you and observers in syria suspend their activities of the threat of mounting violence while moscow denies the pentagon's claims that a russian military ship carrying weapons and troops is on route to the conflict torn country and. the final round of egypt's presidential elections under way but many a leftist and chanted by the choices before them with no constitution and dissolve parliament. and the euro's future is on the line as creaks 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. hello

and welcome this is r.t. it's five pm now here in moscow my name is kevin now in our top story the u.n. observers mission in syria is suspending its activities because of escalating violence in the country this is the u.s. says it's tracking a russian military cargo ship as it makes its way to syria with weapons and troops reportedly on board now moscow's denied those claims but said several ships are ready to head to the syrian base if the situation worsens has got across is like that of itself with a gorgeous can offer correspondent in central moscow what can you tell us first of all about the u.n. observers decision that's come out in the last hour or two. going to be chief of the u.n. observers mission to syria he had to suspend temporarily their operations in the country due to a recent rise of violence there in syria we are staying in the country and we'll be monitoring the situation to. continue to meet the mission as soon as it becomes

safer because right now it's just not safe enough for them to be able to conduct their duties meanwhile as the violence continues so do the calls by some western nations for foreign military intervention into the situation for instance the united states has said that it may intervene even if it means bypassing the u.n. security council there's actually speculation in the u.s. media that the pentagon has completed its plans for military operations there must always strongly against any foreign military intervention calling for everybody to stick by strictly the quote be on peace one who is actually saying that these calls for foreign military intervention are only backing and reassuring the rebels which is actually leading to more violence in the country and what about this story today as well about the russian ship the accusations of the russian ship making its way to syria what we know about that. well just a few days after hillary clinton accused moscow of supplying military helicopters

to syrian authorities the claims were not confirmed even by the pentagon or denied by russia and now we're getting new comments from the united states this time from senior military officials say that moscow may send a small military contingent to syria they're talking about a small navy cargo ship which is all legibly sealing from the black sea navy fleet to ward off. to the port of tartus sincere which is used by the russian navy to refuel service and restock russian ships sailing in the mediterranean now the russian media is quoting an unnamed diplomatic and military source in moscow saying that there's no ship from the ceiling but one of the largest the landing ships off the black sea navy fleet is allegedly on standby with marines on board and actually even saw several senior air force official said that there are. to provide protection from the skies if the president decided to use

midi forces to protect a vis this this board itself and its personnel including russian citizens he offers could offer for you from moscow the think you. know violence raging on that in syria many in the international community were quick to put the blame for alleged massacres on assad's forces we spoke to agnes merriam from a christian ministry in syria it was a chat we had yesterday she says armed rebels as she seen it playing games with the u.n. monitors let's listen in. reworded deferred is in the word to where a follow on to the scene or to tell you in the narrative world would end the people they have seen and carrying out of their national hospital in their court of arms a blanket after ministry of health screening them to assemble them in a mosque and the second day we have seen the un observers come into these very

modest to be able to look to see these laws. that was said to. me would keep people international horse then carried them under in the brain kits and give them to the opposition close aides use why men have all under possibility to show them we see there on a story doors or you end up sort of. men we don't know who they had armed opposition there's many say that each one of those factions are working independently it's why it's very difficult to then you would say i had. there from the christian monastery in syria's biggest but earlier on. now ahead in the next few minutes on our to china's most ambitious space mission today soffits launched a spacecraft a bit earlier with the first ever female chinese astronaut on board or when well

they are on a mission that will see them attempt to dock with their orbiting module we've got pictures of. police in the united states seem to think a camera is more dangerous than a gun these days at least that's the impression some journalists say they're getting we're faced with tough police action at protest rallies. and it's a tough decision for egyptians as they vote for the country's next president in the election runoff their choices between the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed mercy and sharif shafique he's hosni mubarak's last prime minister the ballot comes after the co. three supreme council dissolved parliament the same fate could now face an assembly appointed earlier to draft a new constitution thousands of people chose to boycott the vote say neither candidate represents the egypt they were fighting for in last year's revolution. rights activists nuno also believes the choice is an inspiring. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either the older

morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent. obviously he is a worse candidate simply because he represents the mubarak regime that the destroyed egypt for decades but this 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 we are in which is to choose between a member of the mubarak regime and a member of the muslim brotherhood. he did selections also being followed closely by the country's neighbor israel there are fears that anti jewish sentiment on the rise since mubarak's ousting will spike if it is live miscounted it comes to power for two he's got 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 by hearing the treaty with israel 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. 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 bike's time the top

floor of this building used to house these we need to see fiber 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 the next president will be strong and change the status quo and if used to continue the relationship had the israeli ambassador new to the site we know he's a realist the first you know for us next president should go all the way. it's a three to israelis can no longer ignore thing that. anybody should close ones and ignore such rhetoric that. 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 islamist dominated parliament and gave morsi is contender majestic the green light to stay in the race but it's done little to calm israeli fears of an islamist government on

its border boyish and severe reduced to zero. but the real problem is to what extent will the brotherhood purse its goal of trying to destroy israel and kill all of us. 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 and consume the islamists at least in public and at least for now are trying to downplay i think is the intro to 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 punch bag and what israelis fear is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented to move to the c.r.t. kind of. who are closely following developments in egypt across the weekend having stay with us for the latest updates and expert analysis from the first post mubarak

elections. champion hard line islamists. hated remnants of a tyrannical regime. trampled. by the subscriber. but it's time to come. on. another big story this weekend greeks are gearing up to make one of the most crucial financial decisions in their recent history whether or not to stay in the euro support before sunday's election is said to be divided almost equally between two parties left wing cigarettes are strongly opposed to a stir at sea and the conservative group new democracy which wants to want to write a bailout obligations now that is jacob graves is in athens for us. 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 is still being defended by new democracy there on the other side the fence has to reason out beforehand before the previous elections in may these are seen as quite the outside left radical group now although they're really garnering much more middle ground when it comes 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 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 cuba 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. yeah we had to significantly reduce all the 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 to come here because it's very important for greece to stay in the euro zone and you know you were last with i was there though eight parties 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 unnecessary 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 because the eurozone can bear. merging only during may's undecided first election as a reason has continued to hold ground with this radical rejection of a u. i.m.f. and euro zone impose austerity. sophie our ideas the.

experiment the measures is going. and the fear that. the perspectives. of the elections others have been far from languishing on the sidelines the far right 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 is wearing nation whoever clinches victory to greece assy athens. and public anger spilled out onto the streets of rome today with a tally and protest to get ever growing cuts in unpopular in 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 r.t. sara first following the rally. thousands of people had. it right to the work is

being in smudge that phrase us against the continued austerity measures that have crippled because families face fighting fire unemployment and to kill or yeast unemployment now cost you my advice last year you had taken a prime minister mario monti coming and he was a mess affects the country's finances but that some economic medicine that he perspired has really angered its heart is here you can just see the large number of people that it's handouts to this march today the signing of it significant because the cool people the discussions around with the very realistically discussing the possibility of going leaving the euro is a whole togetherness and then the next question is which will 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 that had of people's lives is very significant of course this isn't something we see this year is 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 some of the other countries got a full state bailout in recent times remember just a couple of years ago you know being alone that mention the possibility about the euro 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 breakup 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. next.

few on the website. will reveal the toxic fuel for america's agent orange may have spread from viet nam to japan with fears that massive caches of the buried for decades poisoned a nearby island so online and previously said it was over the silicon valley titans yahoo and microsoft it seems to be cashing in on personal views the data selling its political campaign is against. in the last couple of china's launched a milestone space mission to perform the first of a manned docking with beijing's prototype orbiting station and the only way to into orbit is china's first ever woman astronaut the nine spacecraft blasted off from the launch pad in the gobi desert to move china. will spend around ten days in space where they'll test the. module but you know hopes to establish

a permanent space station by twenty twenty mile acknowledging editor of space dot com says china is going full steam ahead 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 what china has done in just the last decade it 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 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. 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. still ahead this broken promises. it's an issue i think it's hard for us to you know 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 as president obama fails to close the guantanamo bay military prison we get reaction from people on the streets of new york. city world news now at twenty minutes past five o'clock moscow time twin car bomb explosions of the iraqi capital killed at least twenty five and injured does not blast targeted neighborhoods where thousands of shia pilgrims are 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 alone and al-qaeda linked group in iraq later claimed responsibility for the

bombing. to restart two nuclear reactors is the first to go back online since all the countries plans were closed after last year's fukushima disaster the decision despite mass public opposition could open the door to new starts now monday japan's fifty working reactors officials say the move will help to avoid power outages from a speedy recovery for. saudi arabia's prince next in line to the throne has died in a hospital outside of the kingdom prince nayef was announced as the country's king . in october there was also the country's interior minister deputy prime minister next in line is now expected to be the prince's younger brother. just doing 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 police of acting outside the law to suppress media freedom artie's innocency

a choke and i reports. i no. dramatic scenes unfolding in the u.s. 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 books. 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 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 the what you never bring right away here this inefficient station give you a broom 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 undying respect for the free press to be you know throwing reporters in jail. just because 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 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 i have d.c.b. processes 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 are legitimate press and which are not requiring a press pass it's also been sending journalists through a vicious circle not 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. 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 this it you're going to fourteen new york. the guantanamo bay detention center and from was for its military trials now the geishas of torture appears to be stuck in limbo president obama so far failed to fulfill his promise to shut the facility our own resident to new york took the issue then on to the streets of the big apple.

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 for 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 hughes 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 enos 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 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 he shouldn't. and that's i don't know going to know we're going to turn him away shouldn't exist 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 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. or

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