calls for fresh protests on the eve of the egyptian presidential runoff as the country's highest court dissolved parliament allows mubarak sex problem and instead to continue election challenge with fears the country sliding back into dictatorship. the us steps up deadly drone attacks on pakistani territory leading to calls for an investigation into the legality amid claims innocent civilians are being killed in strikes officially targeting terrorists. and syria's government says there may be more suicide bomb attacks in the country's capital the warning follows the arrest of a man with ties to an al qaeda linked group. welcoming

four pm here in moscow this is r.t. my name is kevin owen first this hour egypt's election transition is sliding deeper into turmoil as the country's left without a parliamentary head of this weekend's presidential runoff the supreme court's rulings effectively dissolve the islam is dominated body and allowed mubarak's last prime minister to stay in the presidential race and his artist paula slee a reports now from cairo more protests are on their way. mood here in cairo is volatile left wing activists as well as liberals the youth security gyptian 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 op wade is really because many egyptians feel that what has developed here is a carefully maneuvered plan by the supreme council of the armed forces scaf 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 islamist dominated 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 to 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 their 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 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 have the right to arrest and detain civilians and that in addition has sent out alarm. belle's to many it seems as if the emergency nor that was only recently listed 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 perspire only elections that were scheduled to get underway tomorrow 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 seemingly are unlimited on middle east correspondent the polish clear will cairo based activists some if he believes in the wake of the supreme court ruling the muslim brotherhood will have to change its tactics from street protests to preparing for parliamentary reelection as the muslim brotherhood and others of islamic forces. are looking into the situation from a very worrying positions of the think is what has been happening today after this sort of brings up parliament which is the haves overwhelming majority and so that may be believing that we. are getting a list in the upcoming election which will be a few a few months later and the think is that if she comes to power this is likely actually an egyptian situation now maybe it will crack down on them or

seem very restrictive atmosphere they experienced during mubarak regime elements or was all the regime regrouping 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 with the. resisting shift. them selves for the parliamentary election. and to see how the second round of the historic presidential election in egypt is set to unfold the don't miss our special coverage coming out it's here on our teeth throughout this weekend. championing hardline islamist. hated remnants of a tyrannical regime. rabble to control with blood by the street. but it's time to come.

on. reports of fresh u.s. drone strikes in pakistan keep pouring in despite the country's officials demanding a hold to those of touch which they say are against international law at least three people believed the militants have been killed in the latest incident and as washington continues to defend its tactics more and more civilians are falling victim to america's drone attacks to going to come explains more. reports about you as 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 yeah yeah he was posted online with titles which are generally reserved for the living other al qaeda leaders have not confirmed or

denied levy's death the video could have been taped before his death 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 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 under 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 and based bureau for 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 and the aerial strike which

killed two dozen pakistani soldiers last year by mistake diplomatic have a follow up between the u.s. and pakistan pakistan blocked. why routes to afghanistan they still remain close by the way a new wave of extremism has been steered by those strikes but it's also interesting u.s. officials have indirectly 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 were portably 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 guys mean that the world should keep quiet about the execution of innocent people in washington i'm going to check and. still to come on our to the truth seeking or high tech terrorist phone just bid to reopen these cases rejected setting is fight for freedom as far as the european court of human rights also no unity if you discord over immigration is within the block his critics accuse governments of using hardline tactics with deadly consequences. but now it's the syrian government's warning of possible suicide bomb attacks in mosques in damascus it arrested a man with ties to a group the suspect is said to have confessed he was going to blow himself up in

the center of the capital we'll tell you when observers have visited the town of half after intense battles between government and opposition forces there. they found government buildings gutted from the inside with dead bodies believed to have been removed or buried before the u.n. mission parallels are already being massacred in syria but there's growing doubt in the western media over the government's involvement in the atrocities across the country with reports also implicating rebel militia of the bloodshed some journalists went as far as claiming the opposition deliberately set them up to be shot by the syrian army david gibbs history professor at the university of arizona says media spin has left its mark on the conflict was a general point in these types of you know conflicts of the propaganda aspect is critically important and there is an effort in the worst rebels in a kind of almost purely positive light and syrian regime in a purely negative light and you know again the facts on the ground are 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 in 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 the growth of cooler 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. people of all cross talk show later today on this channel discusses the syrian crisis with experts focusing on why western powers never reveal the real agenda for intervention. in every case when the united states or britain or france the former colonizers of the middle east decide to intervene to overthrow a government they assigned their mission a noble cause to defend democracy defend freedom to protect civilians they never

say we're coming in to brutally exploit dominate and take your land labor and resources and use you as a bargaining chip in the world will struggle against others i never say it like that because nobody would support that. well he league said it. will be imprisoned when he's handed over to the swedish authorities while a court decides if he should remain in custody so says sweden where the world's press no whistleblowers wanted for questioning over sex crime allegations on thursday the u.k. supreme court decided not to reopen a songes appeal case held his extradition to stockholm says the move is politically motivated to sweeten may have a secret agreement with the united states the country had fewer related with wiki leaks revelations u.s. attorney kevin zeese thinks the outcome of the case will be decisive blow concept of free speech. i think it's a real shame all sides as one of four is questioning he's not been charged he could

have done their questioning by skype there's no need to go to sweden to be questioned there's been rumors that there is a sealed in the words a secret indictment already against julius honors 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 of the ones that will define press freedom and government transparency for the twenty first century there 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 coming here and i nations which is really illegal 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 as being threatened against him because what he has done merely has been getting out the truth all the details about his son's case was very beginning available on our website as you know if you're watching a set for a while and i have been covering that story closely also i'd like to take this great this is saif i stories come to life the spy did bad seed it could climb its way into the future of the u.s. military not just because no sound i'd bet that thing is going to. scrape quite fancied himself that about you also down the drain with the rain a billion dollar highway and russia's far east gets washed away what a mess find out what a high profile event the road was built for online from us. the

e.u. cares more about enforcing its borders the people's lives that's the damning conclusion reached in the latest report by amnesty international human rights group claims europe actively aims to prevent africans from rejiggered shores in danger in the lives therefore of asylum seekers and there are no increasing calls to from critics to holding you governments accountable for the treatment of immigrants that is tesler reports those who do manage to reach europe face increasing discrimination. it may be called the european the union but discord is rife and a 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 molesting and insulted by gangs of them other. 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 all in all of europe a woman with a veil can go into any shop and buy anything she wants to go but who build woman cannot work in the shop but what is in the report is the discrimination and racism in the everyday life the people are facing because they don't report because they don't trust the police so every time you get into that on the street or if you are a muslim woman that you have scarf it's taken out of you have all whatever you don't report simply a two thousand and ten report by the european network against racism or 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 advantages as well as 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 failures of policy makers 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 of. it was the policy in the policy to the moment i never knew that if the policy it's not the fault of the too far as i know of those who make the policy over the europe's economic troubles which are preoccupying leaders show no sign of ending soon but the race and immigration issues they've left unsolved could prove just as big a political time bomb tests are cilia r.t. brussels. the problems of extremism and intolerance in the e.u. are widely overshadowed by the blocs current economic headaches right now of course

governments across the world are preparing the market then for the vote the greek vote this weekend the outcome of which could determine the country's eurozone future in case our friends does exit britain is known and some one hundred billion pounds is going to be pumped into its own banks to defend against any backlash author and commentator professor phillip bagus told us the greek exit may spark a europe wide chain reaction. well now it looks like that spain with needs bail out and once this has happened probably italy will then we have to question greece if greece actually accepts the euro this. illegal and minister to president so markets investors within that this could leave and most of the press and precedents for countries like finland or germany to say well we may actually if you don't get your house in order so then they would have a more credible threat. to push other countries to do the necessary stuff

so it's very open how this all end but i fear that in in the end these. two political pressure and start running the printing press. as europe desperately seeks a financial stimulus it could soon suffer another blow this time around the country energy ministers warn that the he was looming oil sanctions will be a tough burden for the blocks economy said about major international talks set to happen over iran's nuclear activities which according to the country's top diplomats are entirely peaceful. firstly we are strongly against weapons of mass destruction but today these republic of iran has the capacities to cooperate in disarmament of their nuclear nonproliferation that so these capacities should be used by the international community and second lien that we expect that the wrongs right at the nuclear technologies including you rhenium in richmond as will be

recognized and respected or this is something that is clearly defined by the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and i think that addressing these two issues will help to advance negotiation is. that full interview with iran's top nuclear negotiator coming up next hour here on r.t. now some world views in brief japanese police have arrested the last a fugitive suspected of links with a deadly gas attack on tokyo subway seventeen years ago an employee in a city cafe recognized him then called the police the man belonged to a cult group which had access to chemical and biological weapons nearly two hundred of its members have criminal records thirteen were killed and thousands more injured and that happened back in one thousand nine hundred five. dozens of feared dead thirty thousand more displaced as sectarian violence continues in myanmar it's unclear what caused the ongoing rioting and ask attack the police are telling the

muslim community there to remain home to pray and not to gather in central locations as a widespread food shortage for the people who fled the region with thousands of able to eat because of the constant armrest. argentinian president cristina fernandez de kirchner is urging britain to come to the negotiating table for talks over the dispute. for kalinda island nation made up plea in front of the un decolonization committee new york the two sides fought over the british territory back in one thousand nine hundred two a war in which more than nine hundred people were killed islanders themselves planned all the referendum next year to decide the future. russians going outside the nation's borders for medical help make soon become a thing of the past treatment and procedures for serious heart conditions of made great strides since the fall of the soviet union really has got the story for you. home is where the hardest but for many russians their country is no where the chance to get their medical care especially those with heart problems as many

assisting thousand russians 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 responsibility ninety percent of all treatment is done in broader 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 that's a destination but 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 was let go to the point where people have unfortunately lost the trust and russian health care system it's not so for two time hard bypass survivor italian life the former diplomat underwent extensive treatment both abroad and at the buckley of

center most immediate suman our health care is far stronger and kinder than westerns especially now when many medical centers have the technology we're used to seeing in the west but most importantly our doctors have this sort of notice 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 thousands of such procedures have already been performed at the center on patients as young as just a few weeks old to those whose lives are in full bloom like twenty four year old natalee who suffered from a heritage terry heart condition it's just the feeling right now is that i understand and feel like a completely healthy person. a priceless feeling of inner health a cheat. without heeding outside russia's borders in moscow it even goes to. the top is now coming up twenty four minutes past for the afternoon here in moscow

dmitri medvedev is at the business sense it looks like a very upbeat and this new to the week in the stock markets at least i said pretty good news yeah there's a lot of buying actually going on but i call this optimism per vert to be honest because it seems like investors are buying up in hope for the worst to come out of the greek elections on sunday which of course crucial for the fate of the euro zone and all together the euro and the markets in general basically central banks have hinted that in case of volatility should the results of the elections be negative they will be intervening and adding stimulus to the market let's take a look at what's going on on the stock markets in this regard basically that everyone is apparently hoping for this stimulus coming from central banks and the bank of england as pioneering this move it's already promised it's already promised help basically more openly than any other markets and the first these therefore up a half a percent the dax even more so one point four percent over here in russia we're

also seeing a buying going on with the r.t.s. gaining one point six percent my six a bit lower than that the thing is that we might see a completely different picture on monday should actually. the elections in greece be positive we will see a new government maybe form and therefore there will be no stimulus and they'll be selling so it's a kind of a weird situation from a parallel universe now on the my sex among the main movers we've got financials. point six percent a bit weaker than the market rosneft is up one point six percent now that's an interesting story now it's signed a deal with exxon mobil to jointly develop difficult will field in westside bierria and with say the potential annual out of the deposit could be about fifty million tons of crude earlier this year the two companies. agreed to work together in the russian architecture. prize move over to some of the other markets and on the currencies we're seeing the euro declining now versus the dollar it's kind of been

flirting with the level of one point two six against the greenback and this is of course because of this uncertainty of what will happen on sunday and you know you can't really exclude the possibility that at the end of the session tonight in the united states a regime futures are actually positive for the markets we will see a lot of selling for those who are cautious with those who really want to see some kind of outcome on this election before they make any move and the russian ruble continues its decline against both currency and commodities are opec decided in the production quotas unchanged that thirty million barrels a day vessels are seeing this coupled with the growth of the stock market as a positive sign as hopes for a recurring in the global demand for crude and therefore we're seeing both light sweet adding around half a dollar per barrel. that's the way the markets look this i'll be back of course with more next hour we'll have the opening values for the u.s.

market ok thanks for that now the latest debate focusing on the violence raging in syria coming up on this channel in just a few minutes after i brought you up to date on the latest headlines from r.t. that's next.

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