egyptians head back to the polls for the second round of the presidential vote many angry at the choice they've been left with between an islamist and a remnant of the old regime. of what they left to a crucial greek election voters are choosing whether to back austerity or take a different option which may lead to an exit from the euro zone. as u.n. observers say rising violence in syria is jeopardizing the annan peace plan r.t. speaks to a christian nun in the country who claims militants are staging murders to make them look like government killings.

are saying live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . thousands of angry gyptian say their country's democracy is going nowhere even as the nation heads to the polls for a runoff presidential vote the muslim brotherhood's mohamed mercier faces ousted mubarak's last prime minister shafique but whoever wins will step in without the islamist dominated parliament which has been dissolved by the supreme court. judges ruled the recent parliamentary elections were unlawful the ruling military council has now assumed no making authority even the new president's powers have yet to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline kyra based rights activists more nor believes need a name on the ballot is a viable option. there is a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either he or morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obviously he is a worse candidate simply. is your presents the mubarak regime that the destroyed

egypt for decades but the muslim brotherhood are also losing huge amounts of popularity with every day because of their political decisions what is next yes many people will return to the streets and lots of alternatives will be formed especially in this upcoming period in response to the horrible situation we are in which is to choose between a member of the mubarak regime and a member of the muslim brotherhood. well the japs neighbor israel is more than aware of the developments across the border but between the two countries have been sinking since the toppling of the barrel last year and war mongering rhetoric has been stepped up in airports set a corner with these words the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi campaign was launched with a vow that the capital of the arab world will be in jerusalem with morsi one two liberated six weeks on the contest is as tight as ever with morsi

a strong contender to be egypt's next president and his promise is as governessing as ever egypt is committed to international agreements that were signed including the treaty with israel or egypt and should have the right to amend all that is not in their interest to go and make sure the other party commits to what it is signed as if it's not warming enough for israel what will happen to the one nine hundred seventy nine peace treaty with egypt big players who put their weight behind more presidential bid have been even more bold in the claims. the war with israel is in no way something that can be ruled out the clock was always ticking the egyptian street no stranger to empty israel sentiment and despite the worries about stability the revolution the elections simmering below the surface is hostility towards israel but that hostility was kept in check during the bikes time the top floor of this building used to house the israeli embassy in cairo but it's now closed up and became a sign is rabies fear of what's to come. for egyptians is really split and i mean

number one the next president will be strong and change the status quo i refuse to continue the relationship mubarak had with israel in the last continue to fight we know he's a realist the first for us president should go all the way. it's a three to israeli's can no longer ignore i don't think that. anybody should close ones and ignore such rhetoric that's. not. very negative but it is alarming but a muslim brotherhood victory is not a done deal on thursday egypt's constitutional court dissolved the islamist dominated parliament and gave morsi is contender majestic the green light to stay in the race but it's done little to calm israeli fears of an islamist government on its border boyish and severe reduced to zero. but the real problem is to what extent will the brotherhood pursue its goal of trying to destroy israel and

kill all of us. i would actually say that the main security danger to israel today and for the next two years is not iran but the situation in egypt and consume the islamists at least in public and at least for now are trying to downplay i think it will do to make some trouble here but. you know that may be israelis are worried because in the ruthless business of politicking easy points are scored by using the jewish state as a punchbag and what israelis fear is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented to money. policy r.t. . but do stay with r.t. for the latest from egypt to have updates an analysis of the first post about presidential run off throughout the weekend. championing hard line islamists. hated remnant of

a tyrannical. rabble to come. by to subscribe. but it's time to come. on. its anti austerity versus pro bailout at the upcoming greek election which will establish the future of the debt stricken country while eyes are on whether voters will favor the leftists arisa party opposed to the restrictive financial measures or the conservative new democracy which is devoted to keeping greece part of the agreement the greens has more from athens. now on paper when it comes to voting day on sunday well there are eight choices eight parties are available this is really become a two horse race is about two differing schools of thought one of them is backing the waves of us there are two you've already seen which have been growing increasingly popular that means job cuts means cuts to salaries and also means cuts

to spending from the government all part of this bailout provided by the e.u. i.m.f. and the euro zone now that has proven increasingly unpopular but it is being defended by new democracy now on the other side the fancy house the reason now beforehand before the previous elections in may these are seen as quite the outside left radical group now although they're really garnering much more middle ground when it comes the sentiment of opposing this the u.s. there are two measures to be put in place of opposing what's come before them they say there's been too costly for the greek people that we've seen too much unemployment and that has been the g.d.p. shrinking of the economy shrinking over the last since two thousand and eight by about twenty percent so in their eyes and in many voters eyes austerity simply isn't working and they're trump card in this argument is they say they can guarantee voters not only an end to austerity but they can do it without them

leaving the euro itself fast because they say if we simply too costly for the euro zone to ditch greece at this stage at the moment course there is this sense of hope and fear fear that their decisions if it was to go for some reason could lead to an exit from the euro that's something that really don't want in the country even those who are willing to vote for some reason a lot still very wary of that year exit of course that hope they get pretty much everything they want an end to this crippling austerity has really been hurting people in the midst of this recession. for so ahead for this our journalists in jail. putting a video camera is a lot more dangerous to the establishment than shooting a gun find out why a growing number of reporters in america are finding themselves behind bars just for doing their jobs. china gets ready to send its first woman into orbit

prompting a surge of national pride for the entire space program across that are. you an observer say their mission in syria is becoming riskier by the day as a fractured nation fails to halt more than a year of raging violence the country is currently seeing one of the most serious escalation of that shit since an international truce was brokered two months ago at smith reports the u.s. military has completed its own planning for how american troops will conduct operations against the syrian government russia has resisted western pressure to condemn president assad's regime continues to call for both sides to stop fighting and sit down for talks but he stopped at this i am from a christian minister in syria he says blaming on the government troops is wrong. the word of the first is in the word and two were flown to the scene there to tell you what their internet of war would end the people they have seen and carrying out

of their national hospital even though corpses arms or blankets are those a ministry of health screening them to assemble them in a mosque and the second day we have seen the un observers come into these very mas to be able to see these laws could that was is said. to me. those people will even do national laws only then carry them in the line gets and give them to the opposition why i'm here for all under possibility to show them they're all on the story or you end up sort of words elysia may. and we don't know who they are out of who i am to a position where i have many students each one of those factions i want to be independently zits why it's very difficult to then you would say i had. one meanwhile the us acclaims moscow has sent

a ship with troops on board to protect its military base at the syrian port of tartus russia has denied the claims but said several ships are ready to head to the base if the situation worsens. as more. just days after the u.s. state department was forced to back away from secretary of state hillary clinton's controversial remarks alleging that attack helicopters were on their way to syria from russia new comments from u.s. military officials reported an american news outlets saying that moscow has sent a small contingent of armed forces in order to protect its deep water port and military base in the syrian city of tartous now according to sources here in moscow russian forces are ready and are on standby if needed in order to protect russian assets and personnel there but have not been deployed as of yet now the base in tartus was established during the cold war era in order to protect the soviet fleet

in the mediterranean sea the last time that russian swar ships were in the area was as recently as january when they were there in order to refuel and perform routine maintenance within the port it is important to remember that as the crisis in syria unfolds so it does it seems to be the escalating tensions between the us and the government of president bashar al assad there are all kinds of foreign fighters rebel groups involved in the conflict in syria and of course it is the ordinary citizens that are paying the price well find out more about any story we're covering today by heading to our website auti dot com here's a taste of israel's years old ok the goans it becomes a health crisis. as new reports reveal water in the air is severely contaminated. or so online that pakistan resorts to google to track down militants in the country's volatile border zones details on that story much more at r.t. dot com. china is gearing up to the launch its first female astronaut into

space later in the day along with two male colleagues they'll have to come up with beijing's brooch module that's been in orbit since last september yesterday ots will conduct scientific tests and are expected to return home in around ten days beijing hopes to establish its own station in orbit by the end of the decade monica managing editor of space dot com says china is going full force with its ambitions . this is their big test to show that they can do it with people on board they can do it with a mixed crew a mix of veterans and new space flyers for them it's a major milestone this one may last up to two weeks you can see a longer mission just to really push the edges of the article to show what these spacecraft can do what the astronauts can do and how long they can stay up there based on the technology that china has has built today trying to plans another manned flight to the space module possibly later this year or in early next year

and what china has done in just the last decade has taken a stepping stone approach to human spaceflight so they went with unmanned launches first and in two thousand and three the first manned launch and what we saw last last year was the first unmanned docking at this space module the chinese the third country after russia and the united states to develop human spaceflight and it really looked at the success of russia's program the experience that nasa had to to shape its own independent program they've also just learned from the errors and the successes of those two programs so well you see where you see a long decades long legacy of russia and the united states china is really relatively new but they're trying to focus on what they can do. successfully and that will be really unique and tailored to what china hopes to accomplish in space . time either. now to some other news making headlines around the world this hour.

police seven people had been injured in northern spain during clashes between striking coal miners and police officers were fired upon as sky rockets and ball bearings and they try to remove roadblocks and burning tires and police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas thousands of miners have been on strike for weeks protesting against plans to cut government subsidies. paraguayan has deployed the army to resolve a land dispute in the eastern part of the country the nation's interior minister and the chief of police have resigned after clashes between offices and landless farmers left seventeen people dead the fighting began after police tried to victor protest as from a forest reserve farmers say the land was illegally taken by the country's former military rulers. mean my opposition leader

unsung suchi has arrived in norway to deliver the nobel peace prize speech c h e won the award two decades ago but couldn't accept a person fearing she'd be blocked from reentering the country since her first trip to europe since being released from fifteen years of house arrest and winning a seat in parliament. and this courageous daredevil has become the first person to complete a tightrope walk across niagara falls more than one hundred thousand people gathered to watch the fearless thirty three year old in the weather and a completely five hundred forty eight metre journey over the roaring waters of the thrill seeker is a seventh generation member of the flying wallendas and holds six guinness world records for completing various stunts but it took him two years to convince u.s. and canadian authorities to let him complete the walk and he was ordered to wear

a safety harness in order for them to agree and had to present his passport on the other side. amazing. well that later on the program moves closer to the e.u. membership talk to the country's ambassador to the u.k. here's a preview of what's ahead for you in the program. i don't see why shouldn't serbia . become a member of the european union provided all the conditional disarm at. the same time keep its relations with major economic partner as russia is anyhow e.u. with russia are partners not the force serbia's national assembly had adopted five six years ago a resolution declaring the military neutrality of serbia. serbia within the

present constellation is politically determined not to become the member of nato on the other hand. serbia's constitution plame kosovo as a part of the country so no politician. disobey the basic principle was as they to defend the constitution of the country. yes serbia is ambassador to the u.k. there. now america's first amendment guarantees freedom of the press but many journalists covering some of the country's major events are being hounded rather than protected an increasing number are reportedly being arrested just for doing their jobs and i see a check on that as the story for us now. no. dramatic scenes unfolding in the u.s. a must cover event for journalists that the idea i showed them and apparently that

wasn't enough for the new york police his press pass feeling to pass the test this reporter got arrested while covering the occupy wall street protests no muss no fuss officer just puts. on the. time and i just. tried to tell him that i'm a journalist. people out my state department greet ation. whether i have your police on unfortunately that's one expired can you rights for daily russian newspaper and has worked in the us for the last three years i don't prove you have they don't really care that just you just business and you credentials can't really protect you sent through a whirlpool like legal system the seasoned journalist was treated as a protest participant under arrest twenty four hours behind bars a quickie trial six hundred dollars in fines were his punishment for doing his job covering the news of the day and then there were the two days of community service the what unit and bring right away here is an efficient station give you brooms

trash cans and child and you basically walking around sweeping the streets picking up the debris paper cigarette about whatever keep you is now on probation for six months it is an outrage in a country that professes to have a undying respect for the free press to be you know it's drawing reporters in jail. you know but this case is not unique rather it's part of a dangerous trend in the u.s. when you let the state control who is a journalist that's just propaganda team pool is an independent journalist who has witnessed police reject press passes on a state by state basis throughout occupy wall street protests that in new york they don't care even if you have a press pass i've watched. i've watched a cop grab a journalist with his press pass on the ground i've seen supervisors call out to grab a journalist press pass and take it from him at d.c. p.d.

processes running in oakland they require a local oakland press ups and like in new york they've been rejecting trespassers from other jurisdictions they have a first amendment which guarantees the freedom of the press i mean there is no nothing in the law which must at least agencies to determine which press are legitimate press and which are not requiring a press pass it's also been sending journalists through a vicious circle not of just people work with guessing games of which state might be next to cover a story near impossibility in the past these worlds obviously you have to prove that you've covered breaking news but it's hard to cover breaking news in the police won't let you so creates this catch twenty two take several months finally if they like the news you're making they'll let you get a pass. arbitrary or unattainable press passes demanded journalists arrested for covering the news the constitutional concept of media freedom under siege i think

we're slowly coming into a state of affairs where. the video camera is a lot more dangerous to the stablish myth and shooting a gun choosing to view his arrest as an invaluable cultural experience he treats it with humor i got the articles out of my experience so it's pretty good outcome for me freedom of the press in america a first hand account is that it sure can a party new york. what i put in the more than ten years now than antonella bay detention camp appears to be in limbo the deadline set by president obama to close it came when two years ago but the detainees has left in a year thanks to all three and your christensen's out in the bout taking opinion on the streets that. even though president obama promised to close the prison at guantanamo bay or get him out it remains open why this week let's talk about that and i think the

logistics of closing it of prevented president obama from making it happen do you think it was a mistake for him to make such a promise no i don't i think that. i think he's i think you're still committed to the policy he's trying to roll the rock and it's a tough rock to roll i say that i'm ready to be fed up of both the u.s. imperialism you should deal your own issues first and then you will deal we ve issue of the world after a get is one time obey just an example of our imperialism of course it is an example you know because you want to impose democracy even though some countries and you're not even able to impose democracy in your own country i think it's an issue i think it's hard for us to you know portray as being this sort of promoter of human rights while also keeping people in prison for as long as they have without any trials or any any chance to have us just as a blood of them so yes i think it's an issue if you think it's fair for us to hold them indefinitely absolutely not so what does that say about the u.s.

. says we're in a difficult position right now that make it ok to hold people without knowing if they're guilty of anything probably not it says that you guys want to control the world actually. and he shouldn't. and that's i don't know going to know what's going to turn away shouldn't exist actually some of them are very guilty and how do you know that. they released some of them and apparently they turned and committed more outrageous so is the issue then what to do with these people if the prison is closed yes where we just are not none of the states wants to take them so we send them to yemen saudi arabia and they will escape and join the forces account so i don't think the. president of the united states really has the power to close guantanamo i mean what would you have to do with the people who are there yeah i have no idea which is why i'm not in politics but that is the question right

now it's a lot easier to say i'm going to close that then actually go through with that whatever you think is the reason that get my remains open the bottom line is it probably won't be closed for a very long time. and in a few minutes an insight into the different methods of bounty hunting a story of chasing those have escaped from prison those who skip court and in an economic crisis those borrowers who flee to avoid their debts.

if you're following. you know better than good. times are sort of a throwback and can't part of our long. and it goes back to a time when people with white out of their forces and the wild west and pick up these huge debts and putting them into share for prosecution there is no longer what company may owe us. you got me and when they go out there he's got weapons. and you have to hope that nothing bad. that. we're chasing killers and you gotta keep that in mind though there's

a two million dollar bill freezing risk. we're not superheroes we can be killed to you know if they shoot me in the head i'm going to die. and. once you hunted run you know i never go back to i know anything else. he used to do. you need. some. real bow bow before war lords give him a note so we have a lot of illegal call groups of the colors wizards who sues all our views in the home or right enough to stop my mouth it was like twelve men yet that marriage

wasn't forced marriage it's the smadi when i was fourteen yes although you can't liberate other women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only effective social changes can be the afghans themselves ask again men and women we believe i'm going to stun them not to have a cross post wait out the part of the fish on its chemical position and let it come struck shot up and stop people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so horrid lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture.

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