technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. egypt's new leader against the cold shoulder and the united states has evolved to lessen america's influence after its predecessors decades of being washington friendly. a brazen syrian rebel attack on a border post sons the lebanese army out for revenge with violence between pro and anti assad factions spilling across the middle east. and the hundreds of millions of pounds spent by the british government on foreign countries that barely need pushing further costs and benefit counts at home.

hello and welcome to our team this monday it's four o'clock here in moscow on karen tara while the growing anti-american chorus in the muslim world sees more salt being rubbed into wounded relations between the united states and egypt it's a concern that critics say is highlighted by the fact that no meeting is expected between the leaders during president morsi is a visit to the u.s. for the u.n. general assembly party's policy blair has more on whether egypt's new leader will be able to show more independence from washington and its predecessor. mohamed morsi came to power on promises to make the capital of palestine and open up egypt's corridor with gaza his presidency promised his supporters a chance to reclaim egypt some pride. especially on the international stage one of

the curious things is that the americans have been to egypt since morsi was elected and they congratulated him but morsi didn't rush off the united states went to china instead and also to iran which was a diplomatic snub to you know it it states but the snub seems more of a token gesture because when angry egyptians took to the streets to protest against the united states the muslim brotherhood kept in the background and president morsi criticism of the u.s. was muted dr saeed cited a longtime observer of egyptian foreign policy says morsi cannot replace the united states with another world superpower but godless of how much he might want to to change your foreign policy always talk so it's a big process and you need to own it up and the alternative is what i don't think china. placement the fact is there for egypt to prosper and solve its economic problems it still needs washington cairo receives close to two billion

u.s. dollars a year in economic and military aid and so two and a half months into his presidency the new muslim brotherhood president is having to maintain an increasingly delicate balancing act his hardline supporters on the one hand the west and washington on the other prompting many observers to ask what if anything has changed since mubarak's era in egypt today is not very different than it had been under mubarak egypt u.s. relations during the mubarak era or quite strong the u.s. is an important partner in economic partner for egypt and it would be very difficult for us to any president coming in during konami crisis to rock the boat but the recent violent demonstrations derailed talks of a proposed one billion american dollars in debt relief to egypt and although washington stresses this is merely temporary and there's no major shift in u.s. aid to egypt the relationship between the two countries remains. strained this wall

was erected several days ago to prevent protesters from reaching the american embassy on the other side but there is no sign of anyone wanting to take it down a physical reminder of the growing barrier that now exists between iran and washington but it's a barrier that neither side wants to make permanent because while morsi might be pulls apart politically from his predecessor on the international front he's trading remarkably close. r.t. . in his latest interview ahead of his u.s. trip to the egyptian leaders to washington should make the first steps to restore its image in the arab world and men ties with karl rove. vomit morsi explicitly says america's unconditional support for israel and its meddling into some arab states farrah's has only hatred from its people there and he insists that egypt will no longer live by u.s. rules watch what the president has to say to the american public at r t dot com.

lebanon has ordered its security forces to hunt down a contingent of rebels from the free syrian army after a firefight at a border checkpoint the militants had launched an attack on the lebanese border post from syria before escaping further inland and the coffin of reports from lebanon it's a bitter reminder of the past. lebanon fought its own civil war on to tary and lines for fifteen years and now the syrian conflict is literally spilling across its border syrian troops have carried out incursions into lebanese territory while rebels take shelter in lebanese towns it has aggravated i'm healed wounds from the past storing fears of a new civil war it is polarized the politics of lebanon. it is resulted in conflicts that have taken place in tripoli it is resulted. that have happened in beirut lebanon is of course vulnerable to this type of sectarian

conflict lebanon sunni's mainly support syria's rebels including the powerful militant group hezbollah tend to back president bashar al assad a member of the alawite sect lebanon is divided in half between the groups that support that the syrian syrian regime and those people who actually. hoping and corrupt allies in going there for what they scold the free syrian army nowhere is that divide more violently visible than in tripoli on the streets of lebanon's second largest city and sunni gunmen have been battling it out we spoke to fighters on both sides who showed no willingness to disarm. saddam this is the leader of a sunni militia here in tripoli has bubbled to ban islam i asked him whether peace with his opponents is possible. as long as assad remains in power there won't be

peace in syria lebanon or iraq or power stone through be no peace while he is in force and neighboring general must send an alawite fighter shows me the destroyed remains of his home when asked to explain the recent fighting with his sunni neighbors this was his response not the dollars just we are defending ourselves against machines of terror and mercenaries who are being brought in from abroad. even the. to defend islam as most unifying figure the prophet muhammad wasn't enough to bridge lebanon six tarion divide in beirut separate protests against an anti islam video has turned tens of thousands of she is to the streets days later a hardline sunni cleric gathered his own supporters in the capital he may have been united in their outrage but protesters carried flags that left no doubt which side of the syrian divide they're on for now lebanon is holding together but some residents here wonder whether this is just the calm before the storm seriously as

you guys are going to go. to get their start or start a revolution in the streets here that. they're going to it's not so it's going to this shelled out building stands in beirut green line which for nearly two decades divided this city journey lebanon's bitter civil war christian communities lived over here to the east muslim communities lived across the street to the west but as the armed conflict in syria continues to escalate just across the border many here in lebanon fear that the fragile peace could yet again be shattered and that sectarian tensions could once again plunge this nation of nearly four million into another civil war for our t. and lucy california in beirut. international anger over the you tube film mocking islam is still ablaze with new protests flaring up worldwide in sri lanka some twenty thousand muslims marched on a lockdown and heavily barricaded the u.s. embassy carrying anti-american banners protestors demanded a mouse boycott of u.s.

made goods company similar sentiments was seen in greece where a crowd of time to just stormed the u.s. embassy in athens it follows on rust in france sparked by the publication of caricature of the prophet muhammad in a french newspaper several demonstrators were arrested in ensuing rallies for defying a government ban on protests france based journalist robert harness. paris only has itself to blame for falling out of favor with followers of islam. with the government using a very difficult position because of their policy in syria and because of their various inconsistency. is alarming there's that aspect of it and also they want to appear to be punching above their weight to use a british expression in international politics because they want to keep their veto in the united nations so there is no difficulty on the other hand there is a growing feeling in left wing circles that the government's policy is nonsense you

cannot support it terrorism on monday and condemn it on tuesday and support it again on wednesday they're playing it both ways they don't want to be in rage that the people the alleged five million people of muslim backgrounds in france are a lot of people on the other hand they got to stick to their line that they allow free speech which of course is only allowed in france on certain subjects. for more on this and other stories like on tarting dot com here's what else is there for you including all the king's horses to catch the founder of mega upload even new zealand spy agency was involved in the arrest of kim dotcom head to our web site to find out why their methods have attracted to nation. plans after israel ramped up its rhetoric over iran's nuclear program now it's time france turn to saber rattle saying its rival is not the only one which can strike first learn more at r.t. dot com. british households are feeling the squeeze from government cuts that

are giving their income a pounding but a fair chunk of their tax money is still being spent on foreign projects and it's not all about good charity as artist polly boy explains from london. i'm standing in front of the london headquarters of adam smith international according to that website they provide consultancy on economic and government reform well the website doesn't say is that one of the number of firms to have profited heavily from the british government's foreign aid budget last year alone the u.k.'s department for international development spent over five hundred million pounds on international projects abroad that's allowed the executives in the company behind me to pocket six biggest salaries and million pound bonuses britain's hefty foreign aid budget includes an annual spend of two hundred eighty million pounds that goes to india that's despite the fact that india's economy is so successful that they themselves

provide two billion pounds worth of international aid each year now at a time when the coalition government is considering freezing benefits for the most vulnerable in the u.k. society some m.p.'s are wondering whether all this time span is money should be spent on what they call questionable foreign aid the department for international development has said they're going to stop giving aid to india but that hasn't stopped them building a new office in india this going to be quite shortly spending four hundred thousand pounds of u.k. money on. now this isn't the kind of spending the taxpayers want to see given the pressure on their own budgets for critics of the u.k. substantial foreign aid budget there's more bad news on the way prime minister david cameron is planning on increasing it that's going to mean lucrative contracts for so-called poverty barons that run consultancy firms like the one behind me now in recent days the bank of england has one struggling british households to brace themselves the price hikes in food and fuel with poverty here in the u.k.

predicted to increase over the next eight years many struggling households are going to be left wondering whether all that money spent abroad on what many call questionable foreign aid might be better used to home. still ahead for you in a few minutes turning up the heat in the oriental conflict the storm at sea china unveils drone surveillance plans for islands of just beautiful hand with fears that the asian giants could be surging towards a regional war. and outrage over prisoner abuse footage in georgia is only gaining momentum despite arrests and of staff shake up in the prison system all that as the country prepares for a parliamentary vote. that story and more still to come do stay with our.

the mighty volga that runs deep through the russian soul has provided inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south artery and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the dawn river to the west the vocal dawn canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirteen blocks ten million tons of shipping does so every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it's the biggest hydroelectric plant in europe it powers the local city of volgograd and sends lots more electricity to moscow the hydroelectric plant behind me is a potent example of how much the volga can provide but harnessing a river like this isn't without its cost. fishermen have been watching fish stocks for years they see the slow damage the downing of the river has done especially to

russia's prized sturgeon the source of caviar in the president of the hydroelectric plant has done significant damage because it stocked fish swimming up river to the spawning grounds. within a year all these houses would have gone fallen into the river depending on how many of the hydroelectric plants turbines are on the water level can change suddenly and dramatically too suddenly for the banks to absorb. control of the river flow by the plant has made building on the shoulders floodplain more attractive serious floods are less likely but the water that is put into the drains is taken away from the fish that need it now but last the voice of the voters of color jay might start being heard. the first time in fifty years the rules will contain a point on maintaining biodiversity in the river will still have a chance to bring the volga back to. meaning that the mighty vogue is treated with

the respect it deserves. wealthy british style stock. markets financed scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into is a report on our. thank you for joining r.t.m. karen town watch china plans to use on man drones to increase its presence around the islands that are at the center of a volatile dispute with japan they will conduct marine surveillance of the area very chinese patrol vessel still remain very close to the uninhabited but strategic arc go and have briefly entered waters which to perth considers its territory a conflict seen large scale protests in both countries turned ugly could be further

complicated as taiwanese boats are now heading to the islands to reassert their fishing rights in the area while all around the u.s. is increasing its military activity in the region which defense analyst. says could be a clear path to an all out war with. the secretary of defense but he fears that there. is bute could be the war between. experience that the united states is going to support so that means if you can come to blows let's hope let's see the chart that would send the naval force to try to apply da vinci code and serve each force would be a big change for the good of course charge that tries to follow their measures like try to locate your presidency three further so then the united states would be the ceilings of communicational and that could lead to a major regional war at least to. the us what once the other.

the georgian government is scrambling to save face ahead of next week's selection after the release of shocking footage of prisoner abuse although several prison officials have been arrested and two key ministers have quit the wave of youth protests all tied down as are two discovered from the man who exposed the videos president saakashvili it was perfectly aware of what was going on in the facilities . the public is in fact still so shocked and angry that their father comparing the footage from the georgian prisons were back from guantanamo except it convenes a suspected terrorist plot here we're talking about ordinary georgians in me another factor irritating the public right now is the recent arrest of one of the border nadirs i'll be speaking for just a hint you got to take morty and he was detained on saturday by truck a police officer we are not abiding to the authorities orders he was put in prison for ten days but it is reported that he wasn't even the crime the wheel of the car stopped by the police early our team managed to me told the americans started all

this released a video of i think to the crowd that we used to be one of the senior staff members of the body present in the b.b.c. claims that personally shot many of these videos before the georgists interior minister should be fit he was to be president it was just for fun for no particular reason it was like we do what we want with people one see take you to prison you are nobody you have new dignity this is why these videos caused such how you treat you in georgia all of this is definitely a huge blow to be a mutual theo gordie's since to be election to parliament is going up on the first of october there are putting through the leaders not moves both president saakashvili and the ruling party have already lost up to twenty percent of all supporters. time now for a look at some other headlines from around the world. and woman and an eight year old boy have been killed in a suicide bomb blast targeting the. conflict church in northern nigeria the

attacker tried to ram an explosives packed car into the building but was blocked by security barriers churches in the region have recently suffered a number of similar assaults radical islamic sect are wrong. not a single member of the belorussian opposition has made it into the lower house of parliament c.i.s. observers declared sunday's poll as fully democratic and transparent but the european watchdog slab the vote for lacking called petition for you all accused of limiting choice five denali from founder gets permission to participate presidential question and his top officials already subject to a raft of the sanctions for legit human rights violations. clashes between squatters and riot police in the philippines capital has left over two dozen people injured violence broke out after demolition crews tried to enter a barricaded building where illegal homes were set up but angry residents responded

by throwing stones police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the angry crowd attempts to pull down the shanty town comes after squatters ignored official requests to relocate. hungary could become the latest european nation to seek a bailout a senior official says the request could be made by november it's all budapest could ask for up to fifteen billion euros to shore up the country's crumbling budget many eastern european economies are in difficulty trapped between uncertainty in the euro zone and the global financial. and staying with european problems let's join katie from the business does kilo there katie hi karen yeah we're going to dive into the european markets and see what's happening there because there has been a report from germany and france that they've disagreed on when to introduce the banking union for the area and that's where the food. the mock is of the moment as

it is even though the footsie on the donkey is just that as well as other concerned about the strength of china's economy as well as tall missy how all of that is affecting the european markets as well the european current say it isn't due to drop playing and that it's really as the dollar ramps up against it we can see is dropping one twenty nine seventeen just meanwhile the ruble is out she makes this and i let into our investor jim rogers he recently said he's interested in buying into the very bold. economic school says it's all just decision that could prove to be sorry hospitable. in an economy like russia cutting c. is a function no david allowed flown price for things that are very volatile such a cave it profitable as well it does much it would be much worse if central bank defended the ruble or kept it from appreciation i think it's very good it is

determined by the market russian there's a sort of generally no on that of it and as i said if russian government realized the potential russian economy will be allowed to get built in floor and those who come to earth will make a lot of money and that i think is understood by jim rogers. ok that's a great russian source and as you can see they are dropping here moscow really taking their cue from a disappointing asian session also not helping matters is the father or prizes to taking a nosedive and all the blades for the russian market is that russia's top ten lend p s b will go public the bank will reportedly off up to thirty percent of it shares in moscow on london by middle to tell you about raising haul off a billion dollars it follows a similar move by russia's top just bad bank was twice oversubscribed as is indeed the find that swelled karen i'll be back in about fifteen minutes or so all right thank you kitty coming up shortly our team discusses the rolling wave of

anti-american protests with director of the conflicts forum in beirut. i never thought i could earn a living this way. natale issue of oil is the norm or should test small arms so those photos to machine building ploy and not obvious lost count of all the weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no wait i'm so tired of shooting. the clowns history goes from making firearms doing world war two to ballistic missiles from nuclear submarines during the cold war the bulk of the soviet industry was moved here in the 1940's to flee the advancing germans cells here also

became the heart of soviet military production closed off to foreigners for hoffa's century it thrived on the massive moods of the soviet military when the u.s.s.r. collapsed but life here was shaken to the core but some adapted to better than others. this is the year old truck factory brushes the number one truck made for girls a look at how well the workplace is organized everything's gone to make sure the workers don't waste time waiting there was so production is booming the factory has largely managed to get on to civil rails these johnsons sold around the globe hayabusa brand new be the way to be delivered to acquire seventy trucks like this once roll up the blogs going bad about every day look at about this things that absolutely huge. well i'm no formula one pilot but hopefully if i can get up that. we can go far to drive.

well that was. on the house i should get one of these to travel to whatever in the morning was with a cost of about forty thousand dollars i should start saving my. mind in motion would be soon much brighter than if you knew about some move from phones to pressure. stunts on t.v. don't come.

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optimism surrounding the arab spring has been replaced by worries about the arab fall as a wave of anti western protests and violence sweep across the muslim world. but for one former british spy in the recent events brings to mind unheeded lessons from the past in his thirty years of british government service alastair crook has operated in trouble spots all across the globe from helping them with fighters in afghanistan against the soviets to working with rebel political groups in northern ireland cambodia and colombia as a former special envoy to the middle east he has brokered a number of cease fires between israel and the palestinian movements fatah and hamas he now serves as the director of the conflicts forum in beirut where r.t. set down with him for an exclusive interview.