egyptians head back to the polls for the second round of the presidential vote many angry at the choice they've been that with between is the mist and a remnant of the old regime. it's make or break time for the european single currency as one member states both the dice that determine its future. before they left a crucial greek election voters are choosing will to back austerity or take a different option which may lead to an exit from the euro zone. as even observers say rising violence in syria jeopardize the annan peace plan he speaks to a christian not in the country claims militants are staging murders to make them look like government killings.

international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. . thousands of angry egyptians say their country's democracy is going nowhere even as the nation heads to the polls for a runoff presidential vote the muslim brotherhoods mohamed were seen faces ousted mubarak's last prime minister ahmed shafik but whoever wins will stop him with a heart that is the most dominating parliament which has been dissolved by the supreme court mubarak era judges that recent parliamentary elections were on the awful liberty counsel is now soon though making authority even new president's powers yet to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline basic human rights activists no no believes in the name on a ballot is a viable option. there's 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 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 we are in which is to choose between a member of the mubarak regime and a member of the muslim brotherhood. play tips neighbor israel is more than aware of the developments across the border between the two countries have been sinking since the toppling of about last year war mongering rhetoric also has been stepped up as part of a report set according these words the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi campaign has launched with a vow that the capital of the arab world will be jerusalem which morsi trying to

liberate eighty 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 governor as ever egypt is committed to international agreements that were signed by hearing the treaty with israel to egypt and should have the right to amend all that is in their interest to go and make sure the other departments signed as if it's not warming enough for israel what will happen to the 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 canes and how about 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 mic sions simmering below the surface is hostility towards israel but that hostility was kept in check during the bike's 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 rabies fear of what's to come. for egyptians it is really see public enemy number one our next president will be strong and change the status quo and if used to continue the relationship obama had was really fascinating insight you know he's a realist the first for us is it intricate although when we shot it i mean. it's a three to israelis can no longer ignore i don't think that. anybody should close ones and ignore such rhetoric that. not only very negative but it is alarming that 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 seek 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 on sale at 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 islamists at least in public and at least for now are trying to downplay i think are in thrall to 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 make. policy r.t. easier. to stay with r.t. for live area latest from egypt and we'll have updates and analysis of the first

post barack presidential run off throughout the weekend. champion a hard line islamists. hated remnant of a tyrannical. rabble to get. mugged by eighty six. but it's time to come. on. it's until stereotype versus probate out of the upcoming greek election which will start with the future of the debt stricken country where the eyes are on whether voters will favor the leftists or reserve party opposed to the restrictive financial measures while the conservative new democracy which is devoted to keeping greece part of the agreement parties agree has more now from athens. this is really become a two horse race about two differing schools of thought one of them is backing the

waves of us there are to you we've already seen would 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 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 to 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 known symptoms of greece's austerity plan but there are some who have lost something far more time 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. 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 in desperate times our major. source of. income. is from the private sector not from the greek state. yeah we had the significant review of our money just what kind of grease these children grow up in maine 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 a party which is overseeing the country's recent spending and job cuts they view us their tea as a bitter yet necessary pill to swallow but not everyone agrees with the cost of march leaving the eurozone 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 this radical rejection of e.u. i.m.f. and euro zone impose austerity is a matter for i guess the whole. experiment the but the measures it's

going to and the fear of that. 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 door 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 fierce anxiety and challenges that face this wearing nation whoever clinches victory to greece r.t. happens. also ahead few this hour when journalism becomes a jail sentence. shooting a video camera is a lot more dangerous to the stablish myth than shooting a gun on dot why a growing number of reporters in america are finding themselves behind bars just for 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 crystal and. we have a global war lords was given notes we have a lot of illegal groups of the called citizens who says all our views in the right enough against my marriage was like many at that marriage but it wasn't forced marriages with maddie when i was fourteen yes so you can liberate other women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only if they're still sure changes will be the afghans themselves afghan men and women we believe going to spawn cannot truly cross paths without the

power to fish on its chemical positions and at a construction 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 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 charming welcome to the big picture. u.n. observers say the mission in syria is becoming riskier by the day as a fractured nation fails to halt more than a year of raging violet's the country is currently seeing one of the most serious

escalations of bloodshed since an 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 or russia has resisted western pressure to condemn present assad's regime continues to call for both sides to stop fighting and sit down for talks expected an aspiring christian want to strain syria he says the militants are playing games of the universe at this hour. the word of the first in the word to wear a follow on to the scene there to tell you what they're in the night of war would end the people as they have seen their militia varying out of their national hospital in the end though corpses arms of blankets after a ministry of health screening 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 these laws because it's not

possible is said to. me. those people are international laws we don't then carried them in the blankets and we give them to the opposition close aides use why men have all under possibility to show them always there on a story or you end up soderbergh's elysia men we don't know who they are to the island of position they have many strengths each one of those factions are working independently it's why it's very difficult to then you would say i had. 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 want to see come from office 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 and american and 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 tardis 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 it 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 you can find out more about that and any story we're covering today by heading to our website dot com a taste of what's online today israel's years long blockade of gaza becomes a health hazard or it's revealed water the air is severely contaminated. also a huge delta an entire building in the east of moscow so dramatic footage online. now 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 hook up with beijing's the board should you spend in orbit since last september. will conduct scientific tests

they're expected to return home and around ten days' time she hopes to establish its own station in orbit by the end of the decade but eric manik managing editor of space dot com says china is going full steam ahead that some patients. this is their big test show that they can do it with people on board they can do it with a mix crew. 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 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 then in two thousand and three the first manned launch. 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 the successes of those two programs so well you see where you see a long decades long legacy of russia in the united states china is really relatively new but they're trying to focus on what they can do. successfully and will be really unique and tailored to what china hope to accomplish in space. now for some other news making headlines around the world fifteen people have been killed by a car bomb attack at a marketplace in northwest pakistan thirty five others were injured in the blast which happened in the town of landecker term near the afghan border the bomb appeared to be aimed to members of a pro-government tribe who oppose

a local warlord of pakistan's tribal northwest is frequently targeted by taliban militants. or why has deployed the army to resolve a land dispute in the eastern part of the country and the interior minister and chief of police have resigned after clashes between officers and landless farmers left seventeen people dead the fighting began after police tried to victory testers from a forest reserve farm a say the land was illegally taken by the country's former military rulers. and what about this courageous dead ever has become the first person to complete a tightrope walk across niagara falls one hundred thousand people are turned up to watch thirty three year old nick but end completely five hundred forty meter 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 well that this one took him two years to convince u.s.

and canadian authorities to let him complete the walk he was forced to wear safety harness just in case not of for them to agree and also had to present his passport on the other side. everything on 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 of reportedly being arrested just for doing their jobs and has a story. no. dramatic scenes unfolding in the us a must cover events 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 put. up something. and i just. tried to tell him that i'm a journalist. people out my state department. whether i have your police

on unfortunately that's one expired keil writes 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 was an efficient station give you brooms trash cans and child and you basically walking around sweeping the streets because of the debris paper cigarette about whatever kitty was now on probation for six months it is an outrage in a country that professes to have a i'm dying respect for the free press to be you know it's really drawing 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 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 just like 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 has 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 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. you're 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. well open for more than ten years the kuantan of the bay detention camp appears to be in limbo the deadline set by president obama to close it came and went two years ago and that detainees has left in the year and next our very own york resident 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 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 guns out of bed 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 the 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 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 you shouldn't. and that's i don't know going to know what you're 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. 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 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. but

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