you're live with us here on r.t.m. to bomb with day and these are the headlines this hour french voters abroad have begun to vote in the last leg of the nation's presidential election and what's been one of the bitter and divisive campaigns in recent history and incumbent nicolas a crazy's best thing for his political life against socialist challenger front so alond voting is in full swing at french embassies across the north and south america as ballots are to open in a few hours across mainland france austerity cuts of pushed by the french leader have proved deeply unpopular with his left his opponent a promising to undo much of the cozies work if you like to our teas that tessa cilla brings as more from paris. but even the city itself is prepared to assure that there that's president now it's down to two men incumbent nicolas sarkozy of his socialist challenger afonso a lot cording to the polls sarkozy is still a truly hard lot but there is still that question mark as to who the voters of but

in the current of the national front and such as france will by rule who are they going to choose for the second route the french will certainly be choosing between a man or a lot of planes but he will bring back all of you to the country also want to go head to head with german chancellor angela merkel to challenge the 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 of these italy spain and all the trouble to 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 be perceptive to that and therefore the personality of these two men has become just as important as the proposal stay put for this boils down to which man is more presidential to take on the job better for the beginning of the campaign there has a big box of things yeah the people say that they don't really see any of the candidates was up to that with the real solution that could bring france out of the why. by that it's there nevertheless eighty percent of voters have said that they

have already made up their minds be it the cycles eat hotdogs or leader of the two . rabbit harness an independent journalist a specialized in one francis says if one fallen defeat the nicolas sarkozy france will play a much calmer and more measured role on the wealth stage the biggest change you 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 georgia where he intervenes dramatically in libya where he is very vocal in his hostility to syria and iran i think if all of these elected only does it by no means certain yet he will be much more carm and withdrawn partly because he doesn't carry the experience stood credibly neatly into the forefront if you like but also by temperament he used much more of a synthesizer as the saying goes than than sarkozy 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 the republic office at a national level so they're kind of course there is the other faction at 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 holding its collective breath wondering who the country's future president will be russia's preparing for the inauguration of its next leader dmitri medvedev will hand over to vladimir putin at a ceremony in the big miss isn't tolls of the kremlin it's all happening on monday

and we'll be covering it live say tuning in from seven thirty g.m.t. . the first arraignment hearing of a self confessed the nine eleven mastermind and his accomplices got off to a rocky start on saturday as the defendants remained resolutely silent at a military tribunals in guantanamo bay khalid shaikh muhammad to repeatedly refused

to answer the judge's questions while he coached his co-defendants and neal to in play him the five men have been charged with almost three thousand counts of murder for the two thousand and one attacks and could face the death penalty how about this was the first hearing in almost three yes' american lawyer eric and one tulfo believe the timing of the military tribunals is politically motivated. 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 the eve of 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 send mail and people will be able to see through it does a tremendous injustice to the memory of those victims are not a little bit and i think it does a tremendous justice 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 so in the end what you're going to see is a tremendous amount of incompetency as they proceed forward and there are going to be appeals and this thing is going to linger on. you're watching our t.v. and still ahead for you in the program a questionable resolution after three months of sitting protests and came back in at least one hundred arrests government officials claim to have found a solution but will it bring an end to canada's violent clashes. a perfectly legal and peaceful action by radical islamists in germany spoke serious concerns over growing museum extremism in year over. a prominent human rights activist has been arrested in bahrain in a move that could further escalate the gulf kingdom's fifteen month old unrest and

a regime protester. who has been detained at bahrain's international airport with no comment made on the reasons for the rest their claims however it could be linked to his recent meeting with the world's most notorious whistleblower julian assange and you have a chance to see as late as interview before his capture in choosing a show the world tomorrow right here on r t. speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where they were. once an egypt where the revolution is now in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. at least five people are reported dead in syria's second largest city aleppo after an explosion at a car wash it follows a blast that ripped through the capital damascus there were no casualties when the

bomb which was attached to an army vehicle went off in front of a military institute there are of course unconfirmed reports of a second blast in the city of damascus has also been the scene of mess rallies following the funerals of those killed in clashes and fighting between rebels and the army r.t. sara for it as more. we've got the bodies of the dead they carried through the streets of damascus. the people who were killed under the station they get out of the way you can just look at how many people have turned out there are thousands of people here. are the story you've got the military security watching. 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 kay finance 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 really

the message from the u.n. envoy spokesperson was that this crisis that has 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 syria's gearing up for parliamentary elections next week 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. democracy in the country to be implemented through the ballot box and not three bullets. egypt's political transition continues to be scarred with intensifying violence lesson three. weeks before the country's first presidential elections up to last year's revolution a curfew has been extended for another night after friday really ended in clashes between protesters and security forces in cairo leaving at least one person dead

and scores injured artie's correspondent in the region policy here has the details . well friday's violence a city 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 that for the first time we're witnessing hard line islamists at the forefront of these what have become a weekly demonstration is 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 party now all of this comes hot on the heels of did he catch it earlier in 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 surge in violence is affecting the election campaign in what we witnessing is that these fears 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 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. what we've been hearing from the generals is that coming twenty fourth of may if there is a one hour flight 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. students and government officials in quebec are said to have agreed on a solution after months of protests against tuition fee hikes that these and nine people were injured when dr chen violent on friday and said today dear a politician in the national assembly of kickbacks says canada's sacrifice is the needs of its people by spending billions on defense to side with america. all these policies of the canadian government are now heavily relying on defense defense policy with billions of spending uniquely in the last two years there have been almost more than thirty five billion dollar of spending announced. with contracts with. american farm builders and in the same time the transfer to the provinces and money needed for the transfer of education for example

has been curtailed so in those circumstances governments like to government is holding back on its social spending this is just unacceptable by the back and union standards it's almost unbelievable what was what has happened in the last three months because the police reacted so violently in a very disproportionate manner to some disturbances have been very easily. controllable but the government being on their very harsh. i would say pressure from all parts of society to come out of the crisis i think has lost control over its police force. russia's republic of dagestan has been mourning the victims of thursday night's tween terror attacks two successive powerful blast killed thirteen people and injured more than one hundred r.t.s.

the maria international reports from the ball a tough state. it's a sad fact that the recent attacks on police and authorities in this town a 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. to massive car blasts codes 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. de vry was spread for hundreds of meters around. my brother and me ducked middlebrooks for. my brother almost. but they were among the lucky ones as the attack 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 teens and emergency crews and fire brigades reach the area the second last 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 investigators have already identified the owners of both exploded cars. the double attack one walmart or another is a tactic commonly used by international terrorist organizations such as in canada in places like. in afghanistan is designed to kill as many people as possible the president of darkest and was away when the blasts happened in

a bitter rivalry 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 go in battle between russia's federal forces and militants and it's unlikely to be the last. to reported from in russia's biggest town. clashes broke out in the german city of bond between local police and followers of a radical islamic salafist wing fighting erupted when they slam a stage a counter demonstration against an empty movement rarely the radicals have been distributing free copies of the koran in major cities sparking concerns among some in germany over the spread of muslim extremism is nothing illegal however the target which there is behind it is freedom of expression. peace cannot investigate . afternoon breuer concerned.

and once the words are being ended the free distribution of qur'an continued. three hundred thousand copies in over one hundred across most sports of germany. 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. 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 don't mention who gives men the right to create laws there too right

belongs to. we're going to find a local 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. there are passages about violence especially against women who are not protected by the law as men would be also about violet gates the other faithful . 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 which is ok but 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 the freedom

of opinion and religion as long as it doesn't promote violence he tricked. it's not officially established if that's the case with all the koran is being given by the zionists so for now the only legal option for the german authorities is to stand aside and watch you walk the. berlin. stay up to date twenty four seven with r.t. dot com let's take a look at what else we've got lined up for you on our web site right now the f.b.i. is watching you and i'm president of new surveillance program is to be prepared it will monitor all your activities through facebook. pricey eyes a multi-billion dollar agreement on that take shelf development has been signed between the russian oil company left and always a stead of oil. as

the u.s. government introduced cuts at all levels of public education the centuries parents teachers and children have rallied in forces saying the measures have put education beyond the reach of many they blame washington for failing standards after slashing the education budget by half in recent years artie's a medina will not listen to their plight. parents who join forces can be a powerful voice for change yeah he was actually right actually i was. visiting the third here but this is being observed if the governor is coaching we go into a problem i have from two thousand and three told today we will look experienced up

forty six percent much as you can no 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 the port town insulting california. frustration over what she sees as the school's failings and that 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. 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 getting can never i mean if he starts in this school might as well keep my home because he's not going to be in there and we need to get the best for him and for both on because i want

to go to have opportunities i want to be become somebody and like i did learn to doesn't stand alone when it comes to dating standards how imported by the state coffers are running on empty. or programs and even the number of teachers have all been cut and the axe hasn't steps when gania it's. been proposed twenty twelve budget with slashing further five point two billion dollars from public school funding unless motorists can be persuaded to have income and sales taxes. for now. some schools here are moving to four day weeks canceling still troops and charging students to play sports well mothers like since you do read are trained to take the law into their own hands and shows their story g.'s that their children deserve the right tradition out of cation original question marty reporting from california and now some more stories making headlines around the world at this hour a river near one of nepal's most popular resorts has burst its banks and swept away

a village killing thirteen people floodwaters from the soil and said two rivers smash into buildings leaving seventeen missing including three tourists army helicopters and a private line a have been deployed to the area for rescue operation. fourteen people have been killed when a fire tore through a drug we have really taishan clinic in pay room and investigation is underway but the blaze is reported to have begun up to one of the patients supply to metrics this was another drug clinic why in the country they killed twenty seven patients in january this year. thousands have marja through turkey or to mother the switching off of japan's a large working nuclear reactor for the first time in over forty years of the country will be without atomic energy after intense public opposition following the fukushima plant meltdown caused by last year's quake and tsunami the government had been eager to restart some reactors fearing blackouts and rising emissions as they

turn to other parts possible so. being a member of a secret society can apparently grant you an elevated sense of status and power but how much influence can i give you on the world stage our resident laurie half an ist is on the streets of new york to find out the opinions of people the. do you believe a secret elite is running the world this week let's talk about that 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 boy or the bohemian club those kinds of things i think a lot of that is just sort of overblown and just rhetorical but there are groups of

people that are powerful men and they 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 homes here nobody knows who are talking about either so i don't really care about what those are you don't think that they're making decisions that influence your life not of yours they 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're rich people rich people are going to have their on the country club that's fine with me to really bother me but money influences the world's right true but many of these people probably are employing us right. 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.

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it's seven thirty here in moscow you're watching our team let's take a look at the headlines up french ex-pats the cost their ballots in the country's run of presidential vote as france decides on sunday between nicolas a cosy and his socialist rival francois hollande in any election which a sham peace bit of the country. the self-proclaimed mastermind of the nine eleven terror attacks on some of the judge's questions with a stony silence at one ton of the court some critics however believe the timing of the military tribunals is politically motivated. and a day of mourning is observed in russia's republic of dagestan for the victims of adel.