revolution hangover latest clashes in egypt between protesters and agree at military rule and security forces leave one dead and hundreds injured in the run up to landmark presidential elections. a better campaign dominated by the rise. nears its end in france as the country decides on who its next leader will be and whether to dump or stick with some cosy. and russia's republic mourns the victims of a deadly twin bombing which killed thirteen people and injured over one hundred and other taxes back to to have international terrorism links.

below and welcome to our team this saturday it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're with me. egypt's political transition it 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 in cairo leaving at least one person dead and scores injured parties correspondent in the region polis lior 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 are for the first time we witnessing hard line

islamists 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 did he catch it's 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're witnessing is that these street battles are raising 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 the candidates have an ounce there 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 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 authority 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 as as long. her and congress talk where square the koran is being handed out in numbers and the heart of europe. may be provocative since it's doing but it's not even good timing with so much attention but who is behind the distribution find out about concerns over links to a 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 and france with nicolas sarkozy battling for his political life against socialist challenger francois on land all started cuts pushed by be some to write french leader have been deeply unpopular with his leftist opponent promising to undo much of sarkozy's work if elected instead are to stress or sillier 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 ensure that their next president now it's down to two men incumbent nicolas sarkozy and his socialist challenger afonso a long courting to the polls is still it's leaving behind a lot but there is still that question mark as to who the voters of many of the pen of the national front and center is france will by a group who are they going to choose 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 a son who is 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 you reside bases 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 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 who can take on the better now from the beginning of the campaign there has a big box of things he has and for the people saying that they do. we will see any of the candidates because up to that with a real solution that could bring france out of the quagmire that it's nevertheless eighty percent of voters have said that they have already made up their minds be it the cycle see what dogs or either of the two. robert harness an independent journalist specializing on france says if francois hollande defeats nicolas sarkozy

france will play a much calmer and more measured role on the world stage. biggest change where you have to say it will be one of style so 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 you don't look as if i know me sir yet he will be much more car and withdrawn partly because he doesn't carry the experience to credibly leap into the forefront if you like but also by temperament he used much more of a synthesizer as the saying goes than 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 in

a major western country that someone's got this far in the electoral process and they've never served in any sort of for public office at a national level so they're kind of course there is the other faction but at least half 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 preparation for the inauguration next leader in just two days to meet him with their dead hand 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.

what. up. if you're just joining our team eight minutes past the hour and at least five people reported dead in syria second largest city of aleppo after an explosion at a car wash it palls 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's as the country prepares for its first parliamentary elections under a new constitution are to sara for of the 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'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 for the u.n. envoy spokes person was that this crisis that is now 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 of contin. doing violence it 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 person for democracy in the country to be ever meant that through the ballot box and not three bullets are furthers 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 the army clouds of smoke have also been seen above parts of the capital apparently due to protesters burning

tires in one district. it is a day of mourning in russia's republic of dagestan after twenty thirty 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 now the search is on for the masterminds artie's more if emotional 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 but thursday's tragedy has already become the most devastating in months two massive car blasts hit the outskirts of the capital markets and woke up the entire city. we

were 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 . de vry was spread for hundreds of meters around. my brother i'm a doctor. middlebrooks fell. my brother almost died of. which they 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 check 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 last the current 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 investigators have already identified the owners of both exploded cars. the double attack one born after another is a tactic commonly used by international terrorist organizations such as in canada 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. hour to report on from in russia's

biggest un. security expert dennis 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 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 ok that works like a franchise organization. it has a template and it 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 and tackling these issues coming up in the program a move by the british courts to crack down on internet piracy back as file sharing website pirate bay claimed 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 school of investigates. afternoon prayer in

central moon and once the words are being ended the free distribution of qur'an continued. three hundred thousand copies in over one hundred across most parts of germany. oh mr rogers 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 mention who gives men the right to create

laws that right belongs to. we're going to the local community the campaign's long term goal is to put twenty five million copies of the koran into german homes but it's not clear which interpretation is being used but. there are passages about violence especially against women who are not protected by the law as men would be also about violence against the other faithful. in india it says here this is only an approximate translation. one of germany's most influential service leaders has already been charged in cologne with inciting the public to commit illegal acts. i do believe these people are dangerous they don't just lamb which is ok but they are trying to draw the youth into a specific interpretation which promotes violence. the distribution of religious literature is protected where the constitution being poured of the right to the

freedom of opinion and religion as long as it doesn't promote violence or heed to it. it's not officially established if that's the case with all the grounds being given out by the some of this so for now the only legal option for the german authorities is to stand aside and watch you want this guy or de bruyn and you can stay up to date twenty four seven with r.t. dot com let's now 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 balloon blast in our media was caused by someone lighting up a cigarette nearby. 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. here

with r t it's nineteen minutes past the hour and the man accused of being the mastermind of the nine eleven attacks has remained silent at a military tribunal hearing at guantanamo bay khalid shaikh muhammad is one of five men appearing to face charges which could carry the death penalty one of his co-defendants was brought to the hearing strapped in a restraint chair for more on what's been happening we go live now to lawyer eric who's in washington d.c. eric just briefly what exactly is happening today i mean what are these proceedings could this be the start of the long awaited trials of the men alleged by the u.s. to be the key figures behind the nine eleven attacks. yes the process is they're attempting to begin a trial process again with the arraignment and didn't go off well there are

a number of different concerns raised before they proceed and i think competency issues etc so what they're trying to do is begin the process of trying to move toward a trial pursued him into the future now president obama wanted to abolish the detention and trial system at guantanamo in his last election campaign but here is happening right smack during his second run for the white house do you think that the timing could help him politically or has it been decided to help him in that way. well i think that's the key issue i think you know one has to wonder why now you know within twenty four hours of president obama taking office issued an executive order to close guantanamo bay as the most powerful leader in the world and that did not occur for what reason i have no idea three years later on that you book another election i think what they're trying to do is take that issue off the table and say

well we're at least trying to proceed in an orderly fashion but i think it's a fairly certain real which and people will be able to see through it so now since he hasn't fulfilled his promise to shut down guantanamo i'm assuming you don't see it happening any time soon what are your thoughts on that. no there's no way they have no plan and it's taken three years to get to this particular point and this is going to be another tremendous and sad waste of us resources on a matter that can be resolved in a number of different ways and they just said not to do so now after the killing of osama bin laden do you think that's trial will be seen as final closure on nine eleven for many americans. well i think it does a tremendous injustice to the memory of those victims are not a little bit and i think it does a tremendous injustice to the thing that we call the justice system in america and you know it's going to highlight you know an embarrassing chapter in our history.

and what you're going to see his it tremendous amount of incompetency as they proceed forward and there are going to be appeals and this thing is going to linger on for some time in this is going to be a very long we're probably in a painful process that i don't know is going to yield the type of justice that we're looking for right that long and painful process some might argue that for detainees being held at guantanamo without trial is punishment enough do you agree with that but i know i think that if if it's a case that you have committed murder of thousands of people then you know certain justice you know needs to be achieved and just sitting there waiting for it is in the justice of the whole system as well as those in the u.s. all right thanks for joining us here as a lawyer erik month. a british court clamped down on the file sharing website pirate bay appears to have backfired had to 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. fight against quote unquote piracy is global we have these powerful but dying and detainment 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 free public schools available to all have been the cornerstone of u.s. education system but savage government cuts slashing budgets in half have brought teachers parents and pupils out onto the streets saying learning is now beyond the reach of many parties much alike to listen to to their plight. parents who join forces can be a powerful voice for change. i think i think i'm very thankful for she was. the third here that this

is being served if the governor is caught you would go into a plane from ny from two thousand and three told today people of experience of forty six percent but you can't know eleven year old vanessa had to repeat her grade and was well behind and just reading ability she lives with her mother to remain 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 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 this in this case parents are taking it all the way to the courts. that i want to get up there 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 getting killed over and if he starts in

this school might as well keep my home because he's not going to be learning there when you don't get the best for him and for both on because i want to go to have opportunities and i have to be become somebody and i had to learn to stand alone when it comes to dating standards how imported by the states coffers are running on empty acts trickier killer programs and even the number of teachers have all been cuts and the axe has a step swing gania its. proposed twenty twelve budget which slashed thirty five point two billion dollars from public school funding unless a motorist can be prescreened it to have income and sales taxes on it for now some schools here are moving to four day weeks canceling field trips and charging students to play sports while mother is like since you do read are trying to take the law into their own hands and show their stories that their children deserve the right to decent education i do not question marty reporting from california. more

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