technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got this huge earth . revolution hangover latest clashes in egypt between protesters are angry at military rule and security forces believe one dead and hundreds injured in the run up to a landmark presidential elections. a bitter campaign dominated by the rise of the far right nears its end of france as the country decides on who its next leader will be and whether to dump or stick with sarkozy. and russia's republic of dagestan mourns the victims of a deadly twenty bombing which killed thirteen people and injured over one hundred in an attack suspected to have international terrorism links.

hello and thanks for being with r t with me karen this saturday it's eight o'clock here in moscow we turn our attention to egypt whose political transition continues to be scarred with intensifying violence less than three weeks before the country's first presidential elections after last year's revolution a curfew has been extended for another night after a friday rally ended up in fierce clashes between protesters and security forces and cairo leaving at least one person dead and scores injured parties correspondent in the region paul sawyer has the details well friday's violence is said to have been triggered when protesters ignored warnings not to approach the defense ministry building they started throwing stones at security forces who responded with tear gas and water cannons and according to a number of eyewitnesses they were rounds of live ammunition that were fired what is particularly significant those if for the first time we witnessing hard. line

islamize at the forefront of these what have become a weekly demonstrations with the ruling military and when we talk about islamists we're talking here about the powerful muslim brotherhood as well as the ultra conservative still laugh as party now all of this comes hot on the heels of diddy caches only when the week on wednesday in front of the defense ministry building and here we see allegations go forward and backwards between the security forces and the protesters in terms of who started it so these surging violence is affecting the election campaign in what we witnessing as at least clears street battles are grazing fears of a new cycle of violence ahead of these presidential elections on the twenty third and twenty fourth of may the violence has also lived the campaigning in turmoil already two front runners as well as several other candidates see candidates have an ounce of it they are temporarily suspending their campaigns in protest against the heavy handedness in which the ruling military has been dealing with protesters there is also anger increasing across the split political spectrum against skeff

the supreme council of the armed forces they also say that the generals are not sincere about really wanting to hand over all the power come the twenty fourth of may and that they're trying to maneuver a way that they can still maintain some kind of control over the reins of the forty what we've been hearing from the generals exact coming twenty fourth of may if there is one outright winner from one of the thirteen candidates who is standing in these presidential elections then they will hand over power but as i say increasingly egyptians on the street don't believe the word of the ruling military and as the voices of islamised are grow louder and square the koran is being handed out in numbers in the heart of europe. the campaign may be provocative since it kicked off during what is not a member of timing with a group so much attention but who is decrying the distribution find out about concerns over links to growing muslim extremism in europe that's coming up later on in the program. a bitter and deeply divisive presidential election will be decided

on sunday in france with nicolas sarkozy battling for his political life against socialist challenger francois hollande cuts pushed by the center right french leader have proven deeply unpopular with his leftist opponent promising to undo much of sarkozy's work if elected instead are so we are brings us more from paris one day to go before the french at the polls and make that decisive vote and even the city itself is preparing to usher in their next president now it's down to two men incumbent nicolas sarkozy and his socialist challenger fonso along cording to the polls is still it's a bit hard to log but there is still that question mark as to who the voters of but in the pen of the national front and center is france will by rule who are they going to choose up for the site that the french will essentially be choosing between a man or lawton claims that he will bring back the wall with you to 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 us on the other hand you have a man asuka's even claims that he is the only one who can prevent france from going down the path but greece italy spain and all the trouble do result nations have gone down but there is a group of french people who believe that they don't really have a choice when it comes to the program. and therefore the personality of these two men has become just as important as the proposal statehood for boils down to which man is more presidential to take on that's all better now for the beginning of the campaign there has a big box of things yes and from 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 wide market it's nevertheless eighty percent of voters have said that they have already made up their minds be it the sarkozy what dogs or neither of the two. robert harness an independent journalist specializing on france says a francois learned defeats. nicolas sarkozy france will play

a much calmer and more measured role on the world stage the biggest change we have to say is that it will be one of stylists a cozy this is it's very dramatic he leaps into a plane and flies to your journey he intervenes dramatically in libya very vocal in his hostility to syria and iran i think if all of these elected only if i know me sir. he will be much more carm and withdrawn partly because he doesn't carry the experience to credibly. into the forefront if you like but also by temperament he used much more of a synthesizer as the saying goes than done psycho's he's much less a dramatic personality and i think because he thinks that france needs a change from the slightly energetic style of leadership of nicolas sarkozy but i think one has to say that there are big question marks but far smaller and he's never been a minister of any sort i mean this is i would say probably almost unique you know

a major western country that someone's got this far in the electoral process and they've never served in any sort of her public office at a national level so they're kind of course there is the other factor but least of the country have a big question mark about whether they really want a socialist government because they always suspect fairly or unfairly for the socialists will tax and spend and maybe that's not appropriate for the present circumstances as france holds its collective breath wondering who the country's future president will be russia's preparing for the an occupation of its next leader in just two days the meeting with bit of hands over to vladimir putin at a ceremony in the magnificent halls of the kremlin for live coverage tuning in at seven thirty g.m.t. on monday morning.

eight minutes past the hour and at least five people are reported dead in syria's second largest city of aleppo after an explosion at a car wash it follows a blast that ripped through the capital damascus there were no casualties in the bomb which was attached to an army vehicle and went off in front of a military institute there are other unconfirmed reports of a second blast in the city on saturday that as the country prepares for its first parliamentary elections under a new constitution. explains. 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 spokes person has come out and 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 the countries we see in 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 so 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 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 continue. 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. for democracy in the country to be implemented through the ballot box and not three bullets and sarah ferguson helping to keep your finger on the pulse of the latest developments in syria via her twitter stream she says damascus has been the scene of mass rallies following the funerals of those killed in clashes on friday between rebels and army clouds of smoke have also been seen in parts of the capital apparently due to protesters burning tires in one

district. it's a day of mourning in russia as republic of dagestan after twenty or tax killed thirteen people and injured more than one hundred two successive powerful blast at a police checkpoint were timed to cause maximum devastation security chief say the bombers have been identified and the search is now on for the masterminds artie's maria financial reports. it's a sad fact that the recent attacks on police and authorities in his town are merely the latest incidents in a long running history of violence in russia's volatile caucasus region thursday's tragedy has already become the most devastating in months to massive car blasts hit the outskirts of the capital markets and woke up the entire city. at home watching

t.v. then we heard an explosion little t.v. set fell 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 . was spread for hundreds of meters around. my brother i'm a doctor and this metal piece fell here my brother almost died. but the were among the lucky ones as their tech claimed more than a dozen lives policeman 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 into intake island and it claimed the most victims the investigators have already identified the owners of both exploded cars. the double attack one bomb after another is a tactic commonly used by international terrorist organizations such as and qaeda in places like iraq and afghanistan is designed to kill as many people as possible the president of darkest on was away when the blasts happened in a bitter irony he was at a congress in moscow highlighting 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 market in russia's biggest on security expert dennis some of believes the tactics used in the attacks

point to links with international terrorist groups which must be tackled globally. 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 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 that 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 and dealing and tackling these issues that are coming up in the program a move by the british courts to crack down on internet piracy buyers as file sharing website pirate bay claims twelve million more u.k. users despite internet service providers being asked to block it. and parents and teachers take to the streets in america saying u.s. government cuts have put education beyond the reach of many now can't afford it. islamic radicals have been distributing free copies of the koran in downtown berlin sparking concerns about the spread of muslim extremism in europe there's nothing illegal however about the move which those behind it say is freedom of expression artes you go to the school of investigates. afternoon prayer

in central moon. and once the worshipping ended the free distribution of qur'an continued. three hundred thousand copies in over one hundred across most parts of germany but no mystery any material here if the bible can be distributed why not the koran. 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. in the southeast movement is one of the most radical wings of islam known for its truth interpretations of the koran 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 they mention who gives men the right to create laws there to ideologues to. organize the mind of local

salafist community the campaign's long term goal was to put twenty five million copies of the koran into german forms but it's not clear which interpretation is being used but we. know there are passages about violence especially against women protected by the law as men would be also about violet's it gets the other faithful . in here it says here this is only an approximate translation. one of germany's most influential service leaders has already been charged in cologne with inserting the public to commit illegal acts. i do believe these people are dangerous they didn't just which is ok they're trying to draw the us into a specific interpretation which promotes violence. the distribution of religious literature is productive where the constitution being part of the way to the

freedom of opinion and religion as long as it doesn't promote violence or he trick . it's not officially established if that's the case with all the qur'an is being given out by the scientists so for now the only legal option for the german authorities is to stand aside and watch you want this guy or girl when. you can stay up to date twenty four seven with our teen dot com let's take a look at some more stories we've got lined up for you on our website right now no smoking please find out how a horrendous blast in armenia was caused by someone lighting up a cigarette nearby. and while robots and automation may be the future for many industries they could be coming to what some say is the oldest profession of them all find out about new research suggesting how the ladies of the night could be replaced by androids in a few decades. it's

nineteen minutes past the hour and a british court clamp down on the file sharing website pirate bay appears to have backfired a traditional request by internet service providers to block the site has instead seen a massive surge of twelve million more visitors to the portal journalist david seaman says governments globally are focusing on the wrong internet crimes. for. 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 and 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. and elsewhere around the world right now the fall of man charged with the planning of the nine eleven attacks are puring in front of a u.s. military tribunal at guantanamo bay among them is called lead shaikh muhammad the suspected mastermind behind the outrages who so far has refused to respond to

a judge's questions one of his co-defendants was brought to the hearing strapped to a restraint chair some family members of nine eleven victims are attending the tribunals with others watching by video link. thousands have marched through tokyo to mark japan's switching all its last working nuclear reactor for the first time in over forty years the country will be without atomic energy after intense public opposition following the fukushima plant meltdown caused by last year's earthquake and tsunami the government had been eager to restart some reactors fearing blackouts and rising emissions as they turn into other power sources. crashed near the northern italian city of padua killing five people and injuring more than a dozen the coach left the road and ended up partially submerged in a canal in clear weather conditions it was carrying a retired policeman to an annual veterans event in venice emergency rescuers are at

the scene searching the canal in case there are more victims as investigations into the calls continue. free public schools available to all have been the cornerstone of the u.s. education system but a savage government caught slashing budgets and half have brought teachers parents and pupils out onto the streets saying learning is now beyond the reach of many parties madina it listen to their plight. parents who join forces can be a powerful voice for change. i think i'm very thankful for it actually i was. here but this is being observed from the governor's coach go into it from the air from two thousand and three till today if you will of experience of forty six percent much you can tell eleven year old vanessa had to repeat her grade and was well behind

and just reading ability she lives with her mother and to remain in a poor town in south in california. restriction over what she sees as the school's failings lead 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 the law allows parents at a school with consistently poor results to file a petition to reform this court although rejected by the local authority to send this case 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 a good education of my son's three or four he's going to be going to never i mean if you start from this school might as well keep in 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 and like i did learn to doesn't stand alone when it comes to dating standards imported by this disease

coffers are running on empty. there are programs and even the number of teachers have only been cuts and the axe isn't a step swing gania. the proposed twenty twelve budget slashing thirty five point two billion dollars from public school funding unless troops can be rescreened it to have income and sales taxes. for now some schools here are moving to four day weeks counseling field trips and charging students to play sports while mother is like since you do read a train take the law into their own hands and show their stories that their children deserve the right to d.c. now do cation i do not question marty reporting from california. being a member of a secret society apparently you an elevated sense of status and power but how much influence can i give you on the world stage our resident laurie her finest as almost roots of new york to find out the opinions of people there.

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 they get together what do you think they're talking about. i get together with my friends couples i'm zero nobody knows who are talking about either so i don't really care about what they do you don't think that they're making decisions that influence your life not

at all. you do exists. in a part of the world but not the whole world so it seems 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 or 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 it seems 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. while the latest world sport with kate is still ahead in the next half an hour as the russian red machine gets ready to face in their opener at the ice hockey world championship first though i'll be bringing you the headlines.

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