gyptian is headed back to the polls for the second round of the presidential vote with many angry at the choice they've been left with between an islamist and the remnants of the old regime. it's make or break time for the european single currency as one member state rolls the dice that could determine its future. before they left until a crucial greek. voters are choosing where the back of austerity will take a different option which may lead to an exit from the euro zone. and un observers say rising violence in syria is jeopardizing we are now in peace plan r.t. speaks to a christian nun in the country of claims militants a stage in murders to make them look like government killings.

hello the river good afternoon chief you just joined us my name's kevin zero in this is r t it's no two pm here in moscow thousands of angry gyptian say their country's democracy is going nowhere even as the nation heads now to the polls for a runoff presidential vote the muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi faces ousted mubarak's last prime minister feat but whoever wins will step in without the islamist dominated parliament which was dissolved by the supreme court now the mubarak era judges ruled that the recent parliamentary elections were unlawful so the ruling military council has assumed law making authority and even the new president's power as of yet to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline carol based human rights activist no nor believes neither the name on the ballot is a viable option. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either the order

morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obvious. machete 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. he just neighbor israel is more than aware of the developments across the border the relations between the two countries have been sinking since the toppling of a barrack last year a warmonger in rhetoric has been stepped up to as paul asli reports 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 jerusalem which morsi won 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've put their weight behind more presidential bid have been even more bold in the claims of how but 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. for this building used to house these even fibro but it's now closed up and make it a sign is rabies fear of what's to come. for egyptians this religious problem and i mean number one the next president will be strong and change the status quo i refused to continue the relationship mubarak had with israel in macedonia to fight . he's a realist the first for us next president should cut all the relations between us it's a three eighty israelis can no longer ignore thing that. anybody should close ones and ignore such rhetoric that's. not a. a 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 contender. 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 pursue its goal of trying to destroy israel and kill all of us are 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 it will do to make some trouble here but no trouble. 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 fear is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented tomorrow. r.t. . there are doubts he will continue to bring you the latest from egypt across the we care we got analysis and updates of the first post about presidential runoff

from our correspondents there. champaigne hardline islamist. hated remnant of a tyrannical elite. rabble to control it. by beating subscribers. but it's time to come. out. versus probe the upcoming greek election which will establish the future of the dead stricken country all eyes now on whether voters will favor leftists so it's a party opposed to the restrictive financial measures or the conservative new democracy which is devoted to keeping greece part of the agreement jacob grebes has the latest 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 austerity ruhr the sea 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 it's still being defended by new democracy now on the other side of the fence he 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 that sentiment of opposing this 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 that present that people in greece are still suffering prosperity and a crippled economy. rocketing unemployment and

a crumbling economy are the more one. no 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 by their i.q. first 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 in the law 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 power a major. source of. income. from the private sector not from the greek state. and we had the significance of the use 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 make a move you know it's very important for greece to stay in the eurozone and in the you were lost without much there 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 that the. cost of marched leaving the euro zone is estimated to be three trillion euros and this isn't the cost the eurozone can bear. emerging 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 rightly so for ideas the whole.

experiment of the measures. it's going to. be our perspectives. of this have been far from languishing on the sidelines of far right group golden courting controversy for racial and an anti immigration stance they continue to hold on to a marginal but symbolic percentage of support for their views remain drowned out by the anxiety and challenges that face this weary nation who have a clinches victory to greece assy athens the euro zone's third largest economy now italy is also seeing more tension too with public fieri a deepening austerity cuts by an elected leaders and mass demonstrations indeed in full swing right now in rome with tens of thousands on the streets there activists are demanding an overhaul of government policies on employment economic growth welfare and taxation the rallies organized by three of the country's leading trade

unions in italy is an employment rates gradually growing and now stands at ten percent some officials warn the country may soon need a bailout from the e.u. . still to come here this hour on r.t. when journalism becomes a jail sentence. suiting a video camera is a lot more interest to the bush with than shooting a gun fired why a growing number of reporters in america are a fund of themselves behind bars just for doing their jobs and. china gets ready to sell its first woman into war prompting a surge of national pride for the entire space program across the nation when that happens we'll bring you the picture. you and observers say their mission in syria is becoming riskier by the day as the fractured nation fails to hold more than a year of raging violence the country is currently saying one of the most serious escalations in the bloodshed since an international truce was brokered there two months ago some had reports the u.s.

military has completed its own planning for how american troops would conduct operations against the syrian government. russia has resisted western pressure to condemn president assad's regime and continues to call me time for both sides to stop fighting and sit down for talks there are two spoke to agnes poirier from a christian ministry in syria who says the militants are playing games with you and observe. the word of the furthest in the world to where a phone is a scene or to tell in their native world would end the people they have seen. carrying out of from the national hospital into corpses arms of blankets of ministry of health screening them to assemble them in a mosque and the second day we have seen the un observers coming to these very modest to be able to see these laws because it's not because he is said to. me. those people are international it was only then carried them in the brain

kits and they give them to the opposition doesn't exist why i'm here for all and a possibility to show them they're all on the story or you end up sort of elysia men we don't know who they are 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 a side to this the u.s. though claiming moscow has sent a ship with troops on board to protect its military base of 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 you see cough and offers 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 the 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 tartus 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 swore 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 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. and to find out more about the story we're covering today here on t.v. or online by heading to our website is a taste of israel's see you long blockade of gaza becomes a health hazard this new report revealed water in the area is severely contaminated also a huge fire in ghostly top of building in the east of moscow we got from i think footage of that as well oman of commerce road to sort out the coal. china is gearing up to launch its first female astronaut of the space later of the day along with two male colleagues they'll have to hook up with beijing's lab module that's been in orbit since last september the astros will conduct scientific tests and they're expected for turn over again in about ten days todd hopes to establish its own station in orbit by the end of the decade tariq malik smashing it interest rates don't call me says china is going full steam ahead with some push. this is

their big test to show that they can do it with people on board. they can do it with a mixed 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 honorable to show what the 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 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. what we saw last last year was the first unmanned docking at this space module the chinese the third country after russia in 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 . fifty people being killed by a car bomb attack in a marketplace in northwest pakistan thirty five others were also injured in the blast which happened in the town of near the afghan border the bomb appeared to be aimed at members of a pro-government tribe who oppose a local. tribal northwest is frequently targeted by. at least ten people been killed by a car bomb attack in baghdad that shook an area with thousands of shia muslims were gathered to major religious festival it comes just three days after seventy shia pilgrims were attacked in a wave of attacks across the country

a sunni militant group known as the islamic state of a. aqua's claim sponsibility for those attacks. paraguay's 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 of both resigned after clashes between officers and landless farmers left seventeen people dead the fighting began after police tried to evict protesters from a forest farmers said the land was illegally taken by the country's former military rulers. and what we got here a courageous daredevil become the first person to complete a tightrope walk across niagara falls it looks like he did it with dark as well to make matters worse more than one hundred thousand people gathered to watch the thirty three year old nik wallenda completes the five hundred forty eight metre journey over those roaring waters here it is dark the thrill seeker is a seventh generation member of the flying will in this case you want to know hole six guinness world record for completing various stunts it took him two years to

convince u.s. and canadian authorities to let him do this he was forced to wear a safety harness in order for him to agree though he had to present his passport. i can't tell you all these pictures we did get there and everything's fine. 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 at increasing number are reportedly being arrested just for doing their jobs. reports. 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 put. something. down and i just. tried to

tell him that i'm a journalist. people out my state department greet patients. 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 it's 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 this any fish a station give you a broom trash cans and child and you basically walking around sweeping the streets picking up 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 and i respect for the free press to be you know it's 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 at d.c. p.d. processes in oakland they require a local oakland press and i in new york they've been rejecting trespassers from other jurisdictions to 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 past these worlds 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 two 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. open for more than ten years the guantanamo bay detention camp has to be in limbo these days the deadline set by president obama to close it came and went two years ago but no day today neither is left of the year next than our very own new york resident is out about seeking opinion on the streets about 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 so 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 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 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 that 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 tell them a way 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 that can 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 than actually go through with that whatever you think is the reason they get my remains open the bottom line is it probably won't be closed for a very long time. in

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