egyptians are gathered in central cairo as they await the results of the country's first democratic presidential elections and hosni mubarak was ousted last this as the muslim brotherhood declares and on the still believe. greece grounds the euro a stay of execution that's after a probate party takes the lead in parliamentary elections but the debt crisis will still be giving the g. twenty leaders a headache as he meets in mexico. russia seeks to break the iranian nuclear standoff by hosting an international conference in moscow all sides are dug in deep with tough sanctions in the air as iran refuses to relinquish its right to atomic energy.

ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now ballots are being counted in egypt after voters hit the polls to elect the country's first president since former leader hosni mubarak was forced from office last year the muslim brotherhood is claiming the lead based on a count from ninety percent of polling stations wired to suppose we are joins us now from cairo paul what more can you tell us about the latest situation in cairo. well people are beginning to gather in tahrir square just as the muslim brotherhood candidate dr mohamed morsi makes the announcement that he has won these elections and that he is egypt's next president the muslim brotherhood claims that ninety nine percent of votes have been counted and according to their own people who were

present at all of the polling stations throughout the country the candidate came in with some thirteen point two million votes this is the equivalent of some fifty one point eight percent and they put the contender after which i think at forty eight percent now is challenging this he says that this is a deceit of the egyptian people and interestingly enough there is an independent television station here in egypt running reports that it is just speak who is in the lead and they quote independent election observers but it is worth noting that last month during those presidential elections the muslim brotherhood gave its own results before the official results were announced and those results were completely accurate the official results are expected on thursday but this hasn't stopped dr morsi from holding a victory speech at the party's headquarters here in cairo in that speech he sought to lay down all remove any kind of the fears that egyptians have that the brotherhood will to the state into an islamic nation and he mentioned and i'm

quoting that the brotherhood stood for stability and brotherhood. all right paula but what can we expect after the elections are announced i mean as you just said the official results are expected on thursday will there be upset from either side you think. well no one can really predict what is going to happen after the results come through certainly the people that i've been polling the most constant reaction i get is that it doesn't matter whether it's morsi wins there are going to be street protests throughout egypt and we. seeing that already today monday morning with the crowds gathering in tokyo square i think it is worth noting though that if morsi comes forward this does paint the tsunami or fall a showdown between the military and the muslim brotherhood because of course shafiq is the military candidate now the army recently went so far as to issue an interim

constitution it has made itself effectively egypt's nor make has it says that it will be responsible for appointing those people who were draft a final constitution at the same time the army has taken control of the budget so this raises very real concerns as to whether or not it will hand over power to the extent that morsi in that victory speech spoke about uniting against the oppressive room of the army oh earlier we saw people gathering in tahrir square today obviously egyptians are still awaiting the results and as long as claim an unofficial early lead in the first democratic presidential poll there now the question is how likely is it that the muslim brotherhood will actually take the win as they are claiming. it is very likely that the muslim brotherhood could win this election but it's just as likely that after mitchell fake who was the last prime minister in the mubarak era could also when these two contenders have a lot of support and it has been too difficult for predictions to be made before

these elections in terms of who will come forward with an ultimate victory these are important elections that there are a lot of questions that still remain unanswered questions such as what power will those new president have this needs to be debated and outlined in this new constitution and of course the overriding question whether or not the military will hand over powers of promises of will on the first of july and indeed even if it does will it continue to control the students from afar and if yes to watch extend . all right paul thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest from cairo policy are there on the international actions. and cairo based journalist sara mohammed ali says there will be protests no matter which party takes the win. now we've got a great divide between the supporters and the muslim brotherhood of course dr morsi supporters in both cases are used there will be protests no one is going to be

pleased with the results because the divide is extreme in my opinion if mr shifty wins the elections there will be massive protests and demonstrations and i think a lot of the people whether or not you are muslim brotherhood supporters or revolutionaries or reformers will actually retreat to the streets of tahir and actually shout weyerhaeuser revolution gone because you cannot have a remnant of the x. regime lead us into this new wave of transition but in the case that the muslim brotherhood's candidate dr morsi wins there will be a lot of depressed revolutionaries and anti muslim brotherhood supporters who feel that egypt now is now in you know embarking on and on a different level of knowledge which will actually take place if dr morsi wins on the way in the program here in our spending serious reports of new killings

and massacres in the country remain unconfirmed foreign officials and spin doctors are jumping on the chance to sell their own version of events or in that in just a few minutes. while greece is probing democracy party has begun talks of forming a new coalition government follows its victory in the country's parliament election however the party fell well short of receiving an outright majority in sunday's poll a democracy will need help from the socialist to implement the bailout and try to keep greece afloat in the eurozone it's a clear repeat of last month's vote after which coalition talks collapse prompting the country to go to the ballots again as r.t.f. gun at you can now reports greece's economic condition will be one of the top themes at today's g. twenty summit in mexico. as far as global economy greece is on everyone's mind right now it's on the elections there showed an outcome that is likely to ease fears around the world at least temporarily of

a greek exit from the seventeen nation euro zone greece's economy falls out of the euro zone investors will become nervous about other financial issue countries such as italy spain that would likely drive up borrowing costs with these countries that's already happening they'd be constantly seeking international bailouts europe would be trapped in a vicious circle that would send shock waves across the global financial system what's at the core of the problem as many see it here is nations that believe beyond their means some take it too far and the message is they should be more responsible what's interesting the g twenty summit started four years ago when america's living beyond its means brought down the global economy back then the leaders of the world's top twenty commies got together and marshal the trillion dollars to rescue the world from the credit crisis it became clear to everyone that the world is so interconnected now that irresponsible actions of one of the countries can trigger a domino effect and have huge impact on others of course it's not just the global

economy that the leaders are here for their very pressing political let's say war and peace issues on the agenda with regards to syria the ongoing violence there is of extreme concern to everyone as far as how to go forward there are some differences even big president putin and president obama are meeting early on monday is going to be the first bilateral meeting since the russian leader took office in may taking place a challenging times we'll see what they will have to say washington and moscow are accusing each other of still being violence in syria the u.s. says russia provides weapons that assad uses to kill civilians moscow rejects the claim and says it only supplied air defense systems under existing contracts russia says the u.s. contributes to the violence in syria by ordinary arms supplies to the rebels we know that saudi arabia and qatar. actively supplying weapons to syrian armed opposition groups washington is said to coordinate their efforts moscow believes those are actions that undermine kofi annan six point peace plan which calls for

end of violence on all sides and dialogue both russia and the us agreed on the kofi annan peace plan which was designed to enable the series to choose their own future eventually but they see very differently on how to reach that goal present with him by the way did not attend the g eight summit in the us in may he said and to the prime minister it was a signal to some that the g. twenty is now seen as a better platform for talks because it's more inclusive you have trying to india and other global players who also get to have a say on global affairs while the un has a man and women children the elderly and injured to be evacuated from syrian combat zones following the suspension of its observer mission heavy fighting continues in towns across syria with scores of people being killed in clashes between the opposition and government troops on sunday activists say regime forces tried to root out rebels from urban areas by heavy shelling in the central city of homs they

also say that in the town of dumont just outside the capital damascus rebels opened fire on a boss of soldiers killing eight u.s. is now consulting its allies on what to do about the escalation of violence but has acknowledged a libya style intervention to topple the assad government will be difficult artie's marina fortnight has more. as the syrian crisis becomes ever more brutal by the day . oh critics say that key players trying to resolve the conflict have been raising more questions than answers unfortunately what we are seeing is reports that are in early. the participants in one side of this plan slick and that's very very dangerous because of course when you hear only one sided information your conclusion is always in their favor there were the massacres committed and close range of over one hundred people the vast majority of them women and children some

killed by heavy weapons the other killed it seems by every indication by the should be a militia is acting on behalf of the government western leaders were quick to blame the assad government for last month's houla massacre even when their own media didn't draw the same conclusion b.b.c. world news editor john williams was in syria he reported quote the details of exactly who carried out the attacks how and why were still unclear yet the old line of blame damascus was still being shouted the reason that the situation on the crisis has become so good and that there is now a space for these good elements to come in and cause mayhem in syria is because the syrian government has failed to live up to its commitments under the u.n. i am plan its commitments to the international community as britain schooled in the assad government for bypassing the peace plan the free syrian army was planning a bypass of its own demanding that joint special envoy kofi annan should quote issue

a declaration announcing the failure of this plan unquote freeing the opposition to carry out military operation against the government i'm sitting down but i did it deliberately meanwhile channel four journalist alex thompson claimed syrian rebels deliberately let him into a death trap to be killed by government forces according to thompson's account. one rebel said. bradstock democracy then comes the washington divide over who is aiding damascus one voice says we have confronted the russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to to syria and we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to syria while another says the opposite i have not seen reporting that indicates. that the russians are providing attack helicopters to the syrians i have just not seen that the us flip flop on brush up coincided with the un's fancy footwork

regarding the state of syria the united nations for the first time so a u.n. official described the situation in syria as a civil war in an interview with reuters he went under secretary general for peacekeeping operations are they let's sue confirmed that the syrian crisis could be characterized as a civil war i decoration countered by the un the next day well i think it's clear that it's not for us to determine or form of meat. or characterize the nature of the conflict in syria a conflict that many say isn't just black and white but illustrates many shades of grey following sixteen months of conflict the united nations is leading efforts to stop the violence in syria however the information war taking place outside the country may prove to be the biggest barrier to the elusive goal of fully understanding and solving the problem marine up or not i r t me are. always more

reports and analysis on syria now website our consul plenty of other stories waiting for you there right now as well here's a quick sample you can find out how our recent law in canada's land of the country in the crosshairs of the un human rights council. and also online the outgoing world bank chief predicts a dire future afford of helping nations if you work doesn't watch it step more about it on our website. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture.

we have a war horse will get him a note so we have a local. groups of the clothes who says all our views in the right enough my lad it was like many at that mileage but wasn't forced marriages with maddie when i was fourteen years so you can't liberate other women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only if there is social change. will be the afghans themselves afghan men and women we believe are going to start to across parts. of the patient its chemical position and that construction stop people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan.

russia seeking to break the long running stalemate over iran's nuclear program as moscow hosts an international conference on the controversial issue the ron faces tough new sanctions from the u.s. and the e.u. but is refusing to back down demanding recognition for what it calls its peaceful atomic ambitions. and us has the latest. all eyes are on moscow as the third round of talks over iran's nuclear ambitions kicks off today right there behind me in the hotel is where the key officials from the five permanent member countries of the u.n. security council plus germany are meeting in order to try to avert a potential collapse in diplomacy over iran's nuclear ambitions the stakes could not possibly be higher as israel has in fact threatened to bomb iran should the negotiations fail on top of this we have the confirmed u.s.

use of cyber weapons to destroy iran's nuclear program and pressure for the u.s. president barack obama who is of course running a reelection campaign from the congress to consider a very seriously a military solution to this standoff should diplomacy fail now in the background of all this are tough economic sanctions that are looming ahead for tehran one of the things that must be considered here is that there is a lot of pressure by western countries to essentially push iran to not only give up its nuclear ambitions something that iran has refused to do apology and that it has a peaceful civil nuclear program demanding that world powers recognize its right to maintain that civil nuclear program that is not something that the west has been essentially happy to consider thus far they want to a lot of intensive mans on tehran with what tehran says very little incentives in return and it remains to be seen whether the west will consider abandoning the

impending european union oil embargo as well as the banking sanctions that are looming against the islamic republic so a lot is on the table here whether or not this gets resolved remains to be seen but the stakes are as high as they could possibly be here in moscow. this account of reporting there now the latest installment of join us on just talk show is just a day away and this time he interviews imran khan a pakistani anti-corruption activist and politician known by some as a one man party here's a preview. i wanted everyone when i was what got in the election that this election as it is is going to be a disaster for the people of us it's only meant for the good of the bush administration to have one who. was sure it wasn't struggling so you would like to go there wouldn't the government so they could pursue this war on terror with an awful lot of it was going on here and saw that. whatever i was sitting in went to

the roof the war on terror was has been devastated by the fall of because forty pounds of my son is a big deal in a war we have nothing to do with basically our own army getting on with them and then good then doing suicide attacks on the folks that is evidence of what how would you reconfigure the pakistan relationship with the united states or do would be a complete sever and see what would you do would permit drone strikes what kind of intelligence cooperation what would you do in practice. it should be used he says. so it should. be used as we do it. most of the. folks that is a. big. deal of it is that it's. that is. it's. going to.

take a look at some of the stories from around the world at least sixteen people have been killed in multiple blast at three churches in nigeria the attacks triggered riots in the area which led to the deaths of around twenty others authorities in the state of could do not have imposed a twenty four hour curfew as soldiers and police try to restore order no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but blame is being placed on the radical islamist group boko haram. french socialist have won a majority of seats in the country's parliament election results give president francois hollande the power to pass his promised growth posting measures pledge to raise taxes for the country's highest earners instead of cutting budgets to tackle europe's financial crisis it's the first time socialists have taken control of parliament in ten years. by palestinian civilians have been injured and in

israeli airstrike on a small factory in the south of the gaza strip a second attack was carried out in the city of gaza targeting a hamas military training center earlier in the day a border skirmish broke out between israel israeli and palestinian soldiers but there were no injuries. a later on we asked former u.s. senator chris dodd whether he sees another iraq scenario unfolding in libya here's a preview. who's running the place today i mean in a sense that's the the dangers in all of these things here you know the devil you know the devil you don't know kind of situation so clearly he was so repressive what was occurring there and libya may have to go through a period here we don't go in for media transition from ousting a brutal dictator to a jeffersonian democrats that shows up there are periods here of transition which libya is going through that are bitter painful to watch but i think russia could play a role i know they didn't want to necessarily be involved in supplying military hardware or engaging in the conflict as it was developing but i don't think that

a lot of now cause you to not find a way to become involved in a constructive way to help that country get on its feet and find its center and give it an opportunity to grow and to bide some decent opportunities for people in that country so the fact that you rejected the idea being involved in the outspoken down if you ought not to pollute it seems like now turning around and say we didn't do that this is the outcome how can we be constructive and help now get this country back on its feet and stabilizing. the world of business is taking our attention now straight to katie so ok at russia markets have just opened and what's the investor sentiment there well it's pretty positive so far so good marina it's very much just thought of relief that with sailing across the room with feeling it here in moscow as well we know there's been a lot of anxiety over the recent weeks to do with the greek election and now we know that greece is set to back the pro austerity government so harry russia as i

say we're looking at gains so far for the l.t.s. on the mice that's all that must be said a lot of analysts are also optimistic they are saying that they don't expect the rally scene you cross to live in there anticipating a say fall. but there also yes one point six percent as well as the money that i can also get exchange rates to look at as well as you can see the ruble is now getting against the u.s. dollar and the euro's is a change of four jeans for the russian car as they say if we look at your dollar one twenty seven twelve for the common currency just as it's five straight days of gains after the asian markets that still are running as fast a message is concerned i guess international news is certainly playing its part the china's home values fell to a record fifty four in seventy eight is there not some chop by the government and that's because in it developers are cutting prices to boost the sales on the hang side is enjoying its biggest second day rise of the year we've only got fourteen

shares jumping on the nikkei in japan to see how will street finished up on friday that and it posted its second consecutive triple digit gains and this was on the optimism that global central banks would step in to stabilize the markets we have the e.c.b. president mario draghi suggested the center by is ready to easy monetary conditions on the bank of england as well they have build their plans to inject one point five billion dollars into the system so as you can see it's days and also i want to mention the stock futures in the u.s. also gaining right now so it's late says it was so ass's and streamlined government spending as part of the so-called growth to create the public assets was ten billion euros will be sold in about a month to slash the country's debt which is one hundred and twenty percent of g.d.p. now the government has also approved measures to boost consumer confidence crippled by tax allows an upstairs he packages and as far as oil is concerned i was going to

get anything right now the u.s. or breakout go for the first time in several ways as crude futures traded at the lowest level against the equivalent amount of gases to tell you about also want to talk about the russian. to be ready because not we had lots downgrades we had spent in cyprus the netherlands as well but as far as the russian economy is concerned it's been unscathed by the likes of s. and p. moody's and fitch so far so richard hangs what he's from the moscow based rating agency rust ratings and he said that the banking industry here is very much undervalued. if you look at the average ratings of russian banks. by the big three agencies they are at a level of credit level on average but corresponds to a default way sure but one in five actual the four grow show is about one in fourteen how much not great but it's not one in five it's three times better that

means that the cost of borrowing of the russian by the more expensive which means the general russian bonds of course less for the investor and they've cost more for the bore and that means that russian brands have been discriminated against in the international market. i came arena next hour be looking at the opening for the european market all right thanks very much indeed and in just a few moments i'll bring you the headlines here in r.t. stay with us.

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