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you don't know i'm tom foreman it was a big show. the wait is over of the muslim brotherhood's mohamed mercy means egypt's next leader there's a live video here of cairo's tahrir square. thousand attending hearing time and time again planning as the country said it might be the first look on a democratic election all the details in just a few moments. turkey denies spying insisting its military jet shot down by syrian forces on friday was on a training flight as nato is set to investigate. the world's top whistleblower julian a songe awaiting his fate to be decided by ecuador after he asked for asylum in the country's london embassy.
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ten pm in moscow i'm at present good to have you with us here on our t. and islamist mohammed mercy has been elected egypt's new president the muslim brotherhood candidate won nearly fifty two percent of the vote after the runoff last week his rival mubarak era prime minister ahmed schiff secured just over forty eight percent artie's paullus leader is entire here a square with the latest. the mood here is just simply electrifying when those results were announced that mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood is egypt's an ex-president the crowd filled with supreme mad and since then they've been cheering they've been shouting they've been waving flags i will cost a group of women who had linked arms and were crying they've been raining melt down in paris at the same time to see him behind me there's this constant explosion of
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fireworks over the streets leading to to his square are completely jam packed and they choose to cause a honk in their horns as they drive up and down the most effects announced that he is resigning from the muslim brotherhood this is a pledge he gave that he would be a non potus and president now the congratulations have started coming in one of the first to congratulate morsi was the head of the ruling military from a time tal we at the same time the foreign country to congratulate him was the ambassador from turkey and he said and i'm quoting him that egypt now has a place at a table of democratic nations amongst the other countries have given their congratulations is quite a signal far exceed we know that celebrations like this was not a quick thinking process at the same time we know that a number of presidential candidates a poll seemed to give a congratulations among a league presidential candidate a move the date at this stage it looks as if morsi hands will be time and this is
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not the do to the poll grabs recently made by the ruling military it was just a full days ago that they dissolved the parliament of which one suit is muslim brotherhood they also issued an interim constitution saying that they would decide who would be those who would talk to egypt's final constitution effectively making them the country's in all makes this so one of the first priorities for most it will be to determine exactly what his powers on he will also need to deal with the constitution we will need to deal with the parliament at the same time he will need to deal with a very divine. did egypt he will meet somehow to china and unite the great divisions what kind he looks missing in this country behind him the missiles to be declining economy as well as be increasing power of the military only of these are going to be issues that morsi needs to do is. party's policy are reporting there from cairo you can keep an eye on developments in egypt
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at our web site are two dot com where we're streaming live video including this from cairo's tahrir square. and to other stories we're covering on our t.v. turkey and says its military fighter jet shot down by syrian forces friday wasn't spying but rather was on a training mission the incident adds to the pressure piled on damascus as nato is now going to look into what happened syria maintains it was protecting its sovereignty aguero which is a nato member says the plane crossed into syria by mistake before being hit but was in international airspace at the time of the incident the alliance is set to discuss the situation tuesday at turkey's request the wreckage of the plane has been found in the mediterranean but the two pilots remain unaccounted for meanwhile syrian state t.v. reports the country's border guards have stopped a group of militants trying to cross into syria from turkey patrick headings in from in four wars dot com says turkey's involvement in the syrian conflict benefits
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nato plans. turkey playing both sides and trying to play both sides of the fence with regarding syria they've both been giving refuge to free syrian army guerrillas that are western backed. running across the protection over the turkish border and they would go back to syria to conduct raids but again the the western agenda i'm afraid to say that is the western agenda in syria is already decided certainly turkey is a nato country so the west has been wanting to drag. turkey into the civil war under the nato better certainly turkey would run point salute too by the russian foreign minister sometime last year that turkey would be running a point for nato as far as a no fly zone is something they desperately want to do in the west is to establish a no fly zone it will make it like a fish they're shooting fish in a bowl for the west like they didn't libya russia facing
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a barrage of criticism this week for allegedly shipping arms to syria claims denied by moscow artie's laura smith looks into the hyped up reports being used to drive the headlines. syria may be on the brink of civil war but it's already the subject of a full blown media war ships on a ships that's been the question for the past week as reports are since it was on its way according to the reports the battleships were laden with oh i'm still in troops and headed to syria it later turned out they would know when it is syria they're in their home port of sevastopol empty but in the fog of war any reports however it accurate has some kind of influence as long as you have so many forces. excited about the your option there is that danger or it was just there and they
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were. going to get through this information as usual like they did before the order and before. intervening in afghanistan in the late seventy's also doing some information there was one ship it was turned back off the coast of scotland. to be carrying helicopter parts bound for syria q assertions that russia was supplying combat helicopters to president assad we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to syria which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically it's an allegation that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says is part of a propaganda campaign pushing for which is being discussed with these days when people scary for their defense systems and it was carrying three helicopters which
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have been repaired in russia on the record for the size of the soviet helicopters seven hundred fifty of the series for the soldiers. and the fuel cells and that was a concern very few of them there still to be. well delivered the gift of the symbols the process will fit with the three months so to speak about something which we just sold to syria and which is being used. in action is not truthful it wasn't only ships apparently war games were planned to it rainy a news agency fawaz reported that iran russia china and syria are planning to conduct joint military exercises in syria next month analysts think the story was planted by syria or iran as a show of strength but the us outlets took it up because it suited them for the us and use the agency love the story because it matches their narrative you know the.
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regime and its supporters in iran or russia or china or. they are the ones who are. getting the conflict instead of seeking. a story you know a great. news agency is then there's the war of words british prime minister david cameron came out of a meeting with president putin at the recent g twenty summit saying putin no longer wanted president back in power in syria russia's foreign ministry later denied that was peace his position but was it a case of lost in translation wishful thinking on the prime minister's parts or another attempt to exert pressure on russia in the last fifteen months is being in media attack on syria that the crisis to syrian crisis is seventy percent a media so two percent on the ground so there is a quite
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a lot of stories every day. like for some odd of stations by just using you tube and there is no confirmed reports anymore it said the first. national see if war is the truth and only international rumor mongering and jockeying for position comes at the expense of the syrian people that situation doesn't change regardless of which country won the latest battle of norris mentality. the syrian stalemate was in focus when president obama and putin met in mexico still to come on r t four and how the leaders agreed that syrians should be able to choose their own future and must avoid civil war. world leaders agree boosting growth is key is they hope to escape the fallout from greece. but first the ecuadorian ambassador to the u.k. will hold talks with president rafael correa on the fate of julian assange who
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asked for political asylum in the latin american country the whistleblower sought refuge in the country's embassy in london tuesday after the u.k. supreme court rejected an appeal against his extradition to sweden assad fears he'll be immediately extradited to the u.s. where you could face the death penalty r.t. sorry for has more from london. held under house arrest and oppressed by the government in an effort to silence a pro-democracy message to the public but we're not talking about famous political dissident song suchi she's now free and being warmly welcomed by the british government we're talking about a western explain and a freedom of speech the charges of ever being voted against julian assange yet he still spent more than five hundred days under house arrest fighting extradition to sweden and possibly the u.s. now he's desperately hoping ecuador in the safe haven see the latest dramatic twist
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in the case of julian assange has once again caught the eye of the world's media behind the ecuadorian embassy those julian assange takes refuge but away from the height and his supporters say that this is a dark a tale of a man who has been abandoned by his own country persecuted by the u.s. and failed by the u.k.'s legal system but he's not looking for consular assistance he's looking for political and diplomatic assistance and he's looking for a stroll in government to stand up for and son just fights has been a long one eighteen months of legal wrangling in the resulted in the rejection of his supreme court appeal against extradition to sweden what this was about was once julian assange gets extradited to sweden he's in prison in sweden the next thing that happens is the u.s. assuming there's an indictment largest an extradition warrant in sweden eventually the u.s. gets his hands on him they stick him in a prison in the united states fears of what might await him across the atlantic may
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well have prompted his latest i think you'll end up actually going through some very serious charge probably life in prison if not the death penalty and it will be a stacked against as a receding with the bradley manning case united states now has turned the records rather than will course these on time founded concerns as a long list of u.s. figures. he openly cool's not only for songes incarceration even though his death this guy is a traitor treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a and his why because of his work with wiki leaks this guy has made some powerful enemies you know the collateral murder video which shows american helicopter gunships shooting reporters the iraq war logs the afghan war diaries all of this cable guy leaks has embarrassed the american british government freedom fighting in the twenty first century is
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a whole new ball game new rules you play is an unexpected me even first on his legal team this was a complete surprise so we found out about it on twitter and say the man he revolutionized whistleblowing and three wiki leaks released groundbreaking stories has in another twist become the story himself and there are many now hey paying that the next big release. himself surf city london where killings activist clark stukely thinks ecuador is a saunders best option for asylum as the country is unlikely to bow to pressure from washington. we're not so worried about him going to sweden actually that's that's just small business what we're most worried about is him getting extradited to the united states and it's being orchestrated by the department of justice and most of the mainstream media doesn't seem to know about it because no
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one is allowed in and this is been going on simultaneously as bradley manning struggle i would say it's a fifty fifty chance either it does or doesn't i pulling for it sounds like this is a very good option so that julian can continue to do the great work he has been doing for journalism ecuador would be a very good choice i think the likelihood of an extradition from ecuador is a lot less than it would be from sweden or the u.k. . while under auser arrest in the u.k. julian assad was filming his talk show that airs weekly here on r.t.e. ecuador's president korea was in fact among his guests you can catch the next program tuesday eleven thirty g.m.t. and watch all the rest of them online at a special section on our web site that's a saudi dot r.t. dot com wire there you can also check out these other stories that are a click away right now the roof of a busy mall in canada is on terrio collapses leaving at least four injured and
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prompting a local state of emergency. lawsuits in england versus italy in euro two thousand and twelve and while both teams will be trying to make it into the next round it's getting the rousing at the pub that's worrying public health bosses in england who warn a thirst for football is only an excuse to stay with us. he . the official. from the.
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video. calls. and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. home. both moscow and washington stress that syrians should be able to choose their own future in a democratic process at the summit of the g twenty in mexico presidents putin and obama agreed that a civil war must be avoided is was the first time the two have met as heads of state they also called on iran to follow un resolutions and cooperate with the international atomic watchdog to prove its nuclear program is peaceful but there seems to be little progress on the u.s. controversial plan missile shield for europe leaders said the dialogue will continue but russia has yet to get guarantees of the rockets won't be aimed its way former member of the reagan administration paul craig roberts says u.s. policy makers may not allow a bomb rise much leeway as he'd like. i'm convinced that putin
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does not will conflicts with washington he wants to resolve the issue of the missile bases that are surrounding all russia he doesn't want conflict and obama. he doesn't want any conflict either but he is just one member of a government that wants regime change in syria and obama is not exactly in a position to be able to stop that. he will do what he can to get along with putin but he still has to represent the agenda. world agent or me and regime change and so the situation i think is unresolved state of the euro zone's finances was the main worry for world leaders in mexico this week boosting growth has been named the main go with fears fallout
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from greece could lead to global contagion the leaders of germany france italy and spain agreed for a one hundred thirty billion euro package to safeguard the struggling currency meanwhile greece's newly formed coalition is a seeking an additional two years to slash its deficit athens hoping to avoid having further drastic cuts to salaries and pensions which have caused countless protests political risk consultant john holzman says whatever greece does the calm before the next storm may not last long at the moment it does not fall though this buys us are rescued the reality is that this mad hatter's tea party doesn't change anything in the long run greece is going to have to live up to these terms they may get a little bit more time to do so but the terms themselves as the foreign minister of germany made very clear aren't going to change so i think the greek people are in for a tremendous disappointment the danger on one side and it's a game of chicken the greeks think if we go out it could lead to contagion with much bigger economies and ruin the entire euro zone so they're not going to be mean to us and the germans say the greeks need us more. and we need them because without
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a constant infusion of money we simply can't meet salaries and greece goes back into the middle ages sadly i think both have a point but the point is managing this difference along the way becomes very very difficult but really the drama begins now because when some are as doesn't get the terms you want to remember this new government is going to have only about forty eight forty nine percent of greek support behind it what's going to happen then with surprise leading demonstrations in the streets growing ever more popular and then they can say you see we were right nothing has changed stay with us here on r t still to come growing evidence the u.s. and israel were behind a massive hacking attack against iran it's believed that he developed the now where would you like to telegin stand was made to sabotage iraq's nuclear program details and if humans. first let's take you to some other stories making headlines across the globe eighty five people were detained in tel aviv overnight after clashes between demonstrators and security forces
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a riot followed the arrest of twelve social activists protesters block the roads and shattered the windows of banks and scuffle with police last summer thousands took to the streets of israel calling for economic and social reforms but not all of the demands have been. facing political isolation with some of its a lot of american neighbors we call in there and bassett is from the country the move comes after president fernando lugo was ousted from power what he calls a parliamentary coupe thirty nine to four a vote in the senate saw him dismissed over his handling of violence between farmers and police last week in which seventeen die newly sworn in leader frederico franco's promised to keep the country from becoming a regional outcasts. and in neighboring bolivia the army's been deployed to patrol the streets as police continue their strike against low pay the interest started thursday when dozens of officers seize that elite units headquarters close to the presidential palace talks between the government and the striking police stalled
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with no agreement reached in two thousand and three a revolt over wages led to a gunfight with soldiers killed one thousand people. sectarian fighting in myanmar has left more than eighty dead over the last month clashes between buddhists and muslims set off a refugee crisis and caused many muslims to free across the bangladesh border where most were turned back as illegal immigrants eric draitser an idol is with stopping period his and dot com of things there's a wider geo political agenda at play. many of the conflicts that we see in myanmar and elsewhere in the world but in particular in that country are the product of a proxy war an economic proxy war that the united states in the western powers are waging to prevent chinese economic development in myanmar we see the presence of a u.s. funded n.g.o.s that is not to say that everything that they do is negative that everything that they do foment chaos but rather that the presence that they have in the country indicates the presence of u.s. the u.s. government and the u.s.
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intelligence community in an attempt to block the chinese. name u.s. officials say the say america was responsible for last month's massive cyber attack on iran the state of the art program flame is said to have been made by the u.s. and israel to spy on in sabotage the islamic states nuclear progress or he's got he has. gyves that american officials may sound defensive when they talk about cyber attacks as being a major threat to the country's security a weapon of mass disruption you could have a cyber attack that would be as consequential in terms of the economy maybe even in terms of of the loss of life ash things we typically associate with more for the next pearl harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our our power system cerner our grid acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists and suicide vests but from a few keystrokes on the computer but it turns out the u.s.
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government itself carries out cyber attacks against other nations the washington post cites officials speaking on condition of anonymity who say entrap aeration full cyber sabotage against iran the u.s. and israel developed the flame virus flame is the most complex computer spying program ever discovered it has the capacity to steal or else or elec trani documents by now nobody doubts the program was development by a government entity something like this appears to be what they would call state sponsored it sounds like the n.s.a. it is a means by me that necessary to see has it does this kind of thing we know they've done this kind of things you're giving intelligence without having to put someone actually there it's cyber espionage while the flame war was collecting intelligence the stuxnet virus borrowed into iran's nuclear program and created havoc in its uranium enrichment centrifuges the obama administration did not deny the leaks in the new york times that it had teamed up with israel to create stuxnet some fear
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that the move almost invites retaliation where you attack or for instance iraq's nuclear program you provide the iranians with their weapons your word which they can read reverse engineer take apart figure out how it works turn it around send your way. reading moscow based security firm which i covered the flame virus says part of its code is nearly identical to the code finding stuxnet and suggested that the viruses were developed by two teams working in collaboration leaks in the current support that assessment one official also on condition of anonymity said is just the beginning and the u.s. is preparing the battlefield for another type of coverage action we're setting precedent for other nations and that's where the real problem lies because we've been criticizing china for allegedly attacking united states companies and u.s. governments while the same time engaging in this in the same conduct with other
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countries feel bomb administration has openly confirmed hacking websites but only if alleged al qaeda sympathizers in yemen the u.s. secretary of state described this cyber effort as part of a larger attack on terrorism but many fear the u.s. cyber efforts go well beyond that as u.s. defense authorities go offensive in cyber warfare the pentagon's cyber command has fast tracked the development of the weapons that ministration just announced a one hundred ten million dollar program to solicit proposals from the universities and video game manufacturers to so much hype about cyber war is that some people that seem to be in the authority about war start talking about technology as if they understand that they're always talking about war because that's their business and so they're trying to rip technology into that and so when we have no control of our technology we have these people that wish to use it for further and for war specifically that's a recipe for some pretty scary stuff cyberspace as a whole is now seen by the u.s.
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military as the vast area of opportunity you can't really tell the government don't do to others what you don't want them to you but in light of the recent revelations about us being a state library back one might ask what are the methods that the same way the government beeman the dems library. hackers and all but it felt like one hell of a problem. i'm going to check out reporting from washington are. coming up shortly we discuss media coverage of syria and what's next for a country torn by conflict but first an update of the headlines stay with us. on.
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