the final round of egypt's presidential election is underway put many a leftist and chanted by the choices before them with no constitution and the dissolve problem. bureaus future is on the line as greeks is set for a key vote between the left and the right. voters are choosing whether to back austerity or take a different option which may lead to an exit from the euro zone. and moscow denies the pentagon's claims that a russian military cargo ship is carrying weapons and troops to syria. welcome this is r.t.

it's four pm here in moscow right now my name is kevin know it and first it's a tough decision for egyptians as they vote for the country's next president in the election runoff the choice is between was the brotherhood candidate mohamed mercy and feet to mubarak's last prime minister the ballot comes after the country's supreme court dissolved parliament saying that by now facing assembly appointed earlier to draft a new constitution thousands of people chose to point hope and vote saying neither candidate represents the egypt that they were fighting for in last year's revolution kyra basic human rights activist new ownership of the choices i mean spiers. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either pasha fi or morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obviously which is a worse candidate simply because he represents the mubarak regime that that destroyed egypt for decades but there is 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 the choice between a member of the mubarak regime and a member of the muslim brotherhood. major selections also being followed closely by the country's neighbor israel there are fears anti jewish sentiment on the rise since mubarak's ousting will spike if an islamist candidate comes to power has the story set a corner ask 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 trying to liberate it 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 or hearing

the treaty with israel at the upper egypt and should have the right to amend all that is not in their interest to go and make sure the other departments stop 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 canes and 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 the top floor of this building used to house these weighty embassy in cairo but it's now closed up and make it a sign is wait is 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 had the israeli ambassador need to fight we know he's. the first three for us extras are intricate older english. it's a three eighty israelis can no longer ignore thing that. anybody should close one's our eyes 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 islam has 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 coalition so 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 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 in thrall to some trouble here but. 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 punch bag and what israelis fear is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented to move police here r.t. kyler. i work closely following developments in egypt here's a story with this if you can for the latest updates of expert analysis from the first post mubarak elections. champion longest. hated remnant of a tyrannical. trampled. by

a subscriber. but it's time to come. on. the greeks a gearing up to make one of the most crucial financial decisions in the recent history whether to stay in the euro support before sunday's election is said to be divided almost equally between two parties left wing said it's a strongly opposed to a stereotype and conservative group new democracy which wants to want to bail out obligations jacob graves is in 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 two you've already seen would have been growing increasingly popular that means job cuts means cuts to salaries also means cuts the 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 what the outside left radical groups now although they're really garnering much more middle ground when it comes 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 many voters eyes austerity simply isn't working to dealing with a mixed bag but one fact remains that president 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 cube i'm concerned about everyone myself included. if these parts of a charitable program named s.o.'s children this is one of its branches a village of foster but now it's finding itself overwhelmed it's found we seek their help in desperate times our major. source of. income. he's from the private sector not from the greek state. and. yeah we had the significantly reduce of money just what kind of grease these children grow up in maine about to be decided as people head to head to the polls the most they come in you know it's very important for greece to stay in the euro zone in the you were last with our must must therefore though eight parties exist on the ballot paper for most this is a choice of two competing thoughts the pro bailout voters being

a body by new democracy the party which is overseeing the country's recent spending and job cuts they view us there t. as a bitter yet unnecessary pill to swallow but not everyone agrees the bigger by the cost of us leaving the eurozone is estimated to be three trillion euros and this isn't because the eurozone can bear. merging only during may's undecided first the late show that'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 i guess the whole. experiment of the measures is going. and the fear that. the perspectives are going to become maybe elections others have been far from languishing on the sidelines as far right golden in the dorm 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 the faces wearing nation who have a cringes victory to greece assy athens meantime public anger spilled out onto the streets of rome today with the taliban's protests to get ever growing cuts and unpopular employment and tax policies it's fair the country which is the euro zone's third largest economy could be next in line for a bailout the serra first been following that rally. the thousands of people that stand out here is right in the what is being in smudge that phrase us against the continued austerity measures that have crippled because families fighting fire on employment and to kill my effect on employment now cost you my advice last year and you had to take the prime minister mary will take something ed he was

a mess affects the country's finances but that some economic medicine that he perspired has really angered. tell you to just see the large number of people that it sends out to this march today the signing of it significant because the cool people the discussions around with the very realistically discussing the possibility of that point leaving the eurozone altogether and of course then the next question is which would be the next film in a couple in the face of the fed has really had a large part of the progress honestly there is a third largest economy has seen its current course absolutely saw and the impact that the saddle people's lives has a very significant of course this is something we see this year and still building for a long time you go greece ireland portugal spain spain which is just recently had

a bailout the souls and a lot of people think it's going to be following in the first that the other countries had a full state bailout in recent times but remember just a couple of years ago you know being alone that you mention the possibility about a year or mending about the end of the year is saying well just a couple of years on and those same people and now very realistically discussing the possibility of the disintegration and the break up of the year is the question that everyone's asking is what now happens next all we close to saying good bye hold together to the year right how will that impact this country if it is actually going to be the next this us that there are right. head to the next few minutes china's most ambitious space mission today launches a spacecraft for the first woman astronaut on board when well it went on a mission that will see the attempt to dock with all the technology coming up also

police in the united states seem to think that camera is more dangerous these days and i've got at least that's the impression some journalists say they get when faced with tough police action and protest rallies. the pentagon says it's tracking a russian military cargo ship is it makes its way to syria with weapons and troops reportedly on board u.s. intelligence believes russia is sending a vessel to help fortify its naval base in the country's port of tartus well moscow has denied those claims but said several ships are ready to head to the syrian base if the situation worsens get across just about his ego has been off he's in moscow with the latest details what can you tell us about this situation what's really happening. just a few days after hillary clinton accused moscow of supplying military helicopters to syrian authorities the claims which were not supported even by the pentagon and denied by moscow we're getting new comments from the united states this time from senior military officials who claim that moscow may send

a small military contingent into syria they're talking about small military small navy cargo ship which is allegedly on its way from the black sea maybe fleet or to . jewel the port of tartus in syria which is a used by russia to refuel service and restock russian ships in the mediterranean and according to their information and these claims of the sure there are arms and some military personnel on board and russian media is according on name diplomatic and military sources in moscow to see one of the all or just a landing ships off the black sea and navy fleet is allegedly on standby with marines on board ready to see. to talk just now actually we've also heard from a senior air force officials in russia who also say that they're ready to provide protection from the skies if the president decided to send any maybe forces to talk just to protect. the port its personnel and russian citizens if the situation calls

for it ok now if everything you've mentioned there how is that going to have a knock on effect on the current conflict in syria is it going to affect it at all . well right now it's really hard to predict anything when it comes to syria the violence there is continuing and so are the claims by some western nations for foreign military intervention washington even says that it may intervene even if it means bypassing the u.n. security council there's speculation in the u.s. media that well reported leave that mind to gone has already completed its plans for military operations there moscow is the strongly against any foreign military intervention calling for all sides to strictly stand by the coffee on peace while in fact russia is saying that these calls for foreign military intervention are all the supporting and reassuring the rebels which is actually leading to even more

violence in syria ok for the most of it thanks for your help today. at this news as well now you know service in syria say they've suspended activities in the country because of escalating violence we'll bring you more on that news launches come in the last hour we spoke to this merriam yes they from a christian ministry in syria centrist in chad coming up and she says armed rebels are playing games with the u.n. monitors. we were of the first in the world to phone to the scene to tell in the night of war would end the people told us they have seen the militia and varying out of around the national hospital in corpse and arms of blankets of ministry of health screening them to assemble them in was the second day we have seen the un observers come into these very mas to be able to see the. cooks it's that was presented to. me would kill those people

international hospital then carried them in the blankets and give them to the opposition close adze swam heavily oiled the possibility to show them we saw there on the story the u.n. observers 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 they are. much maligned of. my website will reveal that toxic fall from america's agent orange may have spread from vietnam to japan to fish that massive caches of the berry for decades and poison the nearby island but more about that online. than the previous he said it was overlooked silicon valley titans yahoo and microsoft have been cashing in on a personal use of data selling it to political campaign is that of mine to.

china's launch space mission to perform the first ever man docking with beijing's prototype orbiting station and on our way to orbit as well as china's first ever woman astronaut they blasted off in the last hour to the cheers of nine spacecraft blasted off from the launch pad of the gobi desert in northern china and the astronauts will spend ten days in space where they'll test the crafts ability to dock over to beijing hopes to establish its own permanent space station by twenty twenty. two of space dot com he says china's going full steam ahead right now 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 mix crew. veterans and new space flyers for them it's a major milestone this one may last up to two weeks you could 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 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 in two thousand and three the first manned launch. what we saw last last year was the first unmanned docking at this space module but china is 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

. still to come this broken promises. i think it's an issue i think it's hard for us to you know richer a is 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 avoid them as president obama fails to close the guantanamo bay military prison we get reaction from people on the streets of new york. for moscow time more world news in brief twin car bomb explosions rocked the iraqi capital has killed at least twenty five and injured dozens the blast targeted neighborhoods where thousands of shia pilgrims had gathered to mark a religious festival the violence was the latest in a wave of attacks on shia muslims in recent weeks with seventy killed on wednesday now qaeda linked group in iraq said it was behind the bombings. plans ordered the restarting of two nuclear reactors the first to go back on line six all the countries plants were closed after last year's fukushima disaster the decision

despite massive public opposition could open the door into more restarts among japan's fifty working reactors the officials say the move will help to avoid power outages and will fasten an economic recovery. saudi arabia's crown prince next in line to the throne has died in a hospital outside of the kingdom prince nayef was appointed in october after the death of his elder brother to king said saudi king abdullah and there was also the country's interior minister and deputy prime minister to next in line is expected to be the prince's younger brother. just do your job could land you in trouble especially it seems if you're a journalist covering protest rallies in the u.s. these days some reporters have accused the place of acting outside the law to suppress media freedom and he's a nice to see chuck and i report. the. dramatic scenes unfolding in the

us a must cover band 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 me. and i just. tried to tell him that i'm a journalist. people out my state department. asked whether i have your police one unfortunately that's one expired can you rights for daily russian newspaper and has worked in the us for the last three years old 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

what you never bring right away here this inefficient station give you brooms trash cans and child and you're basically walking around sweeping the streets because of the debris paper cigarette about whatever keep you is now on probation for six months it is an outrage and i treat that professes to have a giant respect for the free press to be you know 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 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 things in oakland they require a local oakland press and i 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 and 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 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. 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. the guantanamo bay detention center infamous for its military trials and allegations of torture appears to be stuck in limbo these days president obama has so far failed to fulfill his promise to shut the facility down the new york resident took the issue than on to the streets of the big apple. well. even though president obama promised to close the prison at guantanamo bay or get him out it would maine's open why this week let's talk about that and i think the

logistics of closing it of prevented president obama for making it happen city think it was a mistake for him to make such a promise no i don't i think. i think he's i think you 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 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 that you guys want to control the world actually. and he shouldn't. and that's i don't know going to know where 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 close yes where would you say that 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. 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 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. in a few minutes we're looking at the challenges serbia's new president facing our special interview that's coming up after an update of our top stories in a minute and a half from the. the

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