the russian capital watching r.t. was we were in a joshua all come to the program voices from across russia's political spectrum are being heard on the streets of the country on may day communists liberals trade unions as well as nationalists are set to rally in moscow to protest a marked labor day which has seen demonstrations around the world for over a century and we can now cross live how it responds for more of what's going to be happening in the russian capital this morning to the rena so tell us who exactly is going to be on the streets today moscow. while there will be more than a dozen various marches demonstrations in the city today with the largest one of them planned for just starting in just about an hour and it's going to be carried by the united russia party the largest in the country along with with the coalition of the labor forces and moscow they're expecting around one hundred thousand people

to march down one of the main streets in moscow the to sky street and it is known that russia's president meet to meet today to fill actually also participate in that march and he may be joined by those who it was and as well so that is one of the largest demonstrations which will be starting in just just under an hour as a matter of fact bud's of course a lot a lot of other political parties are also going to take part throughout the day in their marches with the one notable exception that the fair the movement for fair elections is going to hold off on the may first march and wait until they are down to a little later today to do it to voice their demands. during our recent elections in russia we saw massive protests staged and why is the movement staying home today. while the hub decided they did plan initially to march on may first and they did say for months on end that it's going to be at. very large show of

discontent with russia's political system and with the results of the elections they were particularly the parliamentary elections but then they decided to wait until the day before the inauguration of president elect as would put it and that is scheduled to be on may seventh so they decided that their election movement decided to stave off until until may sixth when they promised to carry out a march of millions as they call it to take part in this in a demonstration in bosco. well as we know different political forces will be taking part in today's events so what are they calling for. well they are calling in they have just started actually they are calling for depends on the movement or the party of course the labor unions are calling for more attention to be paid to to their wages and to their rides and they also have the traditional. peaceful and

slogans and you know welcoming spring so to speak so they're more of a best of a kind of more a festive tradition that they're carrying on. from the last several decades when it comes to communists those of course have been out on the streets every may day and this time they're going to make no exception but aside from the general communist slogans they're going to continue to voice their discontent with the parliamentary and presidential elections as well they're still bitter about that because traditionally they have been doing rather well in both the parliamentary presidential elections their candidates have been all taking the second there have been coming in second place all around most of the time so this is going to be their primary concern of the marches all right well labor day or may day as it's sometimes called is also marked internationally so what's going to be happening elsewhere. well we know that indeed labor day has already sparked demonstrations all. trust the world to get even and philippines we also know that there will be

a large large marches if all across europe for example in germany where the day has been traditionally a rather large share of reason for people to gather and voice their opinions and discontent also we can expect that marches in london to start a little later on in the day and also occupy wall street movement is going to have to do their marches as well over in the united states but considering the situation in europe right now which is an and rather troubled waters financially economically and politically we can expect a rather large shout show off people for this may day demonstrations. thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update here in english to them. well as we've just heard the occupy wall street movement is planning a general strike across the united states to protest against what it says is a corrupt global economic system and corporate injustice organizers organizers are

billing the event as a spring comeback since the group's encampments and the u.s. and beyond word dismantled by police last winter but activists in london say the movement is only gaining force. to do something about this unsustainable system and this is the movement for us to do that. questioning what we see is a political system that seems to be working with profits before people. intertwined with the corporations we also question the idea of regulating both days being managed by the people i mean to be regulated eventually the rest of this world will realize that they've been groped and that they are being put into subjugation it's very clear from the movement from the beginning that the economic system is on its last legs and what's happening in europe what's happening in greece is it's just a symptom of this disease it's an economic war and that's that weapon is debt that really rang a bell with a lot of people this disease is going to continue to get worse unless we actually as as people as a girl sort. movement actually take control also of this economic system that's

been run by very few people and it's just been completely out of control i think the movement is moving more towards a revolutionary solution rather than a reformist for any human being in a situation where they can benefit hugely. from the suffering of the millions and millions in the world we should be embarrassed of being part of that side of human rights and we should be embarrassed if we sit by and do nothing about. into the full interview with an activist from the london occupy movements in an hour here on r.t. . main has plunged into a second recession despite deeply unpopular astaire cuts intended to rein in the country's dept ratings agency standard and poor's has downgraded nine of spain's banks while the employment rate of around twenty five percent remains the highest in the euro zone economist and currency experts feel him hanko says madrid's problems spell worse troubles ahead for the euro. to mean not only for spain

but also for you will push pressure do for you will be in currency for you all because the your can or the main currency if more and more countries are becoming go weak economies but real problem is in the no one can a country was in a monetary union basalts is all it's. the form it serve so according our experience and even our history i can think. of but it needs its own currency and not in foreign currency namely easy your is a foreign currency its vital force be to fight against this crisis and against this unemployment and give people especially young people and you'll perspective but this cannot be done in a case of a monetary union a monetary union is making any national economy does leave of

a common of common diseases and this is form your former boss and from other countries and so is the problem with age of gearing up for the presidential election in three weeks time it's not just voters being rude but visitors as well the government insists the tourism industry vital for egypt's economy will bounce back as a political situation stabilizes but that could be just wishful thinking as artie's south first now explains. egypt's terrorism industry with once riding high but recent political problem oil has hit the industry hard and then the new political landscape there's talk so bringing in new roles and regulations relating to it and there are serious concerns that that could lead the industry with even less business. everyone in egypt is hoping that the economy will pick up pace and we've passed economic growth so closely tied to tourism office stop was to meet

a woman he could give us a crash course into exactly what's happening to egypt's economy right now come two thousand and eleven but. theoretically we would have continued to grow along the same slow that's what should have happened and then there are in most countries worldwide recession happens this is what happens you have a difference in g.d.p. and then it goes even faster than it was going to go before and so that having this ended up having something more along the lines of that. with or maybe grow at that maybe growth that itself to decide is whether we manage this versus that and where does it need to be ideally we need to stabilize and stabilize fast and at least recover the seven percent growth we had originally with the aim of reaching that ten percent growth within the medium term which is three to five years. and how big is tourism in economic model tourism will be instruments you have to keep across

seas and you have to change your approach tourism i mean it needs to have been very tradition the so that we were approached tourism but entice think back tourists may be impacted by a growing islamic influence in the political sphere the tourism industry are very concerned with the go to bans to alcohol with guards bans of public beaches this kind of thing proved to be another risk to potential investors to find out how will risk these concerns are we met the speaker of the. it's considered a more fundamentalist islamic group and since the revolution has gained the second most seats in parliament it's going to. have a big difference between. brightness for you. to come to. you. what. exists

but it's not the private sphere that tourists or investors are concerned with and when it comes to the public life the line is a little different but. people saw. the. culture religion aside every beaching the tourism sector isn't going to be easy they're the after the revolution there was this hype about you know revolution tourism you know come to tunisia and come to egypt and you know it was very obvious that that wasn't going to be a very sustainable model at all and it turned out to be true and now what we need to do is work. just like what we were doing previously we need to work on maintaining our monuments and restoring our monuments and we need to work on making people feel safe in the future tourism industry remains extremely clear success is certainly going to depend on whoever comes into government next but that in itself of course is extremely unfair and still like the turn as an industry the entire

country right now is in a state of flux and no one's quite sure what's going to happen next. and staying in the region in syria more violence continues to further rock the country shaky cease fire despite the presence of u.n. troops monitors on monday a series of blasts rocked the city killing at least nine people and wounding almost a hundred and warns the ongoing attacks threaten the peace plan and help broker the syrian government blames terrorists for the violence claiming. rebels have recently stepped up their fans just days ago lebanon intercepted a large shipment of smuggled weapons intended for finer as opposed to the acid regime favorite baseball little alice. one interference is destabilizing the entire region. the smuggling weapon hasn't stopped from the day one and it's all we know that's how these been funded by by syrian live ensued uribe and we know the money is coming from saudi arabia and from qatar and from other entities and they're

coming through lebanon one of the route is through lebanon and this is this one ship. actually but there are a lot of weapon that been used and smuggle into syria and that tell you the real story when the foreign minister was judea arabia say we have to arm the opposition that he's saying let's keep killing continue and terrorism taking place hold on syria even the american the western eyes the western world know that there is a lot of terrorism taking place in syria al qaeda been moved into syria from out of country funded by some government in the arab countries this is going to be devastating not only for syria this is going to bring a regional war that nobody want now or in the future. political wrangling in ukraine puts the euro two thousand and twelve football championship on the line so. to boycott the event because the criminal case against former prime

minister report is just ahead and also. these people haven't got a clue what it's like to be a military solution. look you know after the interest of million is a multi million is the british public feel increasingly detached from objects because they feel their representatives are not representing them. now he has already revealed some of the world's deepest secrets and he's ready to share even more episode three of julian assange just show premieres later today here on our. previous interviews with the head of haskell on two opponents on the extremes of middle east policies have caused a real media buzz this time is taking he's talking rather with a new president often by marzuki isn't what you'd expect from an arab leader is a doctor and a human rights advocate so what challenges does he face what are his views and he rides in tunisia watch the program at eleven thirty g.m.t.

but here's a little taste. i just spent four months sort of confinement so but. the prime minister in tunisia spent more than ten years in sort of confinement and i always admired him i never saw how he could you know survive through this kind of experience but because after just four months i were just talking to myself you know i really crazy i want crazy because you know when you have just to talk to yourself to be. to be alone with yourself all this time you it's terrible experience this is why i think it's. so many people. who have never been tortured in prison know i was under torture but it was another. kind of torture and probably one of the worst i think that more than thirty thousand people have been tortured him to new zealand and was good for

them you know and they're always angry at that for those. people. all the torture and then go back to a whole month to play with their children and listen to music and you know have a normal life and then i wonder i never understood how. how how can you know. except to those things like this and be sure that you are. that you are still a human being so well. how how can you survive through this kind of experience i think when you know this when you know that you are fighting for your human rights for good values then you can have enough resistance you have to tackle the situation.

the u.s. has promised the philippines help to boost its maritime security just a week after joint military exercises the move has angered china which has a long running dispute was manila over a group of violence in the south china sea anti-war activists say says beijing's worries are justified. the motives of the u.s. in the philippines as well as in asia pacific generally is imperial dominance is the same as the motives in the middle east and central america the obama administration has instigated a strategic pivot to asia pacific mainly to contain china's rising economic and military and washington considers military power and economic progress prerogatives of their own only we have military bases and troops in japan and

singapore in guam in south korea in the philippines in australia and the aim here is to make our military power known invisible in order to contain china it's meant to frighten china the united states has been supporting the filipino government for years even as it's committed serious crimes we've increased on shipments the united states in my mind should not be going all around the world when there is not a threat to our direct interests or our people and showing off our military and expanding the military empire we don't need to have bases in all of asia pacific just to contain a non threatening china. the euro two thousand and twelve football championships in ukraine are under a shadow before a ball has even been kicked over the case of the country's jailed ex prime minister some leaders are already calling for a boycott saying her seven year prison term for abuse of power is politically

motivated i say shafiq he has the latest. what seems to be a purely domestic case has received very serious international reactions with residents of germany the czech republic the head of the euro commission as well as german chancellor angela merkel all saying they will boy called their planned trips to ukraine in particular for the euro twenty twelve football period as if to protest against the treatment. former prime minister now even called on the german national football team to boy call it their participation in this tournament the idea which was even supported by the president of the champions league final this club bar in munich now also reactions came from mosco with president medvedev raising his eyebrows over the treatment of saying that this these actions to throw serious shade on ukraine's reputation and are unacceptable for a democratic country that all these reactions come after you get emotional reported to have been abused by prison guards and full of photos of her bruises were made

public on the internet as well as when to stand that team of medical experts was dispatched by ukraine's own woman to the prison and they confirmed the fact of the physical attack from the prison guards on. this raise the tension dramatically and key is also already reacted with indignation to all the statements coming from europe saying that such rhetoric puts the countries back into the times of the cold war while the war of words continue certainly but everyone all experts now understand that keith was under severe pressure especially with less than forty days before the start of the you were twenty twelve football championship last friday's terrorist attacks individuals with serious concerns about the security during the tournament now definitely the developments in the commercial situation are creating serious political implications. reporting more stories and analysis from our to our web site here's a quick look at what's online for you at the moment. missiles next door of the rooftops of london homes could soon play host to

a deadly deterrent as the city prepares for the olympic games read more on drastic measures are to dot com. also online a society where robots co-exist alongside people may not be just a science fiction fantasy as russian researchers seek to create machines with a conscience and a vast and lots more it's available to go. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world mollies ruling. claimed control of the capital after clashes with troops loyal to the president was ousted in march and message aired on state t.v. the military said its forces held a broadcasting building at the airport which have come under attack the military base the army has said it's willing to him back power to civilian rule but still has considerable influence the march military coup brought chaos to mali and has allowed separatists in the north to split the country into. a crowded river

ferry has capsized in northeastern india leaving at least one hundred three killed and almost as many missing vessel broke into two during a storm ferry accidents are common in the country due to poor state standards but this is one of the worst in years. bahraini human rights activists is to get a retrial along with twenty other opposition members. been serving a life sentence for taking part in it and the government uprising last year which around fifty have died since that has been on hunger strike for over two months protesting he's in prison but will remain in jail relatives of criticize the move saying it's merely a review by the same judges and one of those jailed for. u.k. prime minister david cameron has been accused of. favoring the rich and forgetting about the poor and the wealthy backgrounds of more and more of british m.p.'s is also being blamed for their detachment from ordinary voters and their problems laura smith reports on the trans turning british politics into any league club with

an exclusive membership. prime minister david cameron eton and oxford. chancellor george osborne exclusive london schools then oxford. deputy prime minister nick clegg westminster school and cambridge none of these men come from ordinary backgrounds there's a lot of people that are being political advisors of one kind or another. and that's growing is each parliament goes by. you've got a lot more lawyers we've got the biggest knob of all time now in cameron running the rules the snobs are there to be seen on the tory ventures in particular i call it millionaire's row dennis skinner's an m.p. who would once have been seen as pure traditional british labor party stock the son of a miner and an ex miner himself he came up through the ranks became

a trade union leader a counsellor and then a labor party m.p. in one thousand nine hundred seventy it's a route into politics that's become almost obsolete replaced by a career path through top universities into special advisor posts and from there into ministerial jobs that's how ed miliband the leader of the party in which that core support base was once the working classes got his job you have the labor party quite detached at times from ordinary working class voters and the impact of both political parties. being slightly out of touch with ordinary working class voters is a lot of working class people decided not even the vote in the elections it's easy to see why sixty percent of today's cabinet went to feed paying schools compared with just seven percent of the total population thirty years ago forty percent of labor m.p.'s came for a manual or clerical jobs compared with just nine percent today there's been. a

real reduction in the number of m.p.'s who have first hand experience of the trials and tribulations of working class families just some a see it depends on it being representative and acting on the concerns of most in society so the worry is the less that people feel they're being represented it's. politics and the more disaffected feel from politicians that could mean greater numbers turning to disruptive ways of making their voices heard through demonstrations and even. under the current government the u.k. has seen a surge in strikes and protests some ending in serious trouble on the streets after demonstrations by people who don't feel their representatives presenting them these people have a clue what it's like to be a. multimillionaire. these

people know nothing about what is. in this country. they don't speak for. very privileged. we're all in this together is the rallying cry of the current government in these times of financial austerity coming from the leadership of the privileged and independent wealthy it rings especially hollow for many as the belt tightens so you two rises the anger and alienation of those who feel they have no voice in the corridors of power lower smith. brings up today here in our tell me about shortly with a reminder of the top story stay with us. they've

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a free media. welcome back. and here's a look at the top stories the last ride and almost every political grouping in between march in russia this may day but the country is fair election movement is finding its time until the weekend. of egypt set to vote for its new leader in the country's final tourist industry is hoping democratic rule will help the bounce back however there are concerns that islam is growing power will stifle it further fundamentalists want to ban alcohol and the tourism. and the world's top was a lower reveals more secrets and another blockbuster poses tough questions to the new president of tunisia was swept to power by popular.