protesters in egypt 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 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 an executed 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 bed 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 darker 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 from last year's revolution. dumbarton reporting that all egypt's ruling military council meanwhile has ensued 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 contributing editor of foreign policy in focus dot org says it's likely that the ministries working to extend the egyptian emboss there for a stand it's who 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 and 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 stabile ity exciter keep in mind he still instructions did not start over the question of

democracy they 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. well into the program another regional hot spots syria monetary and aid workers into the country come to the audiences of a fragile cease fire is the threat from syria coming up shortly. plus america's defense chief is up to india's leadership as a string of bad luck with the u.s. trying to bases ahead of its mission 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 website faces his latest hearing he's charged with twenty two separate crimes including aiding the enemy which is a capital offense in the question of the reports washington's interpretation of the freedom of speech depends on who you actually are from

a former cia officer who question waterboarding to suspected we keep it small bradley manning the obama administration has 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 spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is the leak classified information for what it serves to do so one of those with what was wrong with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the bigelow project regarding seal team six. last year at this time the film in question which is titled zero dark thirty covers last year's raid by u.s. commandos on the pakistani compound where osama bin laden was hiding. the conservative watchdog judicial watch has obtained records revealing that hollywood

filmmakers were given access to precisely 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 sad 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 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 one access to millions of dollars worth of military equipment to use in the movies and hollywood has what the pentagon wants the end sloan's to sugarcoat its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about the navy seals long survivor and act of valor have for shift official assistance veteran hollywood reporter david robb assess the pentagon has for a long time had access to the scripts of hollywood filmmakers to show the military in a better lot in 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 it will get truly walk others are trying to project patrick to some and propaganda on to the silver screen by you know question archie reporting from las angeles california or a member of the world's top whistleblower julia 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 are 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 but also touch upon the global foreign policy with the leaders of iran and afghanistan invited to join the gathering all season xers cesky 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 shah high

corporation 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 important 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 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 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 this 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 was a cargo based international affairs commentator repros off says the shanghai cooperation organization has the potential to become a serious force. as we know this is the twelfth summit that will the out of state meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization was created in two thousand and one to place of 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 more welcome those sort of certain age groups than does some sort of course followers in sri lanka the ground what are called dialogue partners there's been discussion i have of the some of them will see it with them so that afghanistan may join as it is on the server in turkey may join the dialogue partner but even as currently constituted this shanghai cooperation organization struck the population response after leaving the graves of the lamb out of the sea all members of the observer states sixty percent of the eurasian land so this is a very important organization and it's one that still even twelve years after its foundation stone the ambriel state 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 on life you right now russia's economy comes down hard on those who crossed the niger in protest rallies reach into the september stations could try to is out of pocket june of two thousand units. last carried this twelve year old economist beings on the global financial crisis went viral often criticizing banks and governments involved in helping. the syrian the government has agreed to that aid workers into the country for the first time. based in four cities hit hard by the violence among them is holmes well since the rebels said they were abandoning the u.n. cease fire plan they have been violent clashes with security forces and while syria

has given them marching orders to seventeen diplomats recipes from this turkey among others to. mask this has accused foreign powers of funding and arming the opposition fighters middle east expert tiny county whose countries i think it's unlikely he would change in syria. when the americans bear vassal states like group 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 have a negotiated settlement is obviously the best way to move forward but the united states and britain and their other allies have absolutely no pressure on the other site to come to the negotiate negotiating table and start

a process of daws so it would appear to me that what we now have is an endgame situation where the united states decided to remove this regime and will use everything in a spot to do so when 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 had not mahmood told r.t. mainstream media coverage often clashes with reality his full interview is coming up later this hour but has a pretty. the very people responsible for deaths filmed their crimes and sent the footage to the media blaming the government for the atrocity 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 again that there's a real information war 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 released everybody started accusing the syrian army and security forces that we all know who was really behind this crime today are the people of syria targeted by the terrorists armed sponsored by regional powers like qatar saudi arabia and turkey as well as by western nations such as the us. the white house says if president assad hands control the opposition it will help bring an end to fifteen months of bloodshed but although. his country's real war comes from the outside well his guest discussed the syrian conflict in detail in cross talk thirty g.m.t. today. this syria case when we talk about the end unpeaceful

a new play and it's being not steps will be clear that is just this 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 is apparently the ones to drive to secure more defense secretary leon panetta is on a p.r. tour india publicly asking you to any to take on

a greater role that's going to start i just say there is more at stake washington is going to india bigger role most of pakistan's support and. then start by perceptions about the much touted move to the asia pacific. it's not just one that you're so eager to cozy up to india. the world got it eyes on india it's the planet's biggest arms importer and if that 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 is dash to the front of the pack india is also being greeted by america. to strengthen its me remember. through farm guard america. has been selling india ships and all those who are. going to soon. to the navy

to many it's seen as part of the us 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 wary report issued by the american government of china is listed along with iran as one of the us as 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 called 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 go. live into says that. as

a very major competition for this includes. it wants to use the american influence and issue while india is happy to have partners to advance their arsenals and many observers are watching the american interest with caution is. the biggest trading partner and we are neighbors of. other power sooner or prone to remember if not for the burdens of americans then to the americans that turned out to be grinding. superball. or. 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 nigeria 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 go on the strike comes a week after three died and dozens were injured in the suicide car bomb attack in the area. moody's has downgraded the credit rating of german banks a place risks of abuse and crisis deepens the country's second largest lender commerce bank is among the dangers where there's three of austria's largest financial groups becomes a day after standard and poor's predicted one in three chance of greece leaving the euro say the country's general election later this month. but the top of the business there it is waiting for us there thanks carol we started this hour with the russian markets because they 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 teds or 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 my six 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 urgent 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 in both major currencies and we know. the central bank for the past three trading days has been selling soon one hundred million dollars daily and as soon 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 will see more rule demand that's of course a woman called the nation that tends to push prices higher while in other news we

know that russia's second biggest slide there that's the t.v. it's the saga to cash into fast food this time of the must a daily newspaper says the bank is creating a joint fund troupe with current developers of burger king in russia and within the next three years to be able in vast 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 lead newspaper claims the possible move will be discussed in the company's next board meeting and the listing. up to two hundred 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 naked is

out and over one of the half percent and the hang seng is at an almost one percent and while we have in hong kong we have property and consumer stocks particularly well in japan and a weaker helping exporters are 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 discuss not only been euro zone but also the yen and they said that what i would be against tokyo taking action to curb the excessive volatility and the disorderly movements all began so this is unclear. investors there 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 skate this four day losing streak and this came after a better than the the 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 collectively. as you made out of one hundred million dollars. and continued on with the european markets the footsie of course was closed on tuesday as a dip in the celebrations continue but it will resume trading later on today so we'll follow this on the german dax it 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 later today the european commission will unveil you 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 that 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 want to ensure that banks shareholders and creditors are the ones i held accountable for who also is incurred by banks. all right carrie that's all for loss back to you 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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hello there it's the hour here in moscow. the headlines revolution returns to egypt as hundreds of thousands rallied. to do. political and religious divisions and all of this warning of more trouble ahead. some of the races leading powers with russia and china in the driving seat gather to thrash out security as a counterbalance to the political grandstanding of the west. america's defense chief closes up to india's leadership as a string of bad luck using u.s. force bases had it's really true moved into the asia pacific. and syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country for the first time with an escalation of violence and expulsion of foreign diplomats. as well as physical violence syria has

been fighting a so-called information war with conflicting reports about the situation that syria's minister of information. tells r.t. what he feels is really going on. the diet and this the arab league council has asked satellite operators are upside . down the grow cast of syrian satellite channels what do you think about this decision. this decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media with 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 the decision contradicts fundamental moral and professional standards for mass me.