egyptians get their final shortlist of presidential candidates but fear a return to mubarak's era with his prime minister back in the race. redrawing europe suborders e.u. leaders pander to lurching right wing factions with the french president even threatening to quit the show and again free travel. from. the protest mood sweeping through russia and relations with the u.s. president medvedev evaluates his legacy as final mediocre una before leaving the premier. thanks for joining our team this thursday it's five o'clock here in moscow on karen . 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 so our fourth told us why this name is causing concern. 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 ahmed shafik now he was disqualified on cheese day after a pass which barred former senior barrack officials from running in this presidential race now he appealed that on the grounds that the law was passed after he'd applied to run and that was upheld so he has been included on that final list of candidates it hasn't gone down too well here has to be said amongst 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 nervously 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 travesty surrounding the candidacies and the candidates themselves we've seen a number of disqualifications happening so much so the fact that from the original list of twenty three candidates only got thirteen candidates on that list and a lot of people have really seeing that as an interference with the election system a lot of criticisms of being of the ruling military council people really feel and indeed the electoral commission itself people feeling that they've got the much power here is one egyptian i was speaking to this list has announced that you know at the moment is all about the rules and they can change at any time of course is left 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 the discussion and the focus away from the very important

aspects of what these candidates stand for what their policies are who in these candidates actually are themselves and you know month doesn't really leave much time to push their policies food really doesn't have a sense or at. the moment that initial excitement and positivity it's was this first three presidential election after the revolution now that you very much the place by sense of frustration disappointment some of the people with speaking to a calling for the vote to be postponed with together and for the electoral commission for the ruling military council to be fired to step aside for another body to come in and as a gyptian is weight on the fruits of their own prizing in syria are valid revolutions song later in the program a we report from a once prosperous and dust city where factories are now in ruins and business owners are reportedly blackmailed into supporting the ruble also.

in alexandria with an enclosed death. boys known liar british experts say the u.k.'s main suspect in the killing of an example needs had nothing to do with the former russian security officers death. the free travel zone and 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 it's been a running theme in the right wing dominated french presidential election and the idea has quickly been picked up on by president nicolas sarkozy r t z a good discount off reports. shenzhen zone consists of twenty six nations which enjoy visa free and checkpoint free travel and is truly one of the biggest symbols of european unity but the symbol may now be under french france and germany are pushing for all members of the zone to be able to set up border controls without the permission of

the others they do say that such steps would be measures of last resort and would last for over thirty days but in reality this could mean when we see a mass reappearance of checkpoints within the european union illegal immigration is quite a serious issue both in germany and in france they've been strongly criticizing the lack of control on the use external water we do remember the story of the tiny talian island of lampedusa in the mediterranean which was allotted with refugees in such great amounts that at some point they were more newcomers on the island than the resident slights and many of them living by their own rules and often not be peaceful one it'll be allowed thousands of these refugees onto the mainland and then the spread into other european union nations is actually even cause the conflicts with france which wash and we introduce border control since a large part of these refugees headed to the country the rightwing sentiment in general is currently growing in europe and especially in fronts with right wing

forces calling to move away from the union and concentrate more on domestic problems president nicolas sarkozy has been actively playing the right wing card as he's battling for a second term in office even threatened to pull out of the shotguns on altogether if no serious measures are taken to battle a few legal immigration in a separate issue the european commission has just allowed me to set up temporarily who controls what runs in a bid to prevent mass protests at the upcoming central bank summit but millions of europeans have been enjoying free travel since one thousand nine hundred five and many analysts say that the reintroduction of border controls will be a serious hit to european unity which hasn't been exactly going. so you do sometimes do to be eurozone crisis we've also been called by many as another working right wing sentiments. and across the atlantic the u.s. debt hole is being successfully disguised by unscrupulous ratings agencies that's

according to max and stacy in today's culture report. as the financial services sector considers themselves holy some sort of religion moody's and s. and p. of course did give the holy blessing to talk sic sitting assets they were sinners and they said no i have sanctified these assets this table indulgences right out of the textbook of the pope from the middle ages you've committed a sin give me some money and you're absolved from that so you go directly to heaven same thing with these radios he's give us the money will turn your triple c. rated toxic securities sludge into a aaa rated god love and security. and. the report is coming up today at fifteen thirty g.m.t. stay tuned for that now people's political awareness in russia has risen dramatically in the government should respond to that that's according to outgoing president hamid of it if he was speaking a during the last q.

and a of his tenure his words were in regards to the latest wave of post-election mass rallies across the country r.t. said he negotiates summed up some of my final words as president. this is the last interview that medvedev has given to a journalist before handing over reins had to put in so a very broad range of issues was covered not the least of which were of course the protests which followed after russia's doing was state duma elections at the end of last year and took that to me seriously that said that he respected people's show of content or discontent with the government but he did warn that some people are getting a little carried away with the show of protest for example by opposing the hunger strikes. here regarding people who protest first of all they have the right but the other thing here is that there can be genuine protests and they can be calculated

political opposition and let me say right away i'm not judging anyone on that matter still there's such a thing is in hunger games you know if you've seen it it's quite a regular hollywood blockbuster. and those who do such things often pursue some obvious political goal some have said that they protest in russia were financed by none other than the united states a state department to that material movement of replied that people should not get carried away with conspiracy theories too much washington's hand can reach different places but regarding our country we shouldn't demonize america slowly let alone to say that they can influence some serious political process in the country we are i think so for in-state and that you know we're less than a later i've got a certain sympathy i want you to do when you go to my person with people continue running you want to take you at the of course the issue of russia for more oil tycoon and now a person there to help us he also came up some were asking why which we did it didn't give pardon to him it did that speech in the bed of replied that he couldn't

do so constitutionally according to russian law the man has to ask to be freed and for the cost you did not do so in regards to the international situation and russia's role in the the on. the color rina in the world of course a lot of attention was paid to the situation in the middle east. the arab spring will turn into a cold. for russia having spring in instances of the word but as for the situation in the arab world of course the situation is unstable because of its magical forces are trying to grasp in a whole number of countries will be a joke and if they do working with them will be. and i told this to everyone 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. now as far as madrid as plans for the future are concerned it does look like he is likely to become a not just russia's next prime minister of course he also said that that is not set

in stone but it is also possible that he will be the head of russia's largest political party united russia but again with a different people from making two definite of analysis of what it is he is going to do after he steps down when the president was in takes over as president on may seventh. russian m.p. andrea look of oil didn't kill former security officer arctics on that. that's according to british lie detector experts but u.k.'s prime suspect passed a polygraph test conducted by the country's specialist for a documentary our london correspondent laura smith looks into how it might change the murder inquiry. you did you do anything that led to the death of alexander litvinenko you know. were you involved in l xandra listening goes death you know sedition you have never had any dealings with tony no another step towards proving

his innocence in a test administered by british experts under a new cowboy poses the lie detector polygraph science says he didn't kill alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six give a result. in my mind the right result if i'm not i don't give a result it's inconclusive i want my guns one hundred percent and if it was admissible in court i would be very pleased to get called a skeptic might say that as a former security services agent 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 to date 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 tech sector does stand alone 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 a new governor 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 special forces that the british would have been suspicious about the results of those wind systems that the tests should be administered by british. people who came to task we are 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 that i did it this this is just the latest step that andre has taken to attempt to clear his. name with the british authorities last november harrison pang chris coroner's court because wife marino won the rights to a new wiser ranging inquest into her husband's death you go for it said he well continues and also it's to give evidence by video link look of oil realizes this won't close with for him it's more evidence to suggest he's as innocent as he's always claimed norris made r.t. london martin mccauley an expert on russia the university of london but leaves the revelation could open a new much more positive chapter in relations between the kremlin and downing street i would see it as a positive step forward of course the next step is for scotland yard common to look

at the evidence and to say whether they think it's a step forward like to examine it and so on and so forth and then after that it would be for the british government then to make a move because the lugovoy case litvinenko case is really solid and do russian relations for several years both countries need to move forward so therefore if this problem could be removed then one could look forward to a much more positive chapter in russian relations. r.t. also met alexander the father tune in on friday to find out what he thinks of the mystery surrounding his son's death and who could be behind it. 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. 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. the. cause is doing targeted killings doing terrorist attacks and then also engaging in shootouts with personnel or interfering in peaceful demonstrations so we have 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 say very clearly and there's ample proof that without the united states of america ference syria

would not have been possible it is very clear that neither qatar nor saudi arabia or france nor britain not turkey would be doing anything in syria without a very clear green light or goal from washington. russia which is a major backer of kofi annan peace plan has again criticized syria's government and its rebels for breaking the cease fire the foreign ministry and moscow also accuse some opposition fighters who refuse to lay down arms resorting to outright terrorism and as acts on a boy discovered those still at large have little patience for neutrality. a lifetime of work burned over night. 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 interpret nourish one hundred 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 the old routes no warnings one evening in fabry a group of young men 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've bought from spain three years ago had to be sold for scrap lost in place lost their only source of income and i do think it was a personal attack against me political person i think the people who did it and seeking to undermine the industry to terrify people into supporting them. 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 chamber of industry sas it's almost impossible to distinguish between attacks politically motivated and those that are outright criminal we witness kidnappings we witnessed. attacks on factories. that are being robberies of trucks carrying the raw material or finished goods. threats putting people on hit lists assassinations of course all these activities criminal activities are taking place under the cause of supporting the revolution what they call it here's an educated. industry

side with the opposition wanted to live in corruption and liberalizing the country's economy but they couldn't disagree more with the means of achieving it. the first thing they tell them support us. we will kidnap your son or your kid. 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 today racketeers to keep their business afloat the owner of this textile factory had to fire off a piece of 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 defray the costs of the i've been receiving threats to stop working people to demonstrations we had to pay the money so that they leave us alone while the

support the 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 and wreck it tears it's on a boycott see aleppo syria all right let's now take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world pakistan's prime minister yousaf. has been found guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen a corruption case against the country's president he was given what's been seen as a smollett sentence which lasted only a few minutes while he was in court despite immediate calls from the opposition for him to step down he is expected to continue in his role as premier.

former liberian president charles taylor has been found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes by way of court in exchange for blood diamonds he was found to have armed vicious sierra leone rebel groups notorious for cutting off the limbs of their enemies during the nation's civil war the four year trial also saw taylor accused of cannibalism which he did not. construction has started on a giant steel arched to cover the room inside of the chernobyl reactor in ukraine on the twenty sixth anniversary of the disaster when it's completed in two thousand and fifteen the site can finally be dismantled the vast amounts of radioactive waste still inside. the explosion in april of one nine hundred eighty six spewed a quote of radiation over much of the northern hemisphere forcing thousands from their homes and crane belo roofs and western russia. we've got

more on the trouble disaster at dot com including a special documentary where authorities are mixing at a show of ski visits the ghost town i'll get a p.r. that's been left empty for the last twenty six years. now let's join katie at our business desk katie you were telling us all about rosneft yesterday and now it's all about luke oil what's happening absolutely luke will they intend to spend big they're going to be investing billions into iraq i'm going to talk about that a bit later on can i want to head into the markets and see what's happening with the european bourses right now and they've taken a turn for the was well that's the figures have just come out about the jobless claims data in the u.s. it was higher than expected and that's really affecting the markets we have the flat last hour now investors all in the u.s. markets will be opening up in less than ten minutes time. dax that took

a hit today and that's because of a bank that was down over two percent and that really drags the force down in that region today if we get on to the dollar it was more sentiments coming out of the region today we have the european commission saying that the sentiment indicator for the seventy nation euro area fell to the lowest level since december so investors are already on edge as you can see one thirty two sixteen for the traders favorite pair that we've got the ruble though it's gaining against the u.s. dollar and also the common currency ok heading on to the russian markets closing up just over an hour's time now actually analysts like this set to finish on the back foot on this it loads of sentiment coming out of the u.s. they've got some big corporate results dunkin donuts actually that's one i'm going to be watching out for we have it and let's go out today we've also got some other sentiments other side of the job as well that's not affecting the russian markets too good. as i say lots of results as well that's worth mentioning because before

the bell they released their figures and they won impressive seoul they were expecting big numbers and they haven't hit them so it's certainly a concern in the region that have a look at the russian stocks and see how they're faring now looking overall snouts we can see that it's down one percent at this hour now the company they're off to the debt market they're said to issue three billion dollars of bonds in order to raise massive investment program they spent they plan to spend twenty billion dollars by twenty twenty that is and. that change of fortunes at one point seven percent down a system or as well they were growing last out at the dagger's i'm afraid now as well is that we're going to move on and have a look at those oil prices now there was some comments made by. yes i some positive comments as saying that he's expecting the global market to accelerate the u.s. we've got to remember as well the biggest consumer of oil so lots of sentiments going on that i did make mention exxon. mobile as well that will certainly concern

others talk about oil so i always stick to i mentioned earlier so let's give you the details on this one a little it's russia's biggest private or producer hey you seen it start of production one of iraq's richest oil fields in the west corner take now the company hopes to boost output to five hundred thousand hours a day by twenty fourteen that would be a quarter of loopholes current daily production and that is a lot now the project requires a thirty billion dollars of investment and what i would spend this on among many things is clearing the area of thousands of land mines that were left from the war with iran in the nineteen eight years. i case out the markets now as a next hour how the figures of the u.s. markets but right now the stock futures are pointing down all right well we'll look forward to that next update katie thank you for that a missile defense

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