well the final list of candidates is being published and on it the controversial names among the president's former prime minister they where this will bring you will be at the nation hear from. border order pandering to florida a right wing factions with the french president even threatening to quit travel free zone. the protests mood sweeping through russia and relations with the u.s. president valley waits his legacy in his final media q. and a before of leaving the kremlin.

thanks for joining r.t. where we bring you news and comment live twenty four hours a day seven days a week well egypt has issued the final list of presidential candidates with a vote less than a month away multiple disqualifications have left voters confused over who to choose but one controversial figure is back in the running sarah ferguson is live in cairo for our t.v. sarah tell us about which candidate is returning to the campaign trail. further drama added as if any more were needed in this presidential race by the last minute decision by the electoral commission to include on this final candidate list the former prime minister. defeat now he was disqualified on cheese day after a long past which barred former senior vatican officials from running in this presidential race now he appealed that on the grounds that the law was passed he to flights to

run and that was upheld so he has been included on that final list of candidates it hasn't gone down see well here has to be said among many egyptians to view him as a remnant of the former regime and not someone that they really want to see running for the future presidential spot and obviously then taking the country full so that really is causing quite a lot of anger amongst the people here of course is only added as he said to this controversy surrounding the candidacies and the candidates themselves only seen a number of disqualifications happening so much so the fact that from the original so a list of twenty three candidates you actually know only got thirteen candidates on that list and a lot of people have really seeing that as an interference with the electoral system a lot of criticisms of being aimed at the ruling military council people really feel and indeed the electoral commission itself people feeling that they've got too much power here is one egyptian i was speaking to after this list has announced that you know the mandate is all about the rules and they can change at any time

since people really feeling that this sort of democratic transition of power that they were hoping for is now being inserted and of course is let everyone very very confused here is less than a month until that date is supposed to take place and all this drama surrounding the candidates is as really meet the discussions and the focus away from the very important aspects of what these candidates stand for what their policies are who in these candidates. actually all themselves and you know month doesn't really leave them much time to push their policies food and for the electorate to really get to grips with what what they represent and that is reflected very much in the egyptian people that we're speaking see here and their opinion of what's going to happen now many people are saying they simply have no idea who they going to vote for when it comes down to that so still to play for and you've got that months now starting with probably going to see the discussion around these policies in these candidates

that debate again in the manson but really doesn't have a special reason is this an issue of excitement unfortunately towards this first three presidential election after the revolution now that's been very much a place for a sense of frustration a disappointment some of the people were speaking to calling for the vote to be postponed to gether and to the election commission for the ruling military council to be fired to step aside for another body to come in because really there's certainly a feeling that there's been a lot of interference and as we saw last week when a huge numbers that turned out again on tahrir square the people have made it very very common saying that you hear on the streets right now is when you ask people what's going to happen if you don't get what you want and they say we will simply people fighting we'll have another revolution all right one will be looking forward to those further developments or further in cairo thank you. and as a gyptian is weight on the fruits of their uprising in syria followed revolutions

steams on later in the program we report from a once prosperous industrial city where factories are now in ruins and business owners are reportedly blackmailed into supporting the rebels also. we pulled an alexander litvinenko death. of oil is no lawyer british experts say the u.k.'s main suspect in the killing of the thing go had nothing to do with the former russian security officer. people's political awareness and russia has risen dramatically on the government should respond to that that's according to outgoing president to meet their methods if he was speaking during his last q. and a event of his tenure his words were in regards to the latest wave of post-election mass rallies across the country for more on that let's cross live now to our tease. here and i mean videos presidential term was certainly bumpy especially towards the end what else did he say about the latest string of

demonstrations in particular. well he's got just about two weeks left on the job as russia's head of state so a very broad range of issues was covered the protests definitely being a one of the central points up this q. and a session and speeches but it did express his admiration actually respect for the people who came out on the streets whether they were protesting against or for the duma elections or the government but he did say he did warn people. from from mistaking some people's political agenda for sincere show off their political opinions as a matter of fact have gotten carried away with protests to the point of carrying on hunger strikes. you would go. regarding people who protest first of all they have the right too. but the other thing here is that there can be a genuine protest and there can be a well calculated political opposition and let me say right away i'm not judging

anyone on that matter still there's such a thing as in hunger games if you've seen it it's quite a regular hollywood blockbuster i've seen it and those who do such things often pursue some obvious political goal but. also of course this if mikhail khodorkovsky and metaphorical was death former oil tycoon who is currently in prison that issue was also brought up and to the question of why he was didn't give a pardon to him with help of the state richard vedder said that as a matter of fact you couldn't do so constitutionally because of the cost you didn't ask to be freed. just. to. have that he's also spoken to me which we did of course also spoke about the international relations. and what was happening in the world and russia's reaction

to it it did of course pay a lot of attention to the events in the middle east. the arab spring will turn into a cold arab counts for russia and we're having spring in all senses of the word but as for the situation in the arab world which of course the situation is unstable because it's magical forces are trying to grasp in a whole number of countries and if they do working with them will be. and i told this to everyone i need to both our american and european partners which i said that the transfer of power to extremists shouldn't be the purpose of any transformation but the so you go of course dr comer here to answer more than thirty questions during the two hour sessions of course he also was. spoke about the future a little some questions were there about his possible future but it does look like new to me that it was most likely to be the head of the united russia party he's

going to replace i would put it on that post and will most likely also be the prime minister but of course all of this remains to be seen and nothing is definitely set in stone at the moment till quite a very interesting relaxed and lively q. and a session as we said we did it but boy prepares to head over the reins to live it was that it was inauguration will take place on may seventh. you know what you've got to do. all righty there well arty's renegotiate reporting live from moscow thank you. to shanghai in free travel zone an icon of european unity and integration could soon cease to exist with calls for countries to be allowed to decide for themselves just who they let in and it's been a running theme and the right wing dominated french presidential election and the idea house quickly been picked up on by president nicolas sarkozy are to see

a good preschool for ports. no border controls within the shotgun zone is surely one of the strongest symbols of european unity but this symbol may now be under threat since france and germany want to see each member of the zone to be able to introduce border controls without the approval of the others the interior ministers of the two countries are formulated a document in which they did say that such steps would be measures of last resort and would last for over thirty days but in reality it could mean the reappearance of checkpoints illegal immigration is a very serious issue both for germany and for france both have been trying we criticizing the lack of control on the european union's external borders especially when it comes to countries like greece and its border with turkey or italy which has been letting through thousands of refugees from arab countries which then go to other european union nations france has already threatened to pull out of the shanty end zone altogether if no serious measures are taken to help improve the

situation but millions of europeans have been enjoying free travel since one thousand nine hundred five and many analysts have said that the reintroduction of water controls will be a serious hit to european unity which hasn't been exactly going through its easiest times lately due to the eurozone crisis. russian m.p. on that didn't kill former security officer alexander litvinenko that's according to british lie detector experts the u.k.'s prime suspect passed a polygraph test conducted by the country specialists for a documentary our london correspondent laura smith looks into how it might change the murder inquiry. stephen did you do anything that led to the death of alexander litvinenko you know. were you involved in el xandra listening cause death you know . you have you ever had any dealings with borneo no another step towards

proving his innocence in a test administered by british experts andrey lugovoy passes the lie detector polygraph science says he didn't kill alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six give a result on. the right result if or not i don't give a result it's inconclusive i want my guns one hundred percent and if it was that mr green color would be very pleased a good thing called a skeptic might say that as a former security services agent look up voigt might have had training to cheat the test but alexander cut out the core a documentary maker whose idea it was palooka to undergo it thinks that's unlikely even every american police station has a polygraph test and if it was so easy to fall why security services would use it or. as far as they are concerned they examine as they say that this is the ultimate way to determine if one is lying or telling the truth it might not sway british

courts where lie detector tests on tax acted as standalone evidence the u.k. authorities are unlikely to make an exception in this case given the extraordinary lengths they've gone to to get their hands on look up or even asking russia to change its constitution to allow. his extradition so we were clear that while it was a reasonably big ask it was not unreasonable to say that they should change the constitution to make possible the sort of judicial corp foreign minister sergey lavrov gave his british counterpart short shrift a new government remains in russia but he knows there's nothing his country can do to persuade the british that they're accusing the wrong man. if i did the scene with the help of russian specialists that the british would have been suspicious about the results so i insisted that the tests should be administered by british. people who came to test me on members of the british polygraph associations with us

and we will invite these experts as witnesses in any court proceeding i don't expect any serious change but for me it was the moment of truth i think at this this is just the latest step that andre lugovoy has taken to attempt to clear his name with the british authorities last november harris simpang chris coroner's court let me end because wife marino won the rights to a new wiser ranging inquest into her husband's death said he welcomed the news and offered to give evidence by video link look of oil realizes this won't close the case but for him it's more evidence to suggest he's as innocent as he's always claimed norris may r.t. london. r.t. also on that of exam the father you can tune in on friday to find out what he thinks of the mystery surrounding his son's death and who could be how behind it. the leaders of iran are very rational politicians who are seeking to create

a nuclear weapon that's the belief of the israeli military chief benny gantz his comments came in an interview to israel's media and clashed sharply with the views of prime minister netanyahu to discuss what appears as a discord among the leaders in tel aviv we're joined live from beirut by middle east expert ali risk mr risk so is there really a rift within the israeli government regarding the iranian issue and if so how serious is the disagreement. yes i do believe there is a rift but i think that this rift was contribute to buy or actually the americans had a big role to play in this rift because the gun the israeli joint chief of staff who made this comment actually made it just one month you have to remember last march in on march nineteenth he met with his american counterpart martin dempsey in washington so i think that the americans gave i clear message to the israeli

military establishment because we all know politically when it comes to their relations amongst american and israeli politicians that there are some problems you know between netanyahu and obama the personal chemistry problem so i think that the . americans actually conveyed the message to the military and use their relations if we could say the american israeli military relations to put pressure on those who support military action like netanyahu and other hawks all right wing thinkers inside the israeli government inside the israeli political establishment so i think this makes it more difficult now for netanyahu to make your case that military action is necessary as netanyahu has been arguing with for a long time now now do you think we can expect netanyahu to adhere to his push towards action against iran despite such statements from his army general. no i don't believe so i think there's just too much against not on the whole ideologically not on your whole of course does support the military step but

however there are two risks he runs the first risk is the american public we have to know that there is a rise in american awareness when it comes to foreign policy issues for example there's also this debate which has just begun in america about israel's policies and the fact that these policies actually harming american interests so going ahead with such an act would first and foremost put israel's alliance with america on the cliff would put it at risk and second of all now with this israeli military statement it makes it very difficult to justify himself the israeli public the israeli public then what i think burst out against netanyahu in case there were negative repercussions for a military step one would say look our village here at military chief warned you but why did you go ahead and take this step now what about israel's army i mean shouldn't their decision be key in their influence and this field exactly when you want to go to the facts on the ground i mean those people who usually speak the truth bluntly are those in the american story in the defense

establishment and in the military establishment for example in the united states of america we have the top military officials and defense officials for example defense secretary leon panetta who's been very frank about the situation in syria say one of the syrian opposition so when you want to hear the truth you go to these officials the defense officials the military officials and i think guns is the one who is really speaking honestly what is going on on the ground so if you want to hear the realistic scenario yes you do resort to the military i think that the israeli military is the one which is speaking to the general situation what is really happening on the ground all right i'm afraid that's all the time will have ali risk an expert on the middle east live from the lebanese capital in beirut thank you. a massive explosion at an alleged rebel bomb making lab has killed up to seventy people in the syrian city of hama state t.v. reports says militants accidentally triggered an explosion resulting in

a blast that leveled an entire row of houses that made revelations that the american mercenary company formerly known as blackwater is heavily involved in training rebel fighters and information coming via wiki leaks security circles have apparently agreed that the notorious organization is sending its forces to syria through iraq government and business consultant christophe hoare still believes their presence there was sanctioned by those higher up. be our. cause is doing targeted killings doing terrorist attacks and then also in gauging and shootouts with suits. or interfering in a peaceful demonstrations so we had all kinds of activities in the past but this time it seems as though he's saying that this is services furnishing the mercenaries themselves we can save very clearly and there's ample proof that

without the united states of america. syria would not have been possible it is very clear that neither qatar nor saudi arabia france nor britain not turkey would be doing anything in syria without a very clear green or goal from washington russia which is a major backer of kofi announced peace plan has again criticized syria's government and its rebels for breaking the cease fire the foreign ministry in moscow also accuse some opposition fighters who refuse to lay down arms of restoring to outright terrorism and acts on a boycott discovered those still at large have little patience for neutrality. a lifetime of work burned overnight. this is one of a growing number of businesses in syria destroyed by those claiming to advance the cause of the revolution this factory was

a classic example of syrian interpreter one hundred and fifty employees producing textiles for furniture it was never churning out a lot of profit but provided a distant living for its people all of which is now gone north routes no warnings one evening in february a group of young man threw molotov cocktails into the building the owner said they had just enough time to evacuate the workers to safety for the rest of the evening he just watched his entire fortune go up in flames. so much pride and textile machines they bought from spain three years ago had to be sold for scrap lost in place lost their only source of income and i don't think it was a personal attack against me i'm not a political person i think the people who did it to me are seeking to undermine the industry as a whole to terrify people into supporting them. aleppo is serious largest city and its industrial capital prior to the uprising it was enjoying some of the highest

growth rates in the region. this industrial park alone housed more than three thousand small and mid-sized factories in the past six months some have gone out of business because of the economic sanctions while others because of industrial terrorism. they had of the local chambre of industry sas it's almost impossible to distinguish between attacks politically motivated and those that are outright criminal we witnessed kidnappings we witnessed. attacks on factories. robberies of trucks carrying all material or finished goods. threats putting people on hit lists assassinations of course all these activities criminal activities are taking. the cause of supporting the revolution what they call it the

us advocated engineer for us al shahabi says many in industry side with the opposition when it calls for fighting corruption and liberalizing the country's economy but they couldn't disagree more with the means of achieving it. the first thing that older support us. we will kidnap your son or your kids. because you. and you didn't pay for our. cause peaceful cause and i wonder how can this be peaceful if you are getting money like. organized crime and there are many who said come to the racketeers to keep their business afloat the owner of this textile factory had to fire hafiz workforce after one of his production shops came under attack he says he now hands over thirty percent of his profits to those who claim to represent the freedom cos the i've

been receiving threats to stop working and send my people to demonstrations we had to pay the money so that they leave us alone while the support of business people is seen as crucial for the survival of assad's government even the most liberal of them now want nothing to do with the militarized position dealing with corrupt officials may be frustrating but it doesn't compare to losing your entire business to the revolution reckitt tears some boycott artsy. syrian. now let's join katie and our business down carrie you were telling us all about rosner yesterday and today lukoil is holding a long way to tell us more. now what it is karen is they intend to invest billions into a number of key oil fields are going to be chatting about that a bit later on but let's have a look at those european markets and see how they're fairing at this hour and i do by the still makes all the sense is always to be found but it's the dax that's been taking

a hit today and that's largely because of they revealed their first quarter profits and it was thirty three percent drop for them that's the biggest bank in germany so that bank that stock is losing more than two percent such with the dragging down the dax today if we look at the euro dollar as well we see how much performing now it's slightly in was pretty flat actually to be fair now bounce off to the european commission they said that april sentiment indicator for the seventeen nation euro area fell to the lowest level since december such very much concern over the ruble on the screen as well that's gaining against the u.s. dollar and sticking with russia we'll see how the russian markets are fairing and it's been a challenging day for the russian markets today we got the r.t.s. around half a percent down the point nine percent in negative territory that is certainly worth mentioning while they've got stock futures in america pointing at the dow was assert the concern because some big figures coming out today from some heavyweights

in america's corporate world investors are really holding holding tight for i kind of have a look at the stocks here and see how they're fairing. they are struggling today nearly a percentage point down of the company i had to in the mine because they're going to the debt market you say they're said to issue three billion dollars of bonds and that's in order to finance their massive investment program now they plan to spend up to one hundred twenty four billion dollars by twenty twenty that's big money we've also got most. on the screen as well they're really suffering the over two percent down now that's a surprise considering their net profit tripled but would you believe investors aren't happy they wanted more they're expecting a better result than triple. the stammerer as well as the financial corp there was decidedly all because they all mixed at this hour there were some comments coming out of the federal reserve yesterday saying that they're expecting grosser excel right that was positive that certainly positive but right now we've got the light

sways over hundred photos from rather brant one hundred nine hundred ninety four and i also want to mention that the mobile they do surveys that morphy results later on this week let's talk more about all the talk about luke will russia's biggest oil producer sort of production at one of our offices which is the west corner now the company hopes to boost output to five hundred thousand barrels a day by twenty four team now to put in context that would be a quarter of lugol's current daily production the project requires thirty billion dollars of investment some of this would be spent among other things unclear in the area of thousands of land mines left from the war with iran in the nine hundred eighty is ok karan let's see business about fifteen minutes of bull all right many thanks for that. our interview is coming your way after a recap of our top stories with me.

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