polls about half of her voters may go to nicolas sarkozy but again these are just estimates and as far as a lot is concerned he will have to get john luqman on shore from the left front his voters who have been a very a very are creating

a lot of noise towards the end of this campaign while ninety percent of voters from that side say they will vote on a lot but still there are a lot of factors that could affect of swaying the vote in the second round and not least of all the pessimism and the lack of enthusiasm of the french people they may have come out to vote for the for in the first round at eighty percent but that doesn't necessarily mean bill do the same in the second round another factor to be considered but let's get more insight now are from our guest today mr john locklear from the institute of democracy and cooperation thanks very much after being with us today with regard to the the high numbers that many independent the far right had got and there's a lot of reaction here from the french press that this is a surprise to them what significance is this hold them how will the voters of money le pen to you think vote it's it's an absolutely incredible result and it's definitely the biggest story of this of this election how will the voters behave we don't know that is the big question marie le pen has said she will announce her choice on the first of may but. boyfriend the head of the forest you know

a little bit too in the fullness of the louis early oh yes that he will he will cost a blank vote on the first of may but what does that mean though in ideology it what it means is that there is no certainty a tool that the whole national voters will vote for the right wing candidate nicolas sarkozy of the country one. the main reasons why running the paint was done so well is that that electorate hates nicolas sarkozy for various reasons not least because they felt betrayed by him after having voted for him in two thousand and seven work much to follow up on again is the campaign ideology that is that has been put forward how will the next president whoever he is be able to meet all the demands from the far right who are anti immigration anti euro and on the left who are anti capitalists and you know so all of these ideologies the striking thing about this campaign has been precisely the extent to which many lappin as run a left wing campaign and she capitalist anti free market in favor of protectionism

and so on most of her voters are young people and people from the working classes this is not a classic right wing or at least electorate. on the immigration yes there is a right wing discourse i agree lauren older is also a right wing issue but her appeal goes way beyond the simple left right prism for swallows might be able to reassure those as it were left wing from the sort of voters while sarkozy might be able to seduce the as it were right wing ones but we'll have to see right well thanks very much service a lot and for joining us well there you have it still a lot of topics issues it to be put in the political debate all on the cycles he will have a one two one and this could also assuage the voters depending on how they do want that debate so we're looking forward certainly to the second round of the presidential race we are big story we're covering for you more of it online as well as our t. dot com along with a lot of other stories you'll find as well today

a swedish online piracy religion seeking official recognition in the united states stay with the computer based creed of the so called copy of mr ready been officially recognizing the scandinavian countries and i want to go on a worldwide mission we want to know more about that song line from us great pictures here too how is this for. a killer whale this rare all white all clear off russia's pacific coast is the first ever to have been spotted we've got pictures online find out if he's a fitting into the rest of our t.v. dot com. well the first episode of julie the sunday show premiered here on r.t. it's only cause of media stare it produced strong reactions ranging from praise on one side to hostile criticism and the other across the atlantic with few commentators remaining indifferent either way on tuesday r.t. airs the next episode laura smith's got the details. it's more of the second

is airing we did see a lot of backlash from the first episode but this new program features two people as i was talking to two different people one of them's the slovenians level which is eclipse of the last. communist distance and now turns communist and also david horowitz who's a former left wing radical did this in fundraising for the black panthers back in the day and is now a radical right wing zionist so from two completely different sides of the fence and when i went to talk to us on this program was broadcast he said this was one of the most heated episodes that he filmed during filming he tried to sort of talk about other stuff talk about a range of issues but the two of them kept on coming back to the jewish question they kept on talking about israel and palestine he had to drag it away from that repeatedly and in fact at one point he says had to be physically restrained even know david horovitz wasn't even in the room he was in fact on the telephone so it's a bit an extraordinary piece of television in the final cut that we do understand

that they do talk about a range of issues they they do talk about the palestinians in the nazis they talk about the black panthers and the israelis and they also talk about the american presidential race part of the conversation also goes into europe and specifically what happened in europe after the second world war say the creation of this sort of social welfare state all three of them seem to agree that the welfare state was created in europe is dead now and that in fact it is not all that it's supposed to be european wealth for. european love more then i think even united states really wasn't made the unique year you're in few months after. well for. so many people in shark. and don't read too much fun of. agree think it's photos you plus always was a disastrous spirit europe europe is

a cultural theme park it's significant that's what happened that's what your welfare state just took you out of the. personal experience with the socialist paradise of sweden and i can tell you it is nothing like you have a party when i was not talking about his personal experience to sweden of course he's talking about the expected result of his extradition hearing sweden's trying to extradite him on allegations of sexual assault that result is still pending so we still don't know whether afghans will get further experience of sweet and well the next edition of the show on air here tomorrow much anticipated as it is. the u.n. is bolstering its observer mission to syria as multiple reports continue the teetering cease fire has been violated by both sides the rebels political leaders still want to un pragmatic trade eventually but as of his exam the boy who reports from damascus the public have no appetite for foreign interference. almost everyone

in syria these days is in opposition to something ready to lash out at opponents at any moment and seventy six year old must beat mohamed is in opposition to that he says syrians are so worked up about politics it has become difficult to make people smile but he found the way. i like dancing in the streets and i like the reaction it was easy to free this way. even if he can stay away from politics when i ask him about his biggest concern is sas syria should not dance to somebody else's tune. we don't need any countries meddling in our affairs. here. while the prospect of a leader style intervention seems everlast likely the militarized the position and their supporters are still asking for arms. and they are

almost one from unknown and the presidents of other countries is that they support us in our cause we the rebels want to get armed. all the rebels may have caught all the media attention the syrian opposition speaks with many voices it's often faulted for being to store going to use them for granted but there is a surprising unity when it comes to the issue of military intervention. in relation . to this a position activists he was detained and mistreated by the security services and while he is calling on bashar assad to leave serious political scene he says the armed groups should do the same. like him abdul aziz is not afraid to go public refusing to use them he just returned back from moscow where the opposition delegation trying to persuade the russian authorities

to put more pressure on their side regime he says not all powers to mediate in the syria crisis are really out. of the world. we are supporting. we know that some of the states are not supporting that and sun are trying to play some thought that. if that happens. we'll announce a plan didn't succeed. it will be a very dark. and syria people will suffer too much there may be the us or the country maybe a civil war will what in god's work. let's leave the air and iraq just across the border in what democracies are not held in high regard here even among the

opposition wealthy rents very mean highly polarized across political lines most of them agreed to listen to their current crisis should be worked out within the country even for the opposition dugald they know it's still better than big demands that now haunt neighboring countries it's not going to artsy damascus syria or the world's views to neither fears the number of people who have died after an explosion of the southeast of norway in which several people have been injured rescue workers now says a working at the scene of what's thought somebody a gas explosion where when it was says there were a number of gas tanks just outside the plant we'll keep you posted as we get more details on. prime minister margaret has resigned longer discover that after the collapse of government talks about austerity measures coalition partner the right wing freedom party had refused to agree to cuts and state pensions talks which were going on for a month were trying to slash the country's budget by sixty billion euros to meet

you rules ratings agency fitch has now warn that the netherlands may lose its aaa rating over the debt crisis is one of the few remaining euro zone states to hold the top ranking. clashes over the demolition of a slum in the filipino capital have killed one person and left dozens injured the authorities want to build houses on the side of a flea market hundreds of squatters block to keep a road and threw rocks at security forces which responded in with tear gas about a third of one of those residents live in slums like this and they're forced regeneration often results in deadly clashes. russia and china are holding a first of a joint naval drills taking place in the yellow scene of the korean peninsula thousands of sailors will take part in the exercises which will simulate the rescue of hijack vessels and also and he said marine operations artie's during splotchy follows the waterway. i'm standing on board the russian destroyer of middle vinogradov and we are now in the chinese port of king doubt it took us nearly

a week to reach the starting point for the joint russian chinese maneuver is called mabel corp two thousand and twelve the russian convoy consists of four big warships armed with conventional weapons three destroyers and the flagship missile cruiser very odd basically what we are going to see here in the next few days is an exercise in coop ration between russian and chinese naval forces for the first time were four key areas anti-terrorist missions protection of marine lines of communication guarding of civilian vessels and joint supply operations the exercises are that building on what's good forces have been each doing and the last couple of years in the gulf of aden to counter piracy both chinese and russian warships ever for the civilian convoys stoke the coast of somalia and now they'll be learning to make it a joint effort most of the chinese ships we've seen here in the harbor look grand new for instance right across the pier you can see the guided missile destroyer

harbin which will take part in the joint exercises in the yellow sea side stress that the war games are not directed against any particular country or military blog but there's in the creasing concern and both north go in beijing about the u.s. naval build up of the asian pacific and that's not to mention japanese and south korean naval forces to close allies with the u.s. we've seen signs of japanese and south korea on our way to china with our convoy it was frequently probably nato reconnaissance planes destroyers and submarines hundreds of sailors will take part of both sides supported by planes and helicopters. well talking of technology most poisoned did some girls at one time or another dream of becoming a space man or woman those who still have stars in their eyes russia's letting the candidates have a go so long as they prove they can cope with the physically and mentally tough job

r.t.d. has been offered to see if he makes the greg. this isn't an ordinary session at the gym these men are trying to prove the have what it takes to become cosmonauts russia's space agency is now recruiting. in youth to have. one of their health if one of them but of course it does because one of. the rules all the difficulty is all africans have to go through a tough filtering system involving tests and exercises some are new some have been around since the very start like the centrifuge so that's one of my doors of says for him doing a g.'s on that centrifuge was the most difficult he's been training for two years now and it's sad to officially become a cosmonaut after passing one final state exam. with one after and i was a kid i used to think cosmonaut is like a robot who has to be able to run and jump twenty four seven or like chuck norris

improves willis combined with even james bond and superman but it's all much more serious in real life. we. think. but i i was fresh for you. know we. just signed the survival in the wilderness training is one of the toughest test for three days the live in the woods using nothing but the equipment from the ship but still help or it can all be. this is one of the first test in the first stages of the selection process that all candidates have to go through basically it's a coordination task so it shows how the mind and mind of the candidate is able to control the body. jumping tests so what about shouldn't even be difficult.

for a point six out of ten variant but the real challenge still ahead. i was expecting this would be my problem but it turned out it was the damn treadmill coke there we go this weekend are going to be kirk central perk requirements are getting

an early as long as i wanted to take to get off to but they just didn't want me to since you didn't you said you have to go through the day i think to are going to finally after the speech comes to run from hell. with. becoming a spacefaring if. you go to school or to the store see. of the bios of gonaives fatima now the international space station meantime we're talking space could be in danger but the news about that from microbes according to the russian academy of sciences it says the organisms found on the says could have the equipment on board scientists say a similar problem existed aboard the soviet and russian mir orbiting station and its predecessor. experts say the microswitch that come from earth effect from metal and polymers and could damage the station itself the i assess is

a manned orbiting station of course that she used as a research complex is currently across six on board that's two nasa astronauts and one european along with three russian cosmonauts. but the worth of strike a business is just after twenty five minutes past eight moscow time k. to build buildings that are a business there for all the latest hi there other global markets still losing a fight but a bad day absolutely does have and it's been an absolute fight to the finish but i'll take you across the board now i've got political uncertainty that's coming from france as you've been saying and other neverland's as well that's taking its toll as well is that china's production apparently that's going to take months there's news coming in from all of the price and let because you're from any other concern in europe is the feel by the victory of francoise hollande in the first round of the election election campaign in france now a very nasty than a capsule says this is because he's less likely to support your thirteen.

are you seeing a lot of political changes a result of the european crisis and if he was to become president that would be probably the biggest change seen so far so far the germans in particular the french lecithin james in particular have been pushing austerity on the part of the world has faced already some very difficult economic years i think if. becomes president it will be more of a shift towards less and more spending as a way to get out of the european crisis. have a look at the figures as you can see the footsie and the dots there because sharp losses could take a very that's going towards the rear hall sent down that is worth me watching a small bomb in the top of the front of the town in france has been down around the region and all day long i can now the troubles in europe are having their effect in the us markets they're now in the second hour of tribal currencies right or left i

did mention the netherlands as well as let me just say well we got the euro dollar off just that let me just say that part of the weekend one of the ministers walked out over spending cuts or this is how the ruble finished up that it was lower than us no one higher i guess the year i said i was talking about the us market numbers that the troubles in europe i take him at that time really having their effect that there's also a lot of domestic searches going on as well because serum i could tell all is now down nearly five percent constant twenty twelve phone calls as well as that warhol which i'm sure a lot of your part about the stool over in america there's some kind of bribery investigations going on those well that's not something to watch as we can see the russian market and then our allies like the mist on the back. low or prices didn't help matters because the arts yes but when it's more three percent down the mine says well didn't fare much better tools we look at the stocks we see how they performed and much of the problem all with us is no surprise that new coal have

a. percent down the. biggest ones are here. you know boss if they see you have a product like i'd like airing up their hives i say since they hold. as one of that might make their day i will public transit minutes from now percentage points are. almost three fold jump in that net profit for the first quarter as that owns those oil prices are something i was reading about earlier is the fact that i'm wrong bullshit months of china are a form of lie and not a twenty two month life is really. about somebody that seventy pounds was as you can see it in my sleep that one hundred two dollars per hour just gave us also from a cabin i'll be back in about fifteen minutes with all to see again an hour to see what's changed in a few minutes looking ahead as the french socialist state of martial nicolas sarkozy we get the party's thoughts on the second presidential battle to come the run off very shortly here when our team from moscow.