startup t.v. dot com. hello live from r.t. h.q. in central moscow it's kevin i would hear this with breaking news on our headlines the u.k. supreme court rejects a request from wiki leaks founder julian assange to reopen the case about his extradition his last chance then to escape being handed over to sweden is now appealing direct to the european court of human rights more on that in the coming hours. egypt's highest court this afternoon ordering the dissolution of the country's islamist dominated parliament after a ruling a third of m.p.'s were elected illegally and another court decision meantime allowing hosni mubarak's former premier to stay in the presidential race despite

massive protests against it in the run off to take place this weekend. and a showdown between russia's top investigator and opposition journalists involving death threat accusations a bit of good news for a change is resolved peacefully the bush shaking hands the matter is closed. with egypt at the crossroads for his future now talks to a renowned middle east academic about how the arab spring saga reset. tariq ramadan you're a professor at contemporary. oxford university and also you are a professor at the faculty of the stomach studies in qatar and it's great to have you with us today sir so i know the situation in north africa and the middle east

it's very complex and there are a lot of players involved in it. there's one trend that seems to be undisputed and it's rising and it's rise of islamist movement throughout the region could anyone have really predicted that kind of an outcome and even the pro-democracy protesters or the rebels do they know that this would happen i think that we if we want to talk about the whole situation and the results that we see in the first once again i'm not using the arab spring as a concept or even revolutions as doing that we are still seeing unfinished processes in the country now the people who are in the streets in tunisia in egypt there were young people young and not so young people and the only objective was to get treated the dictator and the regime so they want to treat them dignity and justice and less corruption they were not expecting anything and it was beyond any

ideological trend what happened as a second step is the presence of people who were in the opposition and had historical credibility no one can deny the fact that in tunisia in egypt mr president they had a popularity and they were tortured so the first reaction was coming back to make reference and supporting to keep. who had this historical tribute it doesn't mean that it's going to stay the same does it mean that we are going through steps to be seen but what we have seen though in tunisia and what we are now witnessing in egypt is still very complex is not yet done i'm not sure even at the time i'm talking to you that the muslim brotherhood are going to win the election i might i'm always almost sure that it's going to be the opposite and we all this process is the coming back of the old regime with

a very strong army in egypt but you know personally i know that you know if you used the term arab awakening and said arab spring could you have predicted this sort of an outcome yes anyone who is studying the region and look at what is happening knew. that in fact the islamists have a very important role in order countries it's true in morocco it's true in libya it's true in tunisia in egypt in syria even today and in other countries too if you have to deal with true transparent democracy processes you it's clear that they will have a rule now the rule being the leading force in the country this was not expected i would when i was asked about this before i was saying thirty percent representing thirty percent and in fact if you look at the parliamentary elections in tunisia they are thirty percent in egypt is exactly the same after the first round of the

presidential election it doesn't mean that in the future in the coming future things are not going to be seen that were not expected either which is a kind of controlled democracies and the army playing a very important role behind the scenes all strategy can economy interest controlling the country as we are seeing now we need and. seeing even in yemen because we don't speak very much about yemen and if you go to behind no one is talking about then it's present that as a fight between soon the why does more than this this is a shaken petrol monarchy no petrol in a key should be shaken for anyone because the the interest and the strategic interest. in the region so we better keep quiet with what is happening there talking about the strategic interests you know the question that everyone's asking

over here could. appeal. take place without western sponsors so my position on this is mixed by saying if this is why i'm using the concept of i think that's something very specific happened over the last two years first to speak about you know people starting to be in the streets and changing everything. influence and nothing done beforehand i think this is simplistic and then to be naive i have studied what happened then we have interacted bloggers and cyber dissidents we were trained we've been in the west to push towards this so there is a will coming from western countries to change dictatorships or to change at least what was happening within the regimes so that's clear to see that everything was under control everything is coming from the west i

think is going too far we also have to take the political side of the story but the economy side of the story for the americans as well as for the european countries they needed a change in the regime in order to keep the markets why we have new actors in the market and many five actors that directly the monopoly of this relationship between the middle east and north african countries and the west china india. russia south africa and latin american countries as six one which is turkey so it's complex and we need to get a less naive understanding i'm not saying that it's a big conspiracy i'm saying it's now the time we can see if the people in the streets are able to go towards true democracy processes by refusing to be under control and to have democracy under control this is one position and the second one for me which is very important now is there is something which has changed over the

last two years is this intellectual review lucian in the arab or that yes it's possible we can remove a dictator i would like to speak a little bit in detail about egypt right now the constitution is still not drafted it's going to be drafted problem much later so the president is going to be elected and he's you know he's going to know about his powers only after he's elected and the constitution will also of course depend. on who is elected the president can't even talk about democracy with this given fact no we can't and i think that you know i'm very tough was does and. studying what is happening if inductively you cause was the last election i'm sure to tell you the truth that the last election was we will be transparent and they have a problem with the way it was done just even before who can be in and who is the way these candidates was chosen by whom and then you come to the committee that has

to work on the constitution and this was stopped so you elect someone as a president with executive power without having a clear framework religiously chief power and do we destruct the status structure that's very weird and i think that this is where we are now and we were told no just we are going to solve the problem with the presidential election that's not going to happen and look at what is happening. now so we have even people saying we have to stop the whole the process because even the fact that we have someone who is representing the regime. how come. here they were saying that we need to put in the constitution that the people who are from the old regime cannot present themselves for the next ten years but you cannot come with this because it's not in the constitution and is going to be written after the election it's a mess there is no transparency and how can you speak about democracy procedures if

there is no transparency in the way it's put so in egypt i'm very worried about what is going to happen talking about chafee a former egyptian prime minister under mubarak he still has a lot of support i mean a lot of people were shocked that he actually got to the runoff does that mean that there's a lot of people in egypt who are actually favorable supporting the old regime so if you think that the elections were completely transparent you have some questions to because not only twenty percent but if you look at all the other. he also got almost twenty percent so that means that approximately forty five to fifty percent of the you are still supporting the old regime to all of this to come to this result is strange and then you see how the candidates were put you know omar suleiman being inside and then they. removed him and they kept someone who is ready

and my sense of all this is that we are not dealing with a transparent process we are dealing with calculation and calculation means that i think that never from behind the scenes the army lost control of the situation so this is my sense and it might be that even the muslim brotherhood way used to be the visible legitimacy to something which is happening from behind the scenes so they were. the instruments of the coming back of the regime and the instruments of change to think there's a chance that he could become president i mean shafiq yes i think that there is a great change that he can come and that the people are going and what was happening if you read the newspapers in egypt now what he said is you know the muslim brotherhood going to be trust they want to have been playing with the army so there is a campaign here so i think that it might be that he will get the majority and the muslim brotherhood will be in

a situation that this report to process and they were involved in the process they would be unable to say it was not transparent because if the rise in the first round so makes sense here is shafique might be the next president i don't know what is going to happen with the people but if there are demonstrations my sense would be that the army is going to be very tough with the demonstrations if shafique is being elected now if the muslim brotherhood are coming which i think it's less likely fifty fifty or a no i don't think it's fifty fifty i really think it's a game where the army has already decided that it is the right one to two to promote if that's the case if he's elected president do you think you will pardon barack i think that this business about mubarak is strange because the people are not reading the rules what is known is you know all the others have been acquitted

and then there's nothing against him and he's the three and there is a rule in egypt beyond it for you can't be condemned so you are going to be left and now they are appealing against this. condemnation and he's eighty three it's very likely that it will take one year and he's going to be lost in the whole process so i think that this kind of condemnation is met. symbol to show that we are doing something against mubarak but with the implementation the keeping safe all the interest because when we speak about the egypt will not only speaking about . military power we are speaking about huge economy interests because the very very involved in many contracts many economy interest is huge and this is in fact the very essence of corruption in egypt tariq ramadan thank you very much

listen to you things. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. wealthy british style some time to. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on our. headlines from r t moscow the u. the u.k. supremes court rejects a request for wiki leaks founder julian assange to reopen the case of his extradition breaking news this is the last chance to escape being handed over to sweden that is by appealing directly the european court of human rights much more on that story that's come out in the last hour in full in fifteen minutes also egypt's highest court orders the dissolution of the country's islam is dominated parliament after a ruling that a third of employees there were elected illegally and another court decision allows hosni mubarak's former premier to stay in the presidential race despite massive protests about it for the runoff to take place this week and also a showdown between russia's top investigator and an opposition journalist i'm going to put it on today involving death threats accusations has been resolved we hear

the last hour peacefully both sides shaking hands and apologizing that matter is close they say. now sport. there thanks for watching and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes russia football chiefs to appeal against their punishment can you wait after fans attached to it to the euro. plus reigning champions spain defend their striker this fall nation ahead of tonight's game with the irish. tour de france playing lance armstrong denies fresh doping allegations. but first the russian football union says it will appeal against the punishment it has received from the wife after fans clash with the european championships the r.f.u. was fined one hundred fifty thousand dollars after supporters were caught on film

assaulting stadium staff during russia's four one win over the czech republic and also displayed nationalistic flags during the game i rushed. would also be docked six points during qualifying for the twenty sixteen european championships if there is a repeat however the r.f.u. says it will appeal against the punishment which it says is severe but also stress is it will work further with the russian government to help crackdown on hooligans in the future. there from italy when i receive all the documents connected with i will. send a letter to you for to appeal this decision and they hope that they will. these measures for the police it's very difficult to. get somebody to do something with people who. would like to do through the magistrate said that. the chief.

of the. law to protect from the you know in our executive committee will hear of the people from government and that's why i hope they will help us and especially i. invited them for it and you know what about your lawful and there would be involved and so i think that the council supreme and the political level will help us in this case. as they are if you present so if you think of speaking with. poor feet remote spot you know looking to eliminate all island from the tournament tonight and are again likely to fail to tame with a recognized striker spain drew one one with history in a game in group c. and did so without using three front man who stayed on the bench and it looks like they'll play the same for six not formation tonight against an irish side who made

it was so to stay in the competition. if you keep moving and you have serious results given the rough. as to doing the fence he can work anywhere with option that did work when such plays are his core a great goal and not being a strike about to die great movement so i think it's it's not about what system and you use it's about how do you. how do you play them. i mean the result is a good moment. because it was the right decision. while before that game italy faced surprise groups elitist poznan a win for craig sure would make them the first thing to reach the quarter and i haven't lost it if they since nine hundred forty two the jury sees a plan delhi is full of praise for their opponents especially after watching them thrash ireland three one in their first match. they can change the system during

the game and they can also give you a very high tempo so i'm not only terms of ball possession but also how intense the food book is what welcomes all this style is completely different from that of spain and we will struggle to some extent will need to read the game very well but we also have enough quality not to let me put it to them so this is great zico a sure on top of that at the moment then it is spain and italy on a point in an island who need something from tonight's game or they will be going home early. but on wednesday night germany took another step towards the last eight with a two one win over the netherlands a merry go measure brace in the first half doing the damage of the man percy got one back in the second half but to one estate meaning germany now need just a point against denmark in their last game to grasp it demo lose holland could squeeze through with a clear to goal when i will portugal in their last match so here is the table to help you understand what i've been saying portugal are second there after beating

denmark three two in an entertaining game in the very last night and watching that one forest with kate partridge. portugal trade two and paolo back says to remain in the tournament after a thrilling last gasp win. well in the first half the day completely dominated by finding the board to go after twenty four minutes i'm a genius excellent corner headed by the defender and twelve minutes later it was to . the both sporting finale at the edge of the box this cross make no mistake finding the bus to get to make it to know well the day's not dead and buried in the first half but four minutes before the interval nicklas bendtner popped up on his fiftieth appearance by denmark beating the offside trap to make it to one well in the second half christiane or another could have put notable out of sight to one on ones with a goalkeeper but the real madrid match up his lines missing by his hands denmark took advantage ten minutes before time back there again on target heading home

again to answer what about the points were about to be shared then substitute some best ever he made this call on this guy he stuffed his lines of the fashion complete ashot a second time he made no mistakes treated supposed to get it finished by portugal am time out and we can all three points now could be the so-called quick good day. or so with football and top them have fired manager harry redknapp after four years in charge he guarded being dished premier league side to the first champions league appearance in twenty ten and soar spurs finished fourth in the table last season but it was a rollercoaster ride read now it was heavily linked to the england manager's job before roy hodgson took the hot seat and was cleared of tax evasion charges a few months ago better news that it reverted him a tired he has become the permanent chelsea manager signing a two year deal during his twenty one matches in charge last season he guided the team to champions league and f.a. cup glory and lost only three matches after taking over from andre fierce poets.

now the new seven time tour de france champion lance armstrong is facing fresh allegations of performance enhancing drugs the u.s. anti-doping agency says it started formal procedures against the cyclist and alleges he doped for prolonged periods during his record breaking career the anti doping review board when i decide whether to press charges armstrong has never failed a drug test and the ninth the claims now go for second major of the year the u.s. open gets underway on thursday but players have warned not to expect low scores at the olympic club in san francisco tiger woods is among the favorites he hasn't won a major though for four years but won the memorial last month although other big names are hitting form too including defending champion rory mcilroy he recently missed three cuts in a row but played well at last week's and classic and then there's world number one legged on this course could suit his long line going but he knows it will be tough . this is going to be tough going to shoot fifteen under here this week. very

unlikely and. played extremely well sure but i don't see. a truly low school winning this week or maybe a few wonder if the weather is good but. it's going to be a grind it is going to. be solid all around and lastly beach volleyball in russia's land capital moscow has hosted the world tour for the fifth consecutive year and the latest off of athletes one of the last opportunities to qualify for the london olympics were the daniel has the story. the most you grandslam twenty twelfth so no liquor volatiles brightest stars both on the court the sculpture it's of two time world igor russia. and one of the most degraded beach volleyball players in the. with a great brazilian olds who show no skills inside a venue built in most schools to victory in the men's final rigor and team mate

else and tru t.v. based all rebels their numbers or and richard show the reigning world champions were considered favorites it is the top seeded dutch duel who they beat on four previous occasions we've gone through to go to a very confident start securing the first set with a related these twenty one to sixteen however the second so much tougher competition for said points for the dutchman and for match points for the brazilians before these golden attempt by regal twenty nine twenty seven set match has been noticeable on the street it was a great tournament the best teams in the world and competing here during the week it was a good test for us ahead of the olympics and winning the moscow grand slam was very important as it gives us extra confidence that. we don't want a day earlier in the women's final it was china's chance to see john to claim their

third title in the russian capital the chinese beat last year's chan found the u.s. ace missed him a turner and kerry walsh taking both sas with the same score twenty one fourteen must go prove to be a lucky location for the chinese couple although the way to their biggest goal in olympic gold medal lifts to london four years ago in beijing they were only three point. zero is still working hard. just go hard and yes yes at the origin there will still be some olympic places a stake in must go for european teams from june twenty eighth to july the first the russian capital will host the continental cup final robert for the known r.t. must go. but is always sport for them got the weather coming up next thing and then kevin is here with the headline.

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