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the twists and turns of egypt's politics become even more winding up the constitutional court dismisses the country's parliament in a move likely to bring protesters throwing back onto the streets. with deadly strings attached to america's use of unmanned drones worldwide the weapons being seen more as an aerial serial killer than a tool to aid anti terror opes. and you and observers rush to the syrian town of half finding it shattered by a week of bloody fighting with initial reports suggesting rebels scorched the area before leaving.
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three pm here in moscow this is r.t. my name is kevin i know in our top story calls for an uprising a growing allow day yet again in cairo that says egypt's supreme constitutional court dissolved the country's newly elected parliament and held the right of mubarak's last prime minister to continue running for president our correspondent paula slee has got the details of the surprise turnaround. mood here in cairo is volatile left wing activists as well as liberals the youth sick and many in the muslim brotherhood are outraged earlier there were demonstrations in front of the constitutional court and now as we speak crowds are starting to gather in tahrir square the off wage is really because many egyptians feel that what has developed here is a carefully maneuvered plan by the supreme council of the armed forces to remain in power looking at a decision that was announced yesterday just two days before an important presidential runoff and according to that decision the islamised dominated
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parliament has been dissolved in addition to that which i think is backed by the army and was also a prime minister in the mubarak era has been given the green light to remain in the presidential race the decision also reverts the legislative authority back to the ruling military and the military really holds executive authority in this country and to a new president is elected so you have this very worrying situation where a president will be elected in the absence of a constitution and also in the absence of a parliament so at this stage there are more questions than answers the official line from the muslim brotherhood is to respect the decision of the court we heard as much from a candidate dr mohamed morsi although he did warn that there could be more dangerous consequences and he did say in fact that if there were any kind of mishaps in the elections then he would support people going back to the streets there there have however been leading voices within the muslim brotherhood that
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have denounced the decision of the court and the phrase being used is that this is a fully fledged coup and we're hearing that kind of criticism from across the political spectrum on wednesday the justice ministry decreed that the military police and the intelligence services half of whites to arrest and detain civilians and that in addition has sent out alarm. belle's to me it seems as if the emergency law that was only recently lifted could very well be reintroduced so you have these political developments that are causing people like mohamed el baradei who is the former head of the united nations atomic energy agency to call on the military and the court to disposing elections that are scheduled to get under great the concern is that these elections will be overshadowed by violence the concern is also that the country will slide back into dictatorial rule and the other concern is that whichever candidate is elected as president will have powers that at this stage
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seemingly are unlimited for middle east coast one of their own karo paula corroborates arcturus summary frowsy believes that with the muslim brotherhood now being deprived of its official tool of influence it could be left with no choice but to change its political strategy. as the muslim brotherhood and other islamic forces. looking into the situation from a very positions of the think what's been happening today after the solving of the parliament which is the haves overwhelming majority inside that may be moving forward getting in upcoming election which will be a few a few months later. and the think is that if. comes to. this is likely actually an egyptian city which are they now maybe it will crack down on them or is this seem very restrictive atmosphere experience during mubarak
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regime elements or was all the g.m. legal being themselves in a new political party as we hear now and they will compete in the upcoming elections a political will to change it definitively. will decide not to waste of time or. is this thing. them selves for the parliamentary election coming up just bit later in the program with me kevin zero in one step forward no way back in the sarge may find himself in sweden by the end of june after british judges refused to reopen his extradition case all that amid concerns the trials just paving his way to the u.s. at a human rights group criticizes e.u. policymakers for their treatment of immigrants calling it inhumane that says the economic crisis test the standoff between native europeans and outsiders to the limit. despite pakistan's repeated demands for the media to end the u.s. led drone strikes in the country reports of fresh attacks are continuing at least
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three people believed the militants have been killed in the latest incident spoke with their identities hard to verify there are concerns that america's war drones could be causing civilian deaths in the process so-called collateral down. is going to come explains all. reports about u.s. drone strikes in pakistan coming more and more often we're getting used to hearing in the media such and such number of terrorists was killed with no way to verify really there are no names attached to those numbers usually but earlier this month american officials proudly announced that a drone strike in pakistan killed one of his top commanders almost two weeks later a video with the same men. he was posted online with titles which are generally reserved for the living other al qaeda leaders have not confirmed or denied this the video could have been taped before he's dead that's true so he might as well be dead but the confusion has once again raised the question of who's really dying in
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those bombings and how much do we actually know because it's all very murky what we do know is that the obama administration has dramatically ramped up drone strikes in pakistan around story hundred strikes since he took office it's this area bordering afghanistan which is on the fire but judging by the intensity of the u.s. strikes there one thing that only terrorists leave there that's not the case of course the long investigative journalism says more than eight hundred civilians died in those bombings among them almost two hundred children what's interesting for a year u.s. officials are all together denied civilian deaths in drone strikes but reports on the ground told the opposite and thousands of people protesting furiously in pakistan told the opposite then that was the last straw the aerial strike which killed two dozen pakistani soldiers last year by mistake diplomatic have a call up between the u.s. and pakistan pakistan blocked supply routes to afghanistan and they still remain closed by the way
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a new wave of extremism has been steered by those strikes but it's also interesting u.s. officials have accused this bureau of investigative journalism which works to shed light on civilian deaths in those drone strikes. helping terrorists one might argue that this label terrorist helper is becoming an all too convenient tool for the government to brush off investigative journalists and then there was this yemeni journalist who reported about the drone strike in yemen in two thousand and nine twenty one woman and fourteen children died there the journalist is now in jail reportedly at the personal request of president obama himself. there's this line of thought in washington. it's all perfectly fine as long as we're fighting the bad guys the president approves the list of those bad guys by the way the kill list on secret evidence with no review but does the argument we're fighting the bad
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guys mean the wall to keep quiet about the execution of innocent people in washington i'm going to check out. after a day's a vicious combat against rebels syrian government forces are finally open the turn of half or two u.n. observers now with memories of massacres still strong looking for those told tales signs of slaughter will be high on their agenda so far they found vast amounts of abandoned weapons and destruction with almost all government buildings looted and burned the turn also appears to be deserted with suspicion the bodies of either been buried or removed before the un observers arrived parallels are also being drawn with past massacres but there's growing too over the government's culpability with reports also implicating rebel forces david gibbs history professor at the university of arizona told us media spins left its mark on the conflict. it was a general point in these types of conflicts the propaganda aspect is critically
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important and there is an effort in the world for rebels in a kind of purely positive light and syrian regime in a purely negative light and you know you have the facts on the ground it's very hard to ascertain who massacre did for a long time for a while look like it was clearly done by the government but there was a report from the german across particularly from further argument. and the case that there is some indications that might have been some element of the rebels that might have committed at least part of the massacre the german report with regard to full underscores the fact that it's very difficult to get at the truth in these types of conflicts where you know both sides are trying to use propaganda and spin to advance their positions and so this is being presented as is typically the case in these types of conflicts as a good versus evil conflict with all the blame on one side even if the reality is more complicated. the editor in chief of the syria tribune says there's more than just the physical conflict raging right now in syria. we have the media war and we
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have the war on the ground. it's just. a look at the moment it's very difficult. as are many stories are leaking some serious. problem with the western media is there no need to actually even see it. they just . think that the. regime is artist boncelles or that it was only. just for. with competing interests plaguing the conflict people cross talk show discusses just what's at stake right now in syria the full program here next hour. if it hadn't been for the outside interference the arming of the opposition to prove motion of civil war by the united states britain france and their clients in the
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region this would not have evolved at this point it was it inevitable that there would be a sectarian conflict as joshua it seems to. be american for enter russian plans to change the regime but. i mean what do you say that the you know how can anybody say that the government of the united states actually cares about the lives of the people they killed hundreds of thousands in iraq they just buy me into smithereens they're intervening in syria the whole idea that they are not of states care about the lives of arabs is just nonsense or about democracy they support saudi dictatorship. much more the next. wiki leaks that it could be sent to sweden by the end of the month where he's wanted to question. over sex assault allegations that's after the
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u.k.'s top court unanimously dismissed his bid to reopen his extradition case but a sign says the move is politically motivated in stockholm might have a secret agreement with the united states where he's wanted for his whistleblowing activities history in fears that the court's decision brings it one step closer to being handed over to washington u.s. attorney kevin zeese thinks the outcome of the process will be decisive for the whole concept of freedom of speach. i think it's a real shame all sides as one of four is questioning he's not been charged he could have done the questioning by skype there's no need to go to sweden to be questioned there's been rumors that there is a c. all the words a secret indictment already against julius honest but there may not be we don't really know the answer that at this point nothing has been released about that if there is an indictment and he is actually the united states they'll be a long battle about that as well. then the charges will be very serious ones and the ones that will define press freedom and government transparency for the twenty
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first century are really would be a really critically important case some of the truth. julius are just gotten out have shown that from the lowest levels to the highest levels of our military and our state department there are crimes being committed. hillary clinton signing a memo ordering our diplomats to spy on demands come in the united nations which is really illegal she should be being prosecuted now during the songs and so it's a real shame that the transparency that mr assad has brought to the world is being met with the fear and repercussions that's being thrown against him because what he has done merely has been getting out the truth and the truth is what's really frightening the united states which watches regularly you'll know we've been following you such as case from the start so if you wondering how the whole story began you want to remind yourself so on my website. also that they were this good
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is it a superpower a suit that is no longer the stuff of science fiction the get go that wall as this wall climbing out of grabs the attention of the u.s. military great big vacuum cleaner on his back they have it does the job that she doesn't have a power also a shower of shame a billion dollar highway in russia's far east fails to withstand the patter of rain doesn't it just disappeared it gets completely washed away what pictures online. the ears enforcement of immigration control is inhumane and has gone far beyond the blocks borders according to a recent report by amnesty international and as a test for a center explains next ongoing policy failures have become a growing headache for native europeans too. it may be called the european the
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union but discord is rife and the swing to the extreme is becoming a little more mainstream especially when it comes to discourse on immigration and in some cases leads to outright violence from norway. to greece. to hungary. in our streets girls a report of a molester and insulted by gangs of them all this every year in the leader of the new solidarity alternative or and this a group in belgium was convicted on charges of racism he denies being racist but says he's against immigration because belgium can no longer cope with the economic and social demands of mass immigration and that's the fault of the liberal democracy democracy in whole in all the west it's economics that's nothing to do with race it's more extreme right or extreme arrest or what a lot of the bad weather it has to do with it by konami it. such is the argument
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that has gained traction in crisis hit europe with soaring unemployment recent elections in france and greece showed a big gains for the far right and immigrants say they've increasingly been on the receiving end of prejudice in many forms people of up in all of europe a woman with a veil can go into any shop and buy anything she wants but a veiled woman cannot work in this shop but what is in the report it is the discrimination and racism in the everyday life the people are facing because they don't. because they don't trust the police so every time you get inserted on the street or issue in this time one that you have scoffed at sticking out of you have all whatever you don't report simply a two thousand and ten report by the european network against racism and discrimination found that racially discriminatory practices are widespread institutional in nature and practiced at all levels of society across europe in two thousand and eight the european commission proposed a directive that would ban discrimination on the grounds of age disability religion or belief and sexual orientation in all areas including social protection and
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advantages as well us access to goods and services now the current law only applies to the workplace but it's been four years and the directive is stuck largely because some member states are blocking it arguing that implementation would be too costly this activists say is one of the many feel years of policymakers and while immigrants are blamed by politicians on the right for failure to integrate others say it's the authorities which have not done enough. it was a policy. to the migrants i never knew that if there is a policy it's not the full of too far as i know of those who make the policy over the europe's economic troubles which are preoccupied leaders show no sign of ending soon but the race and immigration issues they've left are solved could prove just as big a political time bomb tests are cilia r.t. brussels. and there's extremism and intolerance flourish across the river further
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headaches coming form the economy too terrified of what's happening in the euro zone britons know now some one hundred billion pounds is going to be pumped into the bank says matters in mainland europe especially spain get worse as for the eurozone author and commentator professor phillip bagus says we see the beginning he thinks of a chain reaction. well now it looks like that spain really needs. one . probably italy will need one and then we have suppression of greece if greece actually exits the euro this. legal and ministry of residence so market investors within that mark underscored leaves and will most of the rest of the precedents for countries like finland or germany to say well we may actually lead if you don't get your i was this in more of those so than they would have them are credible threat. to other countries to do the necessary stuff
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so it's a very open how this all in but i fear that in in the end. the e.c.b. leads to political pressure and start running the printing press. stories in brief bolivia natives are continuing their forty six day march towards the country's capital of powers in protest at new plans to build a highway through an amazon nature reserve they say the project would destroy their homeland with the country's president ever morales promising a public vote on the matter they hope to walk more than five hundred kilometers after a similar march last year led to the original plans for road being scrapped. place in japan say they've arrested the final fugitive suspected of involvement in a gas attack on tokyo subway seventeen years ago which killed thirteen people at the time and injured thousands an employee in a city cafe recognized and called the police about belong to a cold group which possessed arsenal of chemical and biological weapons nearly two
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hundred of its members have been convicted of dozens of crimes another fugitive from the cult was arrested two weeks ago. trust is easy to lose and hard again but that's what rushes cardiology has experienced first hand when their patients looking broad instead looked abroad and said rather the treatment when it came to treatment for serious heart disease now this could be set to change soon it's interesting story can of artes because on top of it. home is where the heart is but for many russians their country is no where the chance to get their medical care especially those with heart problems is many is just saying thousand russians in here just to go abroad to get treatment because they say health care at home leaves much to be desired for the country's leading cardiologists it's a great concern that only. we have thousands of cases which can be very successfully treated here at home i say with all responsibilities ninety percent of
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all treatment is done abroad can be done here. but many remain unconvinced even though centers like most goes back will of institute have perfected some of the most complicated procedures which can give the old or young taker and new life dr busier she believes the country's recent past is partly to blame that's of course the after the break up of the u.s.s.r. the state had to be created in you and in the process the situation with medicine he was let go to the point where people have unfortunately lost the trust in russian health care seem to me it's not so for two time hard bypass survivor italian meal knife the former diplomat underwent extensive treatment both abroad and at the buckley center most immediate suman our health care is far stronger and kinder than westerns especially now when many medical centers have the technology or used to seeing in the west i suggest most importantly our doctors have so listen
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to this. that along with well trained hands is something which allows russian doctors to save lives daily with operations on heard of just a few years ago such as replacing the human heart valve with one from a calf. and holding a famous pathy says of an ear to evolve from the cardiac psych of a cuff we purchase hearts from meat packers bring them here isolate the necessary tissues give them the necessary treatment the treatment methods are protected by a patents and then we saw evolve from this tissue that can fully replace a damaged human. thousands of such procedures have already been deformed at the center on patients as young as just a few weeks old to those whose lives are in full bloom twenty four year old not tyler who suffered from me here it is terry heart condition it's just the feeling right now is that i understand and feel like a completely healthy person. a person is feeling of in your health achieved without hitting outside russia's borders in moscow. or to. the shoppers is ok.
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to gauge the mood or the course of a big greek election coming up at the we can create a lot resting on. an awful lot the financial world they are just focused on it right now kevin it's what they've been waiting for and as you say the greeks they are indeed taking to the polls now what they're doing is they're going to be voting for a new government that will either in full through a series of measures that the year is a requires or potentially stay the country to independence but to their own old currency the drachma a lot rests on as you say let's have a look at the european markets and see what they're looking like just now there is some optimism in must be searching cautious optimism and that's because search of banks across the globe are expected to intervene and that's to offset the volatility that is expected next week now the bank of england they are leading the pack so to speak by pumping over one point five billion dollars into the economy
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and that's in case the market should take a turn for the worse the u.s. stock futures also want to mention they're pointing to the upside and that's because they too are anticipating the federal reserve to intervene as well so right now we've got optimism let's have a look at the russian markets and see that they're benefiting from the father oil prices are creeping higher another central bank here decided not to intervene and that was because of inflation rate pressures they meet it today ok well they are just one of the hopes and i said for the my sex if we get a look at some of those big blue chips here. i will have a look we've got the gas well so margins going around seven tenths of a sense background of our lou calls seven tenths of a percent right now still is not going to finish the wait on a high and i see how the roofless performing on the russian currency how didn't have much movement today is still gaining against the us dollar the euro in the session on the euro dollar as i say the greeks could be leaving it alone could be waving it goodbye potentially one twenty six twenty five for the common occurrence
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say all right i said look at the asian stocks because the bank of japan they too decided not to intervene and investors were very disappointed by that because they were expected to do so but they managed to hold on to a very modest of one basis point the highest signed by one point two percent up in positive territory and talk about china they've actually increased their crude supplies imports should i say as the highest level in four years and that since the beijing olympics they're taking advantage of hoyo oil prices lower prices so they say they're trying to get a bargain let's have a look because they are due to. if you look at the two prices that you're paying for a barrel they remain ok that's the markets for now kevin so it's all about sunday and i'll be back monday with a report to see what happens i'll come above all from you all right first. group from. the same time raising the hackles of law abiding locals so after the
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headlines. culture is that so much a given to each musician finding the right on the mark when violence in syria is now officially called a civil war this is probably cold comfort for the syrian people as western powers decide the fate of. the. comfort zone is
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