egypt's deposed dictator hosni mubarak could trace execution or decades in jail if found guilty by cairo court of involvement in the death of hundreds during last year's revolution these are live pictures from inside the courthouse in the egyptian capital verdict is to turn out shortly. two sons on trial along with the former leader. in paris president putin has urged the international community to stick to kofi annan peace plan for syria to prevent a full scale civil war. and facing the sack of speaking out a lot been unable to says he's a victim of persecution of ethnic russians in the baltics after raising that night on the t.v. . and

online twenty four hours a day this is our table. a car a court is set to announce whether egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak is guilty of complicity in mass murder he's accused of ordering security forces to open farm protesters demonstrating against his rule through last year's revolution leading to more than eight hundred deaths so latest from miami shani outside the courthouse. if convicted former egyptian president hosni mubarak faces anything from three years to the death penalty and most people large expects he will not be receiving the highest penalty in this case because of his advanced age as well as what observers believe to be a failure of the prosecution to deliver an airtight case in terms of his responsibility in the orders to use live ammunition against protesters in the

revolution last year this trial has been the lengthy and a rollercoaster of drama the cost has been enormous for the state as well it is believed that justice at this point will not be met simply because of the way that mubarak was a handled in this trial more as a patient than as a prisoner of his treatment at the international medical center outside of cairo as well as the sharm el sheikh facility has cost the state one hundred seventy five million egyptian pounds as well as the securing of this facility an additional six million pounds the attention of the country is squarely fixed on the events of the trial today but in recent months the focus on the trial has waned largely as egyptians focus on the results of first the parliamentary elections and then the recent presidential elections. i spoke to a mother from alexandria just a little bit earlier who was in the crowd behind me her son had had that he was killed in the uprising in alexandria last year she described to me how

a verdict that would at least put mubarak behind bars would feel it would fill her heart with joy but at the same time she felt that the reason the recent presidential results that did not yield a candidate that would represent the interests of youth and the many of the marchers like her son who went out into the streets and made demands for change did not yield a candidate that would meet their interests and she said that that was a shame she described to me as well how herself and our grandmothers recent days some of them in the crowd again here today who traveled from alexandria to hear the verdict live went around alexandria and rip down posters of amateur feet in protest of the fact that he could possibly become the next president of egypt and continue a legacy that her son fox and died attempting to change. president for the mayor putin has urged patience and time for kofi annan peace plan to take hold in syria he made the statement while i'm a visit to burn in paris nato expansion and europe's financial woes have also been

among the topics as our city reports. they have talked about energy issues also in terms of increasing trade between the two countries let's not forget that the e.u. is the trading partner of russia the e.u. as a whole and that investment coming from this continent to russia is definitely significant and they also touched upon issues that concern them both such as that of nuclear nonproliferation and again stressing the fact that the two countries are indeed partners but in terms of that partnership there is of course still a tension especially when it comes to the anti missile defense law and had stressed the a position of france it accords with its other international partners saying that b.m.d. is not aimed at russia however russia said that in the past they had had a god verbal promises but that is not enough. in the past we've often been promised it wouldn't expand then we were promised that nato wouldn't put military hardware near russia but we've seen it expand and its bases spread no we need guarantees but

i'd like to say we're not going to escalate this discussion we've already invited our partners to engage in dialogue and syria of course is high on the agenda before of the tumor putin went to berlin and to france at the paris there had been statements from the two countries saying that they will try to get moscow on board with the rest of the a members of the u.n. security council are russia maintaining that it is not siding with assad nor is it siding with the opposition now this has come under fire from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton who said that by not taking sides that in fact will contribute to escalating the violence in the country well certainly this is not how it is or putin of use the situation. where no discussing the tragedy of a syrian town where fourteen or fifteen people were killed some of them were actually tortured as well this is stirred up the world's media but how many civilians of actually been killed at the hands of the so-called militants have you looked at that body count now as far as francois hollande and putin are concerned

they both a stress that they are looking at a diplomatic solution. this is still the ideal and to solving the crisis in syria however it has to be pointed out that there are differences they were approach saying that more sanctions are necessary to put pressure on the assad regime will putin saying that this is ineffective citing past examples for example in iraq or libya while she was questioning the security level at this point today. let's go back now to our top story that's of course the trial of egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak and talk to journalists to build true standing by for us what's been the general public's reaction to mubarak's trial then. people have lost their forgotten about it over the course the last few months because the presidential election has been occupying the news of the moment people are very anxious he is actually given quite a strict sentence and possibly an execution and this very important people people

are very emotionally involved in this many people died during the eighteen days he's been charged with having these deaths so the moment all eyes are on the trial i know that but what kind of verdict and sentence do people expect. well having spoken to some of the lawyers of the victims they're saying that really he may just come out with just seventy is due to the corruption charges that he faces and he's been accused of bribing except when bribes many people are convinced that he will actually be done for my dream because it's a difficult situation at the moment a recent opinion has changed because. it's finally prime minister is currently in line to possibly become president implying that the state is actually quite pro with the old regime because people are thinking that if peak is able to be president it's unlikely that they will actually crack down on the extent where they're actually execute him in addition i think it's quite awkward for the actual really military council if they are seen to be executing

a leader for murdering protesters since the. power in february hundreds have died at the hands of the army so it's an awkward one to. barak actually opening the door to accuse anyone of being in power and killing protesters when indeed as you say all this comes in the run up to the second round of egypt's presidential vote later this month how could this verdict influence the polls. i think people will be a lot of depression in the country if this verdict comes out that he's only done for corruption charges i think it's has a serious effect on the revolution in the sense that we're looking at what people regard to be the second mubarak is the front runner in the presidential elections if we if we don't have a situation when actually accused of killing protesters and this will seriously dampen spirits here i'm not entirely sure how it affects the actual results of the presidential elections people tend to be very reactively at the moment and quite scared of an islamist states so a lot of people are going to six feet but definitely doesn't bode well for the

revolution if she does win the presidency because any given point of view. and with the runoff showdown between mubarak's former prime minister and the muslim brotherhood candidate. revolutionaries say they support neither man so we're all the champions of the revolution. it's a difficult one there's a big divide at the moment in the revolutionaries between boycotting the elections because the. undesirable between voting strategically against either the former regime which is. or against them as i'm. sure feet against the brotherhood. mohamed morsi at the moment it's very hard to say where the revolution is i mean people are extremely depressed these election results is one off is really the worst case scenario for any liberal or any revolutionary and with this mubarak trial happening right now people really fearing that he will be given a hard sentence a very strange. position right now and of course the military has been ruling the

country ever since mubarak stepped down and how much power realistically will they let go once the new president is sworn in. it's hard to say the ruling military council is extremely mean we are actually even though he was in the supreme president it was actually in the ruling military council itself with all closed door meetings however if you look at military law which is what governs the count so they have quite a lot of power against civilians and also over the president i cannot see them really giving over power completely civilian authority it's not in their interest it's who they have already given a document called a secret proposal which outlines articles that they want to have written into the constitution which includes basically that retaining a certain amount of power and also keeping things like their military budget secret from the from the public which all gives the impression that perhaps they want to maintain power as much as possible i think it's unrealistic to think they will just

authority on the thirtieth of june and step back ok live pictures there of course from inside the courthouse we'll have more on this as we get it journey through their live from cairo thank you. well a lot here in the naval academy professor says his career has been sunk and they just public persecution of ethnic russians in the baltics and then says he's facing this cough to voicing his grievances on the t. a correspondent. i met with him. i can accept this policy of treachery to my friends from the russian minority we stood shoulder to shoulder to make independent now they're being treated like garbage but. in february this teacher at the leader's novel academy spoke to our team for months on the europe is looking for a new job it was made clear to him by the academy's management that his appearance on r.t. meant he had no future there. my boss called me and said this

interview is harmful for our future students he made it look as if i made an act of aggression against latvia i told them i only spoke my mind which i have a constitutional right to do later my colleagues told me the academy's rector ordered the h.r. department to find a reason to sack me after the summer exams. a top level politician from another baltic country estonia also made comments on one of our stories and also found himself targeted by the authorities the vice mayor of dialin but it was surprised to see himself on an annual report put together by estonia security police outlining actual and potential threats to national security he decided to take action. i was blacklisted because of my activities to protect and preserve russian schools here the security police believe this could violate as

soon as sovereignty i have a different opinion and that's why i filed a lawsuit against the organization for me it's not only are both clearing my name but to stalk tendencies were jungle mind democracy in my country. that list also contained almost all russian t.v. stations including r.t. foreign minister sergei lavrov and anti-fascist activists from finland and a dozen n.g.o.s member of a stoney a spy. also one of the names on the blacklist wrote a letter to a stone ians prime minister demanding answers she believes such actions are illegal when you know what it says i see if you are not at war with russia or anyone else that's why we have no grounds to list any organizations or channels for security police have been writing this reports for many years but this time they have crossed a certain line and read the rules and they say this organization is all responsible

for gathering information and into not publishing it to influence the public opinion in the two decades since independence the baltic states have been trying hard to bury their communist past ironically putting people on blacklists was one of the methods used by the soviet special services so with more people being scrutinized for speaking their minds the wish of the baltic countries to follow a democratic path which may come into question those who have found themselves under pressure from the authorities for speaking to the media find it especially surprising that things like that happen in morden day europe they say they never wanted to harm their homeland but they want the democracy to prevail after all. the r.t. reporting from latvia and estonia. taliban insurgents have detonated a car bomb and tried to storm a nato base overnight in eastern afghanistan fourteen militants were killed when coalition forces responded with no foreign or afghan troops injured the russian presidential envoy to afghanistan. who spent many years in the country says the

taliban wants to oust nato forces but to achieve peace the group must reject violence. looks like the law and the law. not all of them. is what they rated by ideology. they are. fighting you know all these believe they're fighting for their whole soul the nation a little bit and shuttles. for on the force will still be stationed when they're concrete and they feel very very meager and then. maybe it's a variation but. they are possible wildcards are cited and. i would call them passionately who want to see their concrete higher form and can be able to shape the new one they have legitimate right but we wanted them in

the right to choose their gold for political means not for use with no proof should see a violent we want them to spilt blood sugar i'm gonna stun we've won them all out got to come to terms on their all in the nation the infamous basis for that so there's i in that sense we're ready. to support it with the expense of our potential a certain principle enshrined by security console for nation work assimilation are gonna start we strongly support some of these principles and we wish shouldn't see to embrace the spaceballs and stop moving toward peace. well let's have a look at some other news making headlines around the world now. u.s. defense secretary has announced that his country's navy will remove the majority of its warships and with six eco terrorists for the asia pacific region the country is

. stressed that it is not directed at china beijing has had repeated disagreements with the u.s. regarding chinese claims over marine areas that americans consider international waters senator's comments came at the start of week long visit to the region to explain the practical meaning you can let your strategy. the leader of greece's syriza party says he will cancel the country's bailout deal if the radical left wing movement wins the election voters will go to the polls on june the seventeenth after elections in early may produce new when a new coalition government formed greece is under strict terms to cut spending in order to continue receiving emergency funds to avoid going bankrupt cancelling the austerity program may force the country out of the euro zone with unknown global economic consequences. an israeli soldier and a palestinian militant have been killed during a border gun battle in gaza army officers say the man cut through the fence and

opened fire on troops before he was shot dead in a separate incident an israeli airstrike on gaza killed one person and seriously injured two suspected militants exclusion zone is maintained by israel between its borders and gaza with troops regularly opening fire on palestinians who approach it . now the cost of keeping someone on death row in the u.s. can run to millions of dollars someone are complaining that the money could be better spent in other ways a move that's been resisted by those who run the prison system parties but in a culture never has the details. but in his twenty years as district attorney of alley county john van de camp was involved in the conviction of a good number of people who were sentenced to death he says with the years of legal wrangling keeping people on death row doesn't come cheap and is a constant drain on resources to try to death penalty case you have to have

a jury that specially qualified so you basically have to trial and that takes a very long time to go to jerusalem to have to go through the jury process you also have to have special counsel appointed in there is an automatic appeal there's a cost of appeal all of these procedures make the death penalty a big and expensive business for the state since nine hundred seventy eight taxpayers have spent more than four billion dollars in capital punishment in california alone or about three hundred eight million dollars for each of the thirteen executions carried out since then and with the average costs of keeping a person in prison at around twenty to fifty thousand dollars a year this coming november california is said to vote on whether to scrap capital punishment in favor of life without parole to day in times of deep economic recession the debate is shifting from traditional arguments about the morality of

axa q. show and focusing instead on the cost effectiveness of the state's death penalty program ronnie sound deval is among those californians who stand for in atlanta the death penalty her phrase in the justice system was shattered when her sixteen year old son arthur was wrongfully convicted she now believes the money spent on capital punishment can find a better use put more cops on the street put more police officers trying to solve crimes i mean there's a lot of places where the money would go to were actually benefit the community activists claim. dropping the death penalty puts california on track to save one billion dollars in the next five years the money desperately needed by the state now running a sixteen billion dollars deficit however some say dropping the death penalty could provide difficult because of the special interests involved in what's being dubbed the prison industrial complex that's an industry that is not serving anything right

now except for special interests we're up to the point where if we continue to keep this for do her justice well we're going to be doing is cutting those people off the oddball law enforcement people from their pensions with the state of california facing bankruptcy it seems is moral compass is being guided by the drop cash not affix my to the bush marty reporting from los angeles california. economists around the world are struggling to find solutions to crack the financial crisis but the canadian thinks she's got the answer at the age of just twelve victoria grant to the internet by storm overnight after a video of her criticizing ten of those banks went viral. this is the banks and the government. financially enslaved the people of camelot want to give you a mortgage which literally means i death. for

a while they don't actually give you mine or they click a key on our computer and carry the fake money out of there are painfully obvious even for me. but we are being private on rob by the banking system on a composite government what will we do to stop this. and my colleague talked to victoria ground and her mother must steer earlier about a northern her take on kind of those banking system but her own ambitions in life. what's been bothering me is that our government has been borrowing money from private banks and putting us into debt and they're not doing anything about this so they're just standing by and watching the private banks make us pay compound interest you are just twelve years old what do you think you understand what's wrong with the economy that you have the answer and world leaders don't well i've

been researching and watching documentaries and like reading books and it's not that hard time your stand once you start researching world leaders they probably know what's happening it's just they're just they're not doing anything about it i think they don't care because they're benefiting from what they're doing to us did you really come up with all these ideas yourself and me and my dad had them watching documentaries so i'd be taking notes and then you know like we'd write it down and then we put it into my speech what are your ambitions do you want to be an economist you want to be prime minister. i want every an interior designer but i'm definitely going to keep studying monetary reform. good for her and next with moves towards new doors seeking to them it's internet freedom worldwide now there's all demanding the right to a web without restrictions or censorship online journalist for this summit is the

wrist and has been finding out what people think on the streets of the big apple. the internet has only been around for a couple of decades now is it our right as human beings to be able to access it freely anytime we want this week let's talk about that absolutely the internet is for everyone it was constructed to be an information and we should all be able to draw on it and what about children and porn one thing that's of the parents to control the government so you are in control of what you access on the internet not anyone else always will pick up whatever book i want to pick up and assign concept yes anything they want but maybe not at work so there should be restrictions of where you view what you're viewing so i think the efforts to stop it bring in the government and everybody else to try to regulate i don't know that you can be done

right they're just going to muck it up even more probably that's what i'm thinking i'm thinking you're thinking right now that maybe there should be warnings you know like that video came out about syria recently and before i watched it on you tube they said you know be careful if you're going to see a lot that you may not want to see so that is the type of regulation it is ok so maybe a warning just to let people know what they might be in for right but other than that i think people should be able to post whatever they want to be should be able to access misinformation and porn as you watch absolutely and be the judge of it yourself you know let people make their own decisions you know some people are idiots but most of us aren't. here do you think the internet makes more idiots out of us the name if the internet weren't around. that's a good question because you know something from a show you get from the internet isn't as reliable as it would be from a book people don't proofread work appears often as they probably should but. it also teaches you to be a little bit more. to take everything you hear with

a printer song. it all comes together i guess there is very free and that's going to be you know free speech and all that good stuff too i guess and you think it'll remain that way forever yes even though it's just an infant for you don't think people are smart enough to figure out how to make money and control it. too big right whether or not you think the internet should remain free an anonymous forever the bottom line is that's probably on realistic so you might want to practice responsible googling now. that's news just in egypt deposed president hosni mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison he was found guilty by cairo court of complicity in the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces during last year's revolution is a live pictures from inside the courtroom in cairo. for your old former leader

claims to be in poor health and has appeared in court only on a stretcher of course we'll have more on this as we get it here on r.t. . the headlines next. maung maung. told. her

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