egyptians head back to the polls for the second round of the presidential vote many angry at the choice state in the aftermath between an islamist and a remnant of the old regime also. it's make or break time for the european single currency as one member state rolls the dice that could determine its future and before they left it to a crucial greek election voters are choosing words of back austerity or take a different option which may lead to an exit from the euro zone. has even observers say rising violence in syria is jeopardizing the annan peace plan but he speaks to a christian nun in the country who claims militants are staging murders to make them look like government killings.

forecasting live from moscow you're watching r t our top story now thousands of angry egyptians say their country's democracy is going nowhere even this in the nation heads to the polls for a run of presidential vote the muslim brotherhood's mohamed mercia faces asked to mubarak's last prime minister ahmed shafik but whoever wins will step in without the islamist dominated parliament which had been dissolved by the supreme court barack the judges ruled that the recent parliamentary elections were unlawful the ruling military council has now assumed nor making authority even a new president how is yet to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline. based human rights activists no no please neither name on the ballot is a viable option. there's a very very big chance that mask. protests arise in the case that either the or

morsi win because many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obviously he is a worse candidate simply because he represents 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 that we are in which is to choose between a member of the mubarak regime and a member of the muslim brotherhood. for a gypsy neighbor israel is more than aware of the developments across the border well ations between the two countries have been sinking since the toppling of a bear last year and what mongering rhetoric has been stepped up as policy in airports set a corner when these words the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi is

campaigning is launched with a vow that the capital of the arab world will be in jerusalem with morsi drawn into 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 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 departments 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've put their weight behind most his presidential bid has 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 in 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 this week the embassy in cairo but it's now closed up and became a sign is radius fear of what's to come. for egyptians it is released publicly 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. he's a realist the first you know for us next 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 only very negative but it is alarming but a muslim brotherhood victory is not a done deal on thursday egypt's constitutional court dissolved the islamize dominated parliament and gave morsi is contained. in the green light to stay in the race but it's done little to calm israeli fears of an islamist government on its

border coalitions of be reduced to zero but the real problem is to what extent will the brotherhood purse its goal of trying to destroy israel and kill all of us i don't sell i way 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 a concern the islamist at least in public and at least for now are trying to downplay i think is entitled to some trouble here but not trouble. you know but maybe 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 feel is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented to move. policy r.t. visa. but they stay with r.t.

for the very latest from egypt we'll have updates and analysis of the first post about presidential runoff throughout the weekend here. hard line islamists. hated remnant of the tyrannical. rabble. by the street. but it's time to come. on. it's anti austerity versus a pro bailout the upcoming greek election which was stylish the future of the debt stricken country while eyes are on whether voters will favor the leftist syriza party opposed to the restrictive financial measures or the conservative new democracy which is devoted to keeping greece part of the agreement to greaves has more now from athens 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 three we've already seen would have been growing increasingly popular that means job cuts means cuts to salaries it 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 still being defended by new democracy now on the other side the fence has to reason out beforehand before the previous elections in may these are seen as an outside left radical group now although they're really garnering much more middle ground when it comes to that sentiment of opposing this yes there are two measures being put in place of opposing what's come before them they say there's been too costly for the greek people in their eyes and in many voters' eyes austerity simply isn't working dealing with a mixed bag but one fact remains at present that people in greece are still

suffering prosperity and a crippled economy. rocketing unemployment and a crumbling economy are the more widely know symptoms of greece's austerity plan but there are some who have lost something far more have to give up caring for their children simply because they can no longer afford to do so. i care for six children we've been through some struggles i'm not only concerned about the future of my kids i'm concerned about everyone myself included don't remember if he is part of a charitable program named s.o.s. children this is one of its branches a village of foster homes but now it's finding itself overwhelmed his family seek their help and desperate times our major. source of. income. is from the private sector not from the greek state. and we had the significance of the review of money just what kind of greece

these children grow up in may about to be decided as people pair to head to the polls you must become a you know it's very important for greece to stay in the euro zone and in the you were lost without. though a party's exist on the ballot paper for most this is a choice of two competing thoughts the pro bailout vote has been embodied by new democracy party which is overseeing the country's recent spending and job cuts they view us there t. as a bitter yet necessary pill to swallow but not everyone agrees that the. cost of marsh leaving the euro zone is estimated to be three trillion euros and this isn't the cost the eurozone can bear. merging only during may's undecided first election it's a reason has continued to hold ground with its radical rejection of e.u. i.m.f. and euro zone impose austerity rightly so for i guess the hope. about

this nearly but i experiment the but there's no good measure this is going to end and the fear of that. here are going to be our perspectives are going to become baby elections others have been far from languishing on the sidelines the far right group golden dawn courting controversy known for racial outbursts and an anti immigration stance they've continued to hold on to a marginal but symbolic percentage of support for their views remain drowned out by the fears anxiety and challenges that face this wearing nation whoever clinches victory. check agrees that reporting from athens there will aspire to all the troubles at home greece will be hoping to celebrate in the football tonight they face russia in their standard of an hour's time is their final group game of europe twenty twelve and amman is here to tell us about that so what can we expect tonight that all kerry despite the fact that russia only need one point in order to make

the quarterfinals they will be gunning for nothing but victory in order to stay at the summit of group a and get a second place the pollen from group b. in the next round two thousand and four european champions greece also have a chance to progress but they will have to take all three points away from the russians now i've got details on that coming up in my bullets in a quarter to the hour. ok thanks for that now us today i had few this when journalism becomes a jail sentence. should ring a video camera is a lot more dangerous to the stablish with than shooting a gun and out why a growing number of reporters america finding themselves behind bars just doing their jobs. and china gets ready to send its first woman into orbit prompting a surge of national pride for the entire space program across the land. even

observers 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 bloodshed since international truce was brokered two months ago that's amid reports the u.s. military has completed its own planning for how american troops would conduct operations against the syrian government and russia has resisted western pressure to condemn present regime continues to call for both sides to stop fighting and sit down for talks. from a christian monitor in syria since the militants are playing games with the un observers. the word of the threat is in the words and. on to is a scene. in the net of war would end the people they have seen the militia varying out of from the national hospital into corpses arms of blankets of ministry of health scurrying them to assemble them in

a mosque and the second day we have seen the u.n. observers come into these very modest to be able to see the. cooks it's that was said to. me. those people are international hospital then carried them in the blankets and they give them to the opposition clothes adze swam heavily oiled the possibility to show them we see there on the story are you an observer's elysia man we don't know who they are the armed opposition they have many say that each one of those factions are working in the independently zits why it's very difficult to tell you that. well meanwhile the u.s. claims 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. 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 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 warships 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 seems to be the escalating tensions between the u.s. 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 web site. some of the what's online today israel's blockade of gaza becomes a health hazard as new reports reveal water in the air is severely contaminated. focused on results to google to track down. militants in the country's volatile border zones details on that story much more r.t. dot com. china is gearing up to launch its first female astronauts into space later in the day along with two male colleagues they'll have

to come up with beijing's that works module that's been in orbit since last september the astronauts will conduct scientific tests and are expected to return home in about ten days time beijing hopes to establish its own station in orbit by the end of the decade tariq malik managing editor of space dot com says china is going full steam ahead of 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 mixed 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 in other 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 trying 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 . some other international headlines. thirteen people have been killed by a bomb explosion at the marketplace in northwest pakistan several of those were

injured in the blast which happened in the town of. the afghan border at the moment hid to be aimed at members of a pro-government tribe who oppose the lord but he stands trouble northwest is frequently taunted by militants. and these seven people have been injured in northern spain doing clashes between striking komondors and nice offices were thought of going into. and they try to remove roadblocks and burning tires 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 the land the spirit in the eastern part of the country is interior minister and the chief of police have resigned after clashes between officers and landless farmers left seventeen people dead the fighting began after police tried to evict protesters from a forest reserve farmers say the land was illegally taken by the country's former

military rulers. and a courageous daredevil has become the first person to complete a tightrope walk across niagara falls more than one hundred thousand people gathered to watch thirty three year old nick wallenda complete the five hundred forty eight meter journey over the roaring waters thrill seeker is a seventh generation member of the flying wallendas and holds six guinness world records for completing various stunts on this one took him two years to convince u.s. and canadian authorities to let him complete it he was forced to wear safety harness in order for them to agree and even had to present his passport on the other side. amazing. now america's first amendment to 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 it's a situation as the story. no. dramatic scenes unfolding in the u.s. a must cover vent 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 patients. whether i have your police or 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 it 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 you never bring right away here was an official station give you brooms trash cans and child and you basically walking around sweeping the streets because of the debris paper cigarette about whatever kill you is now on probation for six months it is an outrage in a country that professes to have a giant respect for the free press to be you know throwing throwing reporters in jail. 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 to see the processes going on in oakland they require a local oakland press. in new york they've been rejecting trespassers from other jurisdictions 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 story near impossibility in the fast paced world 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. doing a 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 the situation our party new york. opened for more than ten years ago in tunnel of a detention camp appears to be in limbo the deadline set by president obama to close it came and went two years ago when a detainee has left in a year thanks to offer you know your question is out and about seeking opinion on the streets.

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 is 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 but 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 applied to them so yes i think it's an issue do 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 this you guys want to control the world actually. and you shouldn't. and that's i don't know going to know what guantanamo bay 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 again 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 a lot easier to say i'm going to close that than 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. the headlines after a short break. comfort

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some story. but it's time to come. up with the gypsy next on our team. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hartman welcome to the big picture. movie. more news today violence is once again flared up to move from these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are.