from palaces a prisoner egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begins a life sentence for his part in killing hundreds of protesters last year he's now behind bars after reportedly suffering health problems on routes these latest live pictures you're seeing from central cairo tahrir square that of course the birthplace of the uprising and there are also gatherings as well we're hearing this afternoon after this verdict in alexandria the mediterranean city of alexandria in egypt northcoast people there chanting slogans denouncing the trial is their trickle and also complaining against the general rulings the ruling generals who took over for from mubarak more than just a little bit later other stories we're covering as well president putin calling for more time to let kofi annan peace plan take effect in syria resisting blaming one

side of the conflict as russia's leader visits berlin and paris and speaking your mind here on our t. could cost you your job in latvia and estonia several people have landed on blacklist after calling for equal rights for ethnic russians. hello this is r.t. from moscow it's covered over here we do this with our top story in egypt deposed president hosni mubarak is right now beginning his life sentence and reportedly suffered a serious health problem on his way to prison earlier this afternoon he's been convicted over the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising beric former interior minister also got life but several former security officials were acquitted egyptian journalist maryam ashanti reports from outside the courthouse in cairo. and michel levy reaction was obviously one of.

relief at the sound of the word guilty but when. that verdict was read i think they realized they should the full extent of the outcome of the verdict had begun to sink in the realized ation that the majority of the defendants would be returning home free manage not be held responsible for their role in their involvement in the exuding the deaths of eight hundred fifty protesters are soon you wary because those corruption and mismanagement of the nation for the accrue of the few remaining personal wealth. couples broke out in the courtroom almost immediately and those couples definitely were mimicked out here many pro mubarak protesters angry about the g.o.p. outcome as well as many here feel that he's a little of the corruption that accepting bribes accumulating personal wealth to corruption really surprised many remember we're talking about personal wealth about

captivity because every day eighty five billion accumulated over his three decades of rule that angered many people in those services or see brought right now to give back the police line also touches his career as well attack here somewhere in the city many people wonder i think at this point whether it be delivery of this verdict that this wasn't planned or timed actually to. be almost part of the election outcome it's happening right in the middle of the round of elections many believe that it limits there are those who believe that if it hurts the campaign that much because you are angry about the lack of justice done here might want to take that out again there are this representative of the old guard there are those that believe the fact that melania law will be going cold feet without their father . will simply just remain in the bank guard of the old regime able to return able to use their that family's wealth to face

a serious challenge so. we spoke to join the broom in cairo said that the egyptian people disillusioned with the verdict with the upcoming election as well. people have already been opposing to on some level is on the on the candidate how much a few is most likely to win is the counter-revolution think good he is the figure who supported by all and. basically they need to end the water created the old mubarak regime including skaf itself the supreme council of the armed forces so the fact that even he is a candidate in that sense shows that the whole process is rigged because this man is a legend you know partner in the campaign is that he has thirty five cases lost in cases against him and he was disqualified and then run again and now i believe that with this very thing the next coming days are going to be super crucial in the

future of this or the notion and if we can stop this election from the from the election for say but from chafee from running together with this verdict i think you see a lot of protest and a lot of anger is in the street and the next coming days that could reshape the whole process of the election. presently reputed schools of patients to kofi announce peace plan work in syria resisting pressure to assume a tougher stance against the regime concerns of a nato missile shield and the euro zone's debt woes also came into focus as the russian leader met his german and french counterparts in berlin in paris of his tests or a citizen following the talks. 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 a 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

a nuclear nonproliferation and against dressing 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 had stressed the a position of france it accordance with its other international partners saying that is not aimed at russia however russia said that in the past they had had got verbal promises but that is not enough. in the past we've often been promised that we wouldn't expand then we were promised that nato wouldn't put military hardware to russia but we've seen it expand and. we need guarantees but i'd like to say we're not going to escalate this discussion. has to engage in dialogue now syria of course is high on the agenda before a bloody mary 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 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 a views the situation. the tragedy of a syrian town where fourteen or fifteen people were killed some of them were actually tortured as well. but how many civilians of actually being killed at the hands of the so-called militants have you looked at that body count now as far as laundered putin are concerned they both a stress that they are looking at a diplomatic solution that this is still the ideal and to solving the crisis in a. yeah however it has to be pointed out that there are differences they were approached in saying that more sanctions are necessary to put pressure on the assad regime or putin saying that this is ineffective citing past examples for example in iraq or libya while she was questioning at the security level at this point today.

to a correspondent in europe syria's opposition group says it would welcome military action in the country but gulf states there obliques meeting and to discuss syria's crisis and last week's massacre the town of houla with qatar and saudi arabia more aid to the rebels to mask is blamed gangs for the attacks saying that the seeking to trigger foreign intervention and the u.s. for its part which backs the opposition favors regime change admits there are plans for military action but if president assad was to be removed the roof is syria's large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction would pose a global threat if they fell into the wrong hands american policy on this charles blow is that these concerns must be uppermost in the minds of foreign states. if your all me where she has a state is to prevent the use of chemical weapons outside of that state or against civilians then you have two strategies the first would be to quickly try to support the syrian free army to get it organized so that when it did eventually take over

control of syria they could quickly account for the chemical weapons the other way that you can look at it is that if you're playing the long game which i think the russians and the chinese are doing it may be safest just to let things play out hoping that the assad regime will stay in power and if that is the case then the chemical weapons most likely are going to be kept in safe hands syria is not a part of the chemical weapons convention meaning that there is no u.n. inspectors or is no way of knowing what they have so it really is a general global threat that we're looking at. still ahead here. slushing california is deaths by stopping state killing will report on the millions spent keeping inmates on death row and how that cash could be better spent elsewhere also . our government has been borrowing money from private banks and putting us into doubt and not doing anything about bass meet the twelve year old canadian girl

whose economic argument is taking the web by storm she talks to r.t. as well and she gives us her solutions. these days you've got to be brave to speak your mind of the baltics especially if you come out in russia's defense several people have commented on latvia and estonia as anti russian policies here r.t. you find themselves blacklisted. report. 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. in february this teacher at the leaders 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 ali 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 him i only spoke my mind which i have a constitutional right to do play to my colleagues told me the academies richter 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 you'll kill but it was surprised to see himself on an annual report put together by a storm your security police outlining act. and potential threats to national security he decided to take action. i was blacklisted because of my civic duty is 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 clear my name but just talk dangerous tendencies were jungle mind democracy in my country so that list also contained almost all russian t.v. stations including r.t. foreign minister sergei lavrov an anti-fascist activist from finland and a dozen n.g.o.s member of a stoniest parliament. also one of the names on the blacklist wrote a letter to a stony and prime minister demanding answers she believes such actions are illegal when you know what if that's us if we are not at war with russia or anyone else that's why we have no grounds to blacklist any organizations or channels the 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 only 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 bost 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 may come into question those who have found themselves on the 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 this don't you what. a lot more lined up here in line as well r.t. dot com let me take you through a few stories there this hour not in my backyard or indeed all my roof top opposition grows among londoners you've been told. that on top of their homes as part of stringent security measures for the forthcoming summer olympics there in london and fooled again the return of a massive financial pyramid scheme in russia promises to dash the hopes of people

hoping to get rich quick the details dot com. good news a brief now overnight clashes have killed seven injured thirty people in north lebanon the violence is further evidence that series conflict is encroaching into its neighbor with fighting between supporters and opponents of president assad gun and rocket fire for some residents to flee to safety while lebanese troops were deployed to calm the situation. geraghty of america's warships are to be stationed in the asia pacific region defense secretary leon panetta confirmed about sixty percent of the fleet will be there by twenty twenty he insists it's not directed to china which repeatedly accuses the us of disturbing still waters but bolstering its age of presence in eastern afghanistan taliban insurgents tried to storm a nato military base overnight a vehicle packed with explosives was rammed into the alliance's building fourteen militants were killed when coalition forces responded there are no casualties among

the foreign or afghan troops earlier r.t. talked to russia's presidential envoy to afghanistan who believes the taliban wants to oust nato forces but that they must reject bloodshed. but the column looks like law in the law. not all of them. is what they rated by ideology. they are fighting these believe they're fighting for their core soul of the nation the liberation calls. for on the force is to be stationed in their country and they feel the religion is in danger. maybe it's. but. they are part of all gun society and you may call it the taleban i would call them passionate who wants to see their commentary their homeland in different shape they have legitimate right but we want them to

try to achieve their goal for political means not for ensuite not for insurgency and violence we want them to stop that they're not gonna stand we want them all are going to come to terms on their own nation the interest basis. still to come for this hour on r t keeping the web in check should it be the people or the police doing it. sometimes the live from a show you get from the internet isn't as reliable as it would be from a book people don't proofread which appears often as they probably should but you've got it also teaches you to be a little bit more. to take everything you're with a pinterest song oh well we're in new york to ask about online restrictions and censorship. a mistake the united states next as well california struggling to contain its i water in debts with welfare programs schools and universities all facing billions in cuts one massive money saving measure would be to end the death

penalty which cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars per year that is we did a culture never reports next on the growing calls to use that money on saving instead of ending lives. but in his twenty years as district attorney of allie 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 paula so you basically have two trials and that takes a very long time to go to jerusalem 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 other thirteen x. a-q. sions 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 set 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 x. a kill shot 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 faith 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 say go to work 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 for up to a point where if we continue to keep this hunger for justice what we're going to be doing is cutting those people off the honorable law enforcement people from their pensions with the state of california facing bankruptcy it seems its moral compound is being guided by the draw of cash not affix much in the question archie reporting

from los angeles california. the internet is supposed to be have people's platform but increasingly web users are livid over what see this growing censorship but asking people in new york and whether they see it as protection or restriction. the internet has only been around for a couple of decades now is it our right as human beings to be able to access that freely anytime we want this week let's talk about bad absolutely the internet is for everyone it was constructed to be an information and we should all be able to drive out of what about children and porn or think of the parents to control them not of the government so you are in control of what you access on the internet not anyone else curve always will pick up whatever book i want to be governesses i'm content 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 the two can be done right they're just going to muck it up even more probably that's what i'm going to. 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 me but other than that i think people should be able to post whatever they want to be should be able to act as 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. dealing with the internet makes more eighty it's out of us than if the internet weren't around. that's a good question because zero sometimes the information you get from the internet

isn't as reliable as it would be from a book people don't proofread which appears often as they probably should but you've got to it also teaches you to be a little bit more. to take everything you hear with a printer song it's or it all comes together i guess if it is very free then 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 seat on thing people are smart enough to figure out how to make money and control it. and you know it's too big right whether or not you think the internet should remain free an anonymous forever the bottom line is that's probably unrealistic so you might want to practice responsible googling now. the resident on r.t. now the best financial minds around the world have been scratching their heads for years now about how to break free of the economic crisis our next story tackles that a twelve year old canadian girl think she's got the victoria grounds video of taking

care of his bangs to turn viral on the web. this is the boss on the bottom of. the phone. and he enslave the people of canada are going to give you a mortgage which really means death. for a lot they don't actually give you money they click a key on a computer and generate the fake money out of thin air con painfully obvious even for me. but we are being a friday the banking system on a composite government what will you do to stop this. ok she did the laces reading those words a bit over there probably worth victoria granted over the masia talked to my colleague bill dog the financial whiz kid talk to us but what's wrong with the system as she sees it in their admissions for the future to 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 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 like world leaders they probably know what's happening is 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 me and my dad had them watching documentaries so i'd be taking notes and then. 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 to be an interior designer but i'm definitely going to keep studying monetary reform. an interior designer who could balance the books in a business that now from a wonder girl to a super grown in an age defying seventy one year old woman to become one of russia's most traveled cyclists even cross the world's biggest country over a dozen times in his arteries when i go to school reports next she's back in the saddle his sights are on europe. she took up biking twenty years ago right after her fiftieth birthday a physical education teacher if you really mean high look said she had to do something after her retirement so she learned to ride a bicycle in a week in the house these days seventy one year old yulia feels comfortable enough on the bike to ride right across russia i think she's accomplished no less than sixteen times averaging almost a triple year traverse in the world's biggest country. you go all the every day

from dusk till dawn i'm cycling i do take rest stops are they used to last an hour or two and now there are only half an hour a rest while i eat and then get back on the wheels again. this here she's heading in a different direction the u.a.e. is riding her bike from tir to paris to commemorate the march of the russian army in his defeat of napoleon in eight hundred twelve the only thing she had to conquer was a visa let's reset for most of us taking a mile long walk is already an accomplishment and a four and a half thousand kilometer bike ride forget about it but you only assess around temple hours every morning in the winter and as soon as the snow melts she's back on her bike so this trip should really be a piece of cake because i'm your girl and i often get asked why don't i take anyone along with me you are but how can i buy you would you come with me i'm not sure you'll be able to pull through and i'm sure i will never go to see a doctor i never get sick in the seventeen years i've been doing this i only take

a first aid kit some bandages and antiseptic but comment here is somewhat of a celebrity local politicians believe her exceptional physical shape and enthusiasm are just what people of all ages need in this day and age of a drive through fast food traffic jams and to be marathons but it's. safer as the sport of. cycling in our city we're putting a lot of effort into developing this sport here bicycle parking spaces bike routes and basically i want to turn to a very into the bicycle capital of the country and she sets a great example but uli is biggest supporter is her husband also a physical education instructor and he believes his wife is an example hard to follow the premier government of or not everyone can lead this lifestyle you have to be brave and determined and possess enormous willpower and she has a good but

a lot of people don't award you it as timmy's it will take her around two months to get all the way to paris across europe she intends to sleep in a tent on the roadside just as she has done dozens of times before if you don't stop with doc if you go here i can talk to the wild for the first three years in villages by a river or upon one such time a man approached me and said i was observing you for a long time everyone is leaving and you're staying for the night on the beach he said come along to our house dumbass kid i live with the wife i told him i'm not afraid of the devil himself so if you happen to see is privately levy on a bike as you travel across europe in your car this summer do say hello but don't offer a lift she will most certainly refuse it it even goes to be a region. for continuous story of russian bikers next as well the ones that have just been freed from iraqi jail is really interesting chat coming up in

a couple of minutes time it spotlights after a recap of our headlines next to mark take. thank. you.