braun's has to pose in a runoff but which will define whether the glass like wizzy will be the latest figure leader swept problems posed by the crippling debt crisis. they drew her presidential campaign is marred by escalating violence as a protest against the military rulers turn from big peaceful and and deadly clashes . avenues the trade this week russia's north caucuses works by twin tower talks in the republic of dagestan that left thirteen people dead and a moment hundred injured. plus an anti-government rally is expected in moscow a day before the daily breeze he returns to the kremlin and we try to better believes what i can make of the legacy of the outgoing president.

hello and welcome to our c twenty values live from moscow. with the latest news under review of the week's events but also opened and francaise millions truce between the two candidates in the run off but the defending president nicolas sarkozy has already claimed the election isn't a nice edge to see close to the rival francois hollande in the final polls. visited the headquarters of both candidates. as the french prepare to choose a future of their country word on the street here in paris is that they're likely to get a socialist president the first in seventeen years in the form of now here in front of the socialist party's headquarters there's certainly high hopes for that but of course nothing is certain until the french cast their ballots fully agencies are the closest gauge of the public's pulse incumbent nicolas sarkozy is still trailing behind along by between four and seven points now in the last final pitch he

presented himself as a president who will unite the country blaming cycle for having been a divisive president alluding to his anti immigration rhetoric for instance poland also says he will be the want to bring back equality to the country to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor essentially by heavily taxing big companies and rich individuals a lot has also been one of the loudest voices calling for more growth in the euro zone criticizing be a sturdy driven measures imposed so far by the e.u. now some say that a vote for a launch is essentially a vote for change but others would point out that only in the sense that they've had enough of nicolas sarkozy now on sarkozy side there's a sense of cautious optimism the president's re-election bid has been an uphill battle but the fight is not over for him yet he has appealed to what he has called the silent majority of people who he says would not want to see france go the direction that greece went on criticizing the socialist plan sarkozy said he does not want to see more spending deficits higher debt and risk and indeed the markets have been jittery at the prospect of a no longer a victory especially since there is a potential for

a franco german deadlock on the fiscal pact that was agreed upon and what sarkozy is hoping for now is to get the voters of the national for the pen as well as a centrist a roof finish fifth in the race now at a time when unemployment is a top priority of french people it's not surprising that foreign policy is taking a back seat however it will be soon enough that the next president will have to deal with these matters so as the french go out and vote and choose the france that they want the rest of the world is watching and waiting to see what kind of france they will have to deal with. tesser cilia r.t. paris. so stay with r.t. for constant updates from france as true as the next president. the syrian government has granted amnesty to two hundred and sixty five rebels ahead of monday's multi-party parliamentary vote the first such election in decades meanwhile a series of blasts rocked syria's capital damascus and the northern city of aleppo saturday killing at least three civilians and us our fourth report as blood is

continuing to base played by both the regime's forces and the opposition hopes of rest on the growing u.n. observer mission. in the heart of damascus thousands come out to. the funerals of people killed during clashes in the capital once again drew into focus the very precarious situation the country now finds itself before the bodies of that that they carried through the streets of damascus a few rolls the people who were killed under the station they just the story you've got the military the security watching this is the same time as the u.n. observers are supposed to be here overseeing the peace plan and not only in the day we've joined the u.n. observers on one of the daily to is to flash point areas. this have been traveling to some of the areas where the this is by things been breaking out and you can see on the ground small slow steps are being taken in the observers are really going to

be wanting over the coming period to be building on some observers are also based full time in some cities like homs and it led many have felt that their presence there has bought some car in december we have little time between stops to speak to the people who live here those we do talk to tell us that the last few days have been quiet but they don't know how long that will last long in a situation is much calmer there's not much happening you know one of those people . that i'm sure people shooting and i ran away i don't exist. it was happening we're here at the checkpoints on the device you know the u.n. have just done a tour through the area it's been a very very fast trip they've literally driven through stopping at some of the military checkpoints around here to speak to some of the people but no more than five ten minutes at a time to give you barely enough time to speak to some of the people in the area and get a feel for exactly what's been happening here well steve service presence here does

seem to have made some small in the situation in the country is far from stable tension in the capital of damascus is palpable explosions here a regular occurrence now and security everywhere is tight firefighters rushed to the scene after a demonstration service themselves admitted a resolution won't happen even night and it will have to come in large parts from the syrian people themselves but with parliamentary elections next week and with the observer mission under close scrutiny scenes like this would do anything to raise hopes that this mission will be a success but they will say show the very real and urgent need for it to be say. damascus. the syrian opposition is reportedly sending its militants to kosovo to be trained to the assad regime to be going to the same guerrilla comes built for the

on to kosovo liberation army group that was seen as terrorised by the u.s. the u.k. and france and. the foreign affairs editor for the u.s. based chronicles magazine believes little good can come from this. the charolais was singularly unsuccessful in its rebellion against the serbian security forces until a major bombing and even then they were not engaging they were not contiguous memory orders and complete cleansing normal being the us now this should be a huge wake up call for those syrians who are not supporting the opposition especially the minorities if the syrian rebels. are on the trail that means there will be a bloodbath part of the of the fall of assad and there will be no room for anyone but the majority group which subscribes to its extremist credo whether it is there to agree to roll brainier in kosovo or. muslim brotherhood offshoot syria

and later this hour we'll speak with also on the war correspondent chris hedges who things there's no point in pushing for the real steps here as president when there's no organized opposition in the country. i think anyone in the muslim world thinks that we care much about human rights or democracy we have since the first gulf war planted military bases some the size of small cities i think there is at this point absolutely no credibility i'm talking about within the middle east when the united states claims that it would like to bring liberty or democracy to syria my feeling is that everything should be pushed through to create some kind of a ceasefire rather than pass a resolution that calls for assad removal or resolution. that calls for intervention or anything else there's no real formal opposition. you know it's

a sort of a mess and they just went through this in libya. egypt saw a shot sergeant violence this week as a mass run is against the military rulers and didn't deadly clashes tension between the interim authorities and protesters has intensified less than three weeks before the country's first post revolution presidential election on wednesday at least nine people were killed when a group of ultra conservative islamists were timed by assailants while staging a sit in again spectrum to fundraise and most rush to blame the military for the time but some locals and the protestors were ome to and provides the situation inside a weekly rally at this time was predominantly islamist also resulted in deadly clashes and hundreds of arrests police used water cannon tear gas and live ammunition to disperse the protest and to try to break through the barbed wire defense ministry and while the military keep reiterating that they will not

possibly actually let me actually down the desire to try. to crush this revolution every way possible and they're using every tool they have including the government which is not adhering to any of the demands that have been put forward since the first day of the revolution many believe that even if. you discount transfer of power you should billion government. that won't change anything because in the end of the day i believe that gaff wants to hand power today before the thing is that they want to hand over power without being prosecuted for any of the crimes that they have been committed they have that they have committed in the past year and a half any outcome that will come out of this presidential process even the any election process will only favor scout. until the other country that's been sitting on to government protests for more than a year a problem and bar res human rights activist has been arrested in the capital an

incident many say could further escalate unrest the head of bahrain's human rights center. was detained upon returning to the country that had come back for sunday a court hearing where he faces charges of participating in the protests police have not given a reason for their arrest but speculation it could be linked to a recent interview given to the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange and you have a chance to see this latest edition of the week a lake found his own show on sunday on transit rather here on r.c. . i speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed once in egypt where the revolution is now in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. twin tower taxa rocked russia's republic of dagestan on thursday night killing thirteen

people and injuring more than one hundred two car bombs went off in the capital had within twenty minutes of each other maria talks to the relatives of some of the victims as they mourn their loved ones. national mourning dagestan under muslim tradition three days after the funerals of family and friends come to the symmetry twice a day to pray and to paris pact to their loved ones over the years of. two massive car bombs hit the capital thursday claiming more than a dozen lives this freshly dug grave is the final resting place of twenty nine year old police officer. back of his name is hendry can you hear. me he says he feels lost without his brother who'd acted as the head of the family since their dad passed away years ago. when the first blast happened i tried to call him but it was very tricky when he called me back saying he was around to go into the sea to help

he said always find with him but the scene is a mess and he has to stay out to help i get here cries and sobbing through his phone he said i'm going to call you in five to ten minutes ok. but he never called back the next time she would see his brother would be in a morgue. piece of metal that had been placed around the edge of his chair it came out through. the cemeteries keeper says at least this family had a body many others received only body parts in plastic bags it's a sad fact that the recent attacks on the police and authorities in dagestan a merely the latest incident in a long running history of violence in russia's volatile pusses region but thursday's tragedy has already become the most devastating in months the first explosion took off here. when officers from this police post stop 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 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 roland and it claimed the most victims the double attack one more mortar 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 if it arrives you hardly networks around the region is hosting dreaming is even funding some of the activities of you know terrorist in russia in an instant lives were snuffed out families left devastated. women again under the rules of islam don't go to cemeteries they grieve at home in the modern along with the wife or the

t.p.o. say he never liked cameras and they have to console themselves with the few pictures they have. been left in the morning and then came back you forgot something i told him this is a bad luck will be fine mom he tried to calm me but. i don't know how long i'm gonna live but i'll live for value. leaves behind two little girls. were you will i'll tell them to be google's their father is watching us and will tell didn't you proud of him because he was a brave man he ran to help and died he was the best father in the world i'll tell than. an option r.t. in russia's dagestan. you know with our see and still ahead here this hour on his thursday in office u.s. president barack obama made america promise a trial on the hopes to keep away from you as saul is set to highlight of banners

and. that as u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton praises recent talks of china relations between the two sides it still clouded in downtown. but before that president dmitry medvedev has just one more day to join the kremlin before handing over to vladimir putin as russia's later all the credit for his liberal views and push for reform as well as steering ever saturday relations with the u.s. presidency also saw some of the largest protests in modern russian history and she's a nice and now it takes a look back at his time at the top. you don't. believe me did you. one term in the kremlin was it too little time to make a dent in mr medvedev is going to be remembered as someone who had genuine reform intentions and who was impeded on achieving all of those reforms through

the political process through the structure of the political system. at the dawn of his presidency georgia attacked south is said here by the media and much of the world community blamed russia. goes in this case that only but he did the actions on the georgian side led to deaths among them a russian peacekeepers children women the elderly a dying in south a settler most of them are citizens of the russian federation so those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished mr. because i'm right in the misconception that russia attacked georgia put serious strain on international ties into an independent council of europe report up held that georgia launched the attack for months madrid of foreign policy was overshadowed by the war but it wasn't long before a warming in u.s. relations something many argue is his foreign policy legacy the words of the

russian president at the time the reset button press and u.s. and russian relations dramatically improved over the next few years by twenty ten medvedev and obama signed a new start and cut both country's nuclear arsenals by a third. as a result of hard work we've created a treaty that fully complies with the interests of both russia and the u.s. back home medvedev wants reforms focusing on the justice system and rule of law you want the less people behind bars. less persecution. businesspeople or just special justified persecution. less corruption and i think that he has managed to start some cases jump start the process. but

little changed on high profile cases like me skip press his former richest man still serving his sentence for economic crimes madrid has pushed for modernization and diversification could have been a highlight of his presidency and he still has a chance to if he presses on as prime minister and we can be sure that without modernization the russian economy has no future it may be based on vast natural resources but we cannot rely only on them the job swap with putin was the last straw for medvedev supporters who hoped he would run for a second term but the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia has seen hears. her yet in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election medvedev came back on line and laid out changes but his response was too little too

late yet but if i propose complex reforms to our political system. i don't discuss that i hear the people who are demanding changes and i understand i can. be outlined a series of measures including the easy registration for political parties and direct polls for regional leaders maybe it is administration continues to strasse how much work is left as he prepares to step aside as president and take over as prime minister i have. to continue. all initiatives all the strategists discuss. hume here you proved all the things the government was a key vehicle to implement all the initiatives. by present. the critics aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what made it it's like it

will be and how his policies might be implemented with him back in the family but the fact that maybe it's betrayed it's moved as president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office even the question of how do you draw the line between what i did or did as president what he might do i'm. just now a r t. a day before person returns to the kremlin antigovernment protesters will take to moscow streets opposition activists initially promised a march of millions but have later said they expect around five thousand people to turn up and we'll be bringing you live reports from that rally and on monday join us fast actual coverage of the presidential inauguration from seven thirty g.m.t. in the morning.

has been held at guantanamo bay since to thousand and six yet he stood in front of a military tribunal for the first time in three years only yesterday the confessed mastermind of the nine eleven attacks khalid shaikh mohammad and his four accomplices refused to also question so and to a plea during the seven hour hearing that charged with almost three thousand clouds counts of murder and could be sentenced to death the trial is being held by a military tribunal at guantanamo after an attempt to try the men in the glass failed three years ago because of a public backlash and american or eric montalvo believes the timing and planning of

the trial is questionable. 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 how us or three years later on that you've got 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 thin veil 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 injustice to the thing that we call the justice system in america 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. don't forget all the stories we're covering are also lined up on our website for you and there's always plenty more online in a for this restaurant to boy course the euro twenty twelve championship in ukraine over the treatment of the country's x. premier you led to shine coke claims it has been beaten by prison guards and it's amid controversy over a vizio reportedly showing the pm striding around a cell despite saying she was bedridden or the details of his party don't call. and the world witnesses they dorning over the supermoon an event which sees hours left till neighborhood turn much bigger and brighter discover these hells on our website.

the relations between china and the us as two nations many see as rivals have been described as the most consequential of the century by hillary clinton the remarks came after the u.s. secretary of states today high stakes talks in beijing but despite the praise the visit was overshadowed by a number of disagreements china accused washington of meddling in its internal affairs by shouting at chinese dissident activists though later beijing has agreed to let him about that it's also wary over the u.s. military buildup in the asia pacific and automotive like an apparent effort to contain china's growing regional proud dr kahn hannah from the foreign policy in focus think tank believes the u.s. china corporation has been forced upon them. it's very bipolar kind of relationship because in many ways not china is our number one trade partner. and they hold trillions of dollars in u.s. bonds we are all kind of locked into an international market so on one level the

cooperation is kind of forced on us by the fact that we're so interlinked at the same time you get this growing military tension and chinese are also very uncomfortable about the fact that about eighty percent of their energy supplies arrive by sea generally through the yellow sea those truth that the energy supplies are basically controlled those waters are controlled by the u.s. fifth fleet and the u.s. seventh fleet and that makes the chinese nervous. on the back of the head life shortly anyway.

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