shills who were acquitted of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in egypt's revolution last year there's also added tension around these protests because very shortly egypt will enter the second round of its presidential elections but many people here expressing a lot of frustration they see the choice in those elections as being really no choice that's all one candidate mohammed morsi is from the muslim brotherhood he's been trying to garner support here at the protest going around the crowds saying that if he was elected president he would drag mubarak back to trial and try and how often execute it which has struck a chord with some of the protesters however he has received criticism from a wide wide number of groups as well they see the muslim brotherhood as religiously conservative and warn that they may try and hijack this revolution the other made

shafique is mubarak's last prime minister and a former air force officer the protesters just as angry about him they say that he could well be or should well be god for standing in these presidential elections but his links to the old regime are simply too close and that he's going to have a lot of convincing to do to try and make people believe that he's not in with the old regime and the military council that's ruling out the moment this atmosphere has brought people out not just here in the capital but all over he gypped this was intended to be a million man march tonight we're not sure whether a million of have turned out it doesn't seem that it's that many but it certainly is a huge protest and a real re ignition of the spirit of protest against what is seen as very little change compared to what was wanted for the last years revolution.

foreign policy. so it is likely that he's working to extend. extend its rule over the country. if your feet is removed then of course you have no choice but that the military council stays so i do think that the military has set things up in such a way that they will continue as a major force how much of a major force i think depends on those people who are out there in the squares and what finally comes out of this election my concern is that if the military or the police decide to provoke something with the demonstrators then you might have a shift in the direction of sheer feet because people are concerned about state bill ity excedrin keep in mind he still did not start over the question of democracy he started over a question of bread of unemployment poverty except for

a so this is not just about roses this is about bread and that has not gone away. but another reason the hot spot syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country is in need of aisha no violence as a fragile cease fire is left hanging by a thread from syria coming up shortly. and america's defense chief cozies up to india's leadership as a string of bad luck leaves the us short of bases ahead of its military move into the asia pacific. we can make supporters are assembling their forces on wednesday as bradley manning one of the major contributors to the website faces his latest hearing he's charged with twenty two separate crimes including aiding the enemy which is a capital offense but in a culture never reports washington's interpretation of the freedom of speech the pen's on who you actually are. from a former cia officer who question waterboarding to suspected we can't take small

bradley manning the obama administration has waged an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a span ash laws than old previous administrations combined but it seems one man snitch is another man's spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is they have leaked classified information for the times when it suits them to do so one of those with what was with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward where they played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the catholic bagel bigelow project regarding seal team six takedown of ben lauder last year at this time the film in question which is titled as zero dark thirty covers last year's raid by u.s. commandos on the pakistani compound where some of bin laden was hiding the conservative watchdog judicial watch has obtained records revealing that hollywood filmmakers were given access to proof the undisclosed information about the

operation oscar winning director kathryn bigelow and screenwriter mark boal were even granted at tour around the volt as cia building where tactical planning for the raid took place the film is out in december but was initially due to be released just weeks before november's presidential elections job facts so some flak fly the administration's way while the entire project has raised concerns over the way intelligence is being used it's best that this kind of information particularly as it revolves around what's surrounding this movie remains classified it absolutely has to it's very unfortunate that it's coming out to be used for political purposes for a congressional election however there is nothing unusual about the defense department collaborating with the makers of hollywood blockbusters. it's a partnership that dates back to the middle of the twentieth century and it has

proved effective the pentagon has what hollywood filmmakers won access to millions of dollars worth of military equipment to use in the movies and hollywood has what the pentagon wants the endsleigh institution were called its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about the navy seals long survivor and act of valor how for safety official assistance veteran hollywood reporter david robb says the pentagon has for a long time had access to the scripts of hollywood filmmakers to show the military in a better light and the american people are seeing hundreds and hundreds of thrones and television shows that have been sanitized by the military and to make military seem more heroic than it really is and never wrong and always good that this creates a false image in the american people's mind so while for some folks will get true

walked out others are trying to project patrick and propaganda on to the silver screen my integration archie reporting from las angeles california. i remember the world's top whistleblower during the sun this has is that into the show here in r.t. stay tuned the next day for the next edition. regional terrorism and extremism both are on the table at the annual summit of your asia six pioneering powerhouses this time being held in china the book known as the shanghai cooperation organization but also touches on global foreign policy with leaders of iran and afghanistan invited to join the gathering well it is and it's the our special reports now from beijing. we have a very busy day ahead of us were understand that. a state visit to china his first state visit as russia's president will be transforming into the summit of the shah corporation organization the organization which has celebrated its tenth year

anniversary last year and definitely all sides all countries involved in this organization have been noting that the corporation has been very successful especially in this security field something which has been a burning issue for the central asian states and that's where we already know that there has been very great success in the talks between the leaders of the countries we're also expecting very many important meetings on the sidelines of the summit between now and the presidents of ghana stan and iran the something which we of course will be bringing more information on as soon as we get it and this will probably be the main focus certainly this summit comes just a day after the start of official state visit to china these sites have managed to assign very important agreements and listing economic ties and have managed to exchange their views on many different global policy issues and reported that they have been seeing eye to eye on all those issues in particular certainly the the growing military strength of the united states in the asian pacific region

something which greatly concerns china russia is agreeing with beijing on that matter and certainly the developments in the middle east even if we didn't mention did that russia and china are seeing eye to eye on the syrian conflict such a strong relations between beijing and moscow have been causing some concerns in the west primarily because china is a growing developing developing state with its economy and military being stronger every year we are following certainly all the interesting developments during the summit in the next two days here and we'll be bringing all the latest information to our viewers as soon as we get it. well for more analysis on this now let's cross lighted things out he is an associate professor of international relations at the renmin university of china he joins us now from beijing to thank you for joining us here on r.t. the summit of the shanghai cooperation organization is kicking off today how much leverage does the bloc really have on the international stage. and i think that

importance of shanghai cooperation organization is growing but it will be limited to the central asian region that you can use a car and we see these organizations draw more and more countries of tension and a number of countries demonstrated their interest. organizations but i think. in the number of years to carmel we need to a number sooner can we use organization strong understand of them why just innovations by you know origins is membership and certain ways and also it's important it's need to use this organization you just do instance in konami of corporations because in the past years since all the single minded focus on security of political. or to make this organization substandard we need two people more attention to it canonical corporations or man the member states and the top three more. organizations where you mentioned security there and of course the

summit will be focusing on tackling terrorism separatism the extremism in eurasia but how effective can it be in that in that forum. you know so generally speaking it's a channel three so called as you will scorsese chances are we grow autonomous regions but in the past years with the corporations or promise the member states of shanghai is so. corporate and organizations are under china's security situation into its. autonomous regions and people who say you cannot necessary relate it's a good art there are dates of terrorist activities you can see streets. i think. we did a good job you can handle it. so. extreme beats and terrorism in china. also was a given it's a tradition in the general that president putin will be wrapping up is the official

talks of the chinese leadership today and or judging from what we've heard so far what effect will putin's third presidential era have on russian relations in your opinion. you know some president putin stated greed jarvey units are not forced or. russians relations with china i think we see the. country is quite frequently economic. or corporations particular of the trade between two countries to get a. big two countries made efforts to coordinate a big diplomatic because our operations our number so you ports and internationally she was solid president board you did a good job i think after he returned to the president presidencies and i think that's a key we'll continue to push forward of corporations between different countries

and sad because i'm quite. quiet as possible to see if such a kind of good relationship between china will continue our for the u.s. to car let's talk about the u.s. here i mean the states is shifting its military forces to the asia pacific quite clearly with american troops already deployed to australia and the bulk of the countries fleet to be shifted to the region that should be concerned about that. yes. a sun rising country to try and answer quite concerned our part of the me to move out of the united states you know you know shangri-la there are a lot of guys some of you defense minister pun it. really took the details of the guidelines for the experiment being that so you asked me to turn the president's initial pursuit. it's a crowd of concerns. so it's a number of the pews are trying to separate the periphery and we also see the united states more or less involved. disputes but on the other hand we're not

so concerned we're marching in china continue to tear economic growth and have put these harzi all the risk and i think that's such a kind of need to move horse of fundamentals through china security now this corporation between russia and china i mean both of boosting their joint military might with the naval drills being held back in april remember do you think this may prove useful given the u.s. nato expansion in asia pacific as a counterweight. but you know first a prius i think was such a turn and needed to record her relations between china and the russians in the first person to use a volatile relationship but on the other hand i don't think that such myths or research joint exercises that are strong signal china and the russian want to send to the u. mass these and other countries that. we expand since so you know as the minister of

presence that you perceive china russia could not say i don't think it will take some measures to counter but honestly grow you need to see just countries the histories. one countries particularly the regional countries we saw the chair cared about and they would do some since that you and china have been to russia and we do something to to prevent to start a kind of you will soon see how are you supporting. ok we'll leave it there things are here so it's a professor of international relations that serenity university of china thank you for joining us thank you. i remember we have got all the latest stories and videos on our website at r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's there few right now just giving you for parliament russians do this stands and about concessions on the bill to regulate rallies banks stuck in debt not the midnight. canada as

a twelve year old economist her views on the global financial crisis went viral after she criticized banks and governments in the public. the syrian government has agreed to let aid workers into the country for the first time basting for cities hit hard by the violence among them these homes more since the rebels said they were banning the un's cease fire plan there have been violent clashes with security forces meanwhile syria has banned the seventeen from that u.s. britain france turkey and other states tuesday mask this is accused foreign powers of funding and arming the opposition fighters east expert eric haney believes those countries are motivated by regime change in syria. when the americans

vassal state slow growth some talk about transition what they are effectively mean is regime change that is what they did in libya with dire consequences as we can see in that country today in syria the plan to bring both sides to the table have been negotiated settlement is obviously the best way to move forward but the united states and britain and their other allies absolutely no pressure on the other side. to come to the negotiating negotiating table and start a process of talks so it would appear to me that what we now have is an end game situation where the united states has decided to remove this regime and will use everything in aspire to do so. well as well as being the scene of ongoing

violence syria has been locked in a so-called information war as the country's minister of information told r.t. mainstream media coverage often clashes with reality his fill interview is coming up later this hour but here's a preview. the very people responsible for the deaths filmed their crimes and sent the fruitage to the media blaming the government for the atrocities and a recent study shows that ninety percent of satellite coverage on syria has nothing to do with the actual situation in the country it's all lies and fabrications this again proves that there is a real information more waged against syria with real facts being substituted with fabrications these lies and the only way for them to achieve their objectives in their war against syria the houla massacre is a good example of that as soon as the first pictures of the massacre were released everybody started accusing the syrian army and security forces but we all know who

was really behind this crime today the people of syria are targeted by terrorists who are armed and sponsored by regional powers like qatar saudi arabia and turkey as well as by western nations such as the us. now with the united states losing a slew of critical bases across central asia the pentagon has apparently lost a new drive to secure more allies defense secretary leon panetta he ator in india publicly asking him to take on a greater role in afghanistan but analysts say there's far more at stake. in the bigger role having lost pakistan support her in america's future in afghanistan threatened by a resurgent taliban the much touted asia pacific young rattling terms pressure reports now and just why america is so we get

a cozy up to india. the world's got its eyes on india its the planet's biggest arms importer and is set to spend one hundred billion dollars on beefing up its military arsenal over the next decade while many weapon makers from far and wide are lining up to cash in on this need to modernize the united states's dash to the front of the pack. through former america. ships and those who. grow through the move to many it's seen as part of the u.s. is bigger shift towards asia one that its defense secretary leon panetta is now touring the region to actively engage it in a chair and you were a report issued by the american government of china has listed along with iran as one of the us is biggest adversaries the report also specifically singled out india

as the main country washington would pursue as a strategic partner in the region the united states has already been thinking better of the amount of energy strengthening military ties with india it just told them time military transport planes for four point four billion dollars india also conducts the most military exercises with the united states than any other country many analysts say that it could be a way for washington to use new dehli to counterbalance its new enemy china. sure you know you're not just going to go. what are you going to say is that. what this includes. and. it wants to list american influence an issue while india is happy to have partners to advance their arsenals and many observers are watching the american interest with caution is one of india's biggest trading partner i mean we are neighbors we can reach each other. we should not we

made a proxy rather power soon or. we should not fight the buttons of the americans and with the americans i think got a declining. it's a declining superball. and not be able to. hold their ground and asia pacific region as the united states continues to buddy up to india it looks like it could be using their new found friend to bully its enemy preassure either r t new delhi india. look at some other top stories from around the world the white house has confirmed the death of al qaeda second in command of the u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan on monday. maybe was the target of the missile which hit a militant compound killing fifteen people tensions have increased between pakistan and washington over the last two weeks after american refused to hand strikes.

moody's has downgraded the credit rating of german banks saying they face risks of crisis deepens the country's second largest lender commerzbank is among those named as well as three of australia's largest financial groups from sunday off the standard and poor's predicted one in three chance of greece leaving the eurozone and often countries general elections later this month. well time now for business use. thanks carol well as every morning we are following the asian markets which are the only one straight in right now so let's take a look at the latest figures and see what's happening there now as you can see right now the asian markets are extending tuesday's gains we have the nikkei that skated over one and a half percent and similarly with the hang seng getting just over one percent in the home cause we have property and consumer stocks them particularly well and now we have a weekly again which is a push in exports higher in japan now they had dropped after the group of seven finance ministers as well as central bank governors held

a conference call meeting yes they soothe discuss the eurozone as well as other matters and in fact japan's finance minister said that they are not opposed to tokyo taken action to curb excessive volatility in the yen as well as the sort of this as you said now moving on to the u.s. stocks rose the left in the dow for its closing again the first one in five sessions there we can see that the nasdaq also added point six six percent and when it comes to investors they're also encouraged by a better. and expect the data and the service sector and i have more of that when it comes to crude prices later on in europe the footsie was close for the jubilee celebrations but of all recent trading later on that day and then when it comes to the dax as you can see it closed lower and that's of following investors mainly focused on ninety seven conference call where ministers say that they work closer to monitor developments and what happens there now also later today the european

commission will unveil a new proposals to make sure taxpayers' money isn't used to bail out failed banks they want to prevent banks from dragging down the entire system and the issue was highlights of course with the goods and space let's not forget that spain this currently trying to find some one hundred million dollars to strengthen its capital buffers and officials want to ensure that bank shareholders and creditors are the ones held accountable for losses incurred by the banks. well here in russia it's two hours ahead of the opening bell so what you're seeing right now is the picture from tuesday a mix trading session there are two yes added just the last while the my six dropped over a half a percent in general it's been a terrible year for markets and volatility in the oil prices hasn't been a help of oh see how the discussion goes when the markets open when i was take a look at currencies and see what's happening with the year and the ruble actually we can see that the euro is gaining against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the ruble that's

a picture from tuesday it lost again that i should say against both major currencies that you can see there updated figures coming up in two hours time time for some of crude crude is good enough for a third day in the row and that's followed economic reports that suggest that u.s. stockpiles fell in the u.s. of course and that the fuel demand will increase that's of course the winning combination when it comes to prices going to higher and this is the opposite that i have from karabakh see ok thanks i thought there was see you again the next hour. well that coming up in a few minutes syria's minister for information that gives a firsthand account of what's really going on in the country stay with us.

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this is r.t. the headlines for you revolution returns to egypt as hundreds of thousands rally in tahrir square deepening political and religious divisions and on a sworn in of trouble to come. and some of the races leading paolo's with russia and china in the driving seat gather to thrash out secure. as a counterbalance to the school grounds that the west. america's defense chief is up to india's leadership as a string of bad luck leaves the us sort of bases its military group into the asia pacific. and syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country for the first time amid an escalation of violence and expulsion of foreign diplomats. but as well as physical violence syria has been fighting

a so-called information war and conflicting reports about the situation syria's minister of information tells r.t. what he feels is really going on there. that it then the arab league council has asked satellite operators are upside. down that broke caste of syrian satellite channels what do you thing about this decision . this decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media the purpose is to hide the truth about what is really going on in syria from people both inside and outside the country this is part of the smear campaign launched by certain satellite channels and supported by the gulf nations behind it the decision contradicts fundamental moral and professional standards for mass media in the hour.