revolution returns to egypt as hundreds of thousands rally into a square with efforts to deepen political and religious divisions an ominous warning of trouble ahead. as one of the major contributors to wiki leaks aiding the enemy basis is latest pairing washington gets caught red handed with a very selective approach to handling classified data. and some of your raises leading powers with russia and china in the driving seat gather to thrash out security accounts about a little grandstanding of the west. and

welcome to r.t. international news and comment twenty four hours a day the top story now hundreds of thousands of egyptians have packed into the now iconic tahrir square in cairo rallying for the death penalty for former president hosni mubarak and leading the protest for the country's islamists out in force ahead of the presidential vote in the country and they get to capitalize on burgeoning unrest. thousands of protesters have converged here a race where in the center of cairo you can hear the sounds of protests reverberating around the square around me a real feeling of anger in the streets tonight and it's primarily focused around the verdict in the mubarak trial hosni mubarak egypt's former president is now going to spend the rest of his life in prison it seems unless the protesters get their way at least some of them wanting to do a bit more of

a back than that and to give him the death penalty and what really set them off was six of his senior security officials 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 are expressing a lot of frustration they see the choice in those elections as being really no choice at all one candidate mohammed morsi is from the muslim brotherhood he's been trying to garner support here at the protests going around the crowds saying that if he was elected president he would drag mubarak back to trial and try and help him 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. week 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 has standing in these presidential elections but his links to the old regime are simply. to 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 reeling at 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 real ignition of the spirits of protest against what is seen as very little

change compared to what was wanted for last year's revolution dumbarton reporting that all egypt's ruling military council meanwhile has issued the parliament to the forty eight hour ultimatum to agree to a constitutional assembly or contend with one decided on by the generals were called upon and a contributing editor of foreign policy in focus dot org says it's likely that the military is working to extend the egyptian impasse and there for a stand it's 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 shafeeq because people are concerned about state bill of the excedrin keep in mind he still did not start over the question of democracy they started over a question of bread of unemployment poverty except or a so this is not just about roses this is about bread and that has not gone away. well later in the program another regional hotspot syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country comes as collations audiences of a fragile cease fire is left hanging by a thread from syria coming up shortly. plus america's defense chief closes up to india's leadership as a string of bad luck with the u.s. front of bases ahead of its military into the asia pacific. now we can take supporters are assembling their forces on wednesday is bradley manning one of the major contributors to the web site faces his latest hearing he's charged with

twenty two separate crimes including aiding the enemy which is a capital offense but i mean the question of a reports washington's interpretation of the freedom of speech depends on who you actually are. from a former cia officer who questioned waterboarding to suspected we can take small bradley manning the obama administration has waste an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a span ash loss than all 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 several times when it suits them to do so one of those with what was written with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward or they played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the kathleen 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 bad facts all 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's 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 insolence to sugarcoat its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies to about the navy's long survivor and act of valor how for sift 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 lot and the american people are seeing hundreds and hundreds of films 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 truly walked out there are others very trying to project patrick johnson and propaganda on to the silver screen my integration archie reporting from los angeles california well remember the world's top whistleblower julius sounds has his own into the show right here in r.t. stay tuned the next hour for latest edition. regional terrorism and extremism both on the table at the annual summit of the races six pioneering powerhouses this time being held in china the balkan known as the shanghai cooperation organization and also touch upon the global foreign policy but it is of iran and afghanistan invited to join the gathering all season xers esky

reports now from beijing. we have a very busy day ahead of us were understand. a state visit to china his first state visit as russia's president will be transforming into the summit of the shanghai cooperation organization the organization which has celebrated its ten 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 were also expecting very many board meetings on the sidelines of the summit between . the presidents of ghana stan and iran 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 boosting 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 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 but the cargo based international affairs commentator rick ross off says the shanghai cooperation organization has the potential to become

a serious force. as we know this is the twelfth summit that while the head of state meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization was created in two thousand and one to place matters in perspective we have to recall that with not only the full six members of the c.e.o. but with the fact that in two thousand and cry india pakistan iran and mongolia are well were welcomed as sort of surveys and some sort of course go overseas and sri lanka the ground what are called dialogue partners there's been discussion i have of the summit a more stable and south that afghanistan may join as a server and turkey may join a dialogue partner but even as currently constituted this shanghai cooperation organization is correct the population represents half of the human rights the land mass of the sea all members an observer states sixty percent of the eurasian land mass so this is a very important organization and it's one that still even twelve years after its foundation stone the embryo stage in many many ways and one that once it's fully

bore and comes into the world in earnest is going to be one of the most important developments in history. or remember we've got all the latest stories and videos on our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's online few right now russia's parliament comes down hard on those who crossed the line during protests around. the september stations could be traitors out of pocket to june of two thousand. last calenders twelve year old economist their views on the global financial crisis went viral after she criticized banks and governments in the public. the syrian government has agreed to let aide workers into the country for the first

time probably based in four cities hit hard by the violence among them as homes but since the rebel said they were abandoning the u.n. cease fire plan they have been violent clashes with security forces in while syria has given them marching orders to seventeen diplomats u.s. support and france turkey among others to. mask this has accused foreign powers of funding and arming the opposition fighters middle east expert ty county those countries are they concerned it might mean huge 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 their country today in syria the plan to bring both sides to the table and how will it go she aged settlement is obviously the best way to move forward but the united states and britain and their other red lights are absolutely you know

pressure on the other side to come to the negotiate negotiating table. start process. so it would appear to me what we now have and game situation where united states has decided to remove this regime. use everything else. but 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 this one interview is coming up later this hour has a preview. the very people responsible for deaths filmed their crimes and sent the footage to the media blaming the government for the atrocities of the law and a recent study shows that ninety percent of satellite coverage on syria has nothing

to do with the actual situation in the country because it's all lies and fabrications again that there's 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 and how to massacre is a good example of that that as soon as the first pictures of the massacre was released everybody started accusing the syrian army and security forces but we all know who was really behind this crime and today the people of syria are targeted by the terrorists. and sponsored by regional powers like qatar saudi arabia and turkey as well as by western nations such as the u.s. . the white house says if president assad hands control the opposition it will help bring an end to fifteen months of bloodshed but all along our side has maintained his

country's real war comes from the outside well his guests discuss the syrian conflict in detail in cross talk thirty g.m.t. today. this syria case when we talk about the n. and peace plane in play and it's being not settled make clear that is just the stepping stone for validating setting the pretext for military intervention by the nato powers is a lot of smuggling of arms from lebanon to syria there's a lot of smuggling of arms from iraq to syria and the longer this conflict festers the more smuggling there is going to be the more radicalized the fighters are going to be and the more outsiders are going to intervene in this conflict. with the united states losing

a string of critical bases across central asia the pentagon has apparently the wants to drive to secure more allies defense secretary leon panetta is on a p.r. torn india publicly asking you to anything take on a greater role in afghanistan i say there's more at stake and washington is going to india slated for bigger role i think most of pakistan's support of them. can start by a certain kind about the much touted move to the asia pacific young rattling auntie's reassured over what's now just why america are so eager to cozy up to india. the world got its eyes on india it's 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. to strengthen its new. america.

ships and those who. grow through the navy 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 new worry report issued by the american government of china is 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 all amount of energy strengthening military ties with india it just sold 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 delhi to counterbalance its new enemy china i do

see the. united states is going to do. what it says that. for this includes. and. it wants to get lives down that it can influence in issue while india is happy to have partners to advance their arsenals many observers are watching the american interest with caution china is one of india's biggest trading partner i mean we are neighbors because each other we should not be made a proxy bather power so you know. we should not fight the battles of the americans and with the americans i think got a declining. it's a declining superpower. and be able to. hold their ground and they ship by sort of medium 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. now a look at a couple of other top stories from around the world this hour but geria has been hit by a wave of sectarian violence as explosions and gunfire broke the country's north nineteen people were killed after gunmen attacked police officers in. the heaviest fighting with radical islamists. want to be behind the strike comes a week after three died and dozens were injured in a suicide car bomb attack you know church in the area. moody's has downgraded the credit rating of german banks a place risks of use and crisis deepens the country's second largest lender commerzbank is among the dangers where there's three of australia's largest financial groups becomes a day after standard and poor's predicted one in three chance of greece leaving the usa after the country's general election later this month. but that time the

business. as waiting for us there thanks carol we're starting this hour with the russian markets because the just kicked off the trading session and if we take a look at the latest figures we'll see that they are in pauses of territory with since we have a little glitch there we go as you can see the r.t.s. is adding a point eight five percent when it comes to them i said it's point three percent higher now when it comes to my sex it's now above the psychological mark of thirteen hundred points which is also an herdsman for investors there so we're hoping to see a more productive day today compared to yesterday which was a mixed performance now let's move on and take a look at current seas and see what the latest figures are when it comes to the euro it's again then against the dollar and when it comes to the ruble it's can sing it's a game against both major currencies and we know that the central bank for the past three trading days has been selling soon hundred million dollars daily and support the ruble and obviously it's working as you can see there now crude is gaining for

a third day and that's amid reports that u.s. stockpiles have dropped and also speculation that. we'll see more demand that's of course a woman called the nation that tends to push prices higher well in other news we know that run for second biggest lie there that's going to be it's the saga to cash into fast food this time of the must a daily newspaper says the bank is creating a joint venture with current developers of burger king in russia and within the next three years we will invest hundred million dollars into this new firm which will have exclusive rights to develop the fast food chain in the country for the next couple of decades. also russia's flag carrier air france is now considering land in the over thirteen percent of its shares in london this year business today a leading newspaper claims the possible move will be discussed in the company's next board meeting and the listing could bring our two hundred and forty million dollars analysts say the listing is likely to help the company improve its market

capitalization which is currently under estimated. parkinsonism with the markets we have asia there and you can see that it's all positive there as well the nikkei is out and over one of the half percent and the hang seng is at an almost one percent and then we have in hong kong we have property and consumer stocks particularly well in japan a weaker again as helping push exporters higher in fact we know that japan's finance minister said the g seven following the emergency conference call by the great emerging of the major economies of the g seven of course and they discussed not only the euro zone but also the yen and they said there would be against tokyo taking action to curb the excessive volatility and the disorderly movements all began services and virgin investors they're now moving on to the e.u. west stocks there we can see the close in session on tuesday was all in the black and in fact the dow escaped this four day losing streak and this came after

a better than expected data in the services sector also same with the u.s. the nasdaq is considering also saving some of the losses incurred by investors related to facebook's failed i.p.o. last month the wall street journal says the bourse will make an announcement later in the day and just remind you facebook shares have fallen by a third since the initial public offering with collective long. as you made it out of one hundred million dollars. and continued on with the european markets the footsie of course was closed on tuesday as of the celebrations continued but it will resume trading later on today so we'll focus on the german dax and that's slightly lower there and that's as investors were digesting the news coming out from the g. seven conference call where officials said that they will try to work together to come up with a solution but there were no concrete measures and nouns but later today the european commission will unveil 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 of course highlighted with greece and spain and let's not forget that spain is currently trying to find some one hundred billion dollars to strengthen its capital buffers and officials of banks shareholders and creditors are the ones i held accountable for who also is encouraged by banks. ok thanks very. well that coming up in a few minutes syria's minister of information gives a firsthand account of what's really going on in the country stay with us.

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