there were protests in cairo against the ruling generals turned into fierce clashes with security forces two people reportedly died and over one hundred. twenty attacks killed at least eleven russians north caucasus what police are saying bear the hallmarks of al qaida suicide bombings. pentagon draws up and game plans for iran boasting it could promise forces in less than a month. and three days before dmitri medvedev what the league's russia's top post we assess his presidential legacy and look at what's ahead when he becomes prime minister.

thanks for joining our team with me it's a love and a clock here in moscow and friday mass rallies in egypt's capital have descended into violent clashes with security forces using water cannons to disperse crowds of thousands reports of just two people have been killed and at least one hundred thirty injured in the fighting that's been taking place in front of the country's defense ministry a curfew has been imposed in the area until saturday morning the protesters are demanding the country's ruling generals quit now and give power to civil authorities but the army says this will only happen after a new president is elected later this month some objection activists though think the situation will improve even if the military yields to the protesters demands. many believe that even if. this gaffe transfer of power to civilian government.

that won't change anything because in the end of the day i admitted that. once the . power to they reform or what the thing is that they want to hand over power without being prosecuted for any of the crimes that they have been committed for that they haue that they have committed in the past. and they also want to hold on their interest and pensions and not. crossed in any sort of way to how and the special place in the constitution and so on and that's exactly what that evolution is going and any outcome that will come out of this presidential process even the any election process will only be favored. here with our team and still ahead old terror camps for a new generation syrian rebels begin training and what the u. one recognizes as a former terrorist camp and possible we will get just what it is and what they plan to learn there in about five minutes. suicide bombers are thought to have carried

out the two blast which killed at least eleven people and wounded scores of others in russia's southern republic the terror attacks took place within twenty minutes of each other at a police checkpoint. is in the north caucasus. this occasion is continuing but what happened here in the republic of dagestan on thursday has already been classified by local authorities and there is no doubting that as a terror attack there were two explosions the first one occurred when police tried to stop the car at one of numerous checkpoints in the capital. the driver was a suicide bomber police later reported immediately after that the fire started and when the ambulances fire brigades and emergency teams have started to come at the scene as well as local people trying to help those injured this is when the second blast occurred killing and injuring even more people than the first one this

scenario of the attack organized so that as many people as possible is know in the world as iraq he won and it's adopted and widely used by international terrorist organizations in the attacks all around the globe it's not even new to darkest on just last year march in september two last kills two similar bloss killed scores i have to say that druggist on this republic and in general this region which is called the south has been suffering attacks by islamist terrorist organizations for years and the clashes between federal forces and militants have been continued for quite a long time russian officials have linked many attacks and terrorists and militants here in the region in this particular republic with international cells like. it's too early to say who is behind this particular this recent attack but it's certainly part of this and go in battle between federal forces and terrorists in

the region no one has claimed any responsibility yet. for some analysis of the terror attack we're joined from oxford by dennis some executive director of the london information network on conflicts building mr someone the authorities are drawing parallels between the dagestan blasts and those committed by al qaida cells how much do global terror networks influence those and russia's north caucasus. well there are very obvious similarities in the tactics that we are seeing in the north caucasus these days and tactics used by. similar forces in iraq and afghanistan now let me say that is nothing related to religion in these sort of attacks because i know no religion in the world that justifies the killing of people who are going somewhere

to help other people who are injured doctor nurses and medical staff and far firemen and so on and so forth so this is a particularly cruel type of terrorist attack unfortunately we've seen signs of it in other parts of the world and it seems now to have reached the north caucasus and this is a sign of contacts that exist between these terrorist groups in different parts of the world so if there is a clear link and you're saying there are similarities what might all card as goals be in pursuing this particular region. well there works like a franchise organization. it has a template and the it encourages groups with domestic agendas to copy it. i want to say that as far as. i understand the situation in north korea is. on different. level which is this. terrible

level of. violence and terrorism but this feeds also. local considerations and local problems and it's hard to separate these two things from each other which is the challenge that i think faces the russian authorities at the moment you know the north caucasus terrorism it was largely considered a domestic problem until last year when russia's most wanted terrorist was included on u.s. search list of course i'm referring to the mara now what's the significance of that and is there a sense that the problem has kind of outgrown russia's capabilities to tackle it. i don't think it's a question about growing russia's capabilities i think this is a global problem we are seeing links between these terrorist groups in different parts of the world and so the response has also to be global and i welcome very much cooperation. between russia and western countries and

dealing and tackling these issues i would like to see a much more ambitious program of actually dealing with the situation in the in the north caucuses looking at both the terrorist element of it but also looking at the social challenges in the region and see how together the international community can work with russia in order to ensure that the root causes of some of these problems is that emanated. samant executive director of the london information network on complex and state building thank you. germany's foreign minister has labeled iran's nuclear energy program an enormous danger adding that an atomic armed iran will never be accepted despite that berlin has just sold israel a fourth nuclear missile capable submarine at a discount a key concern now is whether that submarine could be used in a strike on iran an attack that the pentagon claims would be one in three weeks as

artie's guy image can reports. the pentagon says they're just doing some contingency planning in case you ran attempts to close the strait of hormuz or attacks u.s. ships in the persian gulf but analysts say it's the kind of planning that drives the tensions to a whole new level now it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that iran is encircled militarily here is the iran and here are the countries in red where the u.s. has military presence we've tried to put on the map those u.s. bases which have been reported about in the flashing blue here here you have the friendly arab countries right next to qatar bahrain which hosts the u.s. fifth fleet that's forty ships sixteen thousand personnel two huge aircraft carriers kuwait which right after the drawdown in iraq the u.s. there has increased the size of standby combat force america's air force or me navy

and marines are boldly positioned day in oman and the united arab emirates the sounds of the iran. in turkey and israel to the west and afghanistan and pakistan in the east most recently the u.s. air force has this batch the number of f. twenty two raptor strike fighters to a base in the united arab emirates and here it is the brand new penetrating strike fighter the move has caused backlash from tehran in addition to the hardware u.s. central command says there are about one hundred twenty five thousand u.s. troops in close proximity to iran not to mention new drone bases in undisclosed locations also in the region u.s. officials say an enhanced presence in the gulf is meant to serve as a quote quick reaction contingency force not simply as a prelude to war but the buildup seems to exacerbate the hostile talk which may one point turn into an all out confrontation the military is of course no match to the

american military might after all. we're talking about the country that spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushing the rand is in america's power but analysts most analysts agree it's also in its power is producing the kind of instability in the region that would be far worse than what came out of iraq and afghanistan. all right let's now get more perspective on the apparent and circle moment and where it's leading with jamal he is the policy director of the national iranian american council joining me live from washington d.c. mr obvious so the u.s. military is really beefing up its forces in the middle east in a marked periphery around iran going so far as to bring in untried f. twenty two stealth fighters why the buildup is it just posturing or preparation. well it's a little bit of both i think a lot of this at least you know

a significant amount of this is reassuring our allies in the region the u.s. has their back and even as you know appears to be pursuing a diplomatic resolution with the rod. there are also continuing to ramp up some of their contingency planning for potential military operations and that the military option certainly remains on the table what about the second round of talks in baghdad regarding iran's nuclear ambitions do you believe they'll yield any tangible results. well i think that all sides realize that they need to yield tangible results and really what is at stake here is that we can't have both sides believing their own rhetoric or being spied on by their own propaganda that pressure is working on the iranian side i think they look at the increased enrichment some of their increased capabilities as pressure on the united

states and go she ate on the u.s. and european side i think they view the sanctions as pressure on the iranians to negotiate the reality is that only concessions can get the two parties to actually negotiate and come to an agreement and so the parties need to actually realize that they have to give up some of these things that they've considered as leverage in order for there to be a resolution in order for this tight rope that is being walked right now where you have the escalation in military contingency planning to not become something that spirals out of control and becomes a military military option i want to ask you about these international sanctions on iran are they entirely aimed at iran's nuclear program or do you think it's more the regime that's a target here. well sensibly they are at least in terms of how they're discussed there aimed at the nuclear program but if you actually look at some of the conditions for removing the sanctions aimed at other issues such as iranian

financial impropriety iranian conventional weapons capabilities you ronnie and support for terrorism and so there's a concern that even as we put the nuclear issue at the top of our agenda that even if you are on complies with everything that we would like for them to comply with regarding their nuclear program if we're not willing to ratchet down these tensions these sanctions in exchange for iranian concessions that iran views this as there being no threshold they can meet in order to lift the sanctions in which case you know it does seem like the sanctions are really only aimed at making the regime capitulate this would be disastrous policy because there's never been a precedent for a sanctions regime actually toppling a government in reality the regimes that have caused regime change are actually there's a step between that and that's war and as we saw in iraq that's a very messy very messy thing to get in history we're running out of time and i do

want to ask you one last question is there a danger that so much relentless pressure might just push iran into weaponize ing its nuclear program out of desperation perhaps. the u.s. and israeli intelligence have both said iran hasn't made the decision to actually build a nuclear weapon we need to keep them there and the way to do that the way to prevent them from making that decision is to actually have serious negotiations where each side can make concessions can reduce the sanctions can put caps on the nuclear program and then we can get out of this potential where you ron does decide ok as a deterrent against the military build up you know we need to build a new. policy director of the national iranian american council thank you. thank you. syrian rebels have reportedly begun to undergo guerrilla warfare training in kosovo there allegedly to be using the same training camps built for

the anti course of our live liberation army a group previously designated as a terrorist organization by the united states and then. the foreign affairs editor for the u.s. based chronicles magazine sees a little good that'll come from this well first of all i don't think they can learn much from the care only about through. the questions because the colonel a was singularly unsuccessful in its rebellion against the serbian security of course is until the nato bombing and even then they were not engaging in combat they were going to go as marauders quickly glancing normal brainy so the first point is that there is nothing to learn in terms of conduct of visions and in terms of actually organizing a successful guerrilla war i understand that our modern army. one of the

syrian opposition leaders who came to the united actually spoke to an a.p. reporter we are here to alert now this should be a huge wake up call for those syrians who are not supportive of the opposition especially the minorities the syrian rebels. around the. means there will be a bloodbath product at the end of the fall of assad and there will be little room for anyone but the majority group which should. be its extremist credo whether it is there to greet or old brainier in cost of all. muslim brotherhood offshoot of syria. you can head to our tea dot com for more on that story and while you're online here's what else you can check out. the harrowing tale of a young man thrown in an american cell and forgotten and forced to drink his own urine to survive after being left without food or water for five days. and

russia's anti-gay propaganda law gets its first conviction i'll find out for a prominent activist who says his sentence will help him to get the controversial legislation council to find out how at are to dot com. you're just joining us it's eighteen minutes past the hour and a massive liberal drive a reset in russia u.s. relations and a push for internal reforms but also some of the largest protests in russia's modern history as president medvedev prepares to leave the kremlin before vladimir putin takes over and he said now it takes a look back at his term at the top. you receive you to. believe that you do. one term in the kremlin

was it too little time to make a dent in mr medvedev is going to be remembered as someone who had genuine reform intentions and who was impeded on achieving all of those reforms through the political process through the structure of the political system. at the dawn of his presidency georgia attacked south is said here by the media and much of the world community blamed russia. because in this case that only but he did the actions on the georgian side led to deaths among them a russian peacekeepers children women the elderly a dying in south setting most of them are citizens of the russian federation so those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished mr. wright the misconception that russia attacked georgia put serious strain on international ties

into an independent council of europe report up out that georgia launched the attack for months madrid of foreign policy was overshadowed by the war but it wasn't long before our warming in u.s. relations something many argue is his foreign policy legacy they were the russian president at the time the reset button press and u.s. and russian relations devoutly improved over the next few years by twenty ten medvedev and obama signed a new start and cut both countries' nuclear arsenals by a third. as a result of hard work we've created a treaty that fully complies with the interests of both russia and the us back home medvedev wants reforms focusing on the justice system and rule of law he wanted less people behind bars. this persecution.

business people. just especially justified persecution. corruption and i think that he has managed to start some cases jump start the process. but little change from high profile cases like me who skip press is former richest man still serving his sentence for economic crimes madrid has pushed for modernization and diversification could have been a highlight of his presidency and he still has a chance to if he presses on as prime minister. we can be sure that without modernization the russian economy has no future it may be based on vast natural resources but we cannot rely only on them the job swap with putin was the last straw for medvedev supporters who hoped he would run for a second term but the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative

sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia has seen hears. in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary and madrid of came back on line in laid out changes that his response was too little too late yet but if i propose complex reforms to our political system. i don't discuss that i hear the people who are demanding changes and i understand. the outlined a series of measures including the easy registration for political parties and direct polls for regional leaders maybe it is administration continues to strasse how much work is left as he prepares to step aside as president and take over as prime minister i have. all initiatives all the strategists discuss tests. hume here you proved all the things the

government was key mikal to implement all the initiatives to. buy prison from to be different the good acts aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what mitt predicts legacy will be and how his policies might be implemented with blue chip back in the family but the fact that made smith made its move this president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office even the question of how do you draw the line between what might they did as president what he might do that's why. he's now a r t moscow. and has led him to put in returns to russia's top job and three days will be bringing you our special coverage of his inauguration you can join us for the live broadcast from the splendor of the kremlin halls after seven thirty am g.m.t. on monday. let's

take a look at what's making news around the world this hour a colorful political rally in armenia ended with over one hundred forty people injured when a gas filled balloons exploded most had to be treated for burns when the balloons blew up after a smoke or a little cigarette to close by it's also suspected the balloons may have contained highly flammable methane as well as helium the event was organized by armenians

over ruling party ahead of sunday's parliamentary election. former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn faces fresh claims over the gang rape of a belgian prostitute in washington in two thousand and ten french magistrates and now want an investigation prosecutors also say there's new evidence about his possible involvement in a prostitution ring in northern france strauss kahn was forced to quit last year over rape charges in new york which were later dropped. demetrius coming up next with the business news so russia will be trading on saturday what are we in for well it's kind of hard to tell but it seems that the market could continue dropping after seeing a nosedive of four percent because oil prices really have gone down pretty low but let's start with those first things first u.s. markets started from their jobs report came out saying that in april the norm farm

sector added just one hundred fifteen thousand jobs while one hundred sixty three were expected and therefore we're seeing a depressed market in the in europe we're also seeing a similar picture at the close with a full fee on the back to the climbing almost true percent that's also coupled with course you're going to be elections in france and in greece and on the commodities market as i mentioned we did see some very dramatic drop so. i remember four dollars sixty three cents for light sweet still below ninety nine dollars per barrel. as you can see there these numbers we haven't seen in quite a long time and therefore in russia what we saw was a very very significant drop of course of almost four percent on your two years and on the my sex now moving into my sex were of course the energy shares gas oil world out on low oil prices now some financials like burbank trying to maintain their

grip on the current prices but still fell almost two percent as you can see and on the currencies market we have seen the russian ruble fall to a three week low against the by currency basket and the euro's declining against all investors are cashing out and. to be in my. own new government will step into the office after next week's inauguration of putin and the business r.t. caught up with the current presidential got a corporation i asked him about the challenges facing the new government the main challenge is to continue diversification modernization of the russian economy so this challenge is under threat given unstable demographic station we were able to achieve to stabilize relations last year we need to continue same pace also we'll have to reform health sector education sector pension system and finally compete and protection of property rights creation comfortable investment climate.

or the top of the agenda. all right well you can catch the full version of the interview with are you going to college on r t on monday and just a reminder to our viewers there will be trading on saturday but business will not be on and so you can always log into a website or slash business to find out how it's going all right thanks very much for that update. in a few minutes facebook's theory of peter lavelle on his guest debate the new timeline introduced by the social network the public outrage around it and the risks in may entail just before that are happening and stay with us.

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