egypt is gearing up for day two of the presidential election runoff but with no constitution dissolved parliament many are left disenchanted by the choices on offer. you and observers in syria suspended their activities because of the escalating violence while moscow denies pentagon claims russian military ships. troops to the conflict. and thousands of protesters across europe the future of the single currency hangs in the balance while greeks are set for the side of the country stays in the euro zone.

and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r t glad to have you with us it is a tough decision for egyptians as the polls are set to reopen in just a few hours for the second day of voting in the country's presidential election runoff the choice is between the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi and shafik hosni mubarak's last prime minister the ballot comes amid massive indignation after both houses of egypt's parliament were suspended by the country's constitutional court thousands of people have chosen to boycott the vote saying neither candidate represents the values of last year's revolution dr omar assured an expert on middle east and islamic studies says egypt can expect multiple crises whoever wins the election. many softer the dissolving the parliament many saw this. coming back in the form of lost by mr much a few it is very problematic right now right now we have

a president without the mandate coming without the legislative branch. that i just stated brand refuses to disband because the the argument is that the authorities of the state the judicial and legislative cannot dismantle each other so the parliament cannot dismantle the judicial then branch and the judicial branch cannot this dismantle the slate of in the form of the parliament so we are heading towards a clash between the elected parliament on one side and the possibly the supreme council of the armed forces on the other but also with the appointed judicial branch appointed judges of the constitutional court. were the most of them were appointed by by mubarak many here see them as a continuation of the so-called deep state here in egypt a group of generals and judges who are affiliated with the status quo. and more or

less want to keep that status quo dividing the situation here is very vague. we are probably looking at a multiple crises one with the parliament and one with the constitution and one for for the for the upcoming president and egypt's dramatic alexion is also being followed closely by its neighbor israel there are fears that the wavering strategic partnership between the two countries established under hosni mubarak could fall to pieces possibly or has the story. 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 a 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 but egyptians should have the right to amend all that is not

in their interest to make sure the other party commits to what it has 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 their claims. the war with israel is in no way something that can be rolled 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. for this building used to house these are even fiber but it's now closed up and became 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 mubarak had with israel it must continue to fight. his or

it was the first for us next president should cut all the relations between us it's a threat 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 fick the green light to stay in the race but it's done little to calm israeli fears of an islamist government on its border correlations will 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. 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's very close to some trouble here but. you know but maybe israelis are worried because in the ruthless business of politicking easy points are schooled by using the jewish state as a punchbag and what israelis fear is that what see today is only a step away from being implemented to moment policy r.t. . the un observer mission in syria is suspending its activities because of escalating violence in the country this as the u.s. says it is tracking a russian military cargo ship making its way to syria with weapons and troops reportedly on board moscow has denied the claims but said several ships already have needed to protect its syrian base financial reports from damascus. we are hearing from the chief supervision mission here in syria that the more interest

have suspended all the activities in the country and the main reason for that is an increased violence we've been written witnessed in the last few days that posed significant risk for around three hundred monitors here in the country and has actually been impeded in their ability to fulfill their here in syria indeed we've been seeing dramatic escalation last few days with increased number of rebel attacks on the syrian army checkpoints at the same time we've been seeing that syrian government has given too much freedom to syrian army to deal with you and observe they were sent to syria in mid april to monitor the implementation of coffee and six point peace plan here in syria the cordon to this plan ceasefire was supposed to take force on april the twelfth but instead we've been seeing and creates 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. the general mood has trust there is no other plan on the table but these six point alan plan is not been implemented meanwhile we see that most. sees no to answer to that and is pushing both sides to try to to implement this plan and. is resisting military intervention in syria while the calls for that get 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 has sent a small contingent of troops to syria the pentagon says its trek 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 to hear it from military diplomatic sources and morse code that indeed one of the large land in chiefs 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 denies that it is right now making its way to the port of tartus. reporting for us there now still ahead for you this hour china's most ambitious space mission today. phasing launches its historic space docking mission the

country's first woman into space and. police in the us seem to think a camera is more dangerous than a gun at least that is the impression of some journalists that say. faced with brutal police action at a protest rallies. mass demonstrations erupted in several european countries on saturday with people protesting against unpopular economic measures several thousand marched across spain resenting what they called mismanagement of banks which left the country on the verge of bankruptcy and it may bring a portugal tens of thousands rallied us through the capital lisbon venting their anger over austerity measures public fury also spilled out onto the streets of rome raising fears that italy the euro zone's third largest economy could be next in line for a bailout or has more. people the. right to know when. the crisis think again to continue. the

country among. high unemployment and to. found employment cause to my back to last year you had to take the prime minister. something he was a mess that makes the cut. but economic medicine. doesn't really. tell you to do the large number of people. so this most of the year isn't just a call to think it's absolutely still. people's life is a very significant this isn't something that you know a stone building for a long time you could greece ireland portugal spain spain which is just recently had. that the stores and a lot of people think it's going to be following in the sense that the other countries out of state bailout in recent times remember just

a couple of years ago you to be in love he mentioned the possibility about the euro pending about the end of the year is a well just a couple of years on and those same people and now very realistically discussing the possibility of all the disintegration on the break up of the year is the question that everyone's asking is what now happens next oh we close to saying goodbye altogether to be here right now how will that impact this country if it is . the. next one. on the road. another indebted nation greece is during up to make one of the most crucial financial decisions in recent history its future in the euro support before sunday's election is said to be divided almost equally between two parties left wing syriza strongly opposed to austerity and a conservative group new democracy which wants to honor bailout obligations marti's

jacob graves is in athens. this is really become a two horse race is 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 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 is 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 that sentiment of opposing this. 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. well an end to euro zone membership won't mean an end to the problems for half and says financial journalist peter built. it's never happened like this before but a very very tightly knit union currency union has ever actually broken up the real fear is that there could be immense legal five calls going on for years and years and years between banks between debtors and lenders. simply because nobody knows exactly in what currency the debts that have been run out would have to be repaid any of those in greece perhaps would be repaid with a far devalued new drama but that of course could possibly put the banks or in germany in france in terrific trouble and so the real consequences are so enormous

potentially enormous that nobody really wants to contemplate. now let's take a brief look at what's in store for you today on our website r.t. dot com. the japanese government disregards its safety concerns trying to win back the support of businesses in spite of objections from fukushima victims who fear it may lead to a new nuclear disaster. was for me twice in a tourist financial fraudster has already robbed millions of russians with a ponzi scheme and now he says he'll do it all again all the details are online at r.t. dot com. if you.

download the official r.t. allocation to your i pod touch from the top story. on the go. all right. if you want. to. call. lift off china sends a crew of three into space including the country's first woman astronaut to carry out its first ever manned docking mission they will spend around ten days in orbit after the spacecraft blasted off successfully from the launch pad in the gobi desert in northern china the aim of the mission is to test the crafts ability to dock with the orbit the module if successful it could pave the way for beijing to set up its own manned space station by twenty twenty two rick malique managing

editor of space dot com says china is pushing full steam ahead with its space 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 in two thousand and three the first manned launch 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 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 . take a look at some more news making headlines around the world this hour. when a car bomb explosions have rocked the iraqi capital killing at least thirty two and injuring dozens the blasts targeted neighborhoods where thousands of shia pilgrims had 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 alone. at least thirteen prisoners died and five were injured in an attempt to riot in a turkish prison protesting against the detention conditions of the inmates set light to bedding in their own cell where eighteen people were being held somewhere hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning. twenty one al qaeda militants have been killed by a yemeni army in the country's southern provinces the final offensive ended weeks

of battles with of the terrorist group to seize control of several strategic towns in the arab world's poorest country during last year's popular uprising civilian life is now returning to normal though some militants still remain on the run scattered across the area. sixteen people were killed on saturday in clashes between rival militias in the libyan the city of a center for supporters of khadafi he's a former regime of the government is sending troops to the city in response to a week of violence that has claimed dozens of lives officials claim that could offer followers aimed to undermine security in the country ahead of elections for a national assembly to draft a new constitution. one crew member has died and three injured after a massive stage collapse just before the gates opened for a radiohead concert in canada nearly forty thousand people were expected to attend to the sold out a vent which has been canceled a similar incident in ottawa claimed one life and caused several injuries last july

. well just doing your job could land you in trouble especially it seems if you're a journalist covering protest rallies in the us some reporters have accused of the place of acting outside the law to suppress media freedom parties on the stuff yet you're going to reports. not. dramatic scenes unfolding in the u.s. a must cover event for journalists that the idea i showed them. 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 the cops 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 on unfortunately that's one expired keil rights for daily russian newspaper and has worked in the us for the last three years i will 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 bring right away here is an efficient station give you brooms 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 undying respect for the free press to be you know throwing reporters in jail. coach 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'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 d.c.b. processes going on in oakland they require a local oakland press ups and back 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 of just people work with guessing games of which state might be next to cover a story near impossibility in

a 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. the video camera is a lot more dangerous to the stablish myth and shooting a gun choosing to view his arrest as an invaluable cultural experience he treats it with humor i got the articles out of my experience so it's pretty good outcome for me freedom of the press in america a first hand account is the situation our fourteen new york. the guantanamo bay detention center infamous for its military trials and allegations of torture appears to be stuck in limbo president obama has so far failed to fulfill his

promise to shut the facility down our own resident in new york took the issue onto 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 from making it happen do you think it was a mistake for him to make such a promise no i don't i think that. i think he's i think you're 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 you know 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 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 what's 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 it's a lot easier to say i'm going to close it than actually go through with it 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. coming up united by one passion parties special report meets some of the dedicated few who travel the world unconventionally of course the first here are two i'll bring you this hour's headlines again after this short break. the.

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