revolution returns to egypt as hundreds of thousands rally in tahrir square with efforts to deepen political and religious divisions an ominous warning of more trouble ahead. as one of the major contributors to wiki leaks charged with aiding the enemy bases his latest hearing washington gets caught red handed with a very selective approach to handling classified data. and breach the peace pay the price russia's senate decided to target the wallets of protesters who break the law with thousands of dollars in fines at stake.

for crossing live from moscow this is our kara johnston 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 protests were the country's islamists out in force ahead of the looming presidential vote in the country he needed to capitalize on burgeoning on the rest of his term barton is in tahrir square. thousands of protesters have converged here at terrorists 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 get in 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 this 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 that 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 protest going around the crowds saying that if he was elected president he would drag mubarak back to trial and try and how often 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 half

of it 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. 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 age it 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 in egypt ruling military council meanwhile has issued the parliament with a forty eight hour ultimatum to agree to a constitutional assembly or contend with one decided on by the generals than contributing editor of foreign policy in focus dot org says it's likely that the military is working to extend the egyptian impasse and never 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 to shift in the direction of shafeeq because people are concerned about stiegel 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 for a so this is not just about roses this is about bread and that has not gone away. well late in the program another regional hotspot syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country with an escalating violence as a fragile cease fire is there for hanging by a thread from syria coming up shortly. on some of the rangers leading powers with russia and china in the driving seat gathered to thrash out security as a counterbalance to the political grandstanding of the west. where we could make supporters are assembling their forces on wednesday as 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 has been the cotton ever reports washington's interpretation of freedom of speech depends on who you actually are. from a former cia officer who questioned waterboarding to suspected week eeks mole bradley manning the obama administration has waged an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a spanish 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 several times when it suits them to do so one of those with what was 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 that fact saw 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 insolence 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 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 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 weeks we'll get truly walked out for others are trying to project patrick johnson and propaganda on to the silver screen my integration archie reporting from los angeles california. where a member the world's top whistleblower to innocence has his own interview show harrod otty latest edition is coming up shortly this hour. a regional terrorism extremism and both are on the table at the annual summit of the races six pithing powerhouses this time being held in china the book known as the shanghai cooperation organization but also touch upon global foreign policy the leaders of iran and afghanistan invited to join the gathering what is the next they are sixty reports now from beijing. we've got

a very busy day here in beijing. the state official state visit to china now has transformed into the summit of the shanghai cooperation 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 were also expecting very many important meetings on the sidelines of the summit between putin 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 of managed to sign 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 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 with a cargo based international affairs commentator rick rose off so the shanghai cooperation organization has the potential to become a serious force. as we know this is the twelfth summit that will the head of state

meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization which 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 five india pakistan iran and mongolia are well were welcomed as observers of nations some sort of course go over some sri lanka to become what are called dialogue partners there's been discussion i have of the summit and was to give a pound south that afghanistan may join is that as of observer and turkey may join as a dialogue partner but even as currently constituted the shanghai cooperation organization its collective population somehow believe i'm on the right with god to lie on my own so the c.e.o. members and 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 embryo stage of money in 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. and later in the program we look at america's pursuit for dominance the country's defense chief is up to india's leadership as a string of bad luck games the u.s. trying to bases ahead of its own it should move into the asia pacific. now anyone who breaches the peace during demonstrations in russia now they hit hard and i wanted to both chambers of parliament passed a new bill dramatically hiking fines for protest violations and then was subjected to delay tactics by opposition m.p.'s a trick rarely seen before in russia adopted by many parliaments worldwide but it's going off as more details on this for us now but you know the bill didn't exactly slip straight through the chambers did it. while it did happen really quickly want to go to the upper house of parliament the federation council but one we'll look at the state duma and. what happened on tuesday that wasn't the case at all it

actually took eleven hours for the deputies to work through the draft because we are witnessing this new tactic that you've just been talking about which is new for russia but it's a practice which has been seen in countries like japan italy or the united states when deputies trying to prolong the work on dress they don't approval for either by walking in tiny shorts steps in japan to all of the time to stall or by talking as long as possible in the united states well when it comes to the deputies off the russian duma some fraction self the official opposition within the duma they tried introducing amendments in order to stall and pull all the time that it takes for the deputies to review the draft now they will never the last the draft was approved by the dea more than it was approved just today by the federation council and its goal is to significantly increase the fines for violating the rules of taking part in mass rallies to up to three hundred thousand

roubles for ordinary citizens which is over nine thousand dollars and twice that amount for official snow surely before and so are still much lower that's why this draft. is still causing the huge griz's and from both the official and unofficial opposition but if we actually compare these figures to european standards for example friends where violating the rules of these mass events could get you even in jail for up to three years or a twenty five thousand euro fine or in switzerland where the fine is a seventy five thousand euros then the fines that the current draft proposals there are still much lower to us it lays the legal grounds for the creation of sort of designated areas across russia for voicing political and philosophic. views absolutely freely similar to how it's done in hyde park in london so now that to be

trapped there's been a few approved by both chambers of one of them and the only things left is the signature of the president and let opposing earlier said that this draft has to be aimed at developing democracy but also has to protect ordinary citizens from radicals these protests and also he said that he has to correspond with european standards so judging by the current situation situation it's highly likely that he is going to sign his bill. pay or to go piss up reporting there from moscow thank you. we've got all the latest stories and videos on our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's there phew right now an extraterrestrial phenomenon which left both astronomers and gasping at check out the spectacular images and video of the transit of venus across the sun. i've done a later stage of parents has been found since one of right but why it's not being

music to marine hands here are two dot com. now the syrian government has agreed to aid workers into the country for the first time they based in four cities hit hard by the violence among them in homs since the rebels said they were abandoning the u.n. cease fire plan and in violent clashes with security forces who are syria has given the marching orders to seventeen diplomats from u.s. britain france and turkey among others the mask is accused foreign powers of funding and arming the opposition fighters east expert tariq ali please those countries are motivated by change. when the americans.

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 to do it 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 negotiate negotiating table and start a process of thought 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 you know. what has what has been the scene of ongoing violence syria has been locked in a so-called information war as

a country as minister of information and then told r.t. mainstream media coverage often clashes with reality his full interview is coming up next hour but here's a pretty. very people responsible for the deaths and their crimes fruitage to the media blaming the government for the atrocities of the 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'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 out of a massacre is a good example of that 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. the white house says if president assad hands control to the opposition it will help bring an end to fifteen months of bloodshed but i said has consistently maintained that his country is real war comes from the outside it leavelle and guests discuss the syrian conflict in detail in the crosstalk at eleven thirty g.m.t. today. with the syria case when we talk about the end peace plain plane 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 there 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. and. the united states losing a string of critical bases across central asia the pentagon has apparently the once the new drive to secure or analyze defense secretary leon panetta is on a p.r. tour and india publicly asking me to take on a greater role in afghanistan and i'm going to say there is far more at stake in washington has gone to india slated for a bigger role i think last pakistan support if america's future afghanistan threatened by a surgeon's on about how much time to move to the asia pacific could be unraveling . should have reports 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 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 has dash to the front of the pack is also being in. america. to strengthen its new fleet to find out america. has been selling india ships. going to soon. after the name. 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 chain you were a 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 up their size is 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. sure you know you're not going to go. what are you going to say is that. for this includes. and. it was american issue while india is happy to have a partner to advance their arsenals and many observers are watching the american interest with caution. one of india's biggest trading partner and we are neighbors . we should not be made

a proxy. we should not forget about the americans and really americans i think got a big learning. learning superball. 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 some other top stories from around the world this hour two suicide bombers have blown themselves up in afghanistan's southern city of kandahar killing at least twenty two people and wounding fifty others the blast occurred in the market area several kilometers from nato an airbase authorities say the bombers used a motorbike and explosives police believe the victims were civilians who provided supplies to the military base the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack . panic over the euro crisis is now even breached germany's

defenses rating agency moody's downgrading seven of its major banks london commerzbank country's second largest banking institutions the justification was that even europe's premier economy may not withstand potential financial shocks if matters in the eurozone deteriorate further also hits were three of austria's largest financial groups this just a day after another agency standard and poor's said there was a one in three chance of greece leaving the single currency in the near future. but this is news now and it seems a lot of people just flowing to the strike area they want to become more of a permanent fixture on the market by less than their shares on the london stock exchange and i'll get to that story in just a second but first let's take a look at some international markets will start with the europe despite the fact that moody's downgraded some of the german banks as we've been reporting it doesn't seem to have affected investors in europe we see that the footsies adding over one

percent there during that season five adding over one and a half percent some analysts warn expecting this to happen especially after the news came out about that but investors are waiting for a key interest rate decision by the european central bank and some analysts say that there will be left unchanged that one percent and also know that e.c.b. staff are expected to downgrade their growth projections this my drive the markets a little bit lower later on in the day let's move on and also see what other news other coming out from europe 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 let's not forget that spain is currently trying to find some one hundred billion dollars to strengthen its capital buffers and the fishes want to ensure that bank shareholders and creditors are the ones held accountable for

losses and courage by banks. will continue on with the markets here in russia has been a choppy trading session which is that the r.t.s. is adding over one percent by the my six has been skipping between positive and negative territory over the past couple of hours a second look at some individual share moves on the my sex most of the blue chips are still higher we see that russia's biggest lenders for a bank is adding over one percent fertiliser overall colley is the point of five six percent and we know that it's a buy back expenses reach six hundred. seventy five million dollars and also air fault is one and a half percent away actually have some news about our flaws like russia as a flag carrier is consider in line then over thirteen percent of its shares in london this year we had the most the daily newspaper claims the possible move the ball be discussed during the company's next board meeting and the listing could bring their fault up to two hundred forty million dollars and analysts say the share placement is likely to help the company improve its market capitalization

which is currently underestimated. in all the news russia's second biggest lender of the t.v. has decided to cash in to fast food this time with us today the newspaper says the bank is creating a joint venture with the current developers of burger king and russia and within three years to be will invest one hundred million dollars into this new form which will then have exclusive rights to develop the fast food chain in the country for the next couple of decades. and a quick look at the currencies will see that the euro is adding against the dollar the ruble is extending its gains against both major currencies and over the past three trading days the central bank has been selling two hundred million dollars they really do support the ruble which we can see is a working well this is all the time we have for this edition of business and more news coming up next hour for you.

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