increased number of rebel attacks on the syrian army checkpoints and at the same time we've been seeing that syrian government has given too much freedom to syrian army to deal with that u.n. observer is they were sent to syria in mid april to monitor the implementation of coffee and six point peace plan in syria and according to this plan a ceasefire was supposed to take force on april the twelfth but instead we've been seeing an increased number of attacks from both sides international officials and u.n. officials confirming that cease fire hasn't been implemented and both sides have been equally responsible for that well what we are seeing now here in theory is kind of deadlock because as a u.n. mission general house price there is new are the plan on the table but these six point annan plan is not been implemented meanwhile we see that most. sees no turn

to that and is pushing both sides to try to to implement this plan and. most is resisting military intervention in syria while the calls for that get in louder and louder we are hearing reports from u.s. military officials that it has completed its own planning for how american troops would conduct operations against the syrian government just days after the u.s. state department was to back away after hillary clinton's controversial remarks alleging that attack helicopters were on their way from russia to syria we're hearing new comments from u.s. military officials this time reporters an american news outlets saying that move has sent a small contingent of troops to syria the pentagon says it's tracking and russian military cargo ships and it is now making its way to syria through a russian naval base there in the city of tire to say we're going. hearing from

military diplomatic sources in morse code that indeed one of the large landing ships of the black sea fleet is on standby there and is ready to be sent to syria if needed just to protect russian citizens in this poor. but it denies that it is right now making its way to the port of tartus public anger has spilled out onto the streets of rome with italians protesting at ever growing culson unpopular employment and tax policies it's fear the country which is the euro zone's third largest economy could be next in line for bailout r.t. sarah ferguson following the rally. thousands of people had. it right to the what was being in smarts that phrase as they again continued austerity measures that have crippled because families having a fire in employment in particular why you got employment now cost you my advice

last year and you had taken a prime minister mario monti coming and he was a major banks the country's finances but then some economic medicine that he perspired has really engaged the italians here you can just see the large number of people that it's to this march today the year is instead largest economy has seen this 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 in stone building for a long time you call 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 had a full state bailout in recent times remember just a couple of years ago i even love that you mention the possibility about the year ending about the end of the year and 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 are we close to saying good bye old together to the right how will that impact this country that is actually i think may be signs next this are there are any crime. over in portugal tens of thousands have marched through the capital lisbon are venting their anger over austerity measures the purchasers say the international monetary fund the european central bank and the european commission the institutions that provide the bailout money are plundering the country and destroying manufacturing the government increased taxes and cut workers' benefits in return for a seventy eight billion euro rescue package aimed at tightening cordials deck prices. another indebted nation greece is gearing up to make one of the most

crucial financial decisions in recent history and its future in the euro support before sunday's election is said to be divided almost equally between two parties left wing series are strongly opposed to your sorry tea and conservative group new democracy which wants to on a bailout obligations artie's jacob dreams is increased. this is really become a two horse race is about two differing schools of thought one of them is backing the waves of austerity 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 quite the outside left radical group now although they're really garnering much more middle ground

when it comes the 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 people in greece are still suffering prosperity and a crippled economy. well and then to eurozone membership want to mean an end to the problems for athens says financial journalist peterbilt. it's never happened like this before that very very tightly knit union currency union has ever actually broken up the real fear is that there could be. going on for years and years and years between banks between. simply because nobody knows exactly what currency. would have to be repaid. greece

perhaps would be repaid with a far devalued new drama but that of course could possibly put the banks in germany and france. trouble and so the real consequences are so enormous potentially enormous but nobody really wants to contemplate. i had in the next few minutes and china's maize and wishes space mission to date and its first ever female astronaut a bit on a mission that could pave the way for china's manned space station. also police in the u.s. seem to think it cameras more dangerous than a gun at least that's the impression some journalists say they getting when faced with brutal police action a protest where. it's a tough decision for you gyptian zazzle the polls are now closed after the first day of voting in the country's presidential election runoff the choice is between

the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi and. hosni mubarak's last prime minister the ballot comes amid mass indignation after both houses of egypt's parliament where this is tended by the country's constitutional court thousands of people chose to boycott the vote saying neither candidate represents the values of last year's revolution let's get some insight from an expert on middle east and islamic studies dr omar sure joins us live from cairo thank you so much dr shu now the run off will continue throughout sunday as well two candidates the muslim brotherhood against mubarak's former prime minister what's your gut feeling about who's going to win. we saw today relative the low turnout probably tomorrow there will be more of a showing. but. no on the ground i think dr morsi has a chance although we may see. quite different tomorrow

morning now that the reason for this is many saw. dissolving the parliament. of the old regime of hosni mubarak coming back in the form of his last prime minister. at the moment there's no parliament like you said a new constitution to define the president's power whoever may win how do you see this chaos playing out. it is very problematic right now right now we have a president without the mandate coming without the legislative branch. of the legislative branch or the fuses to this day because the argument is that the. qualities of the state the judicial and legislative cannot dismantle each other so the parliament cannot dismantle the judicial then french and the judicial branch cannot this dismantled the slate to be in the form of the parliament so right now

the the head of the parliament issued a statement saying that they will. see the details of this court order they will meet as usual on tuesday and they will take a decision regarding what to do this verdict in this judgment so we're heading towards a clash between the elected parliament on one side and. possibly the supreme council of the armed forces on the other but also the appointed branches appointed judges of the constitutional court. to the noteworthy most of them were appointed for by. many here see them as a continuation of the so-called the state. because of generals and judges were affiliated with the status quo. and more or less want to keep that status quo to fight. now having said that the with whoever is going to take on this new pace

all that mean even more protests in the in the near future like you just talked about now we talked about the constitution no specific message by drolls for the president if the people don't like it do you see more protests going on after this . it is especially for. much of the law enacted political isolation law which for many of the mubarak officials the one that served as prime ministers or vice presidents to serve in office for the next ten years. for. that law it was frozen by the. by the court and. constitutional by the court although. there's additional struggle will continue story if it if it was successful i think it may very day to his presidency legally now we entered another problematic face. let's look beyond the ballots the military rulers promised to transfer

a apology when elected president by july the first do you believe they will stand by that promise. right now it's highly doubtful you don't have a parliament the state of branch you don't have even the constitutional assembly that was formed by the parliament nobody knows its status right now whether it's going to continue as it is right there gyptian constitution and the rules of distributing power among the various institutions or not now you have an elected president that probably will have no clear mandate of his power and the supreme council that is very interested in painting its means of power whether the military economic complex that. that they hold the armed forces own vetoing anything that has to do in high politics or national security issues and

they also want immunity from any kind of prosecution for the military generals so they have a very specific demand for from any president i think those demands will be subject of negotiations with whether president whether it should be for morsi but still the situation here is very. very. you are probably looking at multiple crises one with the parliament and one with the constitution and one for the year for the upcoming president. well thank you very much dr sure let's leave it right be an expert on middle east and islamic studies. thank you. egypt's dramatic election is also being followed closely by its neighbor israel there are fears that the wavering strategic partnership between the two countries a step is under hosni mubarak could fall to pieces honestly has the story. they're

going to ask what these words the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi campaign was launched with a vow that the capital of the arab world will be in jerusalem with morsi one 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 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 most his presidential bid has been even more bold in the claims. a 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 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 even fiber but it's now closed up and make it a sign is rabies fear of what's to come. for egyptians is really sputnik and i mean number one the next president will be strong and change the status quo i refuse to continue the relationship had with israel it must continue to fight. these are it was the first year for us next president should cut all the relations between us it's a three it israelis can no longer ignore thing that. anybody should close ones and ignore such rhetoric that's not only very negative but 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 shake the grew. in light to stay

in the race but it's done little to calm israeli fears of an islamist government on its border coalitions will 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. 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 not trouble. you know but maybe israelis are worried because in the ruthless business of politicking easy points are scored by using the jewish state as a punchbag and what israelis fear is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented tomorrow policy on our team cairo. and of course

will also be following the second day of egypt's historic presidential runoff something as our special coverage with the latest updates and expert analysis here on r.t. . champion hard line islamists. hated remnants of a tyrannical. grappled. by subscribers. but it's time to come. on. lift up china sends a crew of three into space including the country's phrase a woman astronaut to carry out its first ever man docking mission they will spend around ten days in awe of it after the spacecraft blasted off successfully from a launch pad in the gobi desert in china the aim of the mission is to test the crops ability to dock with the module if successful it could pave the way full

beijing to set up its own men space station by twenty twenty. the managing editor of space dot com says china is pushing 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 the united states to develop human spaceflight and it really looked at the success of russia's program the experience that nasa had to to shape its own independent program they've also just learned from the errors and the successes of those two

programs so well you see where you see a long decades long legacy of russia and the united states trying is really relatively new but they're trying to focus on what they can do. successfully and that will be really unique and tailored to what china hopes to accomplish in space . more news from around the world this hour twin car bomb explosions have rocked the iraqi capital killing at least thirty two and injuring dozens of blast targeted neighborhoods with thousands of shia pilgrims that gathered to mark a religious festival the violence is the latest in a wave of attacks on shia muslims in recent weeks with seventy people killed on wednesday a lawyer. a suicide bomber has killed two soldiers and injured three civilians in an attack on a military base in somalia the men are detonated a device in a minibus as gods ordered him to stop near the gates of fish will said the attack had actually been foiled as a terrorist be able to get inside the base the military compound is also where

african union peacekeepers are stationed one of them where would. twenty one al-qaeda militants have been confirmed killed by the yemeni army in the country's southern provinces the final offensive ended weeks of battles with the terrorist groups and sent several of its members on the run al qaeda use a popular uprising last year to seize control of many towns in the arab world's poorest country civilian life is now returning to normal through some militant still remains scattered across the area. euro iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad plans the end his political career next year after completing his second term he made the statement in an interview with the influential german newspaper frankfurter maine that is a tongue expressing his wish to return to his academic work as my dinner jazz influence has been waning in iran during his serious conflict with parliament and

the supreme leader ali khamenei. last year. just doing your job could land you in trouble especially it seems if you're a journalist covering protests rallies in the us some reporters have accused the police of acting outside the law to suppress the media freedom artie's anastasio chookie now reports. but. dramatic scenes unfolding in the u.s. a must cover vent for journalists but the idea i showed them. apparently that wasn't enough for the new york police his press past feeling to pass the test this reporter got arrested while covering the occupy wall street protests no muss no fuss officer just. something. and i just. tried to tell him that i'm a journalist. people out my state department. whether i have your police or 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 they would you never bring right away here there's an efficient station give you brooms trash cans and child and you're 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 i treat that professes to have a undying respect for the free press to be you know really truly reporters. but this case is not unique rather it's part of a dangerous trend in the u.s.

when you let the state control who is a journalist that's just propaganda team pool is an independent journalist who has witnessed police reject press passes on a state by state basis throughout occupy wall street protests that in new york they don't care even if you have a press pass i've watched. i watched a cop grab a journalist put his press pass on the ground i've seen supervisors call out to grab a journalist press pass and take it from him the c.b.d. processes in oakland they require a local oakland press just like in new york they've been rejecting trespassers from other jurisdictions tripper first amendment which guarantees the freedom of the press i mean there is no nothing in the law which we must at least agencies to determine which press the religion of the 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 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. sitting up video camera is a lot more dangerous to the establishment and shooting a gun choosing to view his arrest as an invaluable cultural experience he'll 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 that which are going to party new york. those are the top

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it's one thirty am in moscow you just. headlines. in syria. because of the escalating violence. that is russian ship is carrying weapons and troops to the conflict. the final round of egypt's presidential election is underway but with no constitution and they dissolved parliament many are left disenchanted by the choices on. and thousands of protests as the future of the single currency hangs in the balance. that will decide the country's state. tracking

all the world's financial woes in the latest edition of the kaiser report and i'll be leaving you with my colleague. i am ask asure this is the kaiser report first a bit of an editorial you know i was watching c n b say the other day and becky and andrew and joe were talking to chris whalen banking analyst guest on the show about j.p. morgan and jamie di minute whether or not jamie diamond's transgressions were really .