u.s. congress passes a controversial cyber security act that could give the government access to internet users a personal information motion heavily criticised by civil liberty advocates as an infringement of privacy. france threatens to pull out of the schengen travel zone unless a tougher border powers are granted within the e.u. initiative critics say undermines the box principle of european unity. in egypt thousands of islamist sir expected to descend on turkey a square for the third friday in a road rally they say to him that are holding a revolution on many feel the fight for democracy has been replaced by a scramble for power. and the arrests of more than eighteen university students running against tuition hikes in canada to those warnings that harsh police tactics will only fuel discontent and national protest.

forecasting live around the world you're watching r.t. from private e-mails to financial records u.s. internet companies could soon legally share private user information with the american government the highly controversial cyber security acts known as this but is now a step closer to becoming law following its approval in the house of representatives caused a storm of reaction among internet users accusing it of infringing on privacy and civil liberties what is 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 protect 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 company's one 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. critics point to the act could only existing laws protect people's privacy so a correspondent from seen it news says it's the most of naaman 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 this law that trumps the other ones a super law and let's let's at least have more debate about that you know the house leadership didn't even while amendments you know moments were proposed to get rid of that language that by itself is the most worrisome section. so they had few this are now it's he a father of former security officer down in the winter and died in london of radioactive poisoning tells our news who is responsible for his son's murder plus. russia and china conclude major joint military drills we look at their significance in the wake of similar war games done by the us. france is talking tough either europe tackles eagle immigration paris pulls out of the troubles that according to president nicolas sarkozy the stance has already

caused a stir among some members of belgium saying french that true concerns are now playing a bigger role that sarkozy is facing a hard fight in the presidential runoff vote and we can someday tease it's also the reports. they say it's better to travel than to go right but 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 with a considerable number of economists jigme it as one of french of four and that the eurozone you've already dead just will collapse. so says the candidate who surprise 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 is the main solution she has identified and her campaign the fact that it's

actually the course of much of the french political talks are completely weighted to the right project 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 border 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 political spectrum being really mainstream in the right certainly able to sort of thing when the left would come and see the people more racist certainly not but there has been some sort of. a wider or fortunately for people to express the hate and to also indulge into violent behavior so where does that leave europe even the people who are against this kind of europe another against the euro in an idea that say they want a different kind of europe the e.u. may be trying to say in the past that set to achieve its vision and version of fear 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. sylvia r.t. brussels where the e.u.

is get this is a major issue in the french presidential election that member states and nervously awaiting the outcome of the vote on our web site com we're asking what the main challenge for next french leader will be but so far most popular may be painted using debt but of course if you think the most difficult task kickstarting economy . we see these challenges and diffusing tension of nation and involvement in foreign conflicts. caro's tahrir square is expected to fill with anger again on friday as egyptian islamists vent their frustrations towards the country's current military rulers over the same people who are condemning the current leaders for failing the demands of the revolution themselves stand accused of trying to monopolize power myself earth now reports from any egyptians the ongoing political wrangling is pushing democracy to the sidelines. 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 gift of president without the from power with 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 a revolution alone is not a democracy make this why the upcoming elections appraising so important. as a discussion group focused on a paced arab spring egypt we met a former member of mubarak's regime now a prominent speak a here in egypt the revolution also must be a great action but unfortunately. we have a lot of problems are the challenges we have to discuss and do we have to reach a vision. that not everyone will say positive one man asked the panel how they'd

feel about the outcome if they'd been one of the young revolutionaries there's an awkward pause but he's not given a clear. administration . in their lives in february. we order the protection food revolution 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 a representative with a new struggle for power creating many of the regimes old. 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 say 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 reject 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 to sing regimes across the arab world full now with the announcement of the list of candidates attention turns to the policies that 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 the choice. of the right the right way and. that evolution and this is. this thing. and and him. and then there are a revolution since i don't. so. the next day people of ellen his guests 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 or not. but i think some kids 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 i mean we must remember it was the south of twenty to the north of course the rest that we're seeing now is history. months of protests in canada boiled over as cash strapped students clashed with riot police over to mission hike. the spray along with other police tactics and resulted in the mean just since the movement began more than two months ago back government has proposed to wish an increase next year once negotiations broke down but stands to get the streets. to. hell since february journalist. and police spent

the students because. they were relatively minor. idolised but the police is using that as a pretext to conduct. pressure and usually the ones you will break your window or another want to call the police those they run faster than. the ones you. there are peaceful protesters there and people are becoming infuriated by the behavior of the police who were it's peaceful protesters always fueling the fire. this is profound around that people are very unhappy about the way their political elites are behaving and 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 actually

i remember we have much more in store for you twenty four seven at r.t. dot com here's what's lined up there today a disaster dooms day all signs of spring bloggers are going bonkers a massive green on women and the heat of the russian capital pictures on a website. also the commercial that caused the diplomatic route and i'm sure that it is dutch women don't put their husbands going to the u.n. twenty twelve football championships in ukraine you know why don't come. the father of an exam to 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 any of the russian m.p. young going to go boy was not guilty of correspondents covering the truth has more on the case now that some toys 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 murder 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 apis the officer alexander litvinenko in london remains a permanent fixture in relations between russia and the u.k. and while diplomas struggle to start a thaw it's a man living in this tiny italian count whose shocking revelations could bring the two sides closer together six years after his son was killed seventy three year old by the litvinenko says it's time to speak out for help i should be used as a witness if you're alexander died in my arms that he wrote important information on a tissue as he died because they might you understand my gesture the room was bugged

he didn't want anybody to hear and what was on the tissue when the p. wrote to the murder was and the rest but i'll reveal it only in court as up of the by the u.k. like the truth. he will live the whole of his object. and russia. to be even more. the only accusation up to now from alexander litvinenko was that putin ordered the poisoning when you're. this statement revealed after he died never exist until the very last moment i was there and sasha believed he would recover. he heard the spoken english and the letter was written in. english someone did it for him before now but sure wasn't line with the victim's close circle all pointed the finger at former f.s.b. officer. saying no he porters along in the victim's teen. boy didn't kill my

son with them here 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 will directly call him right now. i will happily go. the whole to 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 no good to us on the floor now under way i know that you. guys have nothing to do with this they were in danger because the polonium was scattered on them as well. and to. me they were understand in person. 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 arena outram real with her revelations and walter is doing the same they have no choice really resume they'll be no more secrets left for the ultra promises to reveal more secrets in court and makes it clear his son's once close circle of friends won't like many. but sure why didn't you disclose the information to them because if i had do you think i would be sitting here today talking to you you did a great sure r. t. monkey matter channel eataly of all today from the anchor also explain to r.t. why he thinks his son was a victim of what he called a grounder spygate and what of that further interview 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 stage military maneuvers becomes right after the u.s.

and the philippines conducted joint war games in disputed waters not far from the chinese coast raising tensions with beijing parties that has been asking has been following developments. i'm standing on board the russian destroyer deadmeat all been a god of the 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 docile together with the chinese convoy of about twenty warships several thousand sailors took part in the maneuvers there is a deeper meaning of course besides the obvious advantages of performing a large scale joint nabl mission these exercises have given moscow and 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 to both china and russia this time the drills concluded with target practice which was by far the most impressive part of the whole of the five our crew was given special permission to film in detail what was happening.

so the ships before channel and at the time the guns were fired a list instantly upon the target detected by sonars all these weapons have proven extremely useful in the gulf of aden where the middle been a ground up has guarded civilian convoys we're told that it usually only takes a few warning shots before the pirates we interfere. well taking a look at some other news from around the world the u.s. has agreed to half of its marines from the okinawa base in japan situated in a crowded urban area has been angered local residents some troops abroad the incidence of violence may. be sent to other bases in the western pacific although some ten thousand remain. medical students in the bolivian

capital of the person held mock crucifixions in a protest over a new door extending the doctors' work day by two hours others calling for the resignation of the nation's health minister carried signs. the demonstrations for a month long protest by doctors which is forced the closure of several public hospitals over the past few weeks. two russian cosmonauts and astronauts are heading back to work after spending six months on the international space station. didn't lose touch with events back with russian cosmonauts booting in the parliamentary and presidential elections so use a spacecraft on docked about an hour ago it is expected to land in kazakhstan eleven forty five g.m.t. . watch the landing live when i website dot com. well business news now and marina joins us with more details on ross this latest

business deal or no yes that's right carol first for a mind our viewers of course russia is all a giant did signed agreements with two foreign companies and this will not only help expansion plans around the world but i will also apparently create a new way of doing energy business and russia as artist tom martin reports. 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. all right let's take a look at some currencies now when it comes to the euro it's losing value against the dollar still when it comes to the ruble it's losing both against the greenback and the euro well mentioned you also might take a look at what's happening in europe where it's still a choppy trading session investors are struggling to shake off the news about spain's credit rating which has been downgraded by as and p. the standard and poor's rating agency of course it's now a triple the last and the agency also warned of further risks of all the downgrades

in the future and it said that they estimate that the spanish economy will shrink by one and a half percent this year and that the country may have to take on more of that to support its banking sector over here in russia it's pretty much a similar picture it's mixed currently ball it's going back on both of them both the arts yes and then my six i again in with my six actually approaching the percent this hour we are coming off of investors been feeling pretty much this appointed from poor economic data both in europe and the us and of course today with the news on spain is in the helping motion investors seem to be taking this news rather well while in other news we know that russia's internet investment forum mailed out are you group which has revealed some upbeat results which might be one of the reasons why investors are feeling upbeat today its revenues rose forty three percent in the first quarter of the year which was above expectations now the company which owns a little over two percent in facebook also said that its last year's net profit

john. hundred and thirty eight percent. and that's what i have for you this hour kerry ok thanks for that update marina more later. next the latest a constant gauge devices making their way towards consumers that's in our program technology update for that they will be back with a reminder of our main headlines.