u.s. congress passed a controversial sander security act that could give the government access to internet users personal information ocean that heavily criticised by civil liberty advocates as an infringement of privacy. france threatens to pull out of the troubles unless a tougher border powers are granted within the e.u. initiative critics say undermines the block's principle of u.p.a. unity. in egypt the business selling spread to descend on top of a square for the third friday in a row and a rally they say is aimed at upholding the revolution of any field a fight for democracy as been replaced by a scramble for power. and the arrests of most of the eighty university students running against tuition hikes in canada triggers warnings that harsh police tactics with only drive discontent few national protest.

and online twenty four hours a day this is. from private emails to financial records u.s. internet companies could soon legally share private user information with the american government the highly controversial cyber security act known as sister is now a step closer to becoming nor following its approval in the house of representatives he caused a storm of reaction among internet users accusing it of infringing on privacy and civil liberties he's going to check out reports now from washington. cisco would make it legal for service providers like google microsoft facebook to funnel private communications and other user related information to u.s. authorities it would provide the government with unhindered access to private

correspondence of every american and mind you it's not just the americans using their services we're talking about your net users from all over the world so that would be done in the name of cyber security they called it cyber intelligence sharing and protection act critics argue who does put tag is those providers the likes of microsoft google and others and they are strongly lobbying for the law because analysts say it's not like the companies are not sharing information with u.s. authorities already and your correspondents cannot be monitored it can't but under existing laws the companies can still be liable for sharing private information of their customers so experts say the companies want legal protection for what they're already doing that's what the proposed law is about sopa was a different story for them service providers heavily lobbied against it because it would hit their businesses it would easily allow to shut down you tube for example they hold tons of copyrighted material anyway so paul was killed in congress largely because of the huge awareness campaign launched by even as service providers but from consumer's point of view whether it's sold or cispa it's seen as

a blatant encroachments on privacy and freedoms so who would have given unprecedented tools to shut down websites cisco would allow to effectively legalize the big brother on the web again it's not as if private correspondence is not being monitored already but would cispa americans would be stripped of their last legal means to protect their privacy on the web well critics point to the fact that the act could eclipse one existing that was protecting people's privacy document called them a correspondent from a scene that news says is the most annoying part of the bill. the most controversial section of the system is the language that said notwithstanding any other portion of law companies can share in for what they want as long as it's for what they call a cybersecurity purpose now we have laws on the books that like privacy laws federal education records laws medical records laws laws protecting the privacy of

gun owners perhaps all these laws exist for a reason and so it's kind of weird to say we're just going to ignore each one of this becomes kind of the law that trumps the other ones the super law and let's let's at least have more debate about that the house leadership didn't even while amendments or no moments were proposed to get rid of that language that by itself is the most worrisome section what i said ahead for you this hour the father of one the security officer and young guy who died in london a radioactive poisoning tells our t.v. news he was responsible for his son's that. russia and china concluded major joint military drills because the significance in the wake of some of the war games conducted in the region by the u.s. . now france is talking tough either you have to tackle is illegal immigration or paris pulls out of the schengen travels and according to president

nicolas sarkozy the stance has already caused a stir among some members of the belgium saying french electro concerns are now playing a bigger role that sarkozy is facing a hard fight in the presidential runoff vote week on sunday ati's to sawsan the reports. they say it's better to travel than to write it for european unity the ride has been bumpy to say the least. and where could it be headed and know what the euro is and will implode a considerable number of economists admit as well the french of four and that the eurozone is already dead just will collapse could be all over. so says the candidate who surprised france by securing almost a fifth of the votes in round one of their presidential race all the other candidates without exception regard the european union as part of the solution or as the main solution she has identified and her campaign the fact that it's

actually the course i'm not sure from tulsa completely whether it's to the right projects i cannot conceive of a foreign policy or domestic policy which is deeply. rooted in the whole european project one that finds itself in ever more shaky ground the should get agreement one of european integration sacred cows allowing botha free travel across the e.u. is under fire. germany and france want member states to have the option to bring back those internal borders for thirty day period if there's a threat to security and public order there's a danger and more and more people are also going to start attacking all the good aspects of europe and divisions within the union don't end their amnesty international's recent report documents examples of prejudice in the block against muslims in education and employment ideas that were once very much on the fringe of

the through a political spectrum on all being really mainstream in the right certainly able to sort of sort and so when the left would come and see the people more racist certainly not but there has been some sort of. a wider or fortunate for people to express the hate and to indulge into violent behavior so where does that leave your even the people who are against this kind of europe another against the euro in an idea say they want a different kind of europe the e.u. may be trying to say the paths to achieve its vision and version of the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind brussels candidates to oppose also putting back border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us

are still here r t brussels. skepticism a major issue in the french presidential elections a member states on this the awaiting the outcome of the vote on our web site r.t. dot com we're asking you what the main challenge for next french will be so. you're saying. that but if you think the most difficult task kickstarting the economy and the rest develop did. you see the biggest challenges diffusing tension of. in foreign conflicts. cairo's tahrir square is expected to fill with anger again on friday as egyptian that is the mists vent their frustrations towards the country's current military rulers however the same people who are condemning the current leaders for filling the demands of the revolution themselves down the queues of trying to monopolize power and the center for three ports for many egyptians the ongoing political wrangling is pushing

democracy to the sidelines. the protests nation after the revolution toppled president mubarak egyptians have continued to use people power as a way to force change the sights the sounds of protesters on cairo's tahrir square have become a familiar one more than a good president without the from power presidential elections just around the corner and the activities here have once again taken center stage but if the last years taught us anything is that revolution alone does not a democracy make why the upcoming elections so important. as a discussion group focused on a paced arab spring egypt we met a former members mubarak's regime now a prominent speaker here in egypt says the revolution was a must and it's a great action but unfortunately after we have a lot of problems and the challenges we have to discuss and do we have to reach

a vision for that not everyone was a positive one man asked the panel how they'd feel about the outcome if they'd been one of the young revolutionaries there's no quid pools but he's not given a clear answer. on forces and the. administration. after. they get. in their lives in february. we order the protection for reuse and we will we will give the people what you want we'll give you. freedom we'll give you a democracy he told us of the frustration of many people he turned out to tahrir but now feel they've been left represented with a new struggle for power creating many of the regimes old guard what is a democracy is the. promise of course is

a common complaint with an equally common answer. but the revolutionary me which homes can last indefinitely i can see a second wave but we will expect to know waves of. people protesting against certain actions and this is the mcchrystal everywhere i'm sure that when they would realize that they should go in a different way more realistic and to understand the real interests rejigged it from a polish logans or shoutings it's the economy the culture and the politics at the end of the thing i have us in a single thirty in underestimating people hissing regimes across the arab world full now with the announcement of the list of candidates attention turns to the policies as they see might become the next president they'll need to be careful not to allow power to churn out the voices of face who are determined that this time

they'll be heard i think we will. pick a side choice by the right the right way and. that evolution and this is. a state. and and home. and then they are a revolution since i don't know. later today people of ellen has a guest discuss the oil and power driven conflict between sudan and south sudan it seems a risky diplomatic game played by one of their leaders is threatening to trigger an all out war. but i think some of care is playing a very dangerous diplomatic strategy here i think is trying to appease the international community should that is a states man to show that he can get

a lot of support and show that he's not the aggressor as the victim and i think on the other hand who's been who has not really supported by the west specifically is seen as the aggressor and i think is actually playing on this game plan which is why i think he he went into hadley. we must remember it was the south that way did to the north of course the rest that we're seeing now is history. months of protests in canada boiled over cash strapped students clashed with riot police over tuition hike. oh. that was spray along with other violent police tactics have resulted in many trees since the movement began two months ago a. government has proposed to me the school next five years once negotiations broke

down on wednesday students again hit the streets to hoist their frustrations and says to the news stations have been hell since frankly journalists don't know this since heavy handed policing on them strengthen students calls. there were really minor incidents our window was broken and then some very close but i realized the police is using that as a pretext to conduct massive repression and usually the ones who will break your window or another once you get caught the police knows that the they run faster than the police the ones who get caught there are peaceful protesters and people are becoming infuriated by the behavior of the police to where it's peaceful protesters always fueling the fire. this ask profound the ramifications people are very unhappy about the way their political elites are behaving in the feel that the government is not serving the people at all it's only

serving big financial interests this is all those are all very repressive and it's only going to fuel more and more and more people are going to join this eventually . well remember we have plenty more in store for you twenty four seven that's r.t. dot com has what we have lined up there right now designs to do day to day all signs of spring perhaps bloggers are going bonkers over a massive green cloud of pollen that appeared over the russian capital we have more that one side. also the commercial that caused the diplomatic route and that is dutch women to stop husbands from going to the euro twenty twelve football championship in ukraine on up y o t v dot com.

the father of alexander litvinenko the former russian security officer who died of radioactive poisoning in london in two thousand and six says he knows who was behind his son's death he spoke to r.t. shortly before british lie detector experts concluded that scotland yard's main suspect in the alleged russian and he undertook of boy was not guilty of correspondent catherine rich over has more on the case that saw ties between moscow and london plummet to a new low. the promise i'm still not entirely clear you how can you come here and bang the drum for british business while the suspected killer of alexander litvinenko is being protected by the russian state this issue hasn't been pock the fact is that the two governments don't agree and the poor me i would like to remind you that article sixty one of the russian constitution says a russian citizen cannot be extradited to

a foreign state for legal proceedings and it will never happen to anyone polonium can poison a man and relations between two countries in two thousand and six former russian spy and fierce kremlin critic aleksandr litvinenko was poisoned with polonium in a top london hotel britain accuses russian state duma deputy andrey lugovoy of being behind the moder and wants him extradited russia says there are a serious gaps in the case one of the most scandalous killings in recent decades the poisoning of former officer alexander litvinenko in london remains a permanent fixture in relations between russia and the u.k. and while diplomas struggle to start a war it's a man living in this tiny italian town whose shocking revelations could bring the two sides closer together six years after his son was killed seventy three year old while the litvinenko says it's time to speak out and help i should be used as

a witness if you're alexander died in my arms that he wrote important information on the tissue as he died because they might you understand my gesture the room was bugged he didn't want anybody to hear that and what was on the tissue on the p. road to the murder was the rest but i'll reveal it only in court as up of the by the u.k. like the truth. he will live. and russia. it could be even more. the only accusation up to now from alexander litvinenko was that putin ordered the poisoning when your. statement revealed that he died never exist until the very last moment i was there and sasha if he would recover. he hardly spoken english and the letter was written in impeccable english someone did it for him before now but she was in line with the

victim's close circle all point the finger at former f.s.b. officer. saying no he poured the law and in the victim's t. . didn't kill my son with them to kill with polonium you need two to three grains of it in a thimble but large quantities were scattered everywhere it was done on purpose and lugovoy was not used as i think i was are you ready to say this little guy would directly call him right now. i will have. the force of the. things that i said about you i hope you can forgive me you realize of course what sort of people we're dealing with here can you explain told viewers what exactly you are apologizing for your slander under is not guilty these guys have nothing to do with this they were in danger too because the

polonium was scattered on them as well. and you're a lawyer must meet me they want to stand in person for the. thank you for i'm ready to bring walter to court new hearings in london start in several months important secret documents will have to be revealed by m i six and m i five was a rino out ramble with her revelations and walter is doing the same they have no choice really resume they'll be no more secrets left vulture promises to reveal more secrets in court and makes it clear his son's once close circle of friends won't like. but sure why didn't you disclose the information to them because if i had do you think i would be sitting here talking to you if you didn't a great sure r t monday match channel eataly. franco also explained to artie why he thinks his son was a victim of what he called

a grand spy game i thought of that further interviewed by logging on to our website at r.t. dot com. now the yellow sea has become an area of international focus as russia and china staged military maneuvers it comes right after the u.s. and the philippines conducted joint games in disputed waters but far from the chinese coast raising tensions with beijing ortiz to his polaski has been following the developments. i'm standing on board the russian destroyer deadmeat all vinogradov dead just completed its mission as part of joint russian chinese maneuvers in the yellow sea the whole russian convoy for a large warships on to support vessels together with the chinese convoy of about twenty warships several thousand sailors to part in the maneuvers there is a deeper meaning of course besides the obvious advantages of performing a large scale joint naval mission these exercises have given most go in beijing and chance to fly their flags in the asia pacific where the growing presence of the

u.s. navy has recently become a concern for both china and russia this time the deal concluded with target practice which was by far the most impressive part of the whole of society our crew was given special permission to film in detail what was happening. so this it this fire cannons and at least two types of machine guns were fired only instantly upon the target detected by sonars all these weapons have proven extremely useful in the gulf of aden where the admit all vinogradov has guarded civilian convoys we're told that it usually only takes a few warning shots before the pirates flee in fear. but take a look at some of these from around the world now this hour. the u.s. has agreed to move half of it submarines from okinawa base in japan here they

situated in a crowded urban area along angered west and some troops in both incidents of violence may. be sent to other bases in the western pacific of the some ten thousand remaining. medical students in the bolivian capital of has held a mock crucifixions in a protest over a new normal extending the doctor's work day by two hours others calling for the resignation of the nation's health minister carried signs written in the blood demonstrations for a month long protest by doctors forced the closure of several public hospitals over the past few weeks. the stomach churning scenes from north west spain on its battle against hurricane winds as they came into the. lights were diverted agree. to its attempt to touch down at the very last moment no injuries

were reported. but this is now marina joins us and there's been a lot of buzz surrounding ross this latest business deal what's going on there yeah that's right carol basically the oil giant signed agreements with two foreign companies and this will not only ensure its international expansion plans but i will also create a new way of doing energy business in russia as r.t. soundbite and explains. beneath the waves in the ice of the arctic of perhaps the world's last great untapped reserves of oil and gas and russia is intent on extracting them the complexities of the project are causing a revolution in the way russia does business in the sector apart from offering substantial tax breaks to investors there's also the prospect foreign firms will be allowed to own resources under the seabed no one really knows how much energy is there but the best guess is about one hundred sixty billion barrels of oil in the

entire arctic region that's enough to satisfy global demand for around six years it's also thought to hold thirty percent of the world's gas reserves russian state oil giant rosneft has brought into wealthy partners to help the agreements with foreign firms exxon mobil and any cover a range of projects in a number of countries will now have interests in the u.s. europe and africa serving its plans for international expansion but the real jewel in the crown is russia's far north initially expenses there will be limited to exploration three point two billion dollars with the american company exxon and one billion with the italian company any but if resources are found which seems certain the figures will rapidly grow total investment on the x. on projects in the arctic is projected to reach three hundred or even five hundred billion dollars while on the any side of things around seventy billion dollars to cost reflects the hostile working environment it's thought the bulk of the energy

is on russia's continental shelf in water five hundred meters deep which is often covered in pack ice and scattered with massive icebergs up to four million tons this is where the foreign firms will help with expertise in offshore drilling even then the conditions will require development of completely new technology ultimately this is difficult dangerous and time consuming work the c.e.o. of exxon hopes to pump the first barrels of oil from the car a c. by the end of the decade and that would be quick. arliss like a look at the currencies right now as you can see the euro is still losing and against the u.s. dollar and when it comes to the ruble it's also a loser this hour against both the greenback and the euro now if i move moment take a look at the european markets as we can see at this hour or europe has made a little bit all of a comeback with the foot sea heading higher of course investors today are in

particular concerned over spain because standard and poor's has a lowered its credit rating to triple b. plus for spain and also it said that there is a risk of further downgrades in the future of the facts and estimates that the spanish economy will shrink by one and a half percent this year and that this will need to become truly needed to get additional that to stabilize its economy so those are the figures that if we take a look at russia and similar picture there some of the markets have recovered we have the my six which is heading to higher this hour gaining a half a percent so there we go and that's as investors here are feeling a little bit of really a shortfall in the negative data we've got the s. today from europe and the us now in other news we have russia's investment internet firm mailed or are you group which has revealed some upbeat results its revenues rose forty three percent in the fourth quarter of the year and this is above expectations and the company which owns

a little over two percent in facebook by the way also said its last year's net proffer jumped one hundred and fifty eight percent. and that's the business update year kerry ok thanks so much marina see you in soon. in a few minutes we'll bring you a guide to what you can see and do in the russian capital where scott is on the way .

well for the future kook no one mean clean machine from university labs to the outer limits of the stratosphere the russians are going to find eco friendly solutions to fix the travel take a spin with us and enjoy life on the green side. knowledgably here on r.g.p. . the future come.