mass protests against the the truth is in egypt and and clashes fueling fears ballance will ask further ahead of the landmark presidential election. campaigning and since france ahead of sunday's presidential runoff but which many see as decisive for the troubled european union. we are seeing links between these terrorist groups in different parts of the world and so the response has also to be global traces of international terrorism and drug use stance twin blasts as the russian republic more as the victims of that time which killed thirteen people and injured dozens more.

international news live from moscow this is as he was me your leadership our thanks for joining it's less than three weeks before egypt's landmark presidential election and the country's plunging deeper into turmoil mass protests against the interim military rulers have turned deadly leaving at least one person reported dead and scores injured and this time it was hard line islamists not pro-democracy secular parties who were at the forefront of the protests now correspondent in the region policy and now reports. friday's violence was sparked by a mass rally that was called for by the muslim brotherhood in cairo's central tuffy a square it was the latest in a series of demonstrations by protesters calling on the ruling military to step down and hand over power to civilian rule thousands of people responded to the pool and turned out into the square but things turned ugly when they started to make their way to the defense ministry building now the building was secured by a barbed wire and protesters attempted to cut that barbed wire they also threw

stones at security forces who responded in turn with will to cannons and tear gas the fighting that was sued lasted several hours eventually the security forces managed to push the protesters back to several side streets but not before resting some two hundred of them the latest violence comes just three weeks before these crucial presidential elections the first of a kind in the post mubarak egypt what we have witnessed ahead of these elections which are slated to happen on the twenty third and twenty fourth of this month is an escalation in tensions and clashes on the ground just those wins day a group of an unknown gunmen attacked a group that was holding a peaceful city in in front of the defense ministry building and in the clashes that ensued at least twenty people were killed and more than one hundred injured and now scaff the supremes council of the armed forces has pledged that it will

hand over power on the twenty fourth of may if one of the thirteen presidential candidates who is running in these elections wins in the first round but increasingly in light of the hippie handedness in which the military has been responding to these recent demonstrations more people are saying it is not in the interest of the military to hand over power that in fact despite what they might be saying they are very reluctant to do so what we do know is that increasingly ordinary egyptians are disappointed him skaf the supreme council of the armed forces. you see there the commanders of the rulers have been tainted with the same brush they tainted the mubarak regime at the same time they see that the revolution that little more than a year ago held out so much promise increasingly seems to have achieved very little . and many egyptians activists say even of the military hands of a power that will do little to help the revolutionary cause and bringing reforms many believe that even if. the scouts transfer of power to

a civilian government. that won't change anything because in the end of the day i believe that they have. power to the before to morrow but the thing is that they want to hand over power without being prosecuted for any of the crimes that they have been good for that they had that they have committed in the past year and a half or and they also want to call hold on their interest and pensions and not. crossed in any sort of. special place in the constitution and so on and that's exactly what that evolution is going against any outcome that will come out of this presidential process that even the any election process will only favor scouts. as the voices of islam is grow louder in cairo's tahrir square their messages are also being heard on the streets of germany and later in the program which take a look at a controversial campaign by one of the most radical muslim movements carried out in

the european powerhouse. but before that the peace plan for syria is working despite reports of sixty five violations so says the office of international envoy kofi annan his spokesman defended annan submission saying violence has reduced that despite the u.s. renewing its calls for another approach hinting at the plans defeat but it's our first reports from damascus many syrians hope the upcoming parliamentary vote will also bring some stability to the conflict torn country. syria's gearing up for parliamentary elections next week and all across the capital damascus right now you can see these campaign posters that have been put up around the city now this comes as the u.n. observers are in the country touring around different areas tasked with verifying the implementation the u.n. envoy kofi annan peace plan now casey and spokesperson has said that peace plan

despite reported violations from both sides is back on track now that statement came against the backdrop of pressure we've seen being increased by some of the international countries we've seen the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was in china this week urging the country to apply further sanctions on syria now really the message from the u.n. envoy spokes person with this crisis that has not been going on for more than a year is not going to be solved in a day is not going to be solved overnight is going to take time and say now really what you're seeing is a focus on these observers on their task in hand and of situations such as the parliamentary elections and what the outcome of these will be the parliamentary elections have come under a lot of criticism certainly from the opposition for taking place at the wrong time people feel that against the backdrop of

a lack of security and of continuing violence that is simply not the right time to be holding these parliamentary elections but of course we've heard a lot of people calling for this push for democracy in the country to be implemented through the ballot box and not three bullets. russia's republic of dagestan is mourning the victims of twin terror attacks which claimed the lives of thirteen people and injured more than one hundred to a powerful blast rocked a police checkpoint in the capital within twenty minutes of each other he's maria financial reports. it's a sad fact that the recent attacks on police and authorities and i'm merely the latest incident in a long running history of violence in russia's volatile caucasus region but thursday's tragedy has already become the most devastating in months two massive car blasts in the outskirts of the capital markets and woke up the entire city. we

were at home watching t.v. then we heard an explosion. down and broke. around twenty cars were destroyed and the scene was littered with human body parts some even thrown as far as nearby trees and rooftops. debut was spread for hundreds of meters around. my brother and me ducked down this metal being still here my brother almost died. but we were among the lucky ones as their tech claimed more than a dozen lives policemen rescuers local residents the first explosion took off here when officers from this police post stopped the car for documents checked apparently the driver was a suicide bomber minutes later as many police cars and ambulances teams and emergency crews and fire brigades reach the area the second blast occurred it was much more powerful you can see the crater is huge one some reports say the second

last had a force of one hundred kilos in t.n.t. coolant and it claimed the most victims the investigators have already identified the owners of both exploded cars. the double attack one mortar another as a tactic commonly used by international terrorist organizations such as and. hider in places like iraq and afghanistan is designed to kill as many people as possible the president of darkest and was away when the blasts happened in a bitter irony he was at a congress in moscow in a counterterrorism complains recent success. the caucasus region has been suffering attacks by islamist terrorists for years this recent one the deadliest militants strike is part of this and go in battle between russia's federal forces and militants and it's unlikely to be the last. reported from in russia's biggest un. security expert down a sign that it believes the tactics used in that time point to links with

international terrorist groups. there are very obvious similarities in the tactics that we are seeing in the north caucasus these days and tactics used by al-qaeda and other. similar forces in iraq and afghanistan this is a particularly cool type of terrorist attack 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 works like a franchise organization. it has a template and encourages groups with domestic agendas to copy it 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 aimed at

dealing with tackling these issues. you're watching r.t. and still ahead for you this hour conservatives are taking out the brain in parliament should be international community worry that be outcome of the islamic state election could impact on the country's new class standoff with the west. plus school's out even while test interview as parents teachers and children stage a rally of a devastating budget cuts later we'll find out more about that it's to teach still sources unless. the two french presidential candidates have made their last appeals to voters ahead of sunday's runoff paul their debt crisis has been central to that campaign is what france saw all along promising to challenge the e.u. fiscal pact agreement championed by his rival nicolas sarkozy. reports. well one day to go before the french at the polls and make that decisive vote and even the

city itself is preparing to usher rid their that's president now it's down to two men incumbent nicolas sarkozy of a socialist challenger ponselle a long cord into the polls is still actually behind the law but there is still that question mark as to who the voters of but in the pen of the national front and such as france will by room before they go to choose up for the site that crowd the french will essentially be choosing between a man along with claims that he will bring back a wall would he do the country also want to go head to head with german chancellor angela merkel to challenge a fiscal pact that he says is bad for france on the other hand you have a man asuka's even claims that he is the only one who could prevent france from going down the path that greece italy spain and all the trouble do result nations have gone down but there is a group of people who believe that they don't really have a choice when it comes to the program to do that and therefore the personality of these two men has become just as important as the proposals they put for it boils

down to which man is more presidential could take on the better for the beginning of the campaign there has a big box of things yeah for the people saying that they don't really see any of the candidates was up to that with a real solution that could bring france out of the wild card that it's there nevertheless eighty percent of voters have said that they have already made up their minds be it the stuff they see or dogs or either of the two. and then the next hour of go nor insight into the european debt crisis with moxon stacey lifting the lid the dirty secrets behind the fiscal financial rather headlines that's in the kinds of reports. early results in friday's parliamentary runoff elections in iran put the conservative rivals of president ahmadinejad ahead of his more moderate supporters the outcome cements the position of running supreme leader ayatollah khamenei whose

allies already won an outright majority in the parliament after the first round of voting in march such a political landscape in the country will let their radical clerical elite pull the strings in foreign policy and most importantly tehran's controversial nuclear program and while the international community gauges the possible consequences of this election experts tran's the necessity of settling the nuclear issue before it's too late. u.s. and israeli intelligence of both 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 made that decision is to actually have serious negotiations were each side can make concessions can reduce the nations put caps on the nuclear program and then we can get out of this potential where iran does decide as a deterrent against the military build up you know we need to build a new. and all true conservative muslim group bordering its appeal to europeans all

the reach of the salafist movement one of the most radical branches of islam is protected by the freedom of religion acts there are growing concerns about the message being spread it's going off reports now from berlin. afternoon brewer in central moon and once the words are being ended the redistribution of girl runs continued. three hundred thousand copies in over one hundred across most parts of germany known as funny critters here if the bible can be distributed why not the qur'an. there's nothing illegal about handing out the koran the campaign may be provocative since it kicked off during easter but it's not even the timing which could do so much attention but who is behind the distribution. that the southeast movement is one of the most radical wings of islam known for its truth interpretations of the qur'an and in association with jihad the

holy war against nonbelievers and punishments that can include amputation and stoning not exactly the most constitutional penalties this man sums up the credo don't mention who gives men the right to create laws that right belongs to. organized mind the local ses community the campaign's long term goal is to put twenty five million copies of the koran into german forms but it's not clear which interpretation is being used but i. know there are passages about violet's especially against women who don't protect it by the law as men would be also about violet's a case the other faithful. didn't hear it says here this is only an approximate translation. one of germany's most influential south as leaders has already been charged in cologne with inciting the public to commit illegal acts you should i do

believe these people are dangerous they don't just use lamb which is a k. they're trying to draw the youth into a specific interpretation which promotes violence. the distribution of religious literature is protected by the constitution being part of the right to freedom of opinion and religion as long as it doesn't promote violence or he tricked you it's not yet been officially established if that's the. with all the grounds being given out by the scientists for now the only legal option for the german authorities is to stand aside and watch you walk or de bruyne. and the wealth of stories news and comment can also be found at our website ask dot com and here's what's lined up for you right now that. blast almost one hundred fifty people were wounded in this explosion during a political rally in america to find out what caused the terrible incident online. and a young man in a will chat has been denied entry to

a club in russia's urals on his birthday despite arranging the party in advance discover the details that are to. the u.k. high court has recently called for the country's internet providers to block access to a massive file sharing website claiming it was distributing compromised material but the moves a backfired with the pirate bay welcoming twelve million more u.k. visitors to its site last week and david seaman a journalist and host of the d.l. show says governments across the globe need to focus on more serious internet crimes. fight against quote unquote piracy is global we have these powerful but dying entertainment corporations that are putting tremendous

pressure on legislators and on law enforcement on our government to crack down on what they see as piracy but piracy is not the same thing is that when you distribute a piece of music or you know a comedy show or anything like that and other people see it it's not as if the original creator has lost anything in fact there is a lot of evidence that those artists who receive a lot of play over the so-called piracy networks. and doing quite well because they reach millions of people who would not have even known about them otherwise they have these laws in place to attack piracy and i think ten years from now it's going to seem laughable and sad that our government went after pirates when there are legitimate digital crimes happening online there's identity theft there's credit card fraud there are very serious things happening this online harassment all these things are happening and i think that's what our law enforcement agencies should be focused on. being a member of

a secret society can grant you an elevated sense of status and power but can then visit these compounds of the world now president laurie how often i say on the streets of new york to find out that pinions of people that. do you believe a secret elite is running the world this week let's talk about that there doesn't seem to be any compelling evidence the world has too many. disparate and independently acting things and functions in it for there to be sort of a single. ball of individuals instructing them where to go it just doesn't seem credible to me what about groups like the bills or bridge group or the bohemian club those kinds of things and i think a lot of that is just sort of overblown and just rhetorical well there are groups of people that are powerful men that get together once a year and no one knows what they're talking about but we know that they get

together what do you think they're talking about. i get together with my friends couples homes here nobody knows who are talking about either so i don't really care about what they talk about but you don't think that they're making decisions that influence your life. do exist and part of the world but not the whole world jerry sings there is a lot of different groups with different goals so there's a little element of it but it's not as evil as people might think yes exactly i don't really have an opinion on it i mean if you know rich people rich people are going to have their own little country club that's fine really bother me but money influences the world's right true but many of these people probably are employing us right kind of goes both ways so things like most people don't even care whether or not there's a secret elite group of people ruling the world and if they do exist that's probably just the way they like it. the recent peace agreement between the u.s.

and afghanistan has confounded washington's commitment to the country even off states soldiers leave but according to his military contributor getting herself a road has now left wide open for the permanent presence of u.s. troops in the region. the strategic partnership agreement signed by the us president in afghanistan of the dead of the night is neither strategic nor it could be cool in any sense as any partnership between the united states then again a stick if this bizarre alliance between american democracy and. narco state could qualified for partnership from the washington viewpoint then it means that all other stakeholders in. pakistani security and stability have a lot of homework to do to recalibrate their new air pro-choice to the open

ended and in fact permanent u.s. military presence in afghanistan. let's now take a quick look at some other international stories making headlines this hour around the world twenty three bodies have been found a north east to mexico in what police say is part of the region's ongoing drug war between rival cartels several of the bodies were discovered hanging from a bridge while another fourteen dismembered corpses were hidden in ice boxes and god which binds the graves of three journalists that were uncovered. china has allowed a blind activist to leave the country along with his family has been offered a fellowship at a u.s. university chango on china's case has overshadowed high level u.s. china talks currently taking place in beijing the self-taught allured became an inspiration for many chinese people after campaigning against the governments of one child policy. on

a french court has sentenced and algerian born scientist of five years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks in his show was arrested in two thousand and nine after police intercepted hayes e-mails to an alleged al qaeda member the communications suggested his show was willing to be part of an active terrorist unit officials became suspicious of his show in two thousand and eight when threatening messages from al qaeda were sent to president nicholas sarkozy. there's just two days left before russia gets its new leader as dmitri medvedev hands over to alleging that putin as president the inauguration ceremony will take place in the magnificent halls of the kremlin from which will be broadcasting live but you are our special coverage coming your way after seven thirty am chante on monday. i am.

promises to be grand all right los angeles has seen parents teachers and children taking to the streets in protest over severe cuts to schooling they blame the government for failing standards that's after the education budget slashed by half in recent years. listened to their plight. parents who join forces can be a powerful voice for change. anything but it was actually right actually i take it was ok this is the third

year that this has been how to serve for the governor as coach would go into from ny from two thousand and three told to gay people of experience of forty six percent much akin to eleven year old vanessa had to repeat her grade and was well behind agents reading ability she lives with her mother dream in a poor town in south in california. frustration over what she sees as the school's paintings led her to use the state's pioneering parent trigger law we were outraged disappointed and felt that we had to do something find a way to make a positive change her children below allow spare into the school with consistently poor results to file a petition to reform this court although rejected by the local authority to send this claims parents are taking it all the way to the courts. i don't want to get upset but it's frustrating because i want my daughter to get out of the kitchen of my son's three or four he's going to be going to canterbury i mean if you start

from this school might as well keep on my home because he's not going to be learning there and we need to get the best for him and for both on because i want to go to have opportunities in life to be become somebody in my adelanto doesn't stand alone when it comes to dating standards how imported by the state coffers are running on empty axe jerkier kumar programs and even the number of teachers have been cut and the axe is in a step swing gania. the proposed twenty twelve budget would slash thirty five point two billion dollars from public school funding unless troops can be persuaded to have income unseals taxes. for an. now some schools here are moving to four day weeks canceling field trips and charging students to play sports while mothers like since you and do read are trying to take the law into their own hands and show their stories that their children deserve the right to a decent education i do not question archie reporting from california and in

a few minutes how to raise a child in a foreign country they've all scout team explores entertainment for youngsters in the russian capital but before that go out the back with a recap of our top stories stay with us. join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to

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